Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Op-Ed Writing Workshop (October 10, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56141 56141-13839495@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 6:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy

Dr. Brancho will host an informative workshop where participants will gain the basic skills to effectively write a short, but persuasive article meant for submission to news outlets as an opinion piece. If there is enough interest, a Peer-Editing follow-up will have peers review and further edit the opinion piece to improve chances publishing/persuasiveness.RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1PRBTwjYFeK01_aVHvtopJrywjKMOXLMoq7RyYvABxFE/edit

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 02 Oct 2018 11:12:07 -0400 2018-10-10T18:00:00-04:00 2018-10-10T20:00:00-04:00 North Quad Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy Workshop / Seminar Dr. Jimmy Brancho
The Young Karl Marx (October 10, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55615 55615-13765952@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

The Young Karl Marx is the latest creation of Raoul Peck, director of the acclaimed feature film Lumumba (2000), on the first prime minister of Congo after independence, and the prize-winning documentary I Am Not Your Negro (2016), on the American writer
Raoul Peck James Baldwin.

In this new film, the filmmaker has taken on the story of two young activist-friends, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, co-authors of The Communist Manifesto (1848). This is anything but a conventional biopic—rather, it is a historical tale about thought on the move that serves as a model for the political struggles of today.

Screening followed by discussion with Geoff Eley (History), Brian Porter-Szücs (History), and Helmut Puff (History, Germanic Languages and Literatures; panel chair).

The Young Karl Marx (2017). 118 minutes. English, French, German (with subtitles).

This event is made possible by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg. Additional support from Askwith Media Library.

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Film Screening Mon, 08 Oct 2018 08:31:08 -0400 2018-10-10T19:00:00-04:00 2018-10-10T22:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Film Screening Young Karl Marx Poster
Diversity of Thought and Respecting the Other Side of the Argument: Insights from the Office of the U.S. Solicitor General (October 11, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55170 55170-13696036@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: University of Michigan Law School

A star-studded group of former members of the U.S. Solicitor General’s Office will explore the possibility of drawing lessons from that institution for how to approach the hardest discussions on campus. The panel will draw on the framework, ethos, and practice of the Solicitor General’s office to explore insights on how students, faculty, and staff can approach controversial issues on campus—and in particular listening, analyzing, tackling, and responding to arguments on the other side. The panel will seek to offer meaningful reflections on the lifelong process of understanding and responding to deeply controversial arguments, even those that are—to some or many—odious.

Panelists:
- Paul D. Clement, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis, and Distinguished Lecturer in Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Solicitor General, 2005-08
- Charles Fried, Beneficial Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Solicitor General, 1985-89
- Gregory G. Garre, Partner and Chair of the Supreme Court and Appellate Practice Group, Latham & Watkins
Solicitor General, 2008-09
- Ian H. Gershengorn, Partner and Chair of the Appellate and Supreme Court Practice Group, Jenner & Block
Acting Solicitor General, 2016-17
- Nicole A. Saharsky, Partner and Co-Chair of the Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Group, Gibson Dunn
Assistant to the Solicitor General, 2007-17

Moderated by Julian Davis Mortenson, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

This event is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception in the Lawyers Club Lounge.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 24 Sep 2018 10:57:58 -0400 2018-10-11T13:00:00-04:00 2018-10-11T15:00:00-04:00 Hutchins Hall University of Michigan Law School Lecture / Discussion Hutchins Hall
Statistical Learning Workshop (October 11, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56289 56289-13876218@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Statistical Learning Workshop

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Meeting Tue, 02 Oct 2018 10:59:02 -0400 2018-10-11T15:30:00-04:00 2018-10-11T17:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Statistical Learning Workshop Meeting Haven Hall
LRCCS Occasional Lecture Series | China's Crisis of Success (October 11, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55887 55887-13802782@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

China’s success has made its economy and polity so complex that continued success requires transformation. China is struggling with the needed transition. Western views of this process are frequently both strong and wrong.

William Overholt has been Senior Research Fellow at Harvard since 2008. From 2013-2015 he was also President of the Fung Global Institute in Hong Kong. From 2002-2008 he was Distinguished Chair and Director of the RAND Corporation’s Center for Asia Pacific Policy. He served as Asia regional Head of Strategy and Economics for Nomura from 1998 to 2001. Before that, he was Managing Director and regional Head of Research at Bank Boston Singapore. During 18 years at Bankers Trust, he managed a country risk team in New York from 1980 to 1984 and then served as regional strategist in Hong Kong. At Hudson Institute, 1971-1979, he directed planning studies for the U.S. Department of State, National Security Council, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Council on International Economic Policy.

Dr. Overholt has published eight books, including "China’s Crisis of Success" (2018); "Renminbi Rising: The Emergence of a New Global Monetary System" (2016); "Asia, America and the Transformation of Geopolitics" (2008); "The Rise of China" (1993); "Political Risk" (1982); and (with William Ascher) "Strategic Planning and Forecasting" (1983). He is principal co-author of: "Asia's Nuclear Future" (1976) and "The Future of Brazil" (1978). With Zbigniew Brzezinski, he founded the semi-annual "Global Assessment" in 1976 and edited it until 1988.

Dr. Overholt received his B.A from Harvard and his Ph.D. from Yale.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 24 Sep 2018 08:47:09 -0400 2018-10-11T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-11T17:30:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion William Overholt, Senior Research Fellow, Harvard University
Annual Distinguished Lecture on Europe. Islamophobia and the Struggle for Recognition (October 11, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54178 54178-13537258@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for European Studies

Until recently, the concept of islamophobia was located in the field of religious tolerance and pluralism. Professor Modood pioneered an alternative understanding of the phenomenon, defining islamophobia instead as anti-Muslim racism in the context of multicultural citizenship. That alternative definition is now emerging as the dominant interpretation, accepted by UNESCO and gaining traction in social sciences and public discourse alike. Professor Modood will outline the public career of the concept of Islamophobia and discuss his misgivings about the direction that some Islamophobia/Muslim studies are taking.

Tariq Modood is professor of sociology, politics, and public policy and the founding director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship at the University of Bristol. He is also the co-founder of the international journal Ethnicities. He has held over 40 grants and consultancies, has over 35 (co-)authored and (co-)edited books and reports, as well as over 200 articles and chapters. He was a Robert Schuman Fellow at the European University Institute for part of 2013-15, and a “Thinker in Residence” at the Royal Academy of Flanders, Brussels in 2017. His latest books include "Multiculturalism: A Civic Idea" (2nd ed., 2013); "Multiculturalism Rethought" (2015); "Multiculturalism and Interculturalism: Debating the Dividing Lines" (2016); and "The Problem of Religious Diversity: European Problems, Asian Challenges" (2017).

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to cesmichigan@umich.edu at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 13:53:31 -0400 2018-10-11T17:30:00-04:00 2018-10-11T19:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for European Studies Lecture / Discussion Tariq Modood
Marijuana Legalization: A WeListen Staff Discussion (October 12, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55483 55483-13747849@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 12, 2018 11:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Department of Psychology

This session of WeListen is open to all UM staff members. All voices and views are welcome and lunch will be provided!

RSVP here: http://myumi.ch/6QKOZ

Join us at this WeListen Staff Session to learn about the debate surrounding marijuana legalization and to participate in small group discussions about this complex topic. Our aim is to bring liberals, conservatives, libertarians- everyone across the political spectrum- together for constructive conversation. The goal of WeListen discussions is not to debate or argue, but to understand the views and values of others and to learn from their perspectives. The session will begin with a brief content presentation to provide a basic understanding of the topic. No specific level of knowledge is required to participate in WeListen discussions.


By participating in WeListen sessions, staff members will:
- Expand understanding of a prominent political topic
- Practice discussing difficult topics with others,
- Gain openness to new ideas and perspectives,
- Learn to productively challenge an idea, and
- Form a sense of community among fellow staff members.

Questions? Email us at welistenstaff@umich.edu.

This event is co-sponsored by the UM Office of DEI and the LSA DEI Implementation Leads. The planning committee includes staff members from the Ginsberg Center, the LSA Dean's Office, LSA History, LSA Psychology, the Office of Communtiy-Engaged Academic Learning, and the Michigan Community Scholars Program.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Jan 2019 10:28:44 -0500 2018-10-12T11:00:00-04:00 2018-10-12T13:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Department of Psychology Lecture / Discussion Marijuana Legalization Flyer
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (October 12, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 53067-13217966@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 12, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:22:27 -0500 2018-10-12T15:30:00-04:00 2018-10-12T17:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Citizens' Climate Lobby Monthly Meeting (October 13, 2018 12:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47914 47914-11118444@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 13, 2018 12:45pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Citizens Climate Lobby

Worried about climate change? Wondering how you can make a real difference? Come to the monthly meeting of the Ann Arbor chapter of Citizens' Climate Lobby (CCL). CCL is a national, grassroots organization working to enact federal legislation to put a price on CO2. Our meetings consist of dialing in to a national conference call (featuring different guest speakers each month), followed by local discussion of actions.

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Meeting Fri, 29 Dec 2017 12:52:48 -0500 2018-10-13T12:45:00-04:00 2018-10-13T14:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Citizens Climate Lobby Meeting CCL Logo
Annual Copernicus Lecture. Contemporary Poland Fighting for Democracy (October 15, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54803 54803-13645215@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 15, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In the 2018 Copernicus Lecture, Barbara Nowacka will discuss the ongoing challenges to democracy in Poland and Polish civil society’s resistance to them.

Barbara Nowacka is a feminist, politician, and progressive activist. She is chancellor of the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology in Warsaw, holds an MBA, and is an IT specialist by education. Nowacka is a member of the Women’s Congress National Council and chair of the progressive association “Initiative Poland.” She is also co-founder and deputy chair of the Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka Foundation, an organization which aims to promote equality, social justice, and social inclusion. Nowacka headed the election committee for the “United Left” coalition during the 2015 Polish parliamentary election, and from 2015-17 she was a co-chair of the “Twój Ruch” political party. In 2016 and 2017 she organized and chaired the “Save Women” initiative, a civil bill which aimed to liberalize abortion laws in Poland. In October 2016, in response to an attempt by the political right to implement a total ban on abortion, Nowacka became a leading figure in the “Czarny Protest” action, a massive nationwide demonstration which ultimately succeeded in forcing the political right to back down. For her role in “Czarny Protest,” Nowacka was ranked one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2016 by Foreign Policy magazine.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to weisercenter@umich.edu at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 07 Sep 2018 13:44:38 -0400 2018-10-15T17:30:00-04:00 2018-10-15T19:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Lecture / Discussion Barbara Nowacka
20th Century Origins of the Middle East Conflict (October 16, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53238 53238-13313001@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The dissolution of the Ottoman Empire (1918) and the Iranian Revolution (1979) changed the geopolitical landscape of the Middle East. In this study group for those 50 and above we will examine how these events have destabilized the region and led to the rise of the Islamic State (ISIS).

The class draws from four texts, which are helpful--though not required--reading: War that Ended Peace (M. McMillan); Balfour Declaration (J. Schneer); Lawrence in Arabia (S. Anderson); and Myth of the Great Satan (A. Milani).

Instructor Gourdji who has taught on the Ottoman Empire and Iranian history will lead each two hour session which will meet on Tuesdays from October 16 through December 4 (except on November 20).

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Class / Instruction Sun, 29 Jul 2018 09:10:46 -0400 2018-10-16T14:00:00-04:00 2018-10-16T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Comparative Politics Workshop (October 16, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217929@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP)

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Aug 2018 10:20:50 -0400 2018-10-16T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-16T17:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
GAPS (October 17, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54018 54018-13513098@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

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Meeting Tue, 21 Aug 2018 14:29:16 -0400 2018-10-17T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-17T14:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Meeting Haven Hall
Following the Money in Michigan Politics (October 17, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53013 53013-13200556@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Kellogg Eye Center
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Michigan elections are becoming increasingly expensive, and the upcoming 2018 election in Michigan could be one of the priciest in state history. Learn how the role of money in Michigan politics has changed over the last decade. This will be a fascinating presentation by Craig Mauger, Executive Director of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network.

This After 5 presentation does not require Osher Lifelong Learning Institute membership and is open to the public.

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Presentation Mon, 16 Jul 2018 06:13:36 -0400 2018-10-17T19:00:00-04:00 2018-10-17T20:30:00-04:00 Kellogg Eye Center Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Presentation After 5
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (October 18, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023817@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 18, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit, featuring collections preserved at the Clements, highlights the first-hand accounts of American soldiers serving in the Great War in 1917-18. Through their handwritten letters, death reports, postcards, photographs, and objects, glimpse the day-to-day lives, longings, and horrific realities of war they experienced while fighting “Over There” on the Western Front. This project aligns with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that brought their fighting to an end on November 11, 1918.

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2018-10-18T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-18T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
ASC Lecture. 2018-19 UMAPS Colloquium Series (October 18, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56362 56362-13887667@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 18, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: African Studies Center

This monthly series features the UMAPS fellows and their scholarly work. The talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to promote dialogue on topics, and to share their research with the larger U-M community.

Thursdays, 3:00-5:30 pm // Michigan League, 911 N University Ave, Ann Arbor
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October 18 (Koessler Room)

Tebaber Chanie Workneh. “The Roles and Status of Indigenous Medicine for Primary Health Care Services in the Amhara National Regional State (ANRS), Ethiopia”

Christina Osei-Asare. “Formulation of Solid Dosage Form of Lippia Multiflora for Managing Stress and Hypertension”
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November 15 (Kalamazoo Room)

Uhuru Phalafala. “Restless Natives, Indigenous Languages, and Revolution: Keorapetse Kgositsile’s Critical Biography”

Okechukwu Nwafor. “The Ubiquitous Image: Obituary Photographs in South-Eastern Nigeria and the Allure of Public Visibility”

Kholekile Malindi. “An Investigation of the Labour Market Determinants of Income Dynamics for a Highly Unequal Society: The South African Case”
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December 13 (Koessler Room)

Patrick Cobinnah. “Climate Change Adaptation in Africa's Urban Planning Context”

Faida Zacharia. “Small-scale Groundwater Irrigated Agriculture and Livelihoods in Drylands Areas: A Case of Dodoma Region, Tanzania”

Demis Mengist Wudeneh. “Implications of Large-scale Agricultural Investment for Livelihood Security and Regional Development: The Case of Gambella Region, Southwest Ethiopia”
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January 17 (Koessler Room)

Zerihun Birehanu. “Politics, Performance, and Governance in Ethiopia”

David Tshimba. “Transgressing the State: An Inquiry into Violence in the Rwenzori Borderlands, ca.1830-1998”

Jacqueline Adongo. “Rethinking Childhood: Child Identity Formation in Post-War Northern Uganda”
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February 14 (Koessler Room)

Adélaïde Nieguitsila. “Microbial Water Quality and Biological Contamination in Lakes of the Moyen-Ogooué Region”

Kabir Otun. “Iron Carbide Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts for the Conversion of Biomass to Liquid Transportation Fuels”

Lemlem Beza Demisse. “Knowledge and Practices of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and Factors that Influence Treatment Seeking Behaviors at Black Lion Hospital of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia”

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Dec 2018 10:14:49 -0500 2018-10-18T15:00:00-04:00 2018-10-18T17:30:00-04:00 Michigan League African Studies Center Lecture / Discussion umaps_image
AMAS Lecture: "SyrianamericanA: A Nation-State of Mind" (October 18, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54298 54298-13565716@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 18, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS)

From the jasmine tree-lined courtyards of Nizar Qabbani's Damascene homes to the flooded riverbanks of Langston Hughes' Harlem Renaissance poems, this unique performance-lecture is equal parts presentation / conversation. With a decade-long artistic journey that has both paralleled the rise of social media & borne witness to major sociopolitical shifts in Syria, Omar Offendum discusses how he's been able to develop a special blend of Hip-Hop & Arabic poetry to bridge cultural divides.

Omar Offendum is a Syrian-American rapper / poet living in Los Angeles. Known for his unique blend of Hip-Hop & Arabic poetry, he’s been featured on prominent world news outlets, lectured at a number of prestigious academic institutions, collaborated with major museums & cultural organizations, and helped raise millions of dollars for various humanitarian relief groups. A graduate of the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture, he’s been able to carve a distinct path for himself as a thoughtful entertainer / activist able to speak to a multitude of relevant issues & diverse global audiences over the course of his decade-long career. Offendum was recently named a Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellow for 2018-2019.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 27 Sep 2018 14:57:25 -0400 2018-10-18T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-18T17:30:00-04:00 Angell Hall Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS) Lecture / Discussion Picture
AIG (American Institutions Group) (October 19, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55578 55578-13759164@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: American Institutions Group (AIG)

AIG is a group of grad students and faculty who study American institutions, and we meet biweekly to discuss recent work in the field. It works like this: for the first half of our meeting, we generally discuss current events/politics, and for the second, we discuss a recently published article or working paper. The reading selections are decided by you all, so during the first meeting, you'll be able to sign up for a week where you get to pick the article.

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Meeting Tue, 18 Sep 2018 13:43:43 -0400 2018-10-19T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T13:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall American Institutions Group (AIG) Meeting Haven Hall
WCED Lecture. Populism and the Erosion of Democracy (October 19, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54102 54102-13528400@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

Populist parties and politicians are surging in both developed and new democracies, prompting much analytical and popular concern. Their rise is largely due to the failure of mainstream political parties to articulate and respond to popular concerns about immigration, changing labor markets, and perceived cultural threats. This talk explains how populists benefited from the shortcomings of mainstream parties, how they gained power in several countries, and the consequences of their governance for the formal and informal institutions of liberal democracy.

Anna Grzymala-Busse is the Michelle and Kevin Douglas Professor of International Studies in the Department of Political Science at Stanford University. Her research interests include political parties, state development and transformation, informal political institutions, religion and politics, and post-communist politics. She is the author of Redeeming the Communist Past, Rebuilding Leviathan, and Nations Under God.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to weisercenter@umich.edu at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 15 Oct 2018 09:35:30 -0400 2018-10-19T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion Anna Grzymala-Busse
The African Politics Reading Group (October 19, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55104 55104-13687192@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: African Politics Reading Group

We are a small, informal group of faculty, post-docs, and graduate students (not all Africa specialists) that reads and discusses a range of articles, working papers, published books, and book manuscripts.

If you would like to join us regularly or just from time to time, please email nichino@umich.edu to be added to the email distribution list.

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Meeting Mon, 10 Sep 2018 09:14:30 -0400 2018-10-19T13:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T14:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall African Politics Reading Group Meeting Haven Hall
Exposure to Opposing Views can Increase Political Polarization: Evidence from a Large-Scale Experiment on Social Media (October 19, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54841 54841-13645308@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

There is mounting concern that social media sites contribute to political polarization by creating "echo chambers" that insulate people from opposing views about current events. We surveyed a large sample of Democrats and Republicans who visit Twitter at least three times each week about a range of social policy issues. One week later, we randomly assigned respondents to a treatment condition in which they were offered financial incentives to follow a Twitter bot for one month that exposed them to messages produced by elected officials, organizations, and other opinion leaders with opposing political ideologies. Respondents were re-surveyed at the end of the month to measure the effect of this treatment, and at regular intervals throughout the study period to monitor treatment compliance. We find that Republicans who followed a liberal Twitter bot became substantially more conservative post-treatment, and Democrats who followed a conservative Twitter bot became slightly more liberal post-treatment. These findings have important implications for the interdisciplinary literature on political polarization as well as the emerging field of computational social science.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 16:06:58 -0400 2018-10-19T13:30:00-04:00 2018-10-19T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (October 19, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 53067-13217967@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:22:27 -0500 2018-10-19T15:30:00-04:00 2018-10-19T17:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
The class struggle, revolution, & socialism in the 21st century (October 22, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56780 56780-13999361@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 22, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: International Youth and Students for Social Equality

There is great interest in socialism in the US, but little understanding of what the struggle for socialism entails. The capitalist media is trying to channel pro-socialist sentiment toward the Democratic Party and portray it as a mildly reformist program that involves no fundamental change in the allocation of wealth, let alone the overthrow of existing property relations. It is a “socialism” that can even attract the support of thoughtful and socially conscious investment bankers.

But socialism can only be realized by the conscious political mobilization of the American and international working class in the greatest revolutionary struggle in history. The working class must prepare itself for this struggle by learning the lessons of the 20th century, which was the scene of the greatest revolutionary upheavals of history. It must learn the history of the Fourth International, the revolutionary socialist opposition to Stalinist counter-revolution.

Either the working class carries out the revolutionary overthrow of capitalism or it will be subjected to fascistic dictatorships and catastrophic wars. The political alternative that stands before humanity is not mild reform or the status quo, but revolutionary socialism or capitalist barbarism.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 15 Oct 2018 18:30:31 -0400 2018-10-22T19:00:00-04:00 2018-10-22T21:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall International Youth and Students for Social Equality Lecture / Discussion Leon Trotsky
Comparative Politics Workshop (October 23, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217930@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP)

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Aug 2018 10:20:50 -0400 2018-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-23T17:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Dialogues on Diversity in Science (October 23, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56172 56172-13841826@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 4:30pm
Location: Power Center for the Performing Arts
Organized By: Michigan Medicine Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Join the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and The Endowment for Basic Sciences at an innovative diversity dialogue event featuring EMMY award-winning actor and diversity trainer Ron Jones.

Ron Jones is the executive director of Dialogues on Diversity (DOD), a theatre company that uses theatrical models to make messages of difference, inclusion, and social justice accessible, engaging, and entertaining. At this event, Ron Jones and his cast will create a performance specifically catered to address obstacles faced in our scientific communities and workspaces.

RSVP Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1QYRPPVJtxrVMICEWsE91a4yDMg2denVc1hQFxm3EGB4/edit?ts=5ba3e8ad

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Performance Mon, 01 Oct 2018 13:11:17 -0400 2018-10-23T16:30:00-04:00 2018-10-23T18:00:00-04:00 Power Center for the Performing Arts Michigan Medicine Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Performance Marketing Ad for event
Bioethics Discussion: Zombies (October 23, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49424 49424-11453766@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on the rights of the living, the dead, and those in between.

Readings to consider:
"Consciousness: the most critical moral (constitutional) standard for human personhood"
"CDC preparedness 101: zombie pandemic"
"Zombies v. materialists"
"In vitro meat"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/019-zombies/.

Have your brain eaten by the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:55:12 -0400 2018-10-23T19:00:00-04:00 2018-10-23T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Zombies
SUMIT 2018: Security at University of Michigan IT (October 25, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55622 55622-13765961@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 25, 2018 8:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Register now for SUMIT_2018, the University of Michigan’s annual symposium to raise awareness and educate the community on cybersecurity. This free, one-day conference is an exciting opportunity to hear recognized experts discuss the latest issues, trends, and threats in cybersecurity and privacy. This year’s theme focuses on U-M’s role as a leader and best in security and privacy research. The presenters are all faculty, students, or alumni of U-M.

For a complete list of speakers and to register visit the SUMIT_2018 website: http://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/sumit/2018

Attendance is free, but registration is required.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 19 Sep 2018 11:27:03 -0400 2018-10-25T08:30:00-04:00 2018-10-25T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Information and Technology Services (ITS) Conference / Symposium SUMIT 2018: U-M Security and Privacy - Innovative Leaders
Statistical Learning Workshop (October 25, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56842 56842-14012660@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 25, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Roll call scaling techniques are empirical standards for studies of voting behavior within legislative bodies. Though ideal point estimation techniques are frequently used, the theoretical implications of assumptions made in order to empirically estimate ideal points provide cause for concern. Current scaling techniques ignore the role of group-level dependencies within the data. Assumptions about independence of observations in the scaling model ignore the possibility that members of the voting body have shared incentives to vote as a group. In turn, this leads to potential biases in the estimated values of the ideal points and underestimation of the number of dimensions needed to model the ideal point space. In this paper, I propose a new ideal point model that explicitly allows for group contributions in the underlying spatial model of voting. I derive a corresponding empirical model that utilizes flexible Bayesian nonparametric priors to estimate group ideological effects in ideal points and the corresponding dimensionality of the ideal points. I apply this model to the 114th U.S. House and show how grouped ideological effects can be uncovered using only a set of roll call votes. This model provides insights into open questions related to group dynamics in legislative voting and has important implications for literature that utilizes ideal point estimates.

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Meeting Thu, 18 Oct 2018 14:58:05 -0400 2018-10-25T15:30:00-04:00 2018-10-25T17:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Meeting Haven Hall
Networks of Interdependence, International Organizations and the Global Political System (October 25, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53195 53195-13280700@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 25, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

The Harold Jacobson Lecture was established in 2002 to honor Harold Jacobson, former director of the Center for Political Studies. "Jake" was best known for his work in international law and cooperation. The Harold Jacobson Lecture is an annual event to celebrate Jake’s contribution to the Center for Political Studies and to the study of international organization, international law, foreign policy, and the environment. Harold Jacobson lecturers have included Edith Brown Weiss, Kathryn Sikkink, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Charlotte Ku, and David Kay.

The lecture occurs every other year in the fall. The Harold Jacobson Lecture is co-sponsored by the Center for Political Studies and the Department of Political Science.

Paul Diehl is the Associate Provost and Director, Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Texas at Dallas.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 12 Sep 2018 18:37:00 -0400 2018-10-25T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-25T17:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Paul Diehl
Table Talks on the Diag (October 26, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56407 56407-13896806@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 26, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Diag - Central Campus
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

Talk about the issues that matter most with your fellow students. Discuss topics ranging from healthcare to immigration to the environment in a 1:1 setting, and grab a snack before you go!

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Other Thu, 04 Oct 2018 15:44:26 -0400 2018-10-26T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-26T14:00:00-04:00 Diag - Central Campus Ginsberg Center Other Table Talks on the Diag
Political Theory Workshop (October 26, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54931 54931-13654173@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 26, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Political Theory Workshop (PTW)

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 06 Sep 2018 14:09:28 -0400 2018-10-26T13:30:00-04:00 2018-10-26T15:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Political Theory Workshop (PTW) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (October 26, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 53067-13217968@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 26, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:22:27 -0500 2018-10-26T15:30:00-04:00 2018-10-26T17:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Changing the Tides in the Gulf: How the Changing Economic and Politics of the GCC are Affecting U.S. Security Interests (October 29, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56033 56033-13821112@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 29, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: International Policy Center

This is not a public event

Ford Security Seminar will host William G. Rich to discuss about how some economic trends are shaping Gulf politics and security.

William G. Rich is an International Affairs Fellow at CFR in New York. He previously worked as a diplomat for the U.S. Department of the Treasury and in a variety of other U.S. government counterterrorism and intelligence roles, both domestically and overseas.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 02 Oct 2018 10:42:11 -0400 2018-10-29T11:30:00-04:00 2018-10-29T13:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) International Policy Center Workshop / Seminar
Tying the Big Man’s Hands: From Personalized Rule to Institutionalized Regimes. (October 30, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53536 53536-13399424@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Professor Meng's research centers broadly on political institutions in dictatorships and authoritarian durability, using game theory and statistical methods. In particular, she examines party building in autocratic regimes with the goal of understanding why we see variation in the institutional capacity of ruling organizations.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 16:44:48 -0400 2018-10-30T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-30T17:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
There's Always Someone Who Doesn't Want You To Vote (October 30, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56912 56912-14023821@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Department of History

In democracies, ours included, voting is free, equal and secret – except when it’s not. A panel of distinguished scholars will discuss the subtle and not so subtle ways in which voting rights continue to be undermined in the context of a long history of electoral interferences, voter suppression, discouragement, and intimidation. They will discuss the deliberate targeting of particular groups and individuals as well as structural and infrastructural infringements on voting rights.

Panel Discussion Featuring:
Vincent L. Hutchings (Political Science, University of Michigan)
Rebecca Scott (History, School of Law; University of Michigan)
Michael J. Steinberg (Legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan)
Heather Ann Thompson (Afroamerican and African Studies, History, Residential College; University of Michigan)
Matthew Countryman (moderator; Afroamerican and African Studies, American Culture, History; University of Michigan)

Free and open to the public.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 26 Oct 2018 09:15:30 -0400 2018-10-30T18:00:00-04:00 2018-10-30T20:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Department of History Lecture / Discussion poster_crop
CREES Noon Lecture. Theater, Sociability, and Politics in Putin’s Russia (October 31, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54188 54188-13539443@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

The theater world in Russia is lively as ever, with a range of styles and interests represented by innovative and original work. But that world is also under significant threat as the Russian state puts increasing pressure on theaters and especially directors. The substance of the great art of theater is communication, respect, reverence, and an unflagging belief in humanity. Theater thrives on humanity the way flowers feed on soil, sun, and water. It in turn produces the conditions for humanity to grow. Theater produces and nurtures community and brings people together. In her lecture, Irina Khutsieva will expound on the relationship between theater, state and society in today's Russia.

Irina Khutsieva is a stage director and acting instructor in Moscow, Russia. Trained at “GITIS,” the Russian Academy of Theatrical Art, she has more than 30 years of experience in Russian theater. She now directs her own studio theater, the Chamber Theater, Moscow, founded in 2004. Khutsieva has staged more than 50 plays in Russia, Germany, and the U.S. She has worked at one of Russia’s most distinguished theater academies – the Shchepkin Higher Theatre Institute, associated with the State Academic Maly Theatre of Russia. She also has extensive experience teaching college drama majors. A specialist and practitioner of the Stanislavski Method, she incorporates the principles and traditions of Russian psychological theater and has also developed her own staging and teaching methods. In recent years, she has directed a major gala performance shown on Russian national TV and has run workshops for professional actors in regional towns throughout Russia.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to crees@umich.edu at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 11:05:55 -0400 2018-10-31T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-31T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Irina Khutsieva
Election 2018: A Round Table Discussion (November 1, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56411 56411-13896808@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 1, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Ashley Jardina, Stuart Soroka, and Brendan Nyhan will engage in a roundtable discussion about the upcoming 2018 midterm elections.

This event will be live-streamed https://ummedia01.umnet.umich.edu/isr/pre-election.html

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Presentation Thu, 11 Oct 2018 09:44:28 -0400 2018-11-01T16:00:00-04:00 2018-11-01T17:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Presentation Election 2018: A Round Table Discussion
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (November 2, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023791@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 2, 2018 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit, featuring collections preserved at the Clements, highlights the first-hand accounts of American soldiers serving in the Great War in 1917-18. Through their handwritten letters, death reports, postcards, photographs, and objects, glimpse the day-to-day lives, longings, and horrific realities of war they experienced while fighting “Over There” on the Western Front. This project aligns with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that brought their fighting to an end on November 11, 1918.

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2018-11-02T10:00:00-04:00 2018-11-02T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
AIG (American Institutions Group) (November 2, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55579 55579-13759165@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 2, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: American Institutions Group (AIG)

AIG is a group of grad students and faculty who study American institutions, and we meet biweekly to discuss recent work in the field. It works like this: for the first half of our meeting, we generally discuss current events/politics, and for the second, we discuss a recently published article or working paper. The reading selections are decided by you all, so during the first meeting, you'll be able to sign up for a week where you get to pick the article.

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Meeting Tue, 18 Sep 2018 13:47:00 -0400 2018-11-02T12:00:00-04:00 2018-11-02T13:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall American Institutions Group (AIG) Meeting Haven Hall
Patchwork Leviathan: How Pockets of Bureaucratic Governance Flourish within Institutionally Diverse Developing States (November 2, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56877 56877-14014910@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 2, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Within seemingly weak states, exceptionally effective subunits lie hidden. These high-performing niches exhibit organizational characteristics distinct from poor-performing peer organizations, but also distinct from high-functioning organizations in Western countries. This article develops the concept of interstitial bureaucracy to explain how and why unusually high-performing state organizations in developing countries invert canonical features of Weberian bureaucracy. Interstices are distinct-yet-embedded subsystems characterized by practices inconsistent with those of the dominant institution. This interstitial position poses particular challenges and requires unique solutions. Interstices cluster together scarce proto-bureaucratic resources to cultivate durable distinction from the status quo, while managing disruptions arising from interdependencies with the wider neopatrimonial field. I propose a framework for how bureaucratic interstices respond to those challenges, generalizing from organizational comparisons within the Ghanaian state and abbreviated historical comparison cases from the nineteenth-century United States, early-twentieth-century China, mid-twentieth-century Kenya, and early-twenty-first-century Nigeria.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 22 Oct 2018 15:47:02 -0400 2018-11-02T13:30:00-04:00 2018-11-02T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Political Theory Workshop (November 2, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53934 53934-13502207@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 2, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Political Theory Workshop (PTW)

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 06 Sep 2018 14:02:09 -0400 2018-11-02T13:30:00-04:00 2018-11-02T15:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Political Theory Workshop (PTW) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (November 2, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 53067-13217969@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 2, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:22:27 -0500 2018-11-02T15:30:00-04:00 2018-11-02T17:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
The socialist perspective on the 2018 midterm elections (November 4, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57368 57368-14175633@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 4, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Mason Hall
Organized By: International Youth and Students for Social Equality

Join the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) in a meeting on the 2018 midterm elections. The meeting will feature a presentation by Niles Niemuth, the Socialist Equality Party’s candidate for Michigan’s 12th congressional district. Niles will review the current political situation and the significance of his campaign.

There is growing support for socialism among workers and youth throughout the district and around the world. This is the outcome of record levels of social inequality, continuous attacks on wages and social programs, and unending war.

The IYSSE is fighting to show workers and students that the fight for socialism means a fight against the capitalist system. It requires the independent mobilization of the working class against the Democrats, the Republicans, and the social system they defend.

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 04 Nov 2018 17:33:12 -0500 2018-11-04T19:00:00-05:00 2018-11-04T21:00:00-05:00 Mason Hall International Youth and Students for Social Equality Lecture / Discussion Niles
Comparative Politics Workshop (November 6, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217932@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP)

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Aug 2018 10:20:50 -0400 2018-11-06T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-06T17:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Bioethics Discussion: Cloning (November 6, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49425 49425-11453767@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion coping with copying, seeing double, and creating anew.

Readings to consider:
"Genetic encores"
"Human cloning and our sense of self"
"The ethics of reviving long extinct species"
"Uniqueness, individuality, and human cloning"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/020-cloning/.

Take a gander at the blog should you have the time: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:56:43 -0400 2018-11-06T19:00:00-05:00 2018-11-06T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Cloning
Physicians, Public Speech and Politics (November 7, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56752 56752-13994905@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 7, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Eisenberg Family Depression Center

Please join the Michigan Medicine Department of Psychiatry for the 23rd Annual Waggoner Lecture on Ethics & Values in Medicine. The title of this year’s talk is “Physicians, Public Speech and Politics.” It will be presented by Dr. Rebecca Weintraub Brendel, M.D., J.D. on Wednesday, November 7 from 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. in Ford Auditorium at University Hospital.

Weintraub Brendel is the director of the master’s degree program at the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics. She bases her clinical work in psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) where she is the director of Law and Ethics at the Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior; provides medical oversight for the hospital’s inpatient guardianship team; and practices clinical and forensic psychiatry.

Dr. Brendel’s clinical practice has focused on patients with complex psychosocial problems, including trauma, dementia, mental illness, homelessness, substance abuse, decisional incapacity, lack of community support, and poverty. This broad work has informed her educational efforts and research interests focusing on issues at the interface of psychiatry, medicine, law, ethics, and human rights. She is an avid teacher and lecturer in both medical and legal settings.

Dr. Brendel graduated from both University of Chicago Law School and Pritzker School of Medicine. She completed her psychiatry residency at MGH and McLean Hospital and a forensic psychiatry fellowship at MGH. From 2006 – 2007, Dr. Brendel was the Edmond J. Safra Faculty Fellow in Ethics at Harvard University.

“We are delighted to welcome Dr. Brendel to our campus in November for this esteemed lectureship,” said Debra Pinals, M.D., clinical professor of psychiatry and director of the Program in Psychiatry, Law and Ethics at U-M. “Dr. Brendel brings a depth of knowledge to the field of psychiatry and ethics, and will be speaking on a timely topic related to physicians, politics and public speech. She is well suited to speak to the delicate intersection of these areas of focus from the perspective of a mental health and legal professional.”

The University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry established the Raymond W. Waggoner Lectureship on Ethics and Values in Medicine in 1996. This lectureship was created in honor of the late Dr. Waggoner, emeritus professor and past chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, who throughout his career and to all who knew him, exemplified the highest standards of integrity and ethics.

The esteemed lectureship is an annual event to recognize Dr. Waggoner’s enormous contributions to the Michigan Medicine medical center and to the profession, and to promulgate his interest in medical ethics.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 15 Oct 2018 11:21:53 -0400 2018-11-07T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-07T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Eisenberg Family Depression Center Lecture / Discussion Waggoner lecture
Emerging Scholars (November 8, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53073 53073-13218000@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 8, 2018 8:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

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Meeting Wed, 18 Jul 2018 10:03:28 -0400 2018-11-08T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-08T20:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Meeting Haven Hall
Emerging Scholars (November 9, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53074 53074-13218001@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 9, 2018 8:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

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Meeting Wed, 18 Jul 2018 10:05:30 -0400 2018-11-09T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-09T20:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Meeting Haven Hall
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (November 9, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 9, 2018 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit, featuring collections preserved at the Clements, highlights the first-hand accounts of American soldiers serving in the Great War in 1917-18. Through their handwritten letters, death reports, postcards, photographs, and objects, glimpse the day-to-day lives, longings, and horrific realities of war they experienced while fighting “Over There” on the Western Front. This project aligns with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that brought their fighting to an end on November 11, 1918.

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2018-11-09T10:00:00-05:00 2018-11-09T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
Citizens' Climate Lobby Monthly Meeting (November 10, 2018 12:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47914 47914-11118445@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 10, 2018 12:45pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Citizens Climate Lobby

Worried about climate change? Wondering how you can make a real difference? Come to the monthly meeting of the Ann Arbor chapter of Citizens' Climate Lobby (CCL). CCL is a national, grassroots organization working to enact federal legislation to put a price on CO2. Our meetings consist of dialing in to a national conference call (featuring different guest speakers each month), followed by local discussion of actions.

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Meeting Fri, 29 Dec 2017 12:52:48 -0500 2018-11-10T12:45:00-05:00 2018-11-10T14:45:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Citizens Climate Lobby Meeting CCL Logo
The U.S. at "endless war": Public policy and those who serve (November 12, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57238 57238-14139835@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 12, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Free and open to the public.

Dinner from Chela's Restaurant & Taqueria will be served. Please RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/wnJqY5GVZTxAFmV92

Join the conversation: #policytalks

Ford School faculty, students, and staff (along with the general public) are warmly invited to join this community event as we celebrate Veterans Day and explore issues at the intersection of public policy and military service.

The United States has been at war for 16 years with no clear end in sight. Further, over the past decade the U.S. has made an effort to shrink the size of its military--while at the same time increasing its responsibilities and engagement around the world. Meanwhile, in the absence of mandatory service we see a growing demographic divide between policymakers who chart the course for war or peace and the people and families who bear the brunt of fighting and deployment.

With those contexts in mind, panelists and audience members will discuss issues such as: what are the cascading effects of policy decisions on active duty folks, national guard members, and their families? When policies change at the top level, what are the impacts on those who are serving?

And what should future policy leaders understand about veterans' issues--transition to civilian life, workforce/employment issues, mental health and substance abuse, demographic trends in the composition of the veteran population, the future and long-term sustainability of Veterans Affairs, etc?


Panelists:

U.S. Army Captain Heath Bergmann (MPP '19), Masters of Public Policy student at the Ford School.

Jan Malaikal, Chief administrator for LSA Chemistry, retired U.S. Army officer. MA, Naval War College

Troy Nienberg (BA '05, JD '08), legislative director for U.S. Rep Dan Kildee (Flint), current Air National Guard officer and HH-60 Combat Rescue Pilot.


Moderator:
Professor Luke Shaefer, Associate Professor and Director, Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 31 Oct 2018 12:07:09 -0400 2018-11-12T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-12T17:20:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion
LACS Lecture Series. Beyond Left and Right: Grassroots Social Movements and Nicaragua's Civic Insurrection (November 13, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56063 56063-13823429@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

This talk offers some starting points for understanding Nicaragua’s civic insurrection via an account of social movements that oppose the state’s proposal for an Interoceanic Grand Canal. The opposition has been represented in the now defunct National Dialogue with the state by the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy, an amalgam of diverse interests from the private sector, student movement, grassroots social movements, and civil society. Spanning the political spectrum, these groups make for strange bedfellows, giving the Alliance a certain ideological incoherence beyond the desire to see Ortega and Murillo step down, a restoration of democratic institutions, and an end to the violence. An examination of grassroots social movements, however, provides an often-overlooked entry point into the roots of the civic insurrection. These movements illustrate why traditional ideological and political divisions between the Latin American Left and Right have limited utility for parsing relationships among diverse opposition actors and the self-proclaimed socialist state. An analysis of the factors that drive grassroots resistance to Ortega and Murillo, such as economic policy, corruption, growing authoritarianism, state violence, racism, and land dispossession, reveal a Sandinista state that no longer embraces Leftist politics and a country that has outgrown its old political categories.

Jennifer Goett is Associate Professor of Comparative Cultures and Politics at James Madison College, Michigan State University. She is a cultural anthropologist, specializing in political and feminist anthropology. Her research interests include race, gender and feminist theory, social movements, human rights, violence and the state, and critical security studies in Latin America. She has published work on indigenous and Afrodescendant social movements for multicultural rights in Central America, particularly Nicaragua, and on state sexual violence, racialized policing, and infrastructure megaprojects. Goett is the author of Black Autonomy: Race, Gender, and Afro-Nicaraguan Activism (Stanford University Press 2016). The book examines the gendered strategies that Afrodescendant Creole women and men use to assert autonomy over their bodies, labor, and spaces in the context of drug war militarization and state violence in postwar Nicaragua. Her articles have appeared in American Ethnologist, Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) News blog, and other journals and edited volumes. For two decades, she has engaged in activist work with indigenous and Afrodescendant communities in Nicaragua and Honduras, focusing on collaborative research to secure collective rights to land and natural resources.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 26 Sep 2018 15:31:54 -0400 2018-11-13T15:00:00-05:00 2018-11-13T16:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion goett_image
Comparative Politics Workshop (November 13, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217933@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP)

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Aug 2018 10:20:50 -0400 2018-11-13T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-13T17:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Election 2018: What Happened? (November 13, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56438 56438-13903626@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Ken Goldstein, Walter Mebane, and Vince Hutchings will engage in a roundtable discussion about the results of the 2018 midterm elections.

This event will be live-streamed https://ummedia01.umnet.umich.edu/isr/post-election.html

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Presentation Tue, 16 Oct 2018 09:49:23 -0400 2018-11-13T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-13T17:30:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Presentation Election 2018: What Happened?
CEW+Inspire Workshop Series – Gender Revolution in the Trump Era: Transformations in Consciousness and Gender Relations (November 15, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56377 56377-13894477@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: CEW+

Explore the rapid transformation in gender consciousness and gender relations during this workshop with Dr. Pamela Aronson. Attendees will discuss changes stemming from three primary sources: the rise of women running for political office in 2018, the emergence of new social movement activism, and the creation of the “#MeToo” movement, which has sparked a new public discourse on sexual assault and harassment. While exploring the ways that this new consciousness has also faced backlash and opposition, this workshop will shed light on the emerging gender revolution by examining how rapid transformations are influencing everyday relationships between men and women. A hands-on wellness activity will be presented by the CEW+ Inspire team to complement this workshop. The discussion will be followed by a networking reception.

Free and open to the public. Please register by November 8th.

About the Presenter: Pamela Aronson is Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Her research examines how inequalities impact identities and the life course. Past research has considered young women’s transition to adulthood, perception of role models, work and family orientations, and attitudes toward feminism. She also studies class and gender differences in the experience of postsecondary education and career development. Gender and feminist consciousness, as well as the impact of internalized misogyny in electoral politics, are the focus of her new research project.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 05 Oct 2018 11:10:17 -0400 2018-11-15T13:00:00-05:00 2018-11-15T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location CEW+ Workshop / Seminar CEW+ Logo
African Politics Reading Group (November 15, 2018 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56287 56287-13876217@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 2:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: African Politics Reading Group

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Meeting Tue, 02 Oct 2018 10:51:18 -0400 2018-11-15T14:30:00-05:00 2018-11-15T15:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall African Politics Reading Group Meeting Haven Hall
ASC Lecture. 2018-19 UMAPS Colloquium Series (November 15, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56362 56362-13887668@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: African Studies Center

This monthly series features the UMAPS fellows and their scholarly work. The talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to promote dialogue on topics, and to share their research with the larger U-M community.

Thursdays, 3:00-5:30 pm // Michigan League, 911 N University Ave, Ann Arbor
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October 18 (Koessler Room)

Tebaber Chanie Workneh. “The Roles and Status of Indigenous Medicine for Primary Health Care Services in the Amhara National Regional State (ANRS), Ethiopia”

Christina Osei-Asare. “Formulation of Solid Dosage Form of Lippia Multiflora for Managing Stress and Hypertension”
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November 15 (Kalamazoo Room)

Uhuru Phalafala. “Restless Natives, Indigenous Languages, and Revolution: Keorapetse Kgositsile’s Critical Biography”

Okechukwu Nwafor. “The Ubiquitous Image: Obituary Photographs in South-Eastern Nigeria and the Allure of Public Visibility”

Kholekile Malindi. “An Investigation of the Labour Market Determinants of Income Dynamics for a Highly Unequal Society: The South African Case”
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December 13 (Koessler Room)

Patrick Cobinnah. “Climate Change Adaptation in Africa's Urban Planning Context”

Faida Zacharia. “Small-scale Groundwater Irrigated Agriculture and Livelihoods in Drylands Areas: A Case of Dodoma Region, Tanzania”

Demis Mengist Wudeneh. “Implications of Large-scale Agricultural Investment for Livelihood Security and Regional Development: The Case of Gambella Region, Southwest Ethiopia”
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January 17 (Koessler Room)

Zerihun Birehanu. “Politics, Performance, and Governance in Ethiopia”

David Tshimba. “Transgressing the State: An Inquiry into Violence in the Rwenzori Borderlands, ca.1830-1998”

Jacqueline Adongo. “Rethinking Childhood: Child Identity Formation in Post-War Northern Uganda”
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February 14 (Koessler Room)

Adélaïde Nieguitsila. “Microbial Water Quality and Biological Contamination in Lakes of the Moyen-Ogooué Region”

Kabir Otun. “Iron Carbide Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts for the Conversion of Biomass to Liquid Transportation Fuels”

Lemlem Beza Demisse. “Knowledge and Practices of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and Factors that Influence Treatment Seeking Behaviors at Black Lion Hospital of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia”

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Dec 2018 10:14:49 -0500 2018-11-15T15:00:00-05:00 2018-11-15T17:30:00-05:00 Michigan League African Studies Center Lecture / Discussion umaps_image
The Future of North American Trade, NORTH AMERICAN COLLOQUIUM 2018 (November 15, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57103 57103-14092930@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Policy Center

Organized by Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, National Autonomous University of Mexico and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. The objective of the North American Colloquium is to provide a forum that strengtens a wider North American Conversation and more fruitful trilateral cooperation between Canada, Mexico and the US. Colloquium will allow for distinct internal/regional and indigenous perspectives within each country to be showcased. The Colloquium will engage policy-makers with leading scholars and practitioners in all three jurisdictions, broadening the range of viewpoints accessible to leading decision-makers in North America. This conference brings together experts and decision-makers across a wide range of fields to look back, and ahead, at NAFTA. The conference is organized around four themes:

(1) Politics of NAFTA: S. Simpson, C. Sands, C. Ruiz, E. Guterrez
(2) NAFTA & the auto industry: E.Davalos Lopez, D. Paterson, F. Volpe
(3) Economics of NAFTA: convergence & competitiveness: J. Steeves, A. Deardorff, F. Parro, C. Freund
(4) Future of NAFTA: P. Morrow, E. Blanchard, D. Fagan

Bob Rae was elected eleven times to the House of Commons and the Ontario legislature between 1978 and 2013. He was Ontario’s 21st Premier from 1990 to 1995, and served as interim leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 2011 to 2013. He was named “Parliamentarian of the Year” by his colleagues in the House of Commons in 2011 and received a “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians in 2018.

He is working now as a lawyer, negotiator, mediator, and arbitrator, with a particular focus on first nations, aboriginal, and governance issues.He is a Fellow of the Forum of Federations, and teaches at the University of Toronto in the Faculty of Law, Massey College, and Victoria College, and is a widely respected writer and commentator.

An author of five books (most recently, the best selling What’s Happened to Politics) and many studies and reports, Bob Rae is a Privy Councillor, a Companion of the Order of Canada, a member of the Order of Ontario, and has numerous awards and honorary degrees from institutions in Canada and around the world.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 26 Oct 2018 11:53:41 -0400 2018-11-15T17:30:00-05:00 2018-11-15T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location International Policy Center Conference / Symposium
On Capitalism: How to Write Nothing and Sell 100,000 Copies (November 15, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57400 57400-14184710@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Young Americans for Freedom

A Talk on Capitalism: How to Write Nothing and Sell 100,000 Copies

Host of “The Michael Knowles Show” at The Daily Wire, Knowles wrote the #1 national bestselling treatise "Reasons To Vote For Democrats: A Comprehensive Guide." Come hear him speak on the virtues of capitalism in our country!

Date: November 15th
Location: Vandenberg Room of the Michigan League
Time: 8pm (Doors open at 7:30pm)
Cost: FREE (Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis until room is full)

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 13 Nov 2018 22:07:22 -0500 2018-11-15T19:00:00-05:00 2018-11-15T21:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Young Americans for Freedom Lecture / Discussion Michael Knowles
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (November 16, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit, featuring collections preserved at the Clements, highlights the first-hand accounts of American soldiers serving in the Great War in 1917-18. Through their handwritten letters, death reports, postcards, photographs, and objects, glimpse the day-to-day lives, longings, and horrific realities of war they experienced while fighting “Over There” on the Western Front. This project aligns with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that brought their fighting to an end on November 11, 1918.

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2018-11-16T10:00:00-05:00 2018-11-16T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
AIG (American Institutions Group) (November 16, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55579 55579-13759166@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: American Institutions Group (AIG)

AIG is a group of grad students and faculty who study American institutions, and we meet biweekly to discuss recent work in the field. It works like this: for the first half of our meeting, we generally discuss current events/politics, and for the second, we discuss a recently published article or working paper. The reading selections are decided by you all, so during the first meeting, you'll be able to sign up for a week where you get to pick the article.

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Meeting Tue, 18 Sep 2018 13:47:00 -0400 2018-11-16T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-16T13:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall American Institutions Group (AIG) Meeting Haven Hall
Comparative Politics Workshop (November 16, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52959 52959-13159590@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP)

visiting talk by Severine Autesserre (Barnard)

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 11 Jul 2018 13:26:08 -0400 2018-11-16T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-16T14:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
DAAS Africa Workshop with Severine Autesserre (Barnard College, Columbia University) (November 16, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54151 54151-13530694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Séverine Autesserre is a Professor of Political Science, specializing in international relations and African studies, at Barnard College, Columbia University. She works on civil wars, peacebuilding, peacekeeping, and humanitarian aid.

Professor Autesserre's latest research project examines successful international contributions to local and bottom-up peacebuilding. Her 2014 article in International Peacekeeping presents some of the early ideas for this research. Her 2017 article in the International Studies Review, her Op-Eds in the Washington Post (here and here), and her Foreign Affairs pieces (here and here) present her first findings. In academic years 2016-2018, she will work full time on this project as an Andrew Carnegie Fellow, with additional research support from the Folke Bernadotte Academy and the Gerda Henkel Foundation.

Her previous project focused on the everyday elements that influence peacebuilding interventions on the ground. It included extensive fieldwork in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and briefer comparative research in Burundi, Cyprus, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, South Sudan, and Timor-Leste. The book based on this research, Peaceland: Conflict Resolution and the Everyday Politics of International Intervention, was released by Cambridge University Press in 2014. It won the 2016 Best Book of the Year Award and the 2015 Yale H. Ferguson Award from the International Studies Association as well as honorable mentions for two other book prizes (the 2015 Chadwick Alger Prize from the International Studies Association and the 2014 African Argument Book of the Year). Findings from this project have also appeared in Critique Internationale and African Affairs (the latter piece won the 2012 Best Article award from the African Politics Conference Group).

Her earlier research project focused on local violence and international intervention in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Dr. Autesserre has travelled regularly since 2001. Her fieldwork and analysis culminated in The Trouble with the Congo: Local Violence and the Failure of International Peacebuilding, published by Cambridge University Press in 2010. The book won the 2012 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order and the 2011 Chadwick Alger Prize presented by the International Studies Association to the best book on international organizations and multilateralism. Research for this project has also appeared in Foreign Affairs, International Organization, the Review of African Political Economy, the African Studies Review, the African Security Review, International Peacekeeping, the Revista de Relaciones Internationales, and the Journal of Humanitarian Affairs. It is the topic of a recent TED Talk that has more than 750,000 views.

Professor Autesserre's work has won numerous other prizes and fellowships, including two research awards from the United States Institute of Peace (2004-2005 and 2010-2012), two Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation research grants (2010 and 2011), a Presidential Research Award from Barnard College (2010), several grants from Columbia University (2010 – 2016), two Mellon Fellowships in Security and Humanitarian Action (2004-2006), the 2006 Best Graduate Student Paper award from the African Studies Association, and a Fulbright Fellowship (1999-2000).

Professor Autesserre teaches undergraduate classes such as "Civil Wars and International Interventions in Africa," "Building Peace," and "Aid, Violence, and Politics in Africa." She also regularly offers a SIPA course ("Civil Wars and Peace Settlements") and a doctoral seminar entitled "Debates on International Peace Interventions."

Before becoming an academic, Dr. Autesserre worked for humanitarian organizations (including Doctors Without Borders and Doctors of the World) and development agencies in Afghanistan, Kosovo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nicaragua, and India. She holds a post-doctorate from Yale University (2007), a Ph.D. in political science from New York University (2006), and master’s degrees in international relations and political science from Columbia University (2000) and Sciences Po (France, 1999).

Academic Focus:
Peacekeeping and peacebuilding
Democratic Republic of Congo
International relations
Politics of humanitarian and development aid

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Aug 2018 16:05:33 -0400 2018-11-16T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-16T14:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Political Theory Workshop (November 16, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53935 53935-13502208@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Political Theory Workshop (PTW)

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 06 Sep 2018 14:03:41 -0400 2018-11-16T13:30:00-05:00 2018-11-16T15:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Political Theory Workshop (PTW) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (November 16, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 53067-13217971@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:22:27 -0500 2018-11-16T15:30:00-05:00 2018-11-16T17:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
What Happened in the November 2018 Elections (November 20, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53732 53732-13453004@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Professor Traugott studies the mass media and their impact on American politics. This includes research on the use of the media by candidates in their campaigns and its impact on voters, as well as the ways that campaigns are covered and the impact of this coverage on candidates. He has a particular interest in the use of surveys and polls and the way news organizations employ them to cover campaigns and elections.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 14 Aug 2018 15:21:56 -0400 2018-11-20T10:00:00-05:00 2018-11-20T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion olli-image
Comparative Politics Workshop (November 20, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217934@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP)

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Aug 2018 10:20:50 -0400 2018-11-20T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-20T17:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Nam Center Colloquium Series | Calling Pyongyang: Changes in Journalistic Approaches to North Korea since 2000 (November 20, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54422 54422-13583296@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 4:30pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Nam Center for Korean Studies

How does news get made when it comes to North Korea, one of the least accessible regimes in the world? My talk traces changes in the production of news over the past two decades. First, there are more eyes on the ground, with higher numbers of journalists, diplomats, and tourists in the country. Second, the explosive growth in the number of North Korean defectors has had a mixed impact on journalism. While the defectors’ testimonies added context, they also led to an increase in sensationalistic coverage with unverified reports of human rights abuses. Third, the 2009 introduction of cellular phones to the North Korean population has made it much easier for reporters to communicate directly with North Koreans. Taken together, the changes not only show a shift in journalistic norms, but also hint at a fundamental shift of the Pyongyang regime towards more openness.

Soomin Seo is an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and a member of the Media and Communication Doctoral Program at Temple University in Philadelphia, USA. She received her PhD in communications at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, and studied public policy at Harvard University. Her work has appeared in publications such as Journalism Studies and Columbia Journalism Review. She is also a former journalist who worked for international news outlets.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 19 Nov 2018 09:29:51 -0500 2018-11-20T16:30:00-05:00 2018-11-20T18:00:00-05:00 North Quad Nam Center for Korean Studies Lecture / Discussion Abstract: South Korea had a Watergate moment in 2016, when a corruption scandal led to an impeachment of the president. Two media outlets in particular, the progressive Hankyoreh and JTBC, a TV station with roots in Samsung, first broke and then sensationalized the scandal that motivated the candlelight protests. Building on research about national media systems and sociology of news work, this article critically examines the news media and journalistic culture to derive three main findings. First, the democracy movement of the 1980s provided institutional and cultural foundations. Second, commercial desires facilitated higher-quality journalism, rather than undermining it. The economic liberalization and the precarity of the economy as a whole influenced both the media industry at large and the specific business strategies that motivated JTBC. Third, there is an Americanization of journalistic norms and culture. While the two outlets were outnumbered by better-funded pro-government outlets, the duo ultimate
Bioethics Discussion: Animal Experimentation (November 20, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49427 49427-11453768@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion testing the limitations of our testing limitations.

Readings to consider:
"Does animal experimentation inform human healthcare?"
"Ethical principles and guidelines for experiments on animals"
"The flaws and human harms of animal experimentation"
"Animal testing is still the best way to find new treatments for patients"
"Alternatives to animal testing"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/021-animal-experimentation/

Consider monkeying around the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:58:41 -0400 2018-11-20T19:00:00-05:00 2018-11-20T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Animal experimentation
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (November 23, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 53067-13217972@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 23, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:22:27 -0500 2018-11-23T15:30:00-05:00 2018-11-23T17:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Informing America’s Citizenry (November 26, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57868 57868-14365959@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 26, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA)

Barbara L. McQuade, is a law professor. From 2010 to 2017,
Ms. McQuade served as the U.S attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. Appointed by President Barack Obama, she was the first woman to serve in her position. She also served as vice chair of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee and co-chaired its Terrorism and National Security Subcommittee. As U.S. attorney, she oversaw cases involving public corruption, terrorism,
corporate fraud, theft of trade secrets, civil rights, and health care fraud, among others. Before becoming U.S. attorney, Professor McQuade served as an assistant U.S. attorney in Detroit for
12 years, serving as deputy chief of the National Security Unit, where she handled cases involving terrorism financing, export violations, threats, and foreign agents. She is a frequent
guest commentator on MSNBC and other news media.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 26 Nov 2018 12:17:53 -0500 2018-11-26T13:30:00-05:00 2018-11-26T15:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA) Lecture / Discussion
Comparative Politics Workshop (November 27, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217935@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP)

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Aug 2018 10:20:50 -0400 2018-11-27T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-27T17:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
CANCELLED - WCED Lecture. Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy (November 27, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54100 54100-13528398@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 4:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this lecture has been cancelled. Visit http://www.ii.umich.edu/wced for details about upcoming events.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 08 Nov 2018 08:40:59 -0500 2018-11-27T16:30:00-05:00 2018-11-27T18:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
Dissonance Event Series: Catching Fake News (November 27, 2018 6:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57303 57303-14148802@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 6:15pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Two years after the 2016 election, are we winning the war against digital misinformation and manipulation? This panel will describe the technical and journalistic challenges of identifying fake news and manipulated information online and assess the effectiveness of the response by platforms like Facebook in the U.S., Europe, and around the world.

Brendan Nyhan, Professor, Ford School will act as moderator, and panelists will include Mark Ackerman, Professor, School of Information; Ceren Budak, Asst. Prof., School of Information; Fredrik Laurin, Knight-Wallace Fellow, Special Projects Editor for Current Affairs, SVT (Swedish Television); and Rada Mihalcea, Professor, EECS.

More info at https://www.safecomputing.umich.edu/events/dissonance

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Nov 2018 12:37:13 -0400 2018-11-27T18:15:00-05:00 2018-11-27T19:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Information and Technology Services (ITS) Lecture / Discussion Dissonance: Catching Fake News, Nov. 27, 2018
ASP Lecture: The Armenian Cause, Statehood, and Democracy: Reflections on Levon Ter-Petrossian’s Writings (November 28, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53297 53297-13338828@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Armenian Studies

Armenia has experienced a series of transformative events since the late 1980s – the Karabagh movement, independence, war, and political as well as economic transitions. These events have attracted considerable scholarly and journalistic attention. But Armenia has undergone significant ideological shifts as a nation-state which have attracted less attention. Shortly after the birth of the Karabagh Movement, some of the prized assumptions of Armenian nationalism and politics came under assault. The ideology of the Armenian Cause in particular, despite slogans about class politics and socialist internationalism, has been embraced even by Armenian Communists since the end of WWII. These ideologies have been the subject of hitherto unprecedented intellectual scrutiny. From the very early years of independence a parallel conversation involving Armenia’s political class has debated competing visions of a liberal vs. a “national” state. These debates continue to this day. The recent publication of Levon Ter-Petrossian’s speeches, articles, and interviews now available to an English-speaking audience will be deployed to revisit these debates, looking at them through the eyes of one of its most important actors, the first President of Armenia (1991-98).

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us (tumanyan@umich.edu) at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 09 Nov 2018 08:37:23 -0500 2018-11-28T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-28T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Armenian Studies Lecture / Discussion Arman Grigoryan, Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Lehigh University
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (November 30, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023795@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 30, 2018 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit, featuring collections preserved at the Clements, highlights the first-hand accounts of American soldiers serving in the Great War in 1917-18. Through their handwritten letters, death reports, postcards, photographs, and objects, glimpse the day-to-day lives, longings, and horrific realities of war they experienced while fighting “Over There” on the Western Front. This project aligns with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that brought their fighting to an end on November 11, 1918.

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2018-11-30T10:00:00-05:00 2018-11-30T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
AIG (American Institutions Group) (November 30, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55579 55579-13759167@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 30, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: American Institutions Group (AIG)

AIG is a group of grad students and faculty who study American institutions, and we meet biweekly to discuss recent work in the field. It works like this: for the first half of our meeting, we generally discuss current events/politics, and for the second, we discuss a recently published article or working paper. The reading selections are decided by you all, so during the first meeting, you'll be able to sign up for a week where you get to pick the article.

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Meeting Tue, 18 Sep 2018 13:47:00 -0400 2018-11-30T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-30T13:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall American Institutions Group (AIG) Meeting Haven Hall
Political Theory Workshop (November 30, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53936 53936-13502209@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 30, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Political Theory Workshop (PTW)

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 06 Sep 2018 14:03:04 -0400 2018-11-30T13:30:00-05:00 2018-11-30T15:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Political Theory Workshop (PTW) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (November 30, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 53067-13217973@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 30, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:22:27 -0500 2018-11-30T15:30:00-05:00 2018-11-30T17:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
American Institutions Group (AIG) (December 3, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57837 57837-14323265@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 3, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: American Institutions Group (AIG)

AIG is a group of grad students and faculty who study American institutions, and we meet biweekly to discuss recent work in the field. It works like this: for the first half of our meeting, we generally discuss current events/politics, and for the second, we discuss a recently published article or working paper.

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Meeting Wed, 21 Nov 2018 16:37:00 -0500 2018-12-03T13:00:00-05:00 2018-12-03T14:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall American Institutions Group (AIG) Meeting Haven Hall
Title IX Comment Writing Event (December 3, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57893 57893-14366721@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 3, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The Department of Education proposed new regulations on Title IX and campus sexual violence. You can read them here: https://bit.ly/2A4POhD.

The Department of Education solicits public input on their proposed regulations (it's called a “notice and comment” period). The Department is required to respond to this input before issuing its final regulations. A court can strike down a regulation if the Department cannot explain its reasoning, or if the regulation is inconsistent with Title IX.

Join students and professors as we mobilize and write responses to the Department of Education's new sexual violence regulations, and make our voices heard. Dinner and event support will be provided by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender.

Please RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/4ADthWq8MwRNAm0x1

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 27 Nov 2018 09:58:40 -0500 2018-12-03T17:00:00-05:00 2018-12-03T20:00:00-05:00 Hutchins Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Workshop / Seminar banner with event title and information
Comparative Politics Workshop (December 4, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217936@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP)

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Aug 2018 10:20:50 -0400 2018-12-04T16:00:00-05:00 2018-12-04T17:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Bioethics Discussion: Suicide (December 4, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49428 49428-11453770@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on our (chosen?) ends.

Readings to consider:
"The myth of Sisyphus"
"The ethics of suicide"
"Suicide: rationality and responsibility for life"
"Suicide responsibility of hospital and psychiatrist"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/022-suicide/.

Please consider the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/. (And your own health and well-being if you're in that place in your life right now.)


[If you and/or someone you know is currently feeling suicidal, please feel free to reach out to the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255.]

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:27:01 -0400 2018-12-04T19:00:00-05:00 2018-12-04T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Suicide
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (December 7, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023796@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 7, 2018 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit, featuring collections preserved at the Clements, highlights the first-hand accounts of American soldiers serving in the Great War in 1917-18. Through their handwritten letters, death reports, postcards, photographs, and objects, glimpse the day-to-day lives, longings, and horrific realities of war they experienced while fighting “Over There” on the Western Front. This project aligns with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that brought their fighting to an end on November 11, 1918.

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2018-12-07T10:00:00-05:00 2018-12-07T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
The African Politics Reading Group (December 7, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55104 55104-13687194@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 7, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: African Politics Reading Group

We are a small, informal group of faculty, post-docs, and graduate students (not all Africa specialists) that reads and discusses a range of articles, working papers, published books, and book manuscripts.

If you would like to join us regularly or just from time to time, please email nichino@umich.edu to be added to the email distribution list.

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Meeting Mon, 10 Sep 2018 09:14:30 -0400 2018-12-07T13:00:00-05:00 2018-12-07T14:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall African Politics Reading Group Meeting Haven Hall
Winter Wonder Gathering (December 7, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53075 53075-13218002@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 7, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Email pswebevents@umich.edu for details.

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Reception / Open House Wed, 18 Jul 2018 10:10:15 -0400 2018-12-07T14:00:00-05:00 2018-12-07T16:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Reception / Open House Haven Hall
Citizens' Climate Lobby Monthly Meeting (December 8, 2018 12:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47914 47914-11118446@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 8, 2018 12:45pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Citizens Climate Lobby

Worried about climate change? Wondering how you can make a real difference? Come to the monthly meeting of the Ann Arbor chapter of Citizens' Climate Lobby (CCL). CCL is a national, grassroots organization working to enact federal legislation to put a price on CO2. Our meetings consist of dialing in to a national conference call (featuring different guest speakers each month), followed by local discussion of actions.

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Meeting Fri, 29 Dec 2017 12:52:48 -0500 2018-12-08T12:45:00-05:00 2018-12-08T14:45:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Citizens Climate Lobby Meeting CCL Logo
GAPS (December 10, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54019 54019-13513099@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 10, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

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Meeting Tue, 21 Aug 2018 14:30:36 -0400 2018-12-10T12:00:00-05:00 2018-12-10T14:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Meeting Haven Hall
Comparative Politics Workshop (December 11, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217937@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP)

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Aug 2018 10:20:50 -0400 2018-12-11T16:00:00-05:00 2018-12-11T17:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Why it Matters Today (December 13, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57441 57441-14193514@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 13, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA)

The UM Retirees Association meeting will feature Dr. Thompson, who received the Pulitzer Prize in History as well as numerous other awards for her book, Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1973 and its Legacy. She is nationally and internationally known for her writing on the history of policing, mass incarceration and the current criminal justice system. She has worked in both the policy and advisory arenas and has presented at many universities.

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Presentation Tue, 06 Nov 2018 15:03:33 -0500 2018-12-13T14:00:00-05:00 2018-12-13T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA) Presentation
ASC Lecture. 2018-19 UMAPS Colloquium Series (December 13, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56362 56362-13887669@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 13, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: African Studies Center

This monthly series features the UMAPS fellows and their scholarly work. The talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to promote dialogue on topics, and to share their research with the larger U-M community.

Thursdays, 3:00-5:30 pm // Michigan League, 911 N University Ave, Ann Arbor
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October 18 (Koessler Room)

Tebaber Chanie Workneh. “The Roles and Status of Indigenous Medicine for Primary Health Care Services in the Amhara National Regional State (ANRS), Ethiopia”

Christina Osei-Asare. “Formulation of Solid Dosage Form of Lippia Multiflora for Managing Stress and Hypertension”
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November 15 (Kalamazoo Room)

Uhuru Phalafala. “Restless Natives, Indigenous Languages, and Revolution: Keorapetse Kgositsile’s Critical Biography”

Okechukwu Nwafor. “The Ubiquitous Image: Obituary Photographs in South-Eastern Nigeria and the Allure of Public Visibility”

Kholekile Malindi. “An Investigation of the Labour Market Determinants of Income Dynamics for a Highly Unequal Society: The South African Case”
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December 13 (Koessler Room)

Patrick Cobinnah. “Climate Change Adaptation in Africa's Urban Planning Context”

Faida Zacharia. “Small-scale Groundwater Irrigated Agriculture and Livelihoods in Drylands Areas: A Case of Dodoma Region, Tanzania”

Demis Mengist Wudeneh. “Implications of Large-scale Agricultural Investment for Livelihood Security and Regional Development: The Case of Gambella Region, Southwest Ethiopia”
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January 17 (Koessler Room)

Zerihun Birehanu. “Politics, Performance, and Governance in Ethiopia”

David Tshimba. “Transgressing the State: An Inquiry into Violence in the Rwenzori Borderlands, ca.1830-1998”

Jacqueline Adongo. “Rethinking Childhood: Child Identity Formation in Post-War Northern Uganda”
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February 14 (Koessler Room)

Adélaïde Nieguitsila. “Microbial Water Quality and Biological Contamination in Lakes of the Moyen-Ogooué Region”

Kabir Otun. “Iron Carbide Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts for the Conversion of Biomass to Liquid Transportation Fuels”

Lemlem Beza Demisse. “Knowledge and Practices of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and Factors that Influence Treatment Seeking Behaviors at Black Lion Hospital of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia”

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Dec 2018 10:14:49 -0500 2018-12-13T15:00:00-05:00 2018-12-13T17:30:00-05:00 Michigan League African Studies Center Lecture / Discussion umaps_image
The War on Poverty Project: Evaluating the lasting, economic effects of the War on Poverty (December 14, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58180 58180-14435497@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 14, 2018 9:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Friday, December 14

9:00-9:20am Martha Bailey: Welcome and introductions
9:20-10:00am Chloe Gibbs: “Breaking the Cycle? Intergenerational Effects of an Anti-Poverty Program in Early Childhood” (with Andrew Barr)
10:00-10:40am Douglas Miller: “Selection into Identification in Fixed Effects Models, with Application to Head Start”

10:40am Break

10:50-11:30am Martha Bailey: “Prep School for Poor Kids’: The Long-Run Impact of Head Start on Human Capital and Productivity” (with Shuqiao Sun and Brenden Timpe)

11:30am-1:10pm Lunch Break

1:10-2:00pm Hilary Hoynes: “Is the Social Safety Net a Long-Term Investment? Large-Scale Evidence from the Food Stamps Program,” a joint presentation of Economic History and Labor Economics Seminars
2:00-2:40pm Valentina Duque: “The Long-Term Health and Economic Benefits of Community Health Centers” (with Martha Bailey and Andrew Goodman-Bacon)

2:40pm Break

2:50-3:30pm Olga Malkova: “Does Parents’ Access to Family Planning Increase Children’s Opportunities? Evidence from the War on Poverty and the Early Years of Title X” (with Martha Bailey and Zoe McLaren)
3:30-5:00pm
Short talks (~15 min each):

Jacob Bastian: “The Rise of Working Mothers and the 1975 Earned Income Tax Credit”
Andrew Goodman-Bacon: “A Strong Start: Short- and Long-Run Effects from Medicaid’s Introduction”
Jamein Cunningham: “Legal Services and the Civilian Perspective”
Rob Gillezeau: “The Community Action Program and the 1960s Uprisings”
Nic Duquette: “Beethoven, Baumol and Bloat: The Establishment of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Professionalization of American Orchestras” (with Mirae Kim)
Bryan Stuart: “The Economic Impact of a High National Minimum Wage: Evidence from the 1966 Fair Labor Standards Act” (with Martha Bailey and John DiNardo)

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 10 Dec 2018 12:37:00 -0500 2018-12-14T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-14T17:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Conference / Symposium Event flyer
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (December 14, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023797@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 14, 2018 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit, featuring collections preserved at the Clements, highlights the first-hand accounts of American soldiers serving in the Great War in 1917-18. Through their handwritten letters, death reports, postcards, photographs, and objects, glimpse the day-to-day lives, longings, and horrific realities of war they experienced while fighting “Over There” on the Western Front. This project aligns with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that brought their fighting to an end on November 11, 1918.

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2018-12-14T10:00:00-05:00 2018-12-14T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (December 14, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 53067-13217975@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 14, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:22:27 -0500 2018-12-14T15:30:00-05:00 2018-12-14T17:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Comparative Politics Workshop (December 18, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217938@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 18, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP)

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Aug 2018 10:20:50 -0400 2018-12-18T16:00:00-05:00 2018-12-18T17:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (December 21, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023798@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 21, 2018 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit, featuring collections preserved at the Clements, highlights the first-hand accounts of American soldiers serving in the Great War in 1917-18. Through their handwritten letters, death reports, postcards, photographs, and objects, glimpse the day-to-day lives, longings, and horrific realities of war they experienced while fighting “Over There” on the Western Front. This project aligns with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that brought their fighting to an end on November 11, 1918.

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2018-12-21T10:00:00-05:00 2018-12-21T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (December 21, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 53067-13217976@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 21, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:22:27 -0500 2018-12-21T15:30:00-05:00 2018-12-21T17:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Comparative Politics Workshop (December 25, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217939@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 25, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP)

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Aug 2018 10:20:50 -0400 2018-12-25T16:00:00-05:00 2018-12-25T17:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (December 28, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 53067-13217977@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 28, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:22:27 -0500 2018-12-28T15:30:00-05:00 2018-12-28T17:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Comparative Politics Workshop (January 1, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217940@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 1, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP)

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Aug 2018 10:20:50 -0400 2019-01-01T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-01T17:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (January 4, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023800@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 4, 2019 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit, featuring collections preserved at the Clements, highlights the first-hand accounts of American soldiers serving in the Great War in 1917-18. Through their handwritten letters, death reports, postcards, photographs, and objects, glimpse the day-to-day lives, longings, and horrific realities of war they experienced while fighting “Over There” on the Western Front. This project aligns with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that brought their fighting to an end on November 11, 1918.

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2019-01-04T10:00:00-05:00 2019-01-04T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (January 4, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 53067-13217978@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 4, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:22:27 -0500 2019-01-04T15:30:00-05:00 2019-01-04T17:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Comparative Politics Workshop (January 8, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217941@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 8, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP)

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Aug 2018 10:20:50 -0400 2019-01-08T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-08T17:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
– An Update on U-M Governmental Issues in Lansing and Washington, DC (January 10, 2019 1:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57867 57867-14363818@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 10, 2019 1:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA)

Ms.Wilbanks is U-M Vice President for Government Relations and directs the University of Michigan’s Government Relations programs at the local, state and federal levels. She will provide us with an update on the latest issues in Lansing and Washington D.C. With all the changes happening as a result of the mid-term elections this should be a very informative session, especially on topics that affect the University and Higher Education.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 26 Nov 2018 11:56:14 -0500 2019-01-10T01:30:00-05:00 2019-01-10T15:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA) Lecture / Discussion
UMMA Book Club: Art, Ideas, & Politics (January 10, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58505 58505-14510827@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 10, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

The Art, Ideas & Politics Book Club is a partnership between UMMA and Literati Bookstore in connection with UMMA's exhibition Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s. Surrounded by the large-scale artworks by Sam Gilliam, Helen Frankenthaler, Al Loving, and Louise Nevelson, we will read and discuss bold and critical voices—both fiction and nonfiction—guided by Literati Bookstore's Creative Programs Manager, Gina Balibrera Amyx. Books will explore visions and critiques relevant to abstract art as well as the immense social changes of the period, and include Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power (Jan 10), Art on My Mind, Visual Politics by bell hooks (March 14), Ninth Street Women by Mary Gabriel (May 9), Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner (July 11), and How We Get Free, edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (Sept 12).

Gina Balibrera Amyx is the Creative Program Manager at Literati Bookstore, and a graduate of Zell MFA Program. Her writing has been featured in the Boston Review, Ploughshares, Michigan Quarterly Review, and The Wandering Song, an anthology of the Central American diaspora.

The Art, Ideas & Politics Book Club will meet on the second Thursday of the month, 12-1 p.m. in the exhibition gallery. Pick and choose or come to all of them. Books will be available for sale at Literati Bookstore as well as after book club meetings at UMMA, at a 15% book club discount.  

UMMA gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support of this exhibition:

Lead Exhibition Sponsors: University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, and College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Exhibition Endowment Donors:  Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and Robert and Janet Miller Fund

University of Michigan Funding Partners: Institute for Research on Women and Gender, School of Social Work, Department of Political Science, and Department of Women's Studies

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Presentation Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:08 -0500 2019-01-10T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-10T13:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (January 11, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023801@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 11, 2019 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit, featuring collections preserved at the Clements, highlights the first-hand accounts of American soldiers serving in the Great War in 1917-18. Through their handwritten letters, death reports, postcards, photographs, and objects, glimpse the day-to-day lives, longings, and horrific realities of war they experienced while fighting “Over There” on the Western Front. This project aligns with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that brought their fighting to an end on November 11, 1918.

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2019-01-11T10:00:00-05:00 2019-01-11T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
African Politics Reading Group (January 11, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58409 58409-14494078@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 11, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: African Politics Reading Group

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Meeting Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:32:46 -0500 2019-01-11T13:00:00-05:00 2019-01-11T14:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall African Politics Reading Group Meeting Haven Hall
Get Involved: How to Give Your Feedback on Department of Ed Title IX Regulations (January 11, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59477 59477-14745553@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 11, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center (SAPAC)

Join SAPAC and the Ginsberg Center for a drop-in event that will include short informational presentations by Kamaria Porter, PhD Candidate in the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education, and Erin Byrnes, Lead of Democratic Engagement at the Ginsberg Center, on how to provide feedback on the Department of Education’s proposed regulations on Title IX.

Currently the Department of Education is taking public input on these regulations in what is called a “notice and comment period”. The department must respond to this input before these new regulations are finalized. This event will provide you with information about how to make your opinions heard by the Department of Education and give you the space to draft your own comments.

Light snacks will be provided

When:Friday, January 11th 2:00-5:00PM (Drop in! Short presentations starting at 2:15pm!)
Where: SAPAC Office, 330 E. Liberty Street Suite 3D

Read the proposals here

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Presentation Thu, 10 Jan 2019 13:46:42 -0500 2019-01-11T14:00:00-05:00 2019-01-11T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center (SAPAC) Presentation Pink flier that restates the information found in this article
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (January 11, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 53067-13217979@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 11, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:22:27 -0500 2019-01-11T15:30:00-05:00 2019-01-11T17:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
How to Make Causal Inferences Using Texts (January 11, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59075 59075-14677952@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 11, 2019 4:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Abstract: New text-as-data techniques offer a great promise: the ability to discover, measure, and then utilize text-based variables for testing social science theories of interest from large collections of text. We introduce a conceptual framework for making causal inferences with text-based measures as either a treatment or outcome.  We argue that nearly all text-based causal inferences depend upon a latent representation of the text and provide a set of sufficient assumptions to identify causal effects when text is used as a treatment or outcome. We provide a framework to learn the latent representation---justifying the use of popular unsupervised methods such as topic modeling or principal component analysis---and then estimate causal effects with the same sample used to learn the latent representation. But estimating the latent representation, we show, creates new risks: we may introduce an identification problem or overfit. To address this problem we introduce a split-sample framework.  We apply our framework to study whether increasing the proportion of women on Congressional committees leads to more representation of women’s ideas during the legislative process and to assess how partisans respond to social media messages from President Trump.

Bio: Justin Grimmer is an associate professor of political science at Stanford University. His research examines how representation occurs in American politics using new statistical methods. His first book Representational Style in Congress: What Legislators Say and Why It Matters (Cambridge University Press, 2013) shows how senators define the type of representation they provide constituents and how this affects constituents' evaluations. His second book The Impression of Influence: How Legislator Communication and Government Spending Cultivate a Personal Vote (Under Review, with Sean J. Westwood and Solomon Messing) demonstrates how legislators ensure they receive credit for government actions. His work has appeared in the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Political Analysis, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Regulation and Governance, and Poetics. During the 2013-2014 academic year he was a National Fellow at the Hoover Institute.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 02 Jan 2019 13:12:20 -0500 2019-01-11T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-11T17:00:00-05:00 West Hall Michigan Institute for Data Science Workshop / Seminar Justin Grimmer, PhD
Family Art Studio: Don't throw it out! Let's make art with it! (January 12, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58506 58506-14510828@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 12, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Create a 3D sculpture inspired by the artist Louise Nevelson who was known to make work using everyday objects and materials she found on the street. We will explore the UMMA exhibition, Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s, which features a large-scale work by Nevelson, as well as other well known abstract expressionists, followed by a hands-on workshop with local artists Susan Clinthorne and Nora Venturelli. 

Family Art Studio is generously supported by the University of Michigan Credit Union Arts Adventures Program, UMMA's Lead Sponsor for Student and Family Engagement.  

UMMA gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support of this exhibition:

Lead Exhibition Sponsors: University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, and College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Exhibition Endowment Donors:  Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and Robert and Janet Miller Fund

University of Michigan Funding Partners: Institute for Research on Women and Gender, School of Social Work, Department of Political Science, and Department of Women's Studies

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:08 -0500 2019-01-12T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-12T13:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Social / Informal Gathering Museum of Art
Family Art Studio: Don't throw it out! Let's make art with it! (January 12, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58507 58507-14510829@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 12, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Create a 3D sculpture inspired by the artist Louise Nevelson who was known to make work using everyday objects and materials she found on the street. We will explore the UMMA exhibition, Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s, which features a large-scale work by Nevelson, as well as other well known abstract expressionists, followed by a hands-on workshop with local artists Susan Clinthorne and Nora Venturelli. 

Family Art Studio is generously supported by the University of Michigan Credit Union Arts Adventures Program, UMMA's Lead Sponsor for Student and Family Engagement.  

UMMA gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support of this exhibition:

Lead Exhibition Sponsors: University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, and College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Exhibition Endowment Donors:  Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and Robert and Janet Miller Fund

University of Michigan Funding Partners: Institute for Research on Women and Gender, School of Social Work, Department of Political Science, and Department of Women's Studies

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:09 -0500 2019-01-12T14:00:00-05:00 2019-01-12T16:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Social / Informal Gathering Museum of Art
Comparative Politics Workshop (January 15, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217942@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP)

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Aug 2018 10:20:50 -0400 2019-01-15T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-15T13:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
CANCELLED Conversations on Europe. Multiculturalism in Europe: What Is It? How Did It Arise? Why Is It Important? (January 15, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59278 59278-14728133@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for European Studies

This lecture has been cancelled.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Jan 2019 14:46:05 -0500 2019-01-15T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-15T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for European Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
Opening: Deported: An American Division (January 15, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59202 59202-14717500@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

A display of Rachel Woolf’s documentary photography capturing Lourdes Salazar Bautista and her family’s experience of deportation. Woolf, 2018 winner of the Emerging Lens competition, captures moments in the days before Bautista’s deportation hearing in Detroit and the family’s forced return to Toluca, Mexico, revealing in intimate detail the impact of deportation on real families. Stamps professor Hannah Smotrich designed the exhibition and collaborated with Ford School faculty Ann Lin and Fabiana Silva to situate the photographs in a policy, political, and historical context. Exhibit will be on display through January 31.

For more information about the exhibit, visit http://www.artworksprojects.org/project/deported/

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Exhibition Fri, 11 Jan 2019 14:14:04 -0500 2019-01-15T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-15T18:00:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Exhibition Deported
WCED Roundtable. Nigeria’s Elections: Democracy and Disillusionment (January 15, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58791 58791-14559372@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

In 2015, Nigerian voters elected a new party for the first time since democratic transition in 1999. Foreign observers hailed the election as a watershed moment for Nigerian democracy and applauded the performance of the country's electoral commission. Many Nigerians hoped that President Muhammadu Buhari would take muscular action against government corruption, economic recession, and the Boko Haram insurgency. Four years later, the Buhari administration's performance has been mixed. Some progress has been made in the northeast against Boko Haram, but rule of law is worsening in other parts of the country. Corruption remains endemic, and state governments struggle to pay salaries in the wake of federal budget cuts. At the same time, a new generation of reformist governors is trying to chart a new path at the state level, while the country's electoral commission has invested in technology in hopes that it can tamp down on ballot fraud and violence.

This panel will examine the prospects for 2019's elections. Will the ruling All Progressives Congress hold onto power? What issues will shape Nigerian voters' choices? What dynamics at the local level are the most important factors to watch? And, most fundamentally, will these elections reflect the will of the Nigerian electorate, or will money and violence continue to play an outsized role in Nigerians' electoral choices?

Omolade Adunbi is a political anthropologist and an assistant professor of Afroamerican and African studies at the University of Michigan. His areas of research explore issues related to resource distribution, governance, human and environmental rights, power, culture, transnational institutions, multinational corporations and the postcolonial state. His latest book, "Oil Wealth and Insurgency in Nigeria" (Indiana University Press, 2015) addresses issues related to oil wealth, multinational corporations, transnational institutions, NGOs and violence in oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria.

Adrienne LeBas is an associate professor of government at American University. She was previously a Prize Research Fellow at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, and assistant professor of political science and African studies at Michigan State University. Her research interests include social movements, democratization, and political violence. LeBas is the author of the award-winning "From Protest to Parties: Party-Building and Democratization in Africa" (Oxford University Press, 2011) and articles in the British Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Democracy, Comparative Politics, and elsewhere. LeBas also worked as a consultant for Human Rights Watch in Zimbabwe, where she lived from 2002-03.

Dan Slater specializes in the politics and history of enduring dictatorships and emerging democracies, with a regional focus on Southeast Asia. He is the Ronald and Eileen Weiser Professor of Emerging Democracies, professor of political science, and director of the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies at the University of Michigan. Previously he was director of the Center for International Social Science Research (CISSR), associate professor in the Department of Political Science, and associate member in the Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago. His book manuscript examining how divergent historical patterns of contentious politics have shaped variation in state power and authoritarian durability in seven Southeast Asian countries, entitled "Ordering Power: Contentious Politics and Authoritarian Leviathans in Southeast Asia," was published in the Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics series in 2010.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to weisercenter@umich.edu at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 20 Dec 2018 08:47:56 -0500 2019-01-15T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-15T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion Nigeria's Elections
Bioethics Discussion: Race (January 15, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49429 49429-11453772@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on (in)equality that is more than skin deep.

Readings to consider:
"Racial disparity in emergency department triage"
"Dealing with the realities of race and ethnicity"
"Race/ethnicity and success in academic medicine"
"Race and trust in the healthcare system"
"Why bioethics has a race problem"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/023-race/.

Feel free to visit the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:28:05 -0400 2019-01-15T19:00:00-05:00 2019-01-15T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Race
Statistical Learning Workshop (January 16, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59442 59442-14743389@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Statistical Learning Workshop

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Meeting Thu, 10 Jan 2019 09:21:42 -0500 2019-01-16T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-16T17:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Statistical Learning Workshop Meeting Haven Hall
Michigan in Washington Information Session (January 16, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59244 59244-14719626@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The MIW program offers an opportunity each year for 45-50 undergraduates from any major to spend a semester (Fall or Winter) in Washington D.C. Students combine coursework with an internship that reflects their particular area of interest (such as American politics, international studies, history, the arts, public health, economics, the media, the environment, science and technology). The semester in Washington is action packed. Students work four days a week, attend an elective one evening a week and a research course on Friday mornings. They spend their weekends exploring the city and taking in cultural events. Most leave Washington longing to return.

Students are free to pursue internships of their own choosing. They are coached in internship searching strategies as part of a prep class that is taken the semester before going to D.C. Students have interned at the White House, the Smithsonian, CNN, Greenpeace, CBS, Public Defender’s Service, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, NAACP, The Brookings Institution, American Enterprise Institute, National Defense University, Partnership for Public Service, Center for American Progress, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and many others.
FUNDING is available for this living and learning program.

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Meeting Mon, 07 Jan 2019 14:39:39 -0500 2019-01-16T17:00:00-05:00 2019-01-16T18:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Michigan in Washington Program Meeting Haven Hall
ASC Lecture. 2018-19 UMAPS Colloquium Series (January 17, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56362 56362-13887670@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 17, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: African Studies Center

This monthly series features the UMAPS fellows and their scholarly work. The talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to promote dialogue on topics, and to share their research with the larger U-M community.

Thursdays, 3:00-5:30 pm // Michigan League, 911 N University Ave, Ann Arbor
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October 18 (Koessler Room)

Tebaber Chanie Workneh. “The Roles and Status of Indigenous Medicine for Primary Health Care Services in the Amhara National Regional State (ANRS), Ethiopia”

Christina Osei-Asare. “Formulation of Solid Dosage Form of Lippia Multiflora for Managing Stress and Hypertension”
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November 15 (Kalamazoo Room)

Uhuru Phalafala. “Restless Natives, Indigenous Languages, and Revolution: Keorapetse Kgositsile’s Critical Biography”

Okechukwu Nwafor. “The Ubiquitous Image: Obituary Photographs in South-Eastern Nigeria and the Allure of Public Visibility”

Kholekile Malindi. “An Investigation of the Labour Market Determinants of Income Dynamics for a Highly Unequal Society: The South African Case”
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December 13 (Koessler Room)

Patrick Cobinnah. “Climate Change Adaptation in Africa's Urban Planning Context”

Faida Zacharia. “Small-scale Groundwater Irrigated Agriculture and Livelihoods in Drylands Areas: A Case of Dodoma Region, Tanzania”

Demis Mengist Wudeneh. “Implications of Large-scale Agricultural Investment for Livelihood Security and Regional Development: The Case of Gambella Region, Southwest Ethiopia”
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January 17 (Koessler Room)

Zerihun Birehanu. “Politics, Performance, and Governance in Ethiopia”

David Tshimba. “Transgressing the State: An Inquiry into Violence in the Rwenzori Borderlands, ca.1830-1998”

Jacqueline Adongo. “Rethinking Childhood: Child Identity Formation in Post-War Northern Uganda”
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February 14 (Koessler Room)

Adélaïde Nieguitsila. “Microbial Water Quality and Biological Contamination in Lakes of the Moyen-Ogooué Region”

Kabir Otun. “Iron Carbide Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts for the Conversion of Biomass to Liquid Transportation Fuels”

Lemlem Beza Demisse. “Knowledge and Practices of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and Factors that Influence Treatment Seeking Behaviors at Black Lion Hospital of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia”

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Dec 2018 10:14:49 -0500 2019-01-17T15:00:00-05:00 2019-01-17T17:30:00-05:00 Michigan League African Studies Center Lecture / Discussion umaps_image
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (January 18, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023802@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit, featuring collections preserved at the Clements, highlights the first-hand accounts of American soldiers serving in the Great War in 1917-18. Through their handwritten letters, death reports, postcards, photographs, and objects, glimpse the day-to-day lives, longings, and horrific realities of war they experienced while fighting “Over There” on the Western Front. This project aligns with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that brought their fighting to an end on November 11, 1918.

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2019-01-18T10:00:00-05:00 2019-01-18T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (January 18, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 53067-13217980@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:22:27 -0500 2019-01-18T15:30:00-05:00 2019-01-18T17:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
MFA Graduate Student Symposium: Site, Non-Site, Website (January 19, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58510 58510-14510832@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 19, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Join the next generation of artists at their studio site as they explore theory and practice in the age of the internet. Keynote presentation at 11 a.m.: "The Body as a Cyberfeminist Non-Web Site" by Yvette Granata, followed by demos, interactive workshops, and an opportunity to tour the Graduate studios.     Yvette is a multi-media artist, writer, film designer, and sometimes curator. Her work explores the socio-politics of technology through feminist art practice, cyber feminism, and techno-philosophy. Her work takes the shape of various forms and intersects video, sound, performance, computational media, and theoretical installations. Her media artwork has been exhibited at the Harvard Carpenter Center for the Arts, The Eye Film Institute in Amsterdam, The Kunsthalle in Detroit, Papy Gyro Nights in Norway and Hong Kong, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center and Squeaky Wheel Media Arts Center in Buffalo. www.yvettegranata.com

Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today is organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston and curated by Eva Respini, Barbara Lee Chief Curator, with Jeffrey De Blois, Assistant Curator.

Major support is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

​UMMA gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support:

Lead Exhibition Sponsors:
Candy and Michael Barasch, University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs

Individual and Family Foundation Donors:
William Susman and Emily Glasser; The Applebaum Family Compass Fund: Pamela Applebaum and Gaal Karp, Lisa Applebaum; P.J. and Julie Solit; Vicky and Ned Hurley; Ann and Mel Schaffer; Mark and Cecelia Vonderheide; and Jay Ptashek and Karen Elizaga  

University of Michigan Funding Partners:
School of Information; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Institute for Research on Women and Gender; Institute for the Humanities; Department of History of Art; Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning; Department of American Culture; School of Education; Department of Film, Television, and Media; Digital Studies Program; and Department of Communication Studies
 

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 18 Jan 2019 12:16:26 -0500 2019-01-19T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-19T16:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (January 20, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58501 58501-14510823@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 20, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s explores large-scale works of art by Helen Frankenthaler, Louise Nevelson, Sam Gilliam, and Al Loving, within the context of highly-charged debates of the early 1970s about aesthetics, politics, race, and feminism. This exhibition explores the gendered and racialized terms upon which great art was defined and assessed, and the strategy of artists to question the identity and aesthetics of the artist making the art. UMMA docents will help visitors look through the lens of the four artists’ works to explore the aesthetic choices inherent in abstraction as well as the acts of staining, pouring, draping, —or even taking apart the wall itself—within this charged political context.

UMMA gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support of this exhibition:

Lead Exhibition Sponsors: University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, and College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Exhibition Endowment Donors:  Richard and Rosann Noel Endowment Fund, Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and Robert and Janet Miller Fund

University of Michigan Funding Partners: Institute for Research on Women and Gender, School of Social Work, Department of Political Science, and Department of Women's Studies

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Presentation Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:08 -0500 2019-01-20T14:00:00-05:00 2019-01-20T15:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
MLK Day Eye on Detroit: Whats in the News? (January 21, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57810 57810-14314710@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 21, 2019 10:00am
Location: Detroit Center
Organized By: University of Michigan Detroit Center

Fake News is everywhere. You can’t go online without seeing clickbait. It is getting increasingly difficult to tell fact from fiction. The President claims that the media is the enemy of the State. The Russians are planting stories that advance their own interests.
Corporate interests are believed to have an effect on the news and what you hear. How can you tell real news from fake? Who is telling you the truth? Is there an end to the fake news? Join us as we Unravel these challenges and more.

Schedule of Events:

10:00 - 11:30am: Keynote Lecture from Hill Auditorium
11:30 - 12:30pm: Luncheon
12:30 - 2:00pm: Eye on Detroit: Discussion Panel

To RSVP, please click the link below

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One family's story: People, policy, & the politics of deportation (January 21, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59395 59395-14737076@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 21, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Free and open to the public. RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/1F89tlEPAScS7z0S2

11:30 - 12:00: Strolling lunch and viewing of Deported: An American Division
12:15 - 1:30: Panel discussion

Join Rachel Woolf, Independent visual journalist; Emilio Gutiérrez Soto, Knight-Wallace Fellow, Mexican journalist and asylum seeker; Laura Sanders, co-founder of the Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights; and School of Public Health clinical assistant professor William D. Lopez for an interdisciplinary discussion moderated by Ford School professor Ann Lin on the recent history, impact, and ramifications of current American immigration policy.

For more information about the exhibit, visit http://www.artworksprojects.org/project/deported/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 14:40:12 -0500 2019-01-21T11:30:00-05:00 2019-01-21T13:30:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Lourdes Salazar Bautista
From the Mouths of Millennials (January 21, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58667 58667-14536527@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 21, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This study group will be a weekly discussion of contemporary literature recommended by Millennials specifically for OLLI learners. We will read five novels, each illustrating and grappling with the present social, political, economic, and environmental concerns of millennials—concerns which they want to bring to the attention of other generations.

Our discussions of the novels will include the significant current events included in the books, the ways in which they navigate social difference, and the reasons why millennials may have recommended them in the first place. We will read The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, The Circle by Dave Eggers, Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, Walden on Wheels by Ken Ilgunas, and Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng.

This study group for those 50 and over will meet for two hours (3:30-5:30 pm) on Mondays from January 27 through February 25. Instructor Emelia Abbe is a Ph.D. candidate in the University of Michigan’s Department of English.

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Class / Instruction Sun, 16 Dec 2018 13:02:03 -0500 2019-01-21T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-21T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Fights about Language and Political Correctness: What’s At Stake? (January 21, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59597 59597-14754550@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 21, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Debates abound about pronouns on class rosters, the name of the Washington Redskins, the reclamation of the word “queer,” trigger warnings, the connotations of “lady” versus “woman,” the choice of “black” or “Black” or “African American,” and telling someone to “check their privilege,” just to name a few.

Who has the right to tell others how they should and shouldn’t use language—and when? Do “superficial” changes in the language we use really matter? What’s at stake in debates about language?

Efforts to render language more respectful and inclusive of all persons are sometimes perceived as policing other people’s language, and “politically correct” is no longer a neutral term (if it ever really was). In this workshop, Professor Anne Curzan and Professor Robin Queen discuss the merits and the criticisms of “politically correct” language, drawing from specific cases that have received national attention as well as significant attention on the University of Michigan campus.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 15 Jan 2019 15:51:05 -0500 2019-01-21T13:00:00-05:00 2019-01-21T14:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion MLK 2019
Unravel Injustice: Taking Action (January 21, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58725 58725-14544830@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 21, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

A two-part discussion on our roles as citizens and scholars in movements to create a more just and humanistic society.

2019 University of Michigan MLK Symposium

Monday, January 21, 2019, 2:00-4:00pm, ISR Thompson Rm 1430

Keynote: Transforming ourselves to build an inclusive society
By: john a. powell, Director Haas Institute for a Fair & Inclusive Society, UC Berkeley

Panel discussion with noted citizen activists to follow keynote:
Moderator: Neda Ulaby, National Public Radio
-Nick Licata, Founding Chair, Local Progress (Seattle, WA), @NickJLicata
-Rosalie Lochner, Founder, Michigan Support Circle
-Jessyca Matthews, MI English Teacher of the Year, Carmen-Ainsworth High School (Flint, MI)
-Kayla Reed, Founder, St. Louis Action Council, @iKaylaReed

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 08 Jan 2019 17:01:08 -0500 2019-01-21T14:00:00-05:00 2019-01-21T16:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Comparative Politics Workshop (January 22, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217943@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP)

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Aug 2018 10:20:50 -0400 2019-01-22T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-22T13:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Cultural Racism & American Social Structure Speaker Series (January 23, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58198 58198-14441905@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 9:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

A winter 2019 interdisciplinary speaker series sponsored by Institute for Social Research Survey Research Center and Rackham Graduate School

All talks are held at the Institute for Social Research (426 Thompson Street) Room 1430 at 9:00-10:30am

"Discourses of White nationalism & racism today" by Alexandra Stern, Professor & Chair
Dept of American Culture, University of Michigan

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Jan 2019 09:37:59 -0500 2019-01-23T09:00:00-05:00 2019-01-23T10:30:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Wolverine Caucus: Changing course in International Trade Policy – a growing concern in Michigan, the US and the World Who is helped – who is hurt? (January 23, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57854 57854-14363807@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: UofM Government Relations

President Donald Trump has tackled international trade policy during his second year in of office, just as he promised he would during his 2016 election campaign. Tariffs on steel and aluminum from various countries, exports from China, and potentially on automobiles and supply chains are having an effect – including the likelihood that consumers at home will see rising prices in the months and years to come. Renegotiated trade agreements made with South Korea, Mexico, and Canada will also change trade outcomes and could in influence corporate decision making in the manufacturing of goods and products. Please join us for an enlightening presentation by Professor Alan Deardorff who will explore these and other changes taking place in trade policy, and their likely implications for Michigan, the United States, and the world!

Alan V. Deardorff is the John W. Sweetland Professor of International Economics and Professor of Public Policy. His research focuses on international trade. Dr. Deardorff and Bob Stern have developed the Michigan Model of World Production and Trade, which is used to estimate the effects of trade agreements. He is also doing theoretical work in international trade and trade policy. He has served as a consultant to the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Labor, State, and Treasury and to international organizations including the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the World Bank. Dr. Deardorff received his Ph.D. from Cornell University.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 26 Nov 2018 09:42:55 -0500 2019-01-23T11:30:00-05:00 2019-01-23T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location UofM Government Relations Lecture / Discussion Changing course in International Trade Policy
CREES Noon Lecture. National Minorities as a Legal Category in the Czech Republic (and Beyond) at the Time of Rising Nationalism (January 23, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58912 58912-14578299@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

The Czech philosopher Jan Patočka wrote in Europe and the post-European Age that demolition is a certain type of construction. The current rise of nationalism, the erosion of the rule of law, and the dismantlement of liberal state institutions in Europe raise concerns about what could be built after that demolition of the European order. While Hungary and Poland have made a sharp right-turn, the Czech Republic is still at the crossroads. Which way might it go? In this lecture, Hofmannová will focus on the status of national minorities and discuss the differences between a “conservative” and a “flexible” definition of what constitute a national minority. Does a flexible approach, advocated by International organizations, still have a chance to be promoted in Europe?

Helena Hofmannová is an associate professor of constitutional law at Charles University in Prague as well as an adviser to the judge of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic. After the fall of communism, she has been a pioneer researcher in the field of the legal and social positions of Jewish minorities in the Czech Republic. Recently, in light of the threats to liberal democracy, she has lectured on human rights protection and democratic theory, with a special focus on Europe. Between 2012 and 2014, she was a member of the Advisory Committee of the Framework Convention on the Protection of National Minorities. In 2018, she was appointed to the Council of Europe’s European Commission against Racism and Intolerance. She is the author and co-author of several books, as well as a number of articles.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to crees@umich.edu at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 29 Dec 2018 19:39:14 -0500 2019-01-23T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-23T13:20:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Helena Hofmannova
GAPS Monthly Meeting (January 23, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59656 59656-14777847@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Graduate Association of Political Science (GAPS)

GAPS exists to improve the lives of graduate students in the University of Michigan’s Department of Political Science.

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Meeting Mon, 14 Jan 2019 09:07:41 -0500 2019-01-23T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-23T14:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Graduate Association of Political Science (GAPS) Meeting Haven Hall
POSTPONED: Representatives Debbie Dingell and Fred Upton: Voices from across the aisle (January 23, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59799 59799-14788681@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

EVENT POSTPONED: Due to changes in the congressional schedule related to the ongoing partial government shutdown, Representatives Dingell and Upton must be in DC on Wednesday, January 23. Therefore, this event has been postponed—we look forward to sharing a new date for their conversation at the Ford School as soon as one becomes available. Visit event website for latest updates.

Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.

This event will be live webstreamed. Please check event website before the event for viewing details.

Join the Ford School and WeListen for a Conversations Across Difference event with U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI 12th District) and Fred Upton (R-MI 6th District) moderated by Brendan Nyhan, professor of public policy at the Ford School. The conversation will consider the opportunities for and obstacles to bipartisan cooperation, while also tackling in thoughtful dialogue some of the most pressing issues currently dividing the two parties, such as immigration policy, the government shutdown, and health care.

Hosted by the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and co-sponsored by WeListen and the Program in Practical Policy Engagement.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Jan 2019 16:30:01 -0500 2019-01-23T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-23T17:20:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Debbie Dingell & Fred Upton
Statistical Learning Workshop (January 23, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59442 59442-14743390@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Statistical Learning Workshop

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Meeting Thu, 10 Jan 2019 09:21:42 -0500 2019-01-23T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-23T17:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Statistical Learning Workshop Meeting Haven Hall
Michigan in Washington Information Session (January 23, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59244 59244-14719627@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The MIW program offers an opportunity each year for 45-50 undergraduates from any major to spend a semester (Fall or Winter) in Washington D.C. Students combine coursework with an internship that reflects their particular area of interest (such as American politics, international studies, history, the arts, public health, economics, the media, the environment, science and technology). The semester in Washington is action packed. Students work four days a week, attend an elective one evening a week and a research course on Friday mornings. They spend their weekends exploring the city and taking in cultural events. Most leave Washington longing to return.

Students are free to pursue internships of their own choosing. They are coached in internship searching strategies as part of a prep class that is taken the semester before going to D.C. Students have interned at the White House, the Smithsonian, CNN, Greenpeace, CBS, Public Defender’s Service, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, NAACP, The Brookings Institution, American Enterprise Institute, National Defense University, Partnership for Public Service, Center for American Progress, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and many others.
FUNDING is available for this living and learning program.

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Meeting Mon, 07 Jan 2019 14:39:39 -0500 2019-01-23T17:00:00-05:00 2019-01-23T18:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Michigan in Washington Program Meeting Haven Hall
Donia Human Rights Center Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture. Locking up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America (January 24, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56181 56181-13841867@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 24, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Donia Human Rights Center

In his lecture, James Forman, Jr. will discuss some of the questions raised by his Pulitzer-prize winning book, Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America. How did African-American elected officials and citizens respond to the surge in crime and drug addiction beginning in the 1970s? What were the impact of those decisions? Can we make different choices today?

A reception and book signing will follow the public lecture.

This event is co-sponsored with support from: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Department of History, Department of Sociology, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Institute for the Humanities, International Institute Conflict and Peace Initiative, and the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

A former public defender and a child of civil rights activists, Professor Forman will share riveting stories of his clients, politicians, judges, and ordinary citizens. He will speak with compassion about individuals trapped in terrible dilemmas. His lecture will enrich our understanding of why America has become so punitive and will offer important lessons about the future of race and the criminal justice system in this country.

James Forman, Jr. graduated from Roosevelt High School in Atlanta, Brown University, and Yale Law School. He worked as a law clerk for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor of the U.S. Supreme Court. After clerking, he joined the Public Defender Service in Washington, D.C., where for six years he represented juveniles and adults in felony and misdemeanor cases. He has also won the general non-fiction Pulitzer Prize for his book "Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America."

Professor Forman loved being a public defender, but he quickly became frustrated with the lack of education and job training opportunities for his clients. So in 1997, along with David Domenici, he started the Maya Angelou Public Charter School, an alternative school for dropouts and youth who had previously been arrested. A decade later, in 2007, Maya Angelou School expanded and agreed to run the school inside D.C.’s juvenile prison. That school, which had long been an abysmal failure, has been transformed under the leadership of the Maya Angelou staff; the court monitor overseeing D.C.’s juvenile system called the turnaround “extraordinary.”

At Yale Law School, where has taught since 2011, Forman teaches Constitutional Law and a course called Race, Class, and Punishment. Last year he took his teaching behind prison walls, offering a seminar called Inside-Out Prison Exchange: Issues in Criminal Justice, which brought together, in the same classroom, 10 Yale Law students and 10 men incarcerated in a CT prison.

Professor Forman has written many law review articles, in addition to op-eds and essays for the New York Times, the Atlantic, the New Republic, the Nation, and the Washington Post. His first book is the critically acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize-winning "Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America" (2017) which explores how decisions made by black leaders, often with the best of intentions, contributed to disproportionately incarcerating black and brown people. A Washington Post bestseller, "Locking Up Our Own" was longlisted for the National Book Award and has been named a Best Book of the Year by numerous publications, including the New York Times, The Marshall Project, Publisher’s Weekly, and GQ Magazine. Reviewers have called the book “superb and shattering” (New York Times), “eloquent” and “sobering” (London Review of Books), and “moving, nuanced, and candid” (New York Review of Books). On Twitter, the New York Times book reviewer Jennifer Senior called "Locking Up Our Own" “the best book I’ve read this year.”

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to umichhumanrights@umich.edu at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Jan 2019 08:47:27 -0500 2019-01-24T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-24T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Donia Human Rights Center Lecture / Discussion James Forman
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) Welcome Meeting and Anti-Racism Workshop (January 24, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59774 59774-14786525@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 24, 2019 7:00pm
Location: School of Social Work Building
Organized By: Showing Up For Racial Justice (SURJ UMich)

Event details: https://ssw.umich.edu/events/list/2019/01/24/59382-showing-up-for-racial-justice-surj-welcome-meeting

Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) at UMich works to motivate and make known transformative education opportunities that sharpen the analysis, organizing skills and leadership of white anti-racist organizers and the broader University of Michigan community.

Please join us as we come together to begin setting our agenda and intentions for this semester's chapter. We will also be hosting a one-time training on the topic of, 'how to initiate conversations about white supremacy and anti-racism'.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 15 Jan 2019 11:15:21 -0500 2019-01-24T19:00:00-05:00 2019-01-24T22:00:00-05:00 School of Social Work Building Showing Up For Racial Justice (SURJ UMich) Workshop / Seminar SURJ Logo
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (January 25, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023803@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit, featuring collections preserved at the Clements, highlights the first-hand accounts of American soldiers serving in the Great War in 1917-18. Through their handwritten letters, death reports, postcards, photographs, and objects, glimpse the day-to-day lives, longings, and horrific realities of war they experienced while fighting “Over There” on the Western Front. This project aligns with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that brought their fighting to an end on November 11, 1918.

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2019-01-25T10:00:00-05:00 2019-01-25T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
Mass Incarceration: A WeListen Staff Discussion (January 25, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59327 59327-14730608@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 11:00am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Department of Psychology

Mass Incarceration: A WeListen Staff Discussion

This session of WeListen is open to all UM staff members. All voices and views are welcome and lunch will be provided!

RSVP here: http://myumi.ch/6wE9n

The U.S. has the most incarcerated people in the world: 2.1 million. The corrections system costs $81B annually, while corporations make $7.4B from private prisons and $2B+ from prison labor. Black and Hispanic Americans are overrepresented in U.S. prisons and 83% of formerly incarcerated people are rearrested within 9 years of release.

Is mass incarceration working? Why are racial minorities overrepresented? Should the U.S. consider different sentencing and correctional models? Has privatization in our justice system gone too far, or not far enough?

Join us at this WeListen Staff Session to learn about mass incarceration and to participate in small group discussions about this complex topic. Our aim is to bring liberals, conservatives, libertarians- everyone across the political spectrum- together for constructive conversation. The goal of WeListen discussions is not to debate or argue, but to understand the views and values of others and to learn from their perspectives. The session will begin with a brief content presentation to provide a basic understanding of the topic. No specific level of knowledge is required to participate in WeListen discussions.


By participating in WeListen sessions, staff members will:
- Expand understanding of a prominent political topic
- Practice discussing difficult topics with others,
- Gain openness to new ideas and perspectives,
- Learn to productively challenge an idea, and
- Form a sense of community among fellow staff members.

Questions? Email us at welistenstaff@umich.edu.

This event is co-sponsored by the UM Office of DEI and the LSA DEI Implementation Leads. The planning committee includes staff members from the Ginsberg Center, the LSA Dean's Office, and LSA Psychology.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:26:13 -0500 2019-01-25T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-25T13:00:00-05:00 North Quad Department of Psychology Lecture / Discussion North Quad
CSEAS Friday Lecture Series. Photographic Mourning: Witnessing the Philippine Drug War (January 25, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58252 58252-14450642@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Under the regime of Pres. Rodrigo Duterte, the so-called drug war in the Philippines has exacted an enormous toll. In this talk, I inquire into one of the earliest and most graphic responses to this war: the work of photojournalists. How does photojournalism become a kind of advocacy by becoming a mode of mourning? How are trauma and witnessing braided together in the experience of photographers covering war? Indeed, how does photography offer evidence that trauma can be the site for the emergence of truth? What is the role of the camera and what are the ambivalent effects of the technical and aesthetic imaging of the dead and their survivors? What is the fate of photographic images once they travel beyond the control of photographers? For example, converted into commodities, what happens to them when they circulate in the global mediascape and are rendered into items for the daily consumption of anonymous viewers? And among the family of victims, how do dreams recapitulate as they displace the work of photographic mourning?

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If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Contact: alibyrne@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 13:27:49 -0500 2019-01-25T11:30:00-05:00 2019-01-25T12:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion event_image
AIG (American Institutions Group) (January 25, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60196 60196-14849035@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: American Institutions Group (AIG)

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Meeting Tue, 22 Jan 2019 12:18:48 -0500 2019-01-25T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-25T13:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall American Institutions Group (AIG) Meeting Haven Hall
Conflict and Peace, Research and Development (CPRD) Group (January 25, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60058 60058-14814824@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Conflict & Peace, Research & Development (CPRD)

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Meeting Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:13:21 -0500 2019-01-25T13:30:00-05:00 2019-01-25T15:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Conflict & Peace, Research & Development (CPRD) Meeting
Political Theory Workshop (January 25, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59618 59618-14754576@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Political Theory Workshop (PTW)

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Meeting Mon, 14 Jan 2019 09:16:49 -0500 2019-01-25T13:30:00-05:00 2019-01-25T15:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Political Theory Workshop (PTW) Meeting Haven Hall
Short and Snappy Tours (January 25, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58537 58537-14510859@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Student Docents explore love and death, politics and humor, history, mythology, materiality, fashion, food, and other ideas in these short & sweet 15-minute peeks at the UMMA collection. Meet at the UMMA Store.

Student programming at UMMA is generously supported by the University of Michigan Credit Union Arts Adventures Program, UMMA's Lead Sponsor for Student and Family Engagement.

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Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (January 25, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 53067-13217981@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:22:27 -0500 2019-01-25T15:30:00-05:00 2019-01-25T17:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Short and Snappy Tours (January 25, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58536 58536-14510858@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Student Docents explore love and death, politics and humor, history, mythology, materiality, fashion, food, and other ideas in these short & sweet 15-minute peeks at the UMMA collection. Meet at the UMMA Store.

Student programming at UMMA is generously supported by the University of Michigan Credit Union Arts Adventures Program, UMMA's Lead Sponsor for Student and Family Engagement.

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Ferrando Family Lecture (January 25, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52606 52606-12899825@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

"Economics vs. philosophy: which will come out on top?"

Tyler Cowen will consider the relative strengths and weaknesses of economic and philosophical reasoning, and how the two modes of thought might be best integrated.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 25 Jan 2019 09:16:54 -0500 2019-01-25T16:30:00-05:00 2019-01-25T18:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion
Water System Finance: the Political Pitfalls of Public-Private Partnerships (January 28, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60055 60055-14814820@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Free and open to the public

About the Lecture:
Please join us in a Conversation Across Difference, as Professor Teodoro discusses alternative ownership and management models for water and sewer utilities, as well as the political dimensions of public, private, and public-private partnerships (P3s), and what they mean for cost and quality.

Currently about 84% of American drinking water utilities are owned and operated by local governments; about 15% are private, investor-owned companies, and a tiny percentage operate as public-private partnerships (P3s). Many communities with struggling utilities pursue privatization or P3s as potential ways to address their problems. These processes invariably focus principally on finance, with little attention to water quality or political processes.

Dr. Teodoro will share theory, case studies, and statistical models that tell the story of the advantages and disadvantages of public and private ownership of water and sewer for urban/rural and large/small systems.

Sponsored by: University of Michigan Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Co-sponsored by: Environmental Law and Policy Program (ELPP), Graham Sustainability Institute, School for Environment and Sustainabillity (SEAS)

For more information visit www.closup.umich.edu or call 734-647-4091. Follow on Twitter @closup.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 18 Jan 2019 17:02:09 -0500 2019-01-28T11:30:00-05:00 2019-01-28T12:50:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Manny Teodoro
ELPP Lecture Series: Opportunity and Action in Federal Environmental Policy (January 28, 2019 11:50am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60186 60186-14846879@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 11:50am
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

The Trump administration has drastically changed how federal environmental policy is shaped and implemented. Beyond this obvious headline, there are much bigger trends that will influence the environment and economy in the years ahead. Mr. Parker will discuss where the real action and opportunity will be in this space in the coming years.

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Doug Parker is a recognized leader in environmental risk and compliance who advises clients on environmental policy, public sector strategies, enforcement actions and crisis management.

At E&W Strategies, he serves clients by providing strategic direction in the areas of corporate and individual risk, crisis mitigation and environmental compliance. He brings a unique perspective to his role as the former Director of EPA's Criminal Investigation Division where he oversaw matters ranging from the investigation into the Deepwater Horizon disaster to the Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal.

Mr. Parker counsels clients on navigating environmental, health and safety compliance challenges across multiple industries, including the automotive, energy, chemical, utility and manufacturing sectors. He also provides guidance to law firms, consulting firms, and financial entities that are managing compliance matters or are engaged in due diligence with environmental risk implications. Additionally, Mr. Parker serves as a subject matter expert for those seeking to understand and navigate the environmental and natural resource policy space or who may be advocating at the federal level on critical policy and enforcement issues.

Mr. Parker speaks regularly to industry groups on strategies for navigating environmental risk and has shared his insights on CNN, National Public Radio, as well as in The New York Times and numerous other media outlets.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:36:56 -0500 2019-01-28T11:50:00-05:00 2019-01-28T12:50:00-05:00 Jeffries Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion
A Philosopher Looks at Our Political Crisis (January 28, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58675 58675-14536538@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

In The Monarchy of Fear, author Martha Nussbaum, Professor of Law and Ethics in the Philosophy Department of the University of Chicago, writes that since the 2016 election the role of emotion in political opinion has been largely overlooked. In the U.S. and across Europe, the economic stress and rapid social changes affecting many lives have created a sense of powerlessness and a pervasive underlying fear of change.
The result is resentment and blame directed at immigrants, Muslims, minority races, and the elite. We will read this book and talk about the ideas.
Please read through p.16 for the first class.
Instructor Gerry Lapidus will lead this study group for those 50 and over for two hours on Mondays from January 28 through March 18. No class meeting on March 4.

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Class / Instruction Sun, 30 Dec 2018 11:40:22 -0500 2019-01-28T13:00:00-05:00 2019-01-28T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Privacy@Michigan (January 28, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59816 59816-14788715@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Information Assurance

Join us in celebrating International Data Privacy Day!
Privacy@Michigan, hosted by the University of Michigan School of Information and U-M Information Assurance, brings together faculty, researchers, students and staff from different colleges, schools and units across campus and aims to spark ongoing, multidisciplinary conversations about privacy’s role in society—here at U-M and worldwide.

Keynote Speaker: Sarah St.Vincent, Researcher/Advocate on National Security, Surveillance, and Domestic Law Enforcement, Human Rights Watch

This event is free, but please RSVP to reserve a spot.

https://www.safecomputing.umich.edu/events/data-privacy-day

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 15 Jan 2019 16:44:36 -0500 2019-01-28T13:00:00-05:00 2019-01-28T18:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Information Assurance Conference / Symposium Privacy At Michigan Ad
A conversation and book talk with Harold Koh on his new book: The Trump Administration and International Law (January 28, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59600 59600-14754553@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

Join John Ciorciari, director of International Policy Center and Weiser Diplomacy Center, for a conversation with Harold Koh not only about his book The Trump Administration and International Law.

This book answers one of the most pressing questions of our time: who is winning the battle of Donald Trump versus international law? This clear and comprehensive tour d'horizon, by one of America's leading international lawyers, explains why, in his first two years, Trump is not "winning" in his effort to resign the U.S. from global leadership, and how the Resistance is blunting his initiatives.

The book surveys many fields of international law: immigration and refugees, human rights, climate change, denuclearization, trade diplomacy, relations with North Korea, Russia and Ukraine, and America's "Forever War" against Al Qaeda and the Islamic State and its challenges in Syria.

Offers a counter-strategy to preserve the rule of law against the Trump Administration's many initiatives to change the nature of America's relationship with international law and its institutions.

Harold Hongju Koh is Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School. He returned to Yale Law School in January 2013 after serving for nearly four years as the 22nd Legal Advise of the U.S. Department of State.

Professor Koh is one of the country’s leading experts in public and private international law, national security law, and human rights. He first began teaching at Yale Law School in 1985 and served as its fifteenth Dean from 2004 until 2009. From 2009 to 2013, he took leave as the Martin R. Flug ’55 Professor of International Law to join the State Department as Legal Adviser, service for which he received the Secretary of State's Distinguished Service Award. From 1993 to 2009, he was the Gerard C. & Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at Yale Law School, and from 1998 to 2001, he served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 13:25:16 -0500 2019-01-28T18:00:00-05:00 2019-01-28T19:30:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Weiser Diplomacy Center Lecture / Discussion Harold Koh
Comparative Politics Workshop (January 29, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217944@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP)

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Aug 2018 10:20:50 -0400 2019-01-29T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T13:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | A Colonial Muslim History of Qing Central Asia: Revisiting Sayrāmī's "Tārīkh-i Ḥamīdī" (January 29, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59302 59302-14728387@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

The "Tārīkh-i Ḥamīdī of Mullah Mūsa Sayrāmī" (1836-1917) is celebrated as a monument of Uyghur literature and the preeminent Muslim history of nineteenth-century Xinjiang (East Turkestan). Sayrāmī's work is also layered, polyvocal text, and one that best recontextualization and rereading through different analytical approaches. This talk will explore the Tārīkh-i Ḥamīdī both in terms of its interaction with other Muslim and Chinese sources and as a colonial, transcultural text that advances insightful observations of Chinese power and new theories about its workings.

Eric Schluessel as an assistant professor at the University of Montana and current Mellon Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study. He is the author of several articles, a new textbook for the Chaghatay language, and a forthcoming monograph titled “Land of Strangers: The Civilizing Project in Qing Central Asia.”

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 08:32:31 -0500 2019-01-29T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion A Colonial Muslim History of Qing Central Asia: Revisiting Sayrāmī's "Tārīkh-i Ḥamīdī"
Bioethics Discussion: Gender (January 29, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49430 49430-11453774@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on who we are, who society sees, and who we want to be.

Readings to consider:
"Doing gender"
"For whom the burden tolls"
"Performative acts and gender constitution"
"The restroom revolution: unisex toilets and campus politics"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/024-gender/.

Take a look at the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:29:55 -0400 2019-01-29T19:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Gender
Statistical Learning Workshop (January 30, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59442 59442-14743391@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Statistical Learning Workshop

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Meeting Thu, 10 Jan 2019 09:21:42 -0500 2019-01-30T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-30T17:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Statistical Learning Workshop Meeting Haven Hall
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (February 1, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023804@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit, featuring collections preserved at the Clements, highlights the first-hand accounts of American soldiers serving in the Great War in 1917-18. Through their handwritten letters, death reports, postcards, photographs, and objects, glimpse the day-to-day lives, longings, and horrific realities of war they experienced while fighting “Over There” on the Western Front. This project aligns with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that brought their fighting to an end on November 11, 1918.

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2019-02-01T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-01T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
African Politics Reading Group (February 1, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58409 58409-14494079@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: African Politics Reading Group

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Meeting Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:32:46 -0500 2019-02-01T13:00:00-05:00 2019-02-01T14:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall African Politics Reading Group Meeting Haven Hall
Conflict and Peace, Research and Development (CPRD) Group (February 1, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60059 60059-14814825@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Conflict & Peace, Research & Development (CPRD)

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Meeting Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:14:22 -0500 2019-02-01T13:30:00-05:00 2019-02-01T15:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Conflict & Peace, Research & Development (CPRD) Meeting
Short and Snappy Tours (February 1, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58539 58539-14510861@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Student Docents explore love and death, politics and humor, history, mythology, materiality, fashion, food, and other ideas in these short & sweet 15-minute peeks at the UMMA collection. ​Meet at the UMMA Store.

Student programming at UMMA is generously supported by the University of Michigan Credit Union Arts Adventures Program, UMMA's Lead Sponsor for Student and Family Engagement.

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Presentation Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:13 -0500 2019-02-01T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-01T15:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (February 1, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 53067-13217982@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:22:27 -0500 2019-02-01T15:30:00-05:00 2019-02-01T17:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Short and Snappy Tours (February 1, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58540 58540-14510862@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Student Docents explore love and death, politics and humor, history, mythology, materiality, fashion, food, and other ideas in these short & sweet 15-minute peeks at the UMMA collection. ​Meet at the UMMA Store.

Student programming at UMMA is generously supported by the University of Michigan Credit Union Arts Adventures Program, UMMA's Lead Sponsor for Student and Family Engagement.

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Presentation Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:13 -0500 2019-02-01T15:30:00-05:00 2019-02-01T16:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Cultural Racism & American Social Structure Speaker Series (February 4, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58199 58199-14441906@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 4, 2019 9:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

A winter 2019 interdisciplinary speaker series sponsored by Institute for Social Research Survey Research Center and Rackham Graduate School

All talks are held at the Institute for Social Research (426 Thompson Street) Room 1430 at 9:00-10:30am

"Perpetuation of cultural racism through social & mass media" by Travis Dixon, Professor, Dept of Communication, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Jan 2019 09:42:58 -0500 2019-02-04T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-04T10:30:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Gun violence in the United States: Competing frames and policy tensions (February 4, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60056 60056-14814821@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 4, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Free and open to the public. This event will be livestreamed. Check event website just before the event for viewing details.

Join the conversation: #policytalks

This event is made possible in part through the generous support of the Gilbert S. Omenn and Martha A. Darling Health Policy Fund.

About the event:

Gun violence represents a significant social problem in the United States. In a single week, the U.S. experiences, on average, over 1,200 gun-related incidents, including accidents, suicides, homicides, and mass shootings. Of all developed nations, the U.S. has - by far - the highest rates of gun ownership and gun violence.

Many competing lenses frame the primary causes or drivers of the unique and multi-faceted problem of gun violence in the U.S., lenses that invoke perspectives on crime, race, mental health, immigration, and other contentious issues. Moreover, the topic of gun violence results in extremely heated, bitter, and politically-divisive policy debates. This will be a moderated discussion with a panel of experts who have competing views on how best to frame or define the problem of gun violence and priority policy solutions.

Panelists:

Jane Coaston, Senior politics reporter at VOX

Jonathan Metzl, MD, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Sociology, Director of the Center for Medicine, Health and Society at Vanderbilt University

Rebecca Cunningham, MD, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Director of Injury Prevention Center, and Associate Vice President for Research-Health Sciences, University of Michigan

Moderator:

Paula Lantz, PhD, Professor of Public Policy, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Ford School of Public Policy

For more information, visit http://myumi.ch/aKrYo.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Jan 2019 13:06:50 -0500 2019-02-04T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-04T17:20:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Jane Coaston, Jonathan Metzl, and Rebecca Cunningham
Comparative Politics Workshop (February 5, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217945@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP)

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Aug 2018 10:20:50 -0400 2019-02-05T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-05T13:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | US-China Relations in the Age of Trump and Xi (February 5, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60070 60070-14814838@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

This talk will examine the current state of US-China relations since the start of the Trump Presidency and the second term of Xi Jinping in China.

Mary E. Gallagher is the Amy and Alan Lowenstein Professor of Democracy, Democratization, and Human Rights Professor at the University of Michigan where she is also the director of the Kenneth G. Lieberthal and Richard H. Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. Professor Gallagher received her Ph.D. in politics in 2001 from Princeton University and her B.A. from Smith College in 1991. She was a foreign student in China in 1989 at Nanjing University. She also taught at the Foreign Affairs College in Beijing from 1996-1997. She was a Fulbright Research Scholar from 2003 to 2004 at East China University of Politics and Law in Shanghai, China. In 2012-2013, she was a visiting professor at the Koguan School of Law at Shanghai Jiaotong University. Her most recent book is "Authoritarian Legality in China: Law, Workers and the State," published by Cambridge University Press in 2017. She is also the author or editor of several other books, including "Contagious Capitalism: Globalization and the Politics of Labor in China" (Princeton 2005), "Chinese Justice: Civil Dispute Resolution in Contemporary China" (Cambridge 2011), "From Iron Rice Bowl to Informalization: Markets, Workers, and the State in a Changing China" (Cornell 2011), and "Contemporary Chinese Politics: New Sources, Methods, and Field Strategies" (Cambridge 2010).

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Jan 2019 16:07:23 -0500 2019-02-05T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-05T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Mary E. Gallagher is the Amy and Alan Lowenstein Professor of Democracy, Democratization, and Human Rights Professor at the University of Michigan where she is also the director of the Kenneth G. Lieberthal and Richard H. Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. Professor Gallagher received her Ph.D. in politics in 2001 from Princeton University and her B.A. from Smith College in 1991. She was a foreign student in China in 1989 at Nanjing University. She also taught at the Foreign Affairs College in Beijing from 1996-1997. She was a Fulbright Research Scholar from 2003 to 2004 at East China University of Politics and Law in Shanghai, China. In 2012-2013, she was a visiting professor at the Koguan School of Law at Shanghai Jiaotong University. Her most recent book is "Authoritarian Legality in China: Law, Workers and the State," published by Cambridge University Press in 2017. She is also the author or editor of several other books, including "Contagious Capitalism: Globalization and the Politics of Labor in China"
Great Decisions (February 5, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58951 58951-14619830@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Our self-facilitated group will discuss eight critical international issues facing the U.S. using the Foreign Policy Association’s study guide and DVD. All registered participants will automatically receive their own study guide. The topics are: Refugees and Global Migration, The Middle East: Regional Disorder, Nuclear Negotiations: Back to the Future?, The Rise of Populism in Europe, Decoding U. S. - China Trade, Cyber Conflict and Geopolitics, The United States and Mexico: Partnership Tested, Department of State and Diplomacy. Barbara Comai and Leo Shedden will facilitate the discussions.
This Study Group is for those 50 and over and will meet 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. from February 5 through June 4.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 26 Dec 2018 15:09:50 -0500 2019-02-05T13:00:00-05:00 2019-02-05T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
WCED Lecture. Impunity as State Formation: Dictatorship and the Future of Justice in Thailand (February 5, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57819 57819-14314716@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

The regime of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), which took power in Thailand in the 22 May 2014 coup, is a dictatorship that has been marked by series of human rights violations including curtailment of freedom of expression, torture, arbitrary detention and unjust prosecutions which depart from the letter and spirit of the law. Four years after the coup, General Prayuth Chan-ocha and the NCPO have gestured towards a willingness to hold elections, albeit under circumstances highly-constrained by the 2017 Constitution. Taking an assumption that part of the NCPO’s reluctance to exit power is their realization of their many violations of the very law they claim to enforce, this lecture outlines how and on what charges General Prayuth Chan-ocha and other members of the NCPO could be indicted and prosecuted under domestic criminal law and with respect to Thailand’s international human rights violations. Reflecting on such a possible prosecution within the context of Thai and global histories of human rights and impunity, Haberkorn also explicates both the urgency of justice and potential obstacles to it.

Tyrell Haberkorn is an associate professor of Southeast Asian studies in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her work is primarily focused on state violence and dissident cultural politics in Thailand. She is the author of "Revolution Interrupted: Farmers, Students, Law and Violence in Northern Thailand" (University of Wisconsin Press, 2011), which rethinks the meaning of revolution in terms of legal rather than armed struggle, and "In Plain Sight: Impunity and Human Rights in Thailand" (University of Wisconsin Press, 2018), a new history of post-absolutist Thailand written through the lens of impunity. Tyrell also writes and translates frequently about Southeast Asia for a broad, public audience, including "Dissent," "Foreign Affairs," "Los Angeles Review of Books," "openDemocracy," and "Prachatai." Her work has been funded by fellowships from Fulbright, the Australian Research Council, the Association for Asian Studies, the Radcliffe Institute, and the Einstein Forum. She can be reached via email at tyrell.haberkorn@wisc.edu.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to weisercenter@umich.edu at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 29 Nov 2018 16:04:44 -0500 2019-02-05T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-05T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion Tyrell Haberkorn
Statistical Learning Workshop (February 6, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59442 59442-14743392@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
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Meeting Thu, 10 Jan 2019 09:21:42 -0500 2019-02-06T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-06T17:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Statistical Learning Workshop Meeting Haven Hall
Michigan in Washington Information Session (February 6, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59244 59244-14719629@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The MIW program offers an opportunity each year for 45-50 undergraduates from any major to spend a semester (Fall or Winter) in Washington D.C. Students combine coursework with an internship that reflects their particular area of interest (such as American politics, international studies, history, the arts, public health, economics, the media, the environment, science and technology). The semester in Washington is action packed. Students work four days a week, attend an elective one evening a week and a research course on Friday mornings. They spend their weekends exploring the city and taking in cultural events. Most leave Washington longing to return.

Students are free to pursue internships of their own choosing. They are coached in internship searching strategies as part of a prep class that is taken the semester before going to D.C. Students have interned at the White House, the Smithsonian, CNN, Greenpeace, CBS, Public Defender’s Service, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, NAACP, The Brookings Institution, American Enterprise Institute, National Defense University, Partnership for Public Service, Center for American Progress, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and many others.
FUNDING is available for this living and learning program.

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Meeting Mon, 07 Jan 2019 14:39:39 -0500 2019-02-06T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-06T18:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Michigan in Washington Program Meeting Haven Hall
Informational Meeting: Oppose GM Plant Closings! (February 7, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60721 60721-14954967@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: International Youth and Students for Social Equality

The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) at the University of Michigan calls on young people in Michigan, throughout the country and internationally to support autoworkers in their fight against General Motors’ plan to close five plants in the US and Canada by joining the February 9 autoworkers demonstration in Detroit.

The closure of these plants will have devastating consequences for tens of thousands of autoworkers, their families, and the communities in which these plants are located. The workers and young people of Detroit, Lordstown Ohio, Oshawa Ontario and others targeted by GM must unite their struggles into a common fight to oppose the closures!

This meeting will also review how the fight against the plant closures is part of a much larger fight taking place on an international scale: that between the working class of all countries and the capitalist ruling elite. The past year has been dominated by a reemergence of the class struggle internationally.

The February 9 demonstration in downtown Detroit has been called by the Steering Committee of the Coalition of Rank-and-File Committees, which was formed by workers in auto and other industries to organize a fight independently of the trade unions. Such committees must be formed in every workplace and neighborhood, including in the schools, to organize teachers and students in defense of public education.

The IYSSE at UM calls on youth and students to join us on February 9 at the demonstration at GM headquarters to support autoworkers in their struggle against the destruction of their jobs, which will one day be our jobs; against the destruction of their communities, which are also our communities; against the giant corporations and unions that collude in the attack on wages, benefits and working conditions; and against all those who seek to tie workers and youth to the Democratic and Republican parties.

All who interested in attending or learning more about the rally are encouraged to attend the Thursday 7pm informational meeting in the Kalamazoo Room of the Michigan League, and to visit the Facebook event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1719458588201031/

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Meeting Sun, 03 Feb 2019 15:54:44 -0500 2019-02-07T19:00:00-05:00 2019-02-07T20:30:00-05:00 Michigan League International Youth and Students for Social Equality Meeting Oppose GM Plant Closings: Informational Meeting, 7pm Thursday (Feb 7)
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (February 8, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023805@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit, featuring collections preserved at the Clements, highlights the first-hand accounts of American soldiers serving in the Great War in 1917-18. Through their handwritten letters, death reports, postcards, photographs, and objects, glimpse the day-to-day lives, longings, and horrific realities of war they experienced while fighting “Over There” on the Western Front. This project aligns with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that brought their fighting to an end on November 11, 1918.

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2019-02-08T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
AIG (American Institutions Group) (February 8, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60196 60196-14849036@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: American Institutions Group (AIG)

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Meeting Tue, 22 Jan 2019 12:18:48 -0500 2019-02-08T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T13:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall American Institutions Group (AIG) Meeting Haven Hall
Political Theory Workshop (February 8, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59618 59618-14754578@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Political Theory Workshop (PTW)

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Meeting Mon, 14 Jan 2019 09:16:49 -0500 2019-02-08T13:30:00-05:00 2019-02-08T15:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Political Theory Workshop (PTW) Meeting Haven Hall
Short Student Tours (February 8, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58545 58545-14510867@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Student Docents explore love and death, politics and humor, history, mythology, materiality, fashion, food, and other ideas in these short & sweet 15-minute peeks at the UMMA collection. ​Meet at the UMMA Store.

Student programming at UMMA is generously supported by the University of Michigan Credit Union Arts Adventures Program, UMMA's Lead Sponsor for Student and Family Engagement.

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Presentation Fri, 08 Feb 2019 12:17:16 -0500 2019-02-08T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T15:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (February 8, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 53067-13217983@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:22:27 -0500 2019-02-08T15:30:00-05:00 2019-02-08T17:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Short Student Tours (February 8, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58543 58543-14510865@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Student Docents explore love and death, politics and humor, history, mythology, materiality, fashion, food, and other ideas in these short & sweet 15-minute peeks at the UMMA collection. ​Meet at the UMMA Store.

Student programming at UMMA is generously supported by the University of Michigan Credit Union Arts Adventures Program, UMMA's Lead Sponsor for Student and Family Engagement.

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Presentation Fri, 08 Feb 2019 12:17:16 -0500 2019-02-08T15:30:00-05:00 2019-02-08T16:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Race, Health, and Wealth Disparities (February 11, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59561 59561-14752320@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 11, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

RCGD's Winter 2019 Speaker Series, sponsored by PRBA & MCUAAAR

Monday, February 11, 2019
Rm 1430, 3:30-5:00pm, ISR, 426 Thompson St, Ann Arbor, MI

“The Politics of Personal Responsibility and the Health Consequences for Black Americans of Working Twice as Hard to Get By.”

By Darrick Hamilton, PhD
Executive Director, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
The Ohio State University

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 13:18:41 -0500 2019-02-11T15:30:00-05:00 2019-02-11T17:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Comparative Politics Workshop (February 12, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217946@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP)

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Aug 2018 10:20:50 -0400 2019-02-12T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-12T13:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Current Events 2 (February 12, 2019 3:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58662 58662-14536522@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 3:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This discussion group is for people interested in current events happening at the local, national and global level. All opinions will be heard courteously. No materials or special expertise required, just an open mind and a good sense of humor.

This study group for those 50 and over will meet for one hour and 45 minutes from 3:15 - 5 p.m. on Tuesdays from January 29 through August 27.

Instructor Thomas Longworth is a retired industrial engineer who resides in Ann Arbor and participates in many OLLI programs. Instructor Margaret Pooler is a retired librarian who has been a member of the class for over 10 years.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 06 Feb 2019 17:05:54 -0500 2019-02-12T15:15:00-05:00 2019-02-12T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Bioethics Discussion: Circumcision (February 12, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49431 49431-11453775@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on health, tradition, and mutilation.

Readings to consider:
"Male circumcision"
"Female genital alteration: a compromise solution"
"Female genital mutilation and male circumcision: toward an autonomy-based ethical framework"
"Rationalising circumcision"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/025-circumcision/.

Feel free to visit the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:30:45 -0400 2019-02-12T19:00:00-05:00 2019-02-12T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Circumcision
Cultural Racism & American Social Structure Speaker Series (February 13, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58201 58201-14441908@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 9:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

A winter 2019 interdisciplinary speaker series sponsored by Institute for Social Research Survey Research Center and Rackham Graduate School

All talks are held at the Institute for Social Research (426 Thompson Street) Room 1430 at 9:00-10:30am

"Structural racism & residential segregation" by Joe T. Darden, Professor, Dept of Geography, Michigan State University

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Jan 2019 09:44:09 -0500 2019-02-13T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-13T10:30:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
MLK, Jr. Luncheon I (February 13, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61028 61028-15022672@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 11:30am
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Luncheon series seeks to promote a culture of inclusion, while helping encourage attendees to continue their development as a "whole person" rather than simply as an "engineer". This luncheon will have speakers from a student organization called WeListen to talk about bridging the political divide through conversation and an EECS professor, Fred Terry, to talk about the importance of DEI in engineering education.

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 11 Feb 2019 01:25:04 -0500 2019-02-13T11:30:00-05:00 2019-02-13T13:00:00-05:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Tau Beta Pi Social / Informal Gathering Luncheon
Statistical Learning Workshop (February 13, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59442 59442-14743393@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Statistical Learning Workshop

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Meeting Thu, 10 Jan 2019 09:21:42 -0500 2019-02-13T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-13T17:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Statistical Learning Workshop Meeting Haven Hall
Informing America’s Citizenry (February 14, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57868 57868-14365961@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 14, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA)

Barbara L. McQuade, is a law professor. From 2010 to 2017,
Ms. McQuade served as the U.S attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. Appointed by President Barack Obama, she was the first woman to serve in her position. She also served as vice chair of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee and co-chaired its Terrorism and National Security Subcommittee. As U.S. attorney, she oversaw cases involving public corruption, terrorism,
corporate fraud, theft of trade secrets, civil rights, and health care fraud, among others. Before becoming U.S. attorney, Professor McQuade served as an assistant U.S. attorney in Detroit for
12 years, serving as deputy chief of the National Security Unit, where she handled cases involving terrorism financing, export violations, threats, and foreign agents. She is a frequent
guest commentator on MSNBC and other news media.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 26 Nov 2018 12:17:53 -0500 2019-02-14T13:30:00-05:00 2019-02-14T15:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA) Lecture / Discussion
Informing America’s Citizenry (February 14, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57873 57873-14365962@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 14, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA)

Ms.McQuade, is a law professor. From 2010 to 2017, she served
as the U.S attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. Appointed by President Barack Obama, she was the first woman to serve in her position. She also served as vice chair of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee and co-chaired its Terrorism and National Security Subcommittee. As U.S. attorney, she oversaw cases involving public corruption, terrorism,corporate fraud, theft of trade secrets, civil rights, and health care fraud, among others. Before becoming U.S. attorney, Professor McQuade served as an assistant U.S. attorney in Detroit for 12 years, serving as deputy chief of the National Security Unit, where she handled cases
involving terrorism financing, export violations, threats, and foreign agents. She is a frequent guest commentator on MSNBC and other news media.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 26 Nov 2018 12:25:57 -0500 2019-02-14T13:30:00-05:00 2019-02-14T15:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA) Lecture / Discussion
ASC Lecture. 2018-19 UMAPS Colloquium Series (February 14, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56362 56362-13887671@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 14, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: African Studies Center

This monthly series features the UMAPS fellows and their scholarly work. The talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to promote dialogue on topics, and to share their research with the larger U-M community.

Thursdays, 3:00-5:30 pm // Michigan League, 911 N University Ave, Ann Arbor
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October 18 (Koessler Room)

Tebaber Chanie Workneh. “The Roles and Status of Indigenous Medicine for Primary Health Care Services in the Amhara National Regional State (ANRS), Ethiopia”

Christina Osei-Asare. “Formulation of Solid Dosage Form of Lippia Multiflora for Managing Stress and Hypertension”
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November 15 (Kalamazoo Room)

Uhuru Phalafala. “Restless Natives, Indigenous Languages, and Revolution: Keorapetse Kgositsile’s Critical Biography”

Okechukwu Nwafor. “The Ubiquitous Image: Obituary Photographs in South-Eastern Nigeria and the Allure of Public Visibility”

Kholekile Malindi. “An Investigation of the Labour Market Determinants of Income Dynamics for a Highly Unequal Society: The South African Case”
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December 13 (Koessler Room)

Patrick Cobinnah. “Climate Change Adaptation in Africa's Urban Planning Context”

Faida Zacharia. “Small-scale Groundwater Irrigated Agriculture and Livelihoods in Drylands Areas: A Case of Dodoma Region, Tanzania”

Demis Mengist Wudeneh. “Implications of Large-scale Agricultural Investment for Livelihood Security and Regional Development: The Case of Gambella Region, Southwest Ethiopia”
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January 17 (Koessler Room)

Zerihun Birehanu. “Politics, Performance, and Governance in Ethiopia”

David Tshimba. “Transgressing the State: An Inquiry into Violence in the Rwenzori Borderlands, ca.1830-1998”

Jacqueline Adongo. “Rethinking Childhood: Child Identity Formation in Post-War Northern Uganda”
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February 14 (Koessler Room)

Adélaïde Nieguitsila. “Microbial Water Quality and Biological Contamination in Lakes of the Moyen-Ogooué Region”

Kabir Otun. “Iron Carbide Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts for the Conversion of Biomass to Liquid Transportation Fuels”

Lemlem Beza Demisse. “Knowledge and Practices of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and Factors that Influence Treatment Seeking Behaviors at Black Lion Hospital of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia”

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Dec 2018 10:14:49 -0500 2019-02-14T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-14T17:30:00-05:00 Michigan League African Studies Center Lecture / Discussion umaps_image
MUSE Workshop: Exploring the Regulatory Maze: Siting Restrictions and the Expansion of Utility-scale Wind Power in the United States (February 14, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60214 60214-14849115@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 14, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE)

The MUSE workshop is a Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop that brings together sustainability researchers from across the university to discuss ideas and promote interdisciplinary connections and collaborations.
The workshops are informal gatherings with a facilitator who leads an often wide-ranging discussion.
Workshops occur at least biweekly (with special workshops arising for hot topics). Check out the line up of further speakers

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:09:33 -0500 2019-02-14T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-14T19:00:00-05:00 Dana Building Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE) Workshop / Seminar MUSE workshop
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (February 15, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023806@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit, featuring collections preserved at the Clements, highlights the first-hand accounts of American soldiers serving in the Great War in 1917-18. Through their handwritten letters, death reports, postcards, photographs, and objects, glimpse the day-to-day lives, longings, and horrific realities of war they experienced while fighting “Over There” on the Western Front. This project aligns with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that brought their fighting to an end on November 11, 1918.

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2019-02-15T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
The 2019 Schuman Challenge (February 15, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60982 60982-15000007@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

The 2019 Schuman Challenge will welcome undergraduate students from seventeen different U.S. colleges and universities to the EU Delegation to the United States in Washington DC on February 14-15, 2019. During the competition students will work in teams to develop and defend before senior international affairs professionals new policies for transatlantic cooperation supporting Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders.

After two days of competition, the 2019 Schuman Challenge final round will be livestreamed from the EU Delegation on Friday, February 15, beginning at 5:00 pm. Go to “@EUintheUS” on Facebook, Twitter and/or Instagram and #SchumanChallenge on Twitter for updates, pictures, and livestreaming of the final round.

WEISER DIPLOMACY CENTER IS SENDING A FORD SCHOOL TEAM TO THE COMPETITION:
Brooke Bacigal, Stavroula Kyriazis and Ashton Smith mentored and accompanied by Ambassador Melvyn Levitsky.

FINAL ROUND JUDGES WILL INCLUDE:
David O'Sullivan, EU Ambassador to the US
Karin Olofsdotter, Swedish Ambassador to the US
Julie Fisher, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Europe & the EU, US State Department

FIRST ROUND JUDGES WILL INCLUDE:
Caroline Vicini, Deputy-Head of the EU Delegation to the US
Jamie Fly, director of the Future of Geopolitics program and the Asia program at the German Marshall Fund of the U.S., former foreign policy advisor to Marco Rubio during the 2016 campaign
Jorge Benitez, Director of NATOSource, professor at the US Marine Corps Academy, and senior fellow at the Atlantic Council
Maria Belovas, Spokesperson, Head of the Press and Public Diplomacy Section, EU Delegation to the US
Dino Mihanovic, Counsellor, Political, Security and Development Section, EU Delegation to the US
Helena Boguslawska, Deputy-Head of the Political, Security and Development Section, EU Delegation to the US
Christoph Heinrich, First Secretary, Political Department, German Embassy

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Other Fri, 08 Feb 2019 13:00:46 -0500 2019-02-15T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Weiser Diplomacy Center Other Schuman Challenge 2019
U.S. Science and Technology Policy: Past, Present and Future (February 15, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60658 60658-14937073@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Free and open to the public. Light refreshments provided.

This event will be live webstreamed. Check event website right before the event for viewing details. Join the conversation: #policytalks.

About the event:

Thomas Kalil, Chief Innovation Officer at Schmidt Futures, will discuss some of the science and technology policy priorities of President Obama – including STEM education, identifying and pursuing 21st-Century Grand Challenges, such as the BRAIN Initiative, and increasing R&D in critical technologies such as robotics, advanced materials, and Big Data. He will also discuss “lessons learned” from his service at the White House and address future challenges for U.S. science and technology policy.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Feb 2019 12:26:42 -0500 2019-02-15T11:30:00-05:00 2019-02-15T12:50:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Thomas Kalil
Startup Career Fair (February 15, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60363 60363-14866463@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: MPowered Entrepreneurship

Interested in getting a job or internship at a startup? Come to Startup Career Fair to meet some of today's most exciting startups! All majors and years are welcome and encouraged to attend. There will be a variety of internship and full-time opportunities available.

Sign up here! https://tinyurl.com/yddgpnu9

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Careers / Jobs Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:13:47 -0500 2019-02-15T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T16:00:00-05:00 Duderstadt Center MPowered Entrepreneurship Careers / Jobs Flyer
Unravel Injustice: Taking Action (February 15, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58726 58726-14544831@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

A two-part discussion on our roles as citizens and scholars in movements to create a more just and humanistic society.

2019 University of Michigan MLK Symposium

Friday, February 15, 2019, 1:00-3:00pm, ISR Thompson Rm 1430

Keynote: The promise and peril of evidence-based activism
By: William Darity
Professor, School of Public Policy, Duke University

Round table discussions with noted scholar activists to follow keynote:
-Kristie Dotson, Associate Professor, Dept of Philosophy, Michigan State University, @DrBlkFeminist
-Alexes Harris, Professor, Dept of Sociology, University of Washington, @AlexesHarris ‏
-Mary Romero, Professor, Dept of Sociology, Arizona State University
-Kyle Whyte, Associate Professor, Dept of Philosophy, Michigan State University, @kylepowyswhyte
-Camille Wilson, Professor, School of Education, University of Michigan

After the keynote and brief panel presentations, each of the speakers will lead a round table discussion, facilitated by ISR's RacismLab members, on how we can integrate action for equality into our roles as researchers and educators. Round table discussion participation is limited and available through sign up. If you would like to participate, please sign up here: https://goo.gl/forms/46rQzoLYni48V0h62

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:13:46 -0500 2019-02-15T13:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T15:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Conflict and Peace, Research and Development (CPRD) Group (February 15, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60060 60060-14814826@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Conflict & Peace, Research & Development (CPRD)

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Meeting Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:15:45 -0500 2019-02-15T13:30:00-05:00 2019-02-15T15:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Conflict & Peace, Research & Development (CPRD) Meeting
Political Theory Workshop (February 15, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59618 59618-14754579@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Political Theory Workshop (PTW)

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Meeting Mon, 14 Jan 2019 09:16:49 -0500 2019-02-15T13:30:00-05:00 2019-02-15T15:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Political Theory Workshop (PTW) Meeting Haven Hall
Short Student Tours (February 15, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58549 58549-14510871@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Student Docents explore love and death, politics and humor, history, mythology, materiality, fashion, food, and other ideas in these short & sweet 15-minute peeks at the UMMA collection. ​Meet at the UMMA Store.

Student programming at UMMA is generously supported by the University of Michigan Credit Union Arts Adventures Program, UMMA's Lead Sponsor for Student and Family Engagement.

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Presentation Fri, 08 Feb 2019 12:17:17 -0500 2019-02-15T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T15:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (February 15, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 53067-13217984@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:22:27 -0500 2019-02-15T15:30:00-05:00 2019-02-15T17:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Short Student Tours (February 15, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58548 58548-14510870@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Student Docents explore love and death, politics and humor, history, mythology, materiality, fashion, food, and other ideas in these short & sweet 15-minute peeks at the UMMA collection. ​Meet at the UMMA Store.

Student programming at UMMA is generously supported by the University of Michigan Credit Union Arts Adventures Program, UMMA's Lead Sponsor for Student and Family Engagement.

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Presentation Fri, 08 Feb 2019 12:17:16 -0500 2019-02-15T15:30:00-05:00 2019-02-15T16:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art