Week of November 4, 2012 to November 10, 2012

1. Sunday, November 4, 2012

   1.  Exhibit: A World of Shoes
      Campbell Gallery, Spurlock Museum
   2. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmFirst Steps Info Sessions, every Mon-Thurs while classes are in session
      Lincoln Hall 1027
   3. 3:00 pmJohn R. Senseney, School of Architecture, UIUC
      CLASSICS - John R. Senseney, School of Architecture, UIUC: "The Use and Transmission of Architectural Drawings in the Classical World"
      Room 62 Krannert Art Museum (Auditorium)
   4. 6:30 pm - 8:30 pmTango Practica

2. Monday, November 5, 2012

   1.  Exhibit: A World of Shoes
      Campbell Gallery, Spurlock Museum
   2. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmFirst Steps Info Sessions, every Mon-Thurs while classes are in session
      Lincoln Hall 1027
   3. 9:00 am - 5:00 pmKeynote speakers: Mr. Alexey Kozhemyakov, Head of the Charter Secretariaat the Council of Europe; Professor Alexandra Jaffe (Linguistics, California State University, Long Beach); and Professor Inigo Urrutia (School of Law, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao)
      'What have we achieved?' Symposium for the 20th anniversary of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building; 2090B Foreign Languages Building
   4. 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

      Keynotes: Alexey Kozhemyakov, Head of the Charter Secretariat, Council of Europe, Alexandra Jaffe (California State University, Long Beach) and Inigo Urrutia (School of Law, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao)

      
      20th Anniversary of Euro Charter for Regional & Minority Languages
      

      Lucy Ellis Lounge, Foreign Languages Building
   5. All DayConference marking the 20th anniversary of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
      Lucy Ellis Lounge
   6. 11:00 am - 2:00 pmInternational Student Resource Fair
      Illini Union, Room C
   7. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmR. Shirene Thomas
      Quench Lunch Series Scramble-A Tale of Two Wives, A Tale of Two Lives: The Intersections of Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation and Relationships
      Women's Resources Center, 703 S Wright Street 2nd Floor Champaign IL 61820
   8. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmEducation Majors and Study Abroad
      2 Education Building
   9. 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm  

      The Department of African-American Studies is hosting a forum to explore the potential impact of the 2012 Presidential election on the lives of Black people in the United States and across the Diaspora.
      
      The forum is designed to engage students, community members, staff and faculty from across our community.  We especially encourage students to attend.

      http://illinois.edu/1999/afro_2012_president_forum_flyer.pdf

       

      The event will be moderated by Dr. Erik McDuffie of African American Studies and WBCP 1580AM local radio personality, Ms. Imani Bazzell. Speakers include Dr. Sundiata Cha-Jua, County Board Member Carol Ammons, Professor Ken Salo, and Dr. Safiya U. Noble.
      Department. of African American Studies hosts Pre-Election Forum
      Krannert Art Museum auditorium located at 500 Peabody Drive in Champaign, on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

3. Tuesday, November 6, 2012

   1.  Exhibit: A World of Shoes
      Campbell Gallery, Spurlock Museum
   2. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmFirst Steps Info Sessions, every Mon-Thurs while classes are in session
      Lincoln Hall 1027
   3. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmSandra Ruiz, Latina/Latino Studies Post-Doc
      "Lunch Scramble with La Casa "Giving Life to Death: Lolita Lebron's Politics of Rican Existence" Feat. Sandra Ruiz
      Women's Resources Center 703 S. Wright Street, 2nd floor Champaign, IL 61820 MC-302
   4. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmLarry Kanfer, Photographic Artist, Larry Kanfer Photography
      CSAMES Brown Bag Lecture: "Inside India"
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building, 707 S. Mathews, Urbana
   5. 12:00 pmFaith Wilson Stein
      Noontime Scholar Lecture - Ruskin in Russia, and The Ethics in Aesthetics
      101 ISB, 910 S Fifth St Champaign
   6. 2:00 pmPamela Cappas-Toro, Ph.D. Student, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
      Lemann Lectures Series: El Corte, Afox and Carnaval: Re (imagining) Afro descendant Music under Dominican and Brazilian Dictatorships
      101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign
   7. 5:00 pmSPANISH, ITALIAN & PORTUGUESE -- Study Abroad in Barcelona, Spain, Informational/Recruitment Meeting
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Lanaguages Building
   8. 5:30 pmWomen's Support Group
      Asian American Cultural Center (AACC) 1210 W. Nevada Street, Urbana
   9. 6:00 pm - 8:30 pmRainbow Coffeehouse
   10. 6:30 pm - 7:30 pmI-Connect Workshop
       Activities Room
   11. 7:00 pmNational Organization for Women Weekly Meeting
       Women's Resources Center (703 S. Wright St. MC-302, 2nd Floor, Champaign, IL 61820)
   12. 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmSeen and Heard Workshops
       Lounge & Kitchen
   13. 7:30 pmFrench Cineclub presents "L'Illusioniste"
       Lucy Ellis Lounge, FLB

4. Wednesday, November 7, 2012

   1.  Exhibit: A World of Shoes
      Campbell Gallery, Spurlock Museum
   2. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmFirst Steps Info Sessions, every Mon-Thurs while classes are in session
      Lincoln Hall 1027
   3. 11:00 am - 4:00 pmStudy Abroad Fair!
      Illini Union Rooms C and South Lounge
   4. 12:00 pm

      Christian Burgsmüller, EU Head of Energy, Transport, Environment section

      
      EUC Lecture Series: EU Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050
      

      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
   5. 12:00 pmSophia Balakian
      Moving Families: Claims to Resettle and Claims to Kin in Nairobi's Refugee Resettlement Assemblage
      Rm. 101, International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign
   6. 4:00 pm - 4:30 pmMindful Meditation
      Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
   7. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmProf. Jill Jegerski, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
      SLATE talk -- Prof. Jill Jegerski, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese: "Strategic Processing of Case Markers in Near-Native Spanish"
      Room G-32 (basement), Foreign Languages Building
   8. 5:00 pm - 6:00 pmBosnian/Croatian/Serbian Conversation Table
      Espresso Royale (corner of Oregon and Goodwin)
   9. 5:30 pm - 6:30 pmRussian Conversation Table
      Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union
   10. 5:30 pm - 6:30 pmRusskii stol--Russian conversation table
       Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union
   11. 6:30 pmInternational Carrers Workshop Series: Using Campus Resources to Jumpstart Your International Career
       101 Armory 505 East Armory Avenue Champaign, IL 61820
   12. 6:30 pm - 9:00 pmStress Relief
       Lounge, Kitchen, and Basement
   13. 6:30 pm - 8:30 pmUSING CAMPUS RESOURCES TO JUMPSTART YOUR INTERNATIONAL CAREER
       101 Armory 505 East Armory Avenue, Champaign
   14. 6:30 pmRepresentatives from a wide range of campus units and organizations who provide practical tips and advice on international careers
       USING CAMPUS RESOURCES TO JUMPSTART YOUR INTERNATIONAL CAREER
       101 Armory, 505 East Armory Avenue, Champaign
   15. 6:30 pm - 8:30 pmUsing Campus Resources to Jumpstart Your International Career
       

       101 Armory
   16. 6:30 pmUsing Campus Resources to Jumpstart Your International Career
       101 Armory 505 East Armory Avenue Champaign, IL 61820
   17. 7:00 pmGlobal Lens - TOLL BOOTH (Gise Memuru)
   18. 7:00 pmGlobal Lens Film Series 2012: Toll Booth (Gise Memuru) - Turkey, 2010
       

       Latzer Hall, University YMCA
   19. 7:00 pmGlobal Lens Film: TOLL BOOTH (Gise Memuru - Turkey)
       Latzer Hall, University YMCA, Corner of Wright & Chalmers, Champaign

5. Thursday, November 8, 2012

   1.  Exhibit: A World of Shoes
      Campbell Gallery, Spurlock Museum
   2. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmFirst Steps Info Sessions, every Mon-Thurs while classes are in session
      Lincoln Hall 1027
   3. 12:00 pmAndrew Eisen, Ph.D. Student, History
      Lectures Series: This is a Cold War: Militarization and Migration along the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, 1945-1955
      101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign
   4. 1:00 pm - 6:00 pmJacques P. Leider, Director, Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient, Chiang Mai, Thailand; Thibaut d'Hubert, Assistant Professor, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago; Nora Rowley, physician and human rights activist; Wakar Uddin, Director General, Arakan Rohingya Union and Chairman, Burmese Rohingya Association of North America; Benjamin Zawacki, Myanmar regional representative, International Development Law Organization; Matthew Smith, Burma specialist, Human Rights Watch; Abid Bahar, Professor of Philosophy, Dawson College, Montreal; Patrick Keenan, Professor, College of Law, University of Illinois
      Ethnicity, Citizenship and Human Rights in Burma: The History and Plight of the Rohingya
      Heritage Room, ACES Library, Information and Alumni Center, 1101 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana
   5.  Ethnicity, Citizenship and Human Rights in Burma: The History and Plight of the Rohingya
      Heritage Room, ACES Library, 1101 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana
   6. 1:00 pm - 6:00 pmSession 1 chair: Valerie Hoffman, Dept. of Religion (1-3:30 pm); Session 2 chair: Robert McKim, Dept. of Religion
      SLCL, RELIGION -- CSAMES presents a symposium: "Ethnicity, Citizenship and Human Rights in Burma: The History and Plight of the Rohingya"
      Heritage Room, ACES Library, Information and Alumni Center, 1101 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana
   7. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES -- Japanese Language Table
      2050 Foreign Languages Building
   8. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmProfessor Ming Xiang, University of Chicago
      Linguistics Seminar Series -- Professor Ming Xiang, University of Chicago: "Negation, polarity items and semantic processing"
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
   9. 4:00 pmDr. Isabela Seong-Leong Quintana
      Postdoctoral Research Colloquium: 'Making Do, Making Home: Gender and Borders in Chinese and Mexican Los Angeles during the Early Twentieth Century'
      1060 Lincoln Hall
   10. 5:30 pm - 7:00 pmFrench Pause Cafe
       Espresso Royale, 1117 W. Oregon, Urbana (corner of Oregon and Goodwin)
   11. 5:30 pmGallery Conversation
       Krannert Art Museum; 500 East Peabody Drive; Champaign, IL 61820
   12. 6:00 pm - 9:00 pmThanksGayving
       Lounge & Kitchen
   13. 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmThanksGayving
       Asian American Cultural Center
   14. 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmSex + Gender Film Series | Bajo Juarez
       Women's Resources Center 703 S. Wright Street Second floor. Champaign, Il 61820

6. Friday, November 9, 2012

   1.  Exhibit: A World of Shoes
      Campbell Gallery, Spurlock Museum
   2. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmFirst Steps Info Sessions, every Mon-Thurs while classes are in session
      Lincoln Hall 1027
   3.  Info Session: Internship Program in Paris, France
      232 International Studies Building
   4.  Lecture by Evelyne Accad
   5. 12:00 pmEvelyne Accad
      "Voices of Women in the Arab (springs) Tempests (or storms)"
      101 International Studies Bldg, 910 S. Fifth St.
   6. 12:00 pm"Voices of Women in the Arab (springs) Tempests (or storms)"
      101 International Studies Bldg, 910 S. Fifth St.
   7. 12:00 pmEvelyne Accad: "Voices of Women in the Arab (springs) Tempests (or storms)"
      101 International Studies Bldg, 910 S. Fifth St.
   8. 5:00 pm - 6:00 pmEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES -- Korean Conversation Table
      Basement, Illini Union (near Sushi-San)

7. Saturday, November 10, 2012

   1.  Exhibit: A World of Shoes
      Campbell Gallery, Spurlock Museum
   2. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmFirst Steps Info Sessions, every Mon-Thurs while classes are in session
      Lincoln Hall 1027
   3. All DayKeynote: Professor Rebecca Manring (Department of Religious Studies, Indiana University at Bloomington)
      Tagore Festival
      The Channing-Murray Foundation; 1209 West Oregon; Urbana
   4. 2:30 pm - 3:30 pmSpanish Story Time: "Rene Has Two Last Names/ Rene tiene dos apellidos"
      The Urbana Free Library, Children's Department, 210 W Green St, Urbana.