Week of September 9, 2012 to September 15, 2012

1. Sunday, September 9, 2012

   1. 9:00 am - 3:00 pmIkebana Workshop
      2000 S. Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, IL 61802
   2. 12:30 pmBSA Student Party
      Lounge & Kitchen
   3. 3:00 pmShannan Stewart, Department of the Classics, UIUC
      CLASSICS - Shannan Stewart, Department of the Classics, UIUC: "Setting the Table at Hellenistic Gordion"
      Room 62 Krannert Art Museum(Auditorium)
   4. 7:00 pmKPL Game Night
      Lounge & Kitchen

2. Monday, September 10, 2012

   1. 12:00 pm

      Jocelyne Cesari, Islamic Studies, Harvard University

      
      Islam in Europe Lecture Series: Religion and Political Participation of Muslims in the West (It is not what you think)
      

      1090 Lincoln Hall
   2. 4:00 pmRobert Gordon
      Auschwitz-Italy
      Lucy Ellis Lounge

3. Tuesday, September 11, 2012

   1. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmProfessor Mohammad Babadoost,, Department of Crop Sciences
      CSAMES Brown Bag Lecture: "Desiccation of the World's Second Largest Salty Lake in Northwest Iran: A Serious Ecological Crisis in the Region"
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 FLB, Urbana
   2. 12:00 pm - 12:50 pmVerona, Italy Info Session
      ACES Library
   3. 2:00 pmHerbert Klein, , Director of the Center for Latin American Studies. Professor of History. Stanford University and Gouverneur Morris Professor of History at Columbia University
      Lectures Series: FREE COLORED UNDER SLAVERY IN BRAZIL
      101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign
   4. 4:00 pmMarcelo Suarez Salvia, General Consul of Argentina
      Argentina: From the economic recovery to the Malvinas issue. History, Policies and Challenges
      101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign
   5. 5:15 pmThe Fairy (La Fee) - Belgium/France, 2011
      

      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
   6. 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmA-Psi Ice Cream Social
   7. 7:30 pmPrimo Levi Memorial Event
      Levis Faculty Center

4. Wednesday, September 12, 2012

   1. 3:00 pm - 5:00 pmGERMANIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES -- Official launch of Emblematica Online (a multi-national virtual collection of digitized emblem books)
      Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Room 346, University Library
   2. 5:30 pm - 6:30 pmRussian Conversation Table
      Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union
   3. 6:00 pmLCASO Meeting

5. Thursday, September 13, 2012

   1.  FRENCH -- "Articulations of Difference: A Symposium in Honor of Lawrence Schehr"
      Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana
   2. 12:00 pmEfrian Kristal, Professor and Chair, Department of Comparative Literature, UCLA; Sara Castro-Klaren, Professor Latin American Culture and Literatures, John Hopkins University
      Lectures Series: Peruvian Writers: Mario Vargas Llosa and Jose Maria Arguedas
      101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign
   3. 12:00 pmLunch @ La Casa
   4. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES -- Japanese Language Table
      2050 Foreign Languages Building
   5. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmRon Banks, campus IRB and Prof. Melissa Bowles, SLCL IRB
      Linguistics Seminar Series -- IRB (Institutional Review Board) Seminar: Ron Banks, campus IRB and Prof. Melissa Bowles, SLCL IRB
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
   6. 4:30 pmEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES -- Informational meeting, Year in Japan Program and Summer in Japan Program
      2090B Foreign Languages Building (office area, 2nd floor)
   7. 4:30 pmYear/Summer in Japan Program Info Meeting
      FLB 2090B
   8. 5:00 pmEliseo Medina
      "From the UFW to the SEIU: The Legacy of a Union Organizer' A Conversation with Eliseo Medina
      161 Noyes Laboratory, 505 S. Mathews, Urbana
   9. 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmAAA Fashion Show General Meeting
      Activities Room
   10. 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmCUSA Ice Cream Social
       Lounge & Kitchen

6. Friday, September 14, 2012

   1.  FRENCH -- "Articulations of Difference: A Symposium in Honor of Lawrence Schehr"
      Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana
   2. 5:00 pm - 8:00 pmCLACS Reception
      101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign
   3. 5:00 pm - 6:00 pmEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES -- Korean Conversation Table
      Basement, Illini Union (near Sushi-San)

7. Saturday, September 15, 2012

   1. All DayOIIR Cross-Cultural Student Leader Retreat