Week of November 11, 2012 to November 17, 2012

1. Sunday, November 11, 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. 6:30 pm - 8:30 pmTango Practica

2. Monday, November 12, 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 pmPanel of Graduate Employee Organization Members
      Dish It Up | "A Herstory of Women's Organizing and Labor Activism"
      Women's Resources Center 703 S. Wright Street, 2nd floor Champaign, IL 61820 MC-302
   4. 4:00 pmDr. Mohamed A. Mohamdein President of Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt Professor of Steel Structures
      CEE Special Seminar: 'Higher Education in Egypt'
      2311 Newmark Lab (Yeh Center)
   5. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmProfessor Eleonora Stoppino
      SIP -- Professor Eleonora Stoppino: "Tarzan in Tuscany: Wild Children and Education in Fourteenth-Century Italy"
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
   6. 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmHot Topics | "Incarcerated Sisters: Examining Issues Facing Women In Prison"
      Women's Resources Center (703 S. Wright St. MC-302, 2nd Floor, Champaign, IL 61820)
   7. 7:30 pmSamir El-youssef
      Samir El-youssef Lecture
      Levis Faculty Center
   8. 7:30 pmSamir El-youssef
      Samir El-youssef lecture
      Levis Faculty Center

3. Tuesday, November 13, 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 pmProfessor Rajmohan Gandhi, Director, Global Crossroads Living-Learning Community, Research Professor, CSAMES
      CSAMES Brown Bag Lecture: "Understanding Punjab 1947"
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building, 707 S. Mathews, Urbana
   4. 2:00 pmAnita Chan, Assistant Professor, Media and Cinema Studies
      Lectures Series: Hacking Digital Universalism: De-scripting Technological Design in the Andes
      101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign
   5. 5:00 pmJose Cairus (PhD, York University, Canada)
      The Department of Religion presents: "1835 Muslim Uprising in Brazil: Jihad, Captivity and Resistance"
      2090B Foreign Languages Building
   6. 5:00 pm - 6:00 pmWomen's Career Institute: Negotiating a Promotion
      Women's Resources Center (703 S. Wright St. MC-302, 2nd Floor, Champaign, IL 61820)
   7. 5:30 pmWomen's Support Group
      Asian American Cultural Center (AACC) 1210 W. Nevada Street, Urbana
   8. 6:00 pm

      Judith Ryan, Harvard University

      
      "Their Own Worlds of Ice": Arctic Exploration in Christoph Ransmayr and W. G. Sebald
      

      Music Room, Levis Faculty Center
   9. 6:00 pm - 7:00 pmProfessor Judith Ryan, Harvard University
      GERMANIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES -- Professor Judith Ryan, Harvard University: "'Their Own Worlds of Ice': Arctic Exploration in Christoph Ransmayr and W. G. Sebald"
      Music Room, Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St.
   10. 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmInter-Connect Dinner Workshop
       Lounge & Kitchen
   11. 6:00 pm - 8:30 pmRainbow Coffeehouse
       ETC Cafe, Wesley Church 1203 W. Green Street, corner of Goodwin/Green
   12. 7:00 pmNational Organization for Women Weekly Meeting
       Women's Resources Center (703 S. Wright St. MC-302, 2nd Floor, Champaign, IL 61820)
   13. 7:00 pmPrisoner of the Mountains
       1080 Lucy Ellis Lounge, Foreign Languages Building

4. Wednesday, November 14, 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 - 6:00 pmStudent speakers
      Transgender Day of Remembrance
      Anniversary Plaza
   4. 12:00 pmAndrew Clinard
      Certified Organic Cotton Production: Smallholder participation in Uganda and Tanzania
      Rm. 101, International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign
   5. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES -- Japanese Language Table
      2050 Foreign Languages Building
   6. 4:00 pm - 4:30 pmMindful Meditation
      Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
   7. 4:00 pmDr. Ali Sunyaev, University of Cologne, Germany
      SECURE PROVISION OF PATIENT-CENTERED HEALTH IT IN PUBLIC NETWORKS
      2405 Siebel Center
   8. 5:30 pm - 6:30 pmRussian Conversation Table
      Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union
   9. 5:30 pm - 6:30 pmRusskii stol--Russian conversation table
      Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union
   10. 6:30 pm - 7:30 pmI Journey Workshop
       Activities Room
   11.  POSTPONED NEW DATE TBA "The Jews Who Are Not One: Politics & French Culture" - Public lecture by Lawrence Kritzman (Dartmouth College)
   12. 8:00 pm - 10:00 pmVSA General Meeting/Social Events
       Lounge & Kitchen

5. Thursday, November 15, 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 pmDamarys Canache, Associate Professor, Political Science
      Lectures Series: Determinants of Discrimination in Latin America
      101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign
   4. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmStudent Spotlights on Latina/o Studies @ La Casa Cultural Latina on Nov. 15
      La Casa Cultural Latina, 1203 W. Nevada, Urbana
   5. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmJill Hallett, Ph.D. candidate, Linguistics
      Linguistics Seminar Series -- Jill Hallett, Ph.D. candidate, Linguistics
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
   6. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmModern Greek Studies'Conversation Table in Modern Greek
      Espresso Royale, 1117 W. Oregon, Urbana (corner of Oregon and Goodwin)
   7. 5:00 pm - 6:30 pmISA International Night
      Lounge & Kitchen
   8. 5:30 pm - 7:00 pmFrench Pause Cafe
      Espresso Royale, 1117 W. Oregon, Urbana (corner of Oregon and Goodwin)

6. Friday, November 16, 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. 2:00 pmAlison Lanski, U. of I.
      CLASSICS -- Alison Lanski, U. of I.: "The Use of Emissaries in Herodotus' 'Cyrus Logos'"
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building, 707 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana

7. Saturday, November 17, 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