Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. CSEAS Event. Book Discussion of “Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen” by Filipino-American journalist Jose Antonio Vargas (January 27, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71111 71111-17777077@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 27, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Monday, January 27, 2020 / 6:00-8:30 pm / 555 Weiser Hall
Light refreshments from Silvio’s Organic Ristorante will be served at 6:00-6:30 pm

*Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen* by Filipino-American journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, a book discussion followed by a Q&A, with Marlon James Sales, postdoctoral fellow in critical translation studies at the Department of Comparative Literature; and Rima Hassouneh, CSEAS outreach coordinator.

CSEAS will give away 25 complimentary copies of Dear America before our book event. To request your copy, contact Rima Hassouneh (at rhassoun@umich.edu; Pick-up location: Weiser Hall, Fourth Floor, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.

*Books will be given away on a first-come-first-serve basis.*

Additional 25 complimentary copies will be given to the audience members during the book discussion.

Free and open to the general public, faculty, students, and staff, the event highlights the 2020 Washtenaw Reads event on January 30, 2020, at Washtenaw Community College, at which Jose Antonio Vargas will speak about his experiences as an undocumented citizen.

Washtenaw Reads is a community initiative that promotes reading and civic dialogue through the shared experience of reading and discussing a common book. Participating libraries include Ann Arbor, Chelsea, Dexter, Milan, Northfield Township, Saline, and Ypsilanti. For more information about this year's Washtenaw Reads, go to https://aadl.org/washtenawreads.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 15 Jan 2020 11:04:37 -0500 2020-01-27T18:00:00-05:00 2020-01-27T20:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion book_discussion-image
CSEAS Event. Thai Movie Night: By The Time It Gets Dark / ดาวคะนอง (January 30, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71518 71518-17836331@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 30, 2020 7:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

A film director and her muse who was a student activist in the 1970s, a waitress who keeps changing jobs, an actor and an actress, all live loosely connected to each other by almost invisible threads. The narrative sheds its skin several times to reveal layer upon layer of the complexities that make up the characters’ lives.

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Film Screening Wed, 15 Jan 2020 14:49:43 -0500 2020-01-30T19:00:00-05:00 2020-01-30T20:30:00-05:00 North Quad Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening jan30-thai-movie
CSEAS Lecture Series. The Deep Constitution: Militant Constitutional Identity and the Afterlife of Martial Law in Thailand (January 31, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71495 71495-17834207@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 31, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

In Thailand, since the adoption of the widely-celebrated 1997 Constitution, all elected governments have been overthrown by the Constitutional Court, the military, or both in the name of democracy. By understanding the 1997 Constitution as a fully liberal-democratic constitution breaking with the country’s military past, most of the academic literature overlooked the resilient continuities and interdependence between military and civilian rule that form, under the patronage of the king, the core of Thailand’s constitutional order. Using historical institutional analysis, this paper documents the inner workings of the Thai Deep Constitution, defined as the legal-operational playbook of Thai democracy’s tutelary powers (the “Deep State”) linked to its Constitutional Identity defined as “Democracy with the King as Head of State.”

Beyond the Thai case study, this paper argues that the constitutional model for any tutelary democracy aims to enshrine, in the name of militant democracy, veto powers of the army and the judiciary over electoral politics in the unamendable part of the constitution, conceptualized as the Deep Constitution.

Eugénie Mérieau is currently a visiting postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Global Law and Policy, Harvard Law School. Prior to this, she held academic positions at Sciences Po (France), the University of Göttingen (Germany) and Thammasat University (Thailand). Fluent in Thai, she worked for four years at the King Prajadhipok's Institute under the Thai Parliament as a full-time researcher. Her most recent publications on Thailand have appeared in Asian Journal of Comparative Law, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Southeast Asian Affairs, Buddhism, Law and Society, along more popular venues such as The Atlantic or the New York Times. Her first English-language monograph is forthcoming in 2020 with Hart Publishing under the title "Constitutional Bricolage : Thailand's Sacred King versus the Rule of Law".

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 15 Jan 2020 10:40:41 -0500 2020-01-31T12:00:00-05:00 2020-01-31T13:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
Malaysian Cultural Night 2020 (February 2, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71700 71700-17868607@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 2, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: Michigan Malaysian Students' Association (MiMSA)

For the past 10 years, the Michigan Malaysian Students' Association (MiMSA) has come together to prepare for one special night every year: the Malaysian Cultural Night.
Free for all, people of all ages are welcome to spend their evening with a musical that delves into Malaysian art, culture and racial dynamics. Guests are also invited for a free dinner with some good Malaysian company after the show. This year, we present Kita.

Kita (Us)

Malaysian Cultural Night 2020 will follow the story of 4 Malaysian students who transferred to the University of Michigan, each with their unique background stories. The light hearted play will showcase unity among ethnically diverse people, and most importantly, the significance of true friendship. The characters will embody individuals that struggle with family expectations, finding their identities away from home, making friends all whilst adapting to a new culture in a new country. This play is highly relatable to students who are studying abroad, and it aims to realize the experience as well as to educate the non-Malaysian audience on our identity. MCN 2020 will also showcase a variety of traditional dances from different ethnic groups in Malaysia.

To RSVP: https://www.universe.com/events/malaysian-cultural-night-2020-tickets-6TYBWL

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Performance Sun, 19 Jan 2020 10:53:10 -0500 2020-02-02T18:00:00-05:00 2020-02-02T21:00:00-05:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre Michigan Malaysian Students' Association (MiMSA) Performance Malaysian Cultural Night 2020
CSEAS Lecture Series. Decomposing a National Language: Pluralism and the Origins of the Vietnamese Language (February 7, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71496 71496-17834208@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 7, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

By the 1930s, the Vietnamese vernacular language had unquestionably come to be viewed as the national language of Vietnam, and the primary medium of anticolonial intellectuality. Nationalist thought, which fueled the anticolonial movement, quickly settled on a narrative—patterned after French nationalism—enshrining the Vietnamese language as a kind of ancient vessel of Vietnamese identity, a thread that bound contemporary Vietnamese all the back to an imagined pre-Sinitic past. However, a closer look at both the social and linguistic history of Vietnam reveals an intensely alloyed and mosaic formation of the Vietnamese language—one intimately bound up with a form of Chinese that was also native to the region. In this talk we will explore the linguistic origins of the Vietnamese language, and discuss how these origins challenge and complicate modern nationalist conceptualizations of language and culture in Vietnam.

John Phan completed his Ph.D. at Cornell University in East Asian Literature and Linguistics. After graduating at the end of 2012, he spent two years as a JSPS post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Comparative Linguistics at the National Institute for Japanese Language & Linguistics in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Upon returning to the States, Dr. Phan taught for three years at Rutgers University, before accepting a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Vietnamese Humanities in the Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures at Columbia University. He is currently completing his first book focusing on the history of Sino-Vietic linguistic contact, and is cocurrently working on the emergence of vernacular literary practice in medieval Vietnam. In addition to the nature of linguistic contact and broad issues in linguistic change and historical phonology, he is keenly interested in the cultural and intellectual ramifications of multiple languages coexisting in single East Asian societies, of linguistic pluralism in general, and of the transformation of oral languages into written literary mediums in historically diglossic cultures of East and Southeast Asia. His current work focuses largely on the rise of the vernacular Vietnamese script known as Chữ Nôm, and its development alongside a sustained and flourishing tradition of Literary Chinese composition.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 15 Jan 2020 10:43:57 -0500 2020-02-07T12:00:00-05:00 2020-02-07T13:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
Language Fair (February 21, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72306 72306-17972528@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 10:00am
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

Are you interested in learning more about the Asian languages taught at the University of Michigan? The Department of Asian Languages and Cultures invites you to the Asian Languages Fair, featuring guests from the Chinese Language Program, Japanese Language Program, Korean Language Program, South Asian Language Program, and Southeast Asian Language Program.

You are invited to come learn about opportunities at UM to study the following languages: Bengali, Chinese, Filipino, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Javanese, Korean, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Thai, Tibetan, Urdu, and Vietnamese. There will also be opportunities to win raffle prizes.

The Asian Languages Fair will be held in the Pond Room of the Michigan Union from 10:00am-2:00pm on Friday, February 21. We hope to see you there!

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Fair / Festival Tue, 18 Feb 2020 09:36:48 -0500 2020-02-21T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-21T14:00:00-05:00 Michigan Union Asian Languages and Cultures Fair / Festival Language Fair Digital Signage
CSEAS Lecture Series. Becoming Brokers: Explaining Thailand’s Growing Brand in Global Health (February 21, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70968 70968-17760241@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

In areas ranging from universal healthcare to HIV prevention and access to medicine to health technology assessment and tobacco control, Thailand’s public health programs have come to be regarded as a model for the industrializing world. How is it that a resource-constrained nation on the global periphery has produced model policies that are critical to public health and human life so consistently amid such political turmoil? What has led these policies to travel abroad? And more generally, how has a small nation in Southeast Asia exercised such outsized influence in international affairs? Drawing on Fulbright-funded research with policymakers in Thailand and Geneva, this project examines the roots of Thailand’s surprising success.

Dr. Joseph Harris is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Boston University and conducts comparative and historical research that lies at the intersection of sociology, public policy, and global health. He is the author of Achieving Access: Professional Movements and the Politics of Health Universalism (Cornell University Press, 2017). Dr. Harris has served as a consultant to the United Nations Development Programme and the World Bank, most recently as Specialist on the Political Economy of Healthcare Reform for the Japan-World Bank Project on Universal Coverage. He is a past recipient of a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Award and the Henry Luce Scholarship and holds a Master’s in Public Affairs from Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He received his doctorate in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and served as Lecturer at the University of Chicago’s School of Public Policy Studies before joining the faculty at BU. In 2017, Dr. Harris received the Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching and a Fulbright Scholarship for a project that explores the diffusion of Thailand’s model public health policies abroad. He serves as Associate Editor at Social Science and Medicine.

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Contact: Jessica Hill Riggs, jessmhil@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 06 Jan 2020 16:17:36 -0500 2020-02-21T12:00:00-05:00 2020-02-21T13:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
CSEAS Event. Thai Movie Night: Censor Must Die (February 27, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71519 71519-17836332@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 27, 2020 7:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

When Shakespeare Must Die, a Thai film adaptation of Macbeth is banned by the Thai government as a threat to national security, the film’s producer treks through the corridors of power to un-ban his Shakespearean horror movie–from the Cultural ministry to the Senate and the National Human Rights Commission, all the way to the Administrative Court where he is suing the government for abuse of power. Wherever he went, amidst political upheaval, his director followed with a camera. The resulting reality cinema is the living story of a struggle for justice and human dignity, for freedom of expression, which Thai filmmakers do not have. A dark cinematic record of democracy in action, in all its farcical, obscene and heartbreaking details.

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Film Screening Wed, 15 Jan 2020 14:52:46 -0500 2020-02-27T19:00:00-05:00 2020-02-27T20:30:00-05:00 North Quad Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening Thail-movie-feb27
[CANCELLED]. CSEAS Lecture Series. Regime Change and Continuity in Malaysia (March 13, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70970 70970-17760243@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 13, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Lily Rahim, Malaysia Chair of Islam in Southeast Asia and Associate Teaching Professor, Georgetown University

Since its historic May 2018 breakthrough election, Malaysia's Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition government has experienced some erosion of public support. The presentation will analyse PH's weakening popularity within the context of its 'catch-22' policy and political conundrum. Simply put, the promised implementation of substantive policy reform, with respect to 'Malay rights', threaten to weaken PH's tenuous relations with the predominantly conservative majority Malay community - susceptible to the fear and racial displacement rhetoric of opposition politicians. At the same time, PH's reluctance to implement substantive institutional and policy reforms have generated disillusionment within its urban, cosmopolitan and middle-class electoral base - key to its electoral breakthrough in 2018 but increasingly wary of the governing coalition's leadership tensions.

Lily Zubaidah Rahim is Associate Teaching Professor and Malaysia Chair of Islam in Southeast Asia at the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. She was previously a professor of government and international relations at the University of Sydney, specializing in authoritarian governance, democratization, Southeast Asian Politics, political Islam, and ethic politics. Her books include The Singapore Dilemma: The Political and Educational Marginality of the Malay Community (Oxford University Press 1998/2001; translated to Malay by the Malaysian National Institute for Translation), Singapore in the Malay World: Building and Breaching Regional Bridges (Routledge, 2009), Muslim Secular Democracy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), The Politics of Islamism: Diverging Visions and Trajectories (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) and The Limits of Authoritarian Governance in Singapore’s Developmental State (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). Her current comparative politics book project focuses on regime change and policy reform in Malaysia, Indonesia and Tunisia.

Lily has published in international journals such as Democratization, Contemporary Politics, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Journal of Comparative and Comparative Politics, Critical Asian Studies and the Australian Journal of International Affairs. Her sole-authored journal article ‘Governing Muslims in Singapore’s Secular Authoritarian State’ was short-listed for the Boyer Prize by the Australian Journal of International Affairs (AJIA). Lily is Vice-President of the Australian Association for Islamic and Muslim Studies (AAIMS) and Co-Convener of the Social Inclusion Network (SIN) at the University of Sydney. She was Convener of the multi-disciplinary ‘Religion, State and Society’ (RSS) Network and President of the Malaysia and Singapore Society of Australia (MASSA).

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:32:07 -0400 2020-03-13T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-13T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
CANCELED: Why Asian Studies? (March 13, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73200 73200-18157927@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 13, 2020 12:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

Current undergraduate students are invited to an information session on the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures major, minors, and language programs. Students will have the opportunity to speak with an advisor and ask questions specific to them. We will also be speaking about changes to the Asian Studies Major and the Asian Languages and Cultures Minor that are effective Fall 2020.

The Department of Asian Languages and Cultures (ALC) is a center for the exploration of the humanities of Asia, where students are invited to cross the boundaries of nations and of disciplines in order to develop two vital qualities: a deep knowledge and a broad global perspective.

The department offers instruction in the cultures of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia, and in many of the languages of Asia (including Bengali, Chinese, Filipino, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Javanese, Korean, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Thai, Tamil, Urdu, and Vietnamese).

Lunch will be provided.

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Other Thu, 12 Mar 2020 08:55:03 -0400 2020-03-13T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-13T13:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Asian Languages and Cultures Other Why Asian Studies?
[CANCELLED] CSEAS Film Screening. Thai Movie Night: Agrarian Utopia / สวรรค์บ้านนา (March 26, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73246 73246-18181860@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 26, 2020 7:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Uruphong Raksasad (Director) / 2009 / 122 mins

*Facing seizure* of their own lands, two families found themselves farming together on the same field, hoping to get through just another rice-farming season like every year. But no matter how much the world is evolving, how much the country is going through economic, political and social changes, they still cannot grasp that ideology of happiness.

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Film Screening Fri, 31 Jul 2020 13:25:44 -0400 2020-03-26T19:00:00-04:00 2020-03-26T21:00:00-04:00 North Quad Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening agrarian_Utopia_
POSTPONED - Zero Grasses (March 26, 2020 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72834 72834-18079391@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 26, 2020 7:30pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

Center for World Performance Studies hosts groundbreaking vocalist, composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and dancer Jen Shyu for an artist residency, including a performance of her new multilingual multimedia show Zero Grasses. In this mythical monodrama, Shyu effortlessly weaves together music, monologue and video projection, tracing the threads of her life to explore the painful terrain of expectation, ambition, longing and love. A performance of the piece will take place in the Video Studio at the James and Anne Duderstadt Center on Thursday, March 26 at 7:30pm, and is free and open to the public.

Zero Grasses was commissioned by John Zorn’s Stone Commissioning series and premiered in October 2019 at National Sawdust. It is sung in English, Taiwanese, Tetum of East Timor, Korean, Javanese, and Indonesian. The work features Shyu’s original music as well as some traditional music from these countries, with movement and installation art that carry the essence of these specific vocal and dance traditions. Shyu will accompany her voice with Taiwanese moon lute, gayageum, piano, violin, dance, and electronics.

A central theme of this residency will be Shyu’s work in as a teaching artist, including two community engagement workshop performances during the residency -- an intergenerational potluck, hosted in East Quad, and a workshop for high school students in Ypsilanti, MI. The potluck aims to engage faculty and staff and their families, alongside students from RC Music Programs. Shyu’s community engagement performances are designed around intercultural song exchange, and she is currently doing this work as part of a 50 state tour funded by the Doris Duke Performing Artist Fund and MAP Fund.

Jen Shyu ("Shyu" pronounced "Shoe" in English, Chinese name: 徐秋雁, Pinyin: Xúqiūyàn) is a groundbreaking, multilingual vocalist, composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, dancer, 2019 Guggenheim Fellow, 2019 United States Artists Fellow, 2016 Doris Duke Artist, and was voted 2017 Downbeat Critics Poll Rising Star Female Vocalist. Born in Peoria, Illinois, to Taiwanese and East Timorese immigrant parents, Shyu is widely regarded for her virtuosic singing and riveting stage presence, carving out her own beyond-category space in the art world. She has performed with or sung the music of such musical innovators as Nicole Mitchell, Anthony Braxton, Wadada Leo Smith, Steve Coleman, Vijay Iyer, Bobby Previte, Chris Potter, Michael Formanek and David Binney. Shyu has performed her own music on prestigious world stages such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rubin Museum of Art, Ojai Festival, Ringling International Arts Festival, Asia Society, Roulette, Blue Note, Bimhuis, Salihara Theater, National Gugak Center, National Theater of Korea and at festivals worldwide.

A Stanford University graduate in opera with classical violin and ballet training, Shyu had already won many piano competitions and performed the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto (3rd mvmt.) with the Peoria Symphony Orchestra by the age of 13. She speaks 10 languages and has studied traditional music and dance in Cuba, Taiwan, Brazil, China, South Korea, East Timor and Indonesia, conducting extensive research which culminated in her 2014 stage production Solo Rites: Seven Breaths, directed by renowned Indonesian filmmaker Garin Nugroho. Shyu has won commissions and support from NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, MAP Fund, US-Japan Creative Artists Fellowship from Japan-US Friendship Commission and National Endowment for the Arts, Chamber Music America’s New Jazz Works, Exploring the Metropolis, New Music USA, Jazz Gallery, and Roulette, as well as fellowships from the Fulbright Scholar Program, Asian Cultural Council, Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Korean Ministry of Sports, Culture, and Tourism.

Shyu has produced seven albums as a leader, including the first female-led and vocalist-led album Pi Recordings has released, Synastry (Pi 2011), with co-bandleader and bassist Mark Dresser. Her critically acclaimed Sounds and Cries of the World (Pi 2015) landed on many best-of-2015 lists, including those of The New York Times, The Nation, and NPR. Her latest album Song of Silver Geese (Pi 2017) is receiving rave reviews and was also included on The New York Times’ Best Albums of 2017.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the Center for World Performance Studies at 734-936-2777. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.

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Performance Fri, 13 Mar 2020 10:46:08 -0400 2020-03-26T19:30:00-04:00 2020-03-26T21:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Center for World Performance Studies Performance Jen Shyu
[CANCELLED]. CSEAS Lecture Series. Islamizing a Sacred Hindu-Javanese Text: The Story of Jimat Kalimasada in Javanese Wayang Puppet Play (April 3, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70971 70971-17760244@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 3, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Sumarsam, Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music, Wesleyan University

Before the arrival of Islam, Javanese people had lived in Hindu–Javanese hybrid culture. The Islamization of Java has given rise to not only the expansion of different groups of people with diverse syncretistic religion and culture, but also rich variations in the content and context of Java-Islamic cultural performance genres and ideologies. Believing in the performing arts as one of the major venues for the blending of beliefs and practices, my presentation discusses a particular wayang story, Jimat Kalimasada, to show the complex processes of religious and cultural transformation from Hindu-Javanese to Islam-Javanese world of view.

Sumarsam has played Javanese gamelan since childhood. He is also a keen amateur dhalang (puppeteer) of wayang puppet play. He holds a BA degree from Akademi Seni Karawitan Indonesia, MA from Wesleyan, and PhD from Cornell. Currently holding the status of Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music, he has taught at Wesleyan since 1972. His research on the history, theory, and performance practice of gamelan and wayang, and on Indonesia-Western encounter theme has resulted the publication of numerous articles and two books: Gamelan: Cultural Interaction and Musical Development in Central Java (1995) and Javanese Gamelan and the West (2013).

Sumarsam's recent research focuses on the intersections between religion and performing arts, examining discourses of transculturalism, the performing arts, and Islam among the Javanese. He is the recipient of a number of fellowship grants and awards, including the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Council of Learned Societies fellowship (2016-17), Indonesian Bintang Satyalencana Cultural Award (2017), the International Gamelan Festival Literacy Award (2018), and Yale Institute of Sacred Music Fellowship (2019-20). He was recently named the 2018 honorary membership of the Society for Ethnomusicology.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:31:00 -0400 2020-04-03T12:00:00-04:00 2020-04-03T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
[CANCELLED]. CSEAS Performance. Nonthuk's Duty (April 9, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72445 72445-18007178@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 9, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

The Moradokmai Theatre Community of Thailand

A dramatization of the story of Nonthok, one of the most beloved episodes from the Thai epic, the Ramakien. Nonthok serves as foot-washer to the celestial angels, who tease him about his duties. He gets a magic finger from the higher God to protect himself, but ends up misusing it. The moral of the story: if everyone does their duty, the world will be safe and sound.

The Moradokmai Theatre Community is affiliated with a home school by the same name; the group is touring the U.S. to raise awareness of the needs of the elderly and disabled in its community.

Organized by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies; cosponsored by the Center for World Performance Studies and the Department of Asian Languages and Culture.

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Performance Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:29:27 -0400 2020-04-09T19:00:00-04:00 2020-04-09T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Performance patajara_poster
The MIRS Advantage: Masters in International and Regional Studies (June 29, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74975 74975-19118432@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 29, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Institute

Join MIRS advisor Charlie Polinko for an informational webinar for the Masters in International and Regional Studies Program. Charlie will present on topics related to the program structure, admissions requirements, funding and financial aid, specialization tracks, and dual-degree opportunities for students interested in applying for the Fall 2021 term. Registration is required at http://myumi.ch/v2jDR.

The Masters in International and Regional Studies combines an interdisciplinary curriculum, deep regional/thematic expertise, rigorous methodological training, and international experiences to enable students to situate global issues and challenges in their cultural, historical, geographical, political, and socioeconomic contexts and to approach them in diverse ways. MIRS is designed to prepare students for global career opportunities, whether in academia, private, or public sectors.

MIRS builds on the strengths of the International Institute’s interdisciplinary centers and programs. Our centers and programs rank among the nation’s finest in their respective fields of study; five have been designated as U.S. Department of Education National Resource Centers. Students have the unique option of pursuing either a regional or thematic track with multiple specializations anchored in one of our centers or programs.

Specializations include:
African Studies
Islamic Studies
Chinese Studies
Japanese Studies
Middle East and North African Studies
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
South Asian Studies
Southeast Asian Studies

For additional information, contact MIRS-Info@umich.edu.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 17 Jun 2020 09:49:44 -0400 2020-06-29T13:00:00-04:00 2020-06-29T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location International Institute Livestream / Virtual MIRS Info Session
The MIRS Advantage: Masters in International and Regional Studies (July 28, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74975 74975-19118433@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 28, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Institute

Join MIRS advisor Charlie Polinko for an informational webinar for the Masters in International and Regional Studies Program. Charlie will present on topics related to the program structure, admissions requirements, funding and financial aid, specialization tracks, and dual-degree opportunities for students interested in applying for the Fall 2021 term. Registration is required at http://myumi.ch/v2jDR.

The Masters in International and Regional Studies combines an interdisciplinary curriculum, deep regional/thematic expertise, rigorous methodological training, and international experiences to enable students to situate global issues and challenges in their cultural, historical, geographical, political, and socioeconomic contexts and to approach them in diverse ways. MIRS is designed to prepare students for global career opportunities, whether in academia, private, or public sectors.

MIRS builds on the strengths of the International Institute’s interdisciplinary centers and programs. Our centers and programs rank among the nation’s finest in their respective fields of study; five have been designated as U.S. Department of Education National Resource Centers. Students have the unique option of pursuing either a regional or thematic track with multiple specializations anchored in one of our centers or programs.

Specializations include:
African Studies
Islamic Studies
Chinese Studies
Japanese Studies
Middle East and North African Studies
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
South Asian Studies
Southeast Asian Studies

For additional information, contact MIRS-Info@umich.edu.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 17 Jun 2020 09:49:44 -0400 2020-07-28T13:00:00-04:00 2020-07-28T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location International Institute Livestream / Virtual MIRS Info Session
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 3, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711207@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 3, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-03T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-03T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711208@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 4, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-04T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-04T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711209@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 5, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-05T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-05T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711210@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 6, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-06T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-06T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 7, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711211@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 7, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-07T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-07T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 8, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711212@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-08T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-08T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 9, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711213@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-09T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-09T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 10, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711214@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 10, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-10T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-10T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 11, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711215@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 11, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-11T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-11T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
Identifying Emergency Funds and How to Advocate for Making Room in Your Financial Aid Package (September 11, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/75507 75507-19513173@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 11, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: CEW+

Advance registration is required; look for the Zoom link at the bottom of your confirmation email after registering.

This session will provide information about how you can seek emergency funds should you experience an emergency situation or one-time, unusual, unforeseen expense while in school. Information about the types of situations that qualify for emergency funds and where to seek funding will be covered during this presentation.

RSVP HERE: http://www.cew.umich.edu/events/identifying-emergency-funds-and-how-to-advocate-for-making-room-in-your-financial-aid-package

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 18 Aug 2020 14:02:34 -0400 2020-09-11T14:00:00-04:00 2020-09-11T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location CEW+ Livestream / Virtual A jar of spilled change
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 12, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711216@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 12, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-12T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-12T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 13, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711217@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 13, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-13T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-13T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 14, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711218@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 14, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-14T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-14T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 15, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711219@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-15T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-15T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 16, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711220@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 16, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-16T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-16T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 17, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19711221@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 17, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-17T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-17T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 18, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838059@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 18, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-18T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-18T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Mini-Symposium. Press Freedom and the Pandemic in Duterte’s Philippines: Views from the Ground Up (September 18, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76389 76389-19711157@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 18, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

*This webinar is open to the public. Please register at: http://myumi.ch/7ZNg0*

*Supplementary reading materials for this event are available: http://myumi.ch/dONEB*

The Philippines’ response to the COVID19 pandemic is set against a backdrop of heightened antagonism against mass media, a hostile attitude toward popular dissent, and an upsurge of fake news mostly sympathetic to the government. When the virus began to take its toll in the first quarter of this year, President Rodrigo Duterte imposed what would turn out to be the toughest and longest lockdown in the world. His political allies in Congress then worked to enact Republic Act No. 11469, which authorized Duterte to exercise special emergency powers, including realigning the national budget, thus further weakening the institutional mechanisms for checks and balances. Congress also managed to pass an Anti-Terrorism Law at record speed, which critics consider as yet another opportunity to quell opposition, as can be gleaned from a spate of unresolved assassinations of political activists. The most palpable blow happened when the application for franchise renewal of ABS-CBN, the country’s biggest media network known to be critical of the Duterte administration, was denied by Congress after refusing to act on it initially. As these things unfolded, the Philippines keyed in the most number of COVID19 cases in Southeast Asia, coupled with its first economic recession in almost three decades and the highest unemployment rate in the region, with almost half of the adult population left without a job. A recent multibillion-peso corruption scandal at the government-owned insurer PhilHealth further compromised the already overburdened public health system. This virtual roundtable discussion seeks to make sense of the many overlaps from the ground up between the state of press freedom in the Philippines and the ongoing efforts of the Duterte administration to control the pandemic. Philippine-based resource speakers will get together in what promises to be a multifocal discussion on the social and legal circumstances informing a country’s response to a global health crisis.

Panelists:
José Manuel ‘Chel’ Diokno, human rights lawyer and founding dean of the De La Salle University College of Law.

Inday Espina-Varona, award-winning journalist, former chair of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, and former Knight International Fellow at Stanford University.

Carlos Conde, former journalist and researcher of Human Rights Watch, former Jefferson Fellow at the East-West Center of the University Hawaii, and former fellow at the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism and Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility.

Mike Navallo, lawyer and broadcast journalist and former Reham al-Farra Memorial Fellow at the United Nations.

Discussant: Odessa Gonzalez Benson, School of Social Work

Moderator: Allen Hicken, Political Science

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 11 Sep 2020 12:17:18 -0400 2020-09-18T09:00:00-04:00 2020-09-18T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Livestream / Virtual webinar_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 19, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838060@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 19, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-19T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-19T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 20, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838061@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 20, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-20T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-20T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 21, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838062@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 21, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-21T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-21T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 22, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838063@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-22T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-22T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
WCED Panel. Democratic Survival in the Muslim World (September 22, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/71586 71586-19719160@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

Moderator: Hanisah Binte Abdullah Sani, WCED visiting associate, U-M, and overseas postdoctoral fellow, National University of Singapore.
Panelists: Jaimie Bleck, associate professor of political science, University of Notre Dame; Lily Zubaidah Rahim, Honorary Fellow, Alwaleed Center for Christian-Muslim Understanding, Georgetown University; Şebnem Yardımcı-Geyikçi, Assistant Professor of Politics, Hacettepe University, WCED visiting associate 2019-20; Mark Tessler, Samuel J. Eldersveld Collegiate Professor of Political Science, U-M.

Democracy has emerged in many Muslim-majority countries in recent decades; but like in many other parts of the world, Muslim-majority democracies have experienced substantial democratic erosion and confront a growing threat of total democratic breakdown. Amid these worrisome global trends, what are the common and specific challenges for democratic consolidation across Muslim-majority countries? Our panel brings together scholars working on the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, and Southeast Asia to examine the prospects for democratic survival in the Muslim world.

The panel will be broadcast on Zoom. Registration is required at http://myumi.ch/Gkzvm.

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, 01 Sep 2020 16:18:24 -0400 2020-09-22T09:00:00-04:00 2020-09-22T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion fatih-yurur
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 23, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838064@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-23T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-23T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 24, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838065@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 24, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-24T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-24T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 25, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838066@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 25, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-25T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-25T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSAS 2020 Film Series | Travelling Film South Asia (September 25, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77454 77454-19854036@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 25, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

During the Fall Term, CSAS will make the documentaries from the 2020 Film South Asia film festival available to our community.

Following the agreement with the copyright holders, each film will be available for 12 hours, from 2 pm of the day, until 2 am the morning after.
Please register at: https://forms.gle/9BfAKE3QqvC5f5xi9

Friday, September 25, 2020
We Have Not Come Here to Die by Deepa Dhanraj, India, 78 mins

Friday, October 2, 2020
Scratches on Stone by Amit Mahanti, India, 66 mins + Listen by Min Min Hein, Myanmar, 13 mins

Friday, October 16, 2020
The Winter Tap by Aashish Limbu & Debin Rai, Nepal, 12 mins + Badshah Lear by Anant Raina, India, 61 mins

Friday, October 23, 2020
In Fact by Debalina Majumder, India, 51 mins + Chai Darbari by Prateek Shekhar, India, 29 mins

Friday, November 06, 2020
Facing the Dragon by Sedika Mojadidi, Afghanistan, 82 mins

Friday, November 20, 2020
Janani’s Juliet by Pankaj Rishi Kumar, India, 53 mins + Memoirs of Saira and Salim by Eshwarya Grover, India, 14 mins + And What is the Summer Saying by Payal Kapadia, India, 23 mins

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 02 Oct 2020 10:08:12 -0400 2020-09-25T14:00:00-04:00 2020-09-26T02:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for South Asian Studies Livestream / Virtual Travelling Film South Asia 2020 Film Series
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 26, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838067@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 26, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-26T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-26T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 27, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838068@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 27, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-27T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-27T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 28, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838069@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 28, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-28T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-28T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 29, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838070@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-29T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-29T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
Center for Global Health Equity Introductory Seminar (September 29, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77700 77700-19901736@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global Health Equity

Please join us for the Introductory Seminar for the Center for Global Health Equity, where we will discuss:
What is the purpose of the Center?
What has been our journey to date?
Where are we going?

Speakers Include:
Bhramar Mukherjee, PhD
Nancy Love, PhD
Joseph Kolars, MD
John Ayanian, MD, MPP
Laura Rozek, PhD
Andries Coetzee, PhD

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 24 Sep 2020 16:32:00 -0400 2020-09-29T17:00:00-04:00 2020-09-29T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global Health Equity Workshop / Seminar Event Speakers
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (September 30, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838071@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-09-30T08:00:00-04:00 2020-09-30T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 1, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838072@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 1, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-01T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-01T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 2, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838073@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 2, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-02T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-02T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSAS 2020 Film Series | Travelling Film South Asia (October 2, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77454 77454-19854037@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 2, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

During the Fall Term, CSAS will make the documentaries from the 2020 Film South Asia film festival available to our community.

Following the agreement with the copyright holders, each film will be available for 12 hours, from 2 pm of the day, until 2 am the morning after.
Please register at: https://forms.gle/9BfAKE3QqvC5f5xi9

Friday, September 25, 2020
We Have Not Come Here to Die by Deepa Dhanraj, India, 78 mins

Friday, October 2, 2020
Scratches on Stone by Amit Mahanti, India, 66 mins + Listen by Min Min Hein, Myanmar, 13 mins

Friday, October 16, 2020
The Winter Tap by Aashish Limbu & Debin Rai, Nepal, 12 mins + Badshah Lear by Anant Raina, India, 61 mins

Friday, October 23, 2020
In Fact by Debalina Majumder, India, 51 mins + Chai Darbari by Prateek Shekhar, India, 29 mins

Friday, November 06, 2020
Facing the Dragon by Sedika Mojadidi, Afghanistan, 82 mins

Friday, November 20, 2020
Janani’s Juliet by Pankaj Rishi Kumar, India, 53 mins + Memoirs of Saira and Salim by Eshwarya Grover, India, 14 mins + And What is the Summer Saying by Payal Kapadia, India, 23 mins

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 02 Oct 2020 10:08:12 -0400 2020-10-02T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-03T02:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for South Asian Studies Livestream / Virtual Travelling Film South Asia 2020 Film Series
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 3, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838074@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 3, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-03T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-03T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838075@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 4, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-04T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-04T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838076@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 5, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-05T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-05T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838077@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-06T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-06T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 7, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838078@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-07T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-07T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 8, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838079@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-08T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
ALC Preview Event (Virtual) (October 8, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74919 74919-19079190@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

*Due to COVID-19, all events will be held virtually.

The University of Michigan Asian Studies Ph.D. program invites juniors, seniors, recently graduated, or Master's students to participate in a series of virtual events to learn about our graduate program. We are eager to recruit students who will contribute to our department's mission of promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in Asian Studies.
This event is a department funded opportunity to explore graduate education at the University of Michigan. Invited participants will take part in an admissions workshop, get acquainted with area studies resources such as the U-M Asia Library and International Institute, meet with world-renowned U-M faculty and current graduate students, and learn about fellowships and other resources offered by the Rackham Graduate School. During preview weekend, students will learn about:

the admissions process
fully-funded graduate programs
developing a research project
advanced language training
selecting a faculty advisor
what graduate school is like and how it all works

*Eligibility*

Please apply if you are a US citizen, permanent resident, or a DACA recipient. To qualify for this program, you must also meet one or more of the following criteria: 1) come from an educational, cultural, or geographic background that is underrepresented in graduate study in Asian studies; 2) have demonstrated a sustained commitment to diversity in the academic, professional, or civic realm, specifically efforts in the U.S to reduce social, educational, or economic disparities based on race, ethnicity, or gender, or to improve race relations in the U.S.; 3) have experienced financial hardship as a result of family economic circumstances; 4) are a first generation U.S. citizen or are the first generation in your family to graduate from a four-year college or university.
If you are interested in exploring the graduate program in Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan, but do not meet the eligibility criteria to participate in Fall Preview Weekend, please reach out to us at alc-gradservices@umich.edu! We would be happy to answer your questions regarding the application process and academic life in the department.



Questions? Contact alc-gradservices@umich.edu

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 12 Jun 2020 10:23:08 -0400 2020-10-08T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Asian Languages and Cultures Livestream / Virtual Preview Weekend - October 8-9 2020
CGIS Virtual Study Abroad Fair (October 8, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77893 77893-19943564@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Study abroad is not just for juniors. It's not just for language and international studies majors. It's not just for students from certain communities or socioeconomic backgrounds. No matter who you are, where you come from, or what you’re studying, a study abroad experience is available to you during your time at Michigan.

Whether you want to develop the skills you’ll need to compete in a global economy, cultivate your language competencies, or build meaningful connections with people from around the world, this is the best time in your life for a global experience.

Studying abroad often proves to be a pivotal experience, but deciding which program is the best fit can be daunting as you consider questions such as: How will this enhance my course of study? When should I go? For how long? Where? Can I afford it? How do I prepare? Will my credits transfer? The CGIS Study Abroad Virtual Fair is the best time to get all of your questions answered!

During the day of the virtual fair, you'll have instant access to academic advisors, education abroad advisors, Office of Financial Aid & LSA Scholarship Office representatives, and program representatives as well as scheduled events throughout the fair!

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Fair / Festival Tue, 29 Sep 2020 22:20:17 -0400 2020-10-08T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Fair / Festival Image300
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 9, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838080@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-09T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Lecture Series. Drawing Borders in Blood: DNA Testing, Citizenship, and Statelessness Prevention in Thailand (October 9, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76312 76312-19687505@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Virtual lecture via Zoom Webinar. Please register at:
http://myumi.ch/NxgZN

Despite its authoritarian commitments, the Thai government is regularly lauded by the UN for its statelessness prevention and eradication efforts. Photographs of happy “hill tribe” youth receiving their national ID cards are widely circulated by both the Thai government and human rights advocates, and are often invoked as examples of “best practices” for statelessness prevention. A relatively recent hallmark of this highly celebrated agenda is DNA testing. How is this test performed and adjudicated, and what logics underlie a program that promotes citizenship by blood? More importantly, what are the political and theoretical implications for pursuing these logics in citizenship adjudication? Drawing on extensive ethnographic and survey research, I argue that DNA testing, while “verifying” the citizenship claims of thousands of individuals on case-by-case bases, also produces an increasingly powerful and expansive infrastructure of body/border drawing, maintenance, and surveillance. Moreover, the research indicates that even as state and humanitarian advocates applaud the “objectivity” of DNA tests in adjudication of citizenship claims, the DNA test is carried out in connection with a range of highly contingent, subjective, and uneven practices at individual, local, and bureaucratic levels. Ultimately, the logics that underlie the DNA test are those of ever-expanding, yet ever-incomplete territorialization—a project that seeks complete, but ultimately unattainable, knowledge of, authority over, and reconciliation between individuals to territory.

Amanda Flaim is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University in James Madison College and the Department of Sociology. She studies problems and paradoxes in human rights and development policy in Southeast Asia among indigenous, highlander, and migrant communities in particular. Her research agendas include the politics of borders, statelessness, and citizenship, labor exploitation and human trafficking discourse, and livelihoods transformations associated with dam development and climate change along the Mekong River.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 25 Sep 2020 15:17:25 -0400 2020-10-09T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Livestream / Virtual Flaim_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 10, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838081@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 10, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-10T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-10T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 11, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838082@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 11, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-11T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-11T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 12, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838083@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 12, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-12T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-12T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 13, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838084@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-13T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-13T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 14, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-14T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-14T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 15, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838086@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 15, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-15T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-15T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSEAS Virtual Viewing. *A Thousand Cuts* (October 16, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76413 76413-19838087@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 16, 2020 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

For a limited time, we are sponsoring free access to this film's virtual viewing. For instructions, please email cseas@umich.edu with the subject “Request to watch ‘A Thousand Cuts’”

About the movie:
On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she has to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive in this all too familiar tale of an autocratic leader drowning out “fake news.” Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy. Ramona S. Diaz’s thrilling film follows key players from two sides of an increasingly dangerous war between press and government. As each side digs in, we become witness to an epic and ongoing fight for the integrity of human life and truth itself—a conflict that extends beyond the Philippines into our own divisive backyard. A Film by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).

Cosponsored by the Michigan Theater.

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Film Screening Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:10:27 -0400 2020-10-16T08:00:00-04:00 2020-10-16T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Film Screening film_image
CSAS 2020 Film Series | Travelling Film South Asia (October 16, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77454 77454-19854039@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 16, 2020 2:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

During the Fall Term, CSAS will make the documentaries from the 2020 Film South Asia film festival available to our community.

Following the agreement with the copyright holders, each film will be available for 12 hours, from 2 pm of the day, until 2 am the morning after.
Please register at: https://forms.gle/9BfAKE3QqvC5f5xi9

Friday, September 25, 2020
We Have Not Come Here to Die by Deepa Dhanraj, India, 78 mins

Friday, October 2, 2020
Scratches on Stone by Amit Mahanti, India, 66 mins + Listen by Min Min Hein, Myanmar, 13 mins

Friday, October 16, 2020
The Winter Tap by Aashish Limbu & Debin Rai, Nepal, 12 mins + Badshah Lear by Anant Raina, India, 61 mins

Friday, October 23, 2020
In Fact by Debalina Majumder, India, 51 mins + Chai Darbari by Prateek Shekhar, India, 29 mins

Friday, November 06, 2020
Facing the Dragon by Sedika Mojadidi, Afghanistan, 82 mins

Friday, November 20, 2020
Janani’s Juliet by Pankaj Rishi Kumar, India, 53 mins + Memoirs of Saira and Salim by Eshwarya Grover, India, 14 mins + And What is the Summer Saying by Payal Kapadia, India, 23 mins

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 02 Oct 2020 10:08:12 -0400 2020-10-16T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-17T02:00:00-04:00 Center for South Asian Studies Livestream / Virtual Travelling Film South Asia 2020 Film Series
CSEAS Lecture Series. The Indies of the Setting Sun: Asia and the Early Modern Spanish Geopolitical Imagination (October 23, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76307 76307-19685534@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Free event; please register in advance at: http://myumi.ch/3qV0m

Ricardo Padrón will be discussing his new book, *The Indies of the Setting Sun: How Early Modern Spain Mapped the Far East as the Transpacific West *(Chicago, 2020). Against established historiography that emphasizes the ways in which America was “invented” as a continent separate from Asia relatively early in the history of European contact with the New World, Padrón looks at the ways in which early modern Spaniards imagined the two continents as connected spaces. Crucial to this effort was the concept of the “Indies,” which retained a powerful transpacific dimension throughout the sixteenth century, in Spanish-speaking circles at least, serving to figure East and Southeast Asia as the western frontier of Spain’s New World empire.

Padrón is Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of Virginia. His earlier monograph, *The Spacious Word: Cartography, Literature, and Empire in Early Modern Spain* (Chicago 2004) established his reputation as a scholar of early modern cartography, broadly conceived, and on the relationship between visual and verbal mapping. His work has been supported by grants from the American Council of Learned Societies and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Renaissance Society of America.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 15 Oct 2020 13:33:52 -0400 2020-10-23T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Livestream / Virtual padron_image
CSAS 2020 Film Series | Travelling Film South Asia (October 23, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77454 77454-19854040@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

During the Fall Term, CSAS will make the documentaries from the 2020 Film South Asia film festival available to our community.

Following the agreement with the copyright holders, each film will be available for 12 hours, from 2 pm of the day, until 2 am the morning after.
Please register at: https://forms.gle/9BfAKE3QqvC5f5xi9

Friday, September 25, 2020
We Have Not Come Here to Die by Deepa Dhanraj, India, 78 mins

Friday, October 2, 2020
Scratches on Stone by Amit Mahanti, India, 66 mins + Listen by Min Min Hein, Myanmar, 13 mins

Friday, October 16, 2020
The Winter Tap by Aashish Limbu & Debin Rai, Nepal, 12 mins + Badshah Lear by Anant Raina, India, 61 mins

Friday, October 23, 2020
In Fact by Debalina Majumder, India, 51 mins + Chai Darbari by Prateek Shekhar, India, 29 mins

Friday, November 06, 2020
Facing the Dragon by Sedika Mojadidi, Afghanistan, 82 mins

Friday, November 20, 2020
Janani’s Juliet by Pankaj Rishi Kumar, India, 53 mins + Memoirs of Saira and Salim by Eshwarya Grover, India, 14 mins + And What is the Summer Saying by Payal Kapadia, India, 23 mins

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 02 Oct 2020 10:08:12 -0400 2020-10-23T14:00:00-04:00 2020-10-24T02:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for South Asian Studies Livestream / Virtual Travelling Film South Asia 2020 Film Series
CSAS 2020 Film Series | Travelling Film South Asia (November 6, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77454 77454-19854041@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 6, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

During the Fall Term, CSAS will make the documentaries from the 2020 Film South Asia film festival available to our community.

Following the agreement with the copyright holders, each film will be available for 12 hours, from 2 pm of the day, until 2 am the morning after.
Please register at: https://forms.gle/9BfAKE3QqvC5f5xi9

Friday, September 25, 2020
We Have Not Come Here to Die by Deepa Dhanraj, India, 78 mins

Friday, October 2, 2020
Scratches on Stone by Amit Mahanti, India, 66 mins + Listen by Min Min Hein, Myanmar, 13 mins

Friday, October 16, 2020
The Winter Tap by Aashish Limbu & Debin Rai, Nepal, 12 mins + Badshah Lear by Anant Raina, India, 61 mins

Friday, October 23, 2020
In Fact by Debalina Majumder, India, 51 mins + Chai Darbari by Prateek Shekhar, India, 29 mins

Friday, November 06, 2020
Facing the Dragon by Sedika Mojadidi, Afghanistan, 82 mins

Friday, November 20, 2020
Janani’s Juliet by Pankaj Rishi Kumar, India, 53 mins + Memoirs of Saira and Salim by Eshwarya Grover, India, 14 mins + And What is the Summer Saying by Payal Kapadia, India, 23 mins

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 02 Oct 2020 10:08:12 -0400 2020-11-06T14:00:00-05:00 2020-11-07T02:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for South Asian Studies Livestream / Virtual Travelling Film South Asia 2020 Film Series
Bioethics Discussion: Democracy (November 10, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58831 58831-14563723@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion we will choose to have.

A few readings to consider on the matter:
––Bioethics and Democracy
––Bioethics and Populism: How Should Our Field Respond?
––Crowdsourcing in medical research: concepts and applications
––How Democracy Can Inform Consent: Cases of the Internet and Bioethics

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/050-democracy/.

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While people are still allowed on campus, discussions will be held on the front lawn of Lurie Biomedical Engineering building. Participants will be asked to enter the area via a “welcome desk” where there will be hand sanitizer, wipes, etc. Participants will be masked, at least 12 feet from one another, and speaking through megaphones with one another. In accordance with public health mandates and guidance, participation will be limited to 20 individuals who sign up to participate ahead of time.

Sign up here: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/ask-your-questions-to-ponder/

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Together, we can read the blog (and probably do much more than that): https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Nov 2020 16:24:01 -0500 2020-11-10T17:00:00-05:00 2020-11-10T18:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Image 050. Democracy
Course Backpacking for Winter 2021 (November 11, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79238 79238-20233432@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

Interested in K-Pop, Postwar Japan, or the Lotus Sutra? Come to SASS’s course backpacking session to learn more about the opportunities that the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures (ALC) offers!
If you have any questions about the process of backpacking or registration, or simply interested in learning about the fun courses offered by the ALC department, this is the event for you! Asian Studies students will be there to share their past experiences with various culture and languages classes as well as offer advice about course selection. It will be a good opportunity to connect with others in your major/minor and make new friends :)
This event will take place during our general meeting time, from 7-8PM on Wednesday,
November 11th. We look forward to meeting you then!

Zoom Meeting ID: 977 6496 8069
Zoom Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/97764968069

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 05 Nov 2020 14:45:48 -0500 2020-11-11T19:00:00-05:00 2020-11-11T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Asian Languages and Cultures Livestream / Virtual Orange Background with Black text - information on time and meeting description
CSEAS Lecture Series. Uprooting the Diasporic Histories of Southeast Asia (November 13, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76308 76308-19685535@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 13, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Free event; please register in advance at: http://myumi.ch/mnbRl

What can diasporas teach us about the history of Southeast Asia as a region, dominated as it is by narratives of hospitality and receptiveness to other cultures and peoples? Remarkably, the Arab diaspora in Southeast Asia demarcated their own legal jurisdictions by anchoring their kinship obligations and commercial interests that they had developed over several centuries across the Indian Ocean. During the nineteenth century, links between homeland and destination faded into the background in the colonial period as the diasporic elite remade their lives in Southeast Asia often according to new colonial moulds. Indeed, the Arab diaspora deliberately chose to lean on bureaucratic infrastructure in their effort to construct new scales of responsibility, jurisdiction, and sovereignty. At the same time, colonial rulers yoked their identities outside of the region viewing them as hybrid, creole, mixed and sometimes even outright foreign, effectively uprooting their histories from the region. This lecture will look at emblems of diasporic lives in the form of legal sources to explore the relationship between indigenous Southeast Asians, diasporas and colonial authorities.

Nurfadzilah Yahaya is assistant professor of history at National University of Singapore. Prior to this, she was an Early Career Fellow in Islamic Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. Her book Fluid Jurisdictions: Colonial Law and Arabs in Southeast Asia is published by Cornell University Press (2020). Her articles have appeared in Law and History Review, Journal of Women’s History, Indonesia nad the Malay World and Muslim World.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 15 Oct 2020 13:35:29 -0400 2020-11-13T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-13T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Livestream / Virtual Yahaya_image
Empowering Women and Communities and Global Health Equity (November 19, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79254 79254-20241308@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 19, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global Health Equity

Please join us for the next seminar in the Center for Global Health's series: Empowering Women and Communities and Global Health Equity.
Panelists include:
Cheryl Moyer, Medicine
Laura Rozek, School of Public Health
Jodi Lori, Nursing
Elizabeth King, School of Public Health
Bridgette Carr, Law

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 06 Nov 2020 13:09:26 -0500 2020-11-19T17:00:00-05:00 2020-11-19T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global Health Equity Workshop / Seminar Event Flyer
CSAS 2020 Film Series | Travelling Film South Asia (November 20, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77454 77454-19854042@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 20, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

During the Fall Term, CSAS will make the documentaries from the 2020 Film South Asia film festival available to our community.

Following the agreement with the copyright holders, each film will be available for 12 hours, from 2 pm of the day, until 2 am the morning after.
Please register at: https://forms.gle/9BfAKE3QqvC5f5xi9

Friday, September 25, 2020
We Have Not Come Here to Die by Deepa Dhanraj, India, 78 mins

Friday, October 2, 2020
Scratches on Stone by Amit Mahanti, India, 66 mins + Listen by Min Min Hein, Myanmar, 13 mins

Friday, October 16, 2020
The Winter Tap by Aashish Limbu & Debin Rai, Nepal, 12 mins + Badshah Lear by Anant Raina, India, 61 mins

Friday, October 23, 2020
In Fact by Debalina Majumder, India, 51 mins + Chai Darbari by Prateek Shekhar, India, 29 mins

Friday, November 06, 2020
Facing the Dragon by Sedika Mojadidi, Afghanistan, 82 mins

Friday, November 20, 2020
Janani’s Juliet by Pankaj Rishi Kumar, India, 53 mins + Memoirs of Saira and Salim by Eshwarya Grover, India, 14 mins + And What is the Summer Saying by Payal Kapadia, India, 23 mins

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 02 Oct 2020 10:08:12 -0400 2020-11-20T14:00:00-05:00 2020-11-21T02:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for South Asian Studies Livestream / Virtual Travelling Film South Asia 2020 Film Series
CSEAS Lecture Series. What Kind of Ecological Culture Do We Need?: Drought History and Lessons from Premodern Southeast Asia (December 4, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76315 76315-19687507@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 4, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Free event; please register in advance at: http://myumi.ch/O4kB0

Have we been making the environment worse while knowing more about how it works? Since the nineteenth century, the rapid advancement of technologies has led to an increasingly sophisticated knowledge of the natural world. Science has helped explain the vast array of environmental processes. However, we, the human species, have also become the frontal force of worsening conditions of the natural environment. In order to call for a reflection on our ecological culture, this talk examines the history of drought from an area in eastern mainland Southeast Asia, the core of what would later become modern Vietnam. It shows, on the one hand, why drought would stir up the most pressing social and political crises in the premodern period. On the other hand, it explores the historical context that helped consolidate the premodern Vietnamese people’s resilience to drought. Most importantly, this history uncovers a sustained ecological culture which compellingly asks us to rethink the way we have bonded with nature.

Hieu Phung (PhD, University of Hawaii) is a historian of premodern Vietnam and Southeast Asia. She is currently a visiting scholar at the Ohio State University, and she will be teaching for both the University of Michigan and the University of Hawaii in the Fall of 2020. Before coming to the United States, she taught at Vietnam National University-Hanoi and carried out extensive archival research at the Institute of Hán-Nôm Studies. Her research focuses on the relationship between the environment and state building, with a particular interest in the historical agency of water and climate in stimulating social and political change. In pursuing environmental history, she makes extensive use of traditional maps and texts that reveal the production of geographical knowledge. She is working on a book project entitled The Realization of a Water Space: An Environmental History of Late Medieval Vietnam, using documents written in both classical Chinese and the demotic Vietnamese Nôm script. Her recent article, “Naming the Red River - Becoming a Vietnamese river,” will be published by the Journal of Southeast Asian Studies this December.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 15 Oct 2020 13:36:56 -0400 2020-12-04T12:00:00-05:00 2020-12-04T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Livestream / Virtual Phung_image