Week of April 8, 2012 to April 14, 2012

1. Sunday, April 8, 2012

   1. All DayConference: The Presence of 'America' in India: Where and How Does 'America' Appear and What Are The Effects?
      TBA

2. Monday, April 9, 2012

   1.  Illinois International Week 2012
   2. 12:00 pmAminda O'Hare, University of Illinois
      Brain & Cognition Brown Bag - - Aminda O'Hare, University of Illinois
      4269 Beckman Institute
   3. 12:00 pmF. Daniel Hidalgo
      Comparative Politics Workshop - F. Daniel Hidalgo
      404 David Kinley Hall
   4. 12:00 pm

      Eleni Manolaraki, Assistant Professor of Classics, Department of World Languages, University of South Florida
      

      
      The River Nile in Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Antiquity
      

      Lucy Ellis Lounge: Room 1080, Foreign Languages Building, 707 S. Mathews, Urbana (map)
   5. 3:00 pmProfessors Scott Althaus, TImur Kuran, Milan Svolik, Jose Cheibub, and Hadi Esfahani
      2012 Cline Symposium: Looking Back at the Arab Spring, Why it Happened, Why it Matters Today, and What's Coming Next
      119 Material Science Engineering Building, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Campus
   6. 3:00 pm - 4:30 pmLooking Back at the Arab Spring: Why it Happened, Why it Matters Today, and What's Coming Next
      119 Materials Science and Engineering Building
   7. 4:00 pm   MatSE Department ColloquiumProf. Silvija Gradecak, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , "Semiconductor Nanowires for Energy Applications"
      100 Materials Science and Engineering Building
   8. 4:00 pmProf. Sylvie Garneau-Tsodekova, University of Michigan
      Prof. Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, University of Michigan, "Towards understanding and combating resistance to aminoglycoside antibiotics"
      116 Roger Adams Lab
   9. 7:30 pmKeynote Speaker: Professor Timur Kuran
      2012 Cline Symposium: Religious Obstacles to Democratization in the Middle East: Past and Present
      Alice Campbell Alumni Center Ballroom, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Campus
   10. 7:30 pm - 9:00 pmProfessor Timur Kuran
       After the Arab Spring: The Future of Democracy in the Middle East
       Alice Campbell Alumni Center Ballroom

3. Tuesday, April 10, 2012

   1.  Illinois International Week 2012
   2. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmPrasanta Kalita, Professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
      CSAMES Brown Bag Lecture
   3. 1:30 pm

      Beyazit Akman, Department of English, Illinois State University

      
      "Islam in Europe" Lecture Series: Ottomanism, Orientalism and Neo-Orientalism: The Image of the Ottoman Turks and Islam in the Western Discourse from the Late Renaissance to the Post-9/11 Era
      

      Lucy Ellis Lounge: Room 1080, Foreign Languages Building, 707 S. Mathews, Urbana (map)
   4. 1:30 pmBeyazit Akman, PhD Candidate, Department of English, Illinois State University
      Ottomanism, Orientalism and Neo-Orientalism:The Image of the Ottoman Turks and Islam in the Western Discourse from Late Renaissance to the Post-9/11 Era
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, FLB, Urbana
   5. 2:00 pm - 3:20 pmEconomics and Policy Seminar-Devin Pope (U Chicago Booth School)
      3007 BIF
   6. 3:00 pmJason R. Finley
      Final Oral Defense - - Jason R. Finley
      318 Psych Bldg
   7. 4:00 pmAlyson Brooks
      Astrophysics Colloquium: Alyson Brooks, University of Wisconsin-Madison: "Toward the Formation of Realistic Galaxies"
      134 Astronomy
   8. 4:30 pmLaila Amine, Postdoctoral Research Associate, African-American Studies
      Algerian Paris: Belonging Beyond Diaspora
      2090B Foreign Languages Building, 707 S. Mathews, Urbana
   9. 4:30 pmLaila Amine, Postdoctoral Research Associate, African-American Studies, U. of I.
      FRENCH FORUM (co-sponsored by European Union Center) -- Laila Amine: "Algerian Paris: Belonging Beyond Diaspora"
      2090B Foreign Languages Building
   10. 4:30 pm - 6:00 pmLaila Amine, Postdoctoral Research Associate, African-American Studies
       2090B FLB
   11. 7:00 pm - 8:00 pmAngela Walden/Emily Dworkin
       Service Learning Advocacy Courses Information Sessions
       Room 32 Psychology Building

4. Wednesday, April 11, 2012

   1.  Illinois International Week 2012
   2. 7:00 pm - 8:00 pmAngela Walden/Emily Dworkin
      Service Learning Advocacy Courses Information Sessions
      Room 32 Psychology Building
   3. 11:15 amMary Wolters
      Mindful Meditation
      Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
   4. 12:00 pmCell & Developmental Biology Seminar: Dr. Johannes Walter, Harvard Medical School, Department of Biological Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, "The mechanism and regulation of vertebrate DNA replication: from cell extracts to single molecules"
      B102 CLSL
   5. 12:00 pmSimona Buetti, University of Illinois
      VCHP Brownbag - Simona Buetti - University of Illinois
      Psychology 819
   6. 3:00 pm - 5:00 pmATLAS WEB office hours
      ATLAS House Conference Room; 608 S Mathews, Urbana / Room 103
   7. 3:00 pm - 6:00 pmData Services Open Lab Hours
      314 Main Library
   8. 4:00 pmProfessor Joanna Hearne, University of Missouri, Department of English
      Film screening of "Ramona" (1928)
      Everitt Lab 165, 1406 W. Green Street, Urbana
   9. 4:00 pmProfessor James Chou, Harvard Medical School, "Structural and functional investigation of the mitochondrial heat generators: the uncoupling proteins"
      112 Chem Annex
   10. 4:30 pmAuthor's Corner: Joy Harjo (Carr Reading)
       Illini Union Bookstore

5. Thursday, April 12, 2012

   1.  Illinois International Week 2012
   2. 7:00 pm - 8:00 pmAngela Walden/Emily Dworkin
      Service Learning Advocacy Courses Information Sessions
      Room 32 Psychology Building
   3. All DayMPSA Conference
      Chicago, IL
   4. All DayMedieval Studies -- The Medieval Globe Conference
      Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana
   5. 9:00 am - 11:00 amATLAS WEB office hours
      ATLAS House Conference Room; 608 S Mathews, Urbana / Room 103
   6. 12:00 pmMs. Caitlin Deane
      CHEM 575 Seminar: Ms. Caitlin Deane, UIUC, "Selective Probes for Biological Reactive Oxygen Species"
      217 Noyes Laboratory
   7. 12:00 pmKenneth S. Korach, PhD, Chief, Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, NIEHS/NIH-"Biological Models for Dissecting the Functional Roles of the Estrogen Receptor"
      B102 CLSL
   8. 12:00 pmKate Grim-Feinberg, Ph.D. Candidate, Anthropology
      Lecture Series. Embodying Respectful and Respectable Citizenship at the Intersections of Educational Policy, Classroom Practice, and Child Rearing: Children in Post-Conflict Rural Ayacucho, Peru
      101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign
   9. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmJapanese Language Table
      2050 Foreign Languages Building
   10. 3:00 pm - 4:00 pmSIP Colloquium - Round Table: "Basque Fictions: Utopias and Challenges" (in Spanish)
       Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
   11. 4:00 pmDr. Douglas Weibel
       Dr. Douglas Weibel, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Chemical Biological Studies of Bacterial Membranes"
       116 Roger Adams Laboratory
   12. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmPaul Kiparsky, Stanford University
       LINGUISTICS - Prof. Paul Kiparsky, Stanford University: "Greek Anaphora in Cross-Linguistic Perspective"
       Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
   13. 4:00 pm

       Dr. Ken Jarrell, Queen's University

       
       Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Ken Jarrell, "Surface structures of the archaeum Methanococcus maripaludis"
       B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory, 601 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana
   14. 4:00 pmTucker McElroy, U.S. Census Bureau
       On the Computation of Autocovariances for Generalized Gegenbauer Processes by Tucker McElroy, U.S. Census Bureau
       165 Everitt Lab
   15. 4:00 pm   Materials ChemistryProf. Xiaodong Chen, Nanyang Technology University, "Bio-Inspired Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage"
       112 Chem Annex
   16. 8:00 pmProfessor Martin Marty, Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago, "'Because I Am a Citizen': Religion and the Common Good in Today's America"
       RELIGION -- 2012 Thulin Lecture - Prof. Martin Marty, University of Chicago
       Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana

6. Friday, April 13, 2012

   1.  Illinois International Week 2012
   2. All DayMPSA Conference
      Chicago, IL
   3. All DayMedieval Studies -- The Medieval Globe Conference
      Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana
   4. All Day8th Annual Graduate Student Combinatorics Conference
      TBA
   5.  Focal Point Graduate Student Conference
      

      University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
   6. All DayIllinois Languages and Linguistics Society (ILLS) 4
      Room 407, Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana (April 13); Room 407, Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana (April 14 & 15)
   7.  Midwest Symposium in German Studies
      Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana
   8. All Day

      Robert Norton (University of Notre Dame)
      Brigitta Wagner (Indiana University)
      Craig Koslofsky (University of Illinois)
      Stephanie Hilger (University of Illinois)
      Brad Prager (University of Missouri)
      Ben Robinson (Indiana University)
      Stefani Engelstein (University of Missouri)
      Sara Hall (University of Illinois at Chicago).

      A number of guest discussants from each institution and from other universities (including Washington University, Case Western Reserve, and the University of Illinois-Chicago) also will attend.

      
      Midwest Symposium in German Studies 2012
      

      Levis Faculty Center, 919 West Illinois Street  Urbana, IL (map)
   9. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

      Dr. Eduardo Perozo

      
      Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Eduardo Perozo, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; "Gating transitions at the K+ channel selectivity filter"
      B102 CLSL
   10. 12:00 pmAudrey Kittredge, University of Illinois
       Cognitive brownbag: Audrey Kittredge, University of Illinois
       819 Psychology
   11. 12:00 pmLAURA MATTHEW, Assistant Professor of History, Marquette University
       Lecture. MEMORIES OF CONQUEST: BECOMING MEXICANO IN COLONIAL GUATEMALA
       101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign
   12. 12:00 pmLaura Matthew, Assistant Professor of History, Marquette University
       Memories of Conquest: Becoming Mexicano in Colonial Guatemala
       101 ISB
   13. 12:00 pmElizabeth Frankenberg, Professor of Public Policy and Sociology, Duke University
       The Impact of Parental Death on Child Well-Being
       219 Davenport
   14. 1:30 pmAmanda Rose (University of Missouri)
       Developmental Brown Bag - Amanda Rose (University of Missouri)
       819 Psychology
   15. 1:30 pm

       Adrian Favell, Professor of Sociology, Sciences Po, Paris

       
       Turkey Today: Between Europe, the Regional, and the Global
       

       Music Room, Levis Faculty Center; 3rd Floor; 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana (map)
   16. 2:00 pmDr. Maria Xanthou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
       Classics, Center for Translation Studies-- Dr. Maria Xanthou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: "Translating Greek Orators"
       4080A Foreign Languages Building
   17. 2:15 pm - 5:45 pmGERMANIC LANGUAGES & LITERATURES -- Midwest Symposium in German Studies
       3rd Floor, Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana
   18. 3:00 pm

       David Prytherch, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

       Josep Vicent Boira, Universitat de València, València, Spain

       
       Urban Sustainability in the EU Speaker Series: "Sustainability, Territoriality, and Trains: The Regional Politics of Trans-European Transport in Mediterranean Spain:"
       

       Davenport 219, 607 S. Matthews Ave., Urbana, IL (map)
   19. 4:00 pm   Analytical Chemistry seminarProfessor Nolan Flynn, Wellesley College, "Science on the Small Scale: Assembly and Applications of Nanoparticles"
       116 RAL
   20. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmXiaoming Xi, Educational Testing Service
       SLATE - Xiaoming Xi, Educational Testing Service
       Room G18 (basement), Foreign Languages Building
   21. 5:00 pm - 6:00 pmKorean Conversation Table
       Basement, Illini Union (near Sushi San)
   22. 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmExhibit Opening Celebration: 'CARNAVAL!
       Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana

7. Saturday, April 14, 2012

   1.  Illinois International Week 2012
   2. All DayMPSA Conference
      Chicago, IL
   3. All DayMedieval Studies -- The Medieval Globe Conference
      Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana
   4. All Day8th Annual Graduate Student Combinatorics Conference
      TBA
   5.  Focal Point Graduate Student Conference
      

      University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
   6. All DayIllinois Languages and Linguistics Society (ILLS) 4
      Room 407, Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana (April 13); Room 407, Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana (April 14 & 15)
   7.  Midwest Symposium in German Studies
      Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana
   8. All Day

      Robert Norton (University of Notre Dame)
      Brigitta Wagner (Indiana University)
      Craig Koslofsky (University of Illinois)
      Stephanie Hilger (University of Illinois)
      Brad Prager (University of Missouri)
      Ben Robinson (Indiana University)
      Stefani Engelstein (University of Missouri)
      Sara Hall (University of Illinois at Chicago).

      A number of guest discussants from each institution and from other universities (including Washington University, Case Western Reserve, and the University of Illinois-Chicago) also will attend.

      
      Midwest Symposium in German Studies 2012
      

      Levis Faculty Center, 919 West Illinois Street  Urbana, IL (map)
   9. 9:00 am - 12:30 pmGERMANIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES -- Midwest Symposium in German Studies
      3rd Floor, Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana
   10. 2:30 pm - 3:30 pmSpanish Story Time: "Arroz con leche / Rice Pudding"
       Urbana Free Library, Children Department. 210 W Green St, Urbana.
   11. 4:00 pmBulgarian Association Coffee Hour
       Espresso Royale Cafe (Goodwin and Oregon)