BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//University of Illinois//Web Services Calendar//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120213 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120217 SUMMARY:Study Abroad Advising Sessions CREATED:20111223T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Come one come all! Do you have questions about a region of th e world? Would you like an opportunity to speak to a specialist about a country you're interested in? Stop by a walk-in Advising Session to get more information from an Area Advisor!Drop in at any point during the al lotted times and stay for as long as you like.The sessions are conducted in a group format\, giving you the benefit of hearing the perspectives and questions of fellow students Don't forget to watch theFirst Steps Vi deobefore attending to get the most out of your time!ItalyAdvising Sessi on Tuesday\, February 14th\, 2:00pm-3:00pm\, in room 232 of theInternati onal Studies BuildingEurope (Excluding Spain\, the UK & Ireland)Advising Session Wednesday\, February 15th\, 3:00pm-4:00pm in room 200 of theInt ernational Studies BuildingIreland/UKAdvising Session Wednesday\, Februa ry 15th\, 3:00pm-4:00pm\, in room 103 of theInternational Studies Buildi ngAustralia\, New ZealandAdvising Session Friday\, Februray 17th\, 4:00p m-5:00pm\, in room 307 of theInternational Studies BuildingSpainAdvising Session Wednesday\, February 15th\, 4:00-5:00pm\,in room 111 ofGregory HallAsiaAdvising Session Wednesday\, February 15th\, 4:00pm-5:00pm\, in room 307 of theInternational Studies Building LAST-MODIFIED:20111223T110000Z CATEGORIES:study abroad ORGANIZER:bdoyle2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113928171 UID:13928171@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120214T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120214T173000 SUMMARY:EUC Valentine's Day Special Event: "Fall in Love with Europe All Over Again!" CREATED:20120131T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Featuring short films about love from Europe:X on a MapAlfama Port of CallThe End of the WorldTheatrical LifeSigns of LightScribbling and TinglingFor more details\, visit the event page. LAST-MODIFIED:20120203T110000Z LOCATION:Lucy Ellis Lounge: Room 1080\, Foreign Languages Building\, 707 S. Mathews\, Urbana (map) CATEGORIES:Movie Night ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115666922 UID:15666922@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120215 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120215 SUMMARY:Fall '12 and Academic Year '12-'13 Programs Deadline CREATED:20111118T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Studying abroad really IS for everyone! Stop by theStudy Abro ad Officeto talk to a Peer Advisor about your options to study abroad ne xt year\, or visit our website atstudyabroad.illinois.eduand do a progra m search for a program that's right for you!Apply directly online under your selected program's page by the end of the day today! You have until midnight! LAST-MODIFIED:20111118T110000Z CATEGORIES:study abroad ORGANIZER:bdoyle2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010112379609 UID:12379609@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120215 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120215 SUMMARY:Goodman Fellowship and WGGP awards deadline Feb 15\, 2012 CREATED:20120111T110000Z DESCRIPTION:$14\,000 in scholarship money plus tuition and service fee wa iver is available to support graduate students from any department with preference to students whose work will make practical contributions to i mprovement of women's lives and gender equity in the developing world. S maller awards are also available. LAST-MODIFIED:20120111T110000Z CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Anita Kaiser 333-1994 ORGANIZER:wggp@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010114772402 UID:14772402@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120215 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120601 SUMMARY:New Program Deadlines for Summer\, Fall\, and Academic Year! CREATED:20120209T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Application deadlines for the following summer\, fall\, and y ear programs!!** New deadlines apply to the terms indicated next to each program.** For more information\, click on the respective links or sear ch for them onwww.studyabroad.illinois.edu. New Deadline: March 1*LAS-E ALC Year in Japan -- Academic Year 12-13*LAS-French Illinois Program in Paris\, France (IPP) -- Fall 2012 & Academic Year 12-13*SAO Exchange: Ki el University - Summer Business Program(Germany)-- Summer 2012*SAO Excha nge: University Duisburg-Essen (BEST)(Germany) -- Summer 2012New Deadlin e: April 1*SAO Exchange: Spanish Studies in Granada(Spain) -- Summer 201 2 & Fall 2012*SAO Exchange: Universidad San Francisco de Quito(Ecuador) -- Fall 2012 & Academic Year 12-13*SAO Instituto San Joaquin de Flores(C osta Rica) -- Summer 2012*SAO-Social Work: Community-based Learning in C osta Rica -- Summer 2012** Come to our special info session for SAO-Soci al Work in Costa Rica** Wednesday\, Feb. 15 at 5:00PM in 2015School of S ocial Work*SAO The KULeuven-Illinois Experience(Belgium) -- Fall 2012*SA O Verona Studies Program(Italy) -- Summer 2012 & Fall 2012New Deadline: June 1 *SAO Instituto San Joaquin de Flores(Costa Rica) -- Fall 2012 LAST-MODIFIED:20120209T110000Z CATEGORIES:study abroad ORGANIZER:bdoyle2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010116083796 UID:16083796@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120215T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120215T130000 SUMMARY:'Religion\, Identity\, and Intervention: Southern Sudan and the D ynamics of Peacekeeping' CREATED:20111216T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111216T110000Z LOCATION:101 International Studies Building\, 910 S. Fifth St\, Champaign CATEGORIES:Brown Bag lecture CONTACT:Angela Williams ORGANIZER:aswillms@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113624889 UID:13624889@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120215T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120215T170000 SUMMARY:Social Work: Community-based Learning in Costa Rica Info Session CREATED:20120209T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Why Costa Rica?Why explore Social Work Abroad?Join us at our special info session for the Study Abroad Office Social Work in Costa Ri ca program in room 2015 of the School of Social Work Department:School o f Social Work 1010 W. Nevada Urbana\, IL 61801For inforamtion about the program\, visit its brochure page here. LAST-MODIFIED:20120209T110000Z CATEGORIES:study abroad ORGANIZER:bdoyle2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010116083799 UID:16083799@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120216T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120216T130000 SUMMARY:How to Think About Security CREATED:20120126T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120126T110000Z LOCATION:356 Armory Building\, 505 East Armory Avenue\, Champaign 61820 CATEGORIES:Seminar CONTACT:Kathy Anderson-Conner 333-7086 ORGANIZER:andconnr@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115456385 UID:15456385@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120217T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120217T113000 SUMMARY:Towards a Sociological Perspective on Democratization in the Glob al South: Lessons from Brazil\, India and South Africa CREATED:20120201T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Brazil\, India and South Africa are three of the most success ful cases of consolidated democracy in the developing world. They are a lso characterized by deep and durable social inequalities that have limi ted the effective political incorporation of subordinate groups. The ta lk develops a general analytic frame for assessing democratic deepening in comparative terms and identifies distinct trajectories of democratic deepening in each country. These divergent trajectories are in turn lin ked to patterns of interaction between civil and political society. LAST-MODIFIED:20120210T110000Z LOCATION:Davenport 219 CONTACT:Zsuzsa Gille ORGANIZER:gille@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115722074 UID:15722074@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120217T130000 SUMMARY:Framing Inequalities in the United States\, Germany\, and the Eur opean Union: Race\, Class\, and Gender as Dynamic Intersections CREATED:20111115T110000Z DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT:The term intersectionality invokes 'race\, class and gender' as dimensions of inequality that operate in and through each ot her\, but different understandings of inequality shape how they are addr essed politically. This has been long understood in the case of class in equality\, where the US is very different than Europe in what ways of ta lking about social justice are most familiar. But race\, nationality or ethnicity and gender are also framed differently in different political systems and also reflect social struggles of long historical duration. I n this talk\, I draw attention to the ways that struggles for gender equ ality have intersected with those for class and race justice and continu e intersectionally to shape the meaning of all forms of inequality. To i llustrate this\, I contrast the race-centered framing of gender equality as the outcome of dismantling stereotypes and ending discrimination tha t dominates in the US with the class-centered framing of gender equality as the outcome of effective government actions to promote women's full participation in governance and equal inclusion in the distribution of s ocial goods that characterizes Germany. I suggest that the EU mixes thes e models in a uniquely hybrid model which offers both potential and risk s for actually reducing inequalities in its member states. I point to th e problems of growing class inequality in the US and growing racializati on of religious minorities in Europe as intersecting dangerously with ge nder inequalities in both parts of the world.SPEAKER BIO:Myra Marx Ferre e is the Alice H. Cook Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisco nsin-Madison and Director of the European Union Center of Excellence the re. She is a long-time student of women's movements\, especially in the US\, Germany\, and the EU\, and her book\, Varieties of Feminism: German Gender Politics in Global Perspective is out this month from Stanford U niversity Press. In addition\, she has authored numerous articles on Ger man feminist politics in German Politics & Society\, Social Politics\, G ender & Society\, and the American Sociological Review. Her previous boo ks include Shaping Abortion Discourse: Democracy and the Public Sphere i n Germany and the US (2002) and Global Feminism: Women's Activism\, Orga nizing and Human Rights (2006) and she is currently editing a collection on new gender perspectives on human security issues. Part of the EU Cen ter of Excellence Director Lecture series. LAST-MODIFIED:20111222T110000Z LOCATION:Lucy Ellis Lounge: Room 1080\, Foreign Languages Building\, 707 S. Mathews\, Urbana (map) CATEGORIES:Lecture CONTACT:Kim Rice (217) 265-7515 ORGANIZER:kimrice@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010112240363 UID:12240363@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120217T120000 SUMMARY:Towards a Sociological Perspective on Democratization in the Glob al South: Lessons from Brazil\, India and South Africa CREATED:20120125T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Brazil\, India and South Africa are three of the most success ful cases of consolidated democracy in the developing world. They are a lso characterized by deep and durable social inequalities that have limi ted the effective political incorporation of subordinate groups. The ta lk develops a general analytic frame for assessing democratic deepening in comparative terms and identifies distinct trajectories of democratic deepening in each country. These divergent trajectories are in turn lin ked to patterns of interaction between civil and political society. LAST-MODIFIED:20120125T110000Z LOCATION:219 Davenport Hall\, 607 South Mathews Avenue\, Urbana CATEGORIES:Public Lecture CONTACT:Brian Dill 244-2279 ORGANIZER:dill@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115405423 UID:15405423@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120221T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120221T130000 SUMMARY:"The Impact of the Media on Cyprus and Greece" CREATED:20111216T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111216T110000Z LOCATION:Lucy Ellis Lounge: Room 1080\, Foreign Languages Building\, 707 S. Mathews\, Urbana CATEGORIES:Brown Bag lecture CONTACT:Angela Williams ORGANIZER:aswillms@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113624888 UID:13624888@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120221T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120221T153000 SUMMARY:Lecture Series. The Impact of the Landless Workers Movement on th e Development of Brazilian Activist Educators' Identities CREATED:20111219T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111219T110000Z LOCATION:101 International Studies Building\, 910 S. Fifth Street\, Champ aign CATEGORIES:Lecture Series CONTACT:Angelina Cotler ORGANIZER:cotler@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113752654 UID:13752654@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120221T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120221T163000 SUMMARY:Scholarship Advising Session CREATED:20111005T100000Z DESCRIPTION:This session will address students with questions about schol arships. Students with questions about the Gilman Scholarship are especi ally encouraged to attend. We'll see you in theInternational Studies Bui lding Room 103! LAST-MODIFIED:20111005T100000Z CATEGORIES:study abroad ORGANIZER:bdoyle2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010110412081 UID:10412081@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120222T171500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120222T171500 SUMMARY:European Movie Night: A Prophet CREATED:20120127T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Belgium\, 2009. 155 min. Language: French\, Arabic\, Corsican with English subtitles. Director: Jacques Audiard.'Nineteen year-old Fr anco-Arab Malik El Djebena is just starting his six year prison sentence in Brcourt. Although he has spent the better part of his life in juveni le detention\, this stint is his first in an adult prison. Beyond the di vision of Corsicans and Muslims in the prison (the Corsicans who with th eir guard connections rule what happens in the prison)\, he has no known friends or enemies inside. He is just hoping to serve his time in peace and without incident\, despite having no prospects once he's out of jai l since he's illiterate and has no support outside of the prison. Due to logistics\, the head of Corsican inmates\, a sadistic mafioso named Csa r Luciani\, co-opts Malik as part of the Corsicans' activities\, not onl y regarding what happens inside the prison\, but also continued criminal activities outside. The innocent Malik has no idea what to do but coope rate..." LAST-MODIFIED:20120127T110000Z LOCATION:Lucy Ellis Lounge: Room 1080\, Foreign Languages Building\, 707 S. Mathews\, Urbana (map) CATEGORIES:Movie Night ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115488923 UID:15488923@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120223T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120223T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture Series. Multiculturalism and Miscegenation in the Constru ction of Latin America`s Cultural Identity CREATED:20111219T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120130T110000Z LOCATION:101 International Studies Building\, 910 S. Fifth Street\, Champ aign CATEGORIES:Lecture Series CONTACT:Angelina Cotler ORGANIZER:cotler@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113752655 UID:13752655@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120227 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120228 SUMMARY:Asia Pacific International Business Conference CREATED:20120209T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Northeastern Illinois University's annual international busin ess conference focuses on the Asia Pacific countries this year. Students help to plan and run the conference. LAST-MODIFIED:20120209T110000Z LOCATION:Alumni Hall\, Northeastern Illinois University\, 5500 N. St. Lou is\, Chicago\, IL CONTACT:Durward Hofler ORGANIZER:dhofler3@comcast.net URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010116086620 UID:16086620@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120227 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120228 SUMMARY:Asia Pacific International Business Conference CREATED:20110926T100000Z DESCRIPTION:Northeastern Illinois University's annual international busin ess conference focuses on the asia pacific countries this year. Students help to plan and run the conference. LAST-MODIFIED:20110926T100000Z LOCATION:Chicago\, IL CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Durward Hofler ORGANIZER:dhofler3@comcast.net URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010110018465 UID:10018465@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120227T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120227T130000 SUMMARY:Educating Undergraduate Students Through Summer Study Abroad: The Case of BEST CREATED:20120127T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Since 2002\, UIUC has been a consortium partner with the Univ ersity of Duisburg/Essen\, Germany and has participated in the Business and Economics Summer Term at Duisburg/Essen University with special focu s on the European economic environment. Professor Dr. Dieter Cassel\, As sociate Director of International Programs at Mercator School of Managem ent at Duisburg/Essen and founder of BEST will provide an overview of th e evolution\, current state\, and future plans for this program. Faculty \, staff\, and students are invited to attend. Light lunch will be provi ded. LAST-MODIFIED:20120127T110000Z LOCATION:42A Education (map) CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115488922 UID:15488922@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120227T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120227T120000 SUMMARY:Unsettling Accounts: Debt\, Theft\, and the Calculus of Fortune A mong Chinese Transmigrants CREATED:20120130T110000Z DESCRIPTION:In contemporary accounts of transnational human smuggling out of Fuzhou\, China\, debt and theft commonly appear as figure and shadow \, sometimes working in tandem and other times at odds\, to configure th e moral project of money accumulation overseas. While it is easy to see theft's relationship to debt as simply one of crisis\, this paper aims to show how such a relation'with all its polarizing tensions and slipper y confusions'can be seen as mundane\, immanent or even ontological to th e making and managing of fortunes among Chinese transmigrants straddling rural Fuzhou and the United States. LAST-MODIFIED:20120130T110000Z LOCATION:Asian American Cultural Center\, Main Conference room CONTACT:Agnes Sohn ORGANIZER:asohn5@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115644378 UID:15644378@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120228T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120228T153000 SUMMARY:Lecture Series. Gangster\, Guerilla\, Soldier\, Cop: The Many Fac es of Transnational Violence between the U.S. and El Salvador CREATED:20111219T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111219T110000Z LOCATION:101 International Studies Building\, 910 S. Fifth Street\, Champ aign CATEGORIES:Lecture Series CONTACT:Angelina Cotler ORGANIZER:cotler@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113752657 UID:13752657@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120229T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120229T123000 SUMMARY:Agricultural policy reform in the European Union CREATED:20120130T110000Z DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT: EU agricultural policy has undergone significant re form over the past twenty years. EU policy-makers are currently engaged in negotiations on the agricultural policy framework for the coming 2014 -20 period. This presentation will first discuss the significance and di rection of the reforms to date\, drawing on a recent OECD report which h as reviewed these efforts. We then review the relative importance of the different drivers of reform\, including budget costs\, external pressur es\, the role of the Commission and changing agendas\, in the decision-m aking context of the European Union. We conclude by evaluating the likel y significance of the current negotiations on the new CAP regulations fo r the reform process.SPEAKER BIO: Alan Matthews is president of the Euro pean Association of Agricltural Economists and professor emeritus of agr icultural policy in the Department of Economics at Trinity College\, Dub lin\, Ireland LAST-MODIFIED:20120207T110000Z LOCATION:Giertz Conference Room\, IGPA\, 1007 W. Nevada\, Urbana\, IL (ma p) CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115624160 UID:15624160@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120229T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120229T130000 SUMMARY:'Language\, Identity\, and the Loss of Cultural Practices in Siwa \, Egypt' CREATED:20111216T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111216T110000Z LOCATION:101 International Studies Building\, 910 S. Fifth St\, Champaign CATEGORIES:Brown Bag lecture ORGANIZER:aswillms@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113624890 UID:13624890@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120229T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120229T150000 SUMMARY:Urban Sustainability Speaker Series CREATED:20120120T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120120T110000Z LOCATION:329 Davenport Hall (map) CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115182497 UID:15182497@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120229T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120229T153000 SUMMARY:Certificate in Global Business Culture Coffee Hour CREATED:20120213T110000Z DESCRIPTION:An informal gathering for students in the Certicate in Global Business Culture. The goal is for students to meet each other and shar e information. LAST-MODIFIED:20120213T110000Z LOCATION:370 Wolhers Hall CATEGORIES:Activity CONTACT:Lynnea Johnson 3338335 ORGANIZER:lsjohnso@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010116258954 UID:16258954@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120229T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120229T153000 SUMMARY:Servants of Allah: Islam and American Slavery CREATED:20120123T110000Z DESCRIPTION:The curator of the Islamic Heritage Museum in Washington\, D. C.\, Amir Muhammad\, will join us to discuss the connections between Isl am and the transatlantic slave trade. His talk will cover the difference s between Islamic slavery in Africa and slavery in Americas. He will als o talk about the largely ignored population of Muslims who were brought to the Americas via the slave trade. Much of what he will discuss was ex plored by Slylvian Diouf in the book Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas. LAST-MODIFIED:20120123T110000Z LOCATION:College of Law Auditorium CATEGORIES:Public Lecture CONTACT:Kristina Echols ORGANIZER:kdechol@gmail.com URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115312129 UID:15312129@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120303 SUMMARY:2012 Joint Area Centers Symposium - Cities and Inequalities in a Transnational World CREATED:20110901T100000Z DESCRIPTION:Websites:Main Webiste: http://cgs.illinois.edu/content/cities -and-inequalities-a-transnational-worldJACS Speakers: http://cgs.illinoi s.edu/jacs2012 LAST-MODIFIED:20120113T110000Z LOCATION:Levis Faculty center CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Faranak Miraftab and Ken Salo ORGANIZER:jshepar2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=20000101200001018954680 UID:8954680@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120303 SUMMARY:2012 Joint Area Centers Symposium: Cities and Inequalities in a T ransnational World CREATED:20111122T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Symposium organized and collectively funded by the NRCs. The topics are decided in advance by the center directors\, and responsibil ity for organizing the event rotates among the centers. This year's top ic is : Cities and Inequalities in a Transnational World. CGS is respons ible for helping organizing the event. The faculty organizers are Faran ak Miraftab and Ken Salo of the Dept of Urbana and Regional Planning\, a nd David Wilson of the Dept of Geography. Erik Swyngedouw\, will give a CAS/MillerComm presentation\, Every Revolution Has Its Square: RePolitic izing the Unequal City.Locations:March 1\, 4pm: Knight Auditorium\, Spur lock MuseumMarch 2\, 9:00 - 5:30: Levis Faculty CenterMarch 3\, 8:30 - 1 2:00: Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center LAST-MODIFIED:20120206T110000Z LOCATION:University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (see below) CATEGORIES:Symposium CONTACT:Karen Hewitt 217 244 0288 ORGANIZER:lsjohnso@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010112553582 UID:12553582@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120303 SUMMARY:2012 Joint Area Centers Symposium: Cities and Inequalities in a T ransnational World CREATED:20110902T100000Z DESCRIPTION:Cities and Inequalities in a Transnational World conferencese eks to better understand aspects of these unfolding processes of urbaniz ation and transnationalism that might prove similar or different from th e past and across regions. Through this conference we seek a global per spective grounded in the experiences of various regions of the world\, i ncluding Africa\, South and South East Asia\, Latin America\, Middle Eas t\, European Union\; Russia and Eastern Europe. LAST-MODIFIED:20111012T100000Z LOCATION:Levis Faculty Center\, 919 W. Illinois St.\, Urbana CATEGORIES:Symposium ORGANIZER:aswillms@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=20000101200001019001698 UID:9001698@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120303 SUMMARY:2012 Joint Area Centers Symposium (JACS): Cities and Inequalitie s in a Transnational World CREATED:20111012T100000Z DESCRIPTION:Conference organizers:Faranak Miraftab and Ken Salo\, Dept. o f Urban and Regional PlanningDavid Wilson\, Dept. of Geography. LAST-MODIFIED:20111012T100000Z LOCATION:Levis Faculty Center\, University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Faranak Miraftab ORGANIZER:faranak@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010110727035 UID:10727035@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120303 SUMMARY:Joint Area Centers Symposium 2012: Cities and Inequalities in a T ransnational World CREATED:20111011T100000Z DESCRIPTION:Growing urbanization\, inequalities and migration are interco nnected\, and in complex ways both cause and reflect the global restruct uring of production and social reproduction. Because humankind has becom e and might continue to be a species of city dwellers\, and because huma nkind has become more than ever unequal in their conditions of life and mobility across national borders\, the questions we ask about urbanizati on and urban inequality in a transnational world are questions about the human condition. What are the spatialities of these interconnected tren ds and what are those emerging spaces? What are the new and persistent f orms of inequality they produce? What are the ways in which inhabitants\ , vastly unequal in their conditions of life\, negotiate their livelihoo ds\, security\, and dignity in these emerging urban spaces? How is trans nationalism implicated in the production of these ascendant inequalities ?The Cities and Inequalities in a Transnational World conference seeks t o better understand aspects of these unfolding processes of urbanization and transnationalism that might prove similar or different from the pas t and across regions. Through this conference we seek a global perspecti ve grounded in the experiences of various regions of the world\, includi ng Africa\, South and South East Asia\, Latin America\, Middle East\, Eu ropean Union\; Russia and Eastern Europe.For more information on the sym posium\, visit the 2012 Joint Area Centers Symposium page LAST-MODIFIED:20120127T110000Z LOCATION:Levis Faculty Center\, 919 W Illinois St\, Urbana\, IL 61801 (ma p) CATEGORIES:Lecture CONTACT:Faranak Miraftab ORGANIZER:faranak@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010110688692 UID:10688692@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120301T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120301T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture Series. Sex and Eroticism in Jorge Luis Borges's Literatu re CREATED:20111219T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111219T110000Z LOCATION:101 International Studies Building\, 910 S. Fifth Street\, Champ aign CATEGORIES:Lecture Series CONTACT:Angelina Cotler ORGANIZER:cotler@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113752658 UID:13752658@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120303 SUMMARY:2012 Joint Area Centers Symposium: Cities and Inequalities in a T ransnational World CREATED:20110919T100000Z DESCRIPTION:The 21st century is declared as a century of cities\;[i] a ce ntury when for the first time in human history most people live in citie s and virtually all of the worlds population growth is occurring in urba n areas.[ii] This century embodies yet another milestone: the number of people moving across national borders is higher than ever before. The 20 10 World Migration Report states that there are far more international m igrants in the world today than ever previously recorded (p.3).[iii] Mea nwhile\, even as there might be dispute on whether poverty has increased \, studies concur that inequalities have grown worldwide within and acro ss cities and regions. The micro-data collected across world cities in t erms of access to improved water\, sanitation\, health\, education and h ousing mirrors the grim picture of unprecedented urban inequalities that Mike Davis presents in his Planet of Slums.These unprecedented trends i n human settlements and movements are not coincidental. Growing urbaniza tion\, inequalities and migration are interconnected\, and in complex wa ys both cause and reflect the global restructuring of production and soc ial reproduction. Because humankind has become and might continue to be a species of city dwellers\, and because humankind has become more than ever unequal in their conditions of life and mobility across national bo rders\, the questions we ask about urbanization and urban inequality in a transnational world are questions about the human condition. What are the spatialities of these interconnected trends and what are those emerg ing spaces? What are the new and persistent forms of inequality they pro duce? What are the ways in which inhabitants\, vastly unequal in their c onditions of life\, negotiate their livelihoods\, security\, and dignity in these emerging urban spaces? How is transnationalism implicated in t he production of these ascendant inequalities?Cities and Inequalities in a Transnational World conferenceseeks to better understand aspects of t hese unfolding processes of urbanization and transnationalism that might prove similar or different from the past and across regions. Through th is conference we seek a global perspective grounded in the experiences o f various regions of the world\, including Africa\, South and South East Asia\, Latin America\, Middle East\, European Union\; Russia and Easter n Europe.Many aspects of these global mobilities and urban inequalities are linked to natural environmental changes happening across the globe\; or deterritorialized practices of governance\, citizenship\, accumulati on of capital and social reproduction. The conference participants inter rogate the dimensions of such deep and overwhelming change in the human condition. While they seek to help us understand the unfolding phenomena before us\, they also move beyond that to excavate modes of understandi ng and interventions\, policies and actions that help us build capacity for change. Key questions around which the conference sessions will be o rganized are the following:What are the new spatialities of cities in a world more than ever before transnational and unequal? What are these em erging spaces? How do they vary across urban areas and regions?What are the new or persistent forms of inequality that these processes (re)produ ce\, particularly with regard to gender\, race\, income\, residential se ttings\, security\, violence (prison industrial complex)\, legal status etc.?How is transnationalism as a powerful contemporary force implicated in the production of these inequalities?What are the modes of intervent ion through formal policies\, or informal practices by officials\, activ ists and inhabitants to address the emergent or persistent urban inequal ities?How do inhabitants of these emerging or growing cities claim and a ssert their right to their livelihood and dignity? How do these inhabita nts practice their right to the cities and citizenship?Conference organi zers: Faranak Miraftab and Ken Salo\, Department of Urban and Regional P lanning\; David Wilson\, Dept. of Geography\, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.The conference will start on the evening of Thursday\, March 1st\, will continue through a full day schedule on Friday March 2\ , 2012\, and conclude on Saturday\, March 3\, at noon. For further infor mation please contact Faranak Miraftab faranak@illinois.edu LAST-MODIFIED:20120104T110000Z LOCATION:Thursday: Knight Auditorium\, Spurlock Museum. Friday: Levis Fac ulty Center\, Saturday: IMC CATEGORIES:Symposiums CONTACT:Faranak Miraftab ORGANIZER:faranak@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=20000101200001019752621 UID:9752621@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120301T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120301T160000 SUMMARY:CAS/MillerComm2012: Every Revolution Has Its Square: Re-Politiciz ing the Unequal City CREATED:20120130T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120130T110000Z LOCATION:Knight Auditorium\, Spurlock Museum\, 600 South Gregory\, Urbana \, IL (map) CATEGORIES:Lecture CONTACT:333-6729 ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115630071 UID:15630071@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120301T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120301T160000 SUMMARY:New Directions in Russia\, Eastern Europe and Eurasia - Imperial Biographies in Multiethnic Empires. The Habsburg and the Russian Empires in Comparison CREATED:20111213T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Malte Rolf has served as a Juniorprofessor for Russian and Ea st European History at Leibniz University Hannover since 2007\, his rese arch and instruction focuses on Imperial Russia: The Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Poland in the Long 19th Century\, Comparative Urban Histo ry\, Cultural and Political History of Stalinism\, Comparison of 20th Ce ntury Dictatorships\, History of Post-war Soviet Union\, Dissent and the History of Nationalities in the Multi-Ethnic Soviet State\, and Travel Literature as an Historical Source. LAST-MODIFIED:20111213T110000Z LOCATION:101 International Studies Building\, 910 S Fifth St Champaign CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER:jshepar2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113482269 UID:13482269@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120302 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120303 SUMMARY:Champaign Greek Film Festival CREATED:20120106T110000Z DESCRIPTION:The program will be hosting the 1st Champaign Greek Film Fest ival\, organized in collaboration with the Chicago-based group FilmHelle nes and with the generous support of the European Union Center at the Ar t Theater in Champaign. Offering a unique opportunity for people in our community to watch some great new cinema from Greece not distributed thr ough the usual commercial outlets\, we will be showing 7 films (2 docume ntaries and 5 feature films)\, all recent Greek productions several of w hich have won prizes at international venues. The timing of the festival couldn't be more ideal\, as this spring marks the first time we will be offering a course on contemporary Greek film (GRKM 199)\, taught by Dr. Vassiliki Tsitsopoulou\, who will be giving an introduction to Greek fi lm-making on the opening night.Website: http://www.moderngreek.illinois. edu/events/filmfestival/ LAST-MODIFIED:20120131T110000Z LOCATION:Art Theater in Champaign CATEGORIES:Film Series ORGANIZER:jshepar2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010114540873 UID:14540873@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120302 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120303 SUMMARY:Greek Film Festival CREATED:20120106T110000Z DESCRIPTION:This coming March 2-3\, the Modern Greek Studies Program\,wit h the help of the group FilmHellenes in Chicago\,will be hosting the fir st Champaign Greek film Festival at the Arts Theater on Church. The fest ival will consist of 7 films (2 documentaries and 5 feature films) over two days\, all 2010 and 2011 Greek productions several of which have won prizes at international venues. Only two of these are currently distrib uted in the US\, so this will be a unique opportunity for people in our community to watch some great new cinema from Greece\, including the fil m "Attenberg" which received a special mention by Quentin Tarantino at t his year's Cannes festival. Dr. Vassiliki Tsitsopoulou\, lecturer on con temporary Greek film\, will give an introduction on the opening night. LAST-MODIFIED:20120106T110000Z LOCATION:Art Theater\, 126 W. Church St.\, Champaign\, IL (map) CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010114543713 UID:14543713@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120302 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120304 SUMMARY:UN Terminology and Procedures 3-Day Seminar CREATED:20120207T110000Z DESCRIPTION:This seminar is intended for students in translation studies\ , international and global studies\, languages\, and linguistics to lear n the rules of procedure\, basic negotiating procedures and terminology for the United Nations. The course is of particular interest to students interested in careers in international organizations. The course is giv en in English for students from all languages. Students in the translati on studies program will do special exercises translating UN documents in to English. The seminar will consist of lectures and a simulation exerci se that models a UN resolution session. DEPARTMENTAL APPROVAL REQUIREDA certificate of participation will be issued to all participants who enro ll in the workshop. Students in the translation studies program will be able to apply the credit toward the certificate.Friday April 1\, 2011: 3 pm-5pmSaturday April 2\, 2011: 9am-5pmSunday April 3\, 2011: 9am-3pmAtte ndance on all three days is required. LAST-MODIFIED:20120207T110000Z LOCATION:Levis Faculty Center Room 407 CONTACT:217.244.7455 ORGANIZER:translation@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115993408 UID:15993408@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120302T104500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120302T104500 SUMMARY:New City-Building in Urban Africa: Implanting World-Class City Sp aces or Creating New Forms of Spatial Inequality? CREATED:20120202T110000Z DESCRIPTION:This presentation is part of the Joint Area Centers Symposium : Cities and Inequalities in a Transnational World (March 1-3). Keynotes by: Erik Swyngedouw (University of Manchester\, UK)\, Martin Murray (Un iversity of Michigan\, Ann Arbor)\, Teresa Caldeira (University of Calif ornia Berkeley)\, Asef Bayat (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ). Presenters: Mi Shih (China Research Center)\, Virg Molnr (New School for Social Research)\, Neema Kudva (Cornell University)\, Faranak Miraf tab (University of Illinois)\, David Wilson (University of Illinois)\, K en Salo (University of Illinois). LAST-MODIFIED:20120202T110000Z LOCATION:Levis Faculty Center\, 3rd floor CONTACT:karen hewitt ORGANIZER:khewitt@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115778983 UID:15778983@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120302T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120302T170000 SUMMARY:UN Terminology and Procedures CREATED:20120210T110000Z DESCRIPTION:This seminar is intended for students in translation studies\ , international and global studies\, languages\, and linguistics to lear n the rules of procedure\, basic negotiating procedures and terminology for the United Nations. The course is of particular interest to students interested in careers in international organizations. The course is giv en in English for students from all languages. Students in the translati on studies program will do special exercises translating UN documents in to English. The seminar will consist of lectures and a simulation exerci se that models a UN resolution session.A certificate of participation wi ll be issued to all participants who enroll in the workshop. Students in the translation studies program will be able to apply the credit toward the certificate.About the Instructor: A UN staff interpreter for more t han twenty years\, Lynn Visson holds a Harvard PhD and taught Russian la nguage and literature at Columbia University. She now freelances at the UN\, where she has conducted interpreter training programs. She has taug ht interpretation at the Monterey Institute of International Studies\, C olumbia University\, Moscow University\, the Marshall Center in Garmisch -Partenkirchen\, and at the University of Mainz in Germersheim. Dr. Viss on's many publications on Russian language and culture include several b ooks and audiocourses on Russian-English simultaneous interpretation. Sh e is a consulting editor at Hippocrene Books and a member of the editori al boards of SlavFile\, the publication of the ATA's Slavic Division\, a nd the Moscow translation and interpretation journal Mosty. LAST-MODIFIED:20120210T110000Z LOCATION:Room 407\, Levis Faculty Center\; 3rd Floor\; 919 W. Illinois St .\, Urbana (map) CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010116123315 UID:16123315@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120302T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120304T170000 SUMMARY:UN Terminology and Procedures 3-Day Seminar LAS 490 CREATED:20120213T110000Z DESCRIPTION:This seminar is intended for students in translation studeis\ , international and global studies\, languages\, and linguistics to lear n the rules of procedure\, basic negotiating procedures and terminology for the United Nations. LAST-MODIFIED:20120213T110000Z LOCATION:Levis Faculty Center Room407 CATEGORIES:Seminar ORGANIZER:lsjohnso@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010116261789 UID:16261789@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120302T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120302T190000 SUMMARY:Champaign Greek Film Festival Presents "The Guardian's Son" CREATED:20120201T110000Z DESCRIPTION:A young aspiring TV 'reporter' discovers his roots in a mount ain village of Greece and connects with the history and the kind of simp le people he used to despise. A coming of age journey filmed with an evi dent deep respect for the abandoned villages of Greece. The dilemma betw een modern life and rural values in a noble\, character-driven drama giv en with a hint of humor even in its most serious moments. All films in G reek with English subtitles.Click on title for more information. LAST-MODIFIED:20120202T110000Z LOCATION:The Art Theater\; 126 W. Church St.\,\; Champaign\, IL 61820 CATEGORIES:Film Screening CONTACT:Dr. Marina Terkourafi ORGANIZER:mt217@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115717824 UID:15717824@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120302T211500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120302T211500 SUMMARY:Champaign Greek Film Festival Presents "Plato's Academy" CREATED:20120201T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Every morning four Greek men in their mid-fifties sit down on the four chairs that kiosk-owner Stavros (Antonis Kafetzopoulos) places in front of his shop. He does this day in day out with an almost ritual istic regularity both for him and his friends. Every now and then they m ight start kicking a ball about near the junction that is hardly ever ve ry busy. Or they might animatedly discuss\, whether 'Patriot' - a dog be longing to one of the four imperturbable flag-wavers ' only ever barks a t Albanians or on occasion might even growl at a Greek. And lo and behol d ' the dog does in fact make an exception and barks at Stavros ' much t o the dismay of the others. This dismay soon turns to scepticism when St avros' mother suddenly thinks she has found her long lost son in the for m of an Albanian labourer and starts speaking to him in fluent Albanian. All films in Greek with English subtitles. LAST-MODIFIED:20120202T110000Z LOCATION:The Art Theater\; 126 W. Church St.\,\; Champaign\, IL 61820 CATEGORIES:Film Screening CONTACT:Dr. Marina Terkourafi ORGANIZER:mt217@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115722073 UID:15722073@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120303T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120303T170000 SUMMARY:UN Terminology and Procedures CREATED:20120210T110000Z DESCRIPTION:This seminar is intended for students in translation studies\ , international and global studies\, languages\, and linguistics to lear n the rules of procedure\, basic negotiating procedures and terminology for the United Nations. The course is of particular interest to students interested in careers in international organizations. The course is giv en in English for students from all languages. Students in the translati on studies program will do special exercises translating UN documents in to English. The seminar will consist of lectures and a simulation exerci se that models a UN resolution session.A certificate of participation wi ll be issued to all participants who enroll in the workshop. Students in the translation studies program will be able to apply the credit toward the certificate.About the Instructor: A UN staff interpreter for more t han twenty years\, Lynn Visson holds a Harvard PhD and taught Russian la nguage and literature at Columbia University. She now freelances at the UN\, where she has conducted interpreter training programs. She has taug ht interpretation at the Monterey Institute of International Studies\, C olumbia University\, Moscow University\, the Marshall Center in Garmisch -Partenkirchen\, and at the University of Mainz in Germersheim. Dr. Viss on's many publications on Russian language and culture include several b ooks and audiocourses on Russian-English simultaneous interpretation. Sh e is a consulting editor at Hippocrene Books and a member of the editori al boards of SlavFile\, the publication of the ATA's Slavic Division\, a nd the Moscow translation and interpretation journal Mosty. LAST-MODIFIED:20120210T110000Z LOCATION:Room 407\, Levis Faculty Center\; 3rd Floor\; 919 W. Illinois St .\, Urbana (map) CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010116128990 UID:16128990@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120303T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120303T123000 SUMMARY:Dance\, Song\, and Music from India at the Spurlock Museum CREATED:20120117T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Performers include the following:Storyteller Janice Del Negro \; Local choral favorite Amasong\; Sudha Srinivasan (Guru and Nattuvanga m): Sudha is the artistic director of Nrithyalaya\, Inc.\, a non-profit organization edicated to teaching Indian classical dance\, Bharatanatyam in the Chicago metropolitan area. She established the institute in 1981 at Downers Grove\, IL and has since expanded it to St.Louis\, MO. Sudha performed her maiden performance at the age of 8 and has had initial tr aining under Sri. Natarajan\, Sri. Bhavu pillai and Sri. Rajendran of Ta njore. She has had advance training in Bharatanatyam and Nattuvangam fro m renowned guru Padmashri Adyar K. Lakshman. She has performed nationwid e in India with the troupe of renowned dancer Smt. Kamala Narayan. Since the establishment of Nrithyalaya\, she has several acclaimed solo and g roup choreographies to her credit. For more informtion on the artist ple ase visit nrithyalaya.org \; Subhalakshmi Kumar (Bharatnatyam):Subha is a current student of Sudha Srinivasan and a pro fessional Bharatanatyam (south Indian classical dance) artist. She has l earnt and performed the art since the age of four and continues to chore ograph and perform actively in the Midwest. Her initial training in Indi a has been under several gurus. She has a senior diploma from Prayag San geet Samithi\, Allahabad and Vid Pratham degree from Khairagarh Universi ty\, India with distinction in performing. She was recipient of the CCRT scholarship from the Govt. of India and has many accolades to her credi t. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Material Science and Engineering a t the University of Illinois. For more on the art/artist please visit su bhalakshmikumar.com \; Vinod Nataraj an (Vocalist):Vinod Natarajan is a professional vocalist\, trained in Ca rnatic Music (South Indian Classical Music form) for 12 years. He has be en mentored by the renowned Sri Rudrapatnam S Ramakanth for 5 years. He has performed in many events\, both in India and USA and has won awards and laurels. He has been the President of the Florida chapter of SPICMAC AY\, which is an organization aimed at promoting Indian classical music. Apart from performing\, he has been actively involved in coordinating n umerous cultural events. He is currently being tutored by Sri Anandnadh Yogi at Rasika\, Portland. He is now employed with Intel\, Oregon as a S oftware Performance Engineer.\; Nanjundamurthy Venkatasubbu (Mridangam): Nanjundamurthy is a professional Mridangam (south Indian classical percu ssion instrument ) artist. He has been trained since the age of 8\, firs t under his father Sri Venkatasubbu and later under the renowned Ghatam artist Vidwan Sri K.N.Krishnamurthy in Bangalore\, India. He has accompa nied several leading vocalists across south India and has won many award s. He is a graded artist of All India Radio and was a recipient of the C CRT scholarship from Govt. of India. He is currently pursuing graduate s tudies at the University of Illinois in Aerospace Engineering\; Barath Ezhilan (Flautist):Barath Ezhilan is a flautist. He has been trained in playing the south Indian bamboo flute\, since the age of 12\, under the guidance of Dr. Sankaran. He has performed in the Ramani's Academy of Fl ute and has been part of several classical\, semi-classical and light mu sic bands in India. He is now pursuing his PhD in mechanical engineering at the University of Illinois. LAST-MODIFIED:20120117T110000Z LOCATION:The Spurlock Museum\, 600 S. Gregory\, Urbana CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:Angela Williams ORGANIZER:aswillms@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115038028 UID:15038028@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120303T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120303T140000 SUMMARY:Champaign Greek Film Festival Presents "The Silent School" CREATED:20120201T110000Z DESCRIPTION:On the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the graduation of His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I\, from Halki Seminar y\, the Hellenic History Foundation with Greek and Turkish historians un dertook the realization of a documentary on the history of Halki's Theol ogical School. By tracing the historical background of the School throug h the accounts of its graduates and academic staff\, we were taken on a journey through the islands of Kalymnos\, Thessaloniki\, Athens\, Istanb ul and Heybeliada (Halki). All films in Greek with English subtitles. LAST-MODIFIED:20120202T110000Z LOCATION:The Art Theater\; 126 W. Church St.\,\; Champaign\, IL 61820 CATEGORIES:Film Screening CONTACT:Dr. Marina Terkourafi ORGANIZER:mt217@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115722077 UID:15722077@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120303T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120303T150000 SUMMARY:Champaign Greek Film Festival Presents "The Guide" CREATED:20120201T110000Z DESCRIPTION:The guide is never part of the group. Nine frustrated young a rchitects in an equally frustrated city. A comedy about sexuality\, Athe ns and Greeks. Handsome young Lasonas decides to put together a tour to take people interested in Athenian architecture from Thessaloniki down t o the Greek capital and tour them around the city. The trip has hardly b egun before he is beset by problems: his mother won't stop calling him\, his girlfriend is a done deal and the members of his tour are far more interested in drinking frappe and partying than in actually learning som ething. Things get a little more threatening when handsome young Olivier joins the party and Lasonas finds himself feeling tense around him.All films in Greek with English subtitles. LAST-MODIFIED:20120202T110000Z LOCATION:The Art Theater\; 126 W. Church St.\,\; Champaign\, IL 61820 CATEGORIES:Film Screening CONTACT:Dr. Marina Terkourafi ORGANIZER:mt217@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115722465 UID:15722465@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120303T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120303T170000 SUMMARY:Champaign Greek Film Festival Presents "Without Borders" CREATED:20120201T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Thanasis\, a good-hearted cotton candy vendor from Athens\, h as been caring for little Melissa since she was a baby when her mother\, an immigrant prostitute\, thought it best to leave the girl behind whil e seeking her fortune in America. Her unexpected appearance five years l ate has traumatic consequences when she takes her child away from Thanas is and leaves. Thanasis\, suddenly alone\, misses the child who was like a daughter to him and a comfort in his old age. He decides to travel to America to see her again. He does not have a visa. He does not speak En glish. He does not have much money. But he does have a distant cousin\, Plato\, a professional gambler\, living in Las Vegas\, who has offered t o help him cross the border. A road movie begins as the two disparate co usins from Greece embark on a cross-country adventure to win the smile o f a littler girl.All films in Greek with English subtitles. LAST-MODIFIED:20120202T110000Z LOCATION:The Art Theater\; 126 W. Church St.\,\; Champaign\, IL 61820 CATEGORIES:Film Screening CONTACT:D ORGANIZER:mt217@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115724894 UID:15724894@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120303T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120303T190000 SUMMARY:Champaign Greek Film Festival Presents "Gold Dust" CREATED:20120201T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Athens\, today. Three siblings face the prospect of selling t heir family home. The potential buyers will tear it down and erect a mod ern building in its place. Alexis defends the sale\, documenting his pos ition with the financial benefits that this will bring. Anna reacts nega tively. For her their family home is the memory of her childhood. Amalia hesitates in making a decision\, trapped between her emotional reservat ions and the practical needs. The heroes are in conflict with themselves in a city that is in conflict with the memory of its history. The sale of the family home functions as a pretext for the heroes to bring to lig ht their interpersonal relations. The image they have of each other in a bsentia\, the "non dit" that characterizes family ties and reveals raw w ounds when the surface of childhood is scratched. A surface sprinkled wi th gold dust\, like a fairytale.All films in Greek with English subtitle s. LAST-MODIFIED:20120202T110000Z LOCATION:The Art Theater\; 126 W. Church St.\,\; Champaign\, IL 61820 CATEGORIES:Film Screening CONTACT:Dr. Marina Terkourafi ORGANIZER:mt217@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115724895 UID:15724895@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120303T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120303T210000 SUMMARY:Champaign Greek Film Festival Presents "Attenberg" CREATED:20120201T110000Z DESCRIPTION:As an architect suffering from cancer prepares for his impend ing death\, his daughter\, Marina\, attempts an awkward flight into adul thood. Emotionally stilted at 23\, Marina seeks the counsel of her best friend--the promiscuous and instructive Bella--who bluntly guides her th rough the clumsy physicality of sex. Marina\, who prefers to watch the m ating rituals of animals on David Attenborough documentaries than to exp erience them herself\, wades through uncomfortable territory for the fir st time. We glimpse her terse experiments\, her fumbles and frank inquir ies as she tries to figure out how these things called relationships wor k. All the while\, she shuttles her father to and from the hospital\, wi tnessing his own body deflate. The daily machinations of Marina and Bell a unfold against the backdrop of a crumbling mill town wrought firmly in the industrial imagination. Once conceived to be a paradise of producti on\, the town is now a hollow landscape of steel skeletons\, deserted co nstruction sites and crumbling "60s mod homes"--a decrepit utopia that M arina's father helped to create. But things still emerge in the wastelan d.All films in Greek with English subtitles. LAST-MODIFIED:20120202T110000Z LOCATION:The Art Theater\; 126 W. Church St.\,\; Champaign\, IL 61820 CATEGORIES:Film Screening CONTACT:Dr. Marina Terkourafi ORGANIZER:mt217@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115724896 UID:15724896@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120304T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120304T150000 SUMMARY:UN Terminology and Procedures CREATED:20120210T110000Z DESCRIPTION:This seminar is intended for students in translation studies\ , international and global studies\, languages\, and linguistics to lear n the rules of procedure\, basic negotiating procedures and terminology for the United Nations. The course is of particular interest to students interested in careers in international organizations. The course is giv en in English for students from all languages. Students in the translati on studies program will do special exercises translating UN documents in to English. The seminar will consist of lectures and a simulation exerci se that models a UN resolution session.A certificate of participation wi ll be issued to all participants who enroll in the workshop. Students in the translation studies program will be able to apply the credit toward the certificate.About the Instructor: A UN staff interpreter for more t han twenty years\, Lynn Visson holds a Harvard PhD and taught Russian la nguage and literature at Columbia University. She now freelances at the UN\, where she has conducted interpreter training programs. She has taug ht interpretation at the Monterey Institute of International Studies\, C olumbia University\, Moscow University\, the Marshall Center in Garmisch -Partenkirchen\, and at the University of Mainz in Germersheim. Dr. Viss on's many publications on Russian language and culture include several b ooks and audiocourses on Russian-English simultaneous interpretation. Sh e is a consulting editor at Hippocrene Books and a member of the editori al boards of SlavFile\, the publication of the ATA's Slavic Division\, a nd the Moscow translation and interpretation journal Mosty. LAST-MODIFIED:20120210T110000Z LOCATION:Room 407\, Levis Faculty Center\; 3rd Floor\; 919 W. Illinois St .\, Urbana (map) CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010116128991 UID:16128991@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120306T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120306T130000 SUMMARY:"Restricting Access to Economic and Political Power: Turkey and I ran Compared" CREATED:20111216T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120104T110000Z LOCATION:Lucy Ellis Lounge: Room 1080\, Foreign Languages Building\, 707 S. Mathews\, Urbana CATEGORIES:Brown Bag lecture CONTACT:Angela Williams ORGANIZER:aswillms@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113624891 UID:13624891@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120306T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120306T153000 SUMMARY:International and Area Studies Library Open House CREATED:20120201T110000Z DESCRIPTION:You are invited to an Open House\, featuring a reception to c elebrate the opening of the new International and Area Studies Library. Tours will be given and the Library's University Librarian and Dean of L ibraries Paula Kaufman will give remarks. Stay for a special lecture giv en by Deborah Jakubs\, the Rita DiGiallonardo Holloway University Librar ian and Vice Provost for Library Affairs at Duke University - 4:00 p.m. 'The Global Dimensions of Scholarship and Research Libraries' Lecture in 66 Library.The IAS Library is the Library's gateway to information and scholarship related to area\, international\, and global studies\, conne cting students and scholars to the knowledge crucial to developing globa l competencies through the study of distinct nations and regions\, as we ll as transnational issues and global concerns. LAST-MODIFIED:20120201T110000Z LOCATION:321 Main Library\, 1408 W. Gregory Drive\, Urbana CONTACT:Steve Witt ORGANIZER:swwitt@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115722072 UID:15722072@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120306T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120306T160000 SUMMARY:The Global Dimensions of Scholarship and Research Libraries CREATED:20120208T110000Z DESCRIPTION:You are also invited to an Open House\, featuring a reception to celebrate the opening of the new International and Area Studies Libr ary in Room 321 of the Main Library. Tours will be given and the Library 's University Librarian and Dean of Libraries Paula Kaufman will give re marks. The "The Global Dimensions of Scholarship and Research Libraries" lecture will be given by Deborah Jakubs\, the Rita DiGiallonardo Hollow ay University Librarian and Vice Provost for Library Affairs at Duke Uni versity.The IAS Library is the Library's gateway to information and scho larship related to area\, international\, and global studies\, connectin g students and scholars to the knowledge crucial to developing global co mpetencies through the study of distinct nations and regions\, as well a s transnational issues and global concerns. LAST-MODIFIED:20120208T110000Z LOCATION:Library Room 66 CONTACT:Steve Witt (217) 333-1501 ORGANIZER:swwitt@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010116035798 UID:16035798@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120308T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120308T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture Series. Global Conversions: Money\, Migration and Work fo r Peruvian Laborers in South Korea CREATED:20111219T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111219T110000Z LOCATION:101 International Studies Building\, 910 S. Fifth Street\, Champ aign CATEGORIES:Lecture Series CONTACT:Angelina Cotler ORGANIZER:cotler@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113752659 UID:13752659@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120309T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120309T130000 SUMMARY:What is Red in Hungary's 2010 Red Mud Disaster? CREATED:20111028T100000Z DESCRIPTION:On October 4\, 2010\, 700\,000 cubic meters (21m-24m cubic fe et) of toxic sludge escaped from a reservoir of a Hungarian alumina plan t in the West of Hungary\, flooding three villages with a 25 km-long\, 1 -2 km-wide\, and occasionally 7 ft-high cascade of highly caustic mud. O fficially ten people died from burns or suffocation\, and hundreds were treated in hospitals. Over two hundred houses that survived have to demo lished. All life in the nearest river\, the Marcal\, a tributary of the Danube\, have been extinguished--fish\, birds\, insects\, and plants. Ac cording to government officials\, this is Hungary's worst ecological dis aster. The talk will review the historical context of this disaster focu sing\, first\, on the company and its technology\, including the causes of the spill\; second\, on changes in related environmental policies\, f rom state socialism through EU accession\; and third\, and most importan tly\, on the political and ideological mining of the spill both by the n ationalist government and liberals. LAST-MODIFIED:20120203T110000Z LOCATION:Lucy Ellis Lounge\, 1080 Foreign Languages Building\, S. Matthew s Ave.\, Urbana\, IL (map) CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010111426284 UID:11426284@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120309T141500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120309T141500 SUMMARY:Where Are They Coming From?: The Educational Environment in China Today CREATED:20120201T110000Z DESCRIPTION:This Prisms of Globalization Lecture is part of the American University Meets the Pacific Century Conference: March 9-10. LAST-MODIFIED:20120201T110000Z LOCATION:to be determined CONTACT:Agnes Sohn ORGANIZER:asohn5@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115721634 UID:15721634@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120309T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120309T150000 SUMMARY:Sale of the Century: The Rise and 'Fall' of the High-Priced Infra structure Lease CREATED:20120119T110000Z DESCRIPTION:In the last decade\, a number of marquee infrastructure priva tization deals drew increasing attention to the transfer of local and st ate infrastructure assets into private hands through sales or long-term leases. Previous evaluations of infrastructure leases have focused on th e privatization process and the terms of the arrangements negotiated by the public sector and the private concessionaires. In this research\, we argue that these approaches fall short by failing to investigate the si gnificant repositioning of the local state relative to financial markets produced by the rise of high-priced asset lease deals. We develop this argument through a case study of the institutional transformation of the City of Chicago\, the U.S.'s most aggressive instigator of infrastructu re asset sales\, with analysis identifying several dimensions along whic h the remapping of the local state has progressed. LAST-MODIFIED:20120123T110000Z LOCATION:Davenport Hall\, Room 219 CATEGORIES:Lecture CONTACT:Faranak Miraftab ORGANIZER:faranak@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115148469 UID:15148469@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120309 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120310 SUMMARY:GlobalFest 2012 CREATED:20120106T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Learn about and share knowledge of the languages and cultures of Asia\, Africa\, Europe\, Latin America\, and the Middle East through cultural activities & performances\, arts & crafts\, global knowledge c ompetitions\, exhibits\, and food!Who Participates? Students in middle a nd high school\; language clubs\; dance\, drama\, and musical groups\; a rt clubs\; international social justice and service clubs\; Model UN\; 4 -H\; scout troops.For more information on GlobalFest 2012\, please refer to the GlobalFest manual. LAST-MODIFIED:20120106T110000Z LOCATION:Normal Community West High School\, 501 North Parkside Road\, No rmal\, Illinois\, 61761 (map) CATEGORIES:Miscellaneous ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010114540872 UID:14540872@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120309T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120310T163000 SUMMARY:Your Bridge to the World: GlobalFest 2012 CREATED:20120206T110000Z DESCRIPTION:GlobalFest 2012 Discovery Room. They are scheduled for either 23 minutes or 53 minutes. You can offer your session multiple times. Yo u can limit enrollment and you can charge a small fee (fifty cents or up to a dollar). LAST-MODIFIED:20120206T110000Z LOCATION:Normal Community West High School 501 North Parkside road CATEGORIES:Activity CONTACT:Jo Anne Brakovich ORGANIZER:lsjohnso@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115942494 UID:15942494@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120310T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120310T153000 SUMMARY:Spanish Story Time: "Rene Has Two Last Names/ Rene tiene dos apel lidos" CREATED:20111115T110000Z DESCRIPTION:The Spanish Story Time haven been organized by CLACS & the Ur bana Free Library since 2006. The event is for children and their parent s and consists of storytelling\, live music and art. It is presented bil ingually in Spanish/English. LAST-MODIFIED:20120130T110000Z LOCATION:Urbana Free Library\, Children Department. 210 W Green St\, Urba na. CATEGORIES:Outreach CONTACT:Alejandra S-Seufferheld ORGANIZER:amsseu@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010112240356 UID:12240356@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120311T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120311T160000 SUMMARY:Sunday Series: Pop Culture and Korea CREATED:20120201T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120201T110000Z LOCATION:Saunders Lounge\, room 131\, Pennsylvania Avenue Residence Halls \, 906 W. College Court\, Urbana CONTACT:Lydia Khuri 265-6276 ORGANIZER:mkhuri@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115733617 UID:15733617@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120311T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120311T160000 SUMMARY:Sunday Series: Pop Culture and Korea CREATED:20120201T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120201T110000Z LOCATION:Saunders Lounge\, room 131\, Pennsylvania Avenue Residence Halls \, 906 W. College Court\, Urbana CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Lydia Khuri 265-6276 ORGANIZER:mkhuri@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115730695 UID:15730695@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120313T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120313T120000 SUMMARY:Noontime Scholar Lecture Series - The Politics of Gender and Sing le Mothers' Right to be Helped in Soviet Russia between1917 and 1950 CREATED:20111220T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Maria Cristina Galmarini' dissertation 'The 'Right to be Help ed': Welfare Policies and Notions of Rights at the Margins of Soviet Soc iety (1917-1950)' traces the course of ethically founded notions of righ ts in the Soviet experience from 1917 to 1950\, focusing on the 'right t o be helped' as the entitlement to assistance felt by marginalized indiv iduals. She is the author of scholarly articles in English\, Russian\, a nd Italian. Her most recent publication 'Defending the Rights of Gulag P risoners: the Story of the Political Red Cross\, 1918-38' appeared in Th e Russian Review in January 2012. LAST-MODIFIED:20111220T110000Z LOCATION:101 International Studies Building\, 910 S Fifth St Champaign CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER:jshepar2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113789066 UID:13789066@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120313T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120313T130000 SUMMARY:"Religion and Politics in Oman" CREATED:20111216T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111216T110000Z LOCATION:Lucy Ellis Lounge: Room 1080\, Foreign Languages Building\, 707 S. Mathews\, Urbana CATEGORIES:Brown Bag lecture CONTACT:Angela Williams ORGANIZER:aswillms@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113624892 UID:13624892@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120313T171500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120313T171500 SUMMARY:European Movie Night: Shadows and Faces CREATED:20120127T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Turkey\, 2012. 116 min. Language: Turkish with English subtit les. Director: Dervis Zaim. LAST-MODIFIED:20120207T110000Z LOCATION:Lucy Ellis Lounge: Room 1080\, Foreign Languages Building\, 707 S. Mathews\, Urbana (map) CATEGORIES:Movie Night ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115489021 UID:15489021@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120315T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120315T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture Series. Braceros: Migrant Citizens and Transnational Subj ects in the Postwar United States and Mexico CREATED:20111219T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120130T110000Z LOCATION:101 International Studies Building\, 910 S. Fifth Street\, Champ aign CATEGORIES:Lecture Series CONTACT:Angelina Cotler ORGANIZER:cotler@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113752680 UID:13752680@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120317 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120325 SUMMARY:Prevention of Post Harvest Loss Study Tour to India CREATED:20120206T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Spring break trip for undergraduates in conjunction with the ADM institute and the Dept Agriculture Engineering. the eventual goal i s to do this on an annual basis and may become part of the SCM practicum experience. The goal is to study agricultural supply chains to identify causes of post-harvest loss and to identify opportunities for improveme nt. The students will interact with produces (farmers)\, intermediaries and processors. We are also hoping to interact with newly emerging retai l companies. The current trip will probably be about 10-12 students\, wi th perhaps 6-8 SCM students. LAST-MODIFIED:20120206T110000Z LOCATION:India CATEGORIES:Program CONTACT:Udatta Palekar ORGANIZER:lsjohnso@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115942497 UID:15942497@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120321 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120323 SUMMARY:CIBER Business Language Conference 2012 CREATED:20111011T100000Z DESCRIPTION:Building Bridges from Business Languages to Business Communit iesCall for papersThe conference will challenge participating scholars a nd instructors (from K-16\, businesses and governmental organizations) t o inspire new lines of research\, rethink teaching techniques\, and crea te links between language classrooms and real businesses. The conference is thus responding to the goal of the U.S. Department of Education's CI BER grant program to increase global capacity and\, ultimately\, U.S. bu sinesses' global competitiveness. The conference themes calls for a disc ussion of how to successfully link language learners and businesses to p rovide students with hands-on professional experience\, while using and improving their language skills. LAST-MODIFIED:20111123T110000Z LOCATION:University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:919-962-7843 ORGANIZER:ciber@unc.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010110688696 UID:10688696@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120322T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120322T120000 SUMMARY:Threats\, Institutions\, and Outcomes: Understanding Three Decade s of Lag in Indian Nuclear Learning CREATED:20120126T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120126T110000Z LOCATION:356 Armory Building\, 505 East Armory Avenue\, Champaign 61820 CATEGORIES:Seminar CONTACT:Kathy Anderson-Conner 333-7086 ORGANIZER:andconnr@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115459206 UID:15459206@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120327T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120327T130000 SUMMARY:"The Democracy Paradox in Action: How Islamists are Saving and De stroying the Egyptian Revolution" CREATED:20111216T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111216T110000Z LOCATION:Lucy Ellis Lounge: Room 1080\, Foreign Languages Building\, 707 S. Mathews\, Urbana CATEGORIES:Brown Bag lecture CONTACT:Angela Williams ORGANIZER:aswillms@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113624893 UID:13624893@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120328 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120328 SUMMARY:Euro Challenge 2012 - Regional (Midwest) Preliminary Round CREATED:20111214T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Euro Challenge 2012 is an exciting educational opportunity fo r high schools students (grades 9 & 10) to learn about the European Unio n (EU) ' the largest trading partner of the US ' and its single currency \, the euro. The program offers students of global studies\, economics\, world history/geography or European studies a unique experience that mo ves them out of the classroom into the real world.For the competition\, students research problems and solutions to Europe's economic challenges . A team of three to five students presents its findings in a competitio n format. The best teams from each region travel to NYC to compete in th e national finals at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Conditional o n an annual grant\, winning teams can win awards and a trip to Washingto n generously offered by the Moody's Foundation.For more information\, vi sit the EUC's Euro Challenge 2012 page. LAST-MODIFIED:20111214T110000Z LOCATION:Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago\, 230 South LaSalle Street\, Chi cago\, IL 60604 (map) CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113515623 UID:13515623@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120328T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120328T163000 SUMMARY:How to Market your International Experience and Skills to Employe rs CREATED:20120209T110000Z DESCRIPTION:The Career Center will host a workshop on ?How to Market your International Experience and Skills to Employers? that will help studen ts articulate their international experience and highlight it in a way t hat is appealing to prospective employers. LAST-MODIFIED:20120209T110000Z LOCATION:319 Gregory Hall CONTACT:Katrina Ross Chester 217-244-4719 ORGANIZER:gintaut1@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010116083798 UID:16083798@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120329 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120329 SUMMARY:EU Day & ACDIS Transatlantic Security Symposium CREATED:20120120T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120120T110000Z LOCATION:Alice Campbell Alumni Center & Levis Faculty Center CATEGORIES:Workshop ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115182500 UID:15182500@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120329T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120329T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture Series. U.S.-Latin American Relations: The Failure of the Obama Doctrine CREATED:20111219T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111219T110000Z LOCATION:101 International Studies Building\, 910 S. Fifth Street\, Champ aign CATEGORIES:Lecture Series CONTACT:Angelina Cotler ORGANIZER:cotler@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113755468 UID:13755468@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120329T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120329T160000 SUMMARY:Millercomm Lecture: Whither Syria? CREATED:20111128T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Joshua Landis teaches modern Middle Eastern history and polit ics and writes on Syria and its surrounding countries.He writes 'Syria C omment\,' a daily newsletter on Syrian politics that attracts some 3\,00 0 readers a day. It is widely read by officials in Washington\, Europe a nd Syria. Dr. Landis regularly travels to Washington DC to consult with the State Department and other government agencies.He is a frequent anal yst on TV and radio.( See: Landis in the News) Most recently he has appe ared on the Jim Lehrer News Hour\, Charlie Rose Show\, CNN\, Fox News\, and has been widely quoted in the New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, Washington Post\, LA Times\, and comments frequently for NPR and BBC ra dio. He has spoken at the Brookings Institute\, USIP\, Middle East Insti tute\, and Council on Foreign Relations.He was educated at Swarthmore (B A)\, Harvard (MA)\, and Princeton (PhD). He has lived over 14 years in t he Middle East and received numerous grants to study in the region\, thr ee Fulbright grants and one from the Social Science Research Council. T he organizer of this lecture is Professor Ken Cuno (History). LAST-MODIFIED:20111215T110000Z LOCATION:TBA CATEGORIES:Public Lecture CONTACT:Angela Williams ORGANIZER:aswillms@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010112814879 UID:12814879@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120329T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120329T160000 SUMMARY:New Directions in Russia\, Eastern Europe and Eurasia - The Futur e of Russia's Frozen Forests: Do Global Governance Initiatives in Climat e and Forestry Influence Russian Environmental Policy? CREATED:20111213T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Laura A. Henry is the John F. and Dorothy H. Magee Associate Professor of Government and Legal Studies at Bowdoin College. Dr. Henry has a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California\, Ber keley. She is the author of Red to Green: Environmental Activism in Post -Soviet Russia (Cornell 2010) and the co-editor of Russian Civil Society : A Critical Assessment (M.E. Sharpe 2006). Dr. Henry's current project\ , funded by the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research \, is entitled "National Interests and Transnational Governance: Russia' s Changing Environmental Policy." LAST-MODIFIED:20111213T110000Z LOCATION:101 International Studies Building\, 910 S Fifth St Champaign CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER:jshepar2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113482270 UID:13482270@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120330 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120330 SUMMARY:Business Chinese for Executives (Survival Chinese for EMBA progra m) CREATED:20120213T110000Z DESCRIPTION:This language/culture course is intended for people enrolled in the EMBA program who will go on a trip to China in the middle of Apri l. LAST-MODIFIED:20120213T110000Z CATEGORIES:Course CONTACT:Lynnea Johnson 3338335 ORGANIZER:lsjohnso@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010116261793 UID:16261793@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120330 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120331 SUMMARY:Peoria Area World Affairs Council's (PAWAC) 42nd Annual Central I llinois World Affairs Conference: The European Union and Germany: Challe nges for Today\, Promises for Tomorrow CREATED:20120120T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120120T110000Z LOCATION:Par-A-Dice Hotel and Conference Center\, Peoria\, IL (map) CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115182501 UID:15182501@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120331T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120331T153000 SUMMARY:2012 Latin American Teachers Workshop. "Building Bridges: Immigra tion and Migration to the US and within Latin America" CREATED:20111219T110000Z DESCRIPTION:2012 LATIN AMERICAN TEACHERS WORKSHOPBuilding Bridges: Immigr ation and Migration to the US and within Latin America Offered to K-1 4 School Educators\, Teachers and Librarians. Professional Developmen t Teachers' Workshop LAST-MODIFIED:20111219T110000Z LOCATION:LUCY ELLIS LOUNGE. 707 South Mathews Ave\, Urbana\, IL 61801 CATEGORIES:Workshop CONTACT:Alejandra S-Seufferheld (217) 244-2790 ORGANIZER:amsseu@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113752656 UID:13752656@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120401T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120401T160000 SUMMARY:Sunday Series: Pop Culture and Japan CREATED:20120201T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120201T110000Z LOCATION:Saunders Lounge\, room 131\, Pennsylvania Avenue Residence Halls \, 906 W. College Court\, Urbana CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Lydia Khuri 265-6276 ORGANIZER:mkhuri@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115730698 UID:15730698@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120401T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120401T160000 SUMMARY:Sunday Series: Pop Culture and Japan CREATED:20120201T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120201T110000Z LOCATION:Saunders Lounge\, room 131\, Pennsylvania Avenue Residence Halls \, 906 W. College Court\, Urbana CONTACT:Lydia Khuri 265-6276 ORGANIZER:mkhuri@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115733618 UID:15733618@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120401T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120402T160000 SUMMARY:Transnational Large-Scale Land Transactions CREATED:20120213T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Professor Dzodzi Tsikata will come to give a talk on " Transn ational Large-Scale Land Transactions\, the Disappearing Commons and Liv elihood Insecurities in Ghana: A gender Perspective". The lecture will a ddress the surge of leasing and acquisition of large land tracts in many developing countries that began in reaction to the global food price c risis in 2007-08. LAST-MODIFIED:20120213T110000Z LOCATION:Levis Faculty Center CATEGORIES:Speaker CONTACT:Gale Summerfield 217-333-1977 ORGANIZER:summrfld@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010116261591 UID:16261591@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120401T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120401T160000 SUMMARY:Transnational Large-Scale Land Transactions\, the Disappearing Co mmons and Livelihood Insecurities in Ghana: A Gender Perspective CREATED:20120210T110000Z DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT: Tsikata draws on her study of three cases in Ghana to explore the gendered implications of recent land transactions for lan d tenure security\, the availability of and access to the commons\, food security and livelihood outcomes for men and women of different social groups. The transactions in question involve American\, Norwegian and Du tch capital and concern land acquisitions for the cultivation of rice\, jatropha and mangoes respectively. The studies use qualitative methods\, involving focus group discussions with men and women farmers and with t he chiefs\, as well as in-depth interviews with a selected number of mal e and female farmers in several communities. In all three cases\, there have been significant losses of common spaces\, with gendered impacts. B ecause of their reproductive roles\, the sexual division of labour in pr oduction and gender inequalities in land tenure systems\, women have par ticular interests in the commons over and above men?s use of such spaces . The three cases allow for a comparison of different land tenure system s\, the impacts on locals as well as settlers and the particularities in the roles and discourses of the state\, chiefs\, the leadership of the local land-owning groups and the urban elite. In addition\, they highlig ht the specificities of the land transactions\, their business models an d their implications for the pre-existing land tenure systems\, food sec urity\, and the wider political economy. SPEAKER BIO: Dzodzi Tsikata is head of the Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy (CEGENSA) at the Uni versity of Ghana and a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Statis tical\, Social and Economic Research (ISSER). She has a Ph.D. in social science from Leiden University in the Netherlands. Her research interest s are the areas of gender and livelihoods\, development policy\, and lan d tenure and food security. Publications  include Land Tenure\, Gender a nd Globalization: Research and Analysis from Africa\, Asia\, and Latin A merica (co-edited with Pamela Golah\, 2010)\, ?The Informal Economy and Urban Women?s Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 1990s\,? in Razav i (ed)\, The Gendered Impacts of Liberalization (2009)\, and Living in t he Shadow of the Large Dams: Long Term Responses of Lakeside and Downstr eam Communities of Ghana?s Volta River Project (2006). Currently\, she i s co-editing a special issue of Feminist Economics on Land\, Gender\, an d Food Security\, funded by the Ford Foundation. Prof. Tsikata is the le ad researcher in the IDRC funded study of employment agencies and women? s work in the domestic and banking sectors in Ghana. She is a member of the editorial advisory group of Feminist Africa\, Journal for Peasant St udies\, African Sociological Review\, and Development and Democracy.Whil e she is on campus Prof. Tsikata will also meet with students and facult y for discussion of land tenure and food security issues. The best time for her visit is the beginning or April or end of March 2012. LAST-MODIFIED:20120210T110000Z LOCATION:Levis Faculty Center\; 3rd Floor\; 919 W. Illinois St.\, Urbana (map) CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010116131811 UID:16131811@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120403T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120403T130000 SUMMARY:"The Political Ecology of Renewable Energy in India" CREATED:20111216T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111216T110000Z LOCATION:Lucy Ellis Lounge: Room 1080\, Foreign Languages Building\, 707 S. Mathews\, Urbana CATEGORIES:Brown Bag lecture CONTACT:Angela Williams ORGANIZER:aswillms@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113624894 UID:13624894@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120403T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120403T160000 SUMMARY:CAS/MillerComm 2012 The Eurasian Angular Harp: Crossing Cultu res Ancient to Modern CREATED:20111221T110000Z DESCRIPTION:The angular harp first appeared 2000BCE in Mesopotamia and sp read across the Near East and into Greece\, Rome\, the Levant and Egypt and East Asia via the Silk Road. Recent excavations have uncovered well -preserved examples of this cross-cultural instrument. This lecture wil l illuminate the angular harp's transcendent cultural history\, and musi c from ancient and contemporary times will be performed on the Japanese angular harp (kugo). LAST-MODIFIED:20111221T110000Z LOCATION:Knight Auditorium\; Spurlock Museum\; 600 S. Gregory\; Urbana\, IL 61801 (UIUC) CATEGORIES:Public Lecture CONTACT:Angela Williams ORGANIZER:aswillms@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113825324 UID:13825324@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120404 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120404 SUMMARY:Jean Monnet Lecture Series: Facing EU Policy Failures in the Midd le East and North Africa: The New Arab Awakening CREATED:20120120T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120120T110000Z LOCATION:TBA CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115182503 UID:15182503@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120405 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120408 SUMMARY:Conference: The Presence of 'America' in India: Where and How Doe s 'America' Appear and What Are The Effects? CREATED:20111128T110000Z DESCRIPTION:During the last decade\, the circulation of ideas\, commoditi es\, cultural practices\, and cultural products perceived as coming from the U.S. and gaining traction in India has accelerated. We understand this process as a dialectical one\, full of multiple transformations/tra nslations/ and effects\, and with a substantial history\, where India is not merely a "receiving" region\, but rather a complex set of national and subnational cultural and political groups actively involved in artic ulating relationships to "America." We use the term "America" advisedly as it does not presume to reference all of the Americas but rather to c apture the sense of the U.S. as both a geo-political entity and a cultur al imaginary\, that is\, not only as a political actor\, mediating betwe en Pakistan and India\, but also as a cultural influence in many of the contemporary changes in Indian daily life and institutional structures. These include shifting practices of food consumption\, modes of fashion\ , notions of secular democratic politics\, the restructuring of Indian h igher education institutions\, the emphasis on "American" accents in Eng lish speech\, employment in U.S. corporation customer service "call cent ers\," the impact of the presence of the US business corporations (such as IBM)\, new developments in Indian agriculture and engineering\, the m igration of hip hop style dancing into Bollywood musicals\, the much con tested "brain drain" to the United States\, and so on.For additional con ference information\, please visit http://ips.illinois.edu/ifuss/IndiaCo nference_description.htmlThis conference co-organized by Prof. Jane Desm ond and Prof. Rajeshwari Pandharipande. LAST-MODIFIED:20111206T110000Z LOCATION:TBA CATEGORIES:Symposium CONTACT:Anita Kaiser ORGANIZER:arkaiser@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010112812060 UID:12812060@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120405 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120407 SUMMARY:The Presence of 'America' in India: Where and How Does 'America' Appear and What are the Effects? CREATED:20120207T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsors: Hewlett International Conference Grant\, Interna tional Programs and Studies\, UIUC Office of Public Relations\, College of Liberal Arts\, Vice Chancellor for Research\, Department of Anthropol ogy\, Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies ' India Initiati ve\, School of Social Work\, Religious Studies\, Program in Comparative and World Literature\, Department of Landscape Architecture\, Department of Sociology\, College of Education\, College of Business\, Department of EnglishConference description available on conference website LAST-MODIFIED:20120207T110000Z LOCATION:Levis Faculty Center 919 West Illinois Street\, Urbana CONTACT:Anita Kaiser 333-6221 ORGANIZER:arkaiser@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010116001910 UID:16001910@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120405T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120405T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture Series. Buenos Aires and Chicago: A Tale of Two Evolving Neoliberal Redevelopment Governances Through Four Dimensions of Analysis CREATED:20111219T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111219T110000Z LOCATION:101 International Studies Building\, 910 S. Fifth Street\, Champ aign CATEGORIES:Lecture Series CONTACT:Angelina Cotler ORGANIZER:cotler@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113752683 UID:13752683@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120406T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120406T130000 SUMMARY:Integrative Soundscapes: Building EU Community through Bulgarian Mumming Festivals & Folkloric Practice CREATED:20120117T110000Z DESCRIPTION: LAST-MODIFIED:20120117T110000Z LOCATION:Lucy Ellis Lounge: Room 1080\, Foreign Languages Building\, 707 S. Mathews\, Urbana (map) CATEGORIES:Lecture CONTACT:Kim Rice (217) 265-7515 ORGANIZER:kimrice@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115035193 UID:15035193@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120406T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120406T170000 SUMMARY:Symposium: Heritage\, Community\, and Landscape Conservation in I ndia CREATED:20111128T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Work from the India studio at Orchha will be displayed in the Gallery of Temple Buell Hall. The organizer of this symposium is Profe ssor Amita Sinha (Landscape Architecture). A keynote address will be gi ven by Rahul Mehrotra\, Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and De sign at Harvard University\, at 4:00 pm in Plym Auditorium. LAST-MODIFIED:20111130T110000Z LOCATION:The Gallery\, Temple Buell Hall\, 611 Loredo Taft Drive Champaig n CATEGORIES:Symposium CONTACT:Professor Amita Sinha ORGANIZER:sinha2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010112812062 UID:12812062@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120406T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120406T190000 SUMMARY:India Studies Lecture- "Backwards into the Future: Reflections on Conservation in India" CREATED:20111004T100000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111129T110000Z LOCATION:Plym Auditoirum\, Temple Buell Hall\, 611 Loredo Taft Drive Cham paign\, CATEGORIES:Public Lecture CONTACT:Angela Williams ORGANIZER:aswillms@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010110370634 UID:10370634@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120408 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120414 SUMMARY:International Week CREATED:20120213T110000Z DESCRIPTION:The International Week is composed of a variety of events in celebration of diversity. There will be Food Events\, Study Abroad Fair \, International Career Events and Annual Alumini Lecture. LAST-MODIFIED:20120213T110000Z LOCATION:Urbana CATEGORIES:Celebration ORGANIZER:lsjohnso@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010116261788 UID:16261788@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120409 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120415 SUMMARY:Illinois International Week 2012 CREATED:20111130T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Illinois International Week 2012 pageCheck back in Spring 201 2 for more information! LAST-MODIFIED:20111130T110000Z CATEGORIES:Miscellaneous ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010112899262 UID:12899262@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120409T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120409T150000 SUMMARY:2012 Cline Symposium: Looking Back at the Arab Spring\, Why it Ha ppened\, Why it Matters Today\, and What's Coming Next CREATED:20120209T110000Z DESCRIPTION:This year's Cline Symposium will provide a retrospective on t he Arab Spring that is both conceptual and policy-oriented. In light of the ongoing transformation in the Middle East\, we will examine the con ditions under which popular uprisings emerge (Would these changes occur without the self-immolation that triggered the Tunisian uprising?) as well as factors that shape their dynamics and success (Are revolutions c ontagious? Why have they overthrown dictators in Tunisia and Egypt but not Bahrain and Jordan?)\; we will consider the role of repression and i deology in authoritarian governance (Does repression instigate or impede protest? Were the aging dictators of the region and their successors to o slow to adapt to technological change?)\; we will discuss the role of economic conditions (Did increasing world food prices play a role? What about the worldwide financial crisis?\, as well as the role of American and European foreign policy (Did the cautious\, indirect support that t he Obama administration has given to protesters facilitate or slow down the uprisings?). LAST-MODIFIED:20120209T110000Z LOCATION:119 Material Science Engineering Building\, University of Illino is Urbana-Champaign Campus CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion CONTACT:217 265-7845 ORGANIZER:tgitler@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010116083793 UID:16083793@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120409T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120409T193000 SUMMARY:2012 Cline Symposium: Religious Obstacles to Democratization in t he Middle East: Past and Present CREATED:20120209T110000Z DESCRIPTION:This year's Cline Symposium will provide a retrospective on t he Arab Spring that is both conceptual and policy-oriented. In light of the ongoing transformation in the Middle East\, we will examine the con ditions under which popular uprisings emerge (Would these changes occur without the self-immolation that triggered the Tunisian uprising?) as well as factors that shape their dynamics and success (Are revolutions c ontagious? Why have they overthrown dictators in Tunisia and Egypt but not Bahrain and Jordan?)\; we will consider the role of repression and i deology in authoritarian governance (Does repression instigate or impede protest? Were the aging dictators of the region and their successors to o slow to adapt to technological change?)\; we will discuss the role of economic conditions (Did increasing world food prices play a role? What about the worldwide financial crisis?\, as well as the role of American and European foreign policy (Did the cautious\, indirect support that t he Obama administration has given to protesters facilitate or slow down the uprisings?). LAST-MODIFIED:20120209T110000Z LOCATION:Alice Campbell Alumni Center Ballroom\, University of Illinois U rbana-Champaign Campus CATEGORIES:Public Lecture CONTACT:217 265-7845 ORGANIZER:tgitler@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010116083794 UID:16083794@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120410T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120410T130000 SUMMARY:CSAMES Brown Bag Lecture CREATED:20111216T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111216T110000Z CATEGORIES:Brown Bag lecture CONTACT:Angela Williams ORGANIZER:aswillms@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113624895 UID:13624895@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120410T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120410T120000 SUMMARY:Noontime Scholar Lecture Series- Fragmented Memory: Remembering C hildhood in the Ghettos of Nazi-occupied Belorussia CREATED:20111213T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Anika Walke graduated\, with a binational doctoral degree\, f rom UC Santa Cruz and the University of Oldenburg (Germany) in 2011\, wi th a dissertation entitled: "The Jewish Struggle for Survival in the Ger man-occupied USSR: Oral Histories of Resistance\, Memories of Youth." Cu rrently a postdoctoral fellow in International and Area Studies at Washi ngton University in St. Louis\, Anika works within the framework of the project Migration\, Identity\, State: Flows and Crises in a Global Era. Continuing her research on partisan formations in Nazi-occupied Beloruss ia\, Anika sharpens her analysis of gendered forms of resistance and its memory\, focusing on the participation of gendered and racialized subje cts\, Jewish women.Anikas future research interests include the confluen ce of memory discourses and politics and perceptions of migration\; she analyzes how past experiences of violence shape personal and public perc eptions of immigration and theconstruction of national and ethnic identi ties. LAST-MODIFIED:20111220T110000Z LOCATION:101 International Studies Building\, 910 S Fifth St Champaign CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER:jshepar2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113482271 UID:13482271@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120411T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120411T120000 SUMMARY:Peace Corps Informational Meeting CREATED:20120209T110000Z DESCRIPTION:At this meeting you'll see a video of volunteers in the field \, hear an overview of the agency\, talk about the application process\, and have time to ask questions. There is also a mini information meetin g you can stream online anytime on the main Peace Corps website (www.pea cecorps.gov) under "Connect with a Recruiter". All meetings last about a n hour. All students and community members are welcome regardless of age or major! LAST-MODIFIED:20120209T110000Z LOCATION:University YMCA CONTACT:Katrina Ross Chester 217-244-4719 ORGANIZER:gintaut1@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010116083800 UID:16083800@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120412T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120412T140000 SUMMARY:Lecture Series. Embodying Respectful and Respectable Citizenship at the Intersections of Educational Policy\, Classroom Practice\, and Ch ild Rearing: Children in Post-Conflict Rural Ayacucho\, Peru CREATED:20111219T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111219T110000Z LOCATION:101 International Studies Building\, 910 S. Fifth Street\, Champ aign CATEGORIES:Lecture Series CONTACT:Angelina Cotler ORGANIZER:cotler@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113752684 UID:13752684@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120413 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120414 SUMMARY:Focal Point Graduate Student Conference CREATED:20111207T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Registration is now open! To register\, please complete the o nline web form.This conference seeks to bring together graduate students from a variety of disciplines who specialize in topics related to the E uropean Union or transatlantic relations. The conference is an initiativ e of the European Union Center (EUC) at the University of Illinois. The goals of the conference are to:encourage discussions on the diverse meth odological and theoretical approaches currently being applied in EU stud ies\;establish an ongoing dialogue between scholars working on divergent aspects of the EU and EU-US relations within varying disciplinary conte xts\;identify new and cutting-edge perspectives from which EU-related to pics are being explored. LAST-MODIFIED:20111207T110000Z LOCATION:University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign CATEGORIES:Conference ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113210918 UID:13210918@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120413T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120413T133000 SUMMARY:Turkey Today: Between Europe\, the Regional\, and the Global CREATED:20120210T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120210T110000Z LOCATION:Music Room\, Levis Faculty Center\; 3rd Floor\; 919 W. Illinois St.\, Urbana (map) CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010116131818 UID:16131818@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120414T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120414T153000 SUMMARY:Spanish Story Time: "Arroz con leche / Rice Pudding" CREATED:20111115T110000Z DESCRIPTION:The Spanish Story Time haven been organized by CLACS & the Ur bana Free Library since 2006. The event is for children and their parent s and consists of storytelling\, live music and art. It is presented bil ingually in Spanish/English. LAST-MODIFIED:20120130T110000Z LOCATION:Urbana Free Library\, Children Department. 210 W Green St\, Urba na. CATEGORIES:Outreach CONTACT:Alejandra S-Seufferheld ORGANIZER:amsseu@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010112240357 UID:12240357@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120417T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120417T130000 SUMMARY:"Eugene Delacroix's Changing Vision of North Africa" CREATED:20111216T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120105T110000Z LOCATION:Lucy Ellis Lounge: Room 1080\, Foreign Languages Building\, 707 S. Mathews\, Urbana CATEGORIES:Brown Bag lecture CONTACT:Angela Williams ORGANIZER:aswillms@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113624899 UID:13624899@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120419T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120419T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture Series. Gendered Scenarios of Revolution and its Aftermat h in Nicaragua\, 1975-2000 CREATED:20111219T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111219T110000Z LOCATION:101 International Studies Building\, 910 S. Fifth Street\, Champ aign CATEGORIES:Lecture Series CONTACT:Angelina Cotler ORGANIZER:cotler@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113752686 UID:13752686@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120423T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120423T170000 SUMMARY:Nationalism qua Modernization: The Greek War of Independence CREATED:20111213T110000Z DESCRIPTION:This is an attempt to place the Greek War of Independence in the wider context of the clash between Tradition and Modernity in the Eu ropean periphery. It focuses on the ideology and the movement of nationa lism ' a phenomenon springing up in modernity and bringing forward the c oncept of the nation as the proper unit of state organization. Being the undisputed offspring of nationalism (which is to be understood as both the product and the vehicle of modernization)\, the Greek War of Indepen dence is discussed not solely in its political dimensions but also in te rms of its contribution to a much broader societal change. It is in this sense that the Greek struggle for independence may be interpreted as th e specifically 'Greek exit' from tradition ' as an undoubtedly unique ev ent of momentous importance per se\, yet\, on the other hand\, as one mo re instance in a prolonged and very intricate process of societal transf ormations. LAST-MODIFIED:20111213T110000Z LOCATION:Lucy Ellis Lounge (FLB 1080) CATEGORIES:Public Lecture CONTACT:Angela Williams ORGANIZER:aswillms@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113472464 UID:13472464@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120423T171500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120425T171500 SUMMARY:European Movie Night: Welcome to the Sticks CREATED:20120127T110000Z DESCRIPTION:France\, 2008. 106 min. Language: French with English subtitl es. Director: Dany Boon.'Although living a comfortable life in Salon-de- Provence\, a charming town in the South of France\, Julie has been feeli ng depressed for a while. To please her\, Philippe Abrams\, a post offic e administrator\, her husband\, tries to obtain a transfer to a seaside town\, on the French Riviera\, at any cost. The trouble is that he is ca ught redhanded while trying to scam an inspector. Philippe is immediatel y banished to the distant unheard of town of Bergues\, in the Far North of France. Leaving his child and wife behind\, the crucified man leaves for his frightening destination\, a dreadfully cold place inhabited by h ard-drinking\, unemployed rednecks\, speaking an incomprehensible dialec t called Ch'ti.' LAST-MODIFIED:20120207T110000Z LOCATION:Lucy Ellis Lounge: Room 1080\, Foreign Languages Building\, 707 S. Mathews\, Urbana (map) CATEGORIES:Movie Night ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115488924 UID:15488924@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120424T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120424T130000 SUMMARY:"Desiccation of the World's Second Largest Salty Lake in Northwes t of Iran: A Serious Ecological Crisis in the Region" CREATED:20111216T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120131T110000Z LOCATION:Lucy Ellis Lounge: Room 1080\, Foreign Languages Building\, 707 S. Mathews\, Urbana CATEGORIES:Brown Bag lecture CONTACT:Angela Williams ORGANIZER:aswillms@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113624886 UID:13624886@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120426T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120426T120000 SUMMARY:Lecture Series. Tomb of the Pacific''The Islas Maras Penal Colony and Mexican Male Homosexuality in the 1930s CREATED:20111219T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20111219T110000Z LOCATION:101 International Studies Building\, 910 S. Fifth Street\, Champ aign CATEGORIES:Lecture Series CONTACT:Angelina Cotler ORGANIZER:cotler@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113752688 UID:13752688@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120427 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120427 SUMMARY:Turkish Studies Symposium: "Turkish Transnational Television -- R eshaping of Diaspora Identities in Europe and the Rise of a Regional Cul tural Hegemon" CREATED:20111004T100000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120105T110000Z CATEGORIES:Symposium CONTACT:Angela Williams ORGANIZER:aswillms@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010110370633 UID:10370633@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120427 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120427 SUMMARY:Turkish Studies Symposium: Turkish Transnational Television - Res haping of Diaspora Identities in Europe and the Rise of a Regional Cultu ral Hegemon CREATED:20120120T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120120T110000Z LOCATION:TBA CATEGORIES:Symposium ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115182504 UID:15182504@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120427T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120427T083000 SUMMARY:Turkish Transnational Television: Reshaping of Diaspora Identitie s in Europe and the Rise of a Regional Cultural Hegemon CREATED:20120104T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Across Europe\, the Middle East and Central Asia\, Turkish an d Arabic speaking populations are tuning in to the numerous satellite ch annels that broadcast Turkish and Arabic-dubbed TV series and soap opera s. The proposed half-day symposium aims to understand the complex connec tions between media use\, cultural belonging and worldviews. It will fea ture two panels that will address (1) the implications of the transnatio nalization of Turkish television for the Turkish immigrants' experiences and identities in Europe\; and (2) the increased popularity of Turkish TV series in regions from the Middle East to the Balkans to Central Asia . This half-day symposium will feature panels comprised of two presentat ions each. Panel #1: Turkish Transnational Television: Reshaping of Dias pora Identities in Europe. Panel #2: Turkish Transnational Television: T he Rise of a Regional Cultural Hegemon. A film screening will be offered in the evening.This is the Sixth Annual Turkish Studies Symposium. LAST-MODIFIED:20120104T110000Z CONTACT:Sebnem Ozkan ORGANIZER:asozkan@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010114454074 UID:14454074@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120427T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120427T150000 SUMMARY:Lecture: Saving South America's Ecosystem Functions CREATED:20120130T110000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120130T110000Z LOCATION:101 International Studies Building\, 910 S. Fifth Street\, Champ aign CATEGORIES:Lecture Series CONTACT:Angelina Cotler ORGANIZER:cotler@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115630068 UID:15630068@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120430 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120430 SUMMARY:Euro Challenge 2012 - Final Round CREATED:20111214T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Euro Challenge 2012 is an exciting educational opportunity fo r high schools students (grades 9 & 10) to learn about the European Unio n (EU) ' the largest trading partner of the US ' and its single currency \, the euro. The program offers students of global studies\, economics\, world history/geography or European studies a unique experience that mo ves them out of the classroom into the real world.For the competition\, students research problems and solutions to Europe's economic challenges . A team of three to five students presents its findings in a competitio n format. The best teams from each region travel to NYC to compete in th e national finals at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Conditional o n an annual grant\, winning teams can win awards and a trip to Washingto n generously offered by the Moody's Foundation.For more information\, vi sit the EUC's Euro Challenge 2012 page. LAST-MODIFIED:20111214T110000Z LOCATION:Federal Reserve Bank of New York\, 33 Liberty Street\, New York\ , NY 10045  (map) CATEGORIES:Competition ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113515625 UID:13515625@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120430 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120430 SUMMARY:Euro Challenge 2012 - Recognition and Awards Reception CREATED:20111214T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Euro Challenge 2012 is an exciting educational opportunity fo r high schools students (grades 9 & 10) to learn about the European Unio n (EU) ' the largest trading partner of the US ' and its single currency \, the euro. The program offers students of global studies\, economics\, world history/geography or European studies a unique experience that mo ves them out of the classroom into the real world.For the competition\, students research problems and solutions to Europe's economic challenges . A team of three to five students presents its findings in a competitio n format. The best teams from each region travel to NYC to compete in th e national finals at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Conditional o n an annual grant\, winning teams can win awards and a trip to Washingto n generously offered by the Moody's Foundation.For more information\, vi sit the EUC's Euro Challenge 2012 page. LAST-MODIFIED:20111214T110000Z LOCATION:The Moody?s Corporation 7 WTC\, 250 Greenwich Street\, New York\ , NY 10007 (map) CATEGORIES:Competition ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113515626 UID:13515626@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120430 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120430 SUMMARY:Euro Challenge 2012 - Semifinal Round CREATED:20111214T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Euro Challenge 2012 is an exciting educational opportunity fo r high schools students (grades 9 & 10) to learn about the European Unio n (EU) ' the largest trading partner of the US ' and its single currency \, the euro. The program offers students of global studies\, economics\, world history/geography or European studies a unique experience that mo ves them out of the classroom into the real world.For the competition\, students research problems and solutions to Europe's economic challenges . A team of three to five students presents its findings in a competitio n format. The best teams from each region travel to NYC to compete in th e national finals at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Conditional o n an annual grant\, winning teams can win awards and a trip to Washingto n generously offered by the Moody's Foundation.For more information\, vi sit the EUC's Euro Challenge 2012 page. LAST-MODIFIED:20111214T110000Z LOCATION:Federal Reserve Bank of New York\, 33 Liberty Street\, New York\ , NY 10045  (map) CATEGORIES:Competition ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113515624 UID:13515624@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120512 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120524 SUMMARY:Faculty Dvelopment in Internatioanl Business:Green Business Austr alia CREATED:20120206T110000Z DESCRIPTION:This FDIB will provide participating faculty from institution s of higher education throughout the United States with a greater unders tanding of the green business practices\, economic policies\,legal and p olitical structures that have led Australia to become one of the leaders in this field. The trip will also feature cultural events\, focused on the Aboriginal people and the wildlife. The intended audience is faculty interested in improving their knowledge of green business and sustainab ility or incorporating green business content into their curriculum and/ or research activities. LAST-MODIFIED:20120206T110000Z LOCATION:Melbourne and Sydney\, Australia CATEGORIES:Program CONTACT:Kelly Aceto ORGANIZER:Kelly.aceto@business.uconn.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115945332 UID:15945332@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120513 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120527 SUMMARY:Translation in the EU CREATED:20120131T110000Z DESCRIPTION:LAS 490 Translation Study Abroad Translation in the EU Locati ons: Paris\, Strasbourg\, Brussels Dates: May 13-27 Cost: $2500 (estimat ed)The purpose of this two week intensive study abroad course is to expo se students to the dynamics of the geo-political environment of the Euro pean Union and provide hands-on experience with the translator's role an d responsibility as mediator and communicator in today's European multi- lingual and multicultural societies. It is open to undergraduate and gra duate students in any major. The course is of particular interest to stu dents in foreign languages\, cultures\, and linguistics\, political scie nce\, international studies\, European Union Studies\, global studies\, law and business. The program consists of behind the scenes visits to in ternational agencies and cultural sites relevant to language and culture studies. Cities visited will include Paris\, Strasbourg\, and Brussels. The experience can lead to internships in international agencies. Agenc ies included on the itinerary: UNESCO\, NATO\, European Parliament\, Eur opean Commission\, Directorate General of Translation of the EC. Please attend an information session to learn more about the Translation Study Abroad Program and travel grant opportunities Thursday\, February 2\, 2 012\, from 12:00-1:00 pm\, in Lucy Ellis Lounge\, 1080 FL LAST-MODIFIED:20120131T110000Z LOCATION:Paris\, Strasbourg\, Brussels CATEGORIES:Lecture CONTACT:Patricia Phillips-Batoma\, Instructor\; or Elizabeth Lowe\, Direc tor CTS ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115666923 UID:15666923@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120513 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120527 SUMMARY:Translation Study Abroad - Translation In The European Union CREATED:20120207T110000Z DESCRIPTION:The purpose of this two to four week intensive study abroad c ourse is to expose students to the dynamics of the geo- political enviro nment of the European Union and provide hands-on experience with the tra nslator's role and responsibility as mediator and communicator in today' s European multi-lingual and multi-cultural societies. It is open to und ergraduate and graduate students in any major who are interested in purs uing the Certificate in Translation Studies. This course will be of part icular interest to students in foreign languages\, cultures\, and lingui stics\, political science\, international studies\, European Union Studi es\, law and business. The program consists of behind-the-scenes visits to international agencies and cultural sites relevant to language and cu lture studies. Countries visited include Belgium and France. This experi ence can lead to internships in the EU. Can be taken separately from the on campus preparatory course (TRST 400/temporary rubric LAS 490) offere d in Spring 2012.Estimated Program Cost: $2500Applications available at www.studyabroad.illinois.eduDeadline: February\, 2012Financial Aid Avail able! LAS Study Abroad Scholarships (Apply through Study Abroad office) Center for Translation Studies Travel Grant * Apply by February 15\, 201 2 (Send a one-page letter of interest to elowe.illinois.edu . Letter sho uld state why the program meets your academic and professional goals.) * Must be fully registered for the course through Study Abroad to apply. LAST-MODIFIED:20120207T110000Z LOCATION:Paris\, Strasbourg\, Brussels EU Commission\, Directorate Genera l of Translation of the EC\, NATO\, UNESCO\, European Parliament CONTACT:Elizabeth Lowe\, Director\, Center for Translation Studies ORGANIZER:elowe@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115993416 UID:15993416@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120516 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120530 SUMMARY:International Reporting Study Tour to Turkey CREATED:20111123T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Nancy Benson\, professor of journalism\, will travel to Turke y with students in the International Reporting course to learn about int ernational reporting. LAST-MODIFIED:20111123T110000Z CATEGORIES:Course ORGANIZER:lsjohnso@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010112592571 UID:12592571@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120612 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120615 SUMMARY:Summer Curriculum Development Workshop CREATED:20111214T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Further details coming soon! LAST-MODIFIED:20111214T110000Z CATEGORIES:Workshop ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113515629 UID:13515629@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120617 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120622 SUMMARY:2012 International Summer Institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Global Protests Movements CREATED:20120206T110000Z DESCRIPTION:The goal of this year's ISI is to provide educators with reso urces to teach about protests from a global perspective. While all are w elcome to attend\, material will be geared towards high school and commu nity college educators. Participating teachers will receive CPDUs for Il linois teachers or CEUs for non-illinois teachers. LAST-MODIFIED:20120206T110000Z LOCATION:University of Illinois Urbana Champaign CATEGORIES:Seminar CONTACT:Angela Williams 217 244 5939 ORGANIZER:aswillms@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115942498 UID:15942498@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120618 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120622 SUMMARY:2012 Internationl Summer Institute: Global Protest Movements CREATED:20120126T110000Z DESCRIPTION:The goal of this year's ISI is to provide educators with reso urces to teach about protests from a global perspective.  While all are welcome to attend\, material will be geared towards high school and comm unity college educators. Participating teachers will receive CPDUs for IL teachers or CEUs for non-IL teachers. Lodging will be provided for o ut-of-town participants. Deadline for registration is April 15\, 2012. LAST-MODIFIED:20120126T110000Z LOCATION:University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign CATEGORIES:Lecture CONTACT:Angela Williams 217-244-5939 ORGANIZER:aswillms@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010115447838 UID:15447838@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T112759Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120623 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120630 SUMMARY:Summer Study Tour 2012 CREATED:20111214T110000Z DESCRIPTION:The European Union Center at the University of Illinois at Ur bana-Champaign is pleased to send 8-9 educators on a summer study tour t o Europe\, funded by the European Commission's Getting to Know Europe gr ant. The anticipated trip dates June 23-30\, 2012 are subject to change. Applications to participate are due February 29\, 2012. To retrieve th e applications\, and for more information about the study tour\, visit t he Summer Study Tour webpage. LAST-MODIFIED:20111214T110000Z LOCATION:Brussels\, Belgium and Luxembourg City\, Luxembourg CATEGORIES:Miscellaneous ORGANIZER:gsherma2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1213?key=200001012000010113515627 UID:13515627@illinois.edu END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR