Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (March 18, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633606@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 18, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-03-18T13:00:00-04:00 2018-03-18T23:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (March 19, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633607@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 19, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-03-19T08:00:00-04:00 2018-03-19T23:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Connection, Healing, and Physical Activity: How organic communities forming around physical activity can cultivate sustainable participation among African American women (March 19, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50704 50704-11850462@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 19, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Dr. Affuso investigates the development, structure, and function of grassroots groups to increase physical activity among African American women (GirlTrek, Black Girls Run, etc.). Her work takes a special interest in the role of outdoor physical activity in reducing stress and boosting mood within this population. In this talk, she will present research about sustained physical activity participation among a national sample of African American women.

Dr. Olivia Affuso is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and an Associate Scientist in the UAB Nutrition Obesity Research Center and the Center for Exercise Medicine. Her research focuses on the prevention of obesity and chronic disease through physical activity, body composition methods development, and the design of obesity randomized controlled trials. She has received research funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Connections Program, and several UAB center grants. Her current research projects include the development of a novel method for measuring body composition, several meta-analytic studies for use in the development of effective childhood obesity interventions, and design issues in obesity randomized trials. She has also conducted several community-based pediatric obesity intervention trials.

Dr. Affuso obtained her PhD in Nutrition Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She also completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences at the University of Miami.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 05 Mar 2018 15:02:20 -0500 2018-03-19T16:00:00-04:00 2018-03-19T17:00:00-04:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) Institute for Research on Women and Gender Lecture / Discussion Olivia Affuso, PhD
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (March 20, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633608@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-03-20T08:00:00-04:00 2018-03-20T23:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Histrionics of the Pulpit: Disability, Trans-Tonality, and Religious Enthusiasm (March 20, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50498 50498-11782503@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Lesbian, Gay, Queer Research Initiative (LGQRI)

Early Evangelical cultures – the radical revivalists of the 18th century who sought to feel, sensibly, their new birth and warming of the heart – offer a surprising chapter in trans histories. While few of these religious radicals claimed explicit experiences that would fit any definition of contemporary “trans” identity, they nonetheless embraced a new transformed tone of sensation and expression that transformed gender in revival spaces and devotional practices. The fever pitch of inspired preaching inflamed the passions, and disordered the mind and the senses. Even the “Father of American Evangelicalism,” George Whitfield, described his conversion and preaching as a trans-gendering labor: he was a woman in travail, “crying out” and “delivering” the New Birth to his hearers. Female preachers – especially women of color -- were deemed masculine in their visage and vocal tone as they exhorted and responded to spiritual conviction. Some specifically claimed spiritual genderlessness, and performed this transformed divine identity through "grum and shrill" preaching tones.

These cultural debates over the “trans-ing” of religious tone persisted through the nineteenth century, with fears of religious madness, “feminizing” devotional practices, and the political masculinization of evangelical women. In this sense, trans-tonality helps investigate trans/gender history beyond contemporary questions of identity, and poses new relationships between trans histories, disability studies, and religious cultures.

SCOTT LARSON is a Lecturer III of American Culture at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His research and teaching focus on transgender studies, history of gender and sexuality, and early American culture. He is a scholar of religion, secularity, and sexuality with a focus on the early Anglophone Atlantic world. His work has appeared in the Journal of Early American Studies and on Notches history of sexuality blog. He received a M.A. in Theology at Yale Divinity School and received his Ph.D. in American Studies at George Washington University in 2016.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 27 Feb 2018 14:09:31 -0500 2018-03-20T16:00:00-04:00 2018-03-20T17:30:00-04:00 Lane Hall Lesbian, Gay, Queer Research Initiative (LGQRI) Lecture / Discussion poster image with etching "Credulity, Superstition, and Fanaticism" by William Hogarth, 1762
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (March 21, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633609@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 21, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-03-21T08:00:00-04:00 2018-03-21T23:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Women in Public Service (March 21, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50790 50790-11870486@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 21, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

In honor of Women's History Month, join us for a panel discussion with a networking reception to follow!

Mary Morgan, Director of CivCity, will moderate.

Panelists include:
Ghida Dagher, Campaign Manager
Barb Farrah, Lobbyist at CGSI
Hon. Andrea Fischer Newman, University Regent
Hon. Donna Lasinski, State Representative (D)
Betsey Stevenson, Ford School Professor, Economist
Laura Toy, Chief of Staff for Senator Judy Emmons
Hon. Mary Whiteford, State Representative (R)

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 07 Mar 2018 09:54:10 -0500 2018-03-21T18:00:00-04:00 2018-03-21T20:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Ginsberg Center Lecture / Discussion Graphic Listing Location and Panelists
Women in Public Service (March 21, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51031 51031-11942021@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 21, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

Join us for a discussion on Women in Public Service, which will include a reception and time to talk with our speakers!

The panel will be moderated by Mary Morgan (Director of CivCity), and panelists include:

Ghida Dagher (Campaign Manager), Barb Farrah (Lobbyist at GCSI) Hon. Andrea Fischer Newman (UM Regent), Hon. Donna Lasinski (State Representative), Betsey Stevenson (Economist), Laura Toy (Chief of Staff for Sen. Judy Emmons), Hon. Mary Whiteford (State Representative).

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 13 Mar 2018 16:44:01 -0400 2018-03-21T18:00:00-04:00 2018-03-21T20:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Ginsberg Center Lecture / Discussion Women in Public Service
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (March 22, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633610@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 22, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-03-22T08:00:00-04:00 2018-03-22T23:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (March 23, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633611@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 23, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-03-23T08:00:00-04:00 2018-03-23T19:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
EIHS Workshop: Expectant Bodies: Gender, Textuality, Sovereignty (March 23, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47889 47889-11043647@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 23, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

This panel takes up “expectation” as both a structure of being in and knowing the world, and as a methodological condition of producing historical knowledge. Stretching from twelfth-century England to late eighteenth-century St. Petersburg, these papers ask: how did gender and sexuality shape what medieval and early modern people expected of each other? How do scholarly expectations shape the stories we tell? Featuring:

Hayley Bowman (PhD Student, History, University of Michigan)
Joseph Gamble (PhD Student; Women's Studies, English; University of Michigan)
Nicholas Holterman (Graduate Student, Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan)
William Holden (PhD Student, History, University of Michigan)
Ruth Mazo Karras (commentator; Distinguished Teaching Professor of History, University of Minnesota)
Katherine French (chair; J. Frederick Hoffman Professor of History, University of Michigan)

Free and open to the public. Lunch provided.

This event is part of the Friday Series of the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 16 Mar 2018 08:54:13 -0400 2018-03-23T12:00:00-04:00 2018-03-23T14:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Workshop / Seminar Workshop Graphic
Dance and Dialogue: Human Contact and Democracy (March 23, 2018 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50098 50098-11642046@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 23, 2018 2:30pm
Location: Center for the Education of Women
Organized By: CEW+

How can the body be a laboratory for examining dialogue, choice-making, roles and habits? In this interactive workshop, choreographer and King-Chavez-Parks Visiting Artist Eryn Rosenthal will share some of her research on the connections between a dance form called Contact Improvisation and the political writings of Steve Biko, Ada Colau, Paolo Freire, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, Judith Butler, and others. What can the body bring to larger discussions of dialogue-building, inclusion, resilience and empowerment?

Wear comfortable clothes and shoes that you can bend, move and stretch in. No experience necessary, and all bodies, abilities and backgrounds are actively welcome. This workshop includes talking, moving and listening.

Refreshments will be provided.

Choreographer and CEW Scholar Alum Eryn Rosenthal examines the democratic underpinnings of Contact Improvisation and the role of the body in transgressing previously legislated boundaries. She has worked with choreographers Sello Pesa, poet Elizabeth Alexander, and documentary theatre pioneer Anna Deavere Smith, among others. Eryn’s ongoing series The Doors Project investigates transitions–political, social, intimate–through site-based performance in different doorways around the world. Eryn holds a BA from Yale University and an MFA in Dance from U-M, where she also studied in the Ford School for Public Policy. She has performed and taught throughout the US, South Africa and Europe, and is currently teaching an interdisciplinary performance course at U-M's Residential College. She is delighted to be back at U-M as a King-Chávez-Parks Visiting Professor and Artist in Residence for Dialogue-Building, Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives. www.erynrosenthal.com

RSVP online at: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=5e675vcab&oeidk=a07eey8tc4fd32ebb43

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 15 Feb 2018 08:51:44 -0500 2018-03-23T14:30:00-04:00 2018-03-23T16:30:00-04:00 Center for the Education of Women CEW+ Workshop / Seminar Eryn Rosenthal
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (March 24, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633612@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 24, 2018 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-03-24T10:00:00-04:00 2018-03-24T18:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (March 25, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633613@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 25, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-03-25T13:00:00-04:00 2018-03-25T23:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Healing Ourselves, Healing the World (March 25, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50992 50992-11939125@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 25, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Jewish Communal Leadership Program

We're excited to invite you to "Healing Ourselves, Healing the World: A Weekend of Stories for Liberation with Aurora Levins Morales"!

Aurora will facilitate two sessions -- a poetry reading on 3/24, and a participatory workshop on 3/25 -- to explore how individual and collective stories can be used to promote healing for the individual, community and the world at large.

Aurora Levins Morales is a prolific artist, historian and activist whose work incorporates the intersections of Latinx feminism, ecology, disability justice, and her own Puerto Rican Jewish identity. In addition to publishing over five books of poetry/creative writing, she has served as an Elder-in-Residence for Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ), and her work has become ubiquitous in the world of Jewish social justice and spirituality. For more info, see: http://www.auroralevinsmorales.com/

Please join us for...

3/25: 1-4 PM -- STORYTELLING WORKSHOP
Pendleton Room, Michigan Union
530 South State Street, Ann Arbor
Substantial appetizers will be served.

***PLEASE NOTE: ALL EVENTS WILL BE SCENT-FREE. Please do not wear perfume, deodorant, or any scented oils (including natural products) to the events. This is an accessibility need - please do your best to honor it!

Presented as part of the Frankel Speaker Series, with generous support from UM Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, Michigan Hillel, University of Michigan Women's Studies Department, University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, Department of American Culture - University of Michigan, and the University of Michigan Spectrum Center.

All events are free and open to the public. Contact Paige Walker (vpwalker@umich.edu) for more information. Please also feel free to RSVP via Facebook & spread the word to those you think might be interested!

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 13 Mar 2018 09:33:51 -0400 2018-03-25T13:00:00-04:00 2018-03-25T16:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Jewish Communal Leadership Program Workshop / Seminar Michigan Union
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (March 26, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633614@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 26, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-03-26T08:00:00-04:00 2018-03-26T23:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Screening of Videos and Discussion with Xangô Group (March 26, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48559 48559-11251659@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 26, 2018 4:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: University Library

Join us for a projection of the translated and edited video, together with a series of short videos about the experiences of Afro-Argentine women and more recent immigrants. A member of Xangô will join the conversation and the debate after the screenings. Free and Open to the Public.

All the activities are possible thanks to the sponsorship of the U-M Library through the Student Mini Grant, and the support of the Language Resource Center.

For more info, contact Marisol Fila at mafila@umich.edu

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Film Screening Thu, 11 Jan 2018 10:24:32 -0500 2018-03-26T16:00:00-04:00 2018-03-26T18:00:00-04:00 North Quad University Library Film Screening Xangô Events
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (March 27, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633615@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-03-27T08:00:00-04:00 2018-03-27T23:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Victory Parade: Wrestling with the Dead (March 27, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50916 50916-11927723@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop on Transnational Comics Studies

Join us in welcoming artist Leela Corman to the University of Michigan. Acclaimed authro of Unterzakhn (2012) and co-founder of the Sequential Artists Workshop in Gainesville, Leela will present her forthcoming graphic novel, Victory Parade. Set during the Second World War in Brooklyn, New York and at the Allied liberation of Buchenwald, Victory Parade is a graphic novel is about women working in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, war refugees, the trauma of witnessing death camps, and... amateur women’s wrestling!

Leela will be involved in three events:

March 27th, 1:30-3:30pm - Workshop
Ann Arbor District Library, Multi-purpose Room

March 27th, 6:00-7:30pm - Signing Session
Vault of Midnight

March 28th, 12-1:30pm - Lecture
3308 Modern Language Building

The event series is cosponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design, the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, the Department of History of Art, the Ann Arbor District Library, and it is hosted by the Department of Germanic Language and Literatures.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 13 Mar 2018 10:08:43 -0400 2018-03-27T13:30:00-04:00 2018-03-27T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop on Transnational Comics Studies Lecture / Discussion Corman Flyer
Shared Technology, Competing Logics: How Healthcare Providers And Law Enforcement Agents Use Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs To Combat Opioid Abuse (March 27, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49965 49965-11608310@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Sociologists and socio-legal scholars have explored how social fields transform social problems, but have largely overlooked how social problems transform social fields. This research uses the contemporary U.S. opioid crisis as a case for examining how efforts to address a shared social problem have transformed the fields of healthcare and criminal justice. Based on interviews with healthcare providers and enforcement agents in California, findings demonstrate how the use of shared technology in the form of prescription drug monitoring programs paired with the encroachment of institutional logics from adjacent fields helps to reshape workers’ roles, routines, and relationships in ways that create opportunities for field-level change.

Elizabeth Chiarello, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Saint Louis University. She is a medical sociologist and socio-legal scholar who focuses on institutional influences on frontline work, intersections among organizational fields, and social movement consequences. Her work has been published in several top sociological and socio-legal journals and she has received awards from multiple sections of the American Sociological Association.

Event Accessibility:
Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor. Questions? Contact irwg@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 12 Feb 2018 11:11:28 -0500 2018-03-27T15:00:00-04:00 2018-03-27T16:30:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Lecture / Discussion color photo of Elizabeth Chiarello
Victory Parade: Wrestling with the Dead (March 27, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50916 50916-11927725@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop on Transnational Comics Studies

Join us in welcoming artist Leela Corman to the University of Michigan. Acclaimed authro of Unterzakhn (2012) and co-founder of the Sequential Artists Workshop in Gainesville, Leela will present her forthcoming graphic novel, Victory Parade. Set during the Second World War in Brooklyn, New York and at the Allied liberation of Buchenwald, Victory Parade is a graphic novel is about women working in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, war refugees, the trauma of witnessing death camps, and... amateur women’s wrestling!

Leela will be involved in three events:

March 27th, 1:30-3:30pm - Workshop
Ann Arbor District Library, Multi-purpose Room

March 27th, 6:00-7:30pm - Signing Session
Vault of Midnight

March 28th, 12-1:30pm - Lecture
3308 Modern Language Building

The event series is cosponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design, the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, the Department of History of Art, the Ann Arbor District Library, and it is hosted by the Department of Germanic Language and Literatures.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 13 Mar 2018 10:08:43 -0400 2018-03-27T18:00:00-04:00 2018-03-27T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop on Transnational Comics Studies Lecture / Discussion Corman Flyer
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (March 28, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633616@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-03-28T08:00:00-04:00 2018-03-28T23:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Victory Parade: Wrestling with the Dead (March 28, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50916 50916-11927726@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop on Transnational Comics Studies

Join us in welcoming artist Leela Corman to the University of Michigan. Acclaimed authro of Unterzakhn (2012) and co-founder of the Sequential Artists Workshop in Gainesville, Leela will present her forthcoming graphic novel, Victory Parade. Set during the Second World War in Brooklyn, New York and at the Allied liberation of Buchenwald, Victory Parade is a graphic novel is about women working in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, war refugees, the trauma of witnessing death camps, and... amateur women’s wrestling!

Leela will be involved in three events:

March 27th, 1:30-3:30pm - Workshop
Ann Arbor District Library, Multi-purpose Room

March 27th, 6:00-7:30pm - Signing Session
Vault of Midnight

March 28th, 12-1:30pm - Lecture
3308 Modern Language Building

The event series is cosponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design, the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, the Department of History of Art, the Ann Arbor District Library, and it is hosted by the Department of Germanic Language and Literatures.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 13 Mar 2018 10:08:43 -0400 2018-03-28T12:00:00-04:00 2018-03-28T13:30:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop on Transnational Comics Studies Lecture / Discussion Corman Flyer
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (March 29, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633617@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 29, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-03-29T08:00:00-04:00 2018-03-29T23:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Women Who Win (March 29, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50926 50926-11927733@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 29, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Business Women (BBA)

Join us for the first annual Women Who Win conference hosted by Michigan Business Women BBA. This is an OPEN event for ALL female UofM students and will be a fantastic opportunity to hear from empowered executive women from Goldman Sachs, Unilever/Dove, Kraft Heinz, NBC, The Discovery Channel & NPR!

Women Who Win
Date: Thursday, March 29th 2018
Time: 5:30 -7:30 PM
Location: Ross 6th Floor Colloquium

Please RSVP with the following link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSefa2w6LDVeBX68jA44o4KXe-76p7cZp2JWKeDLQvhXjBJB6Q/viewform

This event will feature the following Executive Guest Speakers:

Michelle St. Jacques
Former Global Brand Director of Unilever Dove, now SVP Head of Marketing at The Kraft Heinz Company

Elyssa Herman
Former COO of Goldman Sachs, now Managing Director at ScotiaBanks

Rekha Patricio
Former Associate Producer at NBC and The Discovery Channel, now Director of Marketing at NPR

**Dress code is business casual**
REGISTRATION/SIGN-IN AND THE DINNER BUFFET WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 4:30-5:30 PM

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 12 Mar 2018 11:30:58 -0400 2018-03-29T17:30:00-04:00 2018-03-29T19:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Business Women (BBA) Careers / Jobs Women Who Win
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (March 30, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633618@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 30, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-03-30T08:00:00-04:00 2018-03-30T19:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Migrant Stories (March 31, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51402 51402-12098137@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 31, 2018 5:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Tricontinental Solidarity Network

The event will feature performances in the form of poetry, storytelling and spoken word by women of color students from UM. We aim to create a space where race, migration and sexuality form the overarching themes of the performances.
Our keynote speaker is Professor Ather Zia, anthropologist and poet, who works on Kashmir and teaches at the University of Northern Colorado.

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Performance Fri, 30 Mar 2018 16:41:33 -0400 2018-03-31T17:00:00-04:00 2018-03-31T20:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Tricontinental Solidarity Network Performance Migrant Stories Event details!
Voter Registration Week! (April 2, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51449 51449-12112467@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 2, 2018 11:00am
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

The Big Ten Voting Challenge is a nonpartisan initiative to increase student voter registration and turnout rates.

We will be registering students in-person the week of April 2-6. You can get the registration process started anytime online at umich.turbovote.org

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Other Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:53:44 -0400 2018-04-02T11:00:00-04:00 2018-04-02T13:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 18 Ginsberg Center Other Big Ten Voting Challenge
Voter Registration Week! (April 3, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51449 51449-12112468@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 10:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

The Big Ten Voting Challenge is a nonpartisan initiative to increase student voter registration and turnout rates.

We will be registering students in-person the week of April 2-6. You can get the registration process started anytime online at umich.turbovote.org

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Other Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:53:44 -0400 2018-04-03T10:30:00-04:00 2018-04-03T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ginsberg Center Other Big Ten Voting Challenge
Joanne Murabito, MD, ScM presents "Genetics of Menopause Timing: Findings from ReproGen Consortium" (April 3, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51282 51282-12032778@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 12:00pm
Location: School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower
Organized By: Center for Midlife Science

Abstract: The timing of reproductive aging events including age at natural menopause (ANM) is associated with a range of impactful health conditions later in life that extend beyond reproductive health to type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, and overall mortality. ANM is also associated with epigenetic age and may be a useful phenotype to unravel mechanistic insights into aging. Within the ReproGen consortium, we conducted genetic association studies and identified genetic loci for ANM including a common variant in BRCA1, variants in/near genes associated with delayed puberty, and enrichment in genes in the DNA damage response pathway. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) followed by Mendelian randomization analyses to assess causal influences on later life outcomes will further our understanding of how reproductive traits impact the overall health of women.
About Dr. Murabito: Dr. Murabito is Director of the Clinic at the Framingham Heart Study and she is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine. Her research interests include the epidemiology and genetics of longevity, healthy aging, reproductive aging and peripheral artery disease. Dr. Murabito is a member of the Genetics of Longevity Consortium and the ReproGen Consortium.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Mar 2018 14:14:35 -0400 2018-04-03T12:00:00-04:00 2018-04-03T13:00:00-04:00 School of Public Health Bldg I and Crossroads and Tower Center for Midlife Science Lecture / Discussion Joanne Murabito presents 2018 MaryFran Sowers Memorial Lecture
Voter Registration Week! (April 3, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51449 51449-12112469@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

The Big Ten Voting Challenge is a nonpartisan initiative to increase student voter registration and turnout rates.

We will be registering students in-person the week of April 2-6. You can get the registration process started anytime online at umich.turbovote.org

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Other Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:53:44 -0400 2018-04-03T15:00:00-04:00 2018-04-03T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ginsberg Center Other Big Ten Voting Challenge
Voter Registration Week! (April 4, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51449 51449-12112470@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 4, 2018 11:00am
Location: Diag - Central Campus
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

The Big Ten Voting Challenge is a nonpartisan initiative to increase student voter registration and turnout rates.

We will be registering students in-person the week of April 2-6. You can get the registration process started anytime online at umich.turbovote.org

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Other Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:53:44 -0400 2018-04-04T11:00:00-04:00 2018-04-04T16:00:00-04:00 Diag - Central Campus Ginsberg Center Other Big Ten Voting Challenge
Voter Registration Week! (April 5, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51449 51449-12112471@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 5, 2018 10:30am
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

The Big Ten Voting Challenge is a nonpartisan initiative to increase student voter registration and turnout rates.

We will be registering students in-person the week of April 2-6. You can get the registration process started anytime online at umich.turbovote.org

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Other Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:53:44 -0400 2018-04-05T10:30:00-04:00 2018-04-05T12:30:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Ginsberg Center Other Big Ten Voting Challenge
Voter Registration Week! (April 5, 2018 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51449 51449-12170482@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 5, 2018 2:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

The Big Ten Voting Challenge is a nonpartisan initiative to increase student voter registration and turnout rates.

We will be registering students in-person the week of April 2-6. You can get the registration process started anytime online at umich.turbovote.org

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Other Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:53:44 -0400 2018-04-05T14:30:00-04:00 2018-04-05T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Ginsberg Center Other Big Ten Voting Challenge
Voter Registration Week! (April 6, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51449 51449-12112472@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 6, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Diag - Central Campus
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

The Big Ten Voting Challenge is a nonpartisan initiative to increase student voter registration and turnout rates.

We will be registering students in-person the week of April 2-6. You can get the registration process started anytime online at umich.turbovote.org

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Other Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:53:44 -0400 2018-04-06T12:00:00-04:00 2018-04-06T14:00:00-04:00 Diag - Central Campus Ginsberg Center Other Big Ten Voting Challenge
Voter Registration Week! (April 6, 2018 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51449 51449-12170483@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 6, 2018 2:30pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

The Big Ten Voting Challenge is a nonpartisan initiative to increase student voter registration and turnout rates.

We will be registering students in-person the week of April 2-6. You can get the registration process started anytime online at umich.turbovote.org

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Other Mon, 02 Apr 2018 14:53:44 -0400 2018-04-06T14:30:00-04:00 2018-04-06T17:00:00-04:00 Hutchins Hall Ginsberg Center Other Big Ten Voting Challenge
Jesus, Women, and Early Christianity (April 11, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47793 47793-11012560@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 9:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

We’ll explore how Jesus interacted with and treated women during his ministry and how they responded. Looking into questions like: What were the cultural norms for women during Jesus’ life? Was Jesus a feminist? What do Paul’s letter to the Romans and John’s Gospel tell us about early women disciples? Then we will discuss women’s roles in the very early Christian communities up to about 300 A.D.

The New Testament will be used as well as several other references. There will be time for questions and discussion and some possibly surprising revelations. An outline and list of references will be provided. Over the past 50 years, there has been a wealth of academic and research interest in these topics and well over 100 books have been written.

This study group for those 50 and over will be led by instructor Peggy Clough on April 11 and April 18.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 20 Dec 2017 08:44:42 -0500 2018-04-11T09:30:00-04:00 2018-04-11T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
What female economists learned bringing research to White House policy making (April 11, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51484 51484-12121101@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Education Policy Initiative

Three influential female economists discuss bringing research to bear on policymaking at the White House. Featuring an all-star panel who have helped to shape policy through the use of evidence. Professor Susan Dynarski will lead a panel discussion with Sandra Black and Betsey Stevenson, who each served on President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers.

About our panelists:

Sandra E. Black holds the Audre and Bernard Rapoport Centennial Chair in Economics and Public Affairs and is a professor of economics at the University of Texas, Austin. She received her B.A. from UC Berkeley and her Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University. Since that time, she worked as an Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and an Assistant, Associate, and ultimately Professor in the Department of Economics at UCLA before arriving at the University of Texas, Austin in 2010. She is currently a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a Research Affiliate at IZA, and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution. She served as a Member of Obama's Council of Economic Advisers from August 2015-January 2017. Her research focuses on the role of early life experiences on the long-run outcomes of children, as well as issues of gender and discrimination.

Betsey Stevenson is an associate professor of public policy at the Ford School, with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Economics. She is also a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research, a fellow of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research in Munich, and serves on the board of directors of the American Law and Economics Association. Stevenson recently completed a two-year term as an appointed member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers and served as the chief economist of the U.S. Department of Labor from 2010 to 2011. Stevenson is a labor economist whose research focuses on the impact of public policies on the labor market. Her research explores women's labor market experiences, the economic forces shaping the modern family, and the potential value of subjective well-being data for public policy.

Susan Dynarski is professor of economics, education and public policy at the University of Michigan, co-director of the Education Policy Initiative, faculty research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and president at the Association for Education Finance and Policy. Prior visiting fellow at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Princeton University, she currently serves on the American Economic Journal/Economic Policy Board of Editors is a past editor of Education Finance and Policy, Journal of Labor Economics, and Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. Dynarski’s research focuses on financial aid, postsecondary schooling and labor market outcomes and the effectiveness of school reform on academic achievement. She has consulted broadly on student aid reform, at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, White House, Treasury and Department of Education. She has testified to the US Senate HELP and Finance Committees, US House Ways and Means Committee and President's Commission on Tax Reform.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 29 Mar 2018 09:25:27 -0400 2018-04-11T16:00:00-04:00 2018-04-11T17:30:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Education Policy Initiative Workshop / Seminar April 11 2018
#MeToo: Reflecting Back and Looking Forward (April 13, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51469 51469-12112491@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 13, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

Join us for a panel discussion about the movement; where we've been and the future we will shape.

We will have time for conversation and questions, and snacks will be served!

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 28 Mar 2018 14:32:51 -0400 2018-04-13T13:00:00-04:00 2018-04-13T14:00:00-04:00 Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning Ginsberg Center Workshop / Seminar MeToo Flyer
2018 Women's Studies Honors Colloquium (April 16, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51134 51134-11976205@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 16, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Women's and Gender Studies Department

Nine Women's Studies and Gender & Health honors students will present their senior theses to friends, family, and faculty.

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Ceremony / Service Fri, 16 Mar 2018 16:49:10 -0400 2018-04-16T13:30:00-04:00 2018-04-16T15:30:00-04:00 Michigan League Women's and Gender Studies Department Ceremony / Service
Bioethics Discussion: Posthumanity (April 17, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43729 43729-9832717@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL)
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on our end.

A few essays to consider:
"In defense of posthuman dignity"
"Stem cells, biotechnology, and human rights: implications for a posthuman future"
"A cyborg manifesto"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the essays, please contact Barry Belmont (belmont@umich.edu) or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/015-posthumanity/.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Mar 2018 09:34:57 -0400 2018-04-17T19:00:00-04:00 2018-04-17T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Posthumanity
DQSN Workshop: Andrea Rottman (German) (April 19, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48704 48704-11294862@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 19, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Doing Queer Studies Now

Please join Doing Queer Studies Now for a dissertation chapter workshop with Andrea Rottmann (German).

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 15 Jan 2018 08:35:24 -0500 2018-04-19T14:00:00-04:00 2018-04-19T16:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Doing Queer Studies Now Workshop / Seminar
ONCE A FURY: RECORDING THE SEPARATIST REVOLUTION (April 20, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51820 51820-12327244@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 20, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

This presentation offers outtakes of interviews with the Furies, a lesbian separatist collective from the early 1970s who published an underground newspaper with a national run. The group formed quickly and ended dramatically, with multiple purges, suspicion of FBI involvement, and numerous interpersonal conflicts—most of which they wrote about in their newspaper. Now, 50 years later, they’re talking—and the IRB-exempt study has turned more problematic with legal and ethical complications of authorship and representation. In this presentation, I offer some insights about the politics of voicing, focusing in particular on the process of attempting to ethically and respectfully listen to and represent other’s stories.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 16 Apr 2018 10:50:57 -0400 2018-04-20T15:30:00-04:00 2018-04-20T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Workshop / Seminar An image of Professor Jackie Rhodes at the beach with a camera
Summit on the Prevention of Campus Sexual Assault (May 2, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50727 50727-11859074@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 2, 2018 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: U-M Injury Prevention Center

Webcast registration is open for the University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center Summit on the Prevention of Campus Sexual Assault to be held on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at Rackham Graduate School in Ann Arbor, MI.

Nationally renowned experts will present their research and review the current science of sexual assault prevention for college and university campuses.

We invite practitioners in the sexual assault field (physicians, social workers, psychologists, other public health professionals), researchers, faculty, and campus stakeholders, including students to join us.

Dr. Mary Sue Coleman, the President of the Association of American Universities, will jump start the day with a keynote presentation and followed by outstanding presentations by leading experts in the field of campus sexual assault prevention. Morning and afternoon sessions will cover epidemiology, risk factors and special populations, and intervention approaches.

Following this Summit, attendees will be able to use information regarding the prevalence and epidemiology of campus sexual assault to enhance screening efforts in their practices, identify key risk factors for and populations at risk for sexual assault among college students in their practice, and recommend evidence-based interventions for prevention of campus sexual assault.

Please share this information with others.

Questions? Email bmarieb@med.umich.edu or call us at 734-615-3044.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 26 Apr 2018 14:58:58 -0400 2018-05-02T08:00:00-04:00 2018-05-02T17:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) U-M Injury Prevention Center Conference / Symposium Summit on the Prevention of Campus Sexual Assault
Women in the New Testament (May 2, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47797 47797-11012564@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 2, 2018 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

We will examine each of the 27 New Testament books to see what role women play, what they say and do, and what others say about them. How have scholars understood these women over the last two millennia and what has changed lately in their attitudes?

Classes will be conducted by lecture and discussion, with the first class introducing the text and the society within which it was created. Please read the two Thessalonian letters for the first class.

Instructor Ken Phifer is a retired Unitarian Universalist minister. This study group for those 50 and over will be held on Wednesdays from May 2 to May 30.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 18 Apr 2018 15:35:32 -0400 2018-05-02T10:00:00-04:00 2018-05-02T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Michigan Meeting - Ending Gender-Based Violence (May 3, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50230 50230-11687523@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 3, 2018 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Sociology

Gender-based violence among adolescents and young adults is an intractable problem. Though much work has been done to end gender-based violence, the scope of the problem can still feel daunting. The 2018 Michigan Meeting will bring together scholars, practitioners, and activists from across disciplines to share strategies and develop Innovative ideas for moving forward.

Please join this dynamic 3-day event that aims to inspire research and inform policy, pedagogy, and practice. The agenda will highlight activist, survivor and student perspectives. Using an intersectional lens, we will attend to the broad range of inequalities that are experienced in school, work and personal life.

This event is made possible by the sponsorship of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies at the University of Michigan. The Michigan Meetings are a series of annual inter-disciplinary meetings on topics of broad interest and contemporary importance to both the public and the academic community.

The planning group has partnered with the University of Michigan’s Injury Prevention Center, who will be hosting a one-day summit on May 2 on campus sexual assault prevention.

For more information, please contact Dr. Elizabeth A. Armstrong (elarmstr@umich.edu).

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 19 Feb 2018 12:13:45 -0500 2018-05-03T08:00:00-04:00 2018-05-03T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Sociology Conference / Symposium photo
Michigan Meeting - Ending Gender-Based Violence (May 4, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50230 50230-11687524@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 4, 2018 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Sociology

Gender-based violence among adolescents and young adults is an intractable problem. Though much work has been done to end gender-based violence, the scope of the problem can still feel daunting. The 2018 Michigan Meeting will bring together scholars, practitioners, and activists from across disciplines to share strategies and develop Innovative ideas for moving forward.

Please join this dynamic 3-day event that aims to inspire research and inform policy, pedagogy, and practice. The agenda will highlight activist, survivor and student perspectives. Using an intersectional lens, we will attend to the broad range of inequalities that are experienced in school, work and personal life.

This event is made possible by the sponsorship of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies at the University of Michigan. The Michigan Meetings are a series of annual inter-disciplinary meetings on topics of broad interest and contemporary importance to both the public and the academic community.

The planning group has partnered with the University of Michigan’s Injury Prevention Center, who will be hosting a one-day summit on May 2 on campus sexual assault prevention.

For more information, please contact Dr. Elizabeth A. Armstrong (elarmstr@umich.edu).

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 19 Feb 2018 12:13:45 -0500 2018-05-04T08:00:00-04:00 2018-05-04T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Sociology Conference / Symposium photo
Michigan Meeting - Ending Gender-Based Violence (May 5, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50230 50230-11687525@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, May 5, 2018 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Sociology

Gender-based violence among adolescents and young adults is an intractable problem. Though much work has been done to end gender-based violence, the scope of the problem can still feel daunting. The 2018 Michigan Meeting will bring together scholars, practitioners, and activists from across disciplines to share strategies and develop Innovative ideas for moving forward.

Please join this dynamic 3-day event that aims to inspire research and inform policy, pedagogy, and practice. The agenda will highlight activist, survivor and student perspectives. Using an intersectional lens, we will attend to the broad range of inequalities that are experienced in school, work and personal life.

This event is made possible by the sponsorship of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies at the University of Michigan. The Michigan Meetings are a series of annual inter-disciplinary meetings on topics of broad interest and contemporary importance to both the public and the academic community.

The planning group has partnered with the University of Michigan’s Injury Prevention Center, who will be hosting a one-day summit on May 2 on campus sexual assault prevention.

For more information, please contact Dr. Elizabeth A. Armstrong (elarmstr@umich.edu).

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 19 Feb 2018 12:13:45 -0500 2018-05-05T08:00:00-04:00 2018-05-05T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Sociology Conference / Symposium photo
Building Capacity for Women's Health: Peer Reviewer Training (July 10, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52697 52697-12959223@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Are you a U-M graduate student in a health-related field? Do you want to support faculty and researchers in low-income countries who work in women’s health?

Apply to become a peer reviewer for Dr. Ella August’s Building Capacity for Women’s Health Program. You’ll receive training on how to be an effective peer reviewer for manuscripts targeted for scientific journals. After your training, you’ll provide follow-up writing support to faculty and researchers in low-income countries who have undergone initial training on scientific writing and publishing.

Requirements to participate in the training:
- You must be a doctoral level student in a health-related discipline
- You must have some scientific writing experience

Requirements to become a peer reviewer for Building Capacity for Women’s Health:
- You must attend a short orientation and a separate one-day training session
- You must agree to review at least one scientific manuscript after you complete training
- You must agree to protect confidentiality of the material that you review

2-Day Training Session:
Tuesday, July 10 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Tuesday, July 17 10:30am - 3:30pm

Apply online at https://tinyurl.com/y8yel7dj

Lunch provided on 7/17. For more information, contact Ella August at eaugust@umich.edu.

Workshop Instructor:
Ella August, PhD is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan. Dr. August has nearly two decades of experience in research, and has been teaching scientific writing for over a decade. She specializes in helping STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) faculty, scientists and students to effectively and persuasively communicate scientific ideas. Her teaching approach encourages writers to reflect on the connection between their discipline’s values and modes of communication, and to consider how these forces shape writing in their field. She teaches publication, writing and critical thinking courses and workshops internationally and domestically.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 18 Jun 2018 09:03:09 -0400 2018-07-10T15:00:00-04:00 2018-07-10T16:30:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Workshop / Seminar illustration of a globe with interconnecting lines
Opening reception: The Bearded Lady Project film screening and portrait exhibit (July 12, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52853 52853-13090524@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 12, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Opening reception for The Bearded Lady Project portrait exhibit and a film screening. University of Michigan Professor Catherine Badgley and recent U-M doctoral graduate Katie Loughney are the speakers.

American Frame donated frames for the exhibition.

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Film Screening Thu, 05 Jul 2018 08:59:23 -0400 2018-07-12T18:00:00-04:00 2018-07-12T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Film Screening flyer for Bearded Lady and empowerment events
Building Capacity for Women's Health: Peer Reviewer Training (July 17, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52697 52697-12959224@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 10:30am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Are you a U-M graduate student in a health-related field? Do you want to support faculty and researchers in low-income countries who work in women’s health?

Apply to become a peer reviewer for Dr. Ella August’s Building Capacity for Women’s Health Program. You’ll receive training on how to be an effective peer reviewer for manuscripts targeted for scientific journals. After your training, you’ll provide follow-up writing support to faculty and researchers in low-income countries who have undergone initial training on scientific writing and publishing.

Requirements to participate in the training:
- You must be a doctoral level student in a health-related discipline
- You must have some scientific writing experience

Requirements to become a peer reviewer for Building Capacity for Women’s Health:
- You must attend a short orientation and a separate one-day training session
- You must agree to review at least one scientific manuscript after you complete training
- You must agree to protect confidentiality of the material that you review

2-Day Training Session:
Tuesday, July 10 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Tuesday, July 17 10:30am - 3:30pm

Apply online at https://tinyurl.com/y8yel7dj

Lunch provided on 7/17. For more information, contact Ella August at eaugust@umich.edu.

Workshop Instructor:
Ella August, PhD is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan. Dr. August has nearly two decades of experience in research, and has been teaching scientific writing for over a decade. She specializes in helping STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) faculty, scientists and students to effectively and persuasively communicate scientific ideas. Her teaching approach encourages writers to reflect on the connection between their discipline’s values and modes of communication, and to consider how these forces shape writing in their field. She teaches publication, writing and critical thinking courses and workshops internationally and domestically.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 18 Jun 2018 09:03:09 -0400 2018-07-17T10:30:00-04:00 2018-07-17T15:30:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Workshop / Seminar illustration of a globe with interconnecting lines
Maternal Infant Health Improvement Plan: Southeast Michigan Town Hall Satellite Meeting (August 16, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53268 53268-13330234@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 16, 2018 6:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: Michigan Medicine, OBGYN Department

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and the Maternal Infant Strategy Group (MISG) are hosting four regional town hall meetings to collect community input on the state's 2019--- 2022 Mother Infant Health Improvement Plan.

Objectives:
1. Introduce the logic model for the 2019-2022 Mother Infant Health Improvement Plan (MIHIP).

2. Collect feedback from the community to determine priorities and barriers to successful program implementation.

3. Bridge community partners to work together to improve the health of mothers and babies

AGENDA:
6:00 pm - Welcome and Introductions, Town Hall Overview
6:20 pm - Introduction of the Mother Infant Health Improvement Plan
6:40 pm - Small Group Discussion and Reports
7:20 pm - Looking Ahead

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Other Tue, 31 Jul 2018 10:47:26 -0400 2018-08-16T18:00:00-04:00 2018-08-16T19:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 Michigan Medicine, OBGYN Department Other Town Hall Flyer
Critical Conversations Graduate Panel: Sexual Modernities (September 13, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52289 52289-12590266@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Modernist Studies Workshop

This panel, part of the graduate student Critical Conversations series, will feature graduate student papers on the topic of "Sexual Modernities," anticipating the conference of the same name to be held at the University of Michigan on March 14-16, 2019. This panel will be held over lunch and is open to all members of the University of Michigan community.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 10 Sep 2018 12:53:16 -0400 2018-09-13T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-13T14:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Modernist Studies Workshop Lecture / Discussion sexual modernities
Women Can’t Be Catholic Priests: A Rebuttal (September 17, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53338 53338-13347360@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

We will explore and refute the many reasons used to deny women entry to the ordained ministry of priest through the centuries. This will include the excuse the Vatican currently uses to deny women the right to answer the call of their God to the priesthood. We will briefly discuss the factual evidence that there were female priests in Christianity from 125 AD into the 9th century. There will be time for questions and discussion and some possibly surprising revelations. An outline and list of references will be provided. Over the past 50 years there has been a wealth of academic and archeologic research interest in these topics and well over 100 books have been written.

Instructor Peggy Clough is a retired Physical Therapist from UMMC. She was on faculty at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and has lectured at five other universities. Over the past 10 years she has read and researched women’s roles in Christianity and the evidence that has been discovered supporting the ordination of women in the Roman Catholic Church. The timeline she authored entitled Ordination of Women in the Catholic Church: Facts and Discoveries has been published on the internet.

This study group for those 50 and above will meet on Mondays, 10-12, from September 17 through September 24.

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Class / Instruction Sat, 04 Aug 2018 18:24:45 -0400 2018-09-17T10:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Critical Conversations -- Performance (September 17, 2018 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52045 52045-12376542@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 12:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Please join us for a conversation about Performance and Contemporary Studies

Featuring panel presentations by:
Naomi André; Clare Croft; Reginald Jackson; Ashley Lucas; Petra Kuppers (chair)

Please kindly RSVP: https://goo.gl/forms/6L0caocbRIIoGncC3
(Lunch is available at 12pm; Presentations begin at 12:30pm)

"Critical Conversations" is a new monthly lunch series for 2018-19. In each session, a panel of four faculty members give flash talks about their current research as related to a broad theme. Presentations are followed by lively, cross-disciplinary conversation with the audience.

Sponsored by: the English Department; Critical Contemporary Studies; Transnational Contemporary Literature Workshop

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 16 Sep 2018 15:27:12 -0400 2018-09-17T12:30:00-04:00 2018-09-17T14:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion
HeForShe Mass Meeting (September 17, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55132 55132-13689419@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Mason Hall
Organized By: HeForShe

Do you want to make an impact on U-M campus? Are you passionate about human rights, gender equality, and creating positive change?

If so, come to HeForShe's mass meeting, an introductory event where you can learn about what HeForShe does and how you can get involved.

Can't make the event but are still interested? Just email HeForSheMI@gmail.com with the subject line "Can't Attend / Requesting Info" and we'll send you an email with all of the information you missed.

Hope to see you there! Message us on Facebook or email HeForSheMI@gmail.com with any questions. (:

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Rally / Mass Meeting Mon, 10 Sep 2018 13:56:03 -0400 2018-09-17T20:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T21:00:00-04:00 Mason Hall HeForShe Rally / Mass Meeting HeForShe mass meeting promotional image
Unheard Voices of the #MeToo Movement: Telling the Stories of America’s Most Vulnerable Workers (September 18, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53192 53192-13278547@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Wallace House Center for Journalists

Bernice Yeung, award-winning journalist and 2016 Knight-Wallace Fellow, will discuss the sexual harassment and assault that farmworkers, night-shift janitors and other low-wage and immigrant workers routinely face on the job and examine what these workers have done to fight back and seek justice.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 25 Jul 2018 11:48:10 -0400 2018-09-18T17:00:00-04:00 2018-09-18T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Wallace House Center for Journalists Lecture / Discussion Bernice Yeung, 2016 Knight-Wallace Fellow
Remarkable Books I (II and III) (September 20, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53289 53289-13334584@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

In March, The New York Times Book Review featured 15 books by women that their critics see as “opening new realms to us, whose books suggest and embody unexplored possibilities in form, feeling and knowledge.” They say these books set the agenda for the 21st century. So the question for this class is: what does that agenda look like?

Before the first meeting I will send the NYT article to participants so they can read the short reviews of each book. At the first meeting we will select 4 of these to begin to answer our “research” question. We’ll read approximately 100 pages a week. We’ll have discussion, small group analysis in class, occasional lectures on style, structure, etc.

Lecturer Sharon Quiroz has a PhD. in English, has published poetry and short stories, and is currently working on her second novel while she tries to sell the first one. This study group for those 50 and above will meet Thursdays, 1:30-3:30, from September 20 - December 13.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 15 Aug 2018 20:11:44 -0400 2018-09-20T13:30:00-04:00 2018-09-20T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Open Lecture & Book Signing (September 20, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53214 53214-13289327@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: LSA Honors Program

Carmen Bugan discusses how political repression and escaping persecution have influenced her writing and her views on language. Her lecture looks at several consequences of politics on the artistic process and argues for the necessity of addressing the larger, timeless issues such as suffering, hope, and love, rather than adopting a partisan politics in one’s literary work. In portraying the effects of turbulent politics on individual lives, literature has a unique opportunity to ponder and celebrate our humanity. It can counteract the manipulative language of propaganda by drawing from the rich resources of a language that is able to sustain us through moments of political upheaval. Please use the "To Register" link below.

Biography:
Bugan was born in 1970 in Romania and has since lived in the US, Ireland, England, and France. She is the author of three collections of poems: Crossing the Carpathians (Oxford Poets/Carcanet), The House of Straw (Shearsman), and Releasing the Porcelain Birds (Shearsman); as well as the memoir Burying the Typewriter and the critical study Séamus Heaney and East European Poetry in Translation: Poetics of Exile. Bugan was educated at the University of Michigan and Oxford University, UK, where she obtained a doctorate in English literature. Her essays, reviews, and poems appear in publications such as PEN, the TLS, Modern Poetry in Translation, PN Review, Harvard Review, and the BBC Magazine. In 2017 Carmen was made a George Orwell Prize Fellow. She teaches at the Gotham Writers Workshop in NYC and lives in Long Island, NY.

From the Pan MacMillan Blog:
"Being an immigrant writer in American today" ~ "At 2 a.m. on 10 March 1983, Carmen Bugan's father left the family home, alone. That afternoon, Carmen returned from school to find secret police in her living room. Her father's protest against the regime had changed her life forever. This is her story."

"One of the most telling insights I've read about life under communism...warm and humane." ~Observer

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 11:01:05 -0400 2018-09-20T17:30:00-04:00 2018-09-20T18:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) LSA Honors Program Lecture / Discussion Bugan speaking at Wowfest
Decolonizing Our Disciplines: A Roundtable Discussion (September 21, 2018 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53183 53183-13274238@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 12:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Please join the Global Postcolonialisms Collective for an interdisciplinary lunch conversation on grappling with colonial legacies and enacting decolonial methodologies and practices in academic institutions. Please RSVP at https://goo.gl/forms/akOrsbew0Vn1Yk7D3.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 05 Sep 2018 08:04:42 -0400 2018-09-21T12:30:00-04:00 2018-09-21T14:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Workshop / Seminar
An Afternoon with Medea (September 21, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53288 53288-13334582@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Euripides’ Medea: Witch? Femme fatale? Cold-blooded killer? Or wronged woman, driven over the edge? Our afternoon of study will consider why we remain so fascinated by her.

After a short introduction, we will read the play aloud. Participants may choose to be readers or audience, as they prefer. At the end we’ll discuss our interpretations of her and our ideas about how the play might be staged today. We will be using the James Morwood translation, Euripides, Medea and Other Plays (Oxford World’s Classics) Reissue Edition.

Instructor Marilyn Scott taught both at the University of Michigan and at Community H.S. She has led numerous OLLI study groups in the past. This study group for those 50 and above will meet on Friday, September 21 from 1-4 p.m.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 31 Jul 2018 18:11:10 -0400 2018-09-21T13:00:00-04:00 2018-09-21T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
The Ross Effect (September 27, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55018 55018-13665226@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ross One Year Graduate Programs

Employers look for the skills you’re developing in your undergraduate degree, like the ability to understand complex concepts and deliver creative solutions. But, connecting with companies and highlighting these skills is not always easy. Join us at "The Ross Effect" to learn how three outstanding Ross graduate programs, the Master of Accounting, the Master of Management and the Master of Supply Chain Management, will leverage your undergraduate training for a smooth and successful transition into the workforce.

This event is being held exclusively for non-Ross University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) students. The event is being held on the 5th floor of the Blau/Kresge side of the Ross Building, in the Blau Colloquium.

Questions? Email TheRossEffect@umich.edu

Register at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ross-effect-how-a-ross-graduate-degree-amplifies-your-toolkit-registration-48421327494

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Presentation Fri, 07 Sep 2018 18:53:32 -0400 2018-09-27T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-27T17:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Ross One Year Graduate Programs Presentation Michigan Ross Logo
Maya Healers: A Thousand Dreams (September 28, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53563 53563-13407925@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Women's and Gender Studies Department

Fran Antmann’s photographs, taken in Guatemala over a period from 2006 to 2017, evoke the life and culture of the indigenous communities that live along the shores of Lake Atitlán. The photographs speak to the close relationship of these communities with the natural and spiritual worlds. They record the daily lives of the Maya but also evoke their underlying world of mystical and religious experience -- the rituals that give continuity and permanence in a world of disposable culture. The work focuses on indigenous healers, many of whom are women believed to have connections with the supernatural. They use ancient Maya practices and derive theirpower and knowledge from dreams. These rituals survive despite the genocide of the Maya people perpetrated over several decades until 1996. The resurgence of Maya identity in the renewal of formerly suppressed Maya practices celebrates the endurance of indigenous cultures.

Fran Antmann is a photographer, writer and educator. She teaches photography at Baruch College, CUNY. Her photographic work has focused on the lives and culture of theindigenous people of Guatemala and Peru as well as the Dene people of the Western Canadian Arctic and the Inuit of Baffin Island, Canada. She has received grants from the Ford and J. Paul Getty Foundations, the Puffin Foundation, the Social Science Research Council and five NY State Foundation for the Arts fellowships in Photography and Non-Fiction Literature. For over a decade she worked on Maya Healers: A Thousand Dreams withyearly trips to Guatemala. The book is a fiscally sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts, a finalist for the 2017 Lucie Foundation Photo Book Prize and received Honorable Mention from PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris Juried Awards 2018.

Fran Antmann is a photographer, writer and educator. She teaches photography at Baruch College, CUNY. Her photographic work has focused on the lives and culture of theindigenous people of Guatemala and Peru as well as the Dene people of the Western Canadian Arctic and the Inuit of Baffin Island, Canada. She has received grants from the Ford and J. Paul Getty Foundations, the Puffin Foundation, the Social Science Research Council and five NY State Foundation for the Arts fellowships in Photography and Non-Fiction Literature. For over a decade she worked on Maya Healers: A Thousand Dreams withyearly trips to Guatemala. The book is a fiscally sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts, a finalist for the 2017 Lucie Foundation Photo Book Prize and received Honorable Mention from PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris Juried Awards 2018.

Maya Healers will be on display in Lane Hall from September to December 2018, with an exhibit opening taking place on September 28 from 3 to 5 pm in the Lane Hall Gathering Space.

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Reception / Open House Tue, 04 Sep 2018 10:11:41 -0400 2018-09-28T15:00:00-04:00 2018-09-28T17:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Women's and Gender Studies Department Reception / Open House Fran Antmann, Maya Healers
Community of Scholars Symposium (October 5, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52888 52888-13107798@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 9:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The Community of Scholars is comprised of recipients of 2018 summer fellowships from IRWG and the Rackham Graduate School for graduate students pursuing research, scholarship, or creative activities focusing on women and/or gender.

To encourage cross-disciplinary exchange, the fellows participated in a weekly seminar in May and June, during which they discussed their work-in-progress. In July and August, they dispersed for research and writing. They reconvene for the annual Community of Scholars Symposium, to share the product of their summer’s work with each other and a broader audience.

The fellows have designed the panels for this symposium to showcase the conversations across disciplines and fields about scholarship on women and gender that emerged during the summer seminar.

SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE:

9:00 am | Welcome
Victor Román Mendoza, Associate Professor of English and Women's Studies

9:10 am - 10:50 am | "Regulating Desires"
Panel Chair: Jennifer Dominique Jones, Collegiate Postdoctoral Fellow, History
- Joseph Gamble, PhD Candidate, English and Women's Studies | "Racializing Sex in Early Modern England"
- Sonia Rupcic, PhD Candidate, Anthropology | “'It was just boyish': Sexual violence beyond crisis in South Africa"
- Sunhay You, PhD Candidate, English and Women's Studies | "In the Shadows of U.S. Empire: love and queer interracial formations in 'Bitter in the Mouth' by Monique Truong"
- Tugce Kayaal, PhD Candidate, Near Eastern Studies | “Twisted Desires:” Boy Lovers and Cross-Generational Sexual Practices in the Late Ottoman Empire (1914-18)

10:50 am - 12:10 pm | "Willful Subjects"
Panel Chair: Elizabeth Cole, LSA Dean, Professor of Women's Studies and Psychology
- Jallicia Jolly, PhD Candidate, American Culture | "Abject Desires: The Politics of Black Female Sexuality, HIV, & Dancehall in Jamaica"
- Meagan Chuey, PhD Candidate, Nursing | "Developing a Refugee-Informed Theory of Migrant Decision-Making"
- Sara F. Stein, MS, LMSW, PhD Candidate, Psychology and Social Work | "Longitudinal predictors of women’s engagement with multiple violent partners over eight years"

12:10 - 1 pm | LUNCH BREAK
Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP: https://goo.gl/forms/mo76HFKscbsCzFsq2

1 pm - 2:50 pm | "Taking Up Space"
Panel Chair: Ruby Tapia, Associate Professor of Women's Studies and English
- Andrea Rottmann, PhD Candidate, Germanic Language and Literatures | "A butch behind bars. The prison as a site of queer worldmaking in 1960s West Berlin"
-Bri Gauger, PhD Candidate, Architecture and Urban Planning | "From the Women’s Movement to the Academy: Feminist Urban Planning, 1970-1985"
-Peggy Lee, PhD Candidate, American Culture | "On Noisy Asians: Yoko Ono, Lisa Park, and Tina Takemoto"

Event Accessibility:
Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by loading dock). Accessible restrooms on south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. Gender neutral restroom on first floor.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 04 Oct 2018 11:09:15 -0400 2018-10-05T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-05T16:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Conference / Symposium group photo of Community of Scholars fellows on steps of Lane Hall
2018 MIDAS Annual Symposium (October 8, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45230 45230-11710204@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 8, 2018 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Featured speakers:

“Big Data in Manufacturing Systems with Internet-of-Things Connectivity”
Dawn Tilbury, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan.

“Big (Network) Data: Challenges and Opportunities for Data Science”
Patrick Wolfe, Frederick L. Hovde Dean of Science, Purdue University.

“The Data Science Expert in the Room”
Katherine Ensor, Director, Center for Computational Finance and Economic Systems (CoFES), Rice University.

“The Elements of Translational Data Science”
Raghu Machiraju, Interim Director, Translational Data Analytics Institute, The Ohio State University

The symposium will also include:

Research talks from U-M investigators
A poster session and student poster competition
Industry perspectives on data science and social good.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:01:31 -0400 2018-10-08T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-08T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Institute for Data Science Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
2018 MIDAS Annual Symposium (October 9, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45230 45230-11710205@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Featured speakers:

“Big Data in Manufacturing Systems with Internet-of-Things Connectivity”
Dawn Tilbury, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan.

“Big (Network) Data: Challenges and Opportunities for Data Science”
Patrick Wolfe, Frederick L. Hovde Dean of Science, Purdue University.

“The Data Science Expert in the Room”
Katherine Ensor, Director, Center for Computational Finance and Economic Systems (CoFES), Rice University.

“The Elements of Translational Data Science”
Raghu Machiraju, Interim Director, Translational Data Analytics Institute, The Ohio State University

The symposium will also include:

Research talks from U-M investigators
A poster session and student poster competition
Industry perspectives on data science and social good.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:01:31 -0400 2018-10-09T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-09T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Institute for Data Science Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
DAAS Africa Workshop with Jacqueline-Bethel Bougoue (Baylor University) (October 9, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54150 54150-13530693@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

JACQUELINE-BETHEL MOUGOUÉ is an interdisciplinary feminist scholar who is particularly interested in the gendering of identities in state politics, body politics, and religious politics in Cameroon. Currently, she is an assistant professor of history at Baylor University. Her first book, Gender, Separatist Politics and Embodied Nationalism in Cameroon is forthcoming with University of Michigan Press in 2019. Using oral interviews and archival records, such as Cameroon’s first cooking book and women’s advice columns, the book examines issues related to cookery, gossiping, sagacious female politicians, “sluggish” women who fail to attend the meetings of women’s organizations, and unruly housewives known as “women extremists,” to illuminate how issues of ideal womanhood shaped the Anglophone Cameroonian nationalist movement in the first decade of independence. The book uses the concept of embodied nationalism to illustrate how political elites and formally educated urbanites implied that women’s everyday patterns of behavior and comportment—the clothes that women wore, the foods they cooked, their abstention from gossip, and their adherence to appropriate marital behavior in public spaces—might make a suitable Anglophone Cameroonian persona physically conspicuous on the local, national, and international stage. By drawing upon history, political science, gender studies, and feminist epistemologies, Mougoué demonstrates how preserving conservative ideal Anglophone womanhood, cultural values, and political identity came to be seen as the lynchpin of Anglophone unity in English-speaking towns in Cameroon during the 1960s and early 1970s. Mougoué is currently finalizing research on her second book on the history of the Bahá’í Faith and masculine identities in English-Speaking Cameroon from the 1950s to the 1980s.

Mougoué’s scholarly articles have appeared in Gender & History, Journal of West African History, and Feminist Africa. She has forthcoming articles in Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism and African Studies Review. In addition, she has a forthcoming chapter on gender, leisure, and sports in Cameroon in Everyday Life on the African Continent: Fun, Leisure, and Expressivity (Ohio University Press). Mougoué is also a guest editor for a forthcoming topical forum, or “issue,” in African Studies Review (“Bodily Practices and Aesthetic Rituals in 20th Century Africa”). Her research has also appeared in academic blogs including African Studies Association News and Africa is a Country.

Mougoué has been a visiting scholar at the University of Buea (Cameroon) and a fellow at Northwestern University (United States). Currently, Mougoué is Co-Convenor of African Studies Association (ASA) Women’s Caucus, Advisory Member of ASA North American Scholars on Cameroon Association, Conference Liaison for Coordinating Council for Women in History (CCWH) and a member of the CCWH Mentorship Program Committee. Please click here for a CCWH brochure.

Mougoué has been invited to share her research at various academic institutions including Yale University (United States), Northwestern University (United States), Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University (Morocco), University of Leuven (Belgium), and Paris Diderot University (France). See the following for additional information on upcoming/past plenary talks.

Mougoué received her M.A. and Ph.D. in history from Purdue University. She holds an additional degree from Purdue, a Graduate Certificate in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies (WGSS) from the WGSS Program. Mougoué’s hobbies include long-distance running (her favorite runs were on Mount Cameroon and in Hawaii, the big island), traveling, photography, painting, and writing poetry and short stories.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Aug 2018 15:55:37 -0400 2018-10-09T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-09T18:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Is There a Gender Gap in the Creative Production of Music? (October 12, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54835 54835-13645303@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 12, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:54:33 -0400 2018-10-12T13:30:00-04:00 2018-10-12T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Annual Copernicus Lecture. Contemporary Poland Fighting for Democracy (October 15, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54803 54803-13645215@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 15, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

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

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

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

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 07 Sep 2018 13:44:38 -0400 2018-10-15T17:30:00-04:00 2018-10-15T19:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Lecture / Discussion Barbara Nowacka
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (October 18, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023817@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 18, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

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

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2018-10-18T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-18T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
MESWN Coffee and Book Club (October 19, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55704 55704-13772812@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Michigan Earth Science Women's Network

MESWN (Michigan Earth Science Women's Network) is very happy to start a book club aimed at professional development of women from all disciplines. Book for Fall 2018 - Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg. We will be meeting twice this semester to discuss sections of the book. Let us share our insights on this awesome book over snacks and coffee! The first meeting (Oct 19th) will cover chapters 1-4 and the second meeting (Nov 16th) will cover chapters 4-8.

RSVP is required - https://goo.gl/forms/p1804cxvb9D1k9222
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/events/1830299247065578/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 20 Sep 2018 01:01:08 -0400 2018-10-19T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T17:00:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Michigan Earth Science Women's Network Lecture / Discussion MESWN logo
Table Talks on the Diag (October 26, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56407 56407-13896806@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 26, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Diag - Central Campus
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

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

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Other Thu, 04 Oct 2018 15:44:26 -0400 2018-10-26T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-26T14:00:00-04:00 Diag - Central Campus Ginsberg Center Other Table Talks on the Diag
Mothering Across Borders and the Children Left Behind: Zimbabwean and Mexican Immigrant Female Domestic Workers in Johannesburg, South Africa and San Diego, United States (October 26, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52887 52887-13107796@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 26, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

This comparative study, illustrates how motherhood materializes through the often emotionally-heavy choices that female immigrants make as they strive to take care of variably vulnerable populations often located simultaneously in different locations. In so doing, this project illustrates how domestic labor takes shape along with women’s strategies for navigating the most intimate relationships across a global stage fraught with economic and political challenges. This research is situated in relationship to transnational feminist thought by highlighting the strategies that women use to navigate motherhood within a larger context that connects their experiences and strategies across places. As such, by focusing on the employment experiences and choices of immigrant domestic workers who are part of transnational motherhood flows, furthers understandings of how emotions are entangled with understandings of personal economic failure, that are often invisible and unpaid, while relationally shaping the everyday experiences of these women. The material for this analysis is based on oral histories of female Zimbabwean immigrants working in Johannesburg, South Africa and ten in-depth interviews with Latina domestic workers in San Diego, California, including their children left behind in Mexico.

Lorena Munoz is an assistant professor in gender women and sexuality studies and American studies at the University of Minnesota. Her research focuses on the intersections of place, space, gender, sexuality, health, and race. Her transdisciplinary research agenda has been focused on Latinas/Latinos in the global south, particularly in the areas (in)formal economy, labor, health, and productive/transformative agency.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 17 Sep 2018 16:37:11 -0400 2018-10-26T14:00:00-04:00 2018-10-26T15:30:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Lecture / Discussion
Critical Conversations Graduate Panel (October 30, 2018 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55056 55056-13680567@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 12:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Sponsored by the Early Modern Colloquium

Panelists:
Hannah Bredar, PhD student in English Language and Literature
Rebecca Hixon, PhD student in English Language and Literature
Annika Pattenaude, PhD candidate in English Language and Literature
Margo Kolenda, PhD candidate in English Language and Literature

Moderator: Valerie Traub, Adrienne Rich Professor of English and Women's Studies

For more information, please contact Laurel Billings, laurelnb@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 10 Sep 2018 17:02:45 -0400 2018-10-30T12:30:00-04:00 2018-10-30T14:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (November 2, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023791@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 2, 2018 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

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

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2018-11-02T10:00:00-04:00 2018-11-02T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
My Butch Career: A Memoir (November 2, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52889 52889-13107799@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 2, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Lesbian, Gay, Queer Research Initiative (LGQRI)

Join LGQRI in celebrating Esther Newton’s forthcoming memoir.

During her difficult childhood, Esther Newton recalls that she “became an anti-girl, a girl refusenik, caught between genders,” and that her “child body was a strong and capable instrument stuffed into the word ‘girl.’” Later, in early adulthood, as she was on her way to becoming a trailblazing figure in gay and lesbian studies, she “had already chosen higher education over the strongest passion in my life, my love for women, because the two seemed incompatible.”

In her new memoir, Newton tells the compelling, disarming, and at times sexy story of her struggle to write, teach, and find love, all while coming to terms with her identity during a particularly intense time of homophobic persecution in the twentieth century.

Affecting and immediate, "My Butch Career" is a story of a gender outlaw in the making, an invaluable account of a beloved and influential figure in LGBT history, and a powerful reminder of only how recently it has been possible to be an openly queer academic.

SPEAKER BIO:
Esther Newton, one of the pioneers of gay and lesbian studies, is formerly Term Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Michigan and Professor of Anthropology at Purchase College, State University of New York. She is the author of several books, including "Margaret Mead Made Me Gay: Personal Essays, Public Ideas" and "Cherry Grove, Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town," both published by Duke University Press, as well as the groundbreaking "Mother Camp: Female Impersonators in America."

Event Accessibility:
Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by loading dock). Accessible restrooms on south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. Gender neutral restroom on first floor.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 22 Oct 2018 11:14:13 -0400 2018-11-02T14:00:00-04:00 2018-11-02T15:30:00-04:00 Lane Hall Lesbian, Gay, Queer Research Initiative (LGQRI) Lecture / Discussion Book cover: "My Butch Career"
Susan L. Siegfried, Denise Riley Collegiate Professorship in the History of Art and Women's Studies, Inaugural Lecture (November 7, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53700 53700-13450525@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 7, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

This lecture looks at the early nineteenth century, a sort of “pre-theoretical” moment in which a new modern visual culture of fashion was emerging whose parameters and defining characteristics were not yet graspable. It is an intriguing moment for us, as we too are caught up in a world of rapidly changing media imagery and commercial practices that elude clear definition. We see exposed in early nineteenth century fashion culture more clearly than in later cultural theories the different, not necessarily compatible, levels at which such a culture operates; the sometimes conflicting values it brings into play; and the different temporalities both sustaining and disrupting it.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 16 Oct 2018 13:47:01 -0400 2018-11-07T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-07T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Lecture / Discussion siegfried
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (November 9, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 9, 2018 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

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

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2018-11-09T10:00:00-05:00 2018-11-09T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
AMAS Poetry Reading: "Diary of a Daughter in Diaspora" (November 13, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54103 54103-13528402@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS)

Bayan Founas is an educator and youth mentor in Detroit. She graduated from the university of Michigan in 2014 with a Women's Studies degree and will receive her Master's Degree in Educational Leadership and Policy from the University of Michigan in 2019. Passionate about making educational reforms in predominately poor communities of color, she created an art & poetry club for Detroit youth to creatively heal. Founas enjoys writing, reading, and performing spoken-word poetry.

In her first book, Founas outlines her life experiences and views through poetry. As the daughter of Algerian immigrants, she depicts the realities of growing up in America in the diaspora – leaving her between two foreign lands. She also provides a unique glimpse into the glories and traumas of educating black and brown youth in Detroit. This body of work is HER story as a first-generation Arab and Muslim woman growing up in America – a narrative that is rarely told from one’s own perspective.

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Performance Fri, 09 Nov 2018 09:38:15 -0500 2018-11-13T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-13T17:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS) Performance Flyer
Humanities & Environments Faculty Panel: "Water" (November 13, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54079 54079-13521845@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

During our 2018-19 Year of Humanities and Environments, we've organized faculty panels to explore contributions of humanistic inquiry around specific environmental subjects. Today: "Water" with:

EJ Westlake (English, theater & drama)
Leela Fernandes (women’s studies, political science)
Brendan Haug (classical studies)

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 07 Sep 2018 11:49:18 -0400 2018-11-13T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-13T17:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion 202 S. Thayer
CEW+Inspire Workshop Series – Gender Revolution in the Trump Era: Transformations in Consciousness and Gender Relations (November 15, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56377 56377-13894477@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: CEW+

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

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

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

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 05 Oct 2018 11:10:17 -0400 2018-11-15T13:00:00-05:00 2018-11-15T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location CEW+ Workshop / Seminar CEW+ Logo
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (November 16, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

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

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2018-11-16T10:00:00-05:00 2018-11-16T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
Critical Conversations -- Memory (November 16, 2018 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54728 54728-13638586@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 12:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Please join us for a conversation about Memory and Contemporary Studies

Featuring panel presentations by:
Naomi André, Sara Blair; Angela Dillard; Kristin Hass; Joshua Miller (chair)

Please kindly RSVP: https://goo.gl/forms/9AU8OOiIiLzovda92
(Lunch is available at 12pm; Presentations begin at 12:30pm)

"Critical Conversations" is a new monthly lunch series for 2018-19. In each session, a panel of four faculty members give flash talks about their current research as related to a broad theme. Presentations are followed by lively, cross-disciplinary conversation with the audience.

Sponsored by: the English Department; Critical Contemporary Studies; Transnational Contemporary Literature Workshop

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 09 Oct 2018 10:46:57 -0400 2018-11-16T12:30:00-05:00 2018-11-16T14:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion
MESWN Coffee and Book Club (November 16, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55704 55704-13772813@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Michigan Earth Science Women's Network

MESWN (Michigan Earth Science Women's Network) is very happy to start a book club aimed at professional development of women from all disciplines. Book for Fall 2018 - Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg. We will be meeting twice this semester to discuss sections of the book. Let us share our insights on this awesome book over snacks and coffee! The first meeting (Oct 19th) will cover chapters 1-4 and the second meeting (Nov 16th) will cover chapters 4-8.

RSVP is required - https://goo.gl/forms/p1804cxvb9D1k9222
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/events/1830299247065578/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 20 Sep 2018 01:01:08 -0400 2018-11-16T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-16T17:00:00-05:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Michigan Earth Science Women's Network Lecture / Discussion MESWN logo
Lecture by Simone Chess, Associate Professor of English at Wayne State University (November 19, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55057 55057-14083987@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 19, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

12:00pm - 1:30pm in 3222 Angell Hall

This talk is sponsored by the Early Modern Colloquium.
Contact Laurel Billings (laurelnb@umich) for further information.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 25 Oct 2018 10:56:11 -0400 2018-11-19T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-19T13:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion
Herstory: Spoken Word Narratives (November 29, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57878 57878-14365967@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 29, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Free and open to the public

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 26 Nov 2018 12:53:16 -0500 2018-11-29T13:00:00-05:00 2018-11-29T15:00:00-05:00 Dana Building Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (November 30, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023795@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 30, 2018 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

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

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2018-11-30T10:00:00-05:00 2018-11-30T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
The Premodern Colloquium. Church, State, and Family in Late Antiquity: The Problem of Women Patrons (December 2, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55103 55103-13687190@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 2, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

While Roman men enjoyed great freedom to dispose of their personal wealth in antiquity, the legal status of women was weaker and the fate of their bequests was often in dispute. Because they were legal minors, women’s donations to the church were especially vulnerable under Roman law, and the late Roman law codes record responses to challenges by family and creditors. As the imperial consistory takes up this litigation, emperors begin to articulate the state’s interest against the claims of the church. Case law thus becomes a driving force both for the definition of women’s legal capacity and an important point of church-state relations. What began as a ‘women’s problem’ gradually redrew the lines between church, state and family and, in significant ways, the boundaries of public and private life in late antiquity.

Readings are circulated approximately two weeks in advance and may be obtained upon request from Terre Fisher, Program Administrator for the Medieval and Early Modern Studies Program (MEMS), at telf@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 19 Nov 2018 15:22:46 -0500 2018-12-02T15:30:00-05:00 2018-12-02T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Workshop / Seminar
Critical Conversations -- Feminisms (December 3, 2018 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54731 54731-13638589@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 3, 2018 12:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Please join us for a transhistorical conversation about Feminisms.

Featuring panel presentations by:
Adela Pinch; Cathy Sanok; Xiomara Santamarina; Ruby Tapia; Valerie Traub (chair)

Please kindly RSVP: https://goo.gl/forms/xxdtHNVgWLeS3QIH2
(Lunch is available at 12pm; Presentations begin at 12:30pm)

"Critical Conversations" is a new monthly lunch series for 2018-19. In each session, a panel of four faculty members give flash talks about their current research as related to a broad theme. Presentations are followed by lively, cross-disciplinary conversation with the audience.

Sponsored by: the English Department

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 16 Sep 2018 15:29:17 -0400 2018-12-03T12:30:00-05:00 2018-12-03T14:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion
Title IX Comment Writing Event (December 3, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57893 57893-14366721@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 3, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

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

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

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

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

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 27 Nov 2018 09:58:40 -0500 2018-12-03T17:00:00-05:00 2018-12-03T20:00:00-05:00 Hutchins Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Workshop / Seminar banner with event title and information
Robo sapiens japanicus: Robots, Gender, Family, and the Japanese Nation by Jennifer Robertson (December 5, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52654 52654-12918935@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Discussants:
- JENNIFER ROBERTSON, Professor of Anthropology, History of Art, Women's Studies, and Art and Design; Affiliate Faculty, Robotics Institute
- JOY ROHDE, Associate Professor of Public Policy and History
- ALEXANDRA STERN, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Culture, History, and Women's Studies; Chair, Department of American Culture

Japan is arguably the first postindustrial society to embrace the prospect of human-robot coexistence. Over the past decade, Japanese humanoid robots designed for use in homes, hospitals, offices, and schools have become celebrated in mass and social media throughout the world. In Robo sapiens japanicus, Jennifer Robertson casts a critical eye on press releases and public relations videos that misrepresent robots as being as versatile and agile as their science fiction counterparts. An ethnography and sociocultural history of governmental and academic discourse of human-robot relations in Japan, this book explores how actual robots—humanoids, androids, and animaloids—are “imagineered” in ways that reinforce the conventional sex/gender system and political-economic status quo. In addition, Robertson interrogates the notion of human exceptionalism as she considers whether “civil rights” should be granted to robots. Similarly, she juxtaposes how robots and robotic exoskeletons reinforce a conception of the “normal” body with a deconstruction of the much-invoked Theory of the Uncanny Valley.

Attendees will have the chance to win a free copy of the book! There will be at least 5 winners. You must be present to win.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 29 Nov 2018 09:28:54 -0500 2018-12-05T15:00:00-05:00 2018-12-05T16:30:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Lecture / Discussion book cover "robo sapiens japanicus"
Transformations of Ovid in Late Antiquity: A Conversation with Ian Fielding and Peggy McCracken (December 5, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54747 54747-13642967@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

Ian Fielding (classical studies) and Peggy McCracken (French, women's studies, comparative literature) discuss Fielding's new book "Transformations of Ovid in Late Antiquity" followed by Q & A.

About the book:
Ovid could be considered the original poet of late antiquity. In his exile poetry, he depicts a world in which Rome has become a distant memory, a community accessible only through his imagination. This, Ovid claimed, was a transformation as remarkable as any he had recounted in his Metamorphoses. Ian Fielding's book shows how late antique Latin poets referred to Ovid's experiences of isolation and estrangement as they reflected on the profound social and cultural transformations taking place in the fourth, fifth and sixth centuries AD. There are detailed new readings of texts by major figures such as Ausonius, Paulinus of Nola, Boethius and Venantius Fortunatus. For these authors, Fielding emphasizes, Ovid was not simply a stylistic model, but an important intellectual presence. Ovid's fortunes in late antiquity reveal that poetry, far from declining into irrelevance, remained a powerful mode of expression in this fascinating period.

The Author's Forum is a collaboration between the U-M Institute for the Humanities and the University of Michigan Library.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 09:53:04 -0400 2018-12-05T17:30:00-05:00 2018-12-05T19:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Lecture / Discussion Transformation of Ovid in Late Antiquity poster
CJS Thursday Noon Lecture Series | Stigma and the Moral Economy of Tokyo's Sex Industry (December 6, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53708 53708-13450537@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 6, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Contemporary Japan is home to one of the world’s largest and most diversified markets for heteronormative sex. This talk asks how adult Japanese women working in Tokyo’s legal sex industry manage a problem central to their work: it is both uniquely lucrative and stigmatizing, simultaneously opening up possibility at the same time that it is unmentionable. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, in this talk I explore how the sexual economy is always also a moral economy shaped by ideologies of whom or what women’s labor should be for.

Gabriele Koch is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Yale-NUS College. Her research examines how globalizing rights discourses intersect with longstanding histories of gender, labor, and care in urban Japan. She is currently completing a book manuscript, entitled, Healing Labor: Japanese Sex Workers and the Gender of the Economy.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 14 Aug 2018 11:00:35 -0400 2018-12-06T12:00:00-05:00 2018-12-06T13:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Gabriele Koch, Assistant Professor, Division of Social Sciences, Yale-NUS College, Singapore
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (December 7, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023796@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 7, 2018 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

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

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2018-12-07T10:00:00-05:00 2018-12-07T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
Herstory: Hip Hop and Poetry (December 11, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57889 57889-14366553@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Free and open to the public

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Performance Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:48:51 -0500 2018-12-11T13:00:00-05:00 2018-12-11T14:30:00-05:00 Dana Building Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Performance
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (December 14, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023797@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 14, 2018 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

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

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2018-12-14T10:00:00-05:00 2018-12-14T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (December 21, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023798@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 21, 2018 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

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

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2018-12-21T10:00:00-05:00 2018-12-21T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (January 4, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023800@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 4, 2019 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

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

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2019-01-04T10:00:00-05:00 2019-01-04T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (January 11, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023801@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 11, 2019 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

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

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2019-01-11T10:00:00-05:00 2019-01-11T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
Bioethics Discussion: Race (January 15, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49429 49429-11453772@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

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

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

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

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

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:28:05 -0400 2019-01-15T19:00:00-05:00 2019-01-15T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Race
Ancient Infertility: Gender, Responsibility and Action, Rebecca Flemming (January 16, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58766 58766-14551073@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 10:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Women's and Gender Studies Department

Infertility was a major concern in the ancient world, where family continuity was a fundamental aim for all sections of society, an aim pursued in conditions of very high infant mortality. Doctors and divinities, laws and states, all took an interest in encouraging and assisting the production and maintenance of healthy children.

This seminar focuses on a key problematic within this wider field, one with obvious modern resonances. That is the tension between the medical understanding of shared responsibility for the inability of a married couple to produce offspring, that the cause could be the man, the woman, or the combination of the two, and a social and legal framework which was all about his children. It was the husband’s family line that was at stake here. Divorcing a wife who had failed to procreate thus made sense, for example, but was it fair? It might not be her fault, and the obligations of marriage were not solely bound up with the generation of children. But what other courses of action were available? These issues are openly debated in some of the declamations—fictional court speeches—that survive from the Roman Empire, and these will be read alongside some medical material.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 18 Dec 2018 11:10:03 -0500 2019-01-16T10:00:00-05:00 2019-01-16T12:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Women's and Gender Studies Department Lecture / Discussion
Discover Series: Working with Collections that Highlight Underrepresented Perspectives (January 17, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58486 58486-14508641@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 17, 2019 4:00pm
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

The William L. Clements Library acquires, preserves, and provides access to primary source materials pertinent to early American History. Its curators identify projects for internships based on historical value, the physical condition of materials, and other priorities including the Clements’ Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategic Plan. Please join us as students and mentors discuss their recent conservation, collection description, cataloging, and digitization projects.

LS&A undergraduate student Ella Horwedel performed conservation work and created a finding aid for the Starry Family Correspondence. James H. Starry, his wife Nancy Starry, siblings, cousins, and others wrote often-candid letters about their lives in Virginia and Ohio between 1840 and 1850. They provided valuable reflections on gender relations, courtship, alcohol use and temperance, African Americans, slavery, and other subjects. Ella washed, repaired, and lined the Starrys' heavily damaged letters to make them safe for handling by researchers; and she wrote descriptive text to help scholars discover the collection for study.

Vocal music student Alexandra Brassard worked with the Graphics Division to digitize and improve catalog records for the Clements Library's illustrated sheet music collection. Although American popular music of the past includes pervasive racial caricatures and stereotypes, it is also rich with themes related to immigration, gender, spiritualism, and includes notable African American composers.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Jan 2019 10:46:51 -0500 2019-01-17T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-17T17:30:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion Clements Conservator and Student Intern Working Together
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (January 18, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023802@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

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

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2019-01-18T10:00:00-05:00 2019-01-18T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
Race, Gender and Feminist Philosophy: Is It Time To Consider All-Gender Prisons? (January 18, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56389 56389-13894490@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

*This lecture will be presented via Skype.

Heath Fogg Davis is a scholar-activist whose work in classrooms, boardrooms, community centers, and media seeks to alleviate discrimination and inequality. He is the author of Beyond Trans: Does Gender Matter? and Building Gender-Inclusive Organizations: The Workbook, which offer practical guidance to individuals and organizations on how to develop trans-inclusive administrative policies that are institutionally smart.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 14 Jan 2019 15:05:49 -0500 2019-01-18T14:00:00-05:00 2019-01-18T15:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Workshop / Seminar
CSAS Lecture Series | Understanding the New Credibility Regimes of Development: The Politics of Sanitary Pads as a Pro-Poor Technology in India (January 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53181 53181-13272086@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

Technology has long played a central role in efforts to alleviate global poverty, with international NGOs and developed world governments using it as an important modernization tool. But these interventions have had mixed impacts: in addition to perpetuating the West’s dominance, these technologies are often simply rejected by citizens in the developing world because they do not embody relevant values and priorities. But in recent years the international development landscape has changed. The players involved have diversified, now including international and local NGOs, social entrepreneurs and innovators, venture capitalists, universities, and developing world governments. And, there have been growing calls to ensure that interventions are “evidence-based”, preferably deployed on the basis of large-scale, quantitative evidence and even randomized controlled trials. How have these changes affect the pro-poor technology landscape and its politics? What are the implications for citizens in the developing world? In this paper I explore these questions by focusing on the politics of the sanitary pad in India. In recent years, “period poverty” has come to be seen as an important development issue, with sanitary pads becoming the main solution. Rather than the result of systematic and unbiased evidence gathering, however, I argue that this problem and solution are the result of the new credibility regimes that underlie development governance today. I pay attention to how and why particular kinds of interventions are recognized and validated by public and private, large and small, development initiatives. Indeed, even the definitions of knowledge and expertise are shaped by these priorities. The national and international media play important roles in influencing the sanitary pad intervention as well. Finally, I explore how these politics shape the role, rights, and responsibilities of the female citizen in India.

Shobita Parthasarathy is Professor of Public Policy and Women's Studies, and Director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, at University of Michigan. She is interested in how technological innovation, and innovation systems, can better achieve public interest and social justice goals, as well as in the politics of knowledge and expertise in science and technology policy. Her current research focuses on the politics of technology for the poor, with a focus in India. She is the author of numerous articles and two books:Patent Politics: Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United States and Europe(University of Chicago Press, 2017) and Building Genetic Medicine: Breast Cancer, Technology, and the Comparative Politics of Health Care (MIT Press, 2007).

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 05 Nov 2018 13:37:35 -0500 2019-01-18T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-18T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for South Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Shobita Parthasarathy, Professor of Public Policy, U-M
Animal Studies & Environmental Humanities RIW: Welcome Back Mingle (January 23, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59971 59971-14806090@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 11:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Refreshments and snacks provided.

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Social / Informal Gathering Thu, 17 Jan 2019 16:35:09 -0500 2019-01-23T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-23T12:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Social / Informal Gathering
6th Annual Omenn Lecture & Poster Session (January 23, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58784 58784-14559365@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Omenn Lecture

Olga Troyanskaya is a professor at the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics and the Department of Computer Science at Princeton University, where she has been on the faculty since 2003. In 2014 she became the deputy director of Genomics at the Center for Computational Biology at the Flatiron Institute, a part of the Simons Foundation in NYC. She holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics from Stanford University, has been honored as one of the top young technology innovators by the MIT Technology Review, and is a recipient of the Sloan Research Fellowship, the National Science Foundation CAREER award, the Overton award from the International Society for Computational Biology, and the Ira Herskowitz award from the Genetic Society of America.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 23 Jan 2019 10:28:50 -0500 2019-01-23T14:30:00-05:00 2019-01-23T17:30:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Omenn Lecture Lecture / Discussion
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (January 25, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023803@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

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

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2019-01-25T10:00:00-05:00 2019-01-25T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
she was here, once (January 25, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875130@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-01-25T13:00:00-05:00 2019-01-25T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Understanding Barriers to Women’s Advancement in the Workplace: Applied and Action-Oriented Research (January 25, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57828 57828-14321124@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Despite significant gains in women’s educational attainment, gender differences in labor market outcomes persist and barriers to the advancement of women in the workplace still remain. In this talk I will discuss my portfolio of research in this area as well as speak about the pleasures and pitfalls of doing action-oriented research.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Nov 2018 11:37:56 -0500 2019-01-25T13:30:00-05:00 2019-01-25T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
she was here, once (January 28, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875129@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-01-28T08:00:00-05:00 2019-01-28T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
she was here, once (January 29, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875148@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-01-29T08:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Bioethics Discussion: Gender (January 29, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49430 49430-11453774@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

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

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

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

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

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:29:55 -0400 2019-01-29T19:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Gender
she was here, once (January 30, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875166@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-01-30T08:00:00-05:00 2019-01-30T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
she was here, once (January 31, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875184@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-01-31T08:00:00-05:00 2019-01-31T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Postponed Due to Weather - A Bioethical Lunch on Publishing and Peer Review (January 31, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54451 54451-13585502@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 12:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

[CANCELED DUE TO THE UNIVERSITY SHUTDOWN. Our apologies.]

A lunchtime discussion on the ethics of publishing in science and the peer-review system, with special guest Nick Kotov.

Please note the location of the event is now at NCRC B10 G065. Sorry about any confusion.

Please RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/pTU6Py3FAZn1iSLm1

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 31 Jan 2019 10:42:45 -0500 2019-01-31T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-31T13:30:00-05:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Race and gender
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (February 1, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023804@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

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

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2019-02-01T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-01T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
she was here, once (February 1, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875131@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-01T13:00:00-05:00 2019-02-01T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
"Dirty work," Invisibility and Dignity: An Intersectional Exploration of Janitors in India, US and South Korea (February 1, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60157 60157-14840472@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

My research explores “dirty work” and dignity, based on my comparative work of Janitors in the US, South Korea and India. Using an interdisciplinary framework, my talk will focus on how intersections of caste, gender, social class, age and ethnicity shape the invisibility of janitors in the workplace in culture-specific ways. Using qualitative interviews, social media analyses and ethnography, my research documents various dignity injuries experienced by janitors in these three cultural contexts. My talk will also present how Janitors also actively restore their dignity and infantilization of their labor in these three cultural contexts. I will discuss the relevance of intersectional framework to study dignity in workplace.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:49:58 -0500 2019-02-01T13:30:00-05:00 2019-02-01T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
she was here, once (February 4, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875202@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 4, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-04T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-04T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
she was here, once (February 5, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875149@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-05T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-05T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
she was here, once (February 6, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875167@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-06T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-06T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
she was here, once (February 7, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875185@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-07T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-07T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (February 8, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023805@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

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

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2019-02-08T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
she was here, once (February 8, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875132@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-08T13:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
she was here, once (February 11, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875203@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 11, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-11T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-11T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
she was here, once (February 12, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875150@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-12T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-12T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
“Closing Critical Gaps in Women’s Healthcare Around the World: The Story of Medicines360, A Nonprofit Pharma Company,” (February 12, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60772 60772-14963944@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

How innovative business models can make a positive social impact by improving access to quality medicines for women regardless of where they live, their insurance status, or whether they can pay will be the topic for the Feb. 12 WDI Global Impact Speaker Series. Sally Stephens, chief business officer of Medicines 360, will discuss the organization's global focus and how it is driven to meet an unmet need for women around the world, including in the U.S. That is, affordable, long-acting contraceptives. Medicines360 has the only nonprofit pharmaceutical company with a marketed product in the U.S. Its first product is a hormonal intrauterine device, or IUD, which had been out of reach for many women because of the high cost of the sole brand on the market. Medicines360 offers its FDA-approved Liletta at a discounted price to public sector clinics across the U.S. to increase access to this important family-planning product. Additionally, Medicines360 has been working with international health organizations to offer the product, branded as Avibela in low- and middle-income countries, to also increase access to these markets. Avibela was launched in Madagascar in 2018. Sales of Liletta in the U.S. help fund research and development efforts by the company to bring contraceptives to countries such as Madagascar. Stephens will discuss the history of Medicines360, its successes and its plans to expand access to its affordable medicines and products for women.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 11 Feb 2019 16:32:04 -0500 2019-02-12T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-12T18:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business William Davidson Institute Lecture / Discussion Medicines360
Sexpertise: Sexuality Through a Social Justice Lens (February 12, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61068 61068-15027195@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Health Service

Sexpertise is a two-day series of workshops on February 12th and 13th, 2019, planned by and for students. It engages students, faculty, and community practitioners in discussion and learning about sexuality and relationships through a social justice lens. We'll explore topics of interest to U-M students including empowerment, identities, wellness, relationships, and more! All events are free and open to the public. Registration is encouraged but not required, and you are invited to attend one, a few, or all sessions!

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Feb 2019 13:23:55 -0500 2019-02-12T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-12T21:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University Health Service Workshop / Seminar Sexpertise Flier
Bioethics Discussion: Circumcision (February 12, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49431 49431-11453775@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on health, tradition, and mutilation.

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

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

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

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:30:45 -0400 2019-02-12T19:00:00-05:00 2019-02-12T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Circumcision
she was here, once (February 13, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875168@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-13T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-13T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Sexpertise: Sexuality Through a Social Justice Lens (February 13, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61068 61068-15027196@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University Health Service

Sexpertise is a two-day series of workshops on February 12th and 13th, 2019, planned by and for students. It engages students, faculty, and community practitioners in discussion and learning about sexuality and relationships through a social justice lens. We'll explore topics of interest to U-M students including empowerment, identities, wellness, relationships, and more! All events are free and open to the public. Registration is encouraged but not required, and you are invited to attend one, a few, or all sessions!

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Feb 2019 13:23:55 -0500 2019-02-13T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-13T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University Health Service Workshop / Seminar Sexpertise Flier
she was here, once (February 14, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875186@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 14, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-14T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-14T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (February 15, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023806@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

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

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2019-02-15T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
"Ice Bar" Short Story Collection Reading Group (February 15, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59973 59973-14806091@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 11:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Hosted by the Animal Studies & Environmental Humanities RIW.

Please RSVP to lageiger@umich.edu or cvfair@umich.edu to receive a copy of Ice Bar.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 17 Jan 2019 16:45:57 -0500 2019-02-15T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T12:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Workshop / Seminar
she was here, once (February 15, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875133@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-15T13:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
she was here, once (February 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875204@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-18T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
she was here, once (February 19, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875151@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-19T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
“Suffering and Bleeding As Though You Was Killing Hogs”: Mass Incarceration and Black Women’s Health (February 19, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60404 60404-15099304@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

In 1911, Mary Dykes was tried for vagrancy and sentenced to twelve months hard labor on a Georgia chain gang. A few months later she “became insane” and “unable to work.” In 2016, Sherry Richburg’s leg was amputated after a prison physician denied her access to antibiotics. Mary and Sherry exemplify the historical abuses of the prison health care system and its mistreatment of black female patients. The medical lives of black women in America's jails and prisons is the focus of this presentation.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Talitha LeFlouria is the Lisa Smith Discovery Associate Professor in African and African-American Studies at the University of Virginia and an Andrew Carnegie Fellow. She is a scholar of African American history, specializing in mass incarceration; modern slavery; and black women in America. She is the author of Chained in Silence: Black Women and Convict Labor in the New South (UNC Press, 2015). This book received several national awards including: the Darlene Clark Hine Award from the Organization of American Historians (2016), the Philip Taft Labor History Award from the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations & Labor and Working-Class History Association (2016), the Malcolm Bell, Jr. and Muriel Barrow Bell Award from the Georgia Historical Society (2016), the Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Prize from the Association of Black Women Historians (2015), and the Ida B. Wells Tribute Award from the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (2015). Her work has been featured in the Sundance nominated documentary, Slavery by Another Name, as well as C-SPAN and Left of Black. Her written work and expertise have been profiled in The Atlantic, Washington Post, Ms. Magazine, The Nation, Huffington Post, For Harriet, and several syndicated radio programs.

Professor LeFlouria is the co-director of the Public Voices Fellowship Program at the University of Virginia. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Historians Against Slavery and on the editorial board of the Georgia Historical Quarterly and International Labor and Working-Class History journal.

Presented by IRWG's Black Feminist Health Studies program.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Feb 2019 12:16:55 -0500 2019-02-19T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Lecture / Discussion photo of Talitha LeFlouria
she was here, once (February 20, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875169@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-20T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Millis Erwachen/Milli’s Awakening (Natasha Kelly, 2018) (February 20, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60111 60111-14838297@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 6:30pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

Milli's Awakening takes its name from the painting Sleeping Milli (1911), in which expressionist painter Ludwig Kirchner takes an eroticizing and exoticizing view of his Black female model. But one instance in centuries-long history of Black people in Germany, “Milli” remains silent, speaking volumes about how Black women have been reduced to anonymous objects of desire. Milli’s awakening seeks to intervene in this history, by bringing together the voices of eight Black German women of different generations. Through their artistic practices they have defined self-determined positions within white German mainstream society. Like a quilt, the film unfolds in a way reflecting the diversity and interwoven nature of these (hi)stories.

The German Film Series begins with a light dinner at 6:30 pm followed by introduction of the screening at 7:00 pm. **Screened in German with English subtitles. With Q&A in English with director Natasha Kelly following the film. Introduced by Professor Kristin Dickinson.

Co-sponsored by Alamanya, with support from the Center for European Studies and DAAS.

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Film Screening Fri, 25 Jan 2019 14:40:17 -0500 2019-02-20T18:30:00-05:00 2019-02-20T21:00:00-05:00 North Quad Germanic Languages & Literatures Film Screening Millis Erwachen
she was here, once (February 21, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875187@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-21T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (February 22, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023807@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

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

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2019-02-22T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
she was here, once (February 22, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875134@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-22T13:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Gender Harassment in Science: Is it Just Me? (February 22, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60849 60849-14972980@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

No, it isn’t just you. Sexual harassment is rampant across the sciences and other male-dominated disciplines. Gender harassment in particular, the “put downs” of sexual harassment, are rarely recognized as creating a negative workplace for women and gender minorities. Yet gender harassment is the most prevalent and frequent form of harassment, and thus has similar negative outcomes for women compared to the kinds of singly traumatic sexual events described more often in the media. In this talk, I will show how the history and culture of science creates white masculine ideals that permeate its modern practice, and how these ideals in turn influence the lived experience, productivity, and inclusion of women of color and white women. I will draw from recent publications as well as upcoming projects to demonstrate the ways in which people who are sexually harassed 1) question the validity of their experience, 2) question their scientific identity and worth, and 3) become targeted for intersecting forms of harassment depending on their other identities (e.g., gender identity, race, sexuality).

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 05 Feb 2019 16:49:03 -0500 2019-02-22T13:30:00-05:00 2019-02-22T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
she was here, once (February 25, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875205@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-25T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Narrating Black Girls' Lives (February 25, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57338 57338-14157747@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25
4:00 pm: "A Serial Biography of the Wayward" keynote lecture by Saidiya Hartman, Columbia (1014 Tisch Hall)
6:00 pm: "she was here, once" by Nastassja Swift gallery opening, Lane Hall

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26
10:00 am: Girlhood, Oral History and Life Narratives roundtable (1014 Tisch Hall)
11:30 pm: Women, Biography and Age as a Category of Analysis roundtable (1014 Tisch Hall)
1:45 pm: Girlhood, Representation and Culture (1014 Tisch Hall)
3:00 pm: Black Girls, State Violence and Political and Civic Participation (1014 Tisch Hall)

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27
10:00 am: Artist's Workshop for Undergraduates with Nastassja Swift (2239 Lane Hall)

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 20 Feb 2019 10:39:30 -0500 2019-02-25T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T19:30:00-05:00 Tisch Hall Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Conference / Symposium Conference Flyer
Dissonance Event Series: Genetics & Medical Apps: Ethics, Privacy, Law and Policy (February 25, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60952 60952-14990967@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Information Assurance

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:08:57 -0500 2019-02-25T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T19:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Information Assurance Lecture / Discussion Genetics & Medical Apps Panel Discussion
Exhibit Opening & Reception: "she was here, once" (February 25, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60755 60755-14961658@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Join artist Nastassja Swift to celebrate the official opening of her solo exhibition, "she was here, once," in the Lane Hall Gallery.

This reception is presented in collaboration with the Narrating Black Girls' Lives Conference. Book sales and signing with keynote speaker, Dr. Saidiya Hartman will also take place during this reception.

about the exhibition:
The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us. Consisting of wearable fiber sculptures, mixed media installation and film, the exhibition traces the ancestral footsteps of the Black woman in Richmond, Virginia. Nastassja creates an immersive environment shaped from history, story and experience.

project background:
In summer 2018, Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative project that analyzes the history of the black female body in Richmond, and navigates the stories and identities of the women before us, the stories of the present, and how they affect our tomorrows. Through a communal workshop and collaborative public performance, Nastassja engaged black female residents of varying ages, within Richmond communities, in a project infused with dance, sound and visual narrative that took place in Shockoe Bottom and Jackson Ward. Eight women and girls, dressed in white garments, wore a large, needle felted white wool mask and traveled by foot from the Trail of Enslaved Africans, and ended on Leigh Street in the Jackson Ward neighborhood.

The project has produced a mini documentary and short film. Both films are on display in the University of Michigan's Lane Hall Gallery until August 2, 2019.

about the artist:
Nastassja Swift is a Virginia artist holding a Bachelors degree of Fine Art from Virginia Commonwealth University with a major in Painting & Printmaking and a minor in Craft & Material Studies. She is the owner and artist of D for Dolls, an online collection of handmade needle felted figures. Outside of being a doll maker, she works with paint, print, performance and fiber within her studio practice. Nastassja’s work is currently on display in a group exhibition at The Colored Girls Museum, and her solo exhibition at Harmony Hall Arts Center. She has participated in several national and international residences and exhibitions, including her solo exhibit in Doha, Qatar, and fellowships at the Vermont Studio Center and MASS MoCA. www.nastassjaswift.com

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Reception / Open House Wed, 20 Feb 2019 09:41:34 -0500 2019-02-25T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T19:30:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Reception / Open House photo of a group of women wearing masks
she was here, once (February 26, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875152@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-26T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Narrating Black Girls' Lives (February 26, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57338 57338-14157748@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 10:00am
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25
4:00 pm: "A Serial Biography of the Wayward" keynote lecture by Saidiya Hartman, Columbia (1014 Tisch Hall)
6:00 pm: "she was here, once" by Nastassja Swift gallery opening, Lane Hall

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26
10:00 am: Girlhood, Oral History and Life Narratives roundtable (1014 Tisch Hall)
11:30 pm: Women, Biography and Age as a Category of Analysis roundtable (1014 Tisch Hall)
1:45 pm: Girlhood, Representation and Culture (1014 Tisch Hall)
3:00 pm: Black Girls, State Violence and Political and Civic Participation (1014 Tisch Hall)

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27
10:00 am: Artist's Workshop for Undergraduates with Nastassja Swift (2239 Lane Hall)

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 20 Feb 2019 10:39:30 -0500 2019-02-26T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T16:00:00-05:00 Tisch Hall Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Conference / Symposium Conference Flyer
Forum on Climate Change & Health -- What the Science Says & What We Can Do (February 26, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59580 59580-14754546@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Center for Midlife Science

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

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Feb 2019 12:29:18 -0500 2019-02-26T15:30:00-05:00 2019-02-26T18:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Center for Midlife Science Workshop / Seminar Climate Change & Health
she was here, once (February 27, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875170@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-27T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Narrating Black Girls' Lives (February 27, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57338 57338-14157749@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 11:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25
4:00 pm: "A Serial Biography of the Wayward" keynote lecture by Saidiya Hartman, Columbia (1014 Tisch Hall)
6:00 pm: "she was here, once" by Nastassja Swift gallery opening, Lane Hall

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26
10:00 am: Girlhood, Oral History and Life Narratives roundtable (1014 Tisch Hall)
11:30 pm: Women, Biography and Age as a Category of Analysis roundtable (1014 Tisch Hall)
1:45 pm: Girlhood, Representation and Culture (1014 Tisch Hall)
3:00 pm: Black Girls, State Violence and Political and Civic Participation (1014 Tisch Hall)

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27
10:00 am: Artist's Workshop for Undergraduates with Nastassja Swift (2239 Lane Hall)

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 20 Feb 2019 10:39:30 -0500 2019-02-27T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T13:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Conference / Symposium Conference Flyer
DAAS Diasporic Dialogues: “Micro(phone) Aggressions: Nina Simone's Sound and Technologies of Black Rage" (February 27, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60566 60566-14910380@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Edwin Hill's research seeks to highlight the marginalized intellectual and cultural traffic between France and the Americas. He has published and/or presented on contemporary Caribbean writers, Sub-Saharan francophone literature, African American popular music, French chanson, and francophone hip hop. Similarly, his teaching interests, while focused on black vernacular culture and France, extend from the poetry of Negritude writers to postcolonial explorations of contemporary francophone writers and musicians.

His first book Black Soundscapes White Stages: The Meaning of Sound in the Francophone Black Atlantic (Johns Hopkins UP, 2013) considers the torn aesthetic and ideological relationships between Antillean music and literature from the 1920s to 1960s to be a colonial struggle over the meaning of Caribbean vernacular culture. Informed by an interdisciplinary formation (Bachelor Degree in Music Performance, PhD in French and Francophone Studies), Black Soundscapes White Stages relocates the marginalized voices of the black diaspora through the discursive matrix of French imperialism and the cultural history of the French West Indies. The book has enjoyed positive reviews in French Studies: A Quarterly Review 68.3 (summer 2014), Comparative Literature Studies 52.3 (2015), and Contemporary French Civilization (Spring 2015).

Professor Hill's current book project, Black Static, locates rage as an sonic/affective vibration routed through the circuits of African diasporic musical culture, travel, and communication. It focuses on a range of musicians and writers, from Nina Simone and militant rap artist Casey to Frantz Fanon and Ta-Nehisi Coates. Professor Hill is also at the beginning stages a third book project: a critical biography of Léon Gontran-Damas.


Education
Ph.D. French and Francophone Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, 2007
B.A. Music Performance (Percussion), University of Iowa
M.A. French Literature, University of Iowa

Description of Research
Summary Statement of Research Interests
Research interests include: Francophone poetry and music. Representations of post/colonial desire and romance. Exchanges in Caribbean and black Atlantic identity formations and cultural discourses. Cultural studies, performance studies and musical discourses on gender and race. Technology and post/colonial discourse.

Conferences and Other Presentations
Conference Presentations
""Black Noise in a Moment of Silence"", Lecture/Seminar, Freie Universität, Berlin Germany, John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Stud, Invited, Spring 2016
""Freedom of Silence"", Lecture/Seminar, Muhlenberg College. Allentown, PA., French and Francophone Studies Program, Invited, Fall 2015
""On Not Being and Not Following Charlie"", Questioning Aesthetics Symposium, Talk/Oral Presentation, California Institute of the Arts, Program in Aesthetics and Politics, Invited, Fall 2015
""Cipha vs State: Symbolic Violence and the Performative Power of the Rap Lyric in France and the US."", Theme Colloquium, Lecture/Seminar, University of Oregon, Department of Music and Dance, Department of Roman, Invited, Spring 2015
""Sounding Affect"", Thinking in Sonic Terms, Talk/Oral Presentation, Abstract, McNeil Center for Early American Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Mellon Sawyer Seminar "Race Across Time and Space", Invited, Spring 2014
""Black Women, Affect, and the Cité"", The Transatlantic, Africa and its Diaspora, Talk/Oral Presentation, Abstract, Oxford University, The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities, Invited, Fall 2013
""Bêtes noires: Black Women Beast on the MIC"", New Directions in Caribbean Sound, Talk/Oral Presentation, Abstract, Rutgers University, The Critical Caribbean Studies Initiative at Rutge, Invited, Spring 2013
""DJ Cut Killer in the Cité"", Music Moves; Exploring Musical Meaning through Difference, Framing and Transformation, Talk/Oral Presentation, Paper, Georg August University Göttingen, Musicology Department in cooperation with the Cent, Invited, Spring 2013
""Falling Down: Representing Rage in Popular Culture"", Lecture/Seminar, Abstract, Emory University, Department of French and Italian, Invited, Spring 2013
""Falling Down: Representing Rage in Popular Culture"", Lecture/Seminar, Abstract, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Foreign Languages and Literatures Section, Invited, Spring 2013
""Falling Down: Representing Rage in Popular Culture"", Lecture/Seminar, Abstract, University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of French, Invited, Spring 2013
""Sharpen me THIS" (Critical Karaoke)", Locals Only: Pop & Politics in this Town -- Annual EMP Pop Music Conference, Talk/Oral Presentation, REDCAT Theatre, Experience Music Project, Invited, Spring 2013

Publications
Book
Hill, E. C. (2013). Black Soundscapes, White Stages: The Meaning of Sound in the Black Francophone Atlantic. Callaloo African Diaspora Studies Series. Johns Hopkins University Press.
Hill, E. C. Black Static (in progress).

Book Chapter
Hill, E. C. (2010). Monnaies Mythiques: Métissage and A Woman's Worth in Suzanne Dracius's Sa Destinée Rue Monte au Ciel. Paris: Harmattan.

Book Review
Hill, E. C. (2016). Book Review. Voices of Negritude in Modernist Print: Aesthetic Subjectivity, Diaspora, and the Lyric Regime (New York: Columbia UP, 2015) by Carrie Noland. French Studies.
Hill, E. C. (2016). Book Review. Sounds French: Globalization, Cultural Communities, and Pop Music, 1958-1980 (New York: Oxford UP, 2015) by Jonathyne Briggs. Journal of Social History.

Essay
Hill, E. C. (2016). "Uncanny Correspondences". LA, CA. LACE - Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions.
Hill, E. C. (2012). Afterwards: Climbing Down from the Sky. pp. 25 pages. Virginia. Virginia University Press.

Journal Article
Hill, E. C. (2013). "Making Claims on Echoes: Dranem, Cole Porter, and the biguine between the Antilles, France and the US". Popular Music.
Hill, E. C. Ratés rythmiques: Léon-Gontran Damas's Black Label and the Negritude Beat. Negritud: Revista de Estudios Afro-Latinoamericanos. 28 December 2012
Hill, E. C. (2007). "‘Adieu madras, adieu foulard’: Antillean Musical Origins and the Doudou’s Colonial Plaint. Ethnomusicology Forum / Routledge. Vol. 16 (1), pp. 19-43.
Hill, E. C. (2004). 'Aux armes et caetera: Re-covering Nation for Cultural Critique. Copyright Volume! Musiques actuelles et problématiques plastiques / Éditions Mélanie Séteun. Vol. 2 (2)
Hill, E. C. (2002). Imagining Métissage: The Politics and Practice of Métissage in the French Colonial Exposition and Ousmane Socé’s Mirages de Paris. Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture / Routeledge. Vol. 8 (4)

Other
Hill, E. C. (2006). "Letter following" by Daniel Maximin ("Lettre suit"). Exchanges: A Journal of Literary Translations.

Service to the Profession
Conferences Organized
Organizer / Panelist, "Paris, Beirut, Ankara: A Roundtable Discussion.", USC, Fall 2015
Project Banlieue: French Peri/Urban Cultures and Crises, Project Banlieue encourages research on marginalized French urban cultural production and life. It includes a year long lecture social science series and a one day humanities colloquium March 6., 2008-2009

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 12:27:05 -0500 2019-02-27T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T18:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
she was here, once (February 28, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875188@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-02-28T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (March 1, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023808@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 1, 2019 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

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

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2019-03-01T10:00:00-05:00 2019-03-01T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
she was here, once (March 1, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875135@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 1, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-01T13:00:00-05:00 2019-03-01T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
she was here, once (March 4, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875206@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 4, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-04T08:00:00-05:00 2019-03-04T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
she was here, once (March 5, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875153@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 5, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-05T08:00:00-05:00 2019-03-05T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
she was here, once (March 6, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875171@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 6, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-06T08:00:00-05:00 2019-03-06T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
she was here, once (March 7, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875189@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 7, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-07T08:00:00-05:00 2019-03-07T17:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (March 8, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023809@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 8, 2019 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

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

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2019-03-08T10:00:00-05:00 2019-03-08T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
she was here, once (March 8, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875136@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 8, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-08T13:00:00-05:00 2019-03-08T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
she was here, once (March 11, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875207@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 11, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-11T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-11T17:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
she was here, once (March 12, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875154@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-12T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-12T17:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Women in Leadership Conference (March 12, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62091 62091-15286976@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Office of Student Affairs

Attendees can expect to leave inspired and carrying a renewed sense of pride about their place in the professional world. In addition to networking and professional development opportunities, attendees can expect to develop and renew friendships while attending a series of workshops and hearing from leaders in industry and academia about leadership at all levels. Lunch will be provided for all attendees.

RSVP: https://goo.gl/forms/vYisKv3OmrUMDEcd2

If you have any questions, please contact the WiL Conference Planning Committee at WILSubcommittee@umich.edu"

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Mar 2019 18:53:06 -0400 2019-03-12T18:00:00-04:00 2019-03-12T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Office of Student Affairs Conference / Symposium Women in Leadership Conference
she was here, once (March 13, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875172@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-13T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T17:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Gender: New Works, New Questions- Branding Humanity: Competing Narratives of Rights, Violence, and Global Citizenship by Amal Hassan Fadlalla (March 13, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57790 57790-14306146@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Speakers:
- Amal Hassan Fadlalla, Associate Professor, Women's Studies, Anthropology, Afroamerican and African Studies
- Sandra Gunning, Professor, Afroamerican and African Studies, and American Culture;
- Victor Mendoza, Associate Professor, English and Women’s Studies; Faculty Associate, Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Program, and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies

The Save Darfur movement gained an international following, garnering widespread international attention to this remote Sudanese territory. Celebrities and other notable public figures participated in human rights campaigns to combat violence in the region. But how do local activists and those throughout the Sudanese diaspora in the United States situate their own notions of rights, nationalism, and identity?

Based on interviews with Sudanese social actors, activists, and their allies in the United States, the Sudan, and online, Branding Humanity (Stanford Press, 2018) traces the global story of violence and the remaking of Sudan identities. Amal Hassan Fadlalla asks readers to consider how national and transnational debates about violence circulate, shape, and re-territorialize ethnic identities, disrupt meanings of national belonging, and rearticulate notions of solidarity and global affiliations.

This event is part of IRWG's Gender: New Works, New Questions series, which spotlights recent publications by U-M faculty members and allows for deeper discussion by an interdisciplinary panel.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 04 Feb 2019 10:19:41 -0500 2019-03-13T16:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Lecture / Discussion Branding Humanity cover
Jewish Feminisms/American Visions (March 13, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61614 61614-15152483@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Jewish Communal Leadership Program

The Jewish Communal Leadership Program at the University of Michigan School of Social Work and the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, working in partnership with the Jewish Women’s Archive, present Jewish Feminisms/American Visions: Perspectives from Fifty Years of Activism. This historic event brings together 36 pioneering and contemporary feminist activists, leaders, and thinkers to consider the role of Jewish identity in the framing and development of second wave American feminism. Building on the interpretations offered by historian Joyce Antler in her recent book, "Jewish Radical Feminism: Voices from the Women's Liberation Movement", activists from the 1960s through today will reexamine the contexts, experiences, and identities that went into creating American feminism and its impact on Jewish culture, politics, and religion.

For more information, go here: https://ssw.umich.edu/programs/jewish-communal-leadership-program/events/jewish-feminisms-american-visions

To register, go here: http://archive.ssw.umich.edu/forms/rsvp/index.html?eventID=E3521

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 25 Feb 2019 17:22:45 -0500 2019-03-13T19:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T21:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art Jewish Communal Leadership Program Conference / Symposium Jewish Feminisms American Visions
she was here, once (March 14, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875190@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-14T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T17:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Jewish Feminisms/American Visions (March 14, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61614 61614-15152484@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 8:30am
Location: School of Social Work Building
Organized By: Jewish Communal Leadership Program

The Jewish Communal Leadership Program at the University of Michigan School of Social Work and the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, working in partnership with the Jewish Women’s Archive, present Jewish Feminisms/American Visions: Perspectives from Fifty Years of Activism. This historic event brings together 36 pioneering and contemporary feminist activists, leaders, and thinkers to consider the role of Jewish identity in the framing and development of second wave American feminism. Building on the interpretations offered by historian Joyce Antler in her recent book, "Jewish Radical Feminism: Voices from the Women's Liberation Movement", activists from the 1960s through today will reexamine the contexts, experiences, and identities that went into creating American feminism and its impact on Jewish culture, politics, and religion.

For more information, go here: https://ssw.umich.edu/programs/jewish-communal-leadership-program/events/jewish-feminisms-american-visions

To register, go here: http://archive.ssw.umich.edu/forms/rsvp/index.html?eventID=E3521

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 25 Feb 2019 17:22:45 -0500 2019-03-14T08:30:00-04:00 2019-03-14T17:00:00-04:00 School of Social Work Building Jewish Communal Leadership Program Conference / Symposium Jewish Feminisms American Visions
Sexual Modernities Conference (March 14, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52291 52291-12590267@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Modernist Studies Workshop

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

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

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


Thursday, March 14 featured events:

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


Friday, March 15 featured events:

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

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


Saturday, March 16 featured events:

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

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:54:29 -0400 2019-03-14T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Modernist Studies Workshop Conference / Symposium sexual modernities
Jewish Feminisms/American Visions (March 14, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61614 61614-15152485@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 7:00pm
Location: School of Social Work Building
Organized By: Jewish Communal Leadership Program

The Jewish Communal Leadership Program at the University of Michigan School of Social Work and the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, working in partnership with the Jewish Women’s Archive, present Jewish Feminisms/American Visions: Perspectives from Fifty Years of Activism. This historic event brings together 36 pioneering and contemporary feminist activists, leaders, and thinkers to consider the role of Jewish identity in the framing and development of second wave American feminism. Building on the interpretations offered by historian Joyce Antler in her recent book, "Jewish Radical Feminism: Voices from the Women's Liberation Movement", activists from the 1960s through today will reexamine the contexts, experiences, and identities that went into creating American feminism and its impact on Jewish culture, politics, and religion.

For more information, go here: https://ssw.umich.edu/programs/jewish-communal-leadership-program/events/jewish-feminisms-american-visions

To register, go here: http://archive.ssw.umich.edu/forms/rsvp/index.html?eventID=E3521

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 25 Feb 2019 17:22:45 -0500 2019-03-14T19:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T21:00:00-04:00 School of Social Work Building Jewish Communal Leadership Program Conference / Symposium Jewish Feminisms American Visions
Jewish Feminisms/American Visions (March 15, 2019 8:15am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61614 61614-15152487@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 8:15am
Location: School of Social Work Building
Organized By: Jewish Communal Leadership Program

The Jewish Communal Leadership Program at the University of Michigan School of Social Work and the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, working in partnership with the Jewish Women’s Archive, present Jewish Feminisms/American Visions: Perspectives from Fifty Years of Activism. This historic event brings together 36 pioneering and contemporary feminist activists, leaders, and thinkers to consider the role of Jewish identity in the framing and development of second wave American feminism. Building on the interpretations offered by historian Joyce Antler in her recent book, "Jewish Radical Feminism: Voices from the Women's Liberation Movement", activists from the 1960s through today will reexamine the contexts, experiences, and identities that went into creating American feminism and its impact on Jewish culture, politics, and religion.

For more information, go here: https://ssw.umich.edu/programs/jewish-communal-leadership-program/events/jewish-feminisms-american-visions

To register, go here: http://archive.ssw.umich.edu/forms/rsvp/index.html?eventID=E3521

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 25 Feb 2019 17:22:45 -0500 2019-03-15T08:15:00-04:00 2019-03-15T12:00:00-04:00 School of Social Work Building Jewish Communal Leadership Program Conference / Symposium Jewish Feminisms American Visions
Sexual Modernities Conference (March 15, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52291 52291-12590268@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 9:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Modernist Studies Workshop

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

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

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


Thursday, March 14 featured events:

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


Friday, March 15 featured events:

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

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


Saturday, March 16 featured events:

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

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:54:29 -0400 2019-03-15T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Modernist Studies Workshop Conference / Symposium sexual modernities
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (March 15, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023810@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

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

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2019-03-15T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
Jewish Feminisms/American Visions (March 15, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61614 61614-15152488@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 12:30pm
Location: School of Social Work Building
Organized By: Jewish Communal Leadership Program

The Jewish Communal Leadership Program at the University of Michigan School of Social Work and the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, working in partnership with the Jewish Women’s Archive, present Jewish Feminisms/American Visions: Perspectives from Fifty Years of Activism. This historic event brings together 36 pioneering and contemporary feminist activists, leaders, and thinkers to consider the role of Jewish identity in the framing and development of second wave American feminism. Building on the interpretations offered by historian Joyce Antler in her recent book, "Jewish Radical Feminism: Voices from the Women's Liberation Movement", activists from the 1960s through today will reexamine the contexts, experiences, and identities that went into creating American feminism and its impact on Jewish culture, politics, and religion.

For more information, go here: https://ssw.umich.edu/programs/jewish-communal-leadership-program/events/jewish-feminisms-american-visions

To register, go here: http://archive.ssw.umich.edu/forms/rsvp/index.html?eventID=E3521

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 25 Feb 2019 17:22:45 -0500 2019-03-15T12:30:00-04:00 2019-03-15T14:00:00-04:00 School of Social Work Building Jewish Communal Leadership Program Conference / Symposium Jewish Feminisms American Visions
she was here, once (March 15, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875137@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-15T13:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks
Parental Leaves and Gender Equality: The Effect of Parental Leaves on Women’s and Men’s Careers (March 15, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61538 61538-15126013@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Parental leaves are critical for gender equality as they help employees manage both having careers and children, and recent trends in many countries including Canada entail encouraging longer parental leaves. Yet, past research shows that longer parental leaves can have unintended negative career impacts, especially for women, while the effects for men are less well understood. In this talk, I will present data examining the effect of parental leaves on both women’s and men’s careers. I will first present a set of studies examining effects of longer (one year and above) parental leaves on women’s careers. Given that past research shows that longer parental leaves may unintentionally harm women’s career progress, while they are also beneficial for the health of mothers and babies, here we sought to identify the mechanism underlying negative effects of longer (vs. shorter) maternity leaves: undermined perceptions of agency. That is, to enable mothers to do both, i.e., take longer maternity leaves and advance their careers, it was important to identify an underlying mechanism and consequently utilize this knowledge to test interventions that boost agency perceptions and mitigate negative effects of longer parental leaves. In a context of Canadian parental leave policies, we found that undermined perceptions of agency mediated the negative effects of a longer (i.e., one year) compared to a shorter (i.e., one month) maternity leave on job commitment (Study 1); providing information about a woman’s agency mitigates the unintended negative effects of a longer maternity leave (Study 2); and the usage of an organizational program that enables women to stay in touch with the workplace while on maternity leaves enhances agency perceptions and mitigates negative consequences (Study 3). Next, given that true gender equality involves men’s experiences as well, I will present findings from two studies on the effects of parental leaves on men’s career outcomes. Contrary to the negative effects of parental leaves on women’s careers, we theorized and found in a sample of undergraduate students (Study 4) and employees (Study 5) that the effects of parental leaves on men’s careers can be positive due to others’ enhanced perceptions of men’s “communality,” i.e., traits generally ascribed to women such as warmth, friendliness, and a sensitivity to the needs of others. Implications for theory, practice, and gender equality broadly are discussed.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 22 Feb 2019 12:51:10 -0500 2019-03-15T13:30:00-04:00 2019-03-15T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Coffee and Book Club (March 15, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61268 61268-15063351@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower
Organized By: Michigan Earth Science Women's Network

MESWN (Michigan Earth Science Women's Network) is very happy to start a book club aimed at professional development of students from all disciplines. The Book for Winter 2019 is - Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck. We will be meeting thrice this semester to discuss a section of the book. Let us share our insights of this awesome book over snacks and coffee.

Please RSVP here : https://goo.gl/forms/qWyT6Vpkfsftqkd83
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/events/776838996048045/

Meeting 1 : March 15th (Friday), 4:00-5:00 pm : Chapters 1-3
Meeting 2 : April 4th (Thursday), 4:00 - 5:00 pm : Chapters 4-6
Meeting 3 : April 19th (Friday), 4:00 - 5:00 pm : Chapters 6-8

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Well-being Fri, 15 Feb 2019 13:00:02 -0500 2019-03-15T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T17:00:00-04:00 Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower Michigan Earth Science Women's Network Well-being Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower
CSAS Lecture Series | Practicing Vulnerability -- Men's Rights Activists, Embodiment and Appropriation (March 15, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53188 53188-13278543@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

One of the primary strategies through which the Men’s Rights Movement (MRM) in India seeks to challenge the reform of laws of marriage and gender-based violence established through feminist mobilization, is to claim recognition within global discourses of human rights and gender equity, aligning with the messages of a range of groups across the political spectrum. This paper explores how these alignments draw on images of feminism as modernity and menace, and normative masculinity as bewilderment, abandonment and alienation, appropriating the identities of marginalized men and feminized weakness to their advantage. I draw upon my ethnographic fieldwork with Men’s Rights Activists across Indian cities to identify some of the contradictions about gendered and intersectional power within such representations and their connection to MRM movement strategies. I argue that Men’s Rights Activists’ practices of projecting vengeance and claiming vulnerability in legal and political realms are premised upon inversions of discourses of power, elisions of gender, caste and class, and conflations of feminism and the State.

Srimati Basu is Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Anthropology, and a member of the Committee on Social Theory and the Asia Center Affiliates. She has an Interdisciplinary Ph.D. from Ohio State University in Cultural Studies/ Anthropology/ Women's Studies, and her teaching, research and community work interests include Legal Anthropology, Women in Development, Feminist Jurisprudence, South Asia, Feminist Theory and Methodology, Work, Property and Violence Against Women. Following an ethnographic study of feminist legal reform, marriage, courts, mediation, rape and domestic violence law, she conducted fieldwork on men's rights activits, marriage and domestic violence, the subject of her 2013-14 Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Fellowship in India and now a monograph in process.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 04 Mar 2019 10:37:40 -0500 2019-03-15T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for South Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Srimati Basu
Sexual Modernities Conference (March 16, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52291 52291-12590269@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 16, 2019 9:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Modernist Studies Workshop

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

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

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


Thursday, March 14 featured events:

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


Friday, March 15 featured events:

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

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


Saturday, March 16 featured events:

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

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:54:29 -0400 2019-03-16T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-16T12:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Modernist Studies Workshop Conference / Symposium sexual modernities
The Jewish Future is Feminist (March 17, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61706 61706-15170154@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 17, 2019 12:00pm
Location: School of Social Work Building
Organized By: Jewish Communal Leadership Program

The world is changing and so is Jewish feminism. At this critical juncture, the University of Michigan School of Social Work’s Jewish Communal Leadership Program (JCLP) has brought together three unique individuals who center feminism as a Jewish value. Join JCLP and April Baskin, Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann and Sarah Hurwitz as we relate the legacies of Jewish feminism to what it means to confront today’s opportunities and challenges. These pioneering women are bringing together traditional and innovative approaches in order to create communities that center women, Jews of Color, gender nonconforming people, and other marginalized peoples.

Presented as part of the Frankel Speaker series with generous support from: Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, The Covenant Foundation, Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs, University of Michigan College of Literature Science and the Arts Women’s Studies Department, The Diversity Equity and Inclusion Office at the University of Michigan School of Social Work, The University of Michigan William Monroe Trotter Multicultural Center, The University of Michigan Hillel, The Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor, The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, Beth Israel Congregation and Robert Aronson.

Please join JCLP on Sunday March 17, 2019 from 12-3pm at the Educational Conference Center at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. Doors open at 12 pm, with light refreshments, and the program will be begin at 12:30pm.

We hope that you can join us for a memorable afternoon!

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 27 Feb 2019 17:34:56 -0500 2019-03-17T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-17T15:00:00-04:00 School of Social Work Building Jewish Communal Leadership Program Lecture / Discussion The Jewish Future is Feminist
she was here, once (March 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59501 59501-14875208@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 8:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The mobility and displacement of the Black body, from port to holding cell, to ward and out, is a history that is embedded in our communities socially, culturally and geographically. Alluding to feelings of pain, otherness, power and triumph, "she was here, once" features work that illustrates a moment of remembrance and reflection on the women who have roamed these spaces before us.

In summer 2018, artist Nastassja Swift organized a collaborative workshop and public performance in her home city of Richmond, Virginia. Using a range of choreographed movement, sound, and solidarity, eight Black women and girls, wearing large needle felted wool masks, traced the ancestral footprints of the arrival of the Black body in Richmond. The 3.5 mile walk began in Shockoe Bottom (the site of the importation of slaves into Richmond, and one of the largest sources of slave trade in America) and concluded in the Jackson Ward neighborhood (one of the largest Black communities in Richmond).

The multi-layered piece has produced a short film, mini documentary, photography, and performance masks, on display in her solo exhibition, "she was here, once" in Lane Hall.

Lane Hall Gallery is open to the public weekdays from 8am - 4pm. Class visits are encouraged.

Accessibility: Ramp and elevator access at the E. Washington Street entrance (by the loading dock). There are accessible restrooms on the south end of Lane Hall, on each floor of the building. A gender neutral restroom is available on the first floor.

Contact Heidi Bennett, IRWG Event Planner (heidiab@umich.edu) with questions about this exhibition.

Cosponsors: Department of Women's Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Department of English, Art History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Center for the Education of Women+

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Exhibition Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:01:51 -0400 2019-03-18T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T17:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition photo of a group of women wearing masks