Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. 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
Organized By: Statistical Learning Workshop

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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
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (February 17, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58502 58502-14510824@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 17, 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 2019-02-17T14:00:00-05:00 2019-02-17T15:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Cyprus Now: A Conversation with Ambassador Marios Lysiotis (February 17, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60067 60067-14814835@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 17, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Modern Greek Program

Cosponsored by the Hellenic Student Association and AHEPA District #10

Ambassador Lysiotis will talk on his vision for Cyprus today. UM students will lead a Q & A with the larger community. A reception will follow.

Marios Lysiotis is Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the United States. Prior to his current appointment, Mr. Lysiotis served as Diplomatic Advisor to the Minister of Defense and as Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to France; to the Permanent Delegate to UNESCO; to Austria and to the Permanent Representative to the United Nations Organization in Vienna. He was also Permanent Representative to the OSCE; Deputy Director of the Diplomatic Office of the President of Cyprus; Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe; Member of the Diplomatic Office of the President of Cyprus; Deputy Director, Cyprus Question Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Counsellor, Permanent Delegation to the European Union; Attaché, Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden; Member of the Cabinet, Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs; and Diplomatic Advisor to the President of Cyprus.

Ambassador Lysiotis holds Bachelor’s degrees in Philosophy and in Political Science, a Master's degree Political Science, and a D.E.A. in Political Studies. He speaks Greek, French, and English. He is married to Eleni Michaelidou-Lysioti and has a daughter, Sophia.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:41:01 -0500 2019-02-17T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-17T19:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Modern Greek Program Lecture / Discussion
GAPS Monthly Meeting (February 18, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59656 59656-14777850@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 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 2019-02-18T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T14:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Graduate Association of Political Science (GAPS) Meeting Haven Hall
Rescheduled: Representatives Debbie Dingell and Fred Upton: Voices from across the aisle (February 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60585 60585-14910402@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.

The event will be webstreamed. Please check website for viewing details.

Join the Ford School and WeListen for a Conversations Across Difference event with U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (link is external) (D-MI 12th District) and Fred Upton (link is external) (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 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 14:44:02 -0500 2019-02-18T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T17:20:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Event Picture
Comparative Politics Workshop (February 19, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217947@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 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 2019-02-19T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T13:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Distinguished Faculty Seminar: A Case-Crossover Study of Adolescents' Activities & Triggers of Gun Assault (February 19, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60185 60185-14846880@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 3:00pm
Location: School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower
Organized By: U-M Injury Prevention Center

Registration is open!

Please join us on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 from 3:00-4:00 PM to hear from Douglas J. Wiebe, PhD, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-funded Penn Injury Science Center, and Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at Perelman School of Medicine.

In this seminar, Dr. Wiebe will focus on how he and his colleagues used GIS-assisted activity path interviews and mapped data of the urban landscape to investigate how situations young people encounter and the places they go over their daily activities relate to the likelihood of violence.

Study subjects were 10-24 year-olds in Philadelphia: 143 assault patients who had been shot with a firearm and 206 assault patients injured with other types of weapons from hospital emergency departments, and 283 controls from the community. This detailed set of data on activity paths and the context of each situation and environment that each subject encountered provided novel opportunities to learn about young peoples’ activities and triggers of violence in the urban landscape.

Please note, attendees may join the seminar in person or via the live webcast. To join via the webcast, please register for the event using the link below and select the ticket type labeled, “live-webcast.” You will receive log-in information prior to the event.

Light refreshments will be served. The event will take place in the Community Lounge (Room 1680) in the U-M School of Public Health, SPH-I.

Please register here: https://seminar_wiebe2019.eventbrite.com

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:43:34 -0500 2019-02-19T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T16:00:00-05:00 School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower U-M Injury Prevention Center Workshop / Seminar Doug Wiebe Faculty Seminar
Conversations on Europe/CREES Lecture. Making a New Europe: A Transnational Ethnography of Far-right Activism (February 19, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59373 59373-14734949@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for European Studies

Contemporary far-right activists in Europe are often portrayed as anti-European. Given that “Bruxelles” is one of their chief enemies, such a portrayal might seem legitimate. The far-right critique of the European Union, however, ought not to be read as a simple rejection of Europe. Numerous far-right groups represent themselves as Europe’s defenders, faithful “believers” and “practitioners” of the “true” – white, Christian – Europe, and consider the EU to be their Europe’s enemy.

Based on ethnographic fieldwork among far-right activists in Italy, Poland, and Hungary, Pasieka examines how far-right actors conceptualize regional and national sovereignty vis-à-vis a broader European context; how they perceive individual, civic, and social rights; and how they relate those to the widely debated issues of migration and multicultural diversity. Her multi-sited ethnography sheds much needed light on the challenges far-right movements and parties address, and the reasons why they are increasingly compelling to many.

Agnieszka Pasieka holds an M.A. in sociology (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) and a Ph.D. in social anthropology (Martin Luther University, Halle). Her first monograph, "Hierarchy and Pluralism: Living Religious Difference in Catholic Poland" (Palgrave 2015), discussed the situation of religious and ethnic minorities in the context of church-state relations in Poland. She was a fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (2007-11); the Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna (2011-12); the Polish Academy of Sciences (2012-15); and a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow at the University of Vienna (2015-18). Currently she is Elise Richter Research Fellow at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna, where she carries out a research project entitled "Living right: an anthropological study of far-right activism."

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Jan 2019 11:48:36 -0500 2019-02-19T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for European Studies Lecture / Discussion Agnieszka Pasieka
Statistical Learning Workshop (February 20, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59442 59442-14743394@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Statistical Learning Workshop

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Meeting Thu, 10 Jan 2019 09:21:42 -0500 2019-02-20T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T17:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Statistical Learning Workshop Meeting Haven Hall
How 20 Words and an Emoji Led Me to the Front Line of Saving Democracy (February 21, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61081 61081-15027220@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 12:00pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: Department of Sociology

Part of the Department of Sociology's Law, Justice, and Social Change Speaker Series

Two days after the 2016 elections, 27-year-old Katie Fahey, a political novice, posted on Facebook, “I’d like to take on gerrymandering in Michigan. If you’re interested in doing this as well please let me know. {smiley face emoji}.” What began as a Facebook group, turned into an army of volunteers in a matter of weeks. The massive nonpartisan citizen campaign, now named Voters Not Politicians, gathered over 400,000 signatures to put redistricting reform on the Michigan ballot. The ballot initiative sought to create an independent commission to determine voting districts in Michigan. Michigan voters overwhelmingly approved the ballot measure in November 2018. The success of Fahey’s campaign has made it a model for anti-gerrymandering campaigns—and citizen organizing—across the nation. As Tina Rosenberg wrote in the New York Times, “If you doubt that a private citizen can make a difference, meet Fahey.”

RSVP REQUIRED: https://myumi.ch/65kpB

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 11 Feb 2019 16:37:47 -0500 2019-02-21T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T13:00:00-05:00 LSA Building Department of Sociology Lecture / Discussion Katie Fahey
How 20 Words and an Emoji Led Me to the Front Line of Saving Democracy (February 21, 2019 5:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61081 61081-15027221@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 5:45pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: Department of Sociology

Part of the Department of Sociology's Law, Justice, and Social Change Speaker Series

Two days after the 2016 elections, 27-year-old Katie Fahey, a political novice, posted on Facebook, “I’d like to take on gerrymandering in Michigan. If you’re interested in doing this as well please let me know. {smiley face emoji}.” What began as a Facebook group, turned into an army of volunteers in a matter of weeks. The massive nonpartisan citizen campaign, now named Voters Not Politicians, gathered over 400,000 signatures to put redistricting reform on the Michigan ballot. The ballot initiative sought to create an independent commission to determine voting districts in Michigan. Michigan voters overwhelmingly approved the ballot measure in November 2018. The success of Fahey’s campaign has made it a model for anti-gerrymandering campaigns—and citizen organizing—across the nation. As Tina Rosenberg wrote in the New York Times, “If you doubt that a private citizen can make a difference, meet Fahey.”

RSVP REQUIRED: https://myumi.ch/65kpB

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 11 Feb 2019 16:37:47 -0500 2019-02-21T17:45:00-05:00 2019-02-21T19:00:00-05:00 LSA Building Department of Sociology Lecture / Discussion Katie Fahey
Michigan Symposium on Media and Politics (February 22, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61110 61110-15036259@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 9:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Communication and Media

The Michigan Symposium on Media & Politics is an annual conference bringing together leading scholars and journalists focused on current issues in journalism, politics, mass media, and communication technologies.

It includes presentations from leaders within the field:
Max Boycoff, University of Colorado - Boulder
Dominique Brossard, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Sharon Dunwoody, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Sol Hart, University of Michigan
Jim Malewitz, Bridge Magazine
Matthew Nisbet, Northeastern University
David Poulson, Michigan State University

This symposium is made possible through the generosity of the Morgan O'Leary Symposium Fund.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Feb 2019 13:17:33 -0500 2019-02-22T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T17:15:00-05:00 Michigan League Communication and Media Conference / Symposium Oleary
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (February 22, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023807@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 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 2019-02-22T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T16:00:00-05:00 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 22, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60199 60199-14849044@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: American Institutions Group (AIG)

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Meeting Tue, 22 Jan 2019 12:24:47 -0500 2019-02-22T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T13:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall American Institutions Group (AIG) Meeting Haven Hall
Conflict and Peace, Research and Development (CPRD) Group (February 22, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60061 60061-14814827@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Conflict & Peace, Research & Development (CPRD)

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Meeting Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:17:38 -0500 2019-02-22T13:30:00-05:00 2019-02-22T15:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Conflict & Peace, Research & Development (CPRD) Meeting
Short Student Tours (February 22, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58552 58552-14510874@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 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 2019-02-22T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T15:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (February 22, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 53067-13217985@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 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 2019-02-22T15:30:00-05:00 2019-02-22T17:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Short Student Tours (February 22, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58551 58551-14510873@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 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 12:17:17 -0500 2019-02-22T15:30:00-05:00 2019-02-22T16:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Cultural Racism & American Social Structure Speaker Series (February 25, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58202 58202-14441912@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 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

"Historical racism & contemporary social structure" by
David Cunningham, Professor, Dept of Sociology
Hedwig Lee, Professor, Dept of Sociology
Geoff Ward, Associate Professor, Dept of African & African American Studies
all of Washington University in St. Louis

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Jan 2019 09:41:38 -0500 2019-02-25T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T10:30:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Conversation with Lou Fintor, new U.S. State Department Diplomat in Residence, North Central Region (February 25, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61417 61417-15099329@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

Join us for a Meet and Greet session with Lou Fintor, the Ford School’s new Diplomat in Residence (DIR), a U.S. State Department Foreign Service Officer offering State Department career, internship, and fellowship information.

Joining the Foreign Service in 2002, Fintor served as U.S. Embassy spokesperson in the Middle East, South Asia, and Europe. As Diplomat in Residence, Fintor will offer information on State Department opportunities to students and professionals located throughout the North Central DIR region, which includes Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan. The Ford School serves as one of 16 regional DIR academic host institutions in the United States.

DIRs attend local career fairs for university students, alumni, and professionals, host career information sessions and speak with organizations and groups living in each of the population-based geographic regions they serve. They provide information about Department of State Foreign and Civil Service careers, internships, and fellowships.

In addition to scheduling regular travel to communities and recruitment events throughout assigned geographic areas, DIRs can provide background materials, resources, and referrals to those residing in their regions.

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Meeting Tue, 19 Feb 2019 13:52:00 -0500 2019-02-25T11:30:00-05:00 2019-02-25T12:50:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Weiser Diplomacy Center Meeting
Beyond Crisis: Science and Technology Studies in the Age of Emergency (February 25, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61066 61066-15027193@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Science, Technology & Society

Environmental crisis, financial crisis, states of emergency and urgency. Crisis forms the backdrop of contemporary debates about the role of science and technology in society. Is there a "beyond crisis" when the concept itself has shaped so many of the critical tools in the humanities and social sciences? This graduate student panel will consider the insights that STS theories and methods bring to bear on discussions of various political, environmental, and financial crises in the present.

Presenting:
Nick Caverly (Anthropology) "Detroit, Crisis City"
Nishita Trisal (Anthropology) "Managing Risk and Volatility in Kashmir's Economy"
James Arnott (Sustainability and Environment) "The Sustainability Crisis and the Science Crisis"

Discussant:
Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Center for Internet & Society, Delhi, India

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Feb 2019 11:22:13 -0500 2019-02-25T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T17:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Science, Technology & Society Workshop / Seminar Haven Hall
Dissonance Event Series: Genetics & Medical Apps: Ethics, Privacy, Law and Policy (February 25, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60952 60952-14990967@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Information Assurance

Each new genetic test or medical app generates or collects more and more detailed health data, but may also raise serious issues for medicine, public health. Under what circumstances should a test be used, and how should it be implemented? Should people be allowed to choose or refuse a test, or should it be mandatory, as newborn screening is in some states? How should the data from these tests be used, and should individuals control access to the results of their tests? If test results are released to third parties, such as employers or insurers, what protections should be in place to protect individuals from unfair treatment based on test results, data collected, or genotype?

This Dissonance series event will take a multi-disciplinary look at these issues from a variety of theoretical and applied perspectives.

Panelists will include:
- Lori Andrews, Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Science, Law and, Technology at Chicago Kent Law School

- Jodyn Platt, Assistant Professor, U-M Medical School

- Kayte Spector-Bagdady, Assistant Professor, U-M Medical School, Chief of the Research Ethics Service in the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine (CBSSM)

- Denise Anthony, Professor, U-M School of Public Health

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:08:57 -0500 2019-02-25T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T19:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Information Assurance Lecture / Discussion Genetics & Medical Apps Panel Discussion
Comparative Politics Workshop (February 26, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217948@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 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 2019-02-26T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T13:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Forum on Climate Change & Health -- What the Science Says & What We Can Do (February 26, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59580 59580-14754546@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Center for Midlife Science

The program includes: a keynote discussion (3:30-5:00 pm) in Forum Hall followed by a reception concluding the event (5:00-6:00 pm). The keynote panel will be live-streamed and recorded for later viewing.
Register (free) here: https://goo.gl/forms/3uK2Qj8SztrhzK4o2
Keynote Panel Live Stream: https://youtu.be/s9zCthg0G8M
This event is organized by the UM Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD), NIEHS grant P30ES017885 and is co-sponsored by the School of Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), and UM SPH Department of Environmental Health Sciences.
More information is available here:http://mleead.umich.edu/Event_Climate_Change_and_Health_2019.php

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Feb 2019 12:29:18 -0500 2019-02-26T15:30:00-05:00 2019-02-26T18:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Center for Midlife Science Workshop / Seminar Climate Change & Health
CANCELLED - WCED Lecture. Judicial Politics in Africa (February 26, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58185 58185-14435500@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

This lecture has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances and will be rescheduled for the Fall 2019 semester.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:29:09 -0500 2019-02-26T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion Shen-Bayh
A World in Disarray (February 27, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58959 58959-14626052@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

These course dates are rescheduled due to earlier cancellation due to weather.

This course is based on the book titled "A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order", by Richard Haass. Due to a range of global challenges, the author describes the end of the Old Order - the rules, policies, and institutions that have guided the world since WWII.
Haass argues for an updated global order and also details how the U.S. should act towards China and Russia, as well as Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Participants will read portions of the book in advance, and bring related materials if available, for discussion during class. The instructor Karen Bantel has facilitated courses for OLLI on Russia, Autocracy, Western Liberalism, and TED talks. She was a professor and consultant of business strategy and entrepreneurship for many years. This Study Group is for those 50 and over and will meet select Wednesdays, 2:00-4:00 p.m., February 27 and March 13, 20 and 27.

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Class / Instruction Sun, 17 Feb 2019 11:05:02 -0500 2019-02-27T14:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Statistical Learning Workshop (February 27, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59442 59442-14743395@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Statistical Learning Workshop

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Meeting Thu, 10 Jan 2019 09:21:42 -0500 2019-02-27T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T17:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Statistical Learning Workshop Meeting Haven Hall
What is Socialism and How To Fight For It (February 28, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61578 61578-15137088@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: International Youth and Students for Social Equality

President Donald Trump’s fascist tirades against socialism show the ruling class fears the specter of revolution. “The twilight hour of socialism has arrived in our hemisphere,” Trump declared on February 18.

It is not socialism’s “twilight hour,” but rather its resurgence.

Socialism is becoming increasingly popular, but many are asking themselves: what is socialism?
The capitalist media presents Democratic Party politicians like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as “socialists.” But these members of the pro-capitalist Democratic Party do not call for mass strikes, the expropriation of the wealth of the rich, the nationalization of the corporations, the ending of all US wars and military involvement abroad, and the opening of the borders to give immigrants the right to travel freely.

Challenging the power of the financial aristocracy requires the revolutionary overthrow of the capitalist system. The fight for genuine social equality requires mobilizing the social power of the billions-strong international working class in a united movement for socialism.
The coming period will see the rebirth of the class struggle on a scale not seen in decades. To prepare, socialists must study the history of the workers’ movement and of Trotskyism, the revolutionary socialist opposition to Stalinism, and the representatives of classical Marxism today.

This lecture will explain what genuine socialism is.

Joseph Kishore is the National Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (US), the US section of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI). He is a prominent writer for the World Socialist Web Site, the most widely-read socialist news publication in the world.

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Meeting Sat, 23 Feb 2019 18:49:38 -0500 2019-02-28T19:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T21:00:00-05:00 Michigan League International Youth and Students for Social Equality Meeting Striking maquiladora workers in Matamoros Mexico, January 2019
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (March 1, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023808@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 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 2019-03-01T10:00:00-05:00 2019-03-01T16:00:00-05:00 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 (March 1, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58409 58409-14494080@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 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 2019-03-01T13:00:00-05:00 2019-03-01T14:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall African Politics Reading Group Meeting Haven Hall
Conflict and Peace, Research and Development (CPRD) Group (March 1, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60062 60062-14814829@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 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 16:18:17 -0500 2019-03-01T13:30:00-05:00 2019-03-01T15:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Conflict & Peace, Research & Development (CPRD) Meeting
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (March 1, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 53067-13217986@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 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 2019-03-01T15:30:00-05:00 2019-03-01T17:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s (March 3, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58796 58796-14561444@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 3, 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, 27 Feb 2019 18:16:33 -0500 2019-03-03T14:00:00-05:00 2019-03-03T15:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation woman wearing sunglasses wall graffiti
Comparative Politics Workshop (March 5, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217949@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 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 2019-03-05T12:00:00-05:00 2019-03-05T13:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Statistical Learning Workshop (March 6, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59442 59442-14743396@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 6, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Statistical Learning Workshop

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Meeting Thu, 10 Jan 2019 09:21:42 -0500 2019-03-06T16:00:00-05:00 2019-03-06T17:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Statistical Learning Workshop Meeting Haven Hall
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (March 8, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023809@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 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 2019-03-08T10:00:00-05:00 2019-03-08T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (March 8, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 53067-13217987@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 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 2019-03-08T15:30:00-05:00 2019-03-08T17:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Rubin Speaker Series (March 11, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57750 57750-14280619@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 11, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Rubin Speaker Series

Dara Kay Cohen is a Ford Foundation Associate Professor of Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Her research and teaching interests span the field of international relations, including international security, civil war and the dynamics of violence, and gender and conflict.

Her first book, Rape During Civil War (Cornell University Press, 2016), examines the variation in the use of rape during recent civil conflicts; the research for the book draws on extensive fieldwork in Sierra Leone, Timor-Leste and El Salvador. The book received the 2017 Theodore J. Lowi First Book Award from the American Political Science Association, the 2018 Best Book Awards from the International Security Studies Section (ISSS) and the Feminist Theory and Gender Studies (FTGS) Section of the International Studies Association, and was a finalist for the Woodrow Wilson Book Award of the American Political Science Association. Her current project is focused on the intersection of political violence, public opinion and gender in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Mar 2019 11:40:29 -0500 2019-03-11T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-11T17:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Rubin Speaker Series Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Comparative Politics Workshop (March 12, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217950@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 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 2019-03-12T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-12T13:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
WCED Panel. What's Up with Authoritarian Elections? (March 12, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58923 58923-14578310@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

Erica Frantz is an assistant professor of political science at Michigan State University. She specializes in authoritarian politics, democratization, conflict, and development. She has published six books on dictatorships and development, the most recent of which is “Authoritarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know” (Oxford University Press).

Allen Hicken is a professor of political science at the University of Michigan. He studies political institutions and political economy in developing countries with a primary focus on political parties and party systems in developing democracies and their role in policy making. His regional specialty is Southeast Asia where he has worked in Thailand, the Philippines, and Cambodia. He is the author of “Building Party Systems in Developing Democracies,” published by Cambridge University Press in 2009.

Masaaki Higashijima is an associate professor of political science at Tohoku University, Japan and a visiting research scholar in the Center for Political Studies at the University of Michigan. Before arriving in Tohoku, he was a Post-Doctoral Max Weber Fellow at European University Institute and an assistant professor at Waseda University in Tokyo. His research interests include comparative political economy, autocratic politics, democratization, civil conflict, ethnic politics and Central Asia. His articles related to these topics appeared in “British Journal of Political Science,” the “Journal of Politics, Political Behavior, Studies in Comparative International Development,” and “World Development.”

Carl Henrik Knutsen is a professor of political science at the University of Oslo (UiO) and Research Group Leader for the Comparative Institutions and Regimes (CIR) group at the same department. He also holds a secondary position as Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), is co-PI of Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem), and is a member of the Norwegian Young Academy. He defended his PhD, "The Economic Effects of Democracy and Dictatorship," at the University of Oslo in 2011. Knutsen's research concerns, for example, the economic effects of political institutions, democracy measurement, and the determinants of autocratic breakdown and democratization.

Alberto Simpser is an associate professor of political science at ITAM in Mexico City. He is the author of “Why Governments and Parties Manipulate Elections” (Cambridge University Press 2013), coeditor (with Tom Ginsburg) of “Constitutions in Authoritarian Regimes” (Cambridge University Press 2014), and has published articles in the “American Journal of Political Science,” “Journal of Politics,” “Public Opinion Quarterly,” “Latin American Research Review,” and “Annual Review of Political Science,” among others. He has a PhD in political science from Stanford University. His research interests include the political economy of development, democracy, election fraud, corruption, political culture, and political methodology. Prior to joining ITAM in 2014 he served on the faculty of the University of Chicago’s political science department as assistant professor.

Organized by the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies with support from the Center for Political Studies (U-M) and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

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, 08 Mar 2019 09:12:47 -0500 2019-03-12T16:30:00-04:00 2019-03-12T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion Authoritarian Elections
Ben Shapiro (March 12, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60593 60593-14910411@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Young Americans for Freedom

TICKET INFO:
Student tickets will be made available Feb 18th at 8pm. Those with a umich email will be able to reserve one ticket.
General public tickets will be made available Feb 19th at 8pm.
The ticket link will go live on this event page then.

Young Americans for Freedom at the University of Michigan is proud to host Ben Shapiro on March 12th in collaboration with the Young America's Foundation (YAF). Through this event, students and the general public will be able to hear from and participate in a Q/A with one of the nation's top conservative minds. More info on the event can be found at yaf.org, Twitter (@yafumich), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/YAFUMich/), and Instagram (@yafumich).


Ben Shapiro is editor-in-chief of The Daily Wire and host of "The Ben Shapiro Show," the top conservative podcast in the nation and now nationally-syndicated radio show. Shapiro is the author of seven nonfiction books; his newest work "The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great" will be released on March 19th. He earned a BA in Political Science from UCLA in 2004 and graduated from Harvard Law School in 2007.
Shapiro has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows around the nation, including "Fox and Friends" (Fox News), "In the Money" (CNN Financial), "The Dennis Prager Show," among others.

Young America's Foundation and the YAF at the University of Michigan chapter seek to educate students on conservative values that are otherwise absent on most college campuses. Shapiro has frequently addressed the issue of the Left's ideological stranglehold on academia and has worked to push back against that trend through fact and logic-based speeches and debates. "Facts don't care about your feelings" has become one of Ben Shapiro's trademark lines. He has appeared as the featured speaker at many conservative events on campuses nationwide, several of those appearances targeted by progressive and "Antifa" activists. Shapiro, an Orthodox Jew, has also worked to expose the anti-Israel and anti-Semitic motivations behind the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Feb 2019 20:52:09 -0500 2019-03-12T19:00:00-04:00 2019-03-12T20:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Young Americans for Freedom Lecture / Discussion Announcement
Bioethics Discussion: Mental Health (March 12, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49433 49433-11456547@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on our internal (dys)functions.

Readings to consider:
"The myth of mental illness"
"Distinguishing between the validity and utility of psychiatric diagnoses"
"Diagnostic issues and controversies in DSM-5"
"How stigma interferes with mental health care"
"Identification of a common neurobiological substrate for mental illness"

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/027-mental-health/.

Please, consider the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Mar 2019 16:07:55 -0500 2019-03-12T19:00:00-04:00 2019-03-12T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Mental health
Free Chelsea Manning (March 13, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62046 62046-15278274@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Diag - Central Campus
Organized By: International Youth and Students for Social Equality

The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) at the University of Michigan has called a meeting and a demonstration demanding the immediate release of imprisoned whistleblower Chelsea Manning. A rally will be held on Wednesday, March 13 at 12 PM on The Diag in front of Hatcher Graduate Library. A subsequent meeting will take place on Thursday, March 14 at 7 PM in the Michigan League, Room A.

The IYSSE is declaring the imprisonment of Manning an egregious attack on democratic rights and a threat to press freedom. The courageous whistleblower was imprisoned on Friday for refusing to testify before a secret grand jury that is drawing up fabricated charges against WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange on behalf of the Trump administration. Beginning in 2010, Manning exposed major US war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan including the infamous Collateral Murder cockpit video showing a US helicopter in Baghdad gunning down 16 unarmed civilians, including two Reuters journalists.

Wednesday’s demonstration is part of a series of coordinated rallies around the country, with the Socialist Equality Party (US) and the World Socialist Web Site (wsws.org). The perspective of this campaign places the basis of the defense of press freedom and democratic rights on the mobilization of the international working class. More information on the campaign to defend Manning can be found on the website: freechelsea.org

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Rally / Mass Meeting Mon, 11 Mar 2019 18:33:59 -0400 2019-03-13T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T13:00:00-04:00 Diag - Central Campus International Youth and Students for Social Equality Rally / Mass Meeting Photo of Chelsea Manning
Democracy: Its History and Its Meaning Today (March 13, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58953 58953-14619832@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

We will explore the history and meaning of the idea of democracy. We will see how the idea of democracy has evolved in response to various historical situations, from its expression in the voice of a small self-governing ancient Greek city state, to the French and American revolutionary attempts to codify popular sovereignty, to becoming a universal aspiration expressed as a United Nations declared human right of the self-determination of peoples. Larry Berlin and John Rowntree will lead the discussions.
"Can Democracy Work" by James Miller (available at Literati Bookstore) will be the text and readings to be supplied. This Study Group is for those 50 and over and will meet Wednesdays, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m., March 13 - April 24.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 26 Dec 2018 15:37:24 -0500 2019-03-13T13:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Statistical Learning Workshop (March 13, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59442 59442-14743397@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 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 2019-03-13T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T17:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Statistical Learning Workshop Meeting Haven Hall
Sexual Modernities Conference (March 14, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52291 52291-12590267@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Modernist Studies Workshop

This three-day interdisciplinary conference, featuring invited scholars and graduate student panels, aims to generate collegial scholarly conversation around the intersections of sexuality and modernity. The conference is being organized by the U-M Modernist Studies Workshop. Attendance is free and open to the public.

Invited speakers will include: Benjamin Kahan (Lousiana State University) and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz).

***Please note the following change from the original conference schedule: Heather Love is no longer able to attend the event, and her keynote on Thursday has been cancelled.***


Thursday, March 14 featured events:

2:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: Roundtable on "Queer Temporalities, Histories, and Futures" with Ingrid Diran (U-M), Sarah Ensor (U-M), and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz)


Friday, March 15 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: roundtable on "Foucault's Impact on Sexuality Studies" with David Halperin (U-M), Benjamin Kahan (Louisiana State University), and Helmut Puff (U-M)

4:30 p.m., Angell Hall 3154: keynote by Benjamin Kahan: "The Sexuality of Philosophy"


Saturday, March 16 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: keynote by Marcia Ochoa: "Ungrateful Citizenship: On Translatinas, Participation, and Belonging in the Absence of Recognition"

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:54:29 -0400 2019-03-14T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Modernist Studies Workshop Conference / Symposium sexual modernities
The Environment, Human Rights and Immunity at the World Bank (March 14, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60981 60981-15000008@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

Please join us for the latest installment of the ELPP Lecture Series, presented by Professor David Hunter from the American University Washington College of Law. Professor Hunter will discuss the global campaign to hold international financial Institutions like the World Bank accountable for the environmental damage and human rights violations caused by their projects. This will include the implications of Jam v. International Finance Corporation (IFC), a case pending before the US Supreme Court that challenges the World Bank’s claim of immunity. The case was brought by local fishermen in coastal India harmed by a coal-fired power plant. The case reflects one of several strategies for applying minimum environmental and human rights standards to the activities of international organizations.

This event is free and open to the public.

David Hunter is Professor of international and comparative environmental law at American University's Washington College of Law. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Accountability Counsel, the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide-US, and the Project on Government Oversight. He is a Member Scholar of the Center for Progressive Reform and a member of the Organization of American States’ Expert Group on Environmental Law, the InterAmerican Network for Environmental Law’s Advisory Board, and the Strategic Advisors Group for the International Finance Corporation’s Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman. He is co-author of International Environmental Law & Policy (5th ed.) and Climate Change Law (2nd ed.). His research interests include human rights and the environment, environmental standards and accountability mechanisms in international finance, and climate change litigation, law and policy.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Feb 2019 13:08:49 -0500 2019-03-14T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T13:00:00-04:00 Hutchins Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion Hutchins Hall
UMMA Book Club: Art, Ideas, & Politics (March 14, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58554 58554-14510876@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 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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Other Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:16:19 -0500 2019-03-14T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T13:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
Captivated by the Mediterranean: Early Modern Spain and the Political Economy of Ransom (March 14, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61594 61594-15152455@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Judaic Studies

In 1608, Genoese naval forces took a thirteen-year-old Algerian girl named Fatima captive and sold her into slavery in Livorno, Italy. Her father almost succeeded in ransoming her, but days before her liberation she was forcibly converted and baptized as “Madalena.” In an unrelated incident, also in 1608, Algerian pirates captured the illegitimate son of the Spanish Marquis de Villena, and enslaved him in Algiers. While a captive, he was taken to Istanbul where, after attempting and failing to arrange his ransom, he converted to Islam. Piecing together these Mediterranean episodes from the archives leads to a third story beginning just a year after the capture of Fatima and Pacheco. In 1609, three Spanish Trinitarian friars were on the brink of departing for Spain with Christians they had redeemed from the Maghrib when the Algerian Governing Council detained them. At first glance, though they all occurred within a five-year period and in the same geographic area, these stories do not seem to have much to do with one another. Yet these different Mediterranean trajectories intersected and had strong effects on one another, whether through their ransom negotiations, for example, or in that one captive was taken as revenge for the imprisonment of another.

This talk explores the entangled experience of Muslim and Christian captives and by extension the connected histories of the Spanish Empire, Morocco, and Ottoman Algiers in the 17th-century. It argues that piracy, captivity, and redemption shaped the Mediterranean as an integrated region—at the social, political, and economic levels. The history that emerges of these stories is both local and Mediterranean. It offers a comprehensive analysis of competing Spanish, Algerian, and Moroccan imperial projects intended to shape Mediterranean mobility structures. Simultaneously, the project reveals the tragic upending of the lives of individuals by these imperial maritime political agendas. Reconstructing the webs that linked captives, captors, masters, kin, and rulers, we can see both the political economy of ransom and the processes by which these actors sought to shape it. These multiple cross-maritime interactions do more than counter an image of a declining 17th-century Mediterranean dissolving into nation-states. They force us to rethink early modern Europe and its others and to question how transnational maritime networks shaped seemingly European territorial identities.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 12 Mar 2019 09:31:59 -0400 2019-03-14T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T17:30:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Judaic Studies Lecture / Discussion Event Poster
Rubin Speaker Series (March 14, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54106 54106-13528403@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Rubin Speaker Series

Melani Cammett is Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs in the Department of Government and chair of the Harvard Academy of International and Area Studies at Harvard. She also holds a secondary faculty appointment in the Harvard Chan School of Public Health. Cammett's books include Compassionate Communalism: Welfare and Sectarianism in Lebanon (Cornell University Press 2014), which won the American Political Science Association (APSA) Giovanni Sartori Book Award and the Honorable Mention for the APSA Gregory Luebbert Book Award; A Political Economy of the Middle East (co-authored with Ishac Diwan, Westview Press 2015); The Politics of Non-State Social Welfare in the Global South (co-edited with Lauren Morris MacLean, Cornell University Press, 2014), which received the Honorable Mention for the ARNOVA book award; and Globalization and Business Politics in North Africa (Cambridge University Press, 2007). Her current research explores governance and social service provision, identity politics and long-term historical roots of development trajectories, primarily in the Middle East. Cammett has published numerous articles in academic and policy journals, consults for development policy organizations, and is the recipient of various fellowships and awards. She currently serves as a Commissioner on the Lancet Commission on Syria.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Mar 2019 11:49:43 -0500 2019-03-14T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T17:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Rubin Speaker Series Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Unrigging the System: What News Organizations Can Do To Restore Faith In The Presidential Elections (March 14, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61640 61640-15161281@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Communication and Media

There’s that old saying about the two things that no one should ever watch being made: sausages and laws. Elections in America can be just as stomach-turning.

The 2016 and 2018 elections reached an unprecedented level of messiness, and news outlets often fell short in organizing that mess for voters. Political journalist Robert Yoon will reveal some little-known realities behind how elections are run in America and discuss ways that news organizations could improve their coverage with the goal of beginning to restore public faith in a vital democratic institution.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 26 Feb 2019 15:11:47 -0500 2019-03-14T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T18:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Communication and Media Lecture / Discussion Yoon
Sexual Modernities Conference (March 15, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52291 52291-12590268@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 9:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Modernist Studies Workshop

This three-day interdisciplinary conference, featuring invited scholars and graduate student panels, aims to generate collegial scholarly conversation around the intersections of sexuality and modernity. The conference is being organized by the U-M Modernist Studies Workshop. Attendance is free and open to the public.

Invited speakers will include: Benjamin Kahan (Lousiana State University) and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz).

***Please note the following change from the original conference schedule: Heather Love is no longer able to attend the event, and her keynote on Thursday has been cancelled.***


Thursday, March 14 featured events:

2:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: Roundtable on "Queer Temporalities, Histories, and Futures" with Ingrid Diran (U-M), Sarah Ensor (U-M), and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz)


Friday, March 15 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: roundtable on "Foucault's Impact on Sexuality Studies" with David Halperin (U-M), Benjamin Kahan (Louisiana State University), and Helmut Puff (U-M)

4:30 p.m., Angell Hall 3154: keynote by Benjamin Kahan: "The Sexuality of Philosophy"


Saturday, March 16 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: keynote by Marcia Ochoa: "Ungrateful Citizenship: On Translatinas, Participation, and Belonging in the Absence of Recognition"

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:54:29 -0400 2019-03-15T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Modernist Studies Workshop Conference / Symposium sexual modernities
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (March 15, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023810@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 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 2019-03-15T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
American Institutions Group (AIG) (March 15, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60788 60788-14963971@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: American Institutions Group (AIG)

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Meeting Mon, 04 Feb 2019 16:01:55 -0500 2019-03-15T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T13:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall American Institutions Group (AIG) Meeting Haven Hall
Conflict and Peace, Research and Development (CPRD) Group (March 15, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60063 60063-14814830@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 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 16:19:59 -0500 2019-03-15T13:30:00-04:00 2019-03-15T15:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Conflict & Peace, Research & Development (CPRD) Meeting
Political Theory Workshop (March 15, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59618 59618-14754583@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 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 2019-03-15T13:30:00-04:00 2019-03-15T15:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Political Theory Workshop (PTW) Meeting Haven Hall
Short Student Tours (March 15, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59321 59321-14730602@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Student Docents will enliven your afternoon and kick off the weekend with a brisk but intense encounter with a few key pieces of art and an engaging theme connecting their selections. Love and death, politics and humor, history, mythology, materiality, fashion, food, or other entry points will draw you in for a sweet peek at the UMMA collection. Each tour will last 10-15 minutes. 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, 06 Mar 2019 18:16:22 -0500 2019-03-15T15:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T15:15:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (March 15, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 53067-13217988@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 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 2019-03-15T15:30:00-04:00 2019-03-15T17:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Short Student Tours (March 15, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59322 59322-14730603@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Student Docents will enliven your afternoon and kick off the weekend with a brisk but intense encounter with a few key pieces of art and an engaging theme connecting their selections. Love and death, politics and humor, history, mythology, materiality, fashion, food, or other entry points will draw you in for a sweet peek at the UMMA collection. Each tour will last 10-15 minutes. 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, 06 Mar 2019 18:16:22 -0500 2019-03-15T15:30:00-04:00 2019-03-15T15:45:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Sexual Modernities Conference (March 16, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52291 52291-12590269@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 16, 2019 9:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Modernist Studies Workshop

This three-day interdisciplinary conference, featuring invited scholars and graduate student panels, aims to generate collegial scholarly conversation around the intersections of sexuality and modernity. The conference is being organized by the U-M Modernist Studies Workshop. Attendance is free and open to the public.

Invited speakers will include: Benjamin Kahan (Lousiana State University) and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz).

***Please note the following change from the original conference schedule: Heather Love is no longer able to attend the event, and her keynote on Thursday has been cancelled.***


Thursday, March 14 featured events:

2:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: Roundtable on "Queer Temporalities, Histories, and Futures" with Ingrid Diran (U-M), Sarah Ensor (U-M), and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz)


Friday, March 15 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: roundtable on "Foucault's Impact on Sexuality Studies" with David Halperin (U-M), Benjamin Kahan (Louisiana State University), and Helmut Puff (U-M)

4:30 p.m., Angell Hall 3154: keynote by Benjamin Kahan: "The Sexuality of Philosophy"


Saturday, March 16 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: keynote by Marcia Ochoa: "Ungrateful Citizenship: On Translatinas, Participation, and Belonging in the Absence of Recognition"

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:54:29 -0400 2019-03-16T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-16T12:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Modernist Studies Workshop Conference / Symposium sexual modernities
Cultural Racism & American Social Structure Speaker Series (March 18, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58203 58203-15335278@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
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

"Racial liberalism & environmental racism in Flint, Michigan" by Malini Ranganathan, Assistant Professor, School of International Service, American University

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Mar 2019 10:09:05 -0400 2019-03-18T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
GAPS Monthly Meeting (March 18, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59656 59656-14777848@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 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 2019-03-18T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T14:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Graduate Association of Political Science (GAPS) Meeting Haven Hall
American diplomacy in a disordered world: A conversation with Ambassador William J. Burns (March 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61664 61664-15170111@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.

This event will be live webstreamed. Check event website right before the event for viewing information.

From the speaker's bio:

Bill Burns is president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the oldest international affairs think tank in the United States. Ambassador Burns retired from the U.S. Foreign Service in 2014 after a thirty-three-year diplomatic career. He holds the highest rank in the Foreign Service, career ambassador, and is only the second serving career diplomat in history to become deputy secretary of state.

Prior to his tenure as deputy secretary, Ambassador Burns served from 2008 to 2011 as under secretary for political affairs. He was ambassador to Russia from 2005 to 2008, assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs from 2001 to 2005, and ambassador to Jordan from 1998 to 2001. His other posts in the Foreign Service include: executive secretary of the State Department and special assistant to former secretaries of state Warren Christopher and Madeleine Albright; minister-counselor for political affairs at the U.S. embassy in Moscow; acting director and principal deputy director of the State Department’s policy planning staff; and special assistant to the president and senior director for Near East and South Asian affairs at the National Security Council.

Ambassador Burns speaks Russian, Arabic, and French, and he has been the recipient of three Presidential Distinguished Service Awards and a number of Department of State awards, including three Secretary’s Distinguished Service Awards, two Distinguished Honor Awards, the 2006 Charles E. Cobb, Jr. Ambassadorial Award for Initiative and Success in Trade Development, the 2005 Robert C. Frasure Memorial Award for Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking, and the James Clement Dunn Award for exemplary performance at the mid-career level. He has also received the highest civilian honors from the Department of Defense and the U.S. intelligence community. In 2013, Foreign Policy named him “Diplomat of the Year”.

Ambassador Burns earned a bachelor’s in history from LaSalle University and master’s and doctoral degrees in international relations from Oxford University, where he studied as a Marshall Scholar. He is a recipient of four honorary doctoral degrees and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Ambassador Burns is the author of Economic Aid and American Policy Toward Egypt, 1955-1981 (State University of New York Press, 1985). In 1994, he was named to Time magazine’s list of the “50 Most Promising American Leaders Under Age 40” and to its list of “100 Young Global Leaders.”

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 27 Feb 2019 13:48:02 -0500 2019-03-18T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T17:20:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Ambassador William J. Burns
Conversations on Europe. Different Pathways, Common Destination? Public Policy and Institutional Changes in Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain during and after the Economic Crisis (March 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59375 59375-14734950@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for European Studies

While Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain slid into economic crisis in the 2010 for different reasons and at different time points and have already started overcoming the crises in a varied manner, there was visible policy convergence among the four countries. There were similar policy responses regarding fiscal, macroeconomic, incomes, welfare and labor relations’ issues. Moreover, despite the fact that the four countries had followed different paths to government reform and administrative modernization before the crisis, they eventually converged towards similar policy responses regarding government organization and public administration. The observed convergence may be interpreted through external constraints imposed by Europe and international organizations and creditors and through the adoption of public management ideas, which prevailed in international and domestic policy networks. Policy shifts were not evenly implemented across the four countries for reasons related to historical legacies of state-society relations and variations in political party systems. Such legacies may also help explain why Greece remained a reform laggard compared to the rest of South European countries.

Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos is visiting scholar at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University, and Onassis Visiting Professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University) in 2018-19. He is on leave from his post as professor of political science at the University of Athens. In 2003 he was senior research fellow at the Hellenic Observatory of the London School of Economics; in 2009-10 visiting fellow in South East European studies at St. Antony’s College, Oxford; and in the autumn of 2016 visiting fellow at Science Po, Paris. He serves on the editorial boards of "South European Society and Politics," "Journal of Mediterranean Politics," "South East European and Black Sea Studies," "European Political Science Review," and the "Greek Review of Political Science." Sotiropoulos studied law and sociology at the Law School of the University of Athens (LLB), the London School of Economics (MSc), and Yale University (Ph.D., awarded with distinction, 1991). Recent books in English include "Αusterity and the Third Sector in Greece: Civil Society at the European Frontline," (with J. Clarke and A. Huliaras, 2015) and "Socioeconomic Fragmentation and Exclusion under the Crisis" (co-edited with D. Katsikas and M. Zafeiropoulou, 2018).

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 11 Mar 2019 09:14:00 -0400 2019-03-18T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for European Studies Lecture / Discussion Dimitri Sotiropoulos
Comparative Politics Workshop (March 19, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217951@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP)

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Aug 2018 10:20:50 -0400 2019-03-19T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-19T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion
CREES Distinguished Lecture. The Truth about Lies in International Relations: Reflections on the Media in Russia and Beyond (March 19, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59377 59377-14737029@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Lots of countries lie.

Some call it “winning hearts and minds,” others call it “strategic communications,” still others call it “softening the battlefield.” However it’s described, propaganda is a key component of international relations, a tool employed both by diplomats and warriors. Russia has used propaganda since the 1917 Russian Revolution both to mold the minds of its own citizens and to spread the gospel of Marxism-Leninism around the world. Today’s Russia uses a well-honed media strategy to craft public opinion at home—and to promote the country’s public image abroad.

But the Kremlin also uses propaganda—now turbo-charged by digital advances like artificial intelligence, machine learning and big-data analytics—as a tool of war, a less-costly form of conflict than shedding blood, to undermine and weaken foes.

Jill Dougherty, former CNN Moscow Bureau Chief, examines how Russia uses information, and disinformation, to achieve its strategic objectives.

Jill Dougherty served as CNN correspondent for three decades, reporting from more than 50 countries. She is a Global Fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. and a CNN Contributor who provides expert commentary on Russia and the post-Soviet region. Ms. Dougherty joined CNN in 1983, and was appointed Moscow Bureau Chief in 1997. During nearly a decade in that post, she covered the presidencies of Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin, Russia's post-Soviet economic transition, terrorist attacks, the conflict in Chechnya, Georgia's Rose Revolution and Ukraine's Orange Revolution. After a long career with CNN, Ms. Dougherty pursued academic interests, most recently as a Distinguished Visiting Practitioner at the University of Washington’s Evans School of Public Policy and Governance. An alumna of the University of Michigan, she has a B.A. in Slavic languages and literature, a certificate of language study from Leningrad State University, and a master’s degree from Georgetown University. In addition to writing for CNN.com, her articles on international issues have appeared in the “Washington Post,” "Huffington Post,” and “The Atlantic,” among other publications. Jill Dougherty is also a member of track-two diplomatic initiatives seeking to improve the U.S.-Russia relationship.

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, 09 Jan 2019 12:08:27 -0500 2019-03-19T17:30:00-04:00 2019-03-19T19:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Jill Dougherty
Cultural Racism & American Social Structure Speaker Series (March 20, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58203 58203-14441913@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 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

"Racial liberalism & environmental racism in Flint, Michigan" by Malini Ranganathan, Assistant Professor, School of International Service, American University

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Mar 2019 10:09:05 -0400 2019-03-20T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T10:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Academic Freedom at a Global University: A Transnational Perspective (March 20, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60412 60412-14875272@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Graduate Rackham International

Speakers:

Fiona Lee
(Psychology and Organizational Culture)

Ken Panko
(Bibliothecography and Information Technology)

Ronald Suny
(History and Political Science)


What is academic freedom? Is it relevant in this day and age? What does it mean at a global institution like the University of Michigan? How does the internationalization of higher education affect it? What does it mean to those who hail from abroad? Does academic freedom globalize? How do scholars and students who move across the world attend to its intricacies, obligations, and limitations? These are some of the questions that we will attempt to answer as part of our conversation. Please join us!

The public is welcome!
Lunch will be served.
Please RSVP. This is optional but does help us ensure that we provide enough food for everyone.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Mar 2019 18:07:21 -0400 2019-03-20T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T13:20:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Graduate Rackham International Lecture / Discussion stamps
CREES Roundtable. Ukraine Now: What's at Stake? (March 20, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59871 59871-14795177@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Ukraine is at a crossroads, facing multiple challenges. This roundtable of U-M experts will discuss the ongoing conflict in the east, the current human rights situation in Crimea, and upcoming presidential elections.

Moderator: Geneviève Zubrzycki, CREES director. Presenters: Oksana Malanchuk, senior social science research associate (retired), U-M; Greta Uehling, lecturer of international and comparative studies, U-M; Yuri M. Zhukov, assistant professor of political science, U-M.

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 Mon, 15 Jul 2019 09:50:54 -0400 2019-03-20T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T13:20:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
Statistical Learning Workshop (March 20, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59442 59442-14743398@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Statistical Learning Workshop

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Meeting Thu, 10 Jan 2019 09:21:42 -0500 2019-03-20T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T17:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Statistical Learning Workshop Meeting Haven Hall
School of Social Work Guest Lecture by Nikkita Oliver (March 21, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61831 61831-15215049@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: School of Social Work, Community Action Social Change Undergraduate Minor

Join the Nikkita Oliver guest lecture on community participation, and grassroots organizing in policy and politics.

Inspired by the events of the November 2018 primary election, the lecture will provoke discussion on the role and importance of representation in the electorate, and strategies to engage community in the political process. Guest speaker Nikkita Oliver will share her story as the first political candidate of the Seattle People's Party, in her run for Mayor of Seattle in 2017. Through her story, participants will learn more about her journey as a political candidate, and the importance of continued community participation in social and political action. The program will present discussion about the role of community practitioners in political advocacy at the intersection of grassroots community organizing, and the use of politics and policy to promote social justice.

Register on the School of Social work Event Page to join.

Co-sponsored by the School of Social Work, Community Action and Social Change Minor, and Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 04 Mar 2019 12:39:48 -0500 2019-03-21T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location School of Social Work, Community Action Social Change Undergraduate Minor Lecture / Discussion Nikkita Oliver
Rubin Speaker Series (March 21, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54933 54933-13654176@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Rubin Speaker Series

Jeremy M. Weinstein is a Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. He is also a non-resident fellow at the Center for Global Development in Washington, D.C.

His research focuses on civil wars and political violence; ethnic politics and the political economy of development; and democracy, accountability, and political change. He is the author of Inside Rebellion: The Politics of Insurgent Violence (Cambridge University Press), which received the William Riker Prize for the best book on political economy. He is also the co-author of Coethnicity: Diversity and the Dilemmas of Collective Action (Russell Sage Foundation), which received the Gregory Luebbert Award for the best book in comparative politics. He has published articles in the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Annual Review of Political Science, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Journal of Democracy, World Policy Journal, and the SAIS Review.

Weinstein received the International Studies Association’s Karl Deutsch Award in 2013. The award is given to a scholar younger than 40 or within 10 years of earning a Ph.D. who has made the most significant contribution to the study of international relations. He also received the Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching at Stanford in 2007.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Mar 2019 11:48:57 -0500 2019-03-21T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T17:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Rubin Speaker Series Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (March 22, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023811@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 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 2019-03-22T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
Conflict and Peace, Research and Development (CPRD) Group (March 22, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60064 60064-14814831@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Conflict & Peace, Research & Development (CPRD)

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Meeting Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:21:50 -0500 2019-03-22T13:30:00-04:00 2019-03-22T15:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Conflict & Peace, Research & Development (CPRD) Meeting
Living a Digital Life winter symposium: Environments (March 22, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59519 59519-14748078@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

This event will be live streamed on the Facebook page of the Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning: https://www.facebook.com/taubmancollege.

  Today, we live inside the digital. Increasingly, our public and private lives are conducted online and in digital space where our relationships are forged, nurtured, or deleted, where our bills are paid and finances tracked, and where our ideologies are fed and our politics balkanized by our respective media bubbles. And while the digital now constitutes more and more of our daily routines, it can also offer a distorting abstraction of “external life.” Swiping left is easier than breaking up, and even the most civil among us can become an entitled consumer on Yelp. At once, our digital environments offer new grounds for engagement and interaction, and immersive venues for escape from the exigencies of the outside world. This session will discuss this dialectic.   Panelists will include Aubrey Anable (Carleton University), Amy Kulper (Rhode Island School of Design), and Jose Sanchez (University of Southern California). Join us for presentations and a discussion about the digital as both a totalizing environment unto itself – a bubble apart from the external lifeworld – and a new venue for social organization and engagement.

 

2:00-2:15 Introduction 2:15-3:30 Presentations by panelists 3:30-4:10 Discussion 4:15-4:30 Intermission 4:30-5:15 Guided tour of Art In the Age of the Internet, 1990 to Today 5:15-6:00 Discussion & Closing  Aubrey Anable

Aubrey Anable is an Assistant Professor in the School for Studies in Art and Culture at Carleton University in Ottawa. Aubrey’s research examines digital aesthetics, video games, and virtual reality in conversation with feminist and queer theory. Her book Playing with Feelings: Video Games and Affect (University of Minnesota Press, 2018) provides an account of how video games compel us to play and why they constitute a contemporary structure of feeling emerging alongside the last sixty years of computerized living. She’s an advisory editor for the journal Camera Obscura and is currently co-editing The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Visual Culture.

Jose Sanchez

Jose Sanchez is an Architect / Programmer / Game Designer based in Los Angeles, California. He is the director of the Plethora Project, a research and learning project investing in the future of on-line open-source knowledge. He is also the creator of Block’hood, an award-winning city building video game exploring notions of crowdsourced urbanism. He has taught and guest lectured in several renowned institutions across the world, including the Architectural Association in London, The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London.

Today, he is an Assistant Professor at USC School of Architecture in Los Angeles. His research ‘Gamescapes’, explores generative interfaces in the form of video games, speculating in modes of intelligence augmentation, combinatorics and open systems as a design medium.

Amy Kulper

Amy Catania Kulper is an architectural educator whose teaching and research focus on the intersections of history, theory, and criticism with design. Throughout her career, Kulper has taught at Cambridge University, the University of Pennsylvania, UCLA, SCI_Arc, the University of Michigan, and RISD where she is currently an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Architecture. In her time in Ann Arbor, she was a four-time recipient of the Donna M. Salzer Award for teaching excellence.

Kulper’s writings are published in Log, The Journal of Architecture, arq: Architectural Research Quarterly, Candide, The Journal of Architectural Education, and numerous edited volumes. Kulper has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Architectural Education where she has acted as the Design Editor for six years. In March of 2017 she received the Distinguished Service Award from the ACSA for her work on the journal. Kulper holds master’s degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and Cambridge University and a Ph.D. in the History and Philosophy of Architecture from Cambridge University.

 

Organized by LSA Digital Studies, Rackham Graduate School, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, and UMMA. This program is part of the 2019 Michigan Meeting: Living a Digital Life: Objects, Environment, Power.

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, Ross School of Business, 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 Cecilia Vonderheide; and Jay Ptashek and Karen Elizaga  

University of Michigan Funding Partners:
School of Information; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Michigan Engineering; 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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Other Fri, 22 Mar 2019 12:16:33 -0400 2019-03-22T14:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T18:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
Michigan Meetings Winter Symposium: Living In Digital Environments (March 22, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59772 59772-14786520@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Digital Studies

Schedule of Events
2:00-2:15 Introduction
2:15-3:30 Presentations by panelists
3:30-4:10 Discussion
4:15-4:30 Intermission
4:30-5:15 Guided tour of Art In the Age of the Internet, 1990 to Today
5:15-6:00 Discussion
6:00 Closing

In 2012 the first 4K resolution screen became available on the commercial market at the common 30” desktop size, making it possible for a user with 20/20 vision seated 24” away from a computer screen to be confronted with the same amount of visual information as could be experienced in the surrounding environment. This development brought verisimilitude to another realm that has gradually emerged for decades, the constitution of the digital sphere as a kind of environment itself. Today, we live inside the digital. Increasingly, our public and private lives are conducted online and in digital space where our relationships are forged, nurtured, or deleted, where our bills are paid and finances tracked, and where our ideologies are fed and our politics balkanized by our respective media bubbles. And while the digital now constitutes more and more of our daily routines, it can also offer a distorting abstraction of “external life.” Swiping left is easier than breaking up, and even the most civil among us can become an entitled consumer on Yelp. At once, our digital environments offer new grounds for engagement and interaction, and immersive venues for escape from the exigencies of the outside world. This session will discuss this dialectic. Drawing contributors from across art, architecture, design, and media studies, we will examine the digital as both a totalizing environment unto itself – a bubble apart from the external lifeworld – and a new venue for social organization and engagement.

https://www.living-a-digital-life.com/



The 2019 Michigan Meeting is co-organized by:

Sarah Murray, University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts associate professor of film, television, and media
Lisa Nakamura, University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts associate professor of American Studies
Ellie Abrons, University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning associate professor of architecture
Megan Sapnar Ankerson, University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts associate professor of communication
McLain Clutter, University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning associate professor of architecture
Paul Conway, University of Michigan School of Information associate professor of information
Adam Fure, University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning associate professor of architecture

*Please note: the Main Michigan Meetings Summit is Thursday and Friday, May 9 and 10, 2019, Rackham Building

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 25 Feb 2019 14:47:43 -0500 2019-03-22T14:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T18:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art Digital Studies Conference / Symposium Poster
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (March 22, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 53067-13217989@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 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 2019-03-22T15:30:00-04:00 2019-03-22T17:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
CSEAS Film Series. “Yanan,” a film by Mae Caralde. Film screening followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker. (March 22, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59601 59601-14754554@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Ka Yanan, a member of the Philippine revolutionary movement, died during an encounter with government troops in 2012, and is survived by a son and two daughters. The film shows how the revolutionary’s children, grown into young adulthood, cope with their grief and pay homage to their departed mother. As they ponder their memories of Ka Yanan and the cause to which she pledged her life, they find among her possessions poems, letters, and recordings. Kept away for 15 years, the materials reveal aspects of Ka Yanan’s personal and political struggles that her children had previously not fully grasped.

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Film Screening Fri, 11 Jan 2019 13:22:03 -0500 2019-03-22T18:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T19:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening event_image
Short Student Tours (March 23, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59523 59523-14748082@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 23, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Student Docents will enliven your afternoon and kick off the weekend with a brisk but intense encounter with a few key pieces of art and an engaging theme connecting their selections. Love and death, politics and humor, history, mythology, materiality, fashion, food, or other entry points will draw you in for a sweet peek at the UMMA collection. Each tour will last 10-15 minutes. 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 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 18:16:51 -0400 2019-03-23T15:00:00-04:00 2019-03-23T15:15:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
In Conversation: The Evidence of Things Unseen, Sam Gilliam and Al Loving Then and Now (March 24, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59538 59538-14750197@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 24, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

The works in the UMMA exhibition Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s explore intersections of social justice, race and gender through the large scale, abstract works of the artists. Join Larry M. Gant, Professor of Social Work and Professor, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design for his take on the large-scale abstract works of Al Loving and Sam Gilliam. Gant explores the challenges and controversies experienced by the artists, suggesting  ways that their approaches have and continue to generate, in the words of James Baldwin, “the evidence of things unseen."

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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Other Thu, 14 Mar 2019 18:17:05 -0400 2019-03-24T15:00:00-04:00 2019-03-24T16:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
Cultural Racism & American Social Structure Speaker Series (March 25, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58205 58205-14441914@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 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

"Historical trauma: Racial dispossession & Native populations" by Joseph Gone, Professor, Dept of Global Health & Social Medicine, Harvard University

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Jan 2019 09:40:41 -0500 2019-03-25T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-25T10:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
Veg Week (March 25, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62380 62380-15357472@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 10:30am
Location: Mason Hall
Organized By: Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS)

Join us for an entire week of amazing vegan food and speakers! Every event is FREE, on campus, and open to all!

Enter to win 1 of 4 LUSH gift boxes by participating in our vegan challenge and eating vegan for the whole week of Veg Week OR by attending a Veg Week event each day.

Try amazing food, learn about ways to improve your health, help the planet, and save animals! Meet new friends, find out ways to get involved on campus or in your community, join a movement, and get inspired!

Thank you to our sponsors and partners, MDining, UMSFP, Veg Michigan, Graham Sustainability Institute, Munger Graduate Academic Initiatives, and The Humane League!

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Well-being Wed, 20 Mar 2019 20:50:31 -0400 2019-03-25T10:30:00-04:00 2019-03-25T14:30:00-04:00 Mason Hall Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS) Well-being Event Image
Dialogues in Contemporary Thought V | On Reading (March 25, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62193 62193-15311067@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Dialogues in Contemporary Thought V | On Reading, will consist of two lectures. "Alphabetographies," by Prof. Cadava, will consider the photographic work of Susan Meiselas in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Kurdistan, and investigate her claim of being "attracted like a magnet to mass graves, destroyed villages, the missing." Prof. Cadava will then consider why photography is a privileged means of documenting violence, and the forms of resistance made available by it. "We have been misreading the camps," by Prof. Paloff, will re-evaluate the moral claims attached to camp literature, and propose an alternative ethics that embraces the reader's individual experience, and the community's memory of the past. The lectures are open to everyone. Questions - email: srdjan@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 21 Mar 2019 19:10:15 -0400 2019-03-25T14:00:00-04:00 2019-03-25T16:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion Dialogues in Contemporary Thought | On Reading
Veg Week (March 25, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62380 62380-15357477@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS)

Join us for an entire week of amazing vegan food and speakers! Every event is FREE, on campus, and open to all!

Enter to win 1 of 4 LUSH gift boxes by participating in our vegan challenge and eating vegan for the whole week of Veg Week OR by attending a Veg Week event each day.

Try amazing food, learn about ways to improve your health, help the planet, and save animals! Meet new friends, find out ways to get involved on campus or in your community, join a movement, and get inspired!

Thank you to our sponsors and partners, MDining, UMSFP, Veg Michigan, Graham Sustainability Institute, Munger Graduate Academic Initiatives, and The Humane League!

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Well-being Wed, 20 Mar 2019 20:50:31 -0400 2019-03-25T15:30:00-04:00 2019-03-25T17:00:00-04:00 Dana Natural Resources Building Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS) Well-being Event Image
Veg Week Presents: Adrienne Gillespie from Veg Michigan (March 25, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62391 62391-15361881@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS)

Adrienne Gillespie from Veg Michigan will be doing a presentation on the benefits of a plant-based diet for environmental, ethical, and health reasons! FREE snacks will be provided!

Admission is FREE and open to all!

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:21:36 -0400 2019-03-25T15:30:00-04:00 2019-03-25T17:00:00-04:00 Dana Natural Resources Building Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS) Lecture / Discussion Event Image
Veg Week (March 26, 2019 5:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62380 62380-15357473@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 5:30am
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS)

Join us for an entire week of amazing vegan food and speakers! Every event is FREE, on campus, and open to all!

Enter to win 1 of 4 LUSH gift boxes by participating in our vegan challenge and eating vegan for the whole week of Veg Week OR by attending a Veg Week event each day.

Try amazing food, learn about ways to improve your health, help the planet, and save animals! Meet new friends, find out ways to get involved on campus or in your community, join a movement, and get inspired!

Thank you to our sponsors and partners, MDining, UMSFP, Veg Michigan, Graham Sustainability Institute, Munger Graduate Academic Initiatives, and The Humane League!

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Well-being Wed, 20 Mar 2019 20:50:31 -0400 2019-03-26T05:30:00-04:00 2019-03-26T18:15:00-04:00 Dana Natural Resources Building Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS) Well-being Event Image
Workshop | Erasures (March 26, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62195 62195-15311066@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Prof. Cadava will lead a workshop on the Introduction of an unpublished book manuscript, which focuses on Fazal Sheikh's "The Erasure Trilogy," a three-volume photographic project on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Introduction, and two further texts, will be pre-circulated to all who sign up for the workshop. If you are interested, please contact srdjan@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 21 Mar 2019 18:25:33 -0400 2019-03-26T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-26T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of English Language and Literature Workshop / Seminar Workshop | Erasures
Comparative Politics Workshop (March 26, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217952@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 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 2019-03-26T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-26T13:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Government Campaigns and Policy Positioning of Businesses in China (March 26, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60370 60370-14866472@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

How do business elites express policy preferences in the presence of government campaigns in China? This talk advances a theory of strategic preference expression in authoritarian systems, where business elites express dissent or conformity to the government based on material incentives. Their position-taking strategies vary depending on whether firms have the bargaining power to extract benefits or avoid punishment from the government.

Boliang Zhu is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Asian Studies at The Pennsylvania State University. His research focuses on foreign direct investment, multinational corporations, corruption, development, public opinion, and Chinese politics. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in the “American Journal of Political Science,” the “Journal of Politics,” “International Studies Quarterly,” “Comparative Politics,” and “Research & Politics.” He received his B.A. from Peking University, M.A. in East Asian Studies from Yale University, and Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:55:25 -0500 2019-03-26T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-26T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Boliang Zhu, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Asian Studies, The Pennsylvania State University
FellowSpeak: "The Digital Popular: Media, Culture and Politics in Networked India" (March 26, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58291 58291-14452849@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

U-M Associate Professor of Communication Studies and 2018-19 Steelcase Faculty Fellow Aswin Punathambekar gives a 30-minute talk followed by Q & A.

U-M Associate Professor of Communication Studies and 2019 Steelcase Faculty Fellow Aswin Punathambekar explores political salience of popular culture in the context of rise of digital media technologies, the ongoing transformation of established media industries, and emergent forms of digital media use in contemporary India. In a context where cassette culture, color television, VCRs, cable and satellite broadcasting, the internet, and mobile phones all arrived within a span of two decades, digital media platforms are layered onto existing media infrastructures, institutions, and the intensely mediated routines of daily life for hundreds of millions of people. The result is the emergence of a hybrid arena defined by two distinct zones of public culture: on the one hand, powerful film and television industries that are shaped primarily by logics of scale, audience niches, and a politics of representation, and on the other hand, social media companies defined by emergent logics of data-driven programming and production, algorithmic curation, and user participation. As part of an ongoing project on mediated political cultures, this talk will address how these media dynamics have transformed links between popular culture and politics and, in the process, reconfigured the meanings and performances of citizenship in contemporary India.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 06 Feb 2019 11:39:15 -0500 2019-03-26T12:30:00-04:00 2019-03-26T13:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Ha Ha Land
Veg Week Presents: Bee Friedlander and Peaceable Kingdom Film (March 26, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62392 62392-15361882@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS)

Bee Friedlander from Attorneys for Animals and Animals & Society Institute will be talking about improving human-animal relationships and the ethics of veganism. A screening of "Peaceable Kingdom" brought to you by Veg Michigan and FREE vegan Silvio's pizza will follow. There will also be a virtual reality activity after the film.Try amazing food, learn about ways to improve your health, help the planet, and save animals! Meet new friends, find out ways to get involved on campus or in your community, join a movement, and get inspired!

All events are FREE and open to the community!

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Film Screening Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:24:53 -0400 2019-03-26T17:30:00-04:00 2019-03-26T20:00:00-04:00 Dana Natural Resources Building Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS) Film Screening Event Image
Veg Week (March 26, 2019 6:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62380 62380-15357478@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 6:15pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS)

Join us for an entire week of amazing vegan food and speakers! Every event is FREE, on campus, and open to all!

Enter to win 1 of 4 LUSH gift boxes by participating in our vegan challenge and eating vegan for the whole week of Veg Week OR by attending a Veg Week event each day.

Try amazing food, learn about ways to improve your health, help the planet, and save animals! Meet new friends, find out ways to get involved on campus or in your community, join a movement, and get inspired!

Thank you to our sponsors and partners, MDining, UMSFP, Veg Michigan, Graham Sustainability Institute, Munger Graduate Academic Initiatives, and The Humane League!

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Well-being Wed, 20 Mar 2019 20:50:31 -0400 2019-03-26T18:15:00-04:00 2019-03-26T20:00:00-04:00 Dana Natural Resources Building Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS) Well-being Event Image
Bioethics Discussion: Eugenics (March 26, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49435 49435-11456548@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on who ought to be here.

Readings to consider:
"Eugenics: its definition, scope, and aims"
"The second international congress of eugenics"
"CC Little renaming resolution"
"Buck v. Bell Supreme Court opinion"
"Moderate eugenics and human enhancement"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont (belmont@umich.edu) or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/028-eugenics/.

Also, feel free to swing by the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Mar 2019 16:10:19 -0500 2019-03-26T19:00:00-04:00 2019-03-26T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Eugenics
Veg Week (March 27, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62380 62380-15357479@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Diag - Central Campus
Organized By: Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS)

Join us for an entire week of amazing vegan food and speakers! Every event is FREE, on campus, and open to all!

Enter to win 1 of 4 LUSH gift boxes by participating in our vegan challenge and eating vegan for the whole week of Veg Week OR by attending a Veg Week event each day.

Try amazing food, learn about ways to improve your health, help the planet, and save animals! Meet new friends, find out ways to get involved on campus or in your community, join a movement, and get inspired!

Thank you to our sponsors and partners, MDining, UMSFP, Veg Michigan, Graham Sustainability Institute, Munger Graduate Academic Initiatives, and The Humane League!

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Well-being Wed, 20 Mar 2019 20:50:31 -0400 2019-03-27T13:00:00-04:00 2019-03-27T17:00:00-04:00 Diag - Central Campus Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS) Well-being Event Image
Veg Week Presents: Alissa and Ben from Vegan Outreach (March 27, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62396 62396-15361887@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Diag - Central Campus
Organized By: Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS)

Alissa and Ben from Vegan Outreach, an impactful nonprofit, joins us in the Diag for vegan tabling!

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Well-being Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:34:53 -0400 2019-03-27T13:00:00-04:00 2019-03-27T17:00:00-04:00 Diag - Central Campus Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS) Well-being Event Image
Statistical Learning Workshop (March 27, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59442 59442-14743399@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Statistical Learning Workshop

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Meeting Thu, 10 Jan 2019 09:21:42 -0500 2019-03-27T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-27T17:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Statistical Learning Workshop Meeting Haven Hall
Zahid Chaudhary Workshop (March 27, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54659 54659-13629713@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

An article workshop with Zahid Chaudhary (Associate Professor of English, Princeton)

This article analyzes the discourse concerning the assimilation of Muslim minorities in the United States and suggests that calls for assimilation are solicitations for a form of selfrenunciation and sacrifice. Yet such solicitations occur against the economic and political background of neoliberalism, in which all citizens are asked to make sacrifices for the sake of economic health. How does one read, then, the discourse of Muslim assimilation in light of the psychological, political, and economic realities of neoliberalism? The article explores the transformation of the so called “Jewish question” into the contemporary concern with the “Muslim problem.” Drawing on Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer’s reflections on the affinities between capitalism and fascism (especially their reading of Odysseus), as well as Sigmund Freud’s reflections on narcissism and group psychology, the article analyzes the figure of the sacrificial victim in the context of neoliberalism’s authoritarian tendencies, and argues that sacrificial figuration allows us to think past the polarizations (West/rest; Muslims/Trump supporters) of our contemporary historical moment.

Keywords: Islam, minority, assimilation, neoliberalism, psychoanalysis

Sponsored by Critical Contemporary Studies and the Global Postcolonial Collective with generous contributions from the Nineteenth-Century Forum

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 26 Mar 2019 09:14:54 -0400 2019-03-27T17:00:00-04:00 2019-03-27T19:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Workshop / Seminar
What Michigan Residents Really Care About (March 27, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61579 61579-15143696@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Kellogg Eye Center
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

If you were a member of the Michigan State Legislature, wouldn’t you really want to know what your constituents thought were their most important priorities? How would you find that out? The Center for Michigan has the answers.

The Center, founded by Michigan Regent Phil Power in 2006, works to identify citizen priorities for the state legislature and amplify resident voices straight to Lansing. In 2018, the Center's public engagement team spoke with 8,000 residents at 173 events across the state. Their priorities provide a clear to-do list for Michigan's future.

Personnel from the Center, led by Alexandra Schmidt, the Public Engagement Director for the Center, have been busy sharing results with our Legislature. You will be fortunate to hear from her personally what Michiganders want from the legislature.

Alexandra Schmidt focuses on discerning how state policy impacts residents’ daily lives and amplifying those experiences to achieve stronger public discourse. She holds a bachelor’s degree with high honors and distinction in Urban Studies from the University of Michigan. Before joining the Center for Michigan in 2017, she worked with HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the Big 10 Network, TBS, and Comedy Central.

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Class / Instruction Sun, 24 Feb 2019 16:05:44 -0500 2019-03-27T19:00:00-04:00 2019-03-27T20:30:00-04:00 Kellogg Eye Center Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction After 5
Veg Week (March 28, 2019 6:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62380 62380-15357475@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 6:00am
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS)

Join us for an entire week of amazing vegan food and speakers! Every event is FREE, on campus, and open to all!

Enter to win 1 of 4 LUSH gift boxes by participating in our vegan challenge and eating vegan for the whole week of Veg Week OR by attending a Veg Week event each day.

Try amazing food, learn about ways to improve your health, help the planet, and save animals! Meet new friends, find out ways to get involved on campus or in your community, join a movement, and get inspired!

Thank you to our sponsors and partners, MDining, UMSFP, Veg Michigan, Graham Sustainability Institute, Munger Graduate Academic Initiatives, and The Humane League!

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Well-being Wed, 20 Mar 2019 20:50:31 -0400 2019-03-28T06:00:00-04:00 2019-03-28T19:30:00-04:00 Dana Natural Resources Building Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS) Well-being Event Image
Preview Weekend (March 28, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53076 53076-13218003@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 8:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

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Meeting Wed, 18 Jul 2018 10:13:38 -0400 2019-03-28T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-28T20:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Meeting Haven Hall
Human Flow - Film Screening and discussion (March 28, 2019 5:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60994 60994-15000023@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 5:45pm
Location: School of Nursing
Organized By: U-M School of Nursing (UMSN) - Office of Global Affairs & WHO/PAHO Collaborating Center

Human Flow Film Screening & Discussion

Over 65 million people around the world have been forced from their homes to escape famine, climate change and war in the greatest human displacement since World War II.
Human Flow, an epic film journey led by the internationally renowned artist Ai Weiwei, gives a powerful visual expression to this massive human migration.
The documentary elucidates both the staggering scale of the refugee crisis and its profoundly personal human impact.

https://www.humanflow.com/

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Film Screening Fri, 08 Feb 2019 16:28:48 -0500 2019-03-28T17:45:00-04:00 2019-03-28T20:45:00-04:00 School of Nursing U-M School of Nursing (UMSN) - Office of Global Affairs & WHO/PAHO Collaborating Center Film Screening Human Flow Film Screening Poster
Veg Week Presents: Lisa A. Smith (March 28, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62394 62394-15361884@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS)

Don't miss Lisa A. Smith's talk about Intersectionality and Veganism! Smith is a nutritionist, entrepreneur, author of the guidebook series The Plant Based Foodie, and founder of The Black Health Academy and Professionally Fit. There will also be FREE Earthen Jar catering at this event!

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:27:56 -0400 2019-03-28T18:00:00-04:00 2019-03-28T19:30:00-04:00 Dana Natural Resources Building Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS) Lecture / Discussion Event Image
Preview Weekend (March 29, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53076 53076-13218004@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2019 8:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

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Meeting Wed, 18 Jul 2018 10:13:38 -0400 2019-03-29T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-29T20:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Meeting Haven Hall
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (March 29, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023812@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 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 2019-03-29T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-29T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
Veg Week (March 29, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62380 62380-15357476@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2019 11:00am
Location: Mason Hall
Organized By: Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS)

Join us for an entire week of amazing vegan food and speakers! Every event is FREE, on campus, and open to all!

Enter to win 1 of 4 LUSH gift boxes by participating in our vegan challenge and eating vegan for the whole week of Veg Week OR by attending a Veg Week event each day.

Try amazing food, learn about ways to improve your health, help the planet, and save animals! Meet new friends, find out ways to get involved on campus or in your community, join a movement, and get inspired!

Thank you to our sponsors and partners, MDining, UMSFP, Veg Michigan, Graham Sustainability Institute, Munger Graduate Academic Initiatives, and The Humane League!

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Well-being Wed, 20 Mar 2019 20:50:31 -0400 2019-03-29T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-29T14:00:00-04:00 Mason Hall Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS) Well-being Event Image
Political Theory Workshop (March 29, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59618 59618-14754585@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 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 2019-03-29T13:30:00-04:00 2019-03-29T15:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Political Theory Workshop (PTW) Meeting Haven Hall
Short Student Tours (March 29, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59524 59524-14748083@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Student Docents will enliven your afternoon and kick off the weekend with a brisk but intense encounter with a few key pieces of art and an engaging theme connecting their selections. Love and death, politics and humor, history, mythology, materiality, fashion, food, or other entry points will draw you in for a sweet peek at the UMMA collection. Each tour will last 10-15 minutes. 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 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 18:16:51 -0400 2019-03-29T15:00:00-04:00 2019-03-29T15:15:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Short Student Tours (March 29, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59525 59525-14748084@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Student Docents will enliven your afternoon and kick off the weekend with a brisk but intense encounter with a few key pieces of art and an engaging theme connecting their selections. Love and death, politics and humor, history, mythology, materiality, fashion, food, or other entry points will draw you in for a sweet peek at the UMMA collection. Each tour will last 10-15 minutes. 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 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 18:16:52 -0400 2019-03-29T15:30:00-04:00 2019-03-29T15:45:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Veg Week (March 29, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62380 62380-15357480@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Bursley Hall
Organized By: Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS)

Join us for an entire week of amazing vegan food and speakers! Every event is FREE, on campus, and open to all!

Enter to win 1 of 4 LUSH gift boxes by participating in our vegan challenge and eating vegan for the whole week of Veg Week OR by attending a Veg Week event each day.

Try amazing food, learn about ways to improve your health, help the planet, and save animals! Meet new friends, find out ways to get involved on campus or in your community, join a movement, and get inspired!

Thank you to our sponsors and partners, MDining, UMSFP, Veg Michigan, Graham Sustainability Institute, Munger Graduate Academic Initiatives, and The Humane League!

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Well-being Wed, 20 Mar 2019 20:50:31 -0400 2019-03-29T18:00:00-04:00 2019-03-29T19:00:00-04:00 Bursley Hall Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS) Well-being Event Image
Veg Week Presents: Zero Waste Plant Based Dinner (March 29, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62395 62395-15361885@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Bursley Hall
Organized By: Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS)

Join us at Bursley Hall for a delicious zero waste, plant based dinner with Dr. Kerrie Saunders! Saunders is a highly acclaimed speaker, nutrition expert, and author. This event is FREE and open to all!

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Well-being Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:31:08 -0400 2019-03-29T18:00:00-04:00 2019-03-29T20:00:00-04:00 Bursley Hall Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS) Well-being Event Image
Veg Week (March 29, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62380 62380-15357481@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Bursley Hall
Organized By: Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS)

Join us for an entire week of amazing vegan food and speakers! Every event is FREE, on campus, and open to all!

Enter to win 1 of 4 LUSH gift boxes by participating in our vegan challenge and eating vegan for the whole week of Veg Week OR by attending a Veg Week event each day.

Try amazing food, learn about ways to improve your health, help the planet, and save animals! Meet new friends, find out ways to get involved on campus or in your community, join a movement, and get inspired!

Thank you to our sponsors and partners, MDining, UMSFP, Veg Michigan, Graham Sustainability Institute, Munger Graduate Academic Initiatives, and The Humane League!

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Well-being Wed, 20 Mar 2019 20:50:31 -0400 2019-03-29T19:00:00-04:00 2019-03-29T20:00:00-04:00 Bursley Hall Michigan Animal Respect Society (MARS) Well-being Event Image
Preview Weekend (March 30, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53076 53076-13218005@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 30, 2019 8:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

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Meeting Wed, 18 Jul 2018 10:13:38 -0400 2019-03-30T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-30T20:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Meeting Haven Hall
The Fifth Risk (April 1, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58950 58950-14619829@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 1, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

“What are the consequences if the people given control over our government have no idea how it works?” This is a key question posed by Michael Lewis, the author of the title book about the current administration’s appointees.
Throughout many government departments, top level jobs are unfilled and many people picked to lead are uninformed about the purposes and operation of their organizations. Author Michael Lewis investigated several Federal agencies and describes looming disasters that could occur because of mismanagement and under-funding.
We will read the book and discuss the issues. Please read through p.32 for the first session. This Study Group is for those 50 or over and will meet Mondays April 1st through April 29th at 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 26 Dec 2018 14:59:49 -0500 2019-04-01T13:00:00-04:00 2019-04-01T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Junior Faculty Speaker Series (April 2, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53063 53063-13217922@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 9:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 18 Jul 2018 09:06:17 -0400 2019-04-02T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-02T10:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Comparative Politics Workshop (April 2, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217953@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 2, 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 2019-04-02T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-02T13:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Over the Hill: Lessons Learned from Science Advocates (April 2, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62055 62055-15282563@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Life Sciences Institute
Organized By: Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy

Please join ESPA in a roundtable panel discussion! Four trainees who have advocated at the state and national level will discuss how to advocate for science, share helpful resources, and answer audience questions.

Julia Gerson: Postdoctoral Fellow, Neurology, Society for Neuroscience Early Career Policy Ambassador

Lucca Henrion: PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering, External Affairs Officer for Rackham Student Goverment

Nocona Sanders: PhD Candidate, Materials Science and Engineering, Rackham Student Government Division II Representative

Seth Wiley: PhD Candidate, Chemical Biology, AAAS CASE Workshop

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 27 Mar 2019 15:07:03 -0400 2019-04-02T18:00:00-04:00 2019-04-02T19:00:00-04:00 Life Sciences Institute Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy Lecture / Discussion Event Flyer
Statistical Learning Workshop (April 3, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59442 59442-14743400@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Statistical Learning Workshop

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Meeting Thu, 10 Jan 2019 09:21:42 -0500 2019-04-03T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-03T17:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Statistical Learning Workshop Meeting Haven Hall
ISR Expo (April 4, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61492 61492-15117148@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 4, 2019 11:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

You are invited to the Institute for Social Research EXPO:

Enjoy a variety of ​fun food​!​ (while supplies last)

Xplore the rich portfolio of ISR social science research projects​!​

Peruse a variety of training programs for students, postdocs and faculty​!​

Observe the many opportunities for involvement​ and ​engage​!​

Come learn more about the many exciting projects and programs housed within ISR.
Our featured programs and projects include:

Michigan Program in Survey Methodology AND Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques | Michigan Retirement Research Center | Detroit Metro Area Communities Study (DMACS) | IRIS | M-CARES (Michigan Contraceptive Access, Research, and Evaluation Study) | PSC Training Programs | LIFE-M (Longitudinal, Intergenerational Family Electronic Micro-Database | U-M HomeLab | Poverty Solutions | Panel Study of Income Dynamics | Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS)/ Program in Society, Population and Environment (SPE) | DACCD & Perspectives | ICPSR | ICPSR Summer Program | Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) | Program for Research on Black Americans (PRBA) and the Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR) ​| Health and Retirement Study | American National Election Studies | Racism Lab | Staples Staff Development Fund

Please contact abeattie@umich.edu with any questions​ or if you need any accommodations to attend this event.​

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Fair / Festival Wed, 06 Mar 2019 13:17:12 -0500 2019-04-04T11:30:00-04:00 2019-04-04T13:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Fair / Festival flyer
Rubin Speaker Series (April 4, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58614 58614-14517948@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 4, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Rubin Speaker Series

The 2011 U.S. Special Forces’ raid on Usama Bin Ladin’s (UBL) compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, recovered nearly 470,000 items. These items include internal communications among Al-Qa‘ida (AQ) members, their families and jihadis in the group’s orbit, including the leaders of the parent group of today’s Islamic State. Since these communiqués were not meant for public consumption, they contain the most reliable data of the organizational dynamics of AQ, and the nature of the group’s relationships with states and non-state actors. Lahoud is writing a book based on these internal communiqués. This presentation is divided into two parts. The first part is a guide to the declassified Abbottabad items and the process of identifying the internal communications and coding them. The second part of the presentation focuses on key differences between AQ and the parent group of today’s Islamic State, the group that has eclipsed but not defeated AQ. The Abbottabad documents allow us not just to understand the differences that eventually led to the public divorce between the two groups in February 2014, but they also explain why the Islamic State failed to endure as a territorial entity.

Nelly Lahoud is a senior fellow in New America's International Security program. Dr. Lahoud’s research has focused on the evolution and ideology of al-Qa'ida (AQ) and the ‘Islamic State’ (ISIS/ISIL). She has also published on women's role in AQ and ISIS and the use of anashid (a capella) by these two groups in their media output. She has a Ph.D. from the Research School of Social Sciences — Australian National University. She was a postdoctoral scholar at St. John’s College, University of Cambridge — UK; Rockefeller Fellow in Islamic studies at the Library of Congress; and research fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University. Her previous appointments include being associate professor at the Department of Social Sciences and senior associate at the Combating Terrorism Center at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point; and assistant professor of political theory, including Islamic political thought, at Goucher College. Lahoud is fluent in Arabic and French.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 02 Apr 2019 16:01:24 -0400 2019-04-04T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-04T17:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Rubin Speaker Series Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Epsilon Eta Spring Interest Meeting (April 4, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62528 62528-15397105@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 4, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: Epsilon Eta

Epsilon Eta is Umich's only Pre-Profesional Environmental Co-Ed Fraternity. We seek to develop a more robust network of students, researchers, employers, and agencies to more effectively deal with the realities of our world’s changing climate and loss of biodiversity. By fostering a conscious awareness of the intrinsic relationship between people and their environment through academics, the community, and service, we seek to bridge the gap from the undergraduate atmosphere to professional environmental fields for students at Michigan.
Although we are inclusive of all majors, we require an interest in the environmental field. By pledging Epsilon Eta, you will become a member of an eclectic group of driven, intelligent, and innovative peers, as well as gain access to professional, social, and volunteering resources.
This meeting will give you a chance to get a better sense of our organization and a chance to ask questions. We will also explain what our Fall Rush process consists of.

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Rally / Mass Meeting Tue, 26 Mar 2019 22:01:16 -0400 2019-04-04T19:30:00-04:00 2019-04-04T20:30:00-04:00 Dana Building Epsilon Eta Rally / Mass Meeting logo
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (April 5, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023813@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 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 2019-04-05T10:00:00-04:00 2019-04-05T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
Short Student Tours (April 5, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59526 59526-14748085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Student Docents will enliven your afternoon and kick off the weekend with a brisk but intense encounter with a few key pieces of art and an engaging theme connecting their selections. Love and death, politics and humor, history, mythology, materiality, fashion, food, or other entry points will draw you in for a sweet peek at the UMMA collection. Each tour will last 10-15 minutes. 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 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 18:16:52 -0400 2019-04-05T15:00:00-04:00 2019-04-05T15:15:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (April 5, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 53067-13217991@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 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 2019-04-05T15:30:00-04:00 2019-04-05T17:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Short Student Tours (April 5, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59527 59527-14748086@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Student Docents will enliven your afternoon and kick off the weekend with a brisk but intense encounter with a few key pieces of art and an engaging theme connecting their selections. Love and death, politics and humor, history, mythology, materiality, fashion, food, or other entry points will draw you in for a sweet peek at the UMMA collection. Each tour will last 10-15 minutes. 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 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 18:16:52 -0400 2019-04-05T15:30:00-04:00 2019-04-05T15:45:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Comparative Politics Workshop (April 9, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217954@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 9, 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 2019-04-09T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-09T13:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | The Origins and Evolution of Social Surveillance in China (April 9, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59706 59706-14780085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

This talk focuses on the post-1949 efforts of the Chinese state to develop a panoptical surveillance capacity. Although these efforts have been largely successfully with regard to the Han majority, the talk argues that from the 1950s to the present day, territorially concentrated minority groups like the Tibetans and the Uighurs have remained poorly penetrated and thus present a persistent powerful obstacle for the highly sophisticated Chinese surveillance apparatus. The paper is based on internal circulation (neibu) materials from China.

Martin K. Dimitrov is Associate Professor of Political Science at Tulane University. He received his PhD from Stanford University in 2004. His books include “Piracy and the State: The Politics of Intellectual Property Rights in China” (Cambridge University Press, 2009); “Why Communism Did Not Collapse: Understanding Authoritarian Regime Resilience in Asia and Europe” (Cambridge University Press, 2013); and “The Political Logic of Socialist Consumption” (Ciela Publishers, 2018).

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, 28 Mar 2019 09:13:34 -0400 2019-04-09T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-09T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Martin Dimitrov, Associate Professor of Political Science, Tulane University
Nam Center for Korean Studies Colloquium Series | Immigrant Incorporation in East Asian Democracies (April 9, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58150 58150-14433285@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Nam Center for Korean Studies

This book examines how national policies and immigrant advocacy groups interact to shape collective identity formation, solidarity networks, and strategies for political empowerment among immigrants and their descendants in East Asian democracies, focusing on Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. With immigrant agency at the center of its analysis, this book asks why foreign residents make the political choices they do as they become permanent members of their receiving societies. Based on over 150 in-depth interviews with immigrants, pro-immigrant activists, and government officials and 28 focus groups with the major foreign resident groups in each country conducted in the greater Tokyo, Seoul, and Taipei metropolitan areas from 2009 to 2013, this book prioritizes the role played by civil society actors—including migrants themselves—in giving voice to migrant interests, mobilizing migrant actors, and shaping public debate and policy on immigration. Departing from the dominant scholarship on immigrant incorporation that focuses on national cultures or traditions, domestic political elites, and international norms, I argue that civil society actors drew on existing ideas, networks, and strategies previously applied to incorporate historically marginalized groups, or what I call civic legacies, to confront the challenges of immigrant incorporation. Rather than determining the paths available to later generations, civic legacies form the opportunities and constraints that demarcate the rules of the game for migrant claims making, thus framing the direction of immigrant incorporation, the level of penetration in society, and the potential for structural reform. As the first English-language book comparing three countries that represent a single model of immigrant incorporation in East Asia, Immigrant Incorporation in East Asian Democracies proposes to shed insights into the gaps between policy intent, interpretation, and outcomes.

Erin Aeran Chung is the Charles D. Miller Associate Professor of East Asian Politics in the Department of Political Science and the Co-Director of the Racism, Immigration, and Citizenship (RIC) Program at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. She specializes in East Asian political economy, international migration, and comparative racial politics. She has been a Mansfield Foundation U.S.-Japan Network for the Future Program Scholar, an SSRC Abe Fellow at the University of Tokyo and Korea University, an advanced research fellow at Harvard University's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Program on U.S.-Japan Relation, and a Japan Foundation fellow at Saitama University. Her first book, Immigration and Citizenship in Japan, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2010 and translated into Japanese and published by Akashi Shoten in 2012. Her second book, Immigrant Incorporation in East Asian Democracies, is under contract at Cambridge University Press. She was recently awarded a grant from the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS) to support the completion of her third book project on Citizenship, Social Capital, and Racial Politics in the Korean Diaspora.

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 Tue, 04 Dec 2018 10:41:23 -0500 2019-04-09T16:30:00-04:00 2019-04-09T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Nam Center for Korean Studies Lecture / Discussion Erin Chung, Charles D. Miller Associate Professor of East Asian Politics, Department of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University
Statistical Learning Workshop (April 10, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59442 59442-14743401@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Statistical Learning Workshop

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Meeting Thu, 10 Jan 2019 09:21:42 -0500 2019-04-10T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-10T17:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Statistical Learning Workshop Meeting Haven Hall
#MeToo: A WeListen Staff Discussion (April 11, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62379 62379-15357471@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2019 11:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: WeListen Staff

#MeToo: 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/LzEYO

The #MeToo movement has highlighted issues of sexual misconduct across the globe since going viral in October 2017. Initially centered around sexual misconduct in the workplace, the movement has since allowed survivors of sexual harassment and assault to speak about their experiences in broader contexts. The hashtag has reached the entertainment industry, higher education, politics, and more as people like Aziz Ansari, Matt Lauer, Kevin Spacey, Bill Cosby, Larry Nassar, and Brett Kavanaugh have their reputations called into question. Some remain unscathed after public scrutiny while others lose their jobs or are sentenced to prison time.

Have we seen true change in sexual misconduct policy since the hashtag began? Does the #MeToo movement violate the American value of "innocent until proven guilty?" Can allegations of sexual misconduct be managed by the court of public opinion or should all consequences be withheld until a trial has taken place?

Join us at this WeListen Staff Discussion to learn about the #MeToo movement 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 International Institute, LSA Psychology, the Opportunity Hub, UM Poverty Solutions, and the UM Shared Services Center.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 03 Apr 2019 09:33:47 -0400 2019-04-11T11:30:00-04:00 2019-04-11T13:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) WeListen Staff Lecture / Discussion WeListen Sexual Harassment Flyer
Planet in Peril: Averting Climate Catastrophe Through Law and Social Change (April 11, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62539 62539-15399283@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

The seventh environmental conference presented by Michigan Law's Environmental Law and Policy Program kicks off on Thursday, April 11, with a talk by Jonathan Overpeck, Dean of the UM School for Environment and Sustainability. Dean Overpeck will set the stage for the conference by discussing how best to meet climate challenges.

The conference will continue on Friday, April 12. With climate change accelerating and the window for climate change mitigation and adaptation narrowing, this year we will devote our entire conference to how the legal system can promote meaningful action on climate change and broad-based environmental sustainability efforts. Panels and break out sessions will be held throughout the day on topics as wide-ranging as the Paris Accord, U.S. federal climate policy, and how law and business intersect to address climate change.

This event is free and open to the public. Please see a complete conference schedule at events.law.umich.edu/elpp

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 08 Apr 2019 15:21:08 -0400 2019-04-11T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-11T17:30:00-04:00 Jeffries Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion
The 2019 Miller Converse Lecture (April 11, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61971 61971-15250103@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Presenter: Diana Mutz (University of Pennsylvania)

Abstract: Drawing on evidence from her book in progress, Mutz presents survey and experimental evidence on the psychological underpinnings of attitudes toward international trade. Picking up where economic explanations have failed, she argues that people extend what they know about human interaction to understand international relationships. In this respect, globalization runs headlong against the grain of much of basic human psychology, asking us to trust distant, impersonal and often dissimilar others.

A livestream and recording of this event will be available.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Mar 2019 15:44:41 -0500 2019-04-11T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-11T17:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Miller Converse Lecture
The Miller Converse Lecture (April 11, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58580 58580-14511767@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Department of Political Science

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Dec 2018 16:43:18 -0500 2019-04-11T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-11T17:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Department of Political Science Lecture / Discussion
US/Brazil Bromance: What's in Store for Us? (April 11, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62689 62689-15425431@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

PUBLIC LIVE RECORDING OF THE PODCAST: AMERICAN DIPLOMAT

Join the Weiser Diplomacy Center and American Academy of Diplomacy for a live recording of the latest episode of the podcast American Diplomat: The Stories behind the news. Ambassador Peter F. Romero and writer Laura Bennett will host Ambassador Thomas A. Shannon and discuss about current issues in Brazil from the vantage point of two practitioners who have spent decades in this region of the world. What conditions in Brazil gave rise to the election of Jair Bolsonaro? Are there any parallels with the election of Donald Trump? What can we expect from the Trump/Bolsonaro bromance and does this threaten democracy in our two countries?

This event is free and open to the public. Check out the previous episodes of American Diplomat podcast here: https://www.amdipstories.org/ and post your questions in advance by clicking "Send a voice message to The American Diplomat".

Ambassador Thomas A. Shannon, Jr.
brings more than three decades of government service and diplomatic experience to his practice, providing strategic counsel to clients across a range of legislative, foreign policy, and national security issues. Most recently, Ambassador Shannon served as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, the third highest ranking position at the State Department. Holding the personal rank of Career Ambassador, he was the highest ranking member of the United States Foreign Service, the country's professional diplomatic corps. During his tenure as Under Secretary, Ambassador Shannon was in charge of bilateral and multilateral foreign policymaking and implementation, and oversaw diplomatic activity globally and in our missions to international organizations. He managed the State Department during the presidential transition, led bilateral and strategic stability talks with the Russian Federation, worked with our allies to oversee Iranian compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and expanded US engagement in Central Asia, among other things.

Ambassador Peter F. Romero
For those that know him, Pete Romero delights in listening and telling stories, firmly believing that honing these skills can not only be professionally rewarding, but also life enriching. He was honored to have had a twenty five year career as a diplomat in the US Foreign Service. In his last three postings he was head of our embassy in El Salvador, US Ambassador in Quito, Ecuador and Assistant Secretary of the Western Hemisphere Bureau at the US Department of State. His achievements in some of the world's inhospitable "hot spots" earned him multiple awards for superlative leadership. While in the diplomatic service he initiated the highly successful Plan Colombia, assisted in ending the border war between Peru and Ecuador and was a key player in the implementation of the peace accords between the government and the guerrilla front in El Salvador. Mr. Romero advises private sector clients on problem-solving and winning strategies overseas. He lectures at several of the US military's post-graduate institutions and at the graduate school of foreign service at Georgetown University. He is sought after for his experience and expertise in counter-insurgency strategies and holistic approaches to national security threats. He is a die-hard Seminole, having graduated with a BS and an MA from Florida State University.

Laura Bennett
holds an MFA in film and television production at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she was awarded a merit-based Tisch School of the Arts scholarship. She has written, directed, produced and edited short films that have won 11 awards and screened at 35 festivals throughout the United States, including the New Directors/New Films series at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. Laura has written feature scripts including a sophisticated international political thriller, a young-adult dog show crime comedy and a supernatural thriller about an amnesiac ghost on a disappearing island. Laura speaks Spanish, French and English and has traveled in five continents, often solo and working as a volunteer. In addition to filmmaking, Laura has an MBA from the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business and works as professor and as a strategy consultant on non-profit and government projects aimed at promoting the public good.

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Other Thu, 28 Mar 2019 14:08:09 -0400 2019-04-11T16:30:00-04:00 2019-04-11T18:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Weiser Diplomacy Center Other American Academy of Diplomacy
Science Advocacy in Action: Letter Writing (April 11, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62650 62650-15416718@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy

Join the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy (ESPA) for a discussion and letter writing party on the critical role science plays in equitable federal protections.  

We’ll discuss the current state of science in policymaking, review some of the best ways to get attention for the issues, and then write letters that inform the public and your policymakers about those issues. 
 
When: Thursday, April 11, 5-6:30pm 
Where: Earl Lewis Room in the Rackham Graduate School (915 E. Washington Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109) 
What to bring: a laptop and/or notebook and an appetite for science policy and snacks 
Food, drinks, resources and support to write your letters will be provided. 
 
From the proposed rollbacks to the Chemical Facility Safety and air quality rules to inaction on highly fluorinated chemicals (PFAS) at the Environmental Protection Agency, the effects of federal decisions have great bearing on the health and safety of the people of Michigan, particularly
on already overburdened populations. But proactive solutions do exist.  
 
Don’t have time to write a letter?  
Stop by and sign a postcard to your members of Congress and make sure they know their science-loving constituents are counting on them to lead on our health, safety, and environmental protections.

RSVP: https://forms.gle/LcJ3Ei3uCszkvDVR7

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 27 Mar 2019 15:05:13 -0400 2019-04-11T17:00:00-04:00 2019-04-11T18:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy Workshop / Seminar Event Flyer
Planet in Peril: Averting Climate Catastrophe Through Law and Social Change (April 12, 2019 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62539 62539-15399284@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 2019 8:45am
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

The seventh environmental conference presented by Michigan Law's Environmental Law and Policy Program kicks off on Thursday, April 11, with a talk by Jonathan Overpeck, Dean of the UM School for Environment and Sustainability. Dean Overpeck will set the stage for the conference by discussing how best to meet climate challenges.

The conference will continue on Friday, April 12. With climate change accelerating and the window for climate change mitigation and adaptation narrowing, this year we will devote our entire conference to how the legal system can promote meaningful action on climate change and broad-based environmental sustainability efforts. Panels and break out sessions will be held throughout the day on topics as wide-ranging as the Paris Accord, U.S. federal climate policy, and how law and business intersect to address climate change.

This event is free and open to the public. Please see a complete conference schedule at events.law.umich.edu/elpp

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 08 Apr 2019 15:21:08 -0400 2019-04-12T08:45:00-04:00 2019-04-12T17:00:00-04:00 Jeffries Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (April 12, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023814@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 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 2019-04-12T10:00:00-04:00 2019-04-12T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
American Institutions Group (AIG) (April 12, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60789 60789-14963972@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: American Institutions Group (AIG)

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Meeting Mon, 04 Feb 2019 16:07:56 -0500 2019-04-12T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-12T13:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall American Institutions Group (AIG) Meeting Haven Hall
Junior Faculty Speaker Series (April 12, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53077 53077-13218006@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 18 Jul 2018 10:15:53 -0400 2019-04-12T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-12T14:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
African Politics Reading Group (April 12, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58409 58409-14494081@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 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 2019-04-12T13:00:00-04:00 2019-04-12T14:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall African Politics Reading Group Meeting Haven Hall
Conflict and Peace, Research and Development (CPRD) Group (April 12, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60065 60065-14814832@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Conflict & Peace, Research & Development (CPRD)

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Meeting Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:22:21 -0500 2019-04-12T13:30:00-04:00 2019-04-12T15:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Conflict & Peace, Research & Development (CPRD) Meeting
Political Theory Workshop (April 12, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59618 59618-14754587@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 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 2019-04-12T13:30:00-04:00 2019-04-12T15:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Political Theory Workshop (PTW) Meeting Haven Hall
Short Student Tours (April 12, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59535 59535-14750194@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Student Docents will enliven your afternoon and kick off the weekend with a brisk but intense encounter with a few key pieces of art and an engaging theme connecting their selections. Love and death, politics and humor, history, mythology, materiality, fashion, food, or other entry points will draw you in for a sweet peek at the UMMA collection. Each tour will last 10-15 minutes. 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 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 00:15:50 -0400 2019-04-12T15:00:00-04:00 2019-04-12T15:15:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (April 12, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53067 53067-13217992@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 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 2019-04-12T15:30:00-04:00 2019-04-12T17:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Short Student Tours (April 12, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59536 59536-14750195@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Student Docents will enliven your afternoon and kick off the weekend with a brisk but intense encounter with a few key pieces of art and an engaging theme connecting their selections. Love and death, politics and humor, history, mythology, materiality, fashion, food, or other entry points will draw you in for a sweet peek at the UMMA collection. Each tour will last 10-15 minutes. 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 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 00:15:50 -0400 2019-04-12T15:30:00-04:00 2019-04-12T15:45:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Short Student Tours (April 13, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59537 59537-14750196@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 13, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Student Docents will enliven your afternoon and kick off the weekend with a brisk but intense encounter with a few key pieces of art and an engaging theme connecting their selections. Love and death, politics and humor, history, mythology, materiality, fashion, food, or other entry points will draw you in for a sweet peek at the UMMA collection. Each tour will last 10-15 minutes. 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 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 00:15:50 -0400 2019-04-13T15:00:00-04:00 2019-04-13T15:15:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
GAPS Monthly Meeting (April 15, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59656 59656-14777849@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 15, 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 2019-04-15T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-15T14:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Graduate Association of Political Science (GAPS) Meeting Haven Hall
Economic Dignity (April 15, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62638 62638-15416697@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 15, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

POLICY TALKS @ THE FORD SCHOOL

Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.

This event will be live webstreamed. Check event website before the event starts for viewing information.

Join the conversation: #policytalks

From the speaker's bio:

The only person to serve as director of the National Economic Council under two Presidents, Gene Sperling provides unique perspective and insights on the intersection between the U.S. and global economy and the most pressing economic policy issues of the day.

From serving as director of the National Economic Council (NEC) for both Barack Obama and Bill Clinton to consulting for four seasons on NBC’s award-winning political drama The West Wing, Sperling is widely respected across the political spectrum as one of the top White House economic advisors with a reputation for merging economic policy and economic analysis to get things done. As NEC director, Sperling was the President’s economic adviser responsible for coordinating economic policy and chairing policy meetings with the economic cabinet. The New York Times has called Sperling "a prolific idea generator." Under President Obama, he served as a key negotiator on fiscal issues and an architect of the payroll tax cut, expansions of tax credits for low-income Americans, the Small Business Jobs Act and the American Jobs Act. Under President Clinton, Sperling was a key architect of the 1993 Deficit Reduction Act and its major expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit and a top negotiator of the 1997 Bipartisan Balanced Budget Act, He also served as senior counselor to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, where he helped navigate the financial crisis and was a member of the President’s Auto Task Force and the Treasury’s point person for the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Currently, Sperling heads Sperling Economic Strategies and writes as a contributing editor for The Atlantic.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 27 Mar 2019 12:30:33 -0400 2019-04-15T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-15T17:20:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Gene Sperling
The United States vs. Jackie Robinson (April 15, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62496 62496-15372995@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 15, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: University of Michigan Law School

The U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps and the University of Michigan Law School Present "The United States vs. Jackie Robinson"

In August 1944, Second Lieutenant Jack R. Robinson faced a court-martial at Camp Hood, Texas, related to two charges of insubordination of a superior officer following an incident on a bus in which he refused to obey Jim Crow-era laws.

Recently, Army historians have discovered the identity of an unheralded defense attorney who was instrumental in Jackie Robinson's acquittal. This attorney, Captain Robert H. Johnson, was a graduate of the University of Michigan and Michigan Law. The presentation will detail the African-American experience in WWII, analyze the court-martial, and discuss its effects on this American icon.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 25 Mar 2019 11:07:14 -0400 2019-04-15T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-15T17:00:00-04:00 Hutchins Hall University of Michigan Law School Lecture / Discussion Robinson poster
WCED Lecture. Politics Goes Pear Shaped. Old Regime Cultures and Revolutionary Politics, ca. 1792-1825 (April 15, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57820 57820-14314717@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 15, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

Can the story of a pear help us understand the rise of democracy in the West? This talk uses the career of Louis-Augustin Bosc, a French revolutionary and botanist—and namesake of the familiar pear—to explore the ambiguous political legacy of the Atlantic revolutions. The talk argues that revolutionary movements in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries were united not just by a set of similar political structures and ideologies but by their reliance on a matrix of old regime, eighteenth-century cultural practices. These old regime practices left a common and illiberal stamp on the polities and political traditions that they helped to create.

Nathan Perl-Rosenthal is a historian of the eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Atlantic world. He focuses on the political and cultural history of Europe and the Americas in the age of revolution, with particular attention to the transnational influences that shaped modern national politics. He received his PhD in history from Columbia University in 2011, with a dissertation on epistolarity and revolutionary organizing, and then in 2015 published a first book on a different topic: "Citizen Sailors: Becoming American in the Age of Revolution" (Belknap/Harvard). His current book project is a wide-angle cultural history of the Atlantic age of revolutions, from the 1760s through the 1820s, which rethinks the era’s role in creating modern democratic politics. Nathan also maintains interests in early modern legal history; historical methods and historiography; and histories of material culture.

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 Tue, 20 Nov 2018 17:11:24 -0500 2019-04-15T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-15T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion Perl-Rosenthal
The Threat of Fascism and How to Fight It (April 15, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62736 62736-15453645@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 15, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Youth and Students for Social Equality

Across the world, the far-right occupies positions of power it has not held since World War Two. With social inequality reaching astronomical proportions, the ruling elites are resurrecting all the political filth responsible for the worst crimes of the 20th century.

In Germany, the scene of the holocaust and Hitler’s Nazi movement, fascism is once again rearing its ugly head. A neo-Nazi party, the Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD), is now the main opposition party with high-level support from within the state and academia. Building a mass movement capable of defeating fascism requires learning the lessons of history.

The lessons of the 1930s show that the fight against fascism requires the independent mobilization of the working class against the capitalist system. Learning these critical lessons is the only way to prevent the disaster of Nazism on an even greater scale today.

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Speaker: Christoph Vandreier, German Trotskyist, prominent leader of the fight against fascism and author of “Why Are They Back? Historical Falsification, Political Conspiracy, and the Return of Fascism in Germany.”

Vandreier is Deputy National secretary of the Sozialistiche Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party, SGP) in Germany, which was placed under state surveillance on advise of the neo-Nazi AfD for its “anti-fascist” and “anti-capitalist” politics.

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Presentation Sun, 31 Mar 2019 22:36:21 -0400 2019-04-15T19:00:00-04:00 2019-04-15T21:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Youth and Students for Social Equality Presentation Public meeting: The Threat of Fascism and How to Fight It – Speaker: Christoph Vandreier, author of Why Are They Back?
Comparative Politics Workshop (April 16, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53064 53064-13217955@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 16, 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 2019-04-16T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-16T13:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Washtenaw County Consensus Conference: Water Security (April 17, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63212 63212-15593437@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 11:00am
Location:
Organized By: Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy

Across Michigan and throughout Washtenaw County, issues related to water safety, access, and usage have become prominent topics of public discussion. Despite access to 4 out of 5 Great Lakes, the past few years have repeatedly demonstrated challenges in providing safe water to all current and future Michigan residents. These challenges have drawn the attention of policy makers and experts, but a critical component of the discussion on improving water security must be the values and perspectives of impacted community members.

Join us on April 20th for a discussion between community member panelists and experts in various topics of water security, as they discuss the challenges and opportunities that Washtenaw County faces in guaranteeing access to clean water for all of its residents and the steps policy makers should take to improve water security now and into the future.

Please register:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/washtenaw-county-consensus-conference-tickets-59903418738

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:34:03 -0400 2019-04-17T11:00:00-04:00 2019-04-17T12:00:00-04:00 Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy Lecture / Discussion Event Flyer
Winter 2020 Walk-in Advising! (April 17, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63011 63011-15534811@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Don’t wait until the September 15th deadline, join CGIS & Newnan Advising Center for a walk-in advising event to discuss Winter 2020 CGIS applications.

Before you leave for the summer, come and find out how studying abroad can fit into your degree plan, learn about scholarships and financial aid, and more!

Popcorn & punch will be provided!

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Meeting Wed, 10 Apr 2019 11:21:24 -0400 2019-04-17T13:00:00-04:00 2019-04-17T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Global and Intercultural Study Meeting PHOTO
Fourth Annual DISC Distinguished Lecture. “More Perfect”: A Politics of Empathy in a Challenging American Moment (April 17, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62079 62079-15284751@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

“We, the People, in order to form a more perfect union.” Those are the first eight words of the preamble of our Constitution, the foundation of our system of government and politics. When I ran for Governor in Michigan, I aimed to advance universal healthcare, a sustainable energy system, access to public goods and services, and against corporate capture of our economy. And yet the focus was nearly always on my name, my faith, and my ethnicity—that I could be “first Muslim Governor.” In union halls, living rooms, and town watering holes across Michigan, I had the opportunity to listen to and learn from Michiganders—as a millennial, Muslim-American candidate. In this talk, I reflect on the roles of identity and ideals in our current political moment. I argue for a politics of empathy, that centers our actions on the systems of oppression, rather than its symbols, and embrace the responsibility to speak truth to power, only after we’ve learned to empathize with pain. I center these in what it means to be “more perfect,” advancing mutual aims from diverse perspectives in a pluralistic society.

Named “The new Obama” by The Guardian, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is a physician and public health expert who ran to be the first Muslim-American governor of Michigan. His campaign excited Americans, with his progressive focus on public health, education, diversity, and dialogue. Before running for governor, El-Sayed served as Health Commissioner in Detroit, where he rebuilt Detroit’s Health Department after it had been privatized during the city’s municipal bankruptcy.

Prior to his work in public service, El-Sayed was tenure-track faculty member at Columbia University’s Department of Epidemiology; director of the Columbia University Systems Science Program, and co-director of Global Research for Population Health. El-Sayed holds a doctorate in public health from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, as well as an MD from Columbia University. He graduated with Highest Distinction and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Michigan. At graduation, El-Sayed was selected to deliver the Student Commencement Address alongside President Clinton, who said of him, “I just wish every person in the world could have heard you speak today.”

For full bio, visit http://myumi.ch/6k4q8.

The Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum (DISC) aims to provide students with global perspective on Islam and the Muslim world by coordinating an Islamic studies curriculum across the Big Ten via synchronous videoconferencing and distance learning technology. DISC is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and housed at the U-M International Institute. The Annual DISC Distinguished Lecture features a prominent scholar or public figure speaking about issues related to Islamic studies.

Organized by the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum (DISC), with support from the Global Islamic Studies Center, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar, and International Institute.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to digital.islam@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 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 16:36:59 -0400 2019-04-17T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-17T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion Abdul El-Sayed
Statistical Learning Workshop (April 17, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59442 59442-14743402@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Statistical Learning Workshop

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Meeting Thu, 10 Jan 2019 09:21:42 -0500 2019-04-17T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-17T17:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Statistical Learning Workshop Meeting Haven Hall
Understanding the Social Implications of AI (April 17, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62790 62790-15466656@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

"If we are going to augment humanity with the machine, we need to do it in a way that doesn’t bring along our mistakes of the past."
— Gregory Simpson, Chief Technology Officer for Synchrony Financial

Through mobile phones, the Internet of Things, and web computing, every single day around the globe we create a quintillion bytes of data. Pairing that trove of data with enormous computational power, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making strides into every aspect of everyday living, from emails and targeted advertising, to healthcare and education. But with great power comes great responsibility. This Dissonance Event Series discussion will take a multidisciplinary look at the social implications of artificial intelligence and consider the promises and potential pitfalls we may look forward too.

Panelists include
- Ella Atkins, Professor, Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
- Kentaro Toyama, W.K. Kellogg Professor of Community Information, School of Information; Fellow of the Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values, MIT

- Ram Vasudevan, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering

- Michael Wellman, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Lynn A. Conway Collegiate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering,College of Engineering (Moderator)

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 02 Apr 2019 10:05:19 -0400 2019-04-17T18:00:00-04:00 2019-04-17T19:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Information and Technology Services (ITS) Lecture / Discussion Understanding the Social Implications of A.I.
CJS Noon Lecture Series | Radical Adaptation: Japan’s Foreign Policy in the Trump Era (April 18, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58148 58148-14433279@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 18, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

This event was originally on our calendar in January but had to be rescheduled because of inclement weather. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope you will join us on April 18!

Seemingly, Japan has adapted to Trumpian foreign policy like no other. Whereas many “western democracies” have maintained a distance to the Trump administration, Japan has not, and embraced it fully. How and why has this been done? Are the Japanese public behind? The lecture will focus on Japan’s choice in the Trump era.

Professor of American Politics and Foreign Policy at Keio University. Japan Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center in DC until August 2019. Currently working on the long term effect of Trumpian foreign policy on American international commitment and its image around the world.

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, 11 Apr 2019 09:57:27 -0400 2019-04-18T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-18T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Toshihiro Nakayama,Professor of American Politics and Foreign Policy,Policy Management,Keio University, Japan
Statistical Learning Workshop (April 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58635 58635-14520018@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Statistical Learning Workshop

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 14 Dec 2018 15:38:44 -0500 2019-04-18T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-18T17:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Statistical Learning Workshop Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (April 19, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023815@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 19, 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 2019-04-19T10:00:00-04:00 2019-04-19T16:00:00-04:00 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) (April 19, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60196 60196-14849041@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 19, 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 2019-04-19T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-19T13:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall American Institutions Group (AIG) Meeting Haven Hall
American Institutions Group (AIG) Lecture (April 19, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56893 56893-14021555@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 19, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: American Institutions Group (AIG)

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 18 Oct 2018 09:53:33 -0400 2019-04-19T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-19T14:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall American Institutions Group (AIG) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall