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Events for October 2012

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  1. Week of September 30, 2012

    1. Monday, October 1, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

    2. Tuesday, October 2, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

    3. Wednesday, October 3, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

    4. Thursday, October 4, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

    5. Friday, October 5, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

    6. Saturday, October 6, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

  2. Week of October 7, 2012

    1. Sunday, October 7, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

    2. Monday, October 8, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

    3. Tuesday, October 9, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

    4. Wednesday, October 10, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

    5. Thursday, October 11, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

    6. Friday, October 12, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

    7. Saturday, October 13, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

  3. Week of October 14, 2012

    1. Sunday, October 14, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

    2. Monday, October 15, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

    3. Tuesday, October 16, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

    4. Wednesday, October 17, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

    5. Thursday, October 18, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

    6. Friday, October 19, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

    7. Saturday, October 20, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

  4. Week of October 21, 2012

    1. Sunday, October 21, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

    2. Monday, October 22, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

    3. Tuesday, October 23, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

    4. Wednesday, October 24, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

    5. Thursday, October 25, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

    6. Friday, October 26, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

    7. Saturday, October 27, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

  5. Week of October 28, 2012

    1. Sunday, October 28, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

    2. Monday, October 29, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

    3. Tuesday, October 30, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

    4. Wednesday, October 31, 2012

      1. All DayWealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict
        1408 W. Gregory Dr., Room 346

  1. Week of September 30, 2012

    1. Monday, October 1, 2012

      1. 4:30 pm - 6:00 pmDoes it matter? The recent French elections and the European financial crisis
        Lucy Ellis Lounge

    2. Tuesday, October 2, 2012

      1. 5:00 pmClarence (Chip) Sheffield, History of Art, Rochester Institute of Technology
        GERMANIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES -- Clarence (Chip) Sheffield, History of Art, Rochester Institute of Technology
        Music Room, Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana

    3. Wednesday, October 3, 2012

      1. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES -- Japanese Language Table
      2. 4:00 pmThird Annual IPRH Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities: "Republican Political Theology in the Age of Hobbes" by Feisal Mohamed (English)
        Levis Faculty Center, 3rd Floor
      3. 4:00 pmThird Annual IPRH Distinguished Lecture: Feisal Mohamed (English)
        Third Floor | Levis Faculty Center
      4. 5:30 pm - 6:30 pmRussian Conversation Table
        Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union
      5. 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmLINGUISTICS--Languages Program Film Series - "A Touch of Spice" (2003, Greek, with English subtitles)
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building

    4. Thursday, October 4, 2012

      1. 8:30 am - 12:00 pmUniversity of Illinois professors Ted Underwood, Diane Harris, Donna Cox, and Mara Wade
        Digital Humanities Symposium 2012 (featuring Mara Wade, Germanic Languages & Literatures)
        Library Scholarly Commons, 306 Main Library, 1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana
      2. 9:30 am - 4:00 pmConference: 'American Religions/American Literatures'
        Center for Advanced Study, 912 W. Illinois Street
      3. 9:30 am - 4:00 pmRELIGION -- American Literatures/American Religions
        Center for Advanced Study, 912 W. Illinois Street, Urbana
      4. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmModern Greek Studies'Conversation Table in Modern Greek
        Espresso Royale, 1117 W. Oregon, Urbana (corner of Oregon and Goodwin)
      5. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmProfessor Carol Chapelle, Iowa State University
        The 2nd Annual Linguistics Club Distinguished Alumni Lecture/1st Annual SLATE Distinguished Alumni Lecture: Professor Carol Chapelle, Iowa State University: "Three problems in language testing for linguists"
        2nd Floor, Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana

    5. Friday, October 5, 2012

      1. 9:30 am - 4:00 pmConference: 'American Religions/American Literatures'
        Center for Advanced Study, 912 W. Illinois Street
      2. 9:30 am - 4:00 pmRELIGION -- American Literatures/American Religions
        Center for Advanced Study, 912 W. Illinois Street, Urbana
      3.  Plenary talk: Paula Winke, Michigan State University, and current President of MwALT: "Issues in large-scale placement testing: Why placement tests often just don't work and why more innovative tests seem so scary"
        14th Annual Conference of the Midwest Association of Language Testers (MwALT): "Inferences and Actions in Language Testing"
        Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana
      4. 2:30 pmDan Brant, doctoral candidate in French
        "The Ghost of Disasters Past: Colonial Apocalypse and Abolitionism in the Nineteenth-Century West Indies"
        4080A Foreign Languages Bldg.
      5. 5:00 pm - 6:00 pmEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES -- Korean Conversation Table
        Basement, Illini Union (near Sushi-San)

    6. Saturday, October 6, 2012

      1.  Plenary talk: Paula Winke, Michigan State University, and current President of MwALT: "Issues in large-scale placement testing: Why placement tests often just don't work and why more innovative tests seem so scary"
        14th Annual Conference of the Midwest Association of Language Testers (MwALT): "Inferences and Actions in Language Testing"
        Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana

  2. Week of October 7, 2012

    1. Wednesday, October 10, 2012

      1. 3:00 pmDaniel Traister
        Daniel Traister Lecture
        The Rare Book & Manuscript Library, 346 Library
      2. 5:30 pm - 6:30 pmRussian Conversation Table
        Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union

    2. Thursday, October 11, 2012

      1. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES -- Japanese Language Table
        2050 Foreign Languages Building
      2. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmProf. Susan Garnsey, UIUC Psychology
        Linguistics Seminar Series -- Prof. Susan Garnsey, UIUC Psychology: "Factors Influencing the Online Resolution of Temporary Structural Ambiguity in English Sentences"
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
      3. 5:30 pmPause Cafe

    3. Friday, October 12, 2012

      1. 5:00 pm - 6:00 pmEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES -- Korean Conversation Table
        Basement, Illini Union (near Sushi-San)

  3. Week of October 14, 2012

    1. Sunday, October 14, 2012

      1. 3:00 pmJohn J. Dobbins, University of Virginia
        CLASSICS -- John J. Dobbins, University of Virginia: "Art, Archaeology, and Advanced Technology: The Case of the Alexander Mosaic at Pompeii"
        Room 62 Krannert Art Museum (Auditorium)

    2. Tuesday, October 16, 2012

      1. 6:00 pm - 7:00 pmDr. Kristina Hagstrom Stahl, Stockholm National School of Dramatic Arts
        GERMANIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES -- Dr. Kristina Hagstrom Stahl, Stockholm National School of Dramatic Arts: "Dreams and Kitchens and Visual Scores: Perspectives on Staging Strindberg Today"
        3rd Floor, Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana

    3. Wednesday, October 17, 2012

      1. 11:45 amPolitical Speech 100 Years Ago: The Election of 1912
        University of Illinois Quad
      2. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES -- Japanese Language Table
        2050 Foreign Languages Building
      3. 5:30 pm - 6:30 pmRussian Conversation Table
        Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union

    4. Thursday, October 18, 2012

      1. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmProfessor Ryan Shosted
        Linguistics Seminar Series -- Professor Ryan Shosted: "Seeing is believing: Imaging and the future of experimental phonetics"
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
      2. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmModern Greek Studies'Conversation Table in Modern Greek
        Espresso Royale, 1117 W. Oregon, Urbana (corner of Oregon and Goodwin)
      3. 5:30 pm - 7:00 pmFrench Pause Cafe
        Espresso Royale, 1117 W. Oregon, Urbana (corner of Oregon and Goodwin)
      4. 5:30 pmPause Cafe
        Espresso Royal (Goodwin & Nevada)

    5. Friday, October 19, 2012

      1. All DayEALC -- "Stories of Chinese Poetic Culture: Earliest Times through Tang Dynasty"
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
      2. 9:00 am - 5:00 pmSPANISH, ITALIAN & PORTUGUESE -- Conference: "Resentment's Conflicts"
        Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana
      3. 9:00 am - 5:30 pmKeynote lecture at 9:15 a.m., by Javier Moscoso, Research Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the Institute of Philosophy of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), "Broken Promises: Resentment, Monomania and Modernity"
        SPANISH, ITALIAN & PORTUGUESE, SLCL -- "Resentment's Conflicts": A Symposium
        Pine Lounge, Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana
      4. 9:00 am - 5:00 pmStories of Chinese Poetic Culture: Earlies Times through the Tang Dynasty
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, Foreign Languages Bldg
      5. 9:00 am - 5:30 pmSymposium: Resentment's Conflicts
        Pine Lounge, Illini Union Building
      6. 5:00 pm - 6:00 pmEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES -- Korean Conversation Table
        Basement, Illini Union (near Sushi-San)

    6. Saturday, October 20, 2012

      1. All DayEALC -- "Stories of Chinese Poetic Culture: Earliest Times through Tang Dynasty"
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
      2. 9:00 am - 6:00 pmStories of Chinese Poetic Culture: Earlies Times through the Tang Dynasty
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, Foreign Languages Bldg

  4. Week of October 21, 2012

    1. Sunday, October 21, 2012

      1. 2:00 pmAudrey Petty
        Audrey Petty at Chicago Humanities Festival

    2. Monday, October 22, 2012

      1. 5:15 pmProfessor Elisabeth Waghall Nivre, Stockholm University
        GERMANIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES--Professor Elisabeth Waghall Nivre, Stockholm University: "Literary and Cultural Historiography: Telling Early Modern Life Stories from a Gender Perspective"
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building

    3. Tuesday, October 23, 2012

      1. 8:00 amDante Marathon
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, Foreign Languages Bldg.
      2. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmProfessor Rajend Mesthrie, University of Cape Town
        Linguistics Club talk: Professor Rajend Mesthrie, University of Cape Town
        Room 210, Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana
      3. 4:00 pmLarry Neal
        The Great Mirror of Folly: A Lecture on the Mississippi Bubble by Larry Neal
        The Rare Book & Manuscript Library, 346 Library

    4. Wednesday, October 24, 2012

      1. 3:00 pmKenton McHenry, Bradley Tober, Michael Simeone
        Academic e-Publishing vs. Commercial e-Publishing in the Humanities
        The Rare Book & Manuscript Library, 346 Library
      2. 5:00 pmInside Scoop Series: Creative Inquiry in the Humanities, a Conversation with Undergraduates
        Honors Commons Lounge, Lincoln Hall
      3. 5:00 pm - 7:00 pmSLATE Job Search Workshop: Interviewing and Negotiating
        Room G-30 (basement), Foreign Languages Building
      4. 5:30 pm - 6:30 pmRussian Conversation Table
        Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union

    5. Thursday, October 25, 2012

      1. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES -- Japanese Language Table
        2050 Foreign Languages Building
      2. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmProf. Andrew Wedel, University of Arizona
        Linguistics Seminar Series -- Prof. Andrew Wedel, University of Arizona
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
      3. 5:00 pmAreli Marina (Art History, UIUC)
        "The Lombard Revival of Matteo il Magno Visconti, Lord of Milan"
        1022 Lincoln Hall
      4. 5:30 pm - 7:00 pmFrench Pause Cafe
        Espresso Royale, 1117 W. Oregon, Urbana (corner of Oregon and Goodwin)

    6. Friday, October 26, 2012

      1. 8:30 am - 3:00 pmMorrill Act Sesquicentennial Celebration: The Future of Public Education
        Illini Union
      2. 5:00 pm - 6:00 pmEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES -- Korean Conversation Table
        Basement, Illini Union (near Sushi-San)

  5. Week of October 28, 2012

    1. Monday, October 29, 2012

      1. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmProfessor Ignacio Sanchez Prado, Washington University in St. Louis
        SIP Colloquium--Professor Ignacio Sanchez Prado, Washington University in St. Louis: "Alfonso Cuaron, Carlos Reygadas and the End of National Cinema in Mexico"
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
      2. 5:00 pmWalter Kaegi (University of Chicago)
        "Arnold J. Toynbee: The Byzantine Historian"
        223 Gregory Hall

    2. Tuesday, October 30, 2012

      1. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmElabbas Benmamoun, Professor of Linguistics, "Arabic in the Arab World: Is It an Endangered Language"
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
      2. 4:00 pmSPANISH -- Study Abroad in Barcelona, Spain, Informational/Recruitment Meeting
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building

    3. Wednesday, October 31, 2012

      1. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES -- Japanese Language Table
        2050 Foreign Languages Building