Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Apply to be the next Twink Frey Visiting Social Activist! (March 15, 2023 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104675 104675-21809807@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: CEW+

For more info and to apply: https://www.cew.umich.edu/advocacy-initiatives/twink-frey-visiting-social-activist-program

Each year the Twink Frey Visiting Social Activist (TFVSA) Program brings to CEW+ a social justice activist whose work affects women and recognizes gender equity issues. One goal of the program is to build the capacity and effectiveness of social activists by giving the TFVSA time, space, and support to work on a project that would not be possible under the activist’s usual working circumstances.

The TFVSA program gives the selected TFVSA time for reflection, research, planning, and writing related to their area of activism. Each TFVSA is required to work on a project that will advance their future work and potentially benefit other activists.

If selected, the applicant is invited to reside near campus for up to one month or make intermittent visits to Ann Arbor and work remotely. The 2024 residency will take place during the winter semester with a presentation of their project the following fall semester at the CEW+ Annual Advocacy Symposium. The activist receives a $10,000 stipend to cover their expenses while in Ann Arbor. Travel expenses to and from Ann Arbor are separately reimbursed by the endowment fund.

ELIGIBILITY

The TFVSA program supports activists whose work addresses gender equity issues that affect the lives of women and/or girls. The program defines social justice and equity programs broadly to include activism in such areas as housing, employment, income support, food security, education, violence, child care, health care, and employer benefits like paid sick leave and retirement income.

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Other Wed, 08 Feb 2023 13:48:57 -0500 2023-03-15T00:00:00-04:00 2023-03-15T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location CEW+ Other TFVSA Call for Proposals Flyer
DAAS Zora Neale Hurston Lecture with Kidada Williams PhD(History, WSU) (March 23, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106202 106202-21813919@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 23, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Trotter Multicultural Center
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Kidada E. Williams is a writer and historian who researches African American survivors of racist violence. She is the author of I Saw Death Coming and They Left Great Marks on Me; co-editor of #CharlestonSyllabus; host and co-producer of “Seizing Freedom,” a podcast docudrama that covered the epic story of African Americans' fight for freedom during the Civil War and beyond. And, she is an associate professor of History at Wayne State University in Detroit.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 14 Mar 2023 17:01:23 -0400 2023-03-23T15:00:00-04:00 2023-03-23T17:00:00-04:00 Trotter Multicultural Center Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion Kidada Williams PhD
POSTPONED: Considering an Academic Career? (April 11, 2023 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/106892 106892-21814972@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 11:30am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of American Culture

Interested in becoming a professor? Unsure about a faculty career, but want some more time in academia to figure it out? Come hear from a panel of faculty with substantial experience on the academic job market applying for fellowships, post-docs, tenure-track and visiting faculty positions. Lunch will be provided!

Panelists:
William Calvo-Quirós’ research and teaching is all about connections and intersections between the multidisciplinary fields of Design, Aesthetics and Space with Latina/o Chicana/o Studies.
Retika Adhikari is a cultural anthropologist and works at the intersection of anthropology and ethnic studies. Her research explores the limits of contemporary humanitarian interventions and the processes of refugee racialization in the American Rust Belt cities.
Umayyah Cable is jointly appointed in the departments of American Culture and Film, Television, and Media, and is a core faculty member in the Arab and Muslim American Studies Program.

Moderator:
Nancy Khalil is an anthropologist whose research interests include US Muslims, particularly US Islamic higher education institutions and Muslim clerics, or imams. She is a core faculty member in the Department of American Culture's Arab and Muslim American Studies Program.

Registration required:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdPHOnpwWHFMJzpytiZRY9Gb_GjUyoHR9K6od7QfcN4YWEXyg/viewform?usp=sf_link

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 11 Apr 2023 09:23:19 -0400 2023-04-11T11:30:00-04:00 2023-04-11T13:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of American Culture Careers / Jobs Event Poster
LSA Mentorship Panel and Alum Meet & Greet (April 14, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106965 106965-21815057@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 14, 2023 2:00pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Join your student peers and alums from an active LSA community for an afternoon of connections where you’ll explore the impact 1:1 mentoring can have on your own undergraduate journey and career development. Learn about mentoring through first-hand experiences from students who just completed the year-long LSA Mentorship Program (more info on that below). You can mix and mingle with alum mentors from a range of majors and industries and get a taste of the kind of career advice you can receive over the course of next year. With the school year almost over, take advantage of this on-campus event to connect with LSA alums and fellow students in a low-stakes environment where you can ask any questions, practice connecting with professions, and find your people within LSA.
About the Alums:

Judy Kehler - General Studies to City Government to Consulting >> Connect with Judy

Jenna Golden - Poli Sci to Twitter to Consulting >> Connect with Jenna

Nikhil Ramanathan - Econ to Senior Product Manager >> Connect with Nikil

Mark Gerstein - From Poli Sci to Partner >> Connect with Mark

Chec Kim - From History to Finance and Government Relations >> Connect with Cheh

Jamie West - From Creative Writing to Computer Science >> Connect with Jamie

Leslie Mitchell Bond - From Psychology & Poli Sci to Healthcare >> Connect with Leslie

Eileen Enright - From Poli Sci, Spanish & International Studies to Nonprofits >> Connect with Eileen

Kimberly Truong - From Sociology to Higher Education >> Connect with Kim

About the LSA Mentorship Program:
The LSA Mentorship Program matches current LSA undergrads with LSA alums in 1-1 mentoring relationships that carry on throughout the academic year. During the year-long program, students will learn directly from their alum match through regular guided meetings and also through exclusive events for students to practice networking with the alum mentors, whose identities span majors, industries, identities, and experiences.

You should attend this session if you are:
- An LSA student interested in connecting with LSA alums and peers
- Curious about the LSA Mentorship Program, and how you can be a part of it next year
- Looking for ways to build and your own U-M network

What you’ll gain by attending:
- An opportunity to be in community with LSA students and alums
- The chance to learn about the LSA Mentorship Program and how to apply
- Practice connecting with LSA alums in a low-stakes environment

The Opportunity Hub aims to deliver inclusive and accessible experiences and welcomes all LSA students to participate. This event is in the LSA building is a wheelchair accessible building which includes wheelchair-accessible restrooms, a gender-inclusive and accessible restroom, places to sit or stand during the event, and accessible parking options nearby on State Street. To request other accommodations please contact LSA Hub Events at lsa.hubevents@umich.edu or 734-763-4674 so we can make arrangements.

RSVP now to be part of the celebration!

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 29 Mar 2023 11:16:34 -0400 2023-04-14T14:00:00-04:00 2023-04-14T16:00:00-04:00 LSA Building LSA Opportunity Hub Workshop / Seminar LSA Building
Building an Inclusive Community: Lessons for a Post-Affirmative Action Era (September 25, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112010 112010-21828325@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 25, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

As a companion to the Affirmative Action in Higher Education Teach-Out, join Michigan Online for a live event on September 25, 1 PM, highlighting the experiences of experts in diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) initiatives and college admissions at the University of Michigan, the lessons they’ve learned along the way, and what others can do to continue fostering diverse and inclusive communities in light of the recent Supreme Court ruling. Following their stories, you will be able to ask questions of the panelists.

The Affirmative Action in Higher Education Teach-Out is an online learning event in which you’ll learn the historical context of affirmative action and the role it has had in U.S. college admissions, explore case studies in states that previously banned affirmative action, and discuss the need for colleges and community members to be a part of building equitable educational opportunities for everyone.

Whether you are just beginning your DEIJ work or have been involved for some time, this event will offer strategies to stay motivated and engaged in building equitable opportunities for all.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 14 Sep 2023 11:01:51 -0400 2023-09-25T13:00:00-04:00 2023-09-25T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Livestream / Virtual Affirmative Action Teach-Out Live Event
Insurgents and Intellectuals: Thought and Practice on the Left in US History (October 5, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111677 111677-21827410@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 5, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Department of History

Insurgents and Intellectuals: Thought and Practice on the Left in US History

What is the historic relation of left-wing politics and modern intellectual life? How have today’s humanist disciplines in the academy been influenced by a scholarly generation radicalized as part of late-1960s insurgent movements (and by a secondary generation schooled by that one)?

Circa 1950, “the intellectuals” as a social phenomenon, whether “critical” or conformist, absorbed a great deal of attention—just as “intellectual history” stood as a prominent part of the historical discipline. Now, hardly anyone will talk of “the intellectuals” as a group, stratum, or role-carriers of a distinct sort. Within the academy, talk of “intellectuals” has devolved into a placid appreciation of “public intellectuals,” or those whom administrators value for “engaged scholarship.” But what of the “radical left” in the sense suggested by Howard Brick and Christopher Phelps’s Radicals in America: The U.S. Left since the Second World War: a variegated, concrete social current of dissent in the United States, from the time of the Abolitionists (circa 1830) to the present, identified with radical visions of new, dramatically transformed social relations characterized by wide-ranging emancipation, equality, and democratic participation in collective self-government?

This conference asks for a new approach to an old question regarding intellectuals and politics: To what extent has there been an identifiable left-wing intellectual tradition within and/or without the more general mainstream sense of an “American intellectual tradition”? And insofar as we can locate such, to what extent has it been historically significant—significant, that is, in terms beyond the high-cultural virtue of contributing to knowledge but in an effectual sense of helping to shape (as it is shaped by) human action generally, its structures, conflicts, and development? And finally, what can we say, historically, about the practical impact or efficacy of this radical left intellectual tradition/lineage over time or at particular moments?


Full Program:
1014 Tisch Hall

Thursday, October 5, 2023

1 pm Opening Reception

2-3:30 pm Panel 1: A Heritage of Antiracist and Anticolonial Agitation

Jay Cook (University of Michigan): “Rethinking Ira Aldridge: Actor of Color, Global Star, Insurgent Intellectual, and the Most Widely-Seen Abolitionist of the Nineteenth Century”
Mary Kelley (University of Michigan): “Journey in and through Women’s and Gender History”
Anthony Mora (University of Michigan): “Mexican Heroes in U.S. Imaginations”

4-5:30 pm Keynote Address
Nelson Lichtenstein (UC-Santa Barbara): “What is a Labor Intellectual?”

Friday, October 6, 2023

10:30-12 pm Panel 2: Prologue to the 20th-Century Left and the Emergence of Modern “Intellectuals”

Julie Greene (University of Maryland): “The Wages of Empire: U.S. Workers Confront Global Capitalism”
Eileen Boris (UC-Santa Barbara): “Emma Goldman’s ‘The Traffic in Women’ Revisited: Sex Work, Sweatshops, and Discourses of Slavery”
Kevin Gaines (University of Virginia): “Du Bois, the Black Left, and Black Radicalism”

1:30-3 pm Panel 3: Radical Intellectuals over the Course of the “Old Left”

Casey Blake (Columbia University): “Paul Goodman: Drawing the Line, Again and Again”
Alan Wald (University of Michigan): “Paradigm Dramas in U.S. Literary Radicalism”
Penny Von Eschen (University of Virginia): “Before the New Left: Anticolonial Intellectuals and the Non-Aligned Imagination”

3:30-5 pm Panel 4: The New Left and Beyond: Whither the Radicals of ’68?

Alice Echols (University of Southern California): “Paths to ‘68: ‘Organize Around Your Own Oppression’”
Christian Davenport (University of Michigan): "Mapping the DeMarketplace of Ideas: Introducing Ptolemy with Selected Applications Across Time"
Daniel Geary (Trinity College Dublin): “Radical Chic?: The Left-Liberal Revival of the 1960s and 1970s”

5:15-6:30 Panel 5: Capital and Critique (Toward a Social-Intellectual History of the Radical Left)

Margaret Somers (University of Michigan)
Greg Parker (University of Michigan)
Geoff Eley (University of Michigan)
David Spreen (Harvard University)
Dan Borus (University of Rochester)
James Maffie (University of Maryland)

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 06 Sep 2023 13:35:21 -0400 2023-10-05T13:00:00-04:00 2023-10-05T18:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Department of History Conference / Symposium UNIA Parade in Harlem 1920
Insurgents and Intellectuals: Thought and Practice on the Left in US History (October 6, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111677 111677-21827411@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 6, 2023 10:00am
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Department of History

Insurgents and Intellectuals: Thought and Practice on the Left in US History

What is the historic relation of left-wing politics and modern intellectual life? How have today’s humanist disciplines in the academy been influenced by a scholarly generation radicalized as part of late-1960s insurgent movements (and by a secondary generation schooled by that one)?

Circa 1950, “the intellectuals” as a social phenomenon, whether “critical” or conformist, absorbed a great deal of attention—just as “intellectual history” stood as a prominent part of the historical discipline. Now, hardly anyone will talk of “the intellectuals” as a group, stratum, or role-carriers of a distinct sort. Within the academy, talk of “intellectuals” has devolved into a placid appreciation of “public intellectuals,” or those whom administrators value for “engaged scholarship.” But what of the “radical left” in the sense suggested by Howard Brick and Christopher Phelps’s Radicals in America: The U.S. Left since the Second World War: a variegated, concrete social current of dissent in the United States, from the time of the Abolitionists (circa 1830) to the present, identified with radical visions of new, dramatically transformed social relations characterized by wide-ranging emancipation, equality, and democratic participation in collective self-government?

This conference asks for a new approach to an old question regarding intellectuals and politics: To what extent has there been an identifiable left-wing intellectual tradition within and/or without the more general mainstream sense of an “American intellectual tradition”? And insofar as we can locate such, to what extent has it been historically significant—significant, that is, in terms beyond the high-cultural virtue of contributing to knowledge but in an effectual sense of helping to shape (as it is shaped by) human action generally, its structures, conflicts, and development? And finally, what can we say, historically, about the practical impact or efficacy of this radical left intellectual tradition/lineage over time or at particular moments?


Full Program:
1014 Tisch Hall

Thursday, October 5, 2023

1 pm Opening Reception

2-3:30 pm Panel 1: A Heritage of Antiracist and Anticolonial Agitation

Jay Cook (University of Michigan): “Rethinking Ira Aldridge: Actor of Color, Global Star, Insurgent Intellectual, and the Most Widely-Seen Abolitionist of the Nineteenth Century”
Mary Kelley (University of Michigan): “Journey in and through Women’s and Gender History”
Anthony Mora (University of Michigan): “Mexican Heroes in U.S. Imaginations”

4-5:30 pm Keynote Address
Nelson Lichtenstein (UC-Santa Barbara): “What is a Labor Intellectual?”

Friday, October 6, 2023

10:30-12 pm Panel 2: Prologue to the 20th-Century Left and the Emergence of Modern “Intellectuals”

Julie Greene (University of Maryland): “The Wages of Empire: U.S. Workers Confront Global Capitalism”
Eileen Boris (UC-Santa Barbara): “Emma Goldman’s ‘The Traffic in Women’ Revisited: Sex Work, Sweatshops, and Discourses of Slavery”
Kevin Gaines (University of Virginia): “Du Bois, the Black Left, and Black Radicalism”

1:30-3 pm Panel 3: Radical Intellectuals over the Course of the “Old Left”

Casey Blake (Columbia University): “Paul Goodman: Drawing the Line, Again and Again”
Alan Wald (University of Michigan): “Paradigm Dramas in U.S. Literary Radicalism”
Penny Von Eschen (University of Virginia): “Before the New Left: Anticolonial Intellectuals and the Non-Aligned Imagination”

3:30-5 pm Panel 4: The New Left and Beyond: Whither the Radicals of ’68?

Alice Echols (University of Southern California): “Paths to ‘68: ‘Organize Around Your Own Oppression’”
Christian Davenport (University of Michigan): "Mapping the DeMarketplace of Ideas: Introducing Ptolemy with Selected Applications Across Time"
Daniel Geary (Trinity College Dublin): “Radical Chic?: The Left-Liberal Revival of the 1960s and 1970s”

5:15-6:30 Panel 5: Capital and Critique (Toward a Social-Intellectual History of the Radical Left)

Margaret Somers (University of Michigan)
Greg Parker (University of Michigan)
Geoff Eley (University of Michigan)
David Spreen (Harvard University)
Dan Borus (University of Rochester)
James Maffie (University of Maryland)

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 06 Sep 2023 13:35:21 -0400 2023-10-06T10:00:00-04:00 2023-10-06T18:30:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Department of History Conference / Symposium UNIA Parade in Harlem 1920
The Hub Presents: The 2023 LSA Graduate School Fair (October 24, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109791 109791-21822818@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 24, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Are you interested in learning more about graduate schools and how a graduate degree could move you closer to your career goals? If so, this event is for you.

You might be wondering: What makes graduate school the right next step for me? How can it impact my future? What makes for a competitive application? What schools should I consider? Or, what should I expect before, during, and after the application process? The annual LSA Graduate School Fair is a great way to learn about nationwide graduate school programs – including top-ranked programs at our own U-M – and develop an action plan that fits your learning and career goals.

By attending this event, you can:
Discover the diverse set of options available for both graduate and professional schools
Meet 1:1 with graduate program representatives from many schools to ask your most pressing questions about the ins-and-outs of grad school.
Gain knowledge and clarity on your post-graduate plans, application timelines, and requirements.


The 2023 LSA Graduate School Fair will be hosted in person by the LSA Opportunity Hub on October 24 from 3 p.m.–6 p.m. at the Michigan Union in the Rogel Ballroom. RSVP for email updates and further information about the schools and programs that will be present at the fair.

What To Expect
To make the most of this in-person event, we recommend you review our Canvas module full of resources and content that can help you prepare for the fair four weeks in advance.


You should attend this event if you are:
An LSA student in any year
Interested in learning more about graduate school (application process, admission strategies, funding options, what programs to consider, etc.)

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Fair / Festival Fri, 04 Aug 2023 09:54:22 -0400 2023-10-24T15:00:00-04:00 2023-10-24T18:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union LSA Opportunity Hub Fair / Festival Michigan Union
Innovation Insights: A Research Talk with Ben Castleman and Kelli Bird (November 6, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113853 113853-21831819@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 6, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Algorithms are increasingly used in the education sector to predict which students need additional support or to recommend educational pathways and opportunities for students. We’re excited to invite you to the Center for Academic Innovation’s latest Innovation Insights: A Research Talk with Ben Castleman, Newton and Rita Meyers Associate Professor in Economics of Education at the University of Virginia, and Kelli Bird, Research Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia.

In Humans vs. Algorithmic Predictions in Education, Castleman and Bird will present emerging evidence on the accuracy of human versus algorithmic predictions, how educators respond to algorithmic recommendations, and the presence and implications of algorithmic bias in education.

A Zoom link will be provided upon registration. We hope to see you there!

*Innovation Insights*

The Center for Academic Innovation brings together people who want to transform education, share knowledge, and increase learner success by hosting inspiring talks, collaborative problem-solving workshops, and discussions on the latest in educational research and practice. The Innovation Insights series features a diverse lineup of topics, delivered by leaders in academia and private industry, united by the common goals of delivering insights into how to further academic innovation and build the future of education.

*About Ben Castleman*

Ben Castleman is the Newton and Rita Meyers Associate Professor in the Economics of Education at the University of Virginia. Castleman's research develops scalable solutions in education and public policy by leveraging behavioral economics and data science strategies in the context of research-policy partnerships. He was a senior advisor to former First Lady Michelle Obama's Reach Higher Initiative. He has presented his research at several White House convenings and in testimony before Congress.

Castleman's research has appeared in top public policy and economics journals, including The Journal of Labor Economics, The Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, and The Journal of Human Resources. His research has been generously supported by numerous philanthropic foundations and has received extensive media coverage, including The New York Times, National Public Radio, Time Magazine, and the Washington Post.

*About Kelli Bird*

Kelli Bird's research focuses on designing and evaluating programs and policies to improve higher education outcomes among at-risk populations. Bird has worked with several large organizations, including the Common App and the U.S. Army to design, implement, and evaluate large-scale interventions to improve higher education outcomes for at-risk populations.

In her current role as research director of Nudge4 Solutions Lab, she leads data and analytic efforts across a number of projects with the lab’s state partners aimed at increasing the share of working adults with holding postsecondary credentials.

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Presentation Mon, 16 Oct 2023 16:26:04 -0400 2023-11-06T12:00:00-05:00 2023-11-06T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Presentation Innovation Insights