Week of March 3, 2013 to March 9, 2013

1. Sunday, March 3, 2013

   1. 9:00 am - 9:00 pmArt at the Y Exhibit: Garden of Verses
      University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright St, Champaign
   2. 1:00 pm - 4:00 pmAAA Alumni Lunch
      Lounge/Kitchen, Conference Room
   3. 6:30 pm - 7:30 pmWomen of Pride General Meeting
      LGBT Resource Center

2. Monday, March 4, 2013

   1. 9:00 am - 9:00 pmArt at the Y Exhibit: Garden of Verses
      University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright St, Champaign
   2. 12:00 pm

      miriam cooke, Braxton Craven Professor of Arab Cultures, Duke University; Director of the Duke University Middle East Studies Center

      
      Jean Monnet Lecture Series: Mediterranean Networks: Connecting People, Ideas and Cultures Across Time
      

      2nd Floor, Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana (map)
   3. 12:00 pmMiriam Cooke, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Duke University
      Mediterranean Networks: Connecting People, Ideas and Cultures Across Time
      2nd Floor; Levis Faculty Center; 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana
   4. 12:00 pmMiriam Cooke (Duke University)
   5. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmMarianna DiVietro, Assistant Director of Student Outreach and Zelda Gardner, Senior Assistant Director, The Career Center
      Quench: What the "All Campus Career Fair" is All About
      Women's Resources Center
   6. 4:15 pmLINGUISTICS - Arabic Conversation Table
      Room 109, Graduate School of Library and Information Science Bldg., 501 E. Daniel, Champaign
   7. 7:30 pmRichard Pithouse lectures in Politics at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. He is a scholar, journalist, and activist with the Durban, South Africa shack dwellers' movement Abahalali baseMjondolo
      Dear Mandela
      University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright St. Champaign
   8. 8:00 pm - 9:00 pmPRIDE General Meeting
      314A Illini Union

3. Tuesday, March 5, 2013

   1. 9:00 am - 9:00 pmArt at the Y Exhibit: Garden of Verses
      University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright St, Champaign
   2. All DayExhibit: "From Protest to Peace"
      Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
   3. All DayExhibit: "From Protest to Peace"
      Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
   4.  The Micropolitics of Small Town Life in Eastern Europe
      Levis Faculty Center & Spurlock Museum
   5. 12:00 pmGregory Damhorst, MD/Phd Student, Department of Bioengineering and the College of Medicine; Irfan Ahmad, Executive Director, Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Research Faculty at the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering; Rashid Bahir, Director, Nanotechnology Lab and Abdel Bliss Professor of Engineering
      CSAMES Brown Bag Lecture: "Global Health Initiatives in South Asia, the Middle East and Africa"
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
   6. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmGlobal Studies Info Session
      Global Studies Conference Room, 703 S Wright Street, 3rd Floor
   7. 6:00 pm - 7:30 pmDawn Nafus, Anthropologist, Intel Labs
      Focal Point Lecture - The Museum of the Need to Know : the consumption of digital infrastructure on the China-Russia boarder
      1092 Lincoln Hall, 702 South Wright Street, Urbana
   8. 6:00 pm - 8:30 pmRainbow Coffeehouse: Hosted by LGBTRC
      ETC Coffeehouse, 1203 W. Green St. Urbana, IL
   9. 7:00 pm - 8:00 pmProfessor Terrie Groth, Political Scientist from University of Braslia, Brazil
      Lemann Lecture Series. Kids & Politics: Civic Engagement and Service Learning in Brazil
      Pennsylvania Avenue Residence Halls, Saunders Lounge, 906 College Ct., Urbana
   10. 7:00 pmNational Organization for Women Meeting
       Women's Resources Center
   11. 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmWelcome Gathering
       Lounge/Kitchen
   12. 7:30 pmTimothy Snyder
       Brotherlands: A Family History of the European Nations
       Levis Faculty Center (Third Floor)
   13. 7:30 pmTimothy Snyder, Bird White Housum Professor of History at Yale
       CANCELED due to anticipated weather and travel conditions - Millercomm Lecture Series - Brotherlands: A Family History of the European Nations.
       Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 South Gregory Street, Urbana, Illinois
   14. 7:30 pm

       Timothy Snyder, History, Yale

       
       CAS/MillerComm Lecture Series: Brotherlands: A Family History of the European Nations
       

       Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 South Gregory Street, Urbana (map)
   15. 8:00 pm - 9:00 pmInfusions General Meeting
       LGBT Resource Center

4. Wednesday, March 6, 2013

   1. 9:00 am - 9:00 pmArt at the Y Exhibit: Garden of Verses
      University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright St, Champaign
   2. All DayExhibit: "From Protest to Peace"
      Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
   3.  The Micropolitics of Small Town Life in Eastern Europe
      Levis Faculty Center & Spurlock Museum
   4. All DayExhibit: "From Protest to Peace"
      Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
   5. 9:30 am - 12:00 pmAround the World Wednesdays
      Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
   6. 12:00 pmAnne Namatsi Lutomia, Doctoral Student in the Division of Human Resource Development n the Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
      Center for African Studies Brown Bag Lecture: "Workplace Transitioning Experiences of Internationally Educated Nurses"
      101 International Studies Building; 910 S. Fifth St., Champaign
   7. 1:30 pmPhillippe Faucher, Department of Political Science, Universit de Montral
      Lemann Lecture Series: The Challenges Facing the Brazilian Developmental State
      101 International Studies Building
   8. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES -- Japanese Language Table
   9. 4:30 pm - 5:00 pmMary Wolters
      Mindful Meditation
      Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
   10. 5:00 pmMakoto Hayashi
       SLATE talk by Makoto Hayashi
       Room G-24 (basement), Foreign Languages Building
   11. 5:30 pm - 6:30 pmRusskii stol--Russian conversation table
       Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union
   12. 6:00 pmRichard Pithouse lectures in Politics at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. He is a scholar, journalist, and activist with the Durban, South Africa shack dwellers' movement Abahalali baseMjondolo
       Urban and Housing Activism From Below
       313 Gregory Hall

5. Thursday, March 7, 2013

   1. 9:00 am - 9:00 pmArt at the Y Exhibit: Garden of Verses
      University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright St, Champaign
   2. All DayExhibit: "From Protest to Peace"
      Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
   3. All DayExhibit: "From Protest to Peace"
      Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
   4.  Physical Activity, Health, and Well-Being in Brazil
   5. 12:00 pmFlorence Babb, Vada Allen Yeomans Professor of Women's Studies. Department of Anthropology. University of Florida
      Lecture Series: Gender, Race, and Tourism in Andean Peru and Chiapas, Mexico
      101 International Studies Building
   6. 4:00 pmSudeshna Banerjee, Associate Professor in the Department of History at Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India
      "Food, frailty and 'fake Brahmins': Bengali middle-class fears of failed hegemony in late colonial Calcutta"
      Levis Faculty Center, Reading Room
   7. 4:00 pmRichard Pithouse (Political and International Studies, Rhodes University)
      IPRH 'Revolution' Theme Lecture: 'Thought Amidst Waste: Politics in Shack Settlements in South Africa"
      Knight Auditorium of the Spurlock Museum
   8. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmRania Al-Sabbagh, Ph.D. candidate in Linguistics
      Linguistics Seminar Series -- Rania Al-Sabbagh, Ph.D. candidate in Linguistics
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
   9. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmModern Greek Studies - Conversation Table in Modern Greek
      Espresso Royale, 1117 W. Oregon, Urbana (corner of Oregon and Goodwin)
   10. 4:00 pmYvonne Kleinmann - Head of Research Group at the Institute for Slavic Studies, Leipzig University
       New Directions in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia - Legal Histories in Eastern Europe New Foci, Methods and Approaches
       101 International Studies Building, 910 S Fifth St Champaign
   11. 4:00 pmRichard Pithouse lectures in Politics at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa.
       Thought Amidst Waste: Politics in Shack Settlements in South Africa
       Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
   12. 5:30 pmDuncan Keenan-Jones, UIUC
       CLASSICS - Duncan Keenan-Jones, UIUC: "Reconstructing the History of Ancient Rome's Greatest Aqueduct"
       Room 62 Krannert Art Museum (Auditorium)
   13. 5:30 pmPause Cafe
       Espresso Royal (Goodwin & Nevada)
   14. 7:00 pm - 8:00 pmBuilding Bridges General Meeting
       LGBT Resource Center
   15. 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmJulianna Ge, WRC Volunteer
       Women on the Move | Midterm Spa and Relaxation Fair
       Women's Resources Center (703 S. Wright St. MC-302 2nd Fl. Champaign, IL 61820)
   16. 7:30 pm

       Charles D. Ferguson, President, Federation of American Scientists

       
       CAS/MillerComm Lecture Series: Leveraging Science and Technology to Transform International Security: The Social Responsibility of Engineers and Scientists
       

       Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 South Gregory Street, Urbana, Illinois
   17. 7:30 pmBruno Nettl (Professor Emeritus of Music and Anthropology, UIUC); Massoud Rostam-Abadi (Emeritus Professor, UIUC; Principal Chemical Engineer Honorary, Prairie Research Institute)
       Introducing Persian Classical Music: Lecture and Performance
       1201 Music Building; 1114 West Nevada Street; Urbana, IL 61801
   18. 8:00 pm - 9:00 pmoSTEM General Meeting
       LGBT Resource Center

6. Friday, March 8, 2013

   1. 9:00 am - 9:00 pmArt at the Y Exhibit: Garden of Verses
      University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright St, Champaign
   2. All DayExhibit: "From Protest to Peace"
      Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
   3.  Physical Activity, Health, and Well-Being in Brazil
   4. All DayExhibit: "From Protest to Peace"
      Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
   5. 9:00 am - 3:00 pmHistory Department Retention Roundtable
      Lounge/Kitchen
   6. 12:00 pm - 4:00 pmAlternate Jummah
      Basement
   7. 12:00 pmDr. Theodora Dragostinova, History, Ohio State University
      Between Home and Homeland: Migration and National Dilemmas Across the Bulgarian-Greek Border in Early Twentieth Century
      1002 Lincoln Hall
   8. 12:00 pm

      Theodora Dragostinova, History, Ohio State University

      
      Jean Monnet Lecture Series: Between Home and Homeland: Migration and National Dilemmas across the Bulgarian-Greek Border in the Early Twentieth Century
      

      1002 Lincoln Hall, 201 South Wright St., Urbana (map)
   9. 12:00 pmTheodora Dragostinova, History, Ohio State University
      Jean Monnet Lecture Series: Between Home and Homeland: Migration and National Dilemmas across the Bulgarian-Greek Border in the Early Twentieth Century
      1002 Lincoln Hall, 201 South Wright St., Urbana
   10. 12:00 pmDr. Theodora Dragostinova, History, Ohio State University
       Modern Greek Studies -- Dr. Theodora Dragostinova, History, Ohio State University: "Between Home and Homeland: Migration and National Dilemmas across the Bulgarian-Greek Border in Early Twentieth Century"
       Room 1002 Lincoln Hall
   11. 2:00 pmDIY Sexual Health Series: Trans Health Workshop | Women's Resources Center
       Women's Resources Center, 703 S. Wright Street, 2nd floor, CH
   12. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmSLCL Book Club - "The Rude Populations Inhabiting Foreign Lands"
       Caffe Paradiso, 801 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana
   13. 5:00 pm - 6:00 pmEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES -- Korean Conversation Table
       Basement, Illini Union (near Sushi-San)
   14. 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmLaurence Nugent
       Exhibit Opening Celebration: "From Protest to Peace"
       Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
   15. 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmLaurence Nugent
       Exhibit Opening Celebration: "From Protest to Peace"
       Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
   16. 7:30 pm - 11:30 pmCSSA Karaoke and Board Game Night
       Activities Room & Resource Room
   17. 7:30 pmRichard Pithouse lectures in Politics at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. He is a scholar, journalist, and activist with the Durban, South Africa shack dwellers' movement Abahalali baseMjondolo
       Dear Mandela
       University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright St. Champaign

7. Saturday, March 9, 2013

   1. 9:00 am - 9:00 pmArt at the Y Exhibit: Garden of Verses
      University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright St, Champaign
   2. All DayExhibit: "From Protest to Peace"
      Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
   3. All Day2nd Annual Champaign Greek Film Festival
      

      Art Theater, Champaign (map)
   4.  2nd Annual Champaign Greek Film Festival
      Art Theater, Champaign
   5. All DayExhibit: "From Protest to Peace"
      Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
   6.  MODERN GREEK STUDIES - 2nd Greek Film Festival in Champaign
      Art Theatre, 126 W. Church St., Champaign
   7.  Modern Greek Studies -- 2nd Annual Champaign Greek Film Festival
      126 W. Church Street, Champaign
   8. 10:00 amRichard Pithouse lectures in Politics at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. He is a scholar, journalist, and activist with the Durban, South Africa shack dwellers' movement Abahalali baseMjondolo
      Dear Mandela and Community Knowledge
      Champaign Public Library, Robeson Rooms
   9. 2:30 pmSpanish Story Time: Hairs/ Pelitos
      The Urbana Free LIbrary