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DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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/779?key=200001012000010113624889
UID:13624889@illinois.edu
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DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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/779?key=200001012000010115405423
UID:15405423@illinois.edu
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DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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/779?key=200001012000010113624888
UID:13624888@illinois.edu
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DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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/779?key=200001012000010113624890
UID:13624890@illinois.edu
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DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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/779?key=200001012000010115312129
UID:15312129@illinois.edu
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DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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/779?key=20000101200001019001698
UID:9001698@illinois.edu
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DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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.
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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/779?key=200001012000010115717824
UID:15717824@illinois.edu
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DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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.
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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/779?key=200001012000010115722073
UID:15722073@illinois.edu
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DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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/779?key=200001012000010115038028
UID:15038028@illinois.edu
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DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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/779?key=200001012000010115722077
UID:15722077@illinois.edu
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DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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/779?key=200001012000010115722465
UID:15722465@illinois.edu
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DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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/779?key=200001012000010115724894
UID:15724894@illinois.edu
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DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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.
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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/779?key=200001012000010115724895
UID:15724895@illinois.edu
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DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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/779?key=200001012000010115724896
UID:15724896@illinois.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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/779?key=200001012000010113624891
UID:13624891@illinois.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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/779?key=200001012000010113624892
UID:13624892@illinois.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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/779?key=200001012000010113624893
UID:13624893@illinois.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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/779?key=200001012000010112814879
UID:12814879@illinois.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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/779?key=200001012000010113624894
UID:13624894@illinois.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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/779?key=200001012000010113825324
UID:13825324@illinois.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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/779?key=200001012000010112812060
UID:12812060@illinois.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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/779?key=200001012000010112812062
UID:12812062@illinois.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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/779?key=200001012000010110370634
UID:10370634@illinois.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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/779?key=200001012000010116083793
UID:16083793@illinois.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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/779?key=200001012000010116083794
UID:16083794@illinois.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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/779?key=200001012000010113624895
UID:13624895@illinois.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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/779?key=200001012000010113624899
UID:13624899@illinois.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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/779?key=200001012000010113472464
UID:13472464@illinois.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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/779?key=200001012000010113624886
UID:13624886@illinois.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20120214T111650Z
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/779?key=200001012000010110370633
UID:10370633@illinois.edu
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR