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Events for May 2012

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  1. Week of April 29, 2012

    1. Tuesday, May 1, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2. 8:30 amAdvising Sessions
      3. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmWomen Travelers in Study Abroad
        Room 101 of the International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street
      4. 2:00 pm - 3:20 pmEconomics and Policy Seminar-Matthew Kahn (UCLA)
        3007 BIF
      5. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmNaomi Nagy, Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto
        Romance Linguistics -- First Annual Illinois Romance Linguistics Lecture - Naomi Nagy, University of Toronto: "Language contact and lexical change in Faetar"
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building, 707 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana
      6. 5:00 pm - 6:00 pmLaura Freixas
        Cultural Icebergs: How And Why One Becomes a Translator
        4080 A FLB
      7. 6:00 pm - 7:00 pmBosnian/Croatian/Serbian Conversation Table
        Espresso Royale, on Goodwin and Oregon in Urbana

    2. Wednesday, May 2, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2. 8:30 amAdvising Sessions
      3.  Last Day of Instruction, Spring Semester
      4. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmJapanese Language Table
        2050 Foreign Languages Building
      5. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmLourdes Onederra, Writer (Universidad del Pais Vasco/Real Academia de la Lengua Vasca)
        SIP Colloquium - Lourdes Onederra, Writer (Universidad del PaIs Vasco/Real Academia de la Lengua Vasca): "Why do we write (in Basque)?"
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building

    3. Thursday, May 3, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2. 8:30 amAdvising Sessions
      3.  Reading Day
      4.  Invited speakers: Prof. Mirjam Broersma (Max Planck Institute) and Prof. Jerry Packard (U of I Dept. of East Asian Languages and Cultures)
        SLATE - 4th Annual SLATE Graduate Research Symposium
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
      5. 2:00 pmGary Alan Fine, John Evans Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University
        Znaniecki Lecture, "Apology and Redress: Escaping the Dustbin of History in the Post-Segregationist South."
        Noyes 161
      6. 3:30 pmSociology Annual Spring Reception
        Rosati's Pizza, 701 South Gregory Place, Urbana
      7. 4:00 pm - 6:00 pmEALC--China Workshop: "Teaching and Learning about China"
        Room 160 English Building, 608 S. Wright, Urbana

    4. Friday, May 4, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2. 8:30 amAdvising Sessions
      3.  Final Exams Begin
      4.  Retreat - Tentative Date
      5. 10:00 amGary Alan Fine, John Evans Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University
        "Apology and Redress: Escaping the Dustbin of History in the Post-Segregationist South."
      6. 3:30 pm - 5:00 pmApplied Microeconomics Seminar-Seung-Hyun Hong (U Illinois)
        215 David Kinley Hall
      7. 4:00 pmEALC--Professor Ronald P. Toby: "Picturing the Japanese Past: From 'Illustration' to 'Text'"
        Bevier Commons (Bevier Hall, 905 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana)
      8. 4:00 pm - 6:00 pmLINGUISTICS--End-of-year reception and student awards
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building

    5. Saturday, May 5, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2. 3:30 pmLaura Freixas
        Being a Teenager in Barcelona, or, How I Became a Writer Thanks to My Mother, Franco, and Simone de Beauvoir
        Levis Faculty Center
      3. 4:00 pmBulgarian Association Coffee Hour
        Espresso Royale Cafe (Goodwin and Oregon)

  2. Week of May 6, 2012

    1. Sunday, May 6, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!

    2. Monday, May 7, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2.  Retreat - Tentative Dates
      3.  Study Abroad Advising Sessions
      4. 12:00 pmMilan Svolik
        Comparative Politics Workshop - Milan Svolik
        404 David Kinley Hall

    3. Tuesday, May 8, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2.  Retreat - Tentative Dates
      3.  Study Abroad Advising Sessions

    4. Wednesday, May 9, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2.  Retreat - Tentative Dates
      3.  Study Abroad Advising Sessions

    5. Thursday, May 10, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2.  Retreat - Tentative Dates
      3.  Study Abroad Advising Sessions
      4. 2:30 pmJennifer Gerrish, University of Pennsylvania
        CLASSICS - Jennifer Gerrish, University of Pennsylvania: "Sallust's Histories and Triumviral Historiography"
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building

    6. Friday, May 11, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2.  Retreat - Tentative Dates
      3.  Study Abroad Advising Sessions
      4. 9:00 amMobilizing Identities: Current Global Education Research from Barbados, Taiwan, India, Chile, Europe, Pakistan, and Illinois
        Room 28, College of Education

    7. Saturday, May 12, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2.  Study Abroad Advising Sessions
      3. All DayFaculty Development in Internatioanl Business:Green Business Australia
        Melbourne and Sydney, Australia
      4.  Spring Convocation
      5. 9:00 amSociology, Anthropology, and Interdisciplinary Studies Convocation
        Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
      6. 4:00 pmBulgarian Association Coffee Hour
        Espresso Royale Cafe (Goodwin and Oregon)
      7. 5:30 pmSLCL Convocation
        Foellinger Auditorium

  3. Week of May 13, 2012

    1. Sunday, May 13, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2.  Study Abroad Advising Sessions
      3. All DayFaculty Development in Internatioanl Business:Green Business Australia
        Melbourne and Sydney, Australia
      4.  Spring Convocation
      5.  Translation Study Abroad - Translation In The European Union
        Paris, Strasbourg, Brussels EU Commission, Directorate General of Translation of the EC, NATO, UNESCO, European Parliament
      6.  Translation in the EU
        Paris, Strasbourg, Brussels

    2. Monday, May 14, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2.  Study Abroad Advising Sessions
      3. All DayFaculty Development in Internatioanl Business:Green Business Australia
        Melbourne and Sydney, Australia
      4.  Translation in the EU
        Paris, Strasbourg, Brussels
      5. 8:30 amFirst Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1
      6.  SLCL - Intensive Foreign Language Instruction Program (IFLIP) Summer '12
      7. 12:00 pmProfessor Mike Robinson, Chair of Cultural Heritage, and Director, Ironbridge Inst., University of Birmingham
        Did the Earth Move for You?: Tourists, Heritage and the Emotions
        Room 219, Davenport Hall

    3. Tuesday, May 15, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2.  Study Abroad Advising Sessions
      3. All DayFaculty Development in Internatioanl Business:Green Business Australia
        Melbourne and Sydney, Australia
      4.  Translation in the EU
        Paris, Strasbourg, Brussels
      5.  SLCL - Intensive Foreign Language Instruction Program (IFLIP) Summer '12

    4. Wednesday, May 16, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2.  Study Abroad Advising Sessions
      3. All DayFaculty Development in Internatioanl Business:Green Business Australia
        Melbourne and Sydney, Australia
      4.  Translation in the EU
        Paris, Strasbourg, Brussels
      5.  SLCL - Intensive Foreign Language Instruction Program (IFLIP) Summer '12
      6. All DayInternational Reporting Study Tour to Turkey

    5. Thursday, May 17, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2.  Study Abroad Advising Sessions
      3. All DayFaculty Development in Internatioanl Business:Green Business Australia
        Melbourne and Sydney, Australia
      4.  Translation in the EU
        Paris, Strasbourg, Brussels
      5.  SLCL - Intensive Foreign Language Instruction Program (IFLIP) Summer '12
      6. All DayInternational Reporting Study Tour to Turkey

    6. Friday, May 18, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2.  Study Abroad Advising Sessions
      3. All DayFaculty Development in Internatioanl Business:Green Business Australia
        Melbourne and Sydney, Australia
      4.  Translation in the EU
        Paris, Strasbourg, Brussels
      5.  SLCL - Intensive Foreign Language Instruction Program (IFLIP) Summer '12
      6. All DayInternational Reporting Study Tour to Turkey

    7. Saturday, May 19, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2.  Study Abroad Advising Sessions
      3. All DayFaculty Development in Internatioanl Business:Green Business Australia
        Melbourne and Sydney, Australia
      4.  Translation in the EU
        Paris, Strasbourg, Brussels
      5.  SLCL - Intensive Foreign Language Instruction Program (IFLIP) Summer '12
      6. All DayInternational Reporting Study Tour to Turkey

  4. Week of May 20, 2012

    1. Sunday, May 20, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2.  Study Abroad Advising Sessions
      3. All DayFaculty Development in Internatioanl Business:Green Business Australia
        Melbourne and Sydney, Australia
      4.  Translation in the EU
        Paris, Strasbourg, Brussels
      5.  SLCL - Intensive Foreign Language Instruction Program (IFLIP) Summer '12
      6. All DayInternational Reporting Study Tour to Turkey

    2. Monday, May 21, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2.  Study Abroad Advising Sessions
      3. All DayFaculty Development in Internatioanl Business:Green Business Australia
        Melbourne and Sydney, Australia
      4.  Translation in the EU
        Paris, Strasbourg, Brussels
      5.  SLCL - Intensive Foreign Language Instruction Program (IFLIP) Summer '12
      6. All DayInternational Reporting Study Tour to Turkey

    3. Tuesday, May 22, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2.  Study Abroad Advising Sessions
      3. All DayFaculty Development in Internatioanl Business:Green Business Australia
        Melbourne and Sydney, Australia
      4.  Translation in the EU
        Paris, Strasbourg, Brussels
      5.  SLCL - Intensive Foreign Language Instruction Program (IFLIP) Summer '12
      6. All DayInternational Reporting Study Tour to Turkey

    4. Wednesday, May 23, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2.  Study Abroad Advising Sessions
      3. All DayFaculty Development in Internatioanl Business:Green Business Australia
        Melbourne and Sydney, Australia
      4.  Translation in the EU
        Paris, Strasbourg, Brussels
      5.  SLCL - Intensive Foreign Language Instruction Program (IFLIP) Summer '12
      6. All DayInternational Reporting Study Tour to Turkey

    5. Thursday, May 24, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2.  Study Abroad Advising Sessions
      3. All DayFaculty Development in Internatioanl Business:Green Business Australia
        Melbourne and Sydney, Australia
      4.  Translation in the EU
        Paris, Strasbourg, Brussels
      5.  SLCL - Intensive Foreign Language Instruction Program (IFLIP) Summer '12
      6. All DayInternational Reporting Study Tour to Turkey
      7. 8:30 amMove to Lincoln Hall.
        Lincoln Hall 702 S. Wright St. Urbana, IL
      8. 8:45 am - 4:00 pmWorkshop on the European Parliament

        166 Wohlers Hall, 1206 South Sixth Street, Champaign, IL 61820

    6. Friday, May 25, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2.  Study Abroad Advising Sessions
      3.  Translation in the EU
        Paris, Strasbourg, Brussels
      4.  SLCL - Intensive Foreign Language Instruction Program (IFLIP) Summer '12
      5. All DayInternational Reporting Study Tour to Turkey
      6. 8:30 amMove to Lincoln Hall.
        Lincoln Hall 702 S. Wright St. Urbana, IL

    7. Saturday, May 26, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2.  Study Abroad Advising Sessions
      3.  Translation in the EU
        Paris, Strasbourg, Brussels
      4. All DayInternational Reporting Study Tour to Turkey
      5. 8:30 amMove to Lincoln Hall.
        Lincoln Hall 702 S. Wright St. Urbana, IL

  5. Week of May 27, 2012

    1. Sunday, May 27, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2.  Study Abroad Advising Sessions
      3.  Translation in the EU
        Paris, Strasbourg, Brussels
      4. All DayInternational Reporting Study Tour to Turkey
      5. 8:30 amMove to Lincoln Hall.
        Lincoln Hall 702 S. Wright St. Urbana, IL

    2. Monday, May 28, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2.  Study Abroad Advising Sessions
      3. All DayInternational Reporting Study Tour to Turkey
      4. 8:30 amMove to Lincoln Hall.
        Lincoln Hall 702 S. Wright St. Urbana, IL

    3. Tuesday, May 29, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2.  Study Abroad Advising Sessions
      3. All DayInternational Reporting Study Tour to Turkey
      4. 8:30 amMove to Lincoln Hall.
        Lincoln Hall 702 S. Wright St. Urbana, IL

    4. Wednesday, May 30, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2.  Study Abroad Advising Sessions
      3. All DayInternational Reporting Study Tour to Turkey
      4. 8:30 amMove to Lincoln Hall.
        Lincoln Hall 702 S. Wright St. Urbana, IL

    5. Thursday, May 31, 2012

      1.  New Program Deadlines for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year!
      2.  Study Abroad Advising Sessions
      3. 8:30 amMove to Lincoln Hall.
        Lincoln Hall 702 S. Wright St. Urbana, IL