Week of February 24, 2013 to March 2, 2013

1. Sunday, February 24, 2013

   1. All DayThe Arab Spring: Ongoing Revolution--An Exhibit from the International & Area Studies Library
      First floor of the Main Library, 1408 Gregory Dr.

2. Monday, February 25, 2013

   1. All DayThe Arab Spring: Ongoing Revolution--An Exhibit from the International & Area Studies Library
      First floor of the Main Library, 1408 Gregory Dr.
   2. 4:00 pmProfessor Michael Hillmann (University of Texas at Austin)
      "What Persian Language and Literature Say about Iranian Culture, 1941 - 1978"
      Reading Room of the Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois, Urbana
   3. 4:00 pmTinker Fellowship. Application Deadline
   4. 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

      Steven Bowman, Judaic Studies, University of Cincinnati

      
      Modern Greek Studies Lecture: Yossipon and Jewish Nationalism in 19th and 20th Century Greece
      

      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Language Building (map)

3. Tuesday, February 26, 2013

   1. All DayThe Arab Spring: Ongoing Revolution--An Exhibit from the International & Area Studies Library
      First floor of the Main Library, 1408 Gregory Dr.
   2. 12:00 pmNeha Rajora, M.A. student pursuing MLA degree in Department of Landscape Architecture
      CSAMES Brown Bag Lecture: "Cultural Landscapes of Amber, Rajasthan: Conservation and Planning"
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
   3. 2:00 pmCeli Scalon, Programa de Ps-Graduao em Sociologia e Antropologia ' IFCS / UFRJ
      Lemann Lecture Series: Development, Inequality and the Rising of a "new class"
      101 International Studies Building

4. Wednesday, February 27, 2013

   1. All DayThe Arab Spring: Ongoing Revolution--An Exhibit from the International & Area Studies Library
      First floor of the Main Library, 1408 Gregory Dr.
   2. 4:00 pm

      Kirmen Uribe

      
      This is not a novel: on the process of writing my novel Bilbao-New York-Bilbao
      

      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Language Building (map)

5. Thursday, February 28, 2013

   1. All DayThe Arab Spring: Ongoing Revolution--An Exhibit from the International & Area Studies Library
      First floor of the Main Library, 1408 Gregory Dr.
   2. 12:00 pmDzodzi Tsikata
      "Transnational Large-Scale Land Transactions, the Disappearing Commons and Livelihood Insecurities in Ghana: A Gender Perspective"
      Heritage Room, ACES Library, 1101 S. Goodwin, Urbana
   3. 12:00 pmEduardo Ledesma, Assistant Professor. Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. UIUC
      Lecture Series: Net Art, Digital Poetry and Rebellion in Latin America: Digital Contestation Post Y2K
      101 International Studies Building
   4. 12:00 pmDzodzi Tsikata
      Transnational Large-Scale Land Transactions, the Disapearing Commons and Livelihood Insecurities in Ghana: A Gender Perspective
      Urbana, Illinois UIUC ACES Library Heritage Room
   5. 12:00 pm

      Prof. Dzodzi Tsikata, CEGENSA

      
      Transnational Large-Scale Land Transactions, the Disappearing Commons and Livelihood Insecurities in Ghana: A Gender Perspective
      

      Heritage Room, ACES Library, 1101 S. Goodwin, Urbana (map)

6. Friday, March 1, 2013

   1. All DayMartin Medina Sr. (International Relations Specialist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Washington, DC.), Catherine Alexander (Anthropology, Durham University, UK ), Stephanie Foote (English and Gender Studies, UIUC), Nicky Gregson (Geography, Durham University, UK), Darrin Durant (Science and Tech. Studies, York University), Daniel Schneider (Urban and Regional Planning, UIUC), Jonathan Bloom (Independent investigative journalist), Janet Kalish (freegan.info, New York City), Michelle Schmidt (Sociology, UIUC), Steven Sonka (Director of ADM Institute for the Prevention of Post-harvest Loss, UIUC) Zsuzsa Gille (Sociology, UIUC)
      2013 Joint Area Centers Symposium. JACS: The Future of Waste
      The Illini Union, Room 314 A
   2.  Keynote by Martin Medina Sr., Catherine Alexander Anthropology, Univ. of Durham, UK, Stephanie Foote English and Gender Studies, UIUC, Nicky Gregson Geography, Univ. of Durham, UK, Darrin Durant Geography ,York University, Daniel Schneider NRES, UIUC, Jonathan Bloom Independent investigative journalist, Janet Kalish Reegan.info, New York City, Michelle Schmidt Sociology, UIUC, Steven Sonka ADM Inst.Post-harvest Loss, UIUC, Zsuzsa Gille Sociology, UIUC
      JACS 2013 (Joint Area Study Centers Symposium) "The Future of Waste"
      Illini Union, room 314 A
   3. All DayMartin Medina Sr.
      JACS 2013: The Future of Waste
      Urbana, Illinois Illini Union room 314 A
   4. All DayJoint Area Centers Symposium (JACS):The Future of Waste
      

      Illini Union, Room 314A (map)
   5.  Survival Chinese for the Executive MBA Students
      Chicago, IL
   6. 9:00 am - 9:00 pmArt at the Y Exhibit: Garden of Verses
      University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright St, Champaign
   7. 3:00 pmThe Future of Waste (Joint Area Centers Symposium, March 1-2)
      Illini Union, Room 314A

7. Saturday, March 2, 2013

   1. All DayMartin Medina Sr. (International Relations Specialist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Washington, DC.), Catherine Alexander (Anthropology, Durham University, UK ), Stephanie Foote (English and Gender Studies, UIUC), Nicky Gregson (Geography, Durham University, UK), Darrin Durant (Science and Tech. Studies, York University), Daniel Schneider (Urban and Regional Planning, UIUC), Jonathan Bloom (Independent investigative journalist), Janet Kalish (freegan.info, New York City), Michelle Schmidt (Sociology, UIUC), Steven Sonka (Director of ADM Institute for the Prevention of Post-harvest Loss, UIUC) Zsuzsa Gille (Sociology, UIUC)
      2013 Joint Area Centers Symposium. JACS: The Future of Waste
      The Illini Union, Room 314 A
   2.  Keynote by Martin Medina Sr., Catherine Alexander Anthropology, Univ. of Durham, UK, Stephanie Foote English and Gender Studies, UIUC, Nicky Gregson Geography, Univ. of Durham, UK, Darrin Durant Geography ,York University, Daniel Schneider NRES, UIUC, Jonathan Bloom Independent investigative journalist, Janet Kalish Reegan.info, New York City, Michelle Schmidt Sociology, UIUC, Steven Sonka ADM Inst.Post-harvest Loss, UIUC, Zsuzsa Gille Sociology, UIUC
      JACS 2013 (Joint Area Study Centers Symposium) "The Future of Waste"
      Illini Union, room 314 A
   3. All DayMartin Medina Sr.
      JACS 2013: The Future of Waste
      Urbana, Illinois Illini Union room 314 A
   4. All DayJoint Area Centers Symposium (JACS):The Future of Waste
      

      Illini Union, Room 314A (map)
   5. 9:00 am - 9:00 pmArt at the Y Exhibit: Garden of Verses
      University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright St, Champaign
   6. 9:30 amThe Future of Waste (Joint Area Centers Symposium, March 1-2)
      Illini Union, Room 314A
   7. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmLatin American Story Time
      Champaign Public Library