Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. "I have a crisis for you": Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War (February 7, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101972 101972-21803042@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia

An exhibit curated by Grace Mahoney and Jessica Zychowicz
Featuring work by Kinder Album, JT Blatty, Oksana Briukhovetska (MFA, Stamps School of Art and Design), Oksana Kazmina, Sonya Hukaylo, Svetlana Lavochkina, Kateryna Lisovenko, and Lyuba Yakimchuk.

In February 2022, the world witnessed the invasion of Ukraine and all-out war of aggression by the Russian Federation. Since this time, massive casualties, human rights violations, and an unprecedented refugee crisis have ensued. Women artists of Ukraine have responded. They paint on found materials in refugee housing, illustrate in bomb shelters, photograph their shelled cities wearing press passes and bulletproof jackets. They document, create, and share. They post their daily journals and images on social media. They perform at the Grammy Awards. They know their message is powerful, and the amplification of their voices is critical for victory in a very real battle for survival.

Curated by Grace Mahoney (U-M Slavic Languages and Literatures) and Jessica Zychowicz, Ph.D. (Fulbright Ukraine and U-M Alumna), "'I have a crisis for you': Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War" showcases work created by women artists in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The involved artists are painters, photographers, filmmakers, poets, translators, and textile artists. Many of the works exhibited demonstrate a continuity of engagement by the artists with the topic of war, especially since 2014 when the people of Ukraine gathered in a “Revolution of Dignity” against attempts by the Russian Federation to control the country’s independence resulting in Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and backing of pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s east.

The featured artists have also been selected because of their prominent interest and exploration of issues relating to gender in their works. The title for this exhibit comes from a poem of the same name by Lyuba Yakimchuk:
“— our love’s gone missing, I explain to a friend/ it vanished in one of the wars/ we waged in our kitchen/ — change the word ‘war’ to ‘crisis,’ he suggests/ because a crisis is something everyone has from time to time.”

Like in Yakimchuk’s poem, many of these artists approach the war with personal perspectives. They intertwine, juxtapose, and disrupt experiences of war with the intimacies of personal relationships, the workings interior lives, and perceptions of social roles. The featured artworks and documents engage a range of subjects from women volunteering as combatants to the processes of grieving and reflect ongoing discourses in Ukrainian feminist scholarship.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Dec 2022 15:34:27 -0500 2023-02-07T08:00:00-05:00 2023-02-07T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Exhibition "I have a crisis for you" poster
"I have a crisis for you": Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War (February 8, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101972 101972-21803043@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 8, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia

An exhibit curated by Grace Mahoney and Jessica Zychowicz
Featuring work by Kinder Album, JT Blatty, Oksana Briukhovetska (MFA, Stamps School of Art and Design), Oksana Kazmina, Sonya Hukaylo, Svetlana Lavochkina, Kateryna Lisovenko, and Lyuba Yakimchuk.

In February 2022, the world witnessed the invasion of Ukraine and all-out war of aggression by the Russian Federation. Since this time, massive casualties, human rights violations, and an unprecedented refugee crisis have ensued. Women artists of Ukraine have responded. They paint on found materials in refugee housing, illustrate in bomb shelters, photograph their shelled cities wearing press passes and bulletproof jackets. They document, create, and share. They post their daily journals and images on social media. They perform at the Grammy Awards. They know their message is powerful, and the amplification of their voices is critical for victory in a very real battle for survival.

Curated by Grace Mahoney (U-M Slavic Languages and Literatures) and Jessica Zychowicz, Ph.D. (Fulbright Ukraine and U-M Alumna), "'I have a crisis for you': Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War" showcases work created by women artists in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The involved artists are painters, photographers, filmmakers, poets, translators, and textile artists. Many of the works exhibited demonstrate a continuity of engagement by the artists with the topic of war, especially since 2014 when the people of Ukraine gathered in a “Revolution of Dignity” against attempts by the Russian Federation to control the country’s independence resulting in Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and backing of pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s east.

The featured artists have also been selected because of their prominent interest and exploration of issues relating to gender in their works. The title for this exhibit comes from a poem of the same name by Lyuba Yakimchuk:
“— our love’s gone missing, I explain to a friend/ it vanished in one of the wars/ we waged in our kitchen/ — change the word ‘war’ to ‘crisis,’ he suggests/ because a crisis is something everyone has from time to time.”

Like in Yakimchuk’s poem, many of these artists approach the war with personal perspectives. They intertwine, juxtapose, and disrupt experiences of war with the intimacies of personal relationships, the workings interior lives, and perceptions of social roles. The featured artworks and documents engage a range of subjects from women volunteering as combatants to the processes of grieving and reflect ongoing discourses in Ukrainian feminist scholarship.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Dec 2022 15:34:27 -0500 2023-02-08T08:00:00-05:00 2023-02-08T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Exhibition "I have a crisis for you" poster
CREES Noon Lecture. Playing with Words, Talking about War (February 8, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102687 102687-21804984@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 8, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Ainsley Morse's book, *Word Play: Experimental Poetry & Soviet Children’s Literature*, traces the long history of the relationship between experimental aesthetics and Soviet children’s books. From the earliest days of the Soviet project, children’s literature was taken unusually seriously—its quality and subject matter were issues of grave political significance. Yet, it was often written and illustrated by experimental writers and artists who found the childlike aesthetic congenial to their experiments in primitivism, minimalism, and other avant‑garde trends. In the more repressive environment of the 1930s, experimental aesthetics were largely relegated to unofficial and underground literature, but unofficial writers continued to author children’s books. By the end of the Soviet period, there was an unspoken consensus that children’s literature was perhaps the best part of the Soviet literary canon; meanwhile, the childlike aesthetic frequently migrated into unpublished unofficial poetry as well, offering new forms and forms of poetic subjectivity for underground authors.

In this talk, Morse will introduce the book and some of its protagonists, while also indulging in a discussion of their work as a specifically post-war phenomenon. How might the same childlike lexical and formal elements, abundant humor, and childlike lyric speakers, which served as markers of unofficial aesthetics, additionally participate in articulating wartime and post-war experience (likewise excluded from official narratives)?

Ainsley Morse teaches in the Russian and comparative literature departments at Dartmouth College and is a translator of Russian and former Yugoslav literatures. Her research focuses on the literature and culture of the post-war Soviet period, particularly unofficial or "underground" poetry, as well as the avant-garde and children's literature. She translates Soviet and post-Soviet Russophone literature and theory, as well as former Yugoslav and contemporary B/C/S literature and, most recently, Ukrainian modernist and contemporary poetry.

This lecture will be presented in person in 555 Weiser Hall and on Zoom. Webinar registration required at http://myumi.ch/Ek1we

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 03 Jan 2023 11:31:05 -0500 2023-02-08T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-08T13:20:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Ainsley Morse
ELI Workshop: Writing in Academic Style (February 8, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103177 103177-21806232@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 8, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: English Language Institute

Whether you are writing a research article, class assignment, conference abstract or dissertation, the words, grammatical structures, and organizational patterns you use all signal whether your text sounds “academic.” We will look at features of academic style, and how these differ across a range of writing that undergraduate and graduate students do. In this workshop we will work on how to make effective stylistic choices for the types of writing you are doing and the academic identity you wish to convey to your readers in various writing contexts. Bring a text you are currently working on for analysis. Please come prepared to participate actively in small group discussions.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 10 Jan 2023 13:22:33 -0500 2023-02-08T18:00:00-05:00 2023-02-08T20:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar UM students laughing and workshopping
"I have a crisis for you": Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War (February 9, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101972 101972-21803044@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 9, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia

An exhibit curated by Grace Mahoney and Jessica Zychowicz
Featuring work by Kinder Album, JT Blatty, Oksana Briukhovetska (MFA, Stamps School of Art and Design), Oksana Kazmina, Sonya Hukaylo, Svetlana Lavochkina, Kateryna Lisovenko, and Lyuba Yakimchuk.

In February 2022, the world witnessed the invasion of Ukraine and all-out war of aggression by the Russian Federation. Since this time, massive casualties, human rights violations, and an unprecedented refugee crisis have ensued. Women artists of Ukraine have responded. They paint on found materials in refugee housing, illustrate in bomb shelters, photograph their shelled cities wearing press passes and bulletproof jackets. They document, create, and share. They post their daily journals and images on social media. They perform at the Grammy Awards. They know their message is powerful, and the amplification of their voices is critical for victory in a very real battle for survival.

Curated by Grace Mahoney (U-M Slavic Languages and Literatures) and Jessica Zychowicz, Ph.D. (Fulbright Ukraine and U-M Alumna), "'I have a crisis for you': Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War" showcases work created by women artists in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The involved artists are painters, photographers, filmmakers, poets, translators, and textile artists. Many of the works exhibited demonstrate a continuity of engagement by the artists with the topic of war, especially since 2014 when the people of Ukraine gathered in a “Revolution of Dignity” against attempts by the Russian Federation to control the country’s independence resulting in Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and backing of pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s east.

The featured artists have also been selected because of their prominent interest and exploration of issues relating to gender in their works. The title for this exhibit comes from a poem of the same name by Lyuba Yakimchuk:
“— our love’s gone missing, I explain to a friend/ it vanished in one of the wars/ we waged in our kitchen/ — change the word ‘war’ to ‘crisis,’ he suggests/ because a crisis is something everyone has from time to time.”

Like in Yakimchuk’s poem, many of these artists approach the war with personal perspectives. They intertwine, juxtapose, and disrupt experiences of war with the intimacies of personal relationships, the workings interior lives, and perceptions of social roles. The featured artworks and documents engage a range of subjects from women volunteering as combatants to the processes of grieving and reflect ongoing discourses in Ukrainian feminist scholarship.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Dec 2022 15:34:27 -0500 2023-02-09T08:00:00-05:00 2023-02-09T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Exhibition "I have a crisis for you" poster
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 9, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102178 102178-21803627@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 9, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

CGIS offers First Steps sessions virtually (via Zoom) every Monday and Thursday from 4:00pm to 4:30pm during the academic year while classes are in session, with the exception of holidays.

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more!

*Attending a First Step session is no longer a required component of the CGIS application process.*

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:02:07 -0500 2023-02-09T16:00:00-05:00 2023-02-09T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual Take the first step towards studying abroad!
Ukrainian Film Series — Winter 2023 (February 9, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104049 104049-21808327@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 9, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Ukrainian Film Series

Thursday, February 9th
Location: MLB Aud 3 (MLB 1200)
Mariupol: The Chronicles of Hell
The fall of one of Ukraine's major cities
Mariupol — ruined but not conquered. The city in the east of Ukraine has survived the occupation, total destruction, and a humanitarian catastrophe. The story of Mariupol is an especially horrifying one, with accounts reported that occupiers were murdering civilians, and actively preventing them from escaping. This film is the story of the survivors, and their life in a hell on Earth. Yet it's also a testament to the power of resilience, and Ukrainian fighting spirit.

Thursday, March 9th
Location: MLB Aud 3 (MLB 1200)
ПОВОДИР (The Guide)
Soviet Ukraine, the 1930s. American engineer Michael Shamrock arrives in Kharkiv with his ten-year-old son, Peter to help "build socialism". He falls in love with an actress Olga who has another admirer, Commissar Vladimir.
Under tragic circumstances, the American is killed and his son is saved from his pursuers by a blind bard (kobzar). With no other chance to survive in a foreign land, the boy becomes his guide.

Thursday, April 6
Location: MLB Aud 3 (MLB 1200)
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, Ukrainian: Тіні забутих предків
A 1965 Ukrainian film by the filmmaker Sergei Parajanov based on the novel Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Ukrainian writer Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky that tells a "Romeo and Juliet tale" of young Ukrainian Hutsul lovers trapped on opposite sides of a Carpathian family blood feud.[2][3] New York Film Festival program described the film as an "avant-garde, extravagant, sumptuous saga" and a "haunting work" that combined folk songs and atonal music with fantastic camera work.[5] Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is considered to be the most internationally heralded Ukrainian film in history,[6] and a classic of Ukrainian magical realist cinema.[7]

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Film Screening Tue, 31 Jan 2023 12:42:48 -0500 2023-02-09T18:00:00-05:00 2023-02-09T20:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Film Screening Ukrainian Film Festival
"I have a crisis for you": Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War (February 10, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101972 101972-21803045@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 10, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia

An exhibit curated by Grace Mahoney and Jessica Zychowicz
Featuring work by Kinder Album, JT Blatty, Oksana Briukhovetska (MFA, Stamps School of Art and Design), Oksana Kazmina, Sonya Hukaylo, Svetlana Lavochkina, Kateryna Lisovenko, and Lyuba Yakimchuk.

In February 2022, the world witnessed the invasion of Ukraine and all-out war of aggression by the Russian Federation. Since this time, massive casualties, human rights violations, and an unprecedented refugee crisis have ensued. Women artists of Ukraine have responded. They paint on found materials in refugee housing, illustrate in bomb shelters, photograph their shelled cities wearing press passes and bulletproof jackets. They document, create, and share. They post their daily journals and images on social media. They perform at the Grammy Awards. They know their message is powerful, and the amplification of their voices is critical for victory in a very real battle for survival.

Curated by Grace Mahoney (U-M Slavic Languages and Literatures) and Jessica Zychowicz, Ph.D. (Fulbright Ukraine and U-M Alumna), "'I have a crisis for you': Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War" showcases work created by women artists in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The involved artists are painters, photographers, filmmakers, poets, translators, and textile artists. Many of the works exhibited demonstrate a continuity of engagement by the artists with the topic of war, especially since 2014 when the people of Ukraine gathered in a “Revolution of Dignity” against attempts by the Russian Federation to control the country’s independence resulting in Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and backing of pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s east.

The featured artists have also been selected because of their prominent interest and exploration of issues relating to gender in their works. The title for this exhibit comes from a poem of the same name by Lyuba Yakimchuk:
“— our love’s gone missing, I explain to a friend/ it vanished in one of the wars/ we waged in our kitchen/ — change the word ‘war’ to ‘crisis,’ he suggests/ because a crisis is something everyone has from time to time.”

Like in Yakimchuk’s poem, many of these artists approach the war with personal perspectives. They intertwine, juxtapose, and disrupt experiences of war with the intimacies of personal relationships, the workings interior lives, and perceptions of social roles. The featured artworks and documents engage a range of subjects from women volunteering as combatants to the processes of grieving and reflect ongoing discourses in Ukrainian feminist scholarship.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Dec 2022 15:34:27 -0500 2023-02-10T08:00:00-05:00 2023-02-10T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Exhibition "I have a crisis for you" poster
International Institute Student Fellowships (IISF) Virtual Info Session (February 10, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103583 103583-21807514@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 10, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Institute

The International Institute Student Fellowships (IISF) are designed to support University of Michigan students, regardless of citizenship, who are enrolled in a degree program and wish to participate in internships or conduct research abroad.

Please register for this Zoom event at http://myumi.ch/p7Dm1

The II Student Fellowships Application is the common application for several fellowships, including some from II centers. The IISF Application must be used to apply for any of the following awards:

- Rackham International Research Award
- Global Individual Grant (formerly II Individual Fellowship)
- African Studies Center Funding for Research or Internship Support in Africa
- Center for Armenian Studies Summer Research Grants
- Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies Tinker Field Research Grants for Graduate Students
- Weiser Center for Europe & Eurasia Summer Grants for Research and Internships in Europe & Eurasia

Advisers will present details about available awards and opportunities, review eligibility criteria, and provide tips on completing an II Student Fellowships (IISF) application.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at iifellowships@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 18 Jan 2023 10:07:09 -0500 2023-02-10T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-10T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location International Institute Livestream / Virtual International Institute Student Fellowships (IISF) Virtual Info Session
SAANference 2023: Beyond Borders (February 10, 2023 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104176 104176-21808559@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 10, 2023 6:30pm
Location:
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

The South Asian Awareness Network is proud to present our annual social justice conference Beyond Borders: Confronting Division and Forging Unity. Our theme this year aims to empower our attendees to confront oppressive borders as they exist socially and politically, cultivating meaningful solidarity in the South Asian diaspora and beyond.

This year, our keynote address will take place on February 10th at 6:30pm. Refreshments will be served. The next day on February 11th at 12:00pm, registration and lunch buffet will begin in Angell Hall Auditorium C + D. At registration, you will be assigned to one of two tracks, each with three workshops. If you are one of the first 100 attendees to show up at registration, you will receive a free tote bag as well as preference for which track you would like to be assigned to. Later that night, we will be hosting a formal where you can show up in your South Asian cultural attire for refreshments, music, and lots of dancing!

Follow us on Instagram (@um_saan) as we count down until conference! Please reach out to saan@umich.edu with any questions.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 27 Jan 2023 17:25:29 -0500 2023-02-10T18:30:00-05:00 2023-02-10T21:00:00-05:00 Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Conference / Symposium SAANference 2023 flyer
SAANference 2023: Beyond Borders (February 11, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104176 104176-21808560@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 11, 2023 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

The South Asian Awareness Network is proud to present our annual social justice conference Beyond Borders: Confronting Division and Forging Unity. Our theme this year aims to empower our attendees to confront oppressive borders as they exist socially and politically, cultivating meaningful solidarity in the South Asian diaspora and beyond.

This year, our keynote address will take place on February 10th at 6:30pm. Refreshments will be served. The next day on February 11th at 12:00pm, registration and lunch buffet will begin in Angell Hall Auditorium C + D. At registration, you will be assigned to one of two tracks, each with three workshops. If you are one of the first 100 attendees to show up at registration, you will receive a free tote bag as well as preference for which track you would like to be assigned to. Later that night, we will be hosting a formal where you can show up in your South Asian cultural attire for refreshments, music, and lots of dancing!

Follow us on Instagram (@um_saan) as we count down until conference! Please reach out to saan@umich.edu with any questions.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 27 Jan 2023 17:25:29 -0500 2023-02-11T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-11T15:00:00-05:00 Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Conference / Symposium SAANference 2023 flyer
"I have a crisis for you": Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War (February 13, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101972 101972-21803048@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 13, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia

An exhibit curated by Grace Mahoney and Jessica Zychowicz
Featuring work by Kinder Album, JT Blatty, Oksana Briukhovetska (MFA, Stamps School of Art and Design), Oksana Kazmina, Sonya Hukaylo, Svetlana Lavochkina, Kateryna Lisovenko, and Lyuba Yakimchuk.

In February 2022, the world witnessed the invasion of Ukraine and all-out war of aggression by the Russian Federation. Since this time, massive casualties, human rights violations, and an unprecedented refugee crisis have ensued. Women artists of Ukraine have responded. They paint on found materials in refugee housing, illustrate in bomb shelters, photograph their shelled cities wearing press passes and bulletproof jackets. They document, create, and share. They post their daily journals and images on social media. They perform at the Grammy Awards. They know their message is powerful, and the amplification of their voices is critical for victory in a very real battle for survival.

Curated by Grace Mahoney (U-M Slavic Languages and Literatures) and Jessica Zychowicz, Ph.D. (Fulbright Ukraine and U-M Alumna), "'I have a crisis for you': Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War" showcases work created by women artists in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The involved artists are painters, photographers, filmmakers, poets, translators, and textile artists. Many of the works exhibited demonstrate a continuity of engagement by the artists with the topic of war, especially since 2014 when the people of Ukraine gathered in a “Revolution of Dignity” against attempts by the Russian Federation to control the country’s independence resulting in Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and backing of pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s east.

The featured artists have also been selected because of their prominent interest and exploration of issues relating to gender in their works. The title for this exhibit comes from a poem of the same name by Lyuba Yakimchuk:
“— our love’s gone missing, I explain to a friend/ it vanished in one of the wars/ we waged in our kitchen/ — change the word ‘war’ to ‘crisis,’ he suggests/ because a crisis is something everyone has from time to time.”

Like in Yakimchuk’s poem, many of these artists approach the war with personal perspectives. They intertwine, juxtapose, and disrupt experiences of war with the intimacies of personal relationships, the workings interior lives, and perceptions of social roles. The featured artworks and documents engage a range of subjects from women volunteering as combatants to the processes of grieving and reflect ongoing discourses in Ukrainian feminist scholarship.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Dec 2022 15:34:27 -0500 2023-02-13T08:00:00-05:00 2023-02-13T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Exhibition "I have a crisis for you" poster
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 13, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102178 102178-21803642@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 13, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

CGIS offers First Steps sessions virtually (via Zoom) every Monday and Thursday from 4:00pm to 4:30pm during the academic year while classes are in session, with the exception of holidays.

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more!

*Attending a First Step session is no longer a required component of the CGIS application process.*

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:02:07 -0500 2023-02-13T16:00:00-05:00 2023-02-13T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual Take the first step towards studying abroad!
"I have a crisis for you": Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War (February 14, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101972 101972-21803049@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 14, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia

An exhibit curated by Grace Mahoney and Jessica Zychowicz
Featuring work by Kinder Album, JT Blatty, Oksana Briukhovetska (MFA, Stamps School of Art and Design), Oksana Kazmina, Sonya Hukaylo, Svetlana Lavochkina, Kateryna Lisovenko, and Lyuba Yakimchuk.

In February 2022, the world witnessed the invasion of Ukraine and all-out war of aggression by the Russian Federation. Since this time, massive casualties, human rights violations, and an unprecedented refugee crisis have ensued. Women artists of Ukraine have responded. They paint on found materials in refugee housing, illustrate in bomb shelters, photograph their shelled cities wearing press passes and bulletproof jackets. They document, create, and share. They post their daily journals and images on social media. They perform at the Grammy Awards. They know their message is powerful, and the amplification of their voices is critical for victory in a very real battle for survival.

Curated by Grace Mahoney (U-M Slavic Languages and Literatures) and Jessica Zychowicz, Ph.D. (Fulbright Ukraine and U-M Alumna), "'I have a crisis for you': Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War" showcases work created by women artists in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The involved artists are painters, photographers, filmmakers, poets, translators, and textile artists. Many of the works exhibited demonstrate a continuity of engagement by the artists with the topic of war, especially since 2014 when the people of Ukraine gathered in a “Revolution of Dignity” against attempts by the Russian Federation to control the country’s independence resulting in Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and backing of pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s east.

The featured artists have also been selected because of their prominent interest and exploration of issues relating to gender in their works. The title for this exhibit comes from a poem of the same name by Lyuba Yakimchuk:
“— our love’s gone missing, I explain to a friend/ it vanished in one of the wars/ we waged in our kitchen/ — change the word ‘war’ to ‘crisis,’ he suggests/ because a crisis is something everyone has from time to time.”

Like in Yakimchuk’s poem, many of these artists approach the war with personal perspectives. They intertwine, juxtapose, and disrupt experiences of war with the intimacies of personal relationships, the workings interior lives, and perceptions of social roles. The featured artworks and documents engage a range of subjects from women volunteering as combatants to the processes of grieving and reflect ongoing discourses in Ukrainian feminist scholarship.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Dec 2022 15:34:27 -0500 2023-02-14T08:00:00-05:00 2023-02-14T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Exhibition "I have a crisis for you" poster
"I have a crisis for you": Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War (February 15, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101972 101972-21803050@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia

An exhibit curated by Grace Mahoney and Jessica Zychowicz
Featuring work by Kinder Album, JT Blatty, Oksana Briukhovetska (MFA, Stamps School of Art and Design), Oksana Kazmina, Sonya Hukaylo, Svetlana Lavochkina, Kateryna Lisovenko, and Lyuba Yakimchuk.

In February 2022, the world witnessed the invasion of Ukraine and all-out war of aggression by the Russian Federation. Since this time, massive casualties, human rights violations, and an unprecedented refugee crisis have ensued. Women artists of Ukraine have responded. They paint on found materials in refugee housing, illustrate in bomb shelters, photograph their shelled cities wearing press passes and bulletproof jackets. They document, create, and share. They post their daily journals and images on social media. They perform at the Grammy Awards. They know their message is powerful, and the amplification of their voices is critical for victory in a very real battle for survival.

Curated by Grace Mahoney (U-M Slavic Languages and Literatures) and Jessica Zychowicz, Ph.D. (Fulbright Ukraine and U-M Alumna), "'I have a crisis for you': Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War" showcases work created by women artists in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The involved artists are painters, photographers, filmmakers, poets, translators, and textile artists. Many of the works exhibited demonstrate a continuity of engagement by the artists with the topic of war, especially since 2014 when the people of Ukraine gathered in a “Revolution of Dignity” against attempts by the Russian Federation to control the country’s independence resulting in Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and backing of pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s east.

The featured artists have also been selected because of their prominent interest and exploration of issues relating to gender in their works. The title for this exhibit comes from a poem of the same name by Lyuba Yakimchuk:
“— our love’s gone missing, I explain to a friend/ it vanished in one of the wars/ we waged in our kitchen/ — change the word ‘war’ to ‘crisis,’ he suggests/ because a crisis is something everyone has from time to time.”

Like in Yakimchuk’s poem, many of these artists approach the war with personal perspectives. They intertwine, juxtapose, and disrupt experiences of war with the intimacies of personal relationships, the workings interior lives, and perceptions of social roles. The featured artworks and documents engage a range of subjects from women volunteering as combatants to the processes of grieving and reflect ongoing discourses in Ukrainian feminist scholarship.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Dec 2022 15:34:27 -0500 2023-02-15T08:00:00-05:00 2023-02-15T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Exhibition "I have a crisis for you" poster
CCPS Lecture. Other Kinds of Beauty: Aesthetic Valuation and the Making of Cities in Eastern Europe (February 15, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101974 101974-21803061@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Urban beautification projects are often used to justify political agendas. Embellished with colorful façades, even the most deceitful fantasy about the past, present, and future might appear attractive. But what makes beauty such a powerful and politically efficient notion? And what happens when beauty fails to convince us? In this talk, Anastasiya Halauniova will expose the complex relations between architecture's aesthetic resonance and the political work it performs. By focusing on competing valuations of urban ‘beauty’ and ‘ugliness’ in Wrocław (Poland) and Klaipėda (Lithuania), she shows the emotional, symbolic, and material labor required to turns buildings into either valuable ‘icons’ or worthless ‘eyesores’ used to legitimize different historical narratives.

Anastasiya Halauniova is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Sociological Research at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. She received her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Amsterdam in 2022, specializing on the role of maintenance and repair of built environments in shaping urban political visions, particularly in the context of postwar reconstructions and more recently on climate change adaptation.

This lecture will be presented in person in 555 Weiser Hall and on Zoom. Webinar registration required at https://myumi.ch/Awz3w

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 16 Jan 2023 10:22:09 -0500 2023-02-15T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-15T13:20:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Wrocław Rynek (1961) by Stefan Arczynski, Courtesy of Herder Institute, Marburg
PICS International Studies Virtual Information Session and Q&A (February 15, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102684 102684-21804981@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Program in International and Comparative Studies

Please note: This information session will be held virtually ET through Zoom. This webinar is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Once you've registered, the joining information will be sent to your email.

Register at: https://myumi.ch/7eZq9

Students considering a major or minor in International Studies are strongly encouraged to attend an International Studies Information Session and Q&A. International Studies academic advisors will discuss:

• Prerequisites
• Major and minor requirements
• Sub-plans
• How to declare
• Additional majors and minors offered at the International Institute
• Study abroad, grants, and internships
• Relevance of an International Studies major or minor

Undeclared students should plan to attend an International Studies Information Session and Q&A. For dates of all upcoming sessions, please review the PICS event calendar. If you have questions, please email is-advising@umich.edu.

A half-hour presentation will be followed by questions and discussion. Students can declare the International Studies major or minor at the information session. For more information, please email is-advising@umich.edu.

Parents and prospective students are welcome. For more information, please email is-michigan@umich.edu. Prospective students who would like to receive correspondence about International Studies related orientations, events, and special announcements should sign up for the International Studies Prospective Student email list: https://myumi.ch/29DWZ

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at is-michigan@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 03 Jan 2023 11:11:50 -0500 2023-02-15T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-15T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Program in International and Comparative Studies Livestream / Virtual PICS International Studies Virtual Information Session and Q&A
Amali Tower, 2023 Weerasinghe Lecture (February 15, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104026 104026-21808287@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: CEW+

RSVP HERE: https://www.cew.umich.edu/events/2023-weerasinghe-lecture-with-amali-tower

Join us for Amali Tower’s keynote lecture: “Global Governance Frameworks are Out of Step with Climate Change and the Dynamics of Displacement.”

The first in a year-long Advocacy, Activism, & Storytelling series presented by CEW+.

When: February 15 from 4-6pm
Where: 10th Floor of Weiser Hall (Room 1010)

Keynote to be followed by a Q & A session (4-5pm) and meet & greet reception (5-6pm light refreshments provided).

RSVP HERE: https://www.cew.umich.edu/events/2023-weerasinghe-lecture-with-amali-tower

Amali Tower is the founder and executive director of Climate Refugees. She has extensive global experience in refugee protection, refugee resettlement and in forced migration and displacement contexts, having worked globally for numerous NGOs, the UN Refugee Agency and the US Refugee Admissions Program. Years of interviewing refugees fleeing conflict afforded her the chance to hear their stories of also fleeing climate change. Through this, Climate Refugees was born. She has conducted country and regional case studies and research in climate-induced displacement contexts, including in urban and camp settings. Her research on climate, conflict and displacement in the Lake Chad Basin in Africa’s Sahel was presented as evidence of loss and damage at COP 26 in Glasgow. Amali serves displaced populations as an experienced defender and her clients as a partner and advisor. She developed her work ethic, world views and deep commitment to forcibly displaced populations through a lived experience of instability, and as an immigrant and migrant. She’s born of that education, life in multiple countries, and also those at Columbia University, where she has a Master of International Affairs focused in Human Rights from the School of International and Public Affairs, and a BA in International Development Studies from UCLA. She resides in New York City.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 30 Jan 2023 10:59:29 -0500 2023-02-15T16:00:00-05:00 2023-02-15T18:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall CEW+ Lecture / Discussion Amali Tower
ELI Workshop: Writing Effective Email (February 15, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103178 103178-21806233@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: English Language Institute

Have you ever struggled to write important email messages? Have you ever wondered whether your tone is right in your email messages? In academic and professional settings, the ability to write effective email messages is an essential skill to help you communicate your professional persona. In this workshop we will focus on strategies for writing clear, effective, and professional email. You will learn how to write emails that are likely to be read, be easily understood, and create a good first impression. *Bring a few samples of your important email messages to analyze. Please come prepared to participate actively in small group discussions.*

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 10 Jan 2023 13:25:11 -0500 2023-02-15T18:00:00-05:00 2023-02-15T20:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar UM students laughing and workshopping
"I have a crisis for you": Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War (February 16, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101972 101972-21803051@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 16, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia

An exhibit curated by Grace Mahoney and Jessica Zychowicz
Featuring work by Kinder Album, JT Blatty, Oksana Briukhovetska (MFA, Stamps School of Art and Design), Oksana Kazmina, Sonya Hukaylo, Svetlana Lavochkina, Kateryna Lisovenko, and Lyuba Yakimchuk.

In February 2022, the world witnessed the invasion of Ukraine and all-out war of aggression by the Russian Federation. Since this time, massive casualties, human rights violations, and an unprecedented refugee crisis have ensued. Women artists of Ukraine have responded. They paint on found materials in refugee housing, illustrate in bomb shelters, photograph their shelled cities wearing press passes and bulletproof jackets. They document, create, and share. They post their daily journals and images on social media. They perform at the Grammy Awards. They know their message is powerful, and the amplification of their voices is critical for victory in a very real battle for survival.

Curated by Grace Mahoney (U-M Slavic Languages and Literatures) and Jessica Zychowicz, Ph.D. (Fulbright Ukraine and U-M Alumna), "'I have a crisis for you': Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War" showcases work created by women artists in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The involved artists are painters, photographers, filmmakers, poets, translators, and textile artists. Many of the works exhibited demonstrate a continuity of engagement by the artists with the topic of war, especially since 2014 when the people of Ukraine gathered in a “Revolution of Dignity” against attempts by the Russian Federation to control the country’s independence resulting in Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and backing of pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s east.

The featured artists have also been selected because of their prominent interest and exploration of issues relating to gender in their works. The title for this exhibit comes from a poem of the same name by Lyuba Yakimchuk:
“— our love’s gone missing, I explain to a friend/ it vanished in one of the wars/ we waged in our kitchen/ — change the word ‘war’ to ‘crisis,’ he suggests/ because a crisis is something everyone has from time to time.”

Like in Yakimchuk’s poem, many of these artists approach the war with personal perspectives. They intertwine, juxtapose, and disrupt experiences of war with the intimacies of personal relationships, the workings interior lives, and perceptions of social roles. The featured artworks and documents engage a range of subjects from women volunteering as combatants to the processes of grieving and reflect ongoing discourses in Ukrainian feminist scholarship.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Dec 2022 15:34:27 -0500 2023-02-16T08:00:00-05:00 2023-02-16T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Exhibition "I have a crisis for you" poster
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 16, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102178 102178-21803628@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 16, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

CGIS offers First Steps sessions virtually (via Zoom) every Monday and Thursday from 4:00pm to 4:30pm during the academic year while classes are in session, with the exception of holidays.

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more!

*Attending a First Step session is no longer a required component of the CGIS application process.*

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:02:07 -0500 2023-02-16T16:00:00-05:00 2023-02-16T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual Take the first step towards studying abroad!
Queer: Here, There, & Everywhere (February 16, 2023 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104903 104903-21810427@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 16, 2023 8:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Spectrum Center

See other Spectrum Center events: https://bit.ly/LGBTQ-UM-Events

Join the Spectrum Center Programming Board for Queer: Here, There, & Everywhere! This is an international x LGBTQ student social hour safe space hosted at the Spectrum Center. Refreshments will be provided. No RSVP required!

Spectrum Center Event Accessibility Statement:
The Spectrum Center is dedicated to working towards offering equitable access to all of the events we organize. If you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event, there is space to report that in the registration, or you can fill out our Event Accessibility Form, found at http://bit.ly/SCaccess. You do not need to have a registered disability with the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) or identify as disabled to submit. Advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented, and we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu.

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 13 Feb 2023 14:17:51 -0500 2023-02-16T20:00:00-05:00 2023-02-16T21:30:00-05:00 Michigan Union Spectrum Center Social / Informal Gathering Queer: Here, There, & Everywhere will take place Thursday, February 16th from 7 to 8 PM at the Spectrum Center, 3020 Michigan Union.
"I have a crisis for you": Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War (February 17, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101972 101972-21803052@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 17, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia

An exhibit curated by Grace Mahoney and Jessica Zychowicz
Featuring work by Kinder Album, JT Blatty, Oksana Briukhovetska (MFA, Stamps School of Art and Design), Oksana Kazmina, Sonya Hukaylo, Svetlana Lavochkina, Kateryna Lisovenko, and Lyuba Yakimchuk.

In February 2022, the world witnessed the invasion of Ukraine and all-out war of aggression by the Russian Federation. Since this time, massive casualties, human rights violations, and an unprecedented refugee crisis have ensued. Women artists of Ukraine have responded. They paint on found materials in refugee housing, illustrate in bomb shelters, photograph their shelled cities wearing press passes and bulletproof jackets. They document, create, and share. They post their daily journals and images on social media. They perform at the Grammy Awards. They know their message is powerful, and the amplification of their voices is critical for victory in a very real battle for survival.

Curated by Grace Mahoney (U-M Slavic Languages and Literatures) and Jessica Zychowicz, Ph.D. (Fulbright Ukraine and U-M Alumna), "'I have a crisis for you': Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War" showcases work created by women artists in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The involved artists are painters, photographers, filmmakers, poets, translators, and textile artists. Many of the works exhibited demonstrate a continuity of engagement by the artists with the topic of war, especially since 2014 when the people of Ukraine gathered in a “Revolution of Dignity” against attempts by the Russian Federation to control the country’s independence resulting in Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and backing of pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s east.

The featured artists have also been selected because of their prominent interest and exploration of issues relating to gender in their works. The title for this exhibit comes from a poem of the same name by Lyuba Yakimchuk:
“— our love’s gone missing, I explain to a friend/ it vanished in one of the wars/ we waged in our kitchen/ — change the word ‘war’ to ‘crisis,’ he suggests/ because a crisis is something everyone has from time to time.”

Like in Yakimchuk’s poem, many of these artists approach the war with personal perspectives. They intertwine, juxtapose, and disrupt experiences of war with the intimacies of personal relationships, the workings interior lives, and perceptions of social roles. The featured artworks and documents engage a range of subjects from women volunteering as combatants to the processes of grieving and reflect ongoing discourses in Ukrainian feminist scholarship.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Dec 2022 15:34:27 -0500 2023-02-17T08:00:00-05:00 2023-02-17T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Exhibition "I have a crisis for you" poster
Sense of Self: The Islamic Contemporary (February 17, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105043 105043-21810636@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 17, 2023 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

Despite recent panels and scholarship aiming to dispel the notion, there is a conception that contemporary art and religion are incompatible.

When paired with the Islamophobic sentiment that Islam is destructive, rather than constructive like artistic practices and that it even forbids many forms of artistic production, there is a presumption that contemporary art that engages with Islam as religion and faith (rather than simply as identity) cannot exist.

There is an additional assumption that those who identify as women, queer, trans, and non-binary are unlikely to engage with Islam in their work outside of critique, because of the belief that Islam is inherently (and uniquely) oppressive of and therefore contradictory to individuals who identify as such.

In an attempt to disabuse viewers of these notions, as well as give a space of exploration to these often overlooked or excluded voices, this exhibition brings together women, queer, trans, and non-binary Muslim artists who explore their connection to religion, their other identities (be those related to their race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, or status as artists), and their practices.

Participating Artists:
Nour Ballout
Yasmine Diaz
Arshia Fatima Haq
Yasmine Kasem
Manal Shoukair
Saba Taj

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Feb 2023 13:12:31 -0500 2023-02-17T10:00:00-05:00 2023-02-17T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition Sense of Self, RC Art Gallery
Booking International Flights on a Budget (February 17, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104599 104599-21809676@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 17, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Center

Come to this session to hear tips about booking international flights on a budget. We will include a live demo on how to book a flight and there will also be time for Q&A after the presentation. If you're new to booking international flights, this workshop is for you!

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 07 Feb 2023 10:05:20 -0500 2023-02-17T14:00:00-05:00 2023-02-17T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location International Center Livestream / Virtual Booking International Flights on a Budget
"I have a crisis for you": Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War (February 20, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101972 101972-21803055@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 20, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia

An exhibit curated by Grace Mahoney and Jessica Zychowicz
Featuring work by Kinder Album, JT Blatty, Oksana Briukhovetska (MFA, Stamps School of Art and Design), Oksana Kazmina, Sonya Hukaylo, Svetlana Lavochkina, Kateryna Lisovenko, and Lyuba Yakimchuk.

In February 2022, the world witnessed the invasion of Ukraine and all-out war of aggression by the Russian Federation. Since this time, massive casualties, human rights violations, and an unprecedented refugee crisis have ensued. Women artists of Ukraine have responded. They paint on found materials in refugee housing, illustrate in bomb shelters, photograph their shelled cities wearing press passes and bulletproof jackets. They document, create, and share. They post their daily journals and images on social media. They perform at the Grammy Awards. They know their message is powerful, and the amplification of their voices is critical for victory in a very real battle for survival.

Curated by Grace Mahoney (U-M Slavic Languages and Literatures) and Jessica Zychowicz, Ph.D. (Fulbright Ukraine and U-M Alumna), "'I have a crisis for you': Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War" showcases work created by women artists in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The involved artists are painters, photographers, filmmakers, poets, translators, and textile artists. Many of the works exhibited demonstrate a continuity of engagement by the artists with the topic of war, especially since 2014 when the people of Ukraine gathered in a “Revolution of Dignity” against attempts by the Russian Federation to control the country’s independence resulting in Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and backing of pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s east.

The featured artists have also been selected because of their prominent interest and exploration of issues relating to gender in their works. The title for this exhibit comes from a poem of the same name by Lyuba Yakimchuk:
“— our love’s gone missing, I explain to a friend/ it vanished in one of the wars/ we waged in our kitchen/ — change the word ‘war’ to ‘crisis,’ he suggests/ because a crisis is something everyone has from time to time.”

Like in Yakimchuk’s poem, many of these artists approach the war with personal perspectives. They intertwine, juxtapose, and disrupt experiences of war with the intimacies of personal relationships, the workings interior lives, and perceptions of social roles. The featured artworks and documents engage a range of subjects from women volunteering as combatants to the processes of grieving and reflect ongoing discourses in Ukrainian feminist scholarship.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Dec 2022 15:34:27 -0500 2023-02-20T08:00:00-05:00 2023-02-20T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Exhibition "I have a crisis for you" poster
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 20, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102178 102178-21803643@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 20, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

CGIS offers First Steps sessions virtually (via Zoom) every Monday and Thursday from 4:00pm to 4:30pm during the academic year while classes are in session, with the exception of holidays.

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more!

*Attending a First Step session is no longer a required component of the CGIS application process.*

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:02:07 -0500 2023-02-20T16:00:00-05:00 2023-02-20T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual Take the first step towards studying abroad!
WCEE Distinguished Lecture. The War in Ukraine, One Year In (February 20, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103089 103089-21806090@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 20, 2023 5:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia

February 24 marks one year since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. Join the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia for a conversation with Ukrainian-born retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, former Director for European Affairs for the United States National Security Council. We'll examine the current state of the war and its impacts on the Ukrainian people; the implications for global security; and prospects for peace and rebuilding.

Discussion moderated by Geneviève Zubrzycki, professor of sociology and WCEE Director, and John Ciorciari, professor of public policy and director of the Ford School's Weiser Diplomacy Center.

Featuring a special performance by members of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus of North America.

Event will conclude with a procession from Rackham to the Diag for a candlelight vigil.

Alexander Vindman, a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, was most recently the director for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Russia on the White House’s National Security Council. Previously, he served as the Political-Military Affairs Officer for Russia for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and as an attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia. While on the Joint Staff, he authored the National Military Strategy and the Global Campaign Plan for Russia. He recently completed his doctoral studies at Johns Hopkins and is a senior fellow at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Foreign Policy Institute, a Hauser Leader at the Harvard Kennedy School, an executive board member for the Renew Democracy Initiative, and a senior advisor for VoteVets. Vindman is the author of the *New York Times* bestselling memoir, *Here, Right Matters: An American Story*.

Tickets are required for this free event. Get them from the Michigan Union Ticket office at https://mutotix.umich.edu/3831/3832

Submit questions for the moderated Q&A with Alexander Vindman here: https://myumi.ch/AWwXV

Read our event FAQs at https://myumi.ch/2m9Jp

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 15 Feb 2023 10:09:29 -0500 2023-02-20T17:00:00-05:00 2023-02-20T19:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Lecture / Discussion Alexander Vindman
"I have a crisis for you": Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War (February 21, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101972 101972-21803056@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia

An exhibit curated by Grace Mahoney and Jessica Zychowicz
Featuring work by Kinder Album, JT Blatty, Oksana Briukhovetska (MFA, Stamps School of Art and Design), Oksana Kazmina, Sonya Hukaylo, Svetlana Lavochkina, Kateryna Lisovenko, and Lyuba Yakimchuk.

In February 2022, the world witnessed the invasion of Ukraine and all-out war of aggression by the Russian Federation. Since this time, massive casualties, human rights violations, and an unprecedented refugee crisis have ensued. Women artists of Ukraine have responded. They paint on found materials in refugee housing, illustrate in bomb shelters, photograph their shelled cities wearing press passes and bulletproof jackets. They document, create, and share. They post their daily journals and images on social media. They perform at the Grammy Awards. They know their message is powerful, and the amplification of their voices is critical for victory in a very real battle for survival.

Curated by Grace Mahoney (U-M Slavic Languages and Literatures) and Jessica Zychowicz, Ph.D. (Fulbright Ukraine and U-M Alumna), "'I have a crisis for you': Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War" showcases work created by women artists in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The involved artists are painters, photographers, filmmakers, poets, translators, and textile artists. Many of the works exhibited demonstrate a continuity of engagement by the artists with the topic of war, especially since 2014 when the people of Ukraine gathered in a “Revolution of Dignity” against attempts by the Russian Federation to control the country’s independence resulting in Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and backing of pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s east.

The featured artists have also been selected because of their prominent interest and exploration of issues relating to gender in their works. The title for this exhibit comes from a poem of the same name by Lyuba Yakimchuk:
“— our love’s gone missing, I explain to a friend/ it vanished in one of the wars/ we waged in our kitchen/ — change the word ‘war’ to ‘crisis,’ he suggests/ because a crisis is something everyone has from time to time.”

Like in Yakimchuk’s poem, many of these artists approach the war with personal perspectives. They intertwine, juxtapose, and disrupt experiences of war with the intimacies of personal relationships, the workings interior lives, and perceptions of social roles. The featured artworks and documents engage a range of subjects from women volunteering as combatants to the processes of grieving and reflect ongoing discourses in Ukrainian feminist scholarship.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Dec 2022 15:34:27 -0500 2023-02-21T08:00:00-05:00 2023-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Exhibition "I have a crisis for you" poster
LHS Collaboratory Joint Session with UM School of Dentistry (February 21, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102701 102701-21805007@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

“The Future is Data Analytics: Many Challenges, Many Opportunities”

Keynote Speaker:

Lawrence A. Tabak, DDS, PhD
Director
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Register in advance via Zoom Webinar: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GyKMMpgVQHu2ezvxaJfZEA#/registration

12:00 pm-1:15 pm ET (Keynote)

1:30 pm-2:15 pm ET (Breakout rooms)

The keynote presentation (12:00 pm-1:15 pm ET) will be followed by breakout rooms (1:30 pm-2:15 pm ET) on topics presented by the UM faculty and guests.

Opening Remarks:
Laurey McCauley, DDS, MS, PHD

Breakout room #1: Data Integration and Sharing: Opportunities in Entrepreneurship and Research

Wenyuan Shi, PhD
Presentation: Building the Eco-system to Support Disruptive Technologies in Dentistry

Christopher Balaban, DMD, MSC, FACD
Presentation: Entrepreneurship and AI/LHS in Dentistry

Breakout room # 2 Data Integration and Sharing in/out of the Clinic: New Medical and Dental technologies and LHS methods to optimize care

Alexandre F. M. DaSilva, DDS, DMedSc
Presentation: Integrating and Sharing Dental and Medical Data in a Diverse Ecosystem – The Learning Health Systems Perspective

Muhammad F. Walji, PhD
Presentation: BigMouth: Lessons Learned from a Decade of Sharing EHR Data in Dentistry

Breakout room #3: Data Integration and Sharing in Imaging and Pharmacogenetics

Lucia Cevidanes, DDS, MS, PhD
Presentation: Innovations in Multimodal Imaging Data Integration and Sharing

Amy Pasternak, PharmD
Presentation: Integrating Pharmacogenomics into Daily Practice

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 26 Jan 2023 23:22:37 -0500 2023-02-21T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-21T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Livestream / Virtual LHS Collaboratory logo
WCED Lecture. Autocratic Ethno-federalism, Regime Change, and Ethiopia's Tigray War (February 21, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101607 101607-21801570@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

This lecture is about “autocratic ethno-federations” (AEs), countries under which more than half a billion people live. Fefer asks why AEs become more or less democratic, hypothesizing that key to explaining these regime changes under AE are levels of centralization and ethnic inclusion. He corroborates this hypothesis by analyzing three twenty-first century regime changes in Ethiopia and concludes by connecting Ethiopia’s recent autocratization to the Tigray War.

Adam Fefer is a WCED visiting associate and political science Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, San Diego. He holds an M.A. from UC San Diego and a B.A. from UC Berkeley. He studies authoritarianism, federalism, and ethnic conflict. His dissertation seeks to explain why authoritarian "ethno-federations" become more or less democratic, focusing primarily on Ethiopia. Using comparative case studies and elite interview data, Adam argues that changes to federal institutions—specifically, their changing levels of centralization and ethnic inclusiveness—help explain changes in the democratic status of such authoritarian ethno-federations.

This lecture will be presented in person in 555 Weiser Hall and on Zoom. Webinar registration required at http://myumi.ch/1nRpd

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 23 Nov 2022 12:51:47 -0500 2023-02-21T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-21T13:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion Adam Fefer
YehRim Lee: Cross-Continental Flux – Artist Talk and Q&A (February 21, 2023 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102187 102187-21803660@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Free and open to the public. No registration required. .

YehRim Lee’s work explores the contemporary human condition using decorative clay techniques (coiling, sculpting glaze, incising, and layering multiple colors) acquired through traditional training. She grew up in a family of artists who made Korean onggi ware, an iron-glazed brown pottery used for storing and fermenting food. She also studied ceramic making in Jingdezhen, China, the “porcelain city” that produced much of the high-quality blue and white ware for global trade between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries. However, Lee seeks to expose the materiality and the processes hidden by the smooth surfaces and precise decorations of historic porcelain ware. Her work shows how contemporary ceramic artists critically engage the form, the practice, and the history of ceramic art.   In this talk and Q&A, Lee will discuss her journey as a ceramics artist and the challenges of negotiating her multifaceted background and training. Her exhibition, Dopamine Dressing, will be on display at UMMA from December 2022 to August 27, 2023 in the Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery. This exhibition–inspired by the fashion trend that explores ideas that bright colors and astonishing textures can affect chemicals in the brain–responds to this theory by inviting visitors to respond to vibrancy, materiality, and expressive movement in art.    Please join YehRim Lee in the exhibition Dopamine Dressing following her talk.

More about the artist: YehRim Lee was born in Seoul, Korea. She earned her BFA in ceramics from Korea National University of Cultural Heritage (2013). In 2014, she continued her studies at the California State University Long Beach as Post-Baccalaureate in Ceramic Arts (2014-2015). She received her MFA in Ceramic Art at Alfred University (2017). She has shown in exhibitions nationally and internationally. Lee was the visiting resident artist at the University of Georgia in the ceramics department (2017-2018), the University of the Arts (2018-2019), and the Clay Studio in Philadelphia (2018-2020). Recent shows include the Korean International Ceramic Bienniale 2019 and A Dead Reckoning, Pensacola Museum of Art (2021). Most recently shewas a long-term resident at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana 

This program is presented in partnership with the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series.  

Support for Lee's residency at U-M and Cross-Continental Flux is provided by the Nam Center for Korean Studies, the CEW+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund, and the Stamps School of Art & Design Roman J. Witt Residency Program. Special thanks to Professor Susan Crowell (Stamps School of Art & Design and Residential College) for partnering with UMMA on this artist residency. 


Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the William C. Weese, M.D. Endowment for Ceramic Arts, the U–M Office of the Provost, and the Nam Center for Korean Studies. Additional generous support is provided by the U-M Department of History of Art and the U-M Department of Asian Languages and Cultures.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 21 Feb 2023 18:15:30 -0500 2023-02-21T17:30:00-05:00 2023-02-21T18:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
ELI Student to Student Event: Mardi Gras! (February 21, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105047 105047-21810644@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: English Language Institute

Celebrate Mardi Gras with other U-M international students and get into a Carnival spirit! This holiday marking the beginning of a time of fasting is celebrated in different ways in different parts of the world, and many of those traditions have made their way into U.S. culture. You can taste King Cake from New Orleans and Michigan’s trademark Polish treats called Pączki. You can also play games and meet new people! Groups of students can create a festive mask to celebrate in style! All materials provided, as well as pizza. Registration is required.

ELI “Student to Student” events are fun, interactive social gatherings planned and led by U-M students to help U-M international students meet people and build community They include activities to relieve stress, increase social connectedness, and help you learn about US and Michigan culture—while practicing English!

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 02 Feb 2024 10:17:51 -0500 2023-02-21T18:00:00-05:00 2023-02-21T20:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall English Language Institute Social / Informal Gathering Mardi Gras colors
"I have a crisis for you": Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War (February 22, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101972 101972-21803057@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia

An exhibit curated by Grace Mahoney and Jessica Zychowicz
Featuring work by Kinder Album, JT Blatty, Oksana Briukhovetska (MFA, Stamps School of Art and Design), Oksana Kazmina, Sonya Hukaylo, Svetlana Lavochkina, Kateryna Lisovenko, and Lyuba Yakimchuk.

In February 2022, the world witnessed the invasion of Ukraine and all-out war of aggression by the Russian Federation. Since this time, massive casualties, human rights violations, and an unprecedented refugee crisis have ensued. Women artists of Ukraine have responded. They paint on found materials in refugee housing, illustrate in bomb shelters, photograph their shelled cities wearing press passes and bulletproof jackets. They document, create, and share. They post their daily journals and images on social media. They perform at the Grammy Awards. They know their message is powerful, and the amplification of their voices is critical for victory in a very real battle for survival.

Curated by Grace Mahoney (U-M Slavic Languages and Literatures) and Jessica Zychowicz, Ph.D. (Fulbright Ukraine and U-M Alumna), "'I have a crisis for you': Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War" showcases work created by women artists in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The involved artists are painters, photographers, filmmakers, poets, translators, and textile artists. Many of the works exhibited demonstrate a continuity of engagement by the artists with the topic of war, especially since 2014 when the people of Ukraine gathered in a “Revolution of Dignity” against attempts by the Russian Federation to control the country’s independence resulting in Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and backing of pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s east.

The featured artists have also been selected because of their prominent interest and exploration of issues relating to gender in their works. The title for this exhibit comes from a poem of the same name by Lyuba Yakimchuk:
“— our love’s gone missing, I explain to a friend/ it vanished in one of the wars/ we waged in our kitchen/ — change the word ‘war’ to ‘crisis,’ he suggests/ because a crisis is something everyone has from time to time.”

Like in Yakimchuk’s poem, many of these artists approach the war with personal perspectives. They intertwine, juxtapose, and disrupt experiences of war with the intimacies of personal relationships, the workings interior lives, and perceptions of social roles. The featured artworks and documents engage a range of subjects from women volunteering as combatants to the processes of grieving and reflect ongoing discourses in Ukrainian feminist scholarship.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Dec 2022 15:34:27 -0500 2023-02-22T08:00:00-05:00 2023-02-22T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Exhibition "I have a crisis for you" poster
CREES Noon Lecture. Unpacking "Traditional Values" in Russia’s Conservative Turn: Gender, Sexuality, and the Soviet Legacy (February 22, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102688 102688-21804985@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

In the decade before Russia’s most recent invasion of Ukraine, scholars have been marking a conservative turn in Russian policy and practice through the lens of gender and sexuality. In a recent project, Valerie Sperling, Alexandra Novitskaya, Janet Elise Johnson, and Lisa Sundstrom examined these dynamics in two decades of Putin’s annual speeches to domestic audiences, and in Russian public opinion data, finding differing degrees of sexism and LGBTQ-phobia among Russia’s state leader and the public. While there has been a somewhat conservative trend in what Putin says regarding women’s rights, there has been a far more conservative one on LGBTQ+ issues. We find that Putin’s speeches and public opinion on these topics echo Soviet approaches, suggesting that the conservative “turn” amounts more to a “return” than to a novel development under Putin. However, examining this data also shows that Putin’s shift toward conservatism, most noticeable starting in 2021—and especially on LGBTQ+ issues—can inform our understanding of his decision to launch a full-scale war against Ukraine.

Valerie Sperling is professor of political science at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. Her research interests lie mainly at the intersection of Russian politics and gender studies. She is the author of *Organizing Women in Contemporary Russia* (2000); *Altered States: The Globalization of Accountability* (2009); and the award-winning *Sex, Politics, and Putin: Political Legitimacy in Russia* (2015). She and Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom (with Melike Sayoglu) are co-authors of *Courting Gender Justice: Russia, Turkey, and the European Court of Human Rights* (2019). Her most recent book, co-authored with her Clark colleague, Robert Boatright, is *Trumping Politics as Usual: Masculinity, Misogyny, and the 2016 Elections* (2020). In recent years she has published articles in *East European Politics and Societies, Post-Soviet Affairs,* and *International Journal of Human Rights*.

This lecture will be presented in person in 555 Weiser Hall and on Zoom. Webinar registration required at http://myumi.ch/n85Zx

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 03 Jan 2023 11:38:42 -0500 2023-02-22T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-22T13:20:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Valerie Sperling
ELI Workshop: Tips for Effective Public Speaking in English (February 22, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103180 103180-21806234@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: English Language Institute

When you give a presentation, does your voice express confidence? Is it loud enough? Do your listeners easily understand you? Is your audience engaged? In this workshop we will explore techniques to gain confidence and comfort when public speaking in English. You will leave with tips and resources to improve your public speaking abilities. Everyone will give a short presentation on a topic of your choice: a self-introduction, overview of your field of study, or a quick story of an interesting experience.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 10 Jan 2023 13:27:31 -0500 2023-02-22T18:00:00-05:00 2023-02-22T20:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar UM students laughing and workshopping
"I have a crisis for you": Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War (February 23, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101972 101972-21803058@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 23, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia

An exhibit curated by Grace Mahoney and Jessica Zychowicz
Featuring work by Kinder Album, JT Blatty, Oksana Briukhovetska (MFA, Stamps School of Art and Design), Oksana Kazmina, Sonya Hukaylo, Svetlana Lavochkina, Kateryna Lisovenko, and Lyuba Yakimchuk.

In February 2022, the world witnessed the invasion of Ukraine and all-out war of aggression by the Russian Federation. Since this time, massive casualties, human rights violations, and an unprecedented refugee crisis have ensued. Women artists of Ukraine have responded. They paint on found materials in refugee housing, illustrate in bomb shelters, photograph their shelled cities wearing press passes and bulletproof jackets. They document, create, and share. They post their daily journals and images on social media. They perform at the Grammy Awards. They know their message is powerful, and the amplification of their voices is critical for victory in a very real battle for survival.

Curated by Grace Mahoney (U-M Slavic Languages and Literatures) and Jessica Zychowicz, Ph.D. (Fulbright Ukraine and U-M Alumna), "'I have a crisis for you': Women Artists of Ukraine Respond to War" showcases work created by women artists in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The involved artists are painters, photographers, filmmakers, poets, translators, and textile artists. Many of the works exhibited demonstrate a continuity of engagement by the artists with the topic of war, especially since 2014 when the people of Ukraine gathered in a “Revolution of Dignity” against attempts by the Russian Federation to control the country’s independence resulting in Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and backing of pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s east.

The featured artists have also been selected because of their prominent interest and exploration of issues relating to gender in their works. The title for this exhibit comes from a poem of the same name by Lyuba Yakimchuk:
“— our love’s gone missing, I explain to a friend/ it vanished in one of the wars/ we waged in our kitchen/ — change the word ‘war’ to ‘crisis,’ he suggests/ because a crisis is something everyone has from time to time.”

Like in Yakimchuk’s poem, many of these artists approach the war with personal perspectives. They intertwine, juxtapose, and disrupt experiences of war with the intimacies of personal relationships, the workings interior lives, and perceptions of social roles. The featured artworks and documents engage a range of subjects from women volunteering as combatants to the processes of grieving and reflect ongoing discourses in Ukrainian feminist scholarship.

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Exhibition Thu, 08 Dec 2022 15:34:27 -0500 2023-02-23T08:00:00-05:00 2023-02-23T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Exhibition "I have a crisis for you" poster
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (February 23, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102178 102178-21803629@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 23, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

CGIS offers First Steps sessions virtually (via Zoom) every Monday and Thursday from 4:00pm to 4:30pm during the academic year while classes are in session, with the exception of holidays.

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more!

*Attending a First Step session is no longer a required component of the CGIS application process.*

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:02:07 -0500 2023-02-23T16:00:00-05:00 2023-02-23T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual Take the first step towards studying abroad!
Sense of Self: The Islamic Contemporary (February 24, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105043 105043-21810637@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 24, 2023 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

Despite recent panels and scholarship aiming to dispel the notion, there is a conception that contemporary art and religion are incompatible.

When paired with the Islamophobic sentiment that Islam is destructive, rather than constructive like artistic practices and that it even forbids many forms of artistic production, there is a presumption that contemporary art that engages with Islam as religion and faith (rather than simply as identity) cannot exist.

There is an additional assumption that those who identify as women, queer, trans, and non-binary are unlikely to engage with Islam in their work outside of critique, because of the belief that Islam is inherently (and uniquely) oppressive of and therefore contradictory to individuals who identify as such.

In an attempt to disabuse viewers of these notions, as well as give a space of exploration to these often overlooked or excluded voices, this exhibition brings together women, queer, trans, and non-binary Muslim artists who explore their connection to religion, their other identities (be those related to their race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, or status as artists), and their practices.

Participating Artists:
Nour Ballout
Yasmine Diaz
Arshia Fatima Haq
Yasmine Kasem
Manal Shoukair
Saba Taj

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Feb 2023 13:12:31 -0500 2023-02-24T10:00:00-05:00 2023-02-24T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition Sense of Self, RC Art Gallery
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline Winter 2023 (February 27, 2023 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/102775 102775-21805124@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 27, 2023 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for the Fall 2023 semester and early admission to Winter 2024.
The MIW program offers an opportunity each year for 20 undergraduates from any major to spend a semester (Fall or Winter) in Washington D.C. Students combine coursework with an internship that reflects their particular area of interest (such as American politics, international studies, history, the arts, public health, economics, the media, the environment, science, and technology). Students work four days a week, attend an elective one evening a week, and a research course on Friday mornings. They spend their weekends exploring the city and taking in cultural events.

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Other Tue, 10 Jan 2023 11:33:50 -0500 2023-02-27T00:00:00-05:00 2023-02-27T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan in Washington Program Other MIW
Voyager Scholarship Information Session (March 2, 2023 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104911 104911-21810436@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 2, 2023 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Institute

The Voyager Scholarship, created by President Obama, Michelle Obama, and Airbnb's CEO Brian Chesky, is for young leaders who are ready to make their mark in public service. This scholarship gives college students financial aid to alleviate the burden of college debt, meaningful travel experiences to expand their horizons, and a network of mentors and leaders to support them. Rising juniors in the United States can apply now through March 22.

In this virtual information session, you will learn more about the scholarship program, eligibility requirements, and tips to improve your application. To learn more about the scholarship, please visit http://obama.org/voyager-scholarship/.

Join Zoom Meeting: http://umich.zoom.us/j/94452585297?pwd=OE1hT0JpdzFKb3h1R05GdVovNXI0dz09
Meeting ID: 944 5258 5297
Passcode: 166585

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at iifellowships@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 13 Feb 2023 15:37:52 -0500 2023-03-02T17:30:00-05:00 2023-03-02T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location International Institute Livestream / Virtual Voyager Scholarship Information Session
Sense of Self: The Islamic Contemporary (March 3, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105043 105043-21810638@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 3, 2023 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

Despite recent panels and scholarship aiming to dispel the notion, there is a conception that contemporary art and religion are incompatible.

When paired with the Islamophobic sentiment that Islam is destructive, rather than constructive like artistic practices and that it even forbids many forms of artistic production, there is a presumption that contemporary art that engages with Islam as religion and faith (rather than simply as identity) cannot exist.

There is an additional assumption that those who identify as women, queer, trans, and non-binary are unlikely to engage with Islam in their work outside of critique, because of the belief that Islam is inherently (and uniquely) oppressive of and therefore contradictory to individuals who identify as such.

In an attempt to disabuse viewers of these notions, as well as give a space of exploration to these often overlooked or excluded voices, this exhibition brings together women, queer, trans, and non-binary Muslim artists who explore their connection to religion, their other identities (be those related to their race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, or status as artists), and their practices.

Participating Artists:
Nour Ballout
Yasmine Diaz
Arshia Fatima Haq
Yasmine Kasem
Manal Shoukair
Saba Taj

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Feb 2023 13:12:31 -0500 2023-03-03T10:00:00-05:00 2023-03-03T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition Sense of Self, RC Art Gallery
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (March 6, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803064@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 6, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-03-06T08:00:00-05:00 2023-03-06T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (March 6, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102178 102178-21803645@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 6, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

CGIS offers First Steps sessions virtually (via Zoom) every Monday and Thursday from 4:00pm to 4:30pm during the academic year while classes are in session, with the exception of holidays.

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more!

*Attending a First Step session is no longer a required component of the CGIS application process.*

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:02:07 -0500 2023-03-06T16:00:00-05:00 2023-03-06T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual Take the first step towards studying abroad!
Conversations on Europe. Russian Gas and European Supply Chains: Examining the Consequences of the War in Ukraine for Europe’s Energy Policies (March 6, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101973 101973-21803060@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 6, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for European Studies

After Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24th, the European Union (EU) announced its plans to suspend imports of Russian energy sources definitively, under its RepowerEU plan. The immediate consequence of the plan is a widespread supply shock to European economies. In this lecture, Prof. Kang will discuss how EU-Russia economic relations have developed so far and how Russia's aggression over Ukraine changed Europe's geo-economic and political landscape. He will also provide an economic forecast of European countries and the possible impact on developing countries.

Yoo-Duk Kang is professor of economics at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) in Seoul, Korea, where he was previously dean of the language and trade division and editor of the HUFS Press. He teaches undergraduate courses in international economics and trade, and graduate courses in development economics and EU studies. His main research interests are trade policy, economic integration, and comparative studies of economic policies. He is also deeply interested in European studies from an economic perspective. Previously, Kang worked at the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP), where he published 40 policy reports about issues related to European economies, and as an external consultant for the Korean Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Industry and Trade, participating in implementation and assessment of Korea’s trade agreements. Professor Kang has contributed more than 70 academic articles to journals including the *Journal of European Integration*, *Journal of Contemporary European Studies*, *Journal of Economic Integration*, and *Asian Development Review*. He is co-author and contributor of 30 books about international economics and European studies.

This lecture will be presented in person in 555 Weiser Hall and on Zoom. Webinar registration required at https://myumi.ch/bR9R6

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 22 Feb 2023 16:31:15 -0500 2023-03-06T16:00:00-05:00 2023-03-06T17:20:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for European Studies Lecture / Discussion Yoo-Duk Kang
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (March 7, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803065@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 7, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-03-07T08:00:00-05:00 2023-03-07T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (March 8, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803066@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-03-08T08:00:00-05:00 2023-03-08T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
CREES Noon Lecture. Ideologies of Sovereignty after Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: The Baltic Case (March 8, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102690 102690-21804986@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

In Russia and the Baltic states, competing ideologies of sovereignty have defined their positions in international relations and towards the war in Ukraine. I discuss how Russia’s sovereign ideologies of a great power and Lithuania’s as its victim were mutually constitutive after the collapse of the USSR. After 2014, the Baltics’ radical politics of sovereignty, grounded in its history of occupation and resistance against the USSR/Russia, has become a framework to imagine the imminent war and, after 2022, the future of Europe with its center in the East.

Neringa Klumbytė is associate professor of anthropology, Havighurst Faculty at the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies, and director of the Lithuania program at the Havighurst Center, Miami University. She is the author of *Authoritarian Laughter: Political Humor and Soviet Dystopia in Lithuania* (Cornell, 2022); co-editor of *Soviet Society in the Era of Late Socialism, 1964–85*, with Gulnaz Sharafutdinova (Lexington, 2012); and co-author of *Social and Historical Justice in Multiethnic Lithuania: Ideas, Experiences, and Contexts*, with Monika Frėjutė-Rakauskienė, Andrius Marcinkevičius, and Kristina Šliavaitė (Center for Social Research, 2018). She was the editor of *Perspectives in Europe*. Her work has focused on topics of authoritarianism; sovereignty; (post)colonialism, nationalism, and ethnicity; electoral politics; propaganda and censorship; historical justice and memory studies; political satire and humor; food, consumption, and marketing.

This lecture will be presented in person in 555 Weiser Hall and on Zoom. Webinar registration required at http://myumi.ch/NmNMq

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 01 Feb 2023 13:30:02 -0500 2023-03-08T12:00:00-05:00 2023-03-08T13:20:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Neringa Klumbyte
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (March 9, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803067@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 9, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-03-09T08:00:00-05:00 2023-03-09T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (March 9, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102178 102178-21803631@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 9, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

CGIS offers First Steps sessions virtually (via Zoom) every Monday and Thursday from 4:00pm to 4:30pm during the academic year while classes are in session, with the exception of holidays.

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more!

*Attending a First Step session is no longer a required component of the CGIS application process.*

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:02:07 -0500 2023-03-09T16:00:00-05:00 2023-03-09T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual Take the first step towards studying abroad!
Ukrainian Film Series — Winter 2023 (March 9, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104049 104049-21808328@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 9, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Ukrainian Film Series

Thursday, February 9th
Location: MLB Aud 3 (MLB 1200)
Mariupol: The Chronicles of Hell
The fall of one of Ukraine's major cities
Mariupol — ruined but not conquered. The city in the east of Ukraine has survived the occupation, total destruction, and a humanitarian catastrophe. The story of Mariupol is an especially horrifying one, with accounts reported that occupiers were murdering civilians, and actively preventing them from escaping. This film is the story of the survivors, and their life in a hell on Earth. Yet it's also a testament to the power of resilience, and Ukrainian fighting spirit.

Thursday, March 9th
Location: MLB Aud 3 (MLB 1200)
ПОВОДИР (The Guide)
Soviet Ukraine, the 1930s. American engineer Michael Shamrock arrives in Kharkiv with his ten-year-old son, Peter to help "build socialism". He falls in love with an actress Olga who has another admirer, Commissar Vladimir.
Under tragic circumstances, the American is killed and his son is saved from his pursuers by a blind bard (kobzar). With no other chance to survive in a foreign land, the boy becomes his guide.

Thursday, April 6
Location: MLB Aud 3 (MLB 1200)
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, Ukrainian: Тіні забутих предків
A 1965 Ukrainian film by the filmmaker Sergei Parajanov based on the novel Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Ukrainian writer Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky that tells a "Romeo and Juliet tale" of young Ukrainian Hutsul lovers trapped on opposite sides of a Carpathian family blood feud.[2][3] New York Film Festival program described the film as an "avant-garde, extravagant, sumptuous saga" and a "haunting work" that combined folk songs and atonal music with fantastic camera work.[5] Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is considered to be the most internationally heralded Ukrainian film in history,[6] and a classic of Ukrainian magical realist cinema.[7]

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Film Screening Tue, 31 Jan 2023 12:42:48 -0500 2023-03-09T18:00:00-05:00 2023-03-09T20:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Film Screening Ukrainian Film Festival
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (March 10, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803068@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 10, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-03-10T08:00:00-05:00 2023-03-10T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
Sense of Self: The Islamic Contemporary (March 10, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105043 105043-21810639@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 10, 2023 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

Despite recent panels and scholarship aiming to dispel the notion, there is a conception that contemporary art and religion are incompatible.

When paired with the Islamophobic sentiment that Islam is destructive, rather than constructive like artistic practices and that it even forbids many forms of artistic production, there is a presumption that contemporary art that engages with Islam as religion and faith (rather than simply as identity) cannot exist.

There is an additional assumption that those who identify as women, queer, trans, and non-binary are unlikely to engage with Islam in their work outside of critique, because of the belief that Islam is inherently (and uniquely) oppressive of and therefore contradictory to individuals who identify as such.

In an attempt to disabuse viewers of these notions, as well as give a space of exploration to these often overlooked or excluded voices, this exhibition brings together women, queer, trans, and non-binary Muslim artists who explore their connection to religion, their other identities (be those related to their race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, or status as artists), and their practices.

Participating Artists:
Nour Ballout
Yasmine Diaz
Arshia Fatima Haq
Yasmine Kasem
Manal Shoukair
Saba Taj

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Feb 2023 13:12:31 -0500 2023-03-10T10:00:00-05:00 2023-03-10T17:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition Sense of Self, RC Art Gallery
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (March 13, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803071@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 13, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-03-13T08:00:00-04:00 2023-03-13T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (March 13, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102178 102178-21803646@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 13, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

CGIS offers First Steps sessions virtually (via Zoom) every Monday and Thursday from 4:00pm to 4:30pm during the academic year while classes are in session, with the exception of holidays.

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more!

*Attending a First Step session is no longer a required component of the CGIS application process.*

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:02:07 -0500 2023-03-13T16:00:00-04:00 2023-03-13T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual Take the first step towards studying abroad!
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (March 14, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803072@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-03-14T08:00:00-04:00 2023-03-14T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
ONSF: Intro to UK Scholarships (March 14, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105710 105710-21812824@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Mason Hall
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

The Office of National Scholarships and Fellowships is an office at the University of Michigan that recruits and prepares U-M undergraduates, graduate, and professional students, and recent alums for major national scholarship and fellowship competitions. Join Dr. Henry Dyson, Director of ONSF, to learn about the incredible opportunities available to study in the United Kingdom! Programs like the Rhodes Scholarship and Marshall Scholarship draw thousands of applicants a year. For U-M applicants, the journey starts with ONSF.

The full list of scholarships that ONSF works with are available on our website. We offer in-person and online information sessions. Register on Sessions @ Michigan to learn more.

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Presentation Fri, 03 Mar 2023 11:48:45 -0500 2023-03-14T12:00:00-04:00 2023-03-14T13:00:00-04:00 Mason Hall Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Presentation ONSF Logo
WCED Lecture. The Rise of Imitation Election Observers (March 14, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101978 101978-21803118@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

In the pursuit of both domestic control and international credibility, dictatorships have fueled the rise of “imitation” election observers to validate their flawed polls. The cast of characters includes ambassadors, academics, celebrities, civil servants, corporate executives, journalists, lawyers, members of parliament, public relations consultants, and even former presidents and prime ministers. This lecture addresses the origins, features, and impact of this global phenomenon.

Lee Morgenbesser is an associate professor with the School of Government and International Relations at Griffith University and fellow with the Australian Research Council. His latest book is *The Rise of Sophisticated Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia* (Cambridge University Press, 2020), and he is currently working on a new book tentatively entitled "Faithful Imposters: The Wrecking of International Election Observation." A regular contributor to international media outlets and consultant to international organizations, some of his research has appeared in *Comparative Political Studies*, *Democratization*, *Journal of Democracy*, *Political Studies*, and *The Pacific Review*. In addition, he has been invited to present his research at the Council on Foreign Relations, European Parliament, National Endowment for Democracy, United States Department of State, as well as the United States Agency for International Development, amongst many other institutions. His research areas are authoritarian politics, dictators, democratization, election observation, and Southeast Asian politics.

This lecture will be presented in person in 555 Weiser Hall and on Zoom. Webinar registration required at http://myumi.ch/M9Nb6

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 22 Dec 2022 12:59:43 -0500 2023-03-14T17:00:00-04:00 2023-03-14T18:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion Lee Morgenbesser
Film Viewing: Eternal Harvest (March 14, 2023 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105931 105931-21813283@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 6:30pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Global Scholars Program

Join the the non-profit We Help War Victims in
sponsorship with the Global Scholars Program in
learning about how people in Laos continue to be
affected by the aftermath of the Vietnam War.

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Film Screening Wed, 08 Mar 2023 09:32:42 -0500 2023-03-14T18:30:00-04:00 2023-03-14T21:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Global Scholars Program Film Screening Orange flyer with images of film reels and admission ticket and details of event: March 14 from 6:30pm - 9pm Palmer Commons
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
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (March 15, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803073@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-03-15T08:00:00-04:00 2023-03-15T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
ELI Workshop: Talking to Powerful People (March 15, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103181 103181-21806235@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: English Language Institute

Making conversation can be one of the most challenging types of speaking to master in any language. This can be particularly true with people in a position of authority, such as a faculty advisor, department chair, work supervisor, or future employer. In this workshop, we will practice skills and strategies to effectively interact with powerful people, including turn-taking strategies, active listening, and sources for sample conversations. We will consider how to seem friendly and confident at a job interview or competent and insightful in a research group meeting. Come ready to practice with one another and to identify effective ways to practice on your own.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 10 Jan 2023 13:29:32 -0500 2023-03-15T18:00:00-04:00 2023-03-15T20:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar UM students laughing and workshopping
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (March 16, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803074@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 16, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-03-16T08:00:00-04:00 2023-03-16T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (March 16, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102178 102178-21803632@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 16, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

CGIS offers First Steps sessions virtually (via Zoom) every Monday and Thursday from 4:00pm to 4:30pm during the academic year while classes are in session, with the exception of holidays.

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more!

*Attending a First Step session is no longer a required component of the CGIS application process.*

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:02:07 -0500 2023-03-16T16:00:00-04:00 2023-03-16T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual Take the first step towards studying abroad!
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (March 17, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803075@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 17, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-03-17T08:00:00-04:00 2023-03-17T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
Sense of Self: The Islamic Contemporary (March 17, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105043 105043-21810640@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 17, 2023 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

Despite recent panels and scholarship aiming to dispel the notion, there is a conception that contemporary art and religion are incompatible.

When paired with the Islamophobic sentiment that Islam is destructive, rather than constructive like artistic practices and that it even forbids many forms of artistic production, there is a presumption that contemporary art that engages with Islam as religion and faith (rather than simply as identity) cannot exist.

There is an additional assumption that those who identify as women, queer, trans, and non-binary are unlikely to engage with Islam in their work outside of critique, because of the belief that Islam is inherently (and uniquely) oppressive of and therefore contradictory to individuals who identify as such.

In an attempt to disabuse viewers of these notions, as well as give a space of exploration to these often overlooked or excluded voices, this exhibition brings together women, queer, trans, and non-binary Muslim artists who explore their connection to religion, their other identities (be those related to their race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, or status as artists), and their practices.

Participating Artists:
Nour Ballout
Yasmine Diaz
Arshia Fatima Haq
Yasmine Kasem
Manal Shoukair
Saba Taj

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Feb 2023 13:12:31 -0500 2023-03-17T10:00:00-04:00 2023-03-17T17:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition Sense of Self, RC Art Gallery
Southeast Asian Noodle Day (March 17, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105422 105422-21811741@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 17, 2023 11:00am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

Join us for Southeast Asian Noodle Day! March 17th, 11am - 2pm at the
Language Resource Center (1500 North Quad)

Attend the languages presentation, engage in fun activities, explore various cultures, embrace new opportunities, sample noodles from Indonesia, Philippines,
Thailand, and Vietnam.

Open to all U-M students! Free admission!

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Fair / Festival Wed, 01 Mar 2023 10:33:08 -0500 2023-03-17T11:00:00-04:00 2023-03-17T14:00:00-04:00 North Quad Asian Languages and Cultures Fair / Festival Noodle Day Poster
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (March 20, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803078@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 20, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-03-20T08:00:00-04:00 2023-03-20T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (March 20, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102178 102178-21803647@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 20, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

CGIS offers First Steps sessions virtually (via Zoom) every Monday and Thursday from 4:00pm to 4:30pm during the academic year while classes are in session, with the exception of holidays.

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more!

*Attending a First Step session is no longer a required component of the CGIS application process.*

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:02:07 -0500 2023-03-20T16:00:00-04:00 2023-03-20T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual Take the first step towards studying abroad!
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (March 21, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803079@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 21, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-03-21T08:00:00-04:00 2023-03-21T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
Aiton Lecture: Rethinking the Aztecs: Have we been wrong for 500 years? (March 21, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105175 105175-21811239@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 21, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Department of History

In this talk, Professor Camilla Townsend, author of "Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs," will address what we can learn from Nahuatl-language sources produced in the sixteenth century if we open ourselves to everything they have to teach us. She will also discuss what she believes are the reasons we have tended to be resistant to their messages, even in recent times.

Camilla Townsend is Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. She is the author of numerous books on Indigenous history, among them "Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma" (2004), "Malintzin’s Choices: An Indian Woman in the Conquest of Mexico" (2006), and "Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs" (2019), which won the 2020 Cundill Prize in History. Her research has been supported by such entities as the American Philosophical Society, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

This lecture will take place in person in 1014 Tisch Hall on Tuesday, March 21 at 4:00 pm.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 20 Feb 2023 11:11:53 -0500 2023-03-21T16:00:00-04:00 2023-03-21T18:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Department of History Lecture / Discussion Professor Camilla Townsend
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (March 22, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803080@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-03-22T08:00:00-04:00 2023-03-22T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
Annual Copernicus Lecture. Survivors Saving Survivors (March 22, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103584 103584-21807516@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 5:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

The 2023 Annual Copernicus Lecture will feature two presentations on how JCC Krakow has organized volunteers to aid Ukrainian refugees who fled to Poland. Following the presentations, the two speakers will join a conversation led by CCPS Director Geneviève Zubrzycki.

"In the Shadow of Auschwitz: How JCC Krakow is Rebuilding Jewish Life in Poland and Supporting Ukrainian Refugees"

JCC Krakow (est.2008) is the vibrant center of reborn Jewish life in Kraków, with over 850 members. With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, it quickly morphed into one of Kraków’s most important humanitarian aid centers, providing services to over 150,000 Ukrainian refugees to date. In this talk, JCC Krakow CEO Jonathan Ornstein will discuss the center's mission to rebuild Jewish communal life in the shadow of Auschwitz, and the impact of the Jewish community’s work with Ukrainian refugees.

"Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland"

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is tikkun olam, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. Fishman will discuss his experience and the accompanying exhibit--on display in Weiser Hall in March and April--that shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

Jonathan Ornstein is the Chief Executive Officer of the Jewish Community Centre of Krakow. The JCC boasts over 850 Jewish members, welcomes 10,000 visitors a month and has become one of Poland’s most visible signs of Jewish revival. Ornstein created the annual Ride For The Living and Holocaust Survivor Day, two global initiatives with tens of thousands of participants. Prior to occupying his post at the JCC, Ornstein lectured in Modern Hebrew at Jagiellonian University, founded the “Gesher” association for Polish-Israeli dialogue, and is a founding member of the Krakow Association of Christians and Jews where he serves as vice president.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day.Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time, Life, Fortune, Newsweek, The London Sunday Times, The Economist* and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery; the United Nations; POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 22 Mar 2023 11:29:24 -0400 2023-03-22T17:00:00-04:00 2023-03-22T18:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Lecture / Discussion Copernicus Lecture banner
CREES-sponsored film at the 61st Ann Arbor Film Festival. "Burial" (March 22, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105671 105671-21812665@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

61 min., 2022, Lithuania/Italy/France/U.S.

A python slithers and curls over the abandoned control room of Chernobyl’s sister, the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, its radioactive core an unleashed monster that will slither through time for a million years. From Etruscan ruins and sunken cities to the most modern of underground repositories, director Emilija Škarnulyte follows our attempts to bury the immortal. Addressing the epochal effects of nuclear technology on all levels, Burial follows the cycle of power, an eternal return, another serpent eating its tail.

Use our code AAFF61_UMREEEA for a discount on your tickets!

The film will also be available March 21-29 for online viewing. Visit the Ann Arbor Film Festival website for the full schedule and information about special events: www.aafilmfest.org

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Film Screening Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:23:53 -0500 2023-03-22T17:00:00-04:00 2023-03-22T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Film Screening CREES-sponsored film at the 61st Ann Arbor Film Festival. "Burial"
ONSF: Intro to UK Scholarships (March 22, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105710 105710-21812825@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

The Office of National Scholarships and Fellowships is an office at the University of Michigan that recruits and prepares U-M undergraduates, graduate, and professional students, and recent alums for major national scholarship and fellowship competitions. Join Dr. Henry Dyson, Director of ONSF, to learn about the incredible opportunities available to study in the United Kingdom! Programs like the Rhodes Scholarship and Marshall Scholarship draw thousands of applicants a year. For U-M applicants, the journey starts with ONSF.

The full list of scholarships that ONSF works with are available on our website. We offer in-person and online information sessions. Register on Sessions @ Michigan to learn more.

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Presentation Fri, 03 Mar 2023 11:48:45 -0500 2023-03-22T17:00:00-04:00 2023-03-22T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Presentation ONSF Logo
ELI Workshop: Creating Effective Visuals for Research Presentations (March 22, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103182 103182-21806236@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: English Language Institute

In today’s research world, presentations can take place in person as a talk or poster presentation, online via Zoom, or via pre-recorded videos, and strong visuals are essential to their success. These visuals can take many forms, including graphs, tables, charts, photos, and embedded videos. In this workshop, you will learn how to select appropriate visuals and integrate them with spoken and written text in order to best communicate your scholarship to different audiences. We will analyze presentations from a variety of disciplines in order to identify what makes them effective. Please bring a presentation you are currently working on or have presented in the past and be prepared to participate in small group discussions.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 30 Aug 2023 15:35:00 -0400 2023-03-22T18:00:00-04:00 2023-03-22T20:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar UM students laughing and workshopping
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (March 23, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803081@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 23, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-03-23T08:00:00-04:00 2023-03-23T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
Can Trade Policy Mitigate Climate Change? (March 23, 2023 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105337 105337-21811569@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 23, 2023 11:30am
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

Trade policy is often cast as a solution to the free-riding problem in international climate agreements. This paper uncovers the extent to which trade policy can deliver on this promise. We introduce abatement technology and carbon externality into a multi-country, multi-industry quantitative trade model. Our framework accommodates a rich set of policy considerations, including firm delocation, multilateral carbon leakage, and returns to scale in production and abatement. By deriving simple analytical formulas for optimal carbon, production, and border taxes, we are able to quantify the reduction in CO 2 emissions under two prominent propos- als that combine carbon pricing with trade policy. First, we show that carbon border taxes can replicate at most 1% of the CO 2 reduction attainable under global climate cooperation. By comparison, Nordhaus ’s ( 2015 ) climate club proposal can foster global climate cooperation and reduce global CO 2 emissions by up to 61%. This successful outcome hinges on both the US and EU committing to the climate club as core members, using their collective trade penalties to enforce climate cooperation by reluctant governments.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 22 Feb 2023 16:07:30 -0500 2023-03-23T11:30:00-04:00 2023-03-23T13:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Can Trade Policy Mitigate Climate Change?
LHS Collaboratory (March 23, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105035 105035-21810617@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 23, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

Speaker:
Thomas R. Campion, Jr., Ph.D., FACMI, FAMIA
Chief Research Informatics Officer
Associate Professor of Research in Population Health Sciences
Weill Cornell Medicine

Clinical and translational investigators need patient data, especially from electronic health record (EHR) systems, to conduct research, but optimal approaches are unknown. This talk explores an approach for supporting different types of investigators and study designs by matching investigators with informatics tools and services.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 15 Feb 2023 23:51:27 -0500 2023-03-23T12:00:00-04:00 2023-03-23T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion LHS Collaboratory logo
CREES/SLL Book Talk. Everyday War: The Conflict Over Donbas, Ukraine (March 23, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105635 105635-21812539@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 23, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Ukrainians have responded to Russia's aggression against their country in consequential ways. In her presentation, Greta Uehling will discuss the highly conscious and creative ways non-combatants engage in what she calls "everyday war." Based on her ethnographic research in Ukraine, Uehling will describe how this everyday war prompted moral thinking about human vulnerabilities. She will explore the improvised ethics of care that arise in a context in which moral rules and international humanitarian law have been upended. Uehling’s recently released book and her talk will demonstrate the insights that can be gained when studies of war and conflict include consideration of families, friendships, and subjective experience.

Greta Uehling is a cultural anthropologist whose current project explores the subjective experience of military conflict in Ukraine. In 2014, Uehling received a Fulbright scholar grant that enabled her to do ethnographic fieldwork over three summers in Ukraine and lead to the publication of "Everyday War: The Conflict over Donbas, Ukraine" (Cornell University Press, 2023). The book bridges the fields of anthropology, international relations, political geography, and peace and conflict studies. A CREES faculty associate, Uehling teaches for the Program in International and Comparative Studies and Anthropology at the University of Michigan.

This lecture will be presented in person in 555 Weiser Hall and on Zoom. Webinar registration required at http://myumi.ch/1AgeV.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 02 Mar 2023 15:55:14 -0500 2023-03-23T15:00:00-04:00 2023-03-23T16:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion CREES/SLL Book Talk. Everyday War: The Conflict Over Donbas, Ukraine
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (March 23, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102178 102178-21803633@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 23, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

CGIS offers First Steps sessions virtually (via Zoom) every Monday and Thursday from 4:00pm to 4:30pm during the academic year while classes are in session, with the exception of holidays.

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more!

*Attending a First Step session is no longer a required component of the CGIS application process.*

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:02:07 -0500 2023-03-23T16:00:00-04:00 2023-03-23T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual Take the first step towards studying abroad!
Communities, Rural Economies, and Diet in Bronze Age and Iron Age Greece (March 23, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105610 105610-21812264@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 23, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Classical Studies

Traditional accounts of the transition from Bronze Age to Iron Age in Greece identified a considerable drop in population after the demise of the palaces (around 1200/1150 BCE) followed, it was argued, by less arable farming, which led to a 'pastoral economy' in the early Iron Age. This picture was believed to be supported by the high value placed on livestock and near-eating in Homeric epic. While this view has recently changed among specialists, many outdated elements remain embedded in current scholarship. Debates over climate change's role in the disruptions that took place at this time also sometimes reflect these old, inaccurate narratives.

This lecture deploys archaeobotanical evidence and stable isotope analysis to demonstrate that in the Greek Iron Age, people continued to depend on plant-based diets supplemented by some meat and dairy. Although, expectably, there is considerable regional variation, relatively small-scale mixed farming agrarian regimes predominated during the Iron Age. It is evident that people in the Iron Age did not adopt pastoral lifestyles, keep more animals, or increase meat consumption. Instead, the data demonstrate the longevity of 'the Mediterranean diet' in its many variations and reveals some of the values people had over the long term attached to food.

Lin Foxhall is a Rathbone Professor of Ancient History and Classical Archaeology at the University of Liverpool. She also serves as Editor of the Journal of Hellenic Studies (Cambridge University Press). Previously she was Dean of the School of Histories, Languages and Cultures at Liverpool and led the University-wide Heritage Research Theme, Professor of Greek Archaeology and History at the University of Leicester, and Head of the School of Archaeology and Ancient History, where she played a significant role leading the team that discovered the body of King Richard III. She has held posts at St Hilda’s College, Oxford, and University College London, and Visiting Professorships in Germany, Denmark, and the USA. She studied at Bryn Mawr College, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Liverpool, England.

An active field archaeologist, Lin has led and participated in collaborative research projects in Greece and Southern Italy. She has written extensively on agriculture, rural economies, landscapes, land use, material culture, and gender in the ancient Mediterranean, especially the Greek world, focusing on the time between the Bronze Age and Classical periods.

If you can't join us in person, join us online. This event will be streamed live on March 23 at 4:00 pm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7bZVDiI0wk

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 16 Mar 2023 20:07:43 -0400 2023-03-23T16:00:00-04:00 2023-03-23T18:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Classical Studies Lecture / Discussion Rural communities in ancient Greece
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (March 24, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803082@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 24, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-03-24T08:00:00-04:00 2023-03-24T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
Sense of Self: The Islamic Contemporary (March 24, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105043 105043-21810641@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 24, 2023 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

Despite recent panels and scholarship aiming to dispel the notion, there is a conception that contemporary art and religion are incompatible.

When paired with the Islamophobic sentiment that Islam is destructive, rather than constructive like artistic practices and that it even forbids many forms of artistic production, there is a presumption that contemporary art that engages with Islam as religion and faith (rather than simply as identity) cannot exist.

There is an additional assumption that those who identify as women, queer, trans, and non-binary are unlikely to engage with Islam in their work outside of critique, because of the belief that Islam is inherently (and uniquely) oppressive of and therefore contradictory to individuals who identify as such.

In an attempt to disabuse viewers of these notions, as well as give a space of exploration to these often overlooked or excluded voices, this exhibition brings together women, queer, trans, and non-binary Muslim artists who explore their connection to religion, their other identities (be those related to their race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, or status as artists), and their practices.

Participating Artists:
Nour Ballout
Yasmine Diaz
Arshia Fatima Haq
Yasmine Kasem
Manal Shoukair
Saba Taj

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Feb 2023 13:12:31 -0500 2023-03-24T10:00:00-04:00 2023-03-24T17:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition Sense of Self, RC Art Gallery
II Graduate Student Lightning Talks (March 24, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105848 105848-21813105@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 24, 2023 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Institute

The entire II community is invited to a talk series hosted by the MIRS Program in coordination with the II's MIRS Virtual Campus Visit Days. II graduate students will be selected to present an 8-10 minute “lightning talk” on their research or experiential learning (including but not limited to internships, intensive language programs, or practica).

Anyone affiliated with the II is welcome to attend to learn more about the experiences of our MIRS students.

Login to this Zoom event at: https://myumi.ch/Rp9PW

Featured student speakers:

Joe Cacese, MIRS, Chinese Studies specialization, 2nd year

Mohammad Khan, MIRS, South Asian Studies specialization, 1st year

Omar Masood, MIRS, Islamic Studies specialization and Public Policy, 3rd year

Rosa Razmi, MIRS, Middle Eastern and North African Studies specialization, 1st year

Liangyuan Zeng, MIRS, Chinese Studies Studies specialization, 1st year

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Presentation Tue, 21 Mar 2023 10:02:37 -0400 2023-03-24T11:00:00-04:00 2023-03-24T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location International Institute Presentation II Graduate Student Lightning Talks
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (March 27, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 27, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-03-27T08:00:00-04:00 2023-03-27T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (March 27, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102178 102178-21803648@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 27, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

CGIS offers First Steps sessions virtually (via Zoom) every Monday and Thursday from 4:00pm to 4:30pm during the academic year while classes are in session, with the exception of holidays.

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more!

*Attending a First Step session is no longer a required component of the CGIS application process.*

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:02:07 -0500 2023-03-27T16:00:00-04:00 2023-03-27T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual Take the first step towards studying abroad!
ONSF: Intro to UK Scholarships (March 27, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105710 105710-21812826@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 27, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

The Office of National Scholarships and Fellowships is an office at the University of Michigan that recruits and prepares U-M undergraduates, graduate, and professional students, and recent alums for major national scholarship and fellowship competitions. Join Dr. Henry Dyson, Director of ONSF, to learn about the incredible opportunities available to study in the United Kingdom! Programs like the Rhodes Scholarship and Marshall Scholarship draw thousands of applicants a year. For U-M applicants, the journey starts with ONSF.

The full list of scholarships that ONSF works with are available on our website. We offer in-person and online information sessions. Register on Sessions @ Michigan to learn more.

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Presentation Fri, 03 Mar 2023 11:48:45 -0500 2023-03-27T16:00:00-04:00 2023-03-27T17:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Presentation ONSF Logo
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (March 28, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803086@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-03-28T08:00:00-04:00 2023-03-28T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
Ambassador Julianne Smith, "NATO Today: Confronting the Crisis in Ukraine and Adapting to Meet Global Challenges" (March 28, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105256 105256-21811458@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

The Ford School is pleased to present Ambassador Julianne Smith for the 5th annual Arthur Vandenberg Lecture.

Register here to attend: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOaFmeREWlloIfmaHRF2OyQIrcPRwcEg3xwjaDzS8DpLgYAg/viewform

Ambassador Smith has served as the U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO since November 2021. Prior to her current position, she served as a Senior Advisor to Secretary Antony Blinken at the Department of State, and previously served as the Director of the Asia and Geopolitics Programs at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

Ambassador Smith will give brief remarks, followed by a conversation with Weiser Diplomacy Center director John Ciorciari.

From the speaker's bio
Ambassador Julianne Smith assumed her position as the U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO in November 2021. Prior to her current position, she served as a senior advisor to Secretary Blinken at the Department of State. Previously, she served as the director of the Asia and Geopolitics Programs at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. From 2014-2018, she served as the director of the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security.

From 2012-2013, she served as the Acting National Security Advisor and Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President of the United States. Before her post at the White House, she served for three years as the principal director for European and NATO Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense in the Pentagon. In January 2012, she was awarded the Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service.

Prior to her government service, Ambassador Smith held a variety of positions at research institutions including the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the German Marshall Fund, the American Academy in Berlin, and the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik in Berlin. She has written extensively on transatlantic relations and European security.

Ambassador Smith is a recipient of the Richard von Weizsäcker Fellowship at the Bosch Academy in Berlin and the Fredin Memorial Scholarship for study at the Sorbonne in Paris. A native of Michigan, she received her BA from Xavier University and her M.A from American University. She spent a year learning German at the University of Munich. In 2017, she received the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

About the Vandenberg Lecture
The Meijer Family established the Vandenberg Fund in 2017 to honor U.S. Senator Arthur Vandenberg, who served the State of Michigan in the U.S. Senate from 1928-1951. Senator Vandenberg forged bipartisan support for our country's most significant and enduring foreign policies of the twentieth century, including the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, NATO and the creation of the United Nations. The Vandenberg Lecture Fund has since featured some of the world's leaders in foreign policy including U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Ambassador Samantha Power, among others.

Thank you to our media partners with Detroit Public Television (DPTV), PBS Books, and One Detroit.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Mar 2023 09:45:13 -0400 2023-03-28T12:00:00-04:00 2023-03-28T13:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Julianne Smith
WCED Lecture. The Racial Politics of Citizenship: Anticolonial Imaginaries and the Making of Political Modernity from Haiti (March 28, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101979 101979-21803119@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

While modern citizenship promises equality, it has deep entanglements with the colonial project. We have long analyzed mechanisms of citizenship inclusion through the lens of the class struggle and cultural boundary expansion, and we tend to tether citizenship rights to the nation state and European modernity. However, it was in European colonies where questions of rights had to be navigated, especially during the Caribbean struggles over freedom following racial slavery. As a result of this analytical bifurcation, the social sciences have largely overlooked how a project of racecraft made egalitarian ideals of freedom and citizenship compatible with continued colonial rule. Aiming to overcome this separation, this talk situates the making of political modernity in the Haitian Revolution. It proceeds in three steps. First, it specifies how Haitians thought about their freedom struggle, aiming to articulate their own humanity at a time when racial slavery raged around them. Second, it examines different approaches within the Haitian Revolution to overcome these power structures, including that of Toussaint’s egalitarianism, Dessalines’ Black humanism, and the peasant revolt. Finally, the talk examines how external constraints denied many of these political approaches. Hammer concludes by demonstrating how citizenship politics fail to address racial and colonial domination, while pointing to alternative approaches.

Ricarda Hammer is a WCED Postdoctoral Fellow for 2021-23. Her research interests lie at the intersection of global, historical, and postcolonial sociology. She received her Ph.D. in sociology from Brown University in 2021 and she is currently working on her book manuscript, “Citizenship and Colonial Difference: The Racial Politics of Rights and Rule across the Black Atlantic.” The book aims to build a new genealogy of rights formation by examining it through the colonial struggle, and from the perspective of the enslaved and colonized in the colonial Caribbean. Her work has been published in *Sociological Theory*, *Sociology of Race and Ethnicity*, *Political Power and Social Theory*, and *Teaching Sociology*.

This lecture will be presented in person in 555 Weiser Hall and on Zoom. Webinar registration required at http://myumi.ch/n8MkV

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 08 Dec 2022 16:25:12 -0500 2023-03-28T12:00:00-04:00 2023-03-28T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion Ricarda Hammer
Chile: From the Revolt to the Convention (March 28, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106136 106136-21813832@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Romance Languages & Literatures

Join us Tuesday, March 28th at 3:00pm - 4:30pm in Room 4304 of the MLB (the Commons) for an informal meet and greet with Elisa Loncon Antileo: Mapuche activist, linguist, Professor of Education at the University of Santiago, Chile, and the first president of the 2021 Chilean Constitutional Convention.

Coffee and light refreshments will be served.

This event will be in Spanish and in English.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:12:50 -0400 2023-03-28T15:00:00-04:00 2023-03-28T16:30:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Romance Languages & Literatures Workshop / Seminar Antileo Poster
Representations of the Theresienstadt ghetto in survivors' testimonies (March 28, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105801 105801-21812971@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 5:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Please join us for this Presentation on narratives of the Theresienstadt Ghetto in early postwar Czechoslovakia based on two reports written by Czech Jewish survivors: Mirko Tůma’s “A ghetto of our days” (1946) and Richard Feder's “Jewish tragedy – Last act” (1947). Analyzing how those narratives were perceived by contemporaries in Czech media.

Lena Franke studied European Studies (BA) and Slavic Studies (MA) at the universities of Passau, Tübingen and Regensburg and spent semesters abroad in Kazan, Riga and Prague. In 2020 she worked as a research assistant for the project “Grenze/n in nationalen und transnationalen Erinnerungskulturen zwischen Tschechien und Bayern” at Bohemicum, Center for Czech Studies, University of Regensburg. During her Ph.D., research stays in Prague were supported by the Bavarian-Czech Academic Agency and by a Josef Dobrovský Fellowship at the Institute for Czech literature at the Czech Academy of Sciences. Since April 2021 she is a scholarship holder at the Graduate School for East and Southeast European Studies in Regensburg.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at slavic@umich.edu. Advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Thank you!

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Presentation Wed, 08 Mar 2023 10:59:49 -0500 2023-03-28T17:00:00-04:00 2023-03-28T19:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Presentation Theresienstadt ghetto
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (March 29, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803087@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-03-29T08:00:00-04:00 2023-03-29T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
CREES Noon Lecture. Media for the "Modern Child": Studying Children and Cinema during the Cold War (March 29, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102691 102691-21804987@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

This talk considers an enduring question in media theory and practice: how have adult imaginings of childhood perception shaped moving image aesthetics, thought, and culture? It does so through the intertwined histories of a series of institutions founded after World War II to study children’s relationship to the moving image and to make films for young audiences: Yugoslavia’s “Film and Child” commission, the East German National Center for Children’s Film and Television, France’s Institute of Filmology, and Iran’s Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (Kanoon). Via research by sociologist Edgar Morin and “film pedagogue” Miroslav Vrabec, and films by directors Dušan Vukotić and Abbas Kiarostami, the talk illuminates the links between social-scientific investigations of the “modern child” and formal techniques frequently associated with the avant-garde.

Alice Lovejoy is a media and cultural historian and comparatist whose research examines governmental and institutional media in transnational perspective. Her first book, *Army Film and the Avant Garde: Cinema and Experiment in the Czechoslovak Military* (Indiana University Press, 2015), was named co-winner of the Modern Language Association’s 2018 Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Studies in Slavic Languages and Literatures. With Mari Pajala, she co-edited *Remapping Cold War Media: Institutions, Infrastructures, Translations* (Indiana University Press, 2022), and she has published widely on East European, particularly Czech and Slovak, film and literature. Lovejoy has worked as a film critic, curator, and filmmaker, including as an editor at *Film Comment* magazine. Her research has been supported by, among others, an American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) postdoctoral fellowship, a Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellowship, two Fulbright fellowships, and the University of Minnesota's McKnight-Land Grant Professorship and Talle Faculty Research Award.

This lecture will be presented in person in 555 Weiser Hall and on Zoom. Webinar registration required at http://myumi.ch/e6RAV

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 22 Feb 2023 16:32:16 -0500 2023-03-29T12:00:00-04:00 2023-03-29T13:20:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Alice Lovejoy
Donia Human Rights Center Lecture | Reflections on Chile's Constitutional Process and the Proposal for Pluri-Nationality made by Indigenous People (March 29, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105164 105164-21811229@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Donia Human Rights Center

Speaker: Elisa Loncon Antileo, First president of the 2021 Chilean Constitutional Convention; Professor of Education, University of Santiago, Chile
Discussant: Matthew Fletcher, Harry Burns Hutchins Collegiate Professor of Law & Professor of American Culture, University of Michigan

This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required if you intend to participate virtually. Once you’ve registered, the joining information will be sent to your email.
Register at: https://myumi.ch/XnXAW

In addition to analyzing multiple factors that led to the rejection of the proposed constitution in 2022, Loncon’s lecture will explain the foundational basis of pluri-nationality, a concept that was incorporated into the proposed constitution through democratic negotiation within the Convention. The presentation will invite the audience to consider indigenous and environmental issues in Latin America through an approach that is inclusive, democratic, and equitable, and that recognizes the rights of nature. This strategy offers a contribution to the processes of decolonization and the toppling of patriarchy, which are unfolding within a crisis of democracy and of relationships between states and native peoples in the twenty-first century.

Born in the Mapuche community of Lefweluan in Chile, Elisa Loncon Antileo is a linguist and an Indigenous rights and languages activist and Professor of Education at the University of Santiago de Chile. Loncón was awarded the René Cassin Human Rights Award from the Basque Government to recognize her substantial contributions to the defense of human rights, and in 2021 was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People and one of Financial Times’s 25 most influential women.

In 2021, Loncón was elected as a representative of the Mapuche people to the Chilean Constitutional Convention, and then elected as the Convention’s first president (July 2021–January 2022). Following mass protests across the nation in 2019 and a national vote in 2020 in favor of replacing the constitution that dated to the Pinochet dictatorship, the Convention was tasked with drafting a replacement constitutional text. Although Chilean voters subsequently rejected the proposed draft text, the process of developing the recommendations—which directly addressed issues of indigenous representation, gender parity, and environmental protections, among other changes—was instructive and will inform subsequent efforts toward reform.

Matthew L.M. Fletcher is the Harry Burns Hutchins Collegiate Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. He teaches and writes in the areas of Federal Indian Law, American Indian Tribal Law, Anishinaabe legal and political philosophy, constitutional law, federal courts, and legal ethics. He sits as the Chief Justice of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, and the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. He also sits as an appellate judge for several other tribal nations. He is a member of the Grand Traverse Band. Professor Fletcher graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1997 and the University of Michigan in 1994. He is married to Wenona Singel, a member of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, and they have two sons, Owen and Emmett.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 07 Mar 2023 14:59:24 -0500 2023-03-29T16:00:00-04:00 2023-03-29T17:30:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Donia Human Rights Center Lecture / Discussion Donia Human Rights Center Lecture | Reflections on Chile's Constitutional Process and the Proposal for Pluri-Nationality made by Indigenous People
ELI Fall Course Info & Pizza Party (March 29, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105008 105008-21810578@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: English Language Institute

ELI Fall Course Info & Pizza Party!
March 29
5:00-7:00 pm
955 Weiser Hall

Are you a U-M international student? Do you speak English as a second or third language? LSA’s English Language Institute offers mini-courses and other resources to support your academic and professional success!

Join us for pizza and meet with ELI faculty and students to learn about ELI’s course offerings for fall!

All are welcome but please register so we know how much pizza to order!

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Reception / Open House Wed, 22 Feb 2023 14:53:24 -0500 2023-03-29T17:00:00-04:00 2023-03-29T19:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall English Language Institute Reception / Open House colorful pizza image
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (March 30, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803088@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 30, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-03-30T08:00:00-04:00 2023-03-30T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
Fulbright Meet & Greet for Program Advisors (March 30, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/106137 106137-21813833@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 30, 2023 9:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Do you have students interested in the Fulbright U.S. Student Program? Join us on Thursday, March 30 from 9 - 10 AM in Weiser Hall, 10th Floor for donuts, coffee, and a brief presentation covering the U-M Fulbright campus process.

We will share information specifically geared towards advisors so that you may more easily connect your students with our resources and the U-M Fulbright Program Advising team.


If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact iifellowships@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:02:19 -0400 2023-03-30T09:00:00-04:00 2023-03-30T10:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Social / Informal Gathering Fulbright Meet & Greet for Program Advisors
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (March 30, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102178 102178-21803634@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 30, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

CGIS offers First Steps sessions virtually (via Zoom) every Monday and Thursday from 4:00pm to 4:30pm during the academic year while classes are in session, with the exception of holidays.

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more!

*Attending a First Step session is no longer a required component of the CGIS application process.*

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:02:07 -0500 2023-03-30T16:00:00-04:00 2023-03-30T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual Take the first step towards studying abroad!
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (March 31, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803089@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 31, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-03-31T08:00:00-04:00 2023-03-31T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
Sense of Self: The Islamic Contemporary (March 31, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105043 105043-21810642@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 31, 2023 10:00am
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

Despite recent panels and scholarship aiming to dispel the notion, there is a conception that contemporary art and religion are incompatible.

When paired with the Islamophobic sentiment that Islam is destructive, rather than constructive like artistic practices and that it even forbids many forms of artistic production, there is a presumption that contemporary art that engages with Islam as religion and faith (rather than simply as identity) cannot exist.

There is an additional assumption that those who identify as women, queer, trans, and non-binary are unlikely to engage with Islam in their work outside of critique, because of the belief that Islam is inherently (and uniquely) oppressive of and therefore contradictory to individuals who identify as such.

In an attempt to disabuse viewers of these notions, as well as give a space of exploration to these often overlooked or excluded voices, this exhibition brings together women, queer, trans, and non-binary Muslim artists who explore their connection to religion, their other identities (be those related to their race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, or status as artists), and their practices.

Participating Artists:
Nour Ballout
Yasmine Diaz
Arshia Fatima Haq
Yasmine Kasem
Manal Shoukair
Saba Taj

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Exhibition Thu, 16 Feb 2023 13:12:31 -0500 2023-03-31T10:00:00-04:00 2023-03-31T17:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Exhibition Sense of Self, RC Art Gallery
The Michigan Energy Justice Teach-In (April 1, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105336 105336-21811568@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 1, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Student Sustainability Coalition

The Michigan Energy Justice Teach-In will be an educational event that takes place during the afternoon on April 1st, 2023. The Teach-In will bring together students, organizations, and energy justice champions to talk about different energy justice topics and is organized into three tracks:

1. Power to the People: Utilities & Electricity Production

2. US Federal Climate Policy and its Global Implications: The Inflation Reduction Act and Impacts of the Renewable Energy Transition in the Global South

3. Energy Infrastructure and Resistance: Strategies to Shut Down Line 5

Attendees will leave this event with an increased awareness about the complexity of energy justice issues, the efforts to address them, and their impacts on everyday life. If you are a student, staff member, or faculty member interested in learning more about energy justice, meeting new people, and sharing ideas, this event is for you!

Lunch and refreshments will be provided for attendees

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 14 Mar 2023 22:03:38 -0400 2023-04-01T13:00:00-04:00 2023-04-01T18:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Student Sustainability Coalition Conference / Symposium This is a graphic with information about the Energy Justice Teach-In. Raised hands are joined together raising fists towards the sky. In the background behind the fists is a skyline of buildings with yellow-shaded windows.
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (April 3, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803092@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 3, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-04-03T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-03T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
Asia in the Headlines: Journalists' Roundtable. "Social Impact of Mass Trauma: Processing Tragic Events in Japan and Korea" (April 3, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106040 106040-21813620@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 3, 2023 2:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Nam Center for Korean Studies

Please note: This session is planned to be held both in-person and virtually EST through Zoom. This webinar is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Once you've registered, the joining information will be sent to your email. Register at: https://myumi.ch/Jpd45

Last year saw both South Korea and Japan transformed by traumatic public events that have rekindled the debate over how these two countries with poor track-records in mental health and some of the highest suicide rates in the world deal with the repercussions of mass trauma. The Halloween stampede in Seoul, which resulted in 159 people dead and scores more injured, and the assassination of Japan's longest serving prime minister in Japan, Shinzo Abe, several months earlier, have left the East Asian societies in need of mourning, only to see the domestic debate overtaken by domestic politics. That has left the victims—and the societies at large—with unanswered questions about the state of public mental health. To address these questions, the roundtable will bring together two journalists with extensive experience in East Asia covering politics and society to discuss the role of media in managing mass trauma.

KyeongRak Min is a reporter in the media strategy department for Korea’s Yonhap News Agency, where he has covered the economy, finance, social affairs and North Korea. He has done extensive reporting on the societal and policy roots of Korea’s high suicide rate, and directed a short film about Seoul’s “Suicide Bridge.” Before working as a reporter, Min produced documentaries for the Wonju station of MBC, a major South Korean broadcasting company. Min majored in public administration at Yonsei University and earned a master’s degree in economics at Yonsei Graduate School.

Antoni Slodkowski was the Tokyo correspondent for the Financial Times and the deputy bureau chief at Reuters in Tokyo. In that role, Slodkowski led the bureau’s politics and general news team and its coverage of the Olympics and the pandemic. He returned to Japan after four years in Myanmar, where his team covered the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya, winning the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. A native of Poland, Slodkowski is a graduate of the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.

Moderated by Ann Lin, Director, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies & Professor, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Japanese Studies, the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, the Nam Center for Korean Studies, and the Wallace House Center for Journalists.

Asia in the Headlines is made possible by the generous support of the U.S. Department of Education through the East Asia National Resource Center Title VI Grant.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 17 Mar 2023 13:59:42 -0400 2023-04-03T14:00:00-04:00 2023-04-03T15:00:00-04:00 North Quad Nam Center for Korean Studies Lecture / Discussion Asia in the Headlines
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (April 3, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102178 102178-21803649@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 3, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

CGIS offers First Steps sessions virtually (via Zoom) every Monday and Thursday from 4:00pm to 4:30pm during the academic year while classes are in session, with the exception of holidays.

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more!

*Attending a First Step session is no longer a required component of the CGIS application process.*

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:02:07 -0500 2023-04-03T16:00:00-04:00 2023-04-03T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual Take the first step towards studying abroad!
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (April 4, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803093@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-04-04T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-04T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
Hear, Here: Humanities Up Close (April 4, 2023 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98546 98546-21796902@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

With the “Hear, Here” series, we aim to facilitate conversations around new research in the humanities. Faculty fellows at the Institute for the Humanities will discuss a part of their current project in a short talk followed by a Q & A session. Today: “The Problem of the Refugee Writer” with Hadji Bakara.

About the talk:
In the first decades of the twentieth-century a new historical figure appeared: the refugee writer. In this talk, I tell the story of these displaced and stateless writers through the archives of an organization that tried to help them: The P.E.N Refugee Writers Fund. The story of this short-lived and experimental organization, I argue, is also the story of how writing became a human right in the wake of the catastrophes of mid-century.

About Hadji Bakara:
Hadji Bakara is a 2022-23 Helmut F. Stern Faculty Fellow at the Institute for the Humanities and assistant professor of English language and literature.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 12 Sep 2022 17:45:51 -0400 2023-04-04T12:30:00-04:00 2023-04-04T13:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Holland House Library after an air raid
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (April 5, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803094@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 5, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-04-05T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-05T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (April 6, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803095@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 6, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-04-06T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-06T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (April 6, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102178 102178-21803635@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 6, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

CGIS offers First Steps sessions virtually (via Zoom) every Monday and Thursday from 4:00pm to 4:30pm during the academic year while classes are in session, with the exception of holidays.

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more!

*Attending a First Step session is no longer a required component of the CGIS application process.*

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:02:07 -0500 2023-04-06T16:00:00-04:00 2023-04-06T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual Take the first step towards studying abroad!
Ukrainian Film Series — Winter 2023 (April 6, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104049 104049-21808329@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 6, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Ukrainian Film Series

Thursday, February 9th
Location: MLB Aud 3 (MLB 1200)
Mariupol: The Chronicles of Hell
The fall of one of Ukraine's major cities
Mariupol — ruined but not conquered. The city in the east of Ukraine has survived the occupation, total destruction, and a humanitarian catastrophe. The story of Mariupol is an especially horrifying one, with accounts reported that occupiers were murdering civilians, and actively preventing them from escaping. This film is the story of the survivors, and their life in a hell on Earth. Yet it's also a testament to the power of resilience, and Ukrainian fighting spirit.

Thursday, March 9th
Location: MLB Aud 3 (MLB 1200)
ПОВОДИР (The Guide)
Soviet Ukraine, the 1930s. American engineer Michael Shamrock arrives in Kharkiv with his ten-year-old son, Peter to help "build socialism". He falls in love with an actress Olga who has another admirer, Commissar Vladimir.
Under tragic circumstances, the American is killed and his son is saved from his pursuers by a blind bard (kobzar). With no other chance to survive in a foreign land, the boy becomes his guide.

Thursday, April 6
Location: MLB Aud 3 (MLB 1200)
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, Ukrainian: Тіні забутих предків
A 1965 Ukrainian film by the filmmaker Sergei Parajanov based on the novel Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Ukrainian writer Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky that tells a "Romeo and Juliet tale" of young Ukrainian Hutsul lovers trapped on opposite sides of a Carpathian family blood feud.[2][3] New York Film Festival program described the film as an "avant-garde, extravagant, sumptuous saga" and a "haunting work" that combined folk songs and atonal music with fantastic camera work.[5] Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is considered to be the most internationally heralded Ukrainian film in history,[6] and a classic of Ukrainian magical realist cinema.[7]

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Film Screening Tue, 31 Jan 2023 12:42:48 -0500 2023-04-06T18:00:00-04:00 2023-04-06T20:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Film Screening Ukrainian Film Festival
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (April 7, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803096@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 7, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-04-07T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-07T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (April 10, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803099@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 10, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-04-10T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-10T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (April 10, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102178 102178-21803650@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 10, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

CGIS offers First Steps sessions virtually (via Zoom) every Monday and Thursday from 4:00pm to 4:30pm during the academic year while classes are in session, with the exception of holidays.

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more!

*Attending a First Step session is no longer a required component of the CGIS application process.*

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:02:07 -0500 2023-04-10T16:00:00-04:00 2023-04-10T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual Take the first step towards studying abroad!
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (April 11, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803100@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-04-11T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-11T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
Writing Center Development in China: Challenges and Opportunities (April 11, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107069 107069-21815255@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: English Language Institute

Brown Bag Presentation with Q&A
Tuesday, April 11, 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
955 Weiser Hall
Drinks and light refreshments provided

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 31 Mar 2023 15:29:00 -0400 2023-04-11T12:00:00-04:00 2023-04-11T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall English Language Institute Lecture / Discussion Event Flyer
Exploring Culture & Respectful Community Engagement (April 11, 2023 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106302 106302-21814039@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Center

During your international experience this summer, you will likely be exploring a new culture and engaging with a new community. This workshop will cover a range of topics, including:

-Understanding and dealing with culture shock in your host country and reverse culture shock after returning back home.
-Navigating your social identities abroad.
-Entering and exiting your community respectfully.
-Ethical photography and social media considerations.

This session is part of the International Center’s Global Wolverines: Preparing You to Have a Successful International Experience event series. It is open to all students.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 16 Mar 2023 13:51:05 -0400 2023-04-11T17:30:00-04:00 2023-04-11T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location International Center Workshop / Seminar Exploring Culture
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (April 12, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803101@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 12, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-04-12T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-12T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (April 13, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803102@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 13, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-04-13T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-13T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
Winter 2024 Study Abroad Advising with CGIS (April 13, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/102029 102029-21803373@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 13, 2023 11:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Are you thinking of study abroad during the winter term but have questions?

Pop in to the CGIS office on April 13th any time between 11am and 1pm for open advising on Winter 2024 study abroad options with CGIS!

We can answer questions about Winter 2024 programs, the application process, scholarships and financial aid, and more! Come learn more about major-specific programs such as programs in the environment, Spanish, and Humanities/Social Sciences, and interest-specific program sessions, such as studying abroad in the UK and English-taught programs in Asia, to name a few.
*LSA Scholarships, the Office of Financial Aid, and Newnan will also be in attendance.*

Popcorn will be provided!

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Fair / Festival Thu, 30 Mar 2023 13:18:28 -0400 2023-04-13T11:00:00-04:00 2023-04-13T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Global and Intercultural Study Fair / Festival Consider studying abroad for Winter 2024!
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (April 13, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102178 102178-21803636@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 13, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

CGIS offers First Steps sessions virtually (via Zoom) every Monday and Thursday from 4:00pm to 4:30pm during the academic year while classes are in session, with the exception of holidays.

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more!

*Attending a First Step session is no longer a required component of the CGIS application process.*

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:02:07 -0500 2023-04-13T16:00:00-04:00 2023-04-13T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual Take the first step towards studying abroad!
ONSF: Intro to UK Scholarships (April 13, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105710 105710-21812827@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 13, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

The Office of National Scholarships and Fellowships is an office at the University of Michigan that recruits and prepares U-M undergraduates, graduate, and professional students, and recent alums for major national scholarship and fellowship competitions. Join Dr. Henry Dyson, Director of ONSF, to learn about the incredible opportunities available to study in the United Kingdom! Programs like the Rhodes Scholarship and Marshall Scholarship draw thousands of applicants a year. For U-M applicants, the journey starts with ONSF.

The full list of scholarships that ONSF works with are available on our website. We offer in-person and online information sessions. Register on Sessions @ Michigan to learn more.

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Presentation Fri, 03 Mar 2023 11:48:45 -0500 2023-04-13T16:00:00-04:00 2023-04-13T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Presentation ONSF Logo
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (April 14, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803103@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 14, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-04-14T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-14T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
Forging a New Path: Women in Japanese Ceramics (April 14, 2023 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102733 102733-21805063@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 14, 2023 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Click here to register: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpbFQVRfjJA.

Ceramics artists Yoshiko Takahashi and Georgette Zirbes discuss the influence of the Shigaraki tradition on their work and the intergenerational global exchange among American and Japanese artists that helped to pave the way for women ceramics artists.

This program, presented in partnership with the Penny Stamps Speaker Series, is connected to the UMMA exhibition Clay As Soft Power: Shigaraki Ware In Postwar America and Japan (on view through May 7, 2023).  Known for its earthy tones, rough clay surfaces, and natural ash glazes, Shigaraki ware is celebrated as one of the “Six Ancient Kilns” of Japan, ancient sites of pottery production and cultural heritage in which wares have been produced from the middle ages to today. 

Until the mid-twentieth century, women in Japan played supporting roles in ceramic production. After World War II, the number of women ceramic artists in Japan gradually increased as access to education and professional development expanded. A robust exchange with American women ceramic artists contributed to this shift as well. U-M Professor Emerita Georgette Zirbes was one of these American artists.  By the 1960s, a notable number of women had founded their own ceramics studios, carried out every step of production from modeling to firing by themselves, and produced ceramics not only to earn a living but as a means of self-expression. The current generation of women artists such as Yoshiko Takahashi has  inherited the legacy of the remarkable independence of Zirbes and others in her cohort.

Join these two artists along with exhibition curator Natsu Oyobe for a deep dive into their work and the influences that continue to connect them today.

The program will be followed by UMMA Feel Good Friday. Stick around for an evening of programming inspired by the Clay as Soft Power exhibition.

Yoshiko Takahashi was born into the family of Takahashi Rakusai, a lineage of makers of Shigaraki ware that started in the nineteenth century. She will be the first woman artist to succeed to the Rakusai name. Takahashi studied ceramics at the Kyoto Prefectural Ceramicists' Technical Institute and the Shigaraki Ceramic Research Institute. After graduating, she became a studio technician for the artist-in-residence program at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, working in the stimulating environment of international and national artist exchanges. Now an independent artist in Shigaraki, she regularly exhibits her works in museums and galleries throughout Japan and the United States.

Georgette Zirbes’s artistic practice has been informed by her experience and research in Japan and Eastern Europe. After receiving an MA in ceramic art from The Ohio State University in 1964, Zirbes was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to Japan and studied with two masters of the woodfired, unglazed ceramic tradition: Fujiwara Kei (1924–1977) in Bizen and Takahashi Rakusai III (1898–1976) in Shigaraki, where she learned about asymmetric forms and interventions into clay surfaces. In 1987, another Fulbright grant allowed her to spend six months studying ceramic traditions in the former Czechoslovakia. While retaining her studio practice, she was a devoted educator and in 1970 she established the studio art program at the Residential College at the University of Michigan; she later became a faculty member at the University’s School of Art and Design, where she taught for thirty-five years. In 2006, she was named an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor by the University of Michigan in recognition of her dedication to teaching. A retrospective exhibition was held at her undergraduate alma mater, DePauw University, in 2017.

Established through the generosity of Dr. Herbert Sloan, the annual Doris Sloan Memorial Program honors one of the Museum’s most ardent friends and supporters, Doris Sloan, a long-time UMMA docent.

Tonight’s program is presented in partnership with the Penny Stamps Speaker Series and sponsored by the Japan Business Society of Detroit Foundation and Takahashi Omitsu. 

 


Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the U-M Office of the Provost, the Japan World Exposition 1970 Commemorative Fund, the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Michigan Arts and Culture Council, and the U-M Center for Japanese Studies. Additional generous support is provided by the Japan Foundation, James M. Trapp, Nancy and Joe Keithley, and the William C. Weese, M.D. Endowment for Ceramic Arts.  

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 14 Apr 2023 18:15:26 -0400 2023-04-14T17:30:00-04:00 2023-04-14T18:45:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Science of Happiness - According to Yoga and Vedanta (April 16, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105927 105927-21813279@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 16, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Vedanta Study Circle

Dear Everyone,

Vedanta Study Circle at University of Michigan invites you to a lecture by Pr. Divyanandaprana. Please see the details below. Do not miss this opportunity! Admission to the event is free and walk-ins are welcome (RSVPs not required).

For the safety of our community (and especially the elderly), we request that you wear a mask to this event. If you do not have a mask with you, one of our volunteers can hand you one.

Topic: Science of Happiness - According to Yoga and Vedanta.

Speaker: Pravrajika Divyanandaprana (Prominent monastic member of Sri Sarada Math and Mission, New Delhi, India)

Date: April 16, 2023 (Sunday)

Time: 3:00 PM (Please arrive 10 minutes prior to event start.)

Venue: University of Michigan
Michigan Union - Anderson ABCD Room
530 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Parking: Parking is free on Sundays on the streets near Michigan Union. Additional parking is available at Maynard Street Parking Structure. Please see the link below.
https://www.parkme.com/lot/93318/maynard-street-parking-structure-ann-arbor-mi

Contact: vedanta.a2@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Everyone is welcome.

Truth is One. Sages call It by various names.
~The Rig Veda

Vedanta Study Circle at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Webpage: maizepages.umich.edu/organization/VSC
Facebook: fb.me/AnnArborVedanta
Email: vedanta.a2@gmail.com

About the speaker: Pravarajika Divyanandaprana
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Pr. Divyanandaprana is a monastic member of Sri Sarada Math at New Delhi, India and currently is the editor of the English journal Samvit, published from New Delhi. She has been Principal of Nivedita Vidya Mandir School from 2014-2019. She specializes in the areas of Yoga-Vedanta. In addition to studying the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda literature, she has extensively studied the Yoga-Vedanta texts based on these twin philosophies which include the Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, Raja Yoga, Upanishads and the Prakarana Granthas (auxiliary scriptures of Vedanta like Vedantasara, Vivekachudamani etc.) along with their commentaries. Her additional areas of interest include the Brahma Sutras with Sankara's commentary, works of Ramana Maharishi and the Bhagavad Gita. A gold medalist, Pr. Divyanandaprana has the unique combination of knowledge in the conventional sciences, and traditional Yogic and Vedantic texts. Pr. Divyanandaprana has been lecturing all over India since 2010, including IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Mumbai, IIT Kanpur, IISc Bangalore, Delhi University, Vivekananda International Centre, Ramakrishna Mission Engineering and Medical Colleges in Mumbai, Pune and Kolkata and sometimes in schools. She offers courses on Yoga-Vedanta every semester in IIT Delhi. The courses are available on YouTube at IIT’s official channel: NRCVEE IIT Delhi.

Internationally, she has traveled to hold classes or deliver lectures in South Africa at Cape Town, Durban, Ladysmith and Kwa Zulu Natal University among other places. Subsequently, she traveled to Ireland, Great Britain, UAE and recently to Canada for talks, lectures and scriptural discussions. She has spoken at Imperial College and Logan
Hall, London University in 2013. In May 2018, she was in Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax and Nova Scotia where she gave a number of talks on Self-Knowledge, exploring the Subjective Sciences and finding the interface between Subjective-Objective Sciences. She has extensively traveled in the US and addressed Vedanta Societies of Iowa, Washington DC. Purdue University hosted her talk on Mind Management recently. In October 2022, she visited California and gave uplifting spiritual talks at Hollywood, Sacramento, San Diego. She is also the author of two books (available on Amazon): Science of
Happiness and Self Discovery.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Apr 2023 23:41:35 -0400 2023-04-16T15:00:00-04:00 2023-04-16T16:30:00-04:00 Michigan Union Vedanta Study Circle Lecture / Discussion Flier
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (April 17, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803106@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 17, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-04-17T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-17T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
WCEE Symposium. Ukrainian Scholars at Risk Discuss their Research (April 17, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102683 102683-21804980@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 17, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia

The Ukrainian recipients of the WCEE Scholars at Risk Fellowships will discuss their research.

Oksana Chabanyuk, associate professor of architectural environment design, Kharkiv National University of Civil Engineering and Architecture
"Foreign Technologies in the Construction of Industrial Plants in Eastern Ukraine during Early Industrialization (1928-1938): American Companies, Projects, Engineers"

Yurii Kaparulin, associate professor of law and law enforcement, Kherson State University
"Holocaust Studies in Ukraine: Impact and Challenges in the Context of Russian Aggression"

Katerina Sirinyok-Dolgaryova, associate professor of journalism, Zaporizhzhia National University
Anna Taranenko, senior lecturer in international relations, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Kseniya Yurtayeva, associate professor of criminal law and criminology, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs
"Сyber Threats and the Russia-Ukraine War: Telegram-based Resistance among Ukrainian Government-led Volunteer Forces"

Moderator: Geneviève Zubrzycki, WCEE Director

This event will be presented in person in 1010 Weiser Hall and on Zoom. Webinar registration is required at https://myumi.ch/bRkW6

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 10 Apr 2023 13:26:52 -0400 2023-04-17T12:00:00-04:00 2023-04-17T14:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Lecture / Discussion WCEE Scholars at Risk Research
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (April 17, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102178 102178-21803651@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 17, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

CGIS offers First Steps sessions virtually (via Zoom) every Monday and Thursday from 4:00pm to 4:30pm during the academic year while classes are in session, with the exception of holidays.

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more!

*Attending a First Step session is no longer a required component of the CGIS application process.*

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:02:07 -0500 2023-04-17T16:00:00-04:00 2023-04-17T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual Take the first step towards studying abroad!
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (April 18, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803107@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-04-18T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-18T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
PICS International Studies Virtual Information Session and Q&A (April 18, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102686 102686-21804982@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Program in International and Comparative Studies

Please note: This information session will be held virtually ET through Zoom. This webinar is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Once you've registered the joining information will be sent to your email.

Register at: https://myumi.ch/1nwdp

Students considering a major or minor in International Studies are strongly encouraged to attend an International Studies Information Session and Q&A. International Studies academic advisors will discuss:

• Prerequisites
• Major and minor requirements
• Sub-plans
• How to declare
• Additional majors and minors offered at the International Institute
• Study abroad, grants, and internships
• Relevance of an International Studies major or minor

Undeclared students should plan to attend an International Studies Information Session and Q&A. For dates of all upcoming sessions, please review the PICS event calendar. If you have questions, please email is-advising@umich.edu.

A half-hour presentation will be followed by questions and discussion. Students can declare the International Studies major or minor at the information session. For more information, please email is-advising@umich.edu.

Parents and prospective students are welcome. For more information, please email is-michigan@umich.edu. Prospective students who would like to receive correspondence about International Studies related orientations, events, and special announcements should sign up for the International Studies Prospective Student email list: https://myumi.ch/29DWZ

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at is-michigan@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 03 Jan 2023 11:15:49 -0500 2023-04-18T16:00:00-04:00 2023-04-18T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Program in International and Comparative Studies Livestream / Virtual PICS International Studies Virtual Information Session and Q&A
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (April 19, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803108@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-04-19T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-19T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
ONSF: Intro to UK Scholarships (April 19, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105710 105710-21812828@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Mason Hall
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

The Office of National Scholarships and Fellowships is an office at the University of Michigan that recruits and prepares U-M undergraduates, graduate, and professional students, and recent alums for major national scholarship and fellowship competitions. Join Dr. Henry Dyson, Director of ONSF, to learn about the incredible opportunities available to study in the United Kingdom! Programs like the Rhodes Scholarship and Marshall Scholarship draw thousands of applicants a year. For U-M applicants, the journey starts with ONSF.

The full list of scholarships that ONSF works with are available on our website. We offer in-person and online information sessions. Register on Sessions @ Michigan to learn more.

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Presentation Fri, 03 Mar 2023 11:48:45 -0500 2023-04-19T16:00:00-04:00 2023-04-19T17:00:00-04:00 Mason Hall Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Presentation ONSF Logo
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (April 20, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803109@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 20, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-04-20T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-20T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (April 21, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803110@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 21, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-04-21T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-21T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (April 24, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803113@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 24, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-04-24T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-24T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (April 25, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803114@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-04-25T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-25T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (April 26, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803115@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-04-26T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-26T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (April 27, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803116@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 27, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-04-27T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-27T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
CCPS Exhibition. Survivors Saving Survivors: Photographing the Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Poland (April 28, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101977 101977-21803117@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 28, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In April and June 2022, at the invitation of JCC Krakow, Chuck Fishman traveled to Poland to document the JCC and the Jewish community’s commitment to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. What he witnessed and captured in a series of gripping photographs is *tikkun olam*, a central concept in Judaism that denotes activities that repair and improve the world we live in. The exhibit shifts the lens away from the horror the refugees have endured to focus instead on human goodness and how it can overcome lingering evil.

In his 45-year career, freelance photographer Chuck Fishman has focused on social and political issues with a strong humanistic concern. His work on Jewish life in Poland, begun in 1975, continues to the present day. Fishman’s work has been extensively published, exhibited, and collected worldwide, and has earned him prestigious World Press Photo Foundation medals four times. His photographs have appeared on the covers of *Time*, *Life*, *Fortune*, *Newsweek*, *The London Sunday Times*, *The Economist*, and numerous others. Fishman’s work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the United Nations POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Stanford University and New York Public Libraries, to name a few, as well as private and corporate collections.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:11:36 -0500 2023-04-28T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-28T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Survivors Saving Survivors, photo by Chuck Fishman
Hamtramck Harmony: A Multilingual Poetry Reading (April 30, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107426 107426-21816004@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 30, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Comparative Literature

Please join us on Sunday, April 30th, at the bookstore co-op Book Suey, for the last Mellon Sawyer Seminar event of the year, Hamtramck Harmony: A Multilingual Poetry Reading!

Featuring music and readings in: Arabic, Bangla, English, Macedonian, Hmong, Polish, Shona and Ndebele, Ukrainian, Dutch.

Reception catered by local restaurants will follow the readings.

RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hamtramck-harmony-tickets-613413084047

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 11 Apr 2023 09:59:40 -0400 2023-04-30T16:00:00-04:00 2023-04-30T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Comparative Literature Lecture / Discussion Event Poster
Clay as Soft Power: Shigaraki Ware in Postwar America and Japan (May 7, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/95702 95702-21790573@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, May 7, 2023 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Explore The Uncharted History of How Pottery Transformed Global Relations

Clay As Soft Power examines how Shigaraki ware ceramics transformed the American public’s image of Japan, helping the country shift its identity from World War II enemy to Cold War ally to global cultural change maker.  Known for its earthy tones, rough clay surfaces, and natural ash glazes, Shigaraki wares originated from one of six ancient kilns of Japan, and has a rich history from the 13th century to today. This exhibition explores three distinct periods of that history, telling a story of global intrigue, covert international relations, and the evolution of this uniquely Japanese art form.

Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the U-M Office of the Provost, the Japan World Exposition 1970 Commemorative Fund, the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Michigan Arts and Culture Council, and the U-M Center for Japanese Studies. Additional generous support is provided by the Japan Foundation, James M. Trapp, Nancy and Joe Keithley, and the William C. Weese, M.D. Endowment for Ceramic Arts.  
 

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Exhibition Sun, 07 May 2023 18:15:24 -0400 2023-05-07T11:00:00-04:00 2023-05-07T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition Clay as Soft Power: Shigaraki Ware in Postwar America and Japan
ONSF: Intro to UK Scholarships (May 10, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105710 105710-21812829@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

The Office of National Scholarships and Fellowships is an office at the University of Michigan that recruits and prepares U-M undergraduates, graduate, and professional students, and recent alums for major national scholarship and fellowship competitions. Join Dr. Henry Dyson, Director of ONSF, to learn about the incredible opportunities available to study in the United Kingdom! Programs like the Rhodes Scholarship and Marshall Scholarship draw thousands of applicants a year. For U-M applicants, the journey starts with ONSF.

The full list of scholarships that ONSF works with are available on our website. We offer in-person and online information sessions. Register on Sessions @ Michigan to learn more.

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Presentation Fri, 03 Mar 2023 11:48:45 -0500 2023-05-10T17:00:00-04:00 2023-05-10T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Presentation ONSF Logo
Seminar: Explaining Variation of Colonial Narratives in Postcolonial States: Denunciation and Valorization in Southeast Asia (May 17, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108048 108048-21818884@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Research on the negative impacts of colonialism is well-established across the social sciences. In spite of this, considerable variation exists in how postcolonial states situate their colonial histories within national narratives. Some states frame their colonial experience negatively, denouncing their former colonizers and highlighting anticolonialism as inherent to nationalism. Yet other states highlight the positive elements of colonial rule, valorizing imperial institutions and situating their national identity in continuity with the colonial past. We argue that the way independence was achieved explains this variation: Countries that achieved independence through conflict developed negative frames denouncing their colonial past, while countries that achieved independence through peaceful transition developed positive frames valorizing their former colonizers. Qualitative evidence from three Southeast Asian countries and quantitative analysis on a global dataset of postcolonial states corroborates the theory.

Join us at ISR Thompson Room 6080 on Wednesday, May 17 from 12 to 1:30. A graduate discussion follows from 1:30 to 2:30.

This seminar is co-sponsored by the Center for Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research (CPS) and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS).

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 11 May 2023 16:43:36 -0400 2023-05-17T12:00:00-04:00 2023-05-17T13:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Explaining Variation of Colonial Narratives in Postcolonial States: Denunciation and Valorization in Southeast Asia
Michigan International Economics Conference (May 19, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104597 104597-21809671@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 19, 2023 8:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Economics

The conference will take place at the Ross School of Business (701 Tappan Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109) in room R2220 on Friday, May 19, 2023. The conference is open to the public. There is no need to RSVP or sign up. The intended audience is faculty and PhD students interested in international economics. The conference will feature presenters Treb Allen (Dartmouth), Vanessa Alviarez (IADB), Pablo Fajgelbaum (UCLA), Samuel Kortum (Yale), and Natalia Ramondo (Boston U).

The conference schedule is as follows:
8:00-8:30am- Breakfast
8:30-9:30 am- Treb Allen, “The Topography of Nations”
9:30-10:00 am- Coffee break
10:00-11:00 am- Vanessa Alviarez, “Two-Sided Market Power in Firm-to-Firm Trade”
11:00-11:30 am- Coffee Break
11:30-12:30 pm- Pablo Fajgelbaum, “Political Preferences and the Spatial Distribution of Infrastructure: Evidence from California's High-Speed Rail”
12:30-1:30 pm- Lunch
1:30-2:30 pm- Sam Kortum, “Optimal Unilateral Carbon Policy”
2:30-3:00 pm- Coffee Break
3:00-4:00 pm- Natalia Ramondo, “The Carbon Footprint of Multinational Production”

More information regarding the conference can be found in the related links/website section under "Michigan International Economics Conference."

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 11 May 2023 09:01:29 -0400 2023-05-19T08:00:00-04:00 2023-05-19T16:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Department of Economics Conference / Symposium Michigan International Economics Conference
Healthcare workers mental health in disaster settings: lessons from Beirut and Ukraine (May 23, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/108029 108029-21818858@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 23, 2023 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M School of Nursing (UMSN) - Office of Global Affairs & WHO/PAHO Collaborating Center

This presentation is the first of 2023 UMSN Coffee and Conversation Series following the UMSN Global Health Summer Institute. Follow the registration link below to see all sessions.

Dr. Maya Bizri is an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine and a global mental health consultant. She also holds an MPH from Tufts. After starting her clinical career in Beirut in 2019, a time where the country was undergoing political, economic and COVID-19 challenges, and having started the first psycho oncology program mid-pandemic and Beirut blast, her interests shifted to global mental health. More particularly, Dr Bizri is interested in addressing the mental health of healthcare workers in disaster, conflict and low-resource settings. Most recently, she was on a medical mission to Ukraine with MedGlobal to pilot a training in trauma-informed care for healthcare workers. Clinically, Dr Bizri's interests lie in delirium management, psychiatry for the medically ill, psycho-oncology and transplant psychiatry.


Register on Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/2tsv3va9

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 10 May 2023 11:44:37 -0400 2023-05-23T08:00:00-04:00 2023-05-23T09:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M School of Nursing (UMSN) - Office of Global Affairs & WHO/PAHO Collaborating Center Livestream / Virtual Dr. Maya Bizri conversation series flier
More Money, More Travel: Help Your Students Go Abroad with International Fellowships (August 8, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109119 109119-21821091@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 8, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Institute

Please sign up for this Zoom event at: https://myumi.ch/W2nmb

The International Institute Fellowships and Grants Team is looking forward to providing our great funding opportunities again in AY 2023-2024. We know many of your students are excited to embark on international internships, study abroad programs, and other experiential opportunities but sometimes come up short on funding. That's where the Fellowships and Grants Team can support you!

If you are an advisor who seeks more information on the funding opportunities that exist for your jet-setting students, we are holding an informational session on August 8th specifically for advisors to give you more information prior to the start of the school year.

Can't make it? Don't sweat it! Please contact Melissa Vert at mjfvert@umich.edu, and we will be happy to set up individual conversations to address your specific needs.
If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at iifellowships@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Presentation Fri, 14 Jul 2023 12:14:45 -0400 2023-08-08T13:00:00-04:00 2023-08-08T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location International Institute Presentation More Money, More Travel: Help Your Students Go Abroad with International Fellowships
International Grad Student Welcome Night (August 18, 2023 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110208 110208-21824498@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 18, 2023 6:30pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Michigan International Student Ministry

Come check out our First Bible Study of the year & meet some new friends!
All religious backgrounds are welcome to come and learn. (No prior knowledge of Christianity required.) FREE Asian Dinner following!

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Presentation Tue, 15 Aug 2023 11:38:31 -0400 2023-08-18T18:30:00-04:00 2023-08-18T20:30:00-04:00 Michigan Union Michigan International Student Ministry Presentation International Grad Student Welcome Night
International Student Church Open House (August 20, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/110209 110209-21824501@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 20, 2023 10:00am
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Michigan International Student Ministry

Looking for a church? Or curious about Christianity?
Come join our open house at our Sunday Gathering of Michigan International Student Ministry (MISM)! We'll have a message from the Bible & discussion followed by a FREE lunch!

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Meeting Sun, 20 Aug 2023 23:09:03 -0400 2023-08-20T10:00:00-04:00 2023-08-20T12:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Michigan International Student Ministry Meeting International Student Church Open House
Fulbright U.S. Student Info Sessions | Finalizing Your Fulbright Application (August 23, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109406 109406-21821983@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Institute

U-M Fulbright Program Advisors will review the online application and detail final steps for submitting an application by the U-M campus deadline. Attendees should start an online application before the workshop.

Please register for this Zoom presentation at https://myumi.ch/8eDJP

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at iifellowships@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Presentation Tue, 25 Jul 2023 10:33:57 -0400 2023-08-23T12:00:00-04:00 2023-08-23T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location International Institute Presentation Finalizing Your Fulbright Application
International Student Welcome Bible Study (August 25, 2023 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110512 110512-21825002@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 25, 2023 6:30pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Michigan International Student Ministry

Come check out our first bible study of the year! Do you have to be Christian to come? NOPE! All religious backgrounds are welcome! Just come and meet some new friends, maybe learn something new and interesting from the Bible and enjoy a free Asian dinner!

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Presentation Sun, 20 Aug 2023 23:04:14 -0400 2023-08-25T18:30:00-04:00 2023-08-25T20:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Michigan International Student Ministry Presentation International Student Welcome Bible Study
International Student Church Open House (August 27, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/110513 110513-21825003@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 27, 2023 10:00am
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Michigan International Student Ministry

Looking for a church or curious about Christianity? Come join our open house at our Sunday Gathering of Michigan International Student Ministry (MISM)! We'll have a message from the Bible & discussion followed by a FREE lunch!

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Meeting Sun, 20 Aug 2023 23:12:27 -0400 2023-08-27T10:00:00-04:00 2023-08-27T12:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Michigan International Student Ministry Meeting International Student Church Open House
The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship” Exhibit (August 28, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111387 111387-21826931@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, August 28, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The documents in this exhibit were declassified and made public as a result of years of research and FOIA advocacy by those promoting openness, particularly members of the National Security Archive. In the wake of the historic arrest in London of General Pinochet in October 1998, their efforts, among others, led President Bill Clinton to launch a special Chile Declassification Project in 1999 and the eventual release of over 24,000 formerly top secret documents.

Curated by Peter Kornbluh (Director of the Chile Documentation Project at the National Security Archive, an NGO dedicated to freedom of information and transparency), this exhibit was co-designed by Eimeel Castillo (Ph.D. Candidate in History and Women’s and Gender Studies) and Victoria Langland (Associate Professor of History).

Cosponsors: University of Michigan [Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; International Institute; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Office of Research; Department of History; Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies; Museum Studies Program; Institute for the Humanities] and Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice

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Exhibition Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:52:47 -0400 2023-08-28T08:00:00-04:00 2023-08-28T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Exhibition The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State
The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship” Exhibit (August 29, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111387 111387-21826932@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 29, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The documents in this exhibit were declassified and made public as a result of years of research and FOIA advocacy by those promoting openness, particularly members of the National Security Archive. In the wake of the historic arrest in London of General Pinochet in October 1998, their efforts, among others, led President Bill Clinton to launch a special Chile Declassification Project in 1999 and the eventual release of over 24,000 formerly top secret documents.

Curated by Peter Kornbluh (Director of the Chile Documentation Project at the National Security Archive, an NGO dedicated to freedom of information and transparency), this exhibit was co-designed by Eimeel Castillo (Ph.D. Candidate in History and Women’s and Gender Studies) and Victoria Langland (Associate Professor of History).

Cosponsors: University of Michigan [Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; International Institute; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Office of Research; Department of History; Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies; Museum Studies Program; Institute for the Humanities] and Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice

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Exhibition Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:52:47 -0400 2023-08-29T08:00:00-04:00 2023-08-29T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Exhibition The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State
The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship” Exhibit (August 30, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111387 111387-21826933@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 30, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The documents in this exhibit were declassified and made public as a result of years of research and FOIA advocacy by those promoting openness, particularly members of the National Security Archive. In the wake of the historic arrest in London of General Pinochet in October 1998, their efforts, among others, led President Bill Clinton to launch a special Chile Declassification Project in 1999 and the eventual release of over 24,000 formerly top secret documents.

Curated by Peter Kornbluh (Director of the Chile Documentation Project at the National Security Archive, an NGO dedicated to freedom of information and transparency), this exhibit was co-designed by Eimeel Castillo (Ph.D. Candidate in History and Women’s and Gender Studies) and Victoria Langland (Associate Professor of History).

Cosponsors: University of Michigan [Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; International Institute; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Office of Research; Department of History; Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies; Museum Studies Program; Institute for the Humanities] and Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice

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Exhibition Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:52:47 -0400 2023-08-30T08:00:00-04:00 2023-08-30T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Exhibition The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State
ELI Fall Course Info & Pizza Party (August 30, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109912 109912-21823222@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 30, 2023 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: English Language Institute

Are you a U-M international student? Do you speak English as a second or third language? LSA’s English Language Institute offers mini-courses and other resources to support your academic and professional success!

Join us for pizza and meet with ELI faculty and students to learn about ELI’s course offerings for fall!

All are welcome but please register (https://myumi.ch/XnbEy) so we know how much pizza to order!

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Reception / Open House Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:05:41 -0400 2023-08-30T17:00:00-04:00 2023-08-30T18:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall English Language Institute Reception / Open House Pizza
The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship” Exhibit (August 31, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111387 111387-21826934@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 31, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The documents in this exhibit were declassified and made public as a result of years of research and FOIA advocacy by those promoting openness, particularly members of the National Security Archive. In the wake of the historic arrest in London of General Pinochet in October 1998, their efforts, among others, led President Bill Clinton to launch a special Chile Declassification Project in 1999 and the eventual release of over 24,000 formerly top secret documents.

Curated by Peter Kornbluh (Director of the Chile Documentation Project at the National Security Archive, an NGO dedicated to freedom of information and transparency), this exhibit was co-designed by Eimeel Castillo (Ph.D. Candidate in History and Women’s and Gender Studies) and Victoria Langland (Associate Professor of History).

Cosponsors: University of Michigan [Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; International Institute; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Office of Research; Department of History; Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies; Museum Studies Program; Institute for the Humanities] and Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice

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Exhibition Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:52:47 -0400 2023-08-31T08:00:00-04:00 2023-08-31T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Exhibition The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State
U.S. Department of State Internship Programs Information Session (August 31, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110472 110472-21824958@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 31, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Program in International and Comparative Studies

This event will take place in Room 555 Weiser Hall and virtually via Zoom. Register for the Zoom webinar here: http://myumi.ch/Jp2yx

Join us to learn more about U.S. Department of State Internship Programs from Lou Fintor, Interim Diplomat in Residence for the North Central Region (MI, IN, OH, KY).

He will first present and then leave plenty of time for questions. If you are interested in pursuing an internship or career with the Department of State, this is not an event to be missed!

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

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at is-michigan@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Presentation Wed, 23 Aug 2023 15:41:57 -0400 2023-08-31T15:00:00-04:00 2023-08-31T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Program in International and Comparative Studies Presentation U.S. Department of State Internship Programs Information Session
IPE Friday Free Passport Photos for Engineering Students (September 1, 2023 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53322 53322-21817686@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 1, 2023 1:30pm
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: International Programs in Engineering

Need a passport photo for a passport or visa application? International Programs in Engineering (IPE) has got you covered!

-Fall & Winter Semester Only
-Fridays 1:30-3:30pm at the IPE Office (245 Chrysler Center)
-No Appointment Needed
-Not During Exam Week or Holidays

This service is for CoE undergraduate and graduate students.
For best results, wear darker colored, solid (non patterned) shirt/top

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Other Fri, 27 Oct 2023 13:54:10 -0400 2023-09-01T13:30:00-04:00 2023-09-01T15:30:00-04:00 Chrysler Center International Programs in Engineering Other IPE
The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship” Exhibit (September 1, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111387 111387-21826962@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 1, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The documents in this exhibit were declassified and made public as a result of years of research and FOIA advocacy by those promoting openness, particularly members of the National Security Archive. In the wake of the historic arrest in London of General Pinochet in October 1998, their efforts, among others, led President Bill Clinton to launch a special Chile Declassification Project in 1999 and the eventual release of over 24,000 formerly top secret documents.

Curated by Peter Kornbluh (Director of the Chile Documentation Project at the National Security Archive, an NGO dedicated to freedom of information and transparency), this exhibit was co-designed by Eimeel Castillo (Ph.D. Candidate in History and Women’s and Gender Studies) and Victoria Langland (Associate Professor of History).

Cosponsors: University of Michigan [Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; International Institute; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Office of Research; Department of History; Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies; Museum Studies Program; Institute for the Humanities] and Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice

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Exhibition Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:52:47 -0400 2023-09-01T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-01T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Exhibition The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State
What's Your Story? 我们的故事:探索基督教的旅程 (September 1, 2023 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111303 111303-21826642@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 1, 2023 6:30pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Michigan International Student Ministry

Join us for our bible study this Friday! Our MISM members share their stories of how they started investigating Christianity and how they became a Christian. Hope you can join! All are welcome and we'll have dinner provided!

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Meeting Thu, 31 Aug 2023 20:02:25 -0400 2023-09-01T18:30:00-04:00 2023-09-01T20:30:00-04:00 Michigan Union Michigan International Student Ministry Meeting What's Your Story
International Student Church Open House (September 3, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111304 111304-21826643@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 3, 2023 10:00am
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Michigan International Student Ministry

Looking for a church or curious about Christianity? Come join our open house at our Sunday Gathering of Michigan International Student Ministry (MISM)! We'll have a message from the Bible & discussion followed by a FREE lunch!

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Meeting Thu, 31 Aug 2023 14:49:09 -0400 2023-09-03T10:00:00-04:00 2023-09-03T12:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Michigan International Student Ministry Meeting International Student Church
The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship” Exhibit (September 4, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111387 111387-21826938@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 4, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The documents in this exhibit were declassified and made public as a result of years of research and FOIA advocacy by those promoting openness, particularly members of the National Security Archive. In the wake of the historic arrest in London of General Pinochet in October 1998, their efforts, among others, led President Bill Clinton to launch a special Chile Declassification Project in 1999 and the eventual release of over 24,000 formerly top secret documents.

Curated by Peter Kornbluh (Director of the Chile Documentation Project at the National Security Archive, an NGO dedicated to freedom of information and transparency), this exhibit was co-designed by Eimeel Castillo (Ph.D. Candidate in History and Women’s and Gender Studies) and Victoria Langland (Associate Professor of History).

Cosponsors: University of Michigan [Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; International Institute; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Office of Research; Department of History; Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies; Museum Studies Program; Institute for the Humanities] and Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice

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Exhibition Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:52:47 -0400 2023-09-04T08:00:00-04:00 2023-09-04T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Exhibition The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State
The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship” Exhibit (September 5, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111387 111387-21826939@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The documents in this exhibit were declassified and made public as a result of years of research and FOIA advocacy by those promoting openness, particularly members of the National Security Archive. In the wake of the historic arrest in London of General Pinochet in October 1998, their efforts, among others, led President Bill Clinton to launch a special Chile Declassification Project in 1999 and the eventual release of over 24,000 formerly top secret documents.

Curated by Peter Kornbluh (Director of the Chile Documentation Project at the National Security Archive, an NGO dedicated to freedom of information and transparency), this exhibit was co-designed by Eimeel Castillo (Ph.D. Candidate in History and Women’s and Gender Studies) and Victoria Langland (Associate Professor of History).

Cosponsors: University of Michigan [Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; International Institute; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Office of Research; Department of History; Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies; Museum Studies Program; Institute for the Humanities] and Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice

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Exhibition Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:52:47 -0400 2023-09-05T08:00:00-04:00 2023-09-05T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Exhibition The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State
International and Federal Career Opportunities Info Session: Funding, Awards, and Scholarships for Ford and PICS students! (September 5, 2023 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110072 110072-21824291@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 5:30pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: International Institute

Join us and explore a variety of paid opportunities for overseas internships, study, and research!

Please RSVP at https://myumi.ch/kxWAD

We will present information on multiple fellowships and scholarships, including the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the Boren Scholarship, and the FLAS program, and we will also prepare you for future opportunities you will want to know about as you approach Masters and PhD programs.

This info session is for Juniors and Seniors in the Ford school and PICS major who are interested in federal and international work, but all are welcome and snacks will be provided! Come take a well-deserved study break and think about where your education can take you.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at iifellowships@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Presentation Fri, 11 Aug 2023 16:02:50 -0400 2023-09-05T17:30:00-04:00 2023-09-05T18:30:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) International Institute Presentation International and Federal Career Opportunities Info Session: Funding, Awards, and Scholarships for Ford and PICS students!
The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship” Exhibit (September 6, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111387 111387-21826940@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The documents in this exhibit were declassified and made public as a result of years of research and FOIA advocacy by those promoting openness, particularly members of the National Security Archive. In the wake of the historic arrest in London of General Pinochet in October 1998, their efforts, among others, led President Bill Clinton to launch a special Chile Declassification Project in 1999 and the eventual release of over 24,000 formerly top secret documents.

Curated by Peter Kornbluh (Director of the Chile Documentation Project at the National Security Archive, an NGO dedicated to freedom of information and transparency), this exhibit was co-designed by Eimeel Castillo (Ph.D. Candidate in History and Women’s and Gender Studies) and Victoria Langland (Associate Professor of History).

Cosponsors: University of Michigan [Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; International Institute; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Office of Research; Department of History; Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies; Museum Studies Program; Institute for the Humanities] and Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice

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Exhibition Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:52:47 -0400 2023-09-06T08:00:00-04:00 2023-09-06T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Exhibition The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State
International Studies Virtual Information Session and Q&A (September 6, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108078 108078-21818916@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Program in International and Comparative Studies

Please note: This information session will be held virtually ET through Zoom. This webinar is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Once you've registered the joining information will be sent to your email.

Register at: https://myumi.ch/n7gE8

Students considering a major or minor in International Studies are strongly encouraged to attend an International Studies Information Session and Q&A. International Studies academic advisors will discuss:

• Prerequisites
• Major and minor requirements
• Sub-plans
• How to declare
• Additional majors and minors offered at the International Institute
• Study abroad, grants, and internships
• Relevance of an International Studies major or minor

Undeclared students should plan to attend an International Studies Information Session and Q&A. For dates of all upcoming sessions, please review the PICS event calendar. If you have questions, please email is-advising@umich.edu.

A half-hour presentation will be followed by questions and discussion. Students can declare the International Studies major or minor at the information session. For more information, please email is-advising@umich.edu.

Parents and prospective students are welcome. For more information, please email is-michigan@umich.edu. Prospective students who would like to receive correspondence about International Studies related orientations, events, and special announcements should sign up for the International Studies Prospective Student email list: https://myumi.ch/29DWZ

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at is-michigan@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Presentation Fri, 12 May 2023 16:04:01 -0400 2023-09-06T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-06T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Program in International and Comparative Studies Presentation International Studies Virtual Information Session and Q&A
WCEE Lecture. Closer to Michigan or Madrid? Reflections on Ireland’s Unique Geopolitical Position (September 6, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108971 108971-21820664@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia

For more than two decades, Irish politicians, economists and legal scholars have commented on whether Ireland is “closer to Boston than Berlin” in its orientation. The U.S. and Europe are often presented as offering competing visions of prosperity in liberal democracies, with different understandings of the role of government.

Ireland has a unique position (and not only in geographical terms) sitting between these two worldviews. Ireland has a close economic relationship with the U.S. Ireland’s culture and legal system has often drawn on American examples. However, Ireland is also a Member State of the European Union, is committed to the project of European economic integration and is bound by laws passed by its institutions.

This question of Ireland’s relationship to the US and Europe merits further consideration in light of more recent developments on both sides of the Atlantic. This lecture will consider how Ireland combines ideas and insights from both systems, drawing on the wisdom of both Boston and Berlin, both Michigan and Madrid. It will examine the pattern of legal, cultural and political links between Ireland, the U.S. and Europe. It will also emphasize the role that these ties have played in nurturing Ireland’s economic development and success.

Rossa Fanning was appointed as Attorney General of Ireland on 17 December 2022. In that role, he attends Cabinet as the legal adviser to the Government and the chief law officer of the State. Prior to his appointment as Attorney General, he was a Senior Counsel in private practice at the Irish Bar with a varied caseload spanning commercial law, public law and judicial review, professional negligence, product liability, defamation, and privacy law. He graduated from University College Dublin with a First Class Honours BCL degree in 1997. He was awarded the Swift McNeill Memorial Prize, a Postgraduate Research Scholarship by UCD, and was called to the Irish Bar in 1999 after graduating from King’s Inns in the first place as the John Brooke Scholar. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and a University Fellowship to pursue an LL.M. at the University of Michigan, where he graduated in 2000.

This event will be presented in person in 1010 Weiser Hall and on Zoom. Webinar registration is required at https://myumi.ch/AWDqj

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 03 Jul 2023 12:58:54 -0400 2023-09-06T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-06T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Lecture / Discussion Rossa Fanning
ELI Workshop: Writing Effective Email (September 6, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111209 111209-21826244@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: English Language Institute

Have you ever struggled to write important email messages? Have you ever wondered whether your tone is right in your email messages? In academic and professional settings, the ability to write effective email messages is an essential skill to communicate your professional persona. In this workshop we will focus on strategies for writing clear, effective and professional email. You will learn how to write emails that are likely to be read, be easily understood, and create a good first impression. Bring a few samples of your important email messages to analyze. Please come prepared to participate actively in small group discussions.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 31 Aug 2023 16:20:18 -0400 2023-09-06T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-06T20:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar UM Student at ELI Workshop
The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship” Exhibit (September 7, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111387 111387-21826941@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 7, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The documents in this exhibit were declassified and made public as a result of years of research and FOIA advocacy by those promoting openness, particularly members of the National Security Archive. In the wake of the historic arrest in London of General Pinochet in October 1998, their efforts, among others, led President Bill Clinton to launch a special Chile Declassification Project in 1999 and the eventual release of over 24,000 formerly top secret documents.

Curated by Peter Kornbluh (Director of the Chile Documentation Project at the National Security Archive, an NGO dedicated to freedom of information and transparency), this exhibit was co-designed by Eimeel Castillo (Ph.D. Candidate in History and Women’s and Gender Studies) and Victoria Langland (Associate Professor of History).

Cosponsors: University of Michigan [Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; International Institute; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Office of Research; Department of History; Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies; Museum Studies Program; Institute for the Humanities] and Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice

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Exhibition Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:52:47 -0400 2023-09-07T08:00:00-04:00 2023-09-07T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Exhibition The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State
The Third-Country Effects and the Efficacy of U.S. Immigration Policy: Evidence from Canada (September 7, 2023 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111572 111572-21827260@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 7, 2023 11:30am
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Economics

This paper studies the impact of U.S. restrictions on skilled immigration on the Canadian economy and on the welfare of American workers. We leverage a unique quasi-natural experiment given by an abrupt and significant policy change that occurred in 2017 within the H-1B program. We use visa application data for the U.S. and Canada, and a comprehensive collection of Canadian administrative databases to document novel facts. We show that increasing H-1B denial rates increased skilled immigration into Canada and increased the production and exports of Canadian firms and the employment of Canadian workers. Finally, we incorporate migration policy in a model of international trade and assess the aggregate effects of this U.S. immigration policy change. We also use the model to analytically show how immigration restrictions in the U.S. indirectly impact the welfare of natives by increasing immigration in other countries.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 05 Sep 2023 12:57:47 -0400 2023-09-07T11:30:00-04:00 2023-09-07T13:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar The Third-Country Effects and the Efficacy of U.S. Immigration Policy: Evidence from Canada
The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship” Exhibit (September 8, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111387 111387-21826942@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 8, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The documents in this exhibit were declassified and made public as a result of years of research and FOIA advocacy by those promoting openness, particularly members of the National Security Archive. In the wake of the historic arrest in London of General Pinochet in October 1998, their efforts, among others, led President Bill Clinton to launch a special Chile Declassification Project in 1999 and the eventual release of over 24,000 formerly top secret documents.

Curated by Peter Kornbluh (Director of the Chile Documentation Project at the National Security Archive, an NGO dedicated to freedom of information and transparency), this exhibit was co-designed by Eimeel Castillo (Ph.D. Candidate in History and Women’s and Gender Studies) and Victoria Langland (Associate Professor of History).

Cosponsors: University of Michigan [Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; International Institute; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Office of Research; Department of History; Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies; Museum Studies Program; Institute for the Humanities] and Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice

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Exhibition Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:52:47 -0400 2023-09-08T08:00:00-04:00 2023-09-08T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Exhibition The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State
IPE Friday Free Passport Photos for Engineering Students (September 8, 2023 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53322 53322-21817687@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 8, 2023 1:30pm
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: International Programs in Engineering

Need a passport photo for a passport or visa application? International Programs in Engineering (IPE) has got you covered!

-Fall & Winter Semester Only
-Fridays 1:30-3:30pm at the IPE Office (245 Chrysler Center)
-No Appointment Needed
-Not During Exam Week or Holidays

This service is for CoE undergraduate and graduate students.
For best results, wear darker colored, solid (non patterned) shirt/top

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Other Fri, 27 Oct 2023 13:54:10 -0400 2023-09-08T13:30:00-04:00 2023-09-08T15:30:00-04:00 Chrysler Center International Programs in Engineering Other IPE
The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship” Exhibit (September 11, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111387 111387-21826945@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 11, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The documents in this exhibit were declassified and made public as a result of years of research and FOIA advocacy by those promoting openness, particularly members of the National Security Archive. In the wake of the historic arrest in London of General Pinochet in October 1998, their efforts, among others, led President Bill Clinton to launch a special Chile Declassification Project in 1999 and the eventual release of over 24,000 formerly top secret documents.

Curated by Peter Kornbluh (Director of the Chile Documentation Project at the National Security Archive, an NGO dedicated to freedom of information and transparency), this exhibit was co-designed by Eimeel Castillo (Ph.D. Candidate in History and Women’s and Gender Studies) and Victoria Langland (Associate Professor of History).

Cosponsors: University of Michigan [Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; International Institute; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Office of Research; Department of History; Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies; Museum Studies Program; Institute for the Humanities] and Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice

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Exhibition Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:52:47 -0400 2023-09-11T08:00:00-04:00 2023-09-11T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Exhibition The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State
ELI Workshop: Making the Most of Office Hours (September 11, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111314 111314-21826659@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 11, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: English Language Institute

Are you aware that interacting with professors outside of class can be a key to academic success in the US? Office hours are helpful if you have questions about course content or homework. They provide an opportunity for you to connect with your professor and to understand their expectations for the course. They also help you learn about U.S. academic culture. This workshop will provide information about what to expect during office hours and tips for communicating effectively with your professor. Please come prepared to participate actively in small group role plays.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Sep 2023 15:17:50 -0400 2023-09-11T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-11T20:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar UM Student at ELI Workshop
The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship” Exhibit (September 12, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111387 111387-21826946@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The documents in this exhibit were declassified and made public as a result of years of research and FOIA advocacy by those promoting openness, particularly members of the National Security Archive. In the wake of the historic arrest in London of General Pinochet in October 1998, their efforts, among others, led President Bill Clinton to launch a special Chile Declassification Project in 1999 and the eventual release of over 24,000 formerly top secret documents.

Curated by Peter Kornbluh (Director of the Chile Documentation Project at the National Security Archive, an NGO dedicated to freedom of information and transparency), this exhibit was co-designed by Eimeel Castillo (Ph.D. Candidate in History and Women’s and Gender Studies) and Victoria Langland (Associate Professor of History).

Cosponsors: University of Michigan [Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; International Institute; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Office of Research; Department of History; Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies; Museum Studies Program; Institute for the Humanities] and Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice

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Exhibition Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:52:47 -0400 2023-09-12T08:00:00-04:00 2023-09-12T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Exhibition The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State
Peace Corps Prep Information Session (September 12, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111902 111902-21828420@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 9:00am
Location:
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Planning on applying to the Peace Corps or another global service program?

Make sure you're the most prepared candidate possible by participating in the Peace Corps Prep certificate program, which is open to all undergraduate students!
Through coursework and extracurricular experiences, the program will facilitate development within the following four core competencies: work sector-specific skills, foreign language proficiency, intercultural competency, and leadership. Learn more at our upcoming information sessions!

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Sep 2023 09:48:14 -0400 2023-09-12T09:00:00-04:00 2023-09-12T10:00:00-04:00 Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Red, Blue, and White Graphic that reads "Peace Corps Prep Information Sessions"
Peace Corps Prep Information Session (September 12, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111902 111902-21828421@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 9:00am
Location:
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Planning on applying to the Peace Corps or another global service program?

Make sure you're the most prepared candidate possible by participating in the Peace Corps Prep certificate program, which is open to all undergraduate students!
Through coursework and extracurricular experiences, the program will facilitate development within the following four core competencies: work sector-specific skills, foreign language proficiency, intercultural competency, and leadership. Learn more at our upcoming information sessions!

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Sep 2023 09:48:14 -0400 2023-09-12T09:00:00-04:00 2023-09-12T10:00:00-04:00 Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Red, Blue, and White Graphic that reads "Peace Corps Prep Information Sessions"
The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship” Exhibit (September 13, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111387 111387-21826947@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The documents in this exhibit were declassified and made public as a result of years of research and FOIA advocacy by those promoting openness, particularly members of the National Security Archive. In the wake of the historic arrest in London of General Pinochet in October 1998, their efforts, among others, led President Bill Clinton to launch a special Chile Declassification Project in 1999 and the eventual release of over 24,000 formerly top secret documents.

Curated by Peter Kornbluh (Director of the Chile Documentation Project at the National Security Archive, an NGO dedicated to freedom of information and transparency), this exhibit was co-designed by Eimeel Castillo (Ph.D. Candidate in History and Women’s and Gender Studies) and Victoria Langland (Associate Professor of History).

Cosponsors: University of Michigan [Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; International Institute; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Office of Research; Department of History; Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies; Museum Studies Program; Institute for the Humanities] and Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice

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Exhibition Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:52:47 -0400 2023-09-13T08:00:00-04:00 2023-09-13T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Exhibition The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State
CREES Noon Lecture. From the ‘Imam of Atheism’ to ‘Orthodox Iran’: Russia and Shi’a Islamist Movements, 1970s-Present. (September 13, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109905 109905-21823216@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Since Russia’s intervention into Syria in 2015, Russia’s close ties with the al-Assad regime in Syria, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Shi’a militias like Hezbollah have become ever more prominent. Tehran has become one of main suppliers of drones to Russia in its war of aggression against Ukraine, and high officials within the Russian Orthodox Church have even spoken of ideological affinity with the Shi’a theocracy in Tehran, speaking of the need to transform the Russian Federation into an “Orthodox Iran.” Where did these unlikely ties between Russia and transnational Shi’a networks emerge? How did Russian actors come to see themselves as aligned with Shi’a actors, and how did the latter go from seeing in the Soviet Union “the Imam of atheism” to a potential partner against American imperialism?

In this lecture, Timothy Nunan (University of Regensburg) will explore how this alliance of convenience between Moscow, Tehran and Damascus emerged out of the Cold War geopolitics of the 1970s and 1980s. Drawing on new sources in Russian, Persian, and Arabic, Nunan will explore how an unlikely group of actors, from Syrian generals to Lebanese Shi'a clerics to Soviet Central Asian Sunni clerics, set aside Cold War clichés about Islam and Communism to sew the seeds for what is today an expanded "Axis of Resistance."

Timothy Nunan is Professor for Transregional Cultures of Knowledge in the Department for Interdisciplinary and Multiscalar Area Studies at the University of Regensburg. Prior to holding this position, he was Acting Chair in the Department of Global History at the Free University of Berlin. There, he also led a Volkswagen Foundation Freigeist Research Group devoted to the history of Islamism during the Cold War. His research focuses on international history, Russian and Soviet history, and the history of the modern Middle East. His first book, Humanitarian Invasion: Global Development in Cold War Afghanistan, examined the history of international development in Afghanistan during the Cold War, looking in particular at the role of the Soviet Union and Western humanitarian NGOs. His current book project explores Islamist internationalism from the 1950s to the 1980s. Prior to his positions in Germany, Dr. Nunan was a Harvard Academy Scholar and received his D.Phil. in History from the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.

WCEE is pleased to host Professor Nunan as part of its collaboration with the Leibniz ScienceCampus at the University of Regensburg.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at crees@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Sep 2023 16:02:00 -0400 2023-09-13T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-13T13:20:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Timothy Nunan, professor of Transregional Cultures of Knowledge, Department for Interdisciplinary and Multiscalar Area Studies, University of Regensburg
The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship” Exhibit (September 14, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111387 111387-21826948@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The documents in this exhibit were declassified and made public as a result of years of research and FOIA advocacy by those promoting openness, particularly members of the National Security Archive. In the wake of the historic arrest in London of General Pinochet in October 1998, their efforts, among others, led President Bill Clinton to launch a special Chile Declassification Project in 1999 and the eventual release of over 24,000 formerly top secret documents.

Curated by Peter Kornbluh (Director of the Chile Documentation Project at the National Security Archive, an NGO dedicated to freedom of information and transparency), this exhibit was co-designed by Eimeel Castillo (Ph.D. Candidate in History and Women’s and Gender Studies) and Victoria Langland (Associate Professor of History).

Cosponsors: University of Michigan [Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; International Institute; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Office of Research; Department of History; Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies; Museum Studies Program; Institute for the Humanities] and Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice

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Exhibition Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:52:47 -0400 2023-09-14T08:00:00-04:00 2023-09-14T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Exhibition The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State
CSAS Lecture Series | Religious Minorities in Pakistan and Iraq (September 14, 2023 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111842 111842-21827639@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2023 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

For those not in Atlanta, please register to attend this event on Zoom at https://tinyurl.com/BashirTalk.

Salmoon Basir, born in Pakistan, has more than a decade of experience providing leadership in diverse, multicultural, and multi-faith spaces in the US, Pakistan, Iraq, the UK, and the Republic of Georgia. Salmoon was appointed to serve alongside the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Community of St. Anselm at Lambeth Palace in London. His Master of Divinity degree at Emory University brought him to Atlanta. Salmoon worked as the Chief of Staff for the Fearless Dialogues - an organization facilitating hard, heartfelt conversations. He is also a part of various ecumenical and interreligious dialogue committees and events, representing the Episcopal Church nationally and internationally. Salmoon is married to Mari, a graduate of Candler School of Theology working in nonprofit management. He is serving as the Curate for the Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations at the Cathedral of St. Philip Atlanta.

The lecture is made possible with the generous support of the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant awarded to the University of Michigan Center for South Asian Studies.

Cosponsored by the Middle East Studies Center at Georgia State University, the Atlanta Global Studies Center, and the Asian Studies Center at Georgia State University.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Sep 2023 16:09:50 -0400 2023-09-14T11:30:00-04:00 2023-09-14T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for South Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Rev. Salmoon Bashir
Fulbright U.S. Student Info Sessions | So You Missed the Campus Deadline (September 14, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109407 109407-21821984@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2023 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Institute

Would you like to work, study, or conduct research abroad? Will you have at least a bachelor's degree by the end of this academic year? Are you only just now hearing about the Fulbright U.S. Student Program (maybe in this very announcement)? Then this is the info session for you!

Please register for this Zoom presentation at https://myumi.ch/8eDJP

Come join us for the final info session for the 2023 Fulbright U.S. Student Program application! While the Campus Deadline has passed, the Fellowships and Grants team is here to help you with your last-chance efforts at completing an application before the National Deadline of October 10th. We will help you navigate our resources, trouble shoot your questions, and put you on the fast track to applying to one of the most flexible and extensive federal international exchange programs in the USA.

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is open to any and all U-M students and alumni, and accommodates all majors, minors, and interests. If you thought you missed your chance to apply this year, we hope to see you at this session!

Note: The U-M Campus deadline is August 27th. If it is possible for you to complete your application by that date, it is in your best interest to do so. Submitting prior to the campus deadline allows you access to additional assistance (e.g. a campus interview, essay review etc) which will strengthen your application.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at iifellowships@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Presentation Tue, 01 Aug 2023 09:52:43 -0400 2023-09-14T17:00:00-04:00 2023-09-14T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location International Institute Presentation Fulbright U.S. Student Info Sessions | So You Missed the Campus Deadline
ELI Workshop: Writing in Academic Style (September 14, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111832 111832-21827629@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: English Language Institute

Whether you are writing a research article, class assignment, conference abstract or dissertation, the words, grammatical structures, and organizational patterns you use all signal whether your text sounds “academic.” We will look at features of academic style, and how these differ across a range of writing that undergraduate and graduate students do. In this workshop we will work on how to make effective stylistic choices for the types of writing you are doing and the academic identity you wish to convey to your readers in various writing contexts. Bring a text you are currently working on for analysis. Please come prepared to participate actively in small group discussions.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Sep 2023 15:18:40 -0400 2023-09-14T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-14T20:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar UM Students at ELI workshop
The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship” Exhibit (September 15, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111387 111387-21826949@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 15, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The documents in this exhibit were declassified and made public as a result of years of research and FOIA advocacy by those promoting openness, particularly members of the National Security Archive. In the wake of the historic arrest in London of General Pinochet in October 1998, their efforts, among others, led President Bill Clinton to launch a special Chile Declassification Project in 1999 and the eventual release of over 24,000 formerly top secret documents.

Curated by Peter Kornbluh (Director of the Chile Documentation Project at the National Security Archive, an NGO dedicated to freedom of information and transparency), this exhibit was co-designed by Eimeel Castillo (Ph.D. Candidate in History and Women’s and Gender Studies) and Victoria Langland (Associate Professor of History).

Cosponsors: University of Michigan [Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; International Institute; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Office of Research; Department of History; Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies; Museum Studies Program; Institute for the Humanities] and Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice

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Exhibition Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:52:47 -0400 2023-09-15T08:00:00-04:00 2023-09-15T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Exhibition The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State
Peace Corps Prep Information Session (September 15, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111902 111902-21827820@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 15, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Virtual
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Planning on applying to the Peace Corps or another global service program?

Make sure you're the most prepared candidate possible by participating in the Peace Corps Prep certificate program, which is open to all undergraduate students!
Through coursework and extracurricular experiences, the program will facilitate development within the following four core competencies: work sector-specific skills, foreign language proficiency, intercultural competency, and leadership. Learn more at our upcoming information sessions!

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Sep 2023 09:48:14 -0400 2023-09-15T13:00:00-04:00 2023-09-15T14:00:00-04:00 Virtual Sessions @ Michigan Workshop / Seminar Red, Blue, and White Graphic that reads "Peace Corps Prep Information Sessions"
IPE Friday Free Passport Photos for Engineering Students (September 15, 2023 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53322 53322-21817688@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 15, 2023 1:30pm
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: International Programs in Engineering

Need a passport photo for a passport or visa application? International Programs in Engineering (IPE) has got you covered!

-Fall & Winter Semester Only
-Fridays 1:30-3:30pm at the IPE Office (245 Chrysler Center)
-No Appointment Needed
-Not During Exam Week or Holidays

This service is for CoE undergraduate and graduate students.
For best results, wear darker colored, solid (non patterned) shirt/top

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Other Fri, 27 Oct 2023 13:54:10 -0400 2023-09-15T13:30:00-04:00 2023-09-15T15:30:00-04:00 Chrysler Center International Programs in Engineering Other IPE
The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship” Exhibit (September 18, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111387 111387-21826952@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 18, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The documents in this exhibit were declassified and made public as a result of years of research and FOIA advocacy by those promoting openness, particularly members of the National Security Archive. In the wake of the historic arrest in London of General Pinochet in October 1998, their efforts, among others, led President Bill Clinton to launch a special Chile Declassification Project in 1999 and the eventual release of over 24,000 formerly top secret documents.

Curated by Peter Kornbluh (Director of the Chile Documentation Project at the National Security Archive, an NGO dedicated to freedom of information and transparency), this exhibit was co-designed by Eimeel Castillo (Ph.D. Candidate in History and Women’s and Gender Studies) and Victoria Langland (Associate Professor of History).

Cosponsors: University of Michigan [Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; International Institute; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Office of Research; Department of History; Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies; Museum Studies Program; Institute for the Humanities] and Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice

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Exhibition Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:52:47 -0400 2023-09-18T08:00:00-04:00 2023-09-18T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Exhibition The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State
CAS Lecture | Remnants: Embodied Archives of the Armenian Genocide (September 18, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110564 110564-21825099@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 18, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Armenian Studies

Attend in person or on Zoom at https://myumi.ch/Rpzew

In Remnants, tattooed and scar-bearing bodies reveal a larger history, as the lived trauma of genocide is understood through bodies, skin, and—in what remains of those lives a century afterward—bones. Gathering individual memories and archival fragments of women survivors, Elyse Semerdjian offers a feminist interpretation of the Armenian Genocide, and issues a call to break open the archival record in order to embrace affect and memory.

About the Speaker: Elyse Semerdjian is the Robert Aram and Marianne Kaloosdian and Stephen and Marian Mugar Chair of Armenian Genocide Studies at the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at armenianstudies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Aug 2023 11:20:01 -0400 2023-09-18T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-18T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Armenian Studies Lecture / Discussion CAS Lecture | Remnants: Embodied Archives of the Armenian Genocide
Donia Human Rights Center Lecture | Haiti's Current Crisis: A Human Rights Perspective (September 18, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111636 111636-21827351@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 18, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Donia Human Rights Center

Moderator: Bénédicte Boisseron, Professor and Chair of the Department of AfroAmerican and African Studies, and affiliate faculty in Romance Languages and Literatures and Comparative Literature.

This in-person event is free and open to the public. No registration is required.

Human rights violations are systematic in Haiti. The situation has worsened considerably since the multiplication of massacres in 2018 and the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in July 2021. The gangs control large areas of the country and practice a scorched-earth policy. Haitian journalist Roberson Alphonse will share his observations on the Haitian tragedy.

Roberson Alphonse is head of national news at le Nouvelliste, Haiti’s oldest and largest daily newspaper, where he has covered topics including the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, the mismanagement of international aid, gang violence, and the introduction of cholera to Haiti by UN Nepalese peacekeepers. Alphonse is also the director of information at Radio Magik9, where he hosts a popular daily program. He survived an assassination attempt in October of 2022 and was able to flee to Miami. He has continued hosting his radio show from the United States and was a candidate for the 2023 UNESCO Guillermo Cano Prize for Press Freedom.

Currently, Roberson Alphonse is working on his Knight Wallace project "Helping Haitian Journalists Navigate an Increasingly Volatile Press Environment". Haiti is a resilient country with vast potential and deep-rooted struggles with poverty and violence. Gangs have strengthened their territorial hold on Haiti’s capital city, the judiciary strains to function, and murders– including multiple recent murders of journalists– frequently go unsolved. Alphonse’s research will seek out training methods and international partnerships that could bolster protections for journalists and help nurture a culture of media safety in Haiti and elsewhere.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at umichhumanrights@umich.edu. 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, 15 Sep 2023 15:26:42 -0400 2023-09-18T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-18T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Donia Human Rights Center Lecture / Discussion Donia Human Rights Center Lecture | Haiti's Current Crisis: A Human Rights Perspective
ELI Workshop: Tips for Effective Public Speaking (September 18, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111834 111834-21827630@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 18, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: English Language Institute

When you give a presentation, does your voice express confidence? Is it loud enough? Do your listeners easily understand you? Is your audience engaged? In this workshop we will explore techniques to gain confidence and comfort when public speaking in English. You will leave with tips and resources to improve your public speaking abilities. Everyone will give a short presentation on a topic of your choice: a self-introduction, overview of your field of study, or a quick story of an interesting experience.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Sep 2023 15:24:08 -0400 2023-09-18T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-18T20:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar UM Student at ELI Workshop
The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship” Exhibit (September 19, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111387 111387-21826953@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The documents in this exhibit were declassified and made public as a result of years of research and FOIA advocacy by those promoting openness, particularly members of the National Security Archive. In the wake of the historic arrest in London of General Pinochet in October 1998, their efforts, among others, led President Bill Clinton to launch a special Chile Declassification Project in 1999 and the eventual release of over 24,000 formerly top secret documents.

Curated by Peter Kornbluh (Director of the Chile Documentation Project at the National Security Archive, an NGO dedicated to freedom of information and transparency), this exhibit was co-designed by Eimeel Castillo (Ph.D. Candidate in History and Women’s and Gender Studies) and Victoria Langland (Associate Professor of History).

Cosponsors: University of Michigan [Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; International Institute; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Office of Research; Department of History; Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies; Museum Studies Program; Institute for the Humanities] and Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice

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Exhibition Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:52:47 -0400 2023-09-19T08:00:00-04:00 2023-09-19T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Exhibition The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Changing Conceptions of “Human Completing” (ren cheng) in Late Warring States and Early Han Texts (September 19, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111701 111701-21827478@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Attend in person or via Zoom. Zoom registration at https://myumi.ch/63G58.

A common refrain in late Warring States and early Han texts is that tian sheng ren cheng 天生人成 (heaven generates, humanity completes). There are variations of this statement in a number of texts in the period, including the Xunzi, Zhuangzi, and Chunqiu Fanlu. The idea is developed in a number of other texts as well, such as the Huainanzi. Dr. Mcleod discusses here the changing conception of the notion of “human completing” in early Han philosophy, which coincides with a move toward naturalist metaphysics and correlative cosmology. He argues that the ethical conception of human completing found in the Xunzi gave way to a metaphysical conception of human completion found in the Chunqiu Fanlu and Huainanzi, with heavy influence of the Zhuangzi. Looking to a number of specific examples in the Chunqiu Fanlu and Huainanzi, he will reveal the ways in which this metaphysical shift led to cheng being seen as part of the process of constructing the cosmos itself, thereby leading to an understanding of humanity as playing a pivotal role in determining the natural constitution of the world we inhabit.

Alexus McLeod is Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University. His work is primarily in Early Chinese Philosophy and Mesoamerican Philosophy. He is author of a number of works in each area, most recently "The Dao of Madness: Mental Illness and Self-Cultivation in Early Chinese Philosophy and Medicine" (Oxford University Press, 2021) and "An Introduction to Mesoamerican Philosophy" (Cambridge University Press, 2023). He is also editor of the journal "The Philosophical Forum."

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 06 Sep 2023 15:12:20 -0400 2023-09-19T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-19T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Alexus McLeod, Professor of Religious Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington
The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship” Exhibit (September 20, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111387 111387-21826954@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The documents in this exhibit were declassified and made public as a result of years of research and FOIA advocacy by those promoting openness, particularly members of the National Security Archive. In the wake of the historic arrest in London of General Pinochet in October 1998, their efforts, among others, led President Bill Clinton to launch a special Chile Declassification Project in 1999 and the eventual release of over 24,000 formerly top secret documents.

Curated by Peter Kornbluh (Director of the Chile Documentation Project at the National Security Archive, an NGO dedicated to freedom of information and transparency), this exhibit was co-designed by Eimeel Castillo (Ph.D. Candidate in History and Women’s and Gender Studies) and Victoria Langland (Associate Professor of History).

Cosponsors: University of Michigan [Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; International Institute; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Office of Research; Department of History; Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies; Museum Studies Program; Institute for the Humanities] and Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice

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Exhibition Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:52:47 -0400 2023-09-20T08:00:00-04:00 2023-09-20T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Exhibition The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State
M-Pals Personal Safety Orientation for International Students (September 20, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112751 112751-21829505@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: M-Pals

This Wednesday, *September 20 from 6pm to 7pm* M-Pals - a student-run mentorship org for international students - is holding its unprecedented Personal Safety Orientation seminar in *the Forum Hall at Palmer Commons*. Candace Dorsey, who has a long-standing relationship with the Division of Public Safety and Security, will be leading the session, and she has created the 1-hour program on request specifically with international students in mind.

By the end of the workshop, we hope that everyone feels like they have a better idea of what to expect and look out for in order to keep themselves safe after moving to the US and not knowing yet in what ways the country varies from their place of origin.

The event is open to all, and M-Pals hopes that everyone who wants can attend to make use of this opportunity and feel more reassured in their experience of studying abroad.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 19 Sep 2023 21:46:01 -0400 2023-09-20T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-20T19:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons M-Pals Workshop / Seminar Join M-Pals for the Personal Safety Orientation for International Students. Come learn and get to know fellow international students!
The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship” Exhibit (September 21, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111387 111387-21826955@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 21, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The documents in this exhibit were declassified and made public as a result of years of research and FOIA advocacy by those promoting openness, particularly members of the National Security Archive. In the wake of the historic arrest in London of General Pinochet in October 1998, their efforts, among others, led President Bill Clinton to launch a special Chile Declassification Project in 1999 and the eventual release of over 24,000 formerly top secret documents.

Curated by Peter Kornbluh (Director of the Chile Documentation Project at the National Security Archive, an NGO dedicated to freedom of information and transparency), this exhibit was co-designed by Eimeel Castillo (Ph.D. Candidate in History and Women’s and Gender Studies) and Victoria Langland (Associate Professor of History).

Cosponsors: University of Michigan [Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; International Institute; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Office of Research; Department of History; Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies; Museum Studies Program; Institute for the Humanities] and Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice

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Exhibition Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:52:47 -0400 2023-09-21T08:00:00-04:00 2023-09-21T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Exhibition The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State
The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship” Exhibit (September 22, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111387 111387-21826956@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 22, 2023 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The documents in this exhibit were declassified and made public as a result of years of research and FOIA advocacy by those promoting openness, particularly members of the National Security Archive. In the wake of the historic arrest in London of General Pinochet in October 1998, their efforts, among others, led President Bill Clinton to launch a special Chile Declassification Project in 1999 and the eventual release of over 24,000 formerly top secret documents.

Curated by Peter Kornbluh (Director of the Chile Documentation Project at the National Security Archive, an NGO dedicated to freedom of information and transparency), this exhibit was co-designed by Eimeel Castillo (Ph.D. Candidate in History and Women’s and Gender Studies) and Victoria Langland (Associate Professor of History).

Cosponsors: University of Michigan [Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; International Institute; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Office of Research; Department of History; Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies; Museum Studies Program; Institute for the Humanities] and Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice

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Exhibition Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:52:47 -0400 2023-09-22T08:00:00-04:00 2023-09-22T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Exhibition The Other 9-11: Reflections on the Anniversary of the 1973 Coup in Chile. “Secrets of State
IPE Friday Free Passport Photos for Engineering Students (September 22, 2023 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53322 53322-21817689@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 22, 2023 1:30pm
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: International Programs in Engineering

Need a passport photo for a passport or visa application? International Programs in Engineering (IPE) has got you covered!

-Fall & Winter Semester Only
-Fridays 1:30-3:30pm at the IPE Office (245 Chrysler Center)
-No Appointment Needed
-Not During Exam Week or Holidays

This service is for CoE undergraduate and graduate students.
For best results, wear darker colored, solid (non patterned) shirt/top

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Other Fri, 27 Oct 2023 13:54:10 -0400 2023-09-22T13:30:00-04:00 2023-09-22T15:30:00-04:00 Chrysler Center International Programs in Engineering Other IPE
Silent Pasts and Speaking Presents: History and Language in Contemporary South Asia (September 22, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109146 109146-21821170@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 22, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Department of History

Please join Professor G.N. Devy for a presentation on two recent, major intellectual initiatives that pose significant challenges to the ongoing politicization of language, community, and history in contemporary India.
 
The first project is the massive, People’s Linguistic Survey of India (published by Orient Blackswan, 2013-23), a 50+-volume survey of more than 780 languages currently spoken in India today, many of which now struggle for recognition and preservation, as perceived by the people who speak them.
 
The second, The Indians: Histories of a Civilization (published by Aleph, 2023), is a seven-part history of India spanning more than 12,000 years, with contributions from more than 100 of South Asia’s most prominent historians and ethnographers, including two U-M faculty members (professors emeriti Thomas Trautmann and Madhav Deshpande).
 
G.N. Devy organized and edited both of these ambitious and historically important projects. Both projects creatively draw a bright line under the intimate relation between democracy and diversity, and work against contemporary political efforts to homogenize India’s cultures and sanitize India’s pasts. Professor Devy’s presentation will describe the genesis and approach of each project, and reflect more broadly on the place of diversity in India as a nation, as people, and as a spectrum of cultures.

Ganesh N. Devy is a scholar, educator, activist, and the Obaid Sidiqqi Chair Professor at the National Center for Biological Research, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Bangalore. He is a prolific writer, having authored or edited 109 books in the fields of literary criticism, anthropology, education, and philosophy. From 1980 to 1996, Devy was a professor in the Department of English at Maharaja Sayajirao University in Baroda.

In 1996, Devy gave up his academic career to initiate a deeper engagement with Adivasi and Denotified and Nomadic Tribal (DNT) communities. Devy went on to found the Bhasha Research and Publication Center in Baroda, the Adivasis Academy at Tejgadh village, and the DNT Rights Action Group, among several other initiatives. Professor Devy has also been the recipient of numerous national and international awards, including the Padma Shri (India’s fourth highest civilian award, given by the Indian government) in 2013. In 2003, Devy received the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award for his pathbreaking book of literary criticism, After Amnesia (Orient Blackswan, 1993). In 2015, Devy returned this award in protest over the “growing intolerance towards the differences of opinion” then manifesting in the murder and imprisonment of several prominent intellectuals in India.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 Aug 2023 08:00:02 -0400 2023-09-22T16:00:00-04:00 2023-09-22T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Department of History Lecture / Discussion Image: Artwork from The Rain Within Exhibition by Mayank Shyam, 2022
Hear Us Now Quartet (September 23, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111860 111860-21827690@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 23, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Free and open to the public. No registration required. .

Gather to see two live performances by Hear Us Now, an exciting new quartet featuring Helga Davis (vocals), Ashley Jackson (harp), and Fred Cash Jr. (bass), and Justin Hicks (composer). The quartet will perform new work inspired by the exhibition Hear Me Now, The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina in which direct poetry and texts created by Edgefield potter David Drake are used to craft the composition.

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Helga Davis is a vocalist and performance artist with feet planted on the most prestigious international stages and with firm roots in the realities and concerns of her local community whose work draws out insights that illuminate how artistic leaps for an individual can offer connection among audiences. Davis was principal actor in the 25th-anniversary international revival of Robert Wilson and Philip Glass’s seminal opera Einstein on the Beach.

, a harpist praised for her “soulful” and “eloquent” playing (Musical America), enjoys a multifaceted career as a highly sought-after musician and collaborator in New York and beyond. As a soloist, she has performed at Lincoln Center, Celebrate Brooklyn! and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. She has also performed with the New York Philharmonic, Metropolis Ensemble, the Qatar Philharmonic, and is the principal harpist of NOVUS NY, the contemporary music orchestra of Trinity Wall Street led by Grammy-nominated conductor Julian Wachner. She is a member of the Harlem Chamber Players, with whom she has developed a number of projects, including her first film, In Song and Spirit and the Harlem Walking Tour Series.

Fred Cash, Jr. hails from Chicago and was born into soul royalty, as the son of Fred Cash Sr. of The Impressions with Curtis Mayfield. After college, Fred moved to New York where he has worked with artists such as India Arie, Toshi Reagon, Alicia Keys, Henry Butler, Elvis Costello and George Clinton.

is a Drama Desk-nominated composer, vocalist, and sound artist.  He’s worked with notable artists such as Abigail DeVille, Meshell Ndegeocello, Hilton Als, Steffani Jemison, Joan As Policewoman, Charlotte Brathwaite, Mimi Lien, and Toshi Reagon.  His work has been presented at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts,  The Public,  Baryshnikov Art Center, Festival steirischer herbst (Graz, AT), Symphony Space. He recently provided music for Lynn Nottage's Clyde's on Broadway and presented his commissioned work Outside as part of The Shed's Open Call series. Hicks was a member of Kara Walker’s 6-8 Months Space and holds a culinary diploma from ICE in New York City.

The Arts & Resistance Theme Semester, organized by UMMA and the U-M Arts Initiative, is generously supported by the U-M Office of the Provost, the U-M College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, and Erica Gervais Pappendick and Ted Pappendick.

Hear Me Now is organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, with support from the Terra Foundation for American Art and the Henry Luce Foundation.

Lead support for UMMA's presentation of the exhibition is provided by Michigan Engineering, the U-M Office of the Provost, the U-M Office of the President, the Americana Foundation, the U-M College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, the U-M Inclusive History Project, and Michigan Humanities. Additional generous support is provided by Larry and Brenda Thompson and Melissa Kaish and Jonathan Dorfman. 

 

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Performance Sat, 23 Sep 2023 18:15:55 -0400 2023-09-23T14:00:00-04:00 2023-09-23T14:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art