BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//University of Illinois//Web Services Calendar//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T090709Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120221T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120221T150000 SUMMARY:CAS Inititaive - Lourdes Gutirrez Njera CREATED:20120203T090000Z DESCRIPTION:How Do Indigenous People Make Sovereignty and Autonomy Real?: An Introduction to Four Parts of the Hemisphere Alaska and the Arctic: Thomas Swensen\, American Indian Studies\, University of IllinoisThe 'Lo wer 48' United States: The Frederick Hoxie\, CAS Professor of History\, University of IllinoisMexico: Lourdes Gutirrez Njera\, Department of Ant hropology\, Dartmouth CollegeThe Andes: Andrew Orta\, Anthropology\, Uni versity of IllinoisThis roundtable session will feature four description s of the current state of indigenous sovereignty and autonomy in four ma jor areas of the Western Hemisphere. The purpose of the gathering will b e both to provide an introduction to the current state of affairs in the se places\, and to form the basis for a discussion among the panelists a nd audience about how and why the predicaments Native people find themse lves involved in are both similar and different. LAST-MODIFIED:20120203T090000Z LOCATION:Center for Advanced Study\, 912 West Illinois Street\, Urbana\, Illinois CATEGORIES:Lecture CONTACT:Liesel Wildhagen 217-333-6729 ORGANIZER:wildhage@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/25?key=200001012000010115812841 UID:15812841@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T090709Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120223T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120223T160000 SUMMARY:CAS/MillerComm2012--Campbell CREATED:20120104T090000Z DESCRIPTION:U.S. Foreign Policy in Africa: Is Obama Policy a Continuation or Break?Horace Campbell focuses on the Obama administration's Africa p olicy in a changing global landscape with a particular reference to the movements for social justice in Egypt and North Africa. His presentation will draw out the importance of the basic literacy on Africa so that di sinformation on Africa does not support the rising militarism and scramb le for resources in Africa.NOTE: this is also the W.E.B. DuBois Lecture LAST-MODIFIED:20120104T090000Z LOCATION:Knight Auditorium\, Spurlock Museum\; 600 South Gregory Street\, Urbana CATEGORIES:Lecture CONTACT:Liesel Wildhagen 217-333-6729 ORGANIZER:wildhage@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/25?key=200001012000010114462650 UID:14462650@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T090709Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120301T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120301T160000 SUMMARY:CAS/MillerComm2012--Swyngedouw CREATED:20120104T090000Z DESCRIPTION:Every Revolution Has Its Square: Re-Politicising the Unequal CityErik Swyngedouw reflects on the uncanny choreographic affinity betwe en recent urban protests in the Middle East and eruptions of discontent and urban protest in Athens\, Berlin\, Lisbon\, London\, Lyon\, Madrid\, Paris and Rome among many other cities. Drawing on these recent urban i nsurgencies he explores the role of urban space for the question of soci al justice and political equality and invites us to re-think what precis ely urban inequality is all about. LAST-MODIFIED:20120109T090000Z LOCATION:Knight Auditorium\, Spurlock Museum\; 600 South Gregory Street\, Urbana CATEGORIES:Lecture CONTACT:Liesel Wildhagen 217-333-6729 ORGANIZER:wildhage@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/25?key=200001012000010114462654 UID:14462654@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T090709Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120302T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120302T160000 SUMMARY:CAS/MillerComm2012--Grossberg CREATED:20120104T090000Z DESCRIPTION:How Can We Sing . . . in a Strange Land? In Search of Politic al PossibilityPolitical culture in many parts of the world lives in the shadow of both fascism and the 1960s. Yet me may have learned the wrong lessons from this history. The possibilities of political struggle in th e contemporary world depend on our capacities to re-imagine counter-cult ural unities and to re-invent ways to sing the popular. Perhaps we can s tart with Marvin Gaye's old question\, "What's going on?" LAST-MODIFIED:20120118T090000Z LOCATION:Knight Auditorium\, Spurlock Museum\; 600 South Gregory Street\, Urbana CATEGORIES:Lecture CONTACT:Liesel Wildhagen 217-333-6729 ORGANIZER:wildhage@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/25?key=200001012000010114462659 UID:14462659@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T090710Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120308T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120308T160000 SUMMARY:CAS/MillerComm2012--Kunzel CREATED:20120104T090000Z DESCRIPTION:In Treatment: Psychiatry and the Archives of Modern Sexuality LAST-MODIFIED:20120106T090000Z LOCATION:Knight Auditorium\, Spurlock Museum\; 600 South Gregory Street\, Urbana CATEGORIES:Lecture CONTACT:Liesel Wildhagen 217-333-6729 ORGANIZER:wildhage@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/25?key=200001012000010114462661 UID:14462661@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T090710Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120313T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120313T150000 SUMMARY:CAS Initiative - Richland\, Goti CREATED:20120203T090000Z DESCRIPTION: Tribal Juris-diction: Sovereign commitments and contradictio ns in the everyday discourses of Native Nation governanceJustin B. Richl and\, Department of Anthropology\, University of Chicago Responses:Matth ew Gilbert\, American Indian Studies/History\, University of IllinoisKor inta Maldonado Goti\, Anthropology\, University of Texas\, AustinModerat or: Robert Warrior\, American Indian Studies and English\, University of IllinoisTraditionally\, ?the law? has been viewed as an instrument of c olonial rule. After all\, conquest typically involves the imposition of the conquering authority?s definition of what is and is not ?legal.? Jus tin Richland is a student of a fascinating Native American legal system that was created in the image of Anglo-American-style law\, but which fu nctions according to Hopi notions of tradition and culture. He will desc ribe this indigenous legal culture and lead a discussion of its meaning in the United States and beyond. LAST-MODIFIED:20120203T090000Z LOCATION:Center for Advanced Study\, 912 West Illinois Street\, Urbana\, Illinois CATEGORIES:Lecture CONTACT:Liesel Wildhagen 217-333-6729 ORGANIZER:wildhage@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/25?key=200001012000010115812842 UID:15812842@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T090710Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120329T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120329T160000 SUMMARY:CAS/MillerComm2012--Landis CREATED:20120104T090000Z DESCRIPTION:Whither Syria?Syria was the last country to experience pro-de mocracy ferment during the "Arab Spring" of 2011\, and by year's end the violent response of the Asad regime - forty years in power - had produc ed thousands of deaths and countless more wounded\, imprisoned and displ aced. The regime was at war with its citizens but the outcome was not cl ear. Joshua Landis\, a leading expert on Syria\, will address the curren t state of the struggle\, the forces involved in it\, and its impact on regional politics. LAST-MODIFIED:20120104T090000Z LOCATION:Knight Auditorium\, Spurlock Museum\; 600 South Gregory Street\, Urbana CATEGORIES:Lecture CONTACT:Liesel Wildhagen 217-333-6729 ORGANIZER:wildhage@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/25?key=200001012000010114465442 UID:14465442@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T090710Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120330T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120330T160000 SUMMARY:CAS/MillerComm2012--Shelby CREATED:20120104T090000Z DESCRIPTION:Justice\,  Self-Respect and the Culture of PovertyGhettos in the U.S. are predominantly black metropolitan neighborhoods with high co ncentrations of poverty. Tommie Shelby will examine the limitations of t echnocratic and paternalistic solutions to the problem of ghetto poverty and look for ways to engage the ghetto poor as potential allies in the fight against injustice rather than seeing them solely as the passive be neficiaries of liberal reform efforts.NOTE: this is also the Annual Piil osophy Lecture LAST-MODIFIED:20120104T090000Z LOCATION:Knight Auditorium\, Spurlock Museum\; 600 South Gregory Street\, Urbana CATEGORIES:Lecture CONTACT:Liesel Wildhagen 217-333-6729 ORGANIZER:wildhage@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/25?key=200001012000010114465483 UID:14465483@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T090710Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120403T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120403T160000 SUMMARY:CAS/MillerComm2012--Lawergren and Sugawara CREATED:20120104T090000Z DESCRIPTION:The Eurasian Angular Harp: Crossing Cultures Ancient to Moder nThe angular harp first appeared 1900 BCE in Mesoptamia and spread acros s the vast area between Japan and Spain. To East Asia it came in two wav es along the Silk Road\, one as a shamanistic instrument\, the other as a Buddhist instrument. This lecture will illuminate the angular harp's t ranscedent cultural history\, and music from ancient and contemporary ti mes will be performed on the replica of a seventh century angula harp (k ugo). LAST-MODIFIED:20120104T090000Z LOCATION:Knight Auditorium\, Spurlock Museum\; 600 South Gregory Street\, Urbana CATEGORIES:Lecture CONTACT:Liesel Wildhagen 217-333-6729 ORGANIZER:wildhage@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/25?key=200001012000010114465596 UID:14465596@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T090710Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120419T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120419T173000 SUMMARY:CAS/MillerComm2012--Stork CREATED:20120104T090000Z DESCRIPTION:When Computers Look at  Art: Image Analysis in Humanistic Stu dies of the Visual ArtsWhat can computers reveal about images that even the best-trained connoisseurs\, art historians and artists cannot? How d o these computer methods work? How much more powerful and revealing will these methods become? In short\, how is computer image analysis changin g our understanding of art? This profusely illustrated lecture for non-s cientists will include works by Jackson Pollack\, Vincent van Gogh\, Jan van Eyck\, and others. You may never see paintings the same way again. LAST-MODIFIED:20120104T090000Z LOCATION:Room 62\, Krannert Art Museum\; 500 East Peabody Drive\, Champai gn CATEGORIES:Lecture CONTACT:Liesel Wildhagen 217-333-6729 ORGANIZER:wildhage@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/25?key=200001012000010114465616 UID:14465616@illinois.edu END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR