Week of November 11, 2012 to November 17, 2012

1. Monday, November 12, 2012

   1. 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)
   2. 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
   3. 6:00 pmMETA- School of Social Work Informational
      1203 W. Nevada
   4. 7:30 pmSamir El-youssef
      Samir El-youssef Lecture
      Levis Faculty Center
   5. 7:30 pmSamir El-youssef
      Samir El-youssef lecture
      Levis Faculty Center

2. Tuesday, November 13, 2012

   1. 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
   2. 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
   3. 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
   4. 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.
   5. 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmInter-Connect Dinner Workshop
      Lounge & Kitchen
   6. 6:00 pmMETA- LINK[ing]IN to Professional Networks
      1203 W. Nevada

3. Wednesday, November 14, 2012

   1. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES -- Japanese Language Table
      2050 Foreign Languages Building
   2. 5:30 pmJimmy Luu
      Asian Cooking Workshops
      2000 S. Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, IL 61802
   3. 5:30 pm - 6:30 pmRussian Conversation Table
      Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union
   4. 6:30 pm - 7:30 pmI Journey Workshop
      Activities Room
   5. 8:00 pm - 10:00 pmVSA General Meeting/Social Events
      Lounge & Kitchen

4. Thursday, November 15, 2012

   1. 12:00 pm   12 noonHarry S. Truman Scholars Campus Deadline
      National and International Scholarships Program 807 S Wright Street, Floor 5 Champaign, IL 61820
   2. 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
   3. 12:00 pmLunch @ La Casa
   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)

5. Friday, November 16, 2012

   1. 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

6. Saturday, November 17, 2012

   1. 3:00 pmTea Ceremony and Tour of Japan House
      2000 S. Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, Illinois