Week of February 24, 2013 to March 2, 2013

1. Sunday, February 24, 2013

   1. 1:00 pm - 2:30 pmMusic Performance by Costas
      Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana

2. Monday, February 25, 2013

   1. 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
   2. 4:00 pmTinker Fellowship. Application Deadline
   3. 4:15 pmLINGUISTICS - Arabic Conversation Table
      Room 109, Graduate School of Library and Information Science Bldg., 501 E. Daniel, Champaign
   4. 6:00 pmMETA - HACU National Internship Program Opportunities
      La Casa
   5. 7:30 pm - 8:30 pmProfessor Steven Bowman, Department of Judaic Studies, University of Cincinnati
      Modern Greek Studies -- Professor Steven Bowman, Department of Judaic Studies, University of Cincinnati: "The Book of Yosippon and Jewish Nationalism in Greece (19th and 20th centuries)"
      Alice Campbell Alumni Center Ballroom, 601 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana
   6. 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)
   7. 7:30 pm - 8:30 pmProfessor Steven Bowman, Department of Judaic Studies, University of Cincinnati
      The Book of Yosippon and Jewish nationalism in Greece (19th and 20th centuries)
      Foreign Language Bulding (FLB), Lucy Ellis Lounge (or Room1080)

3. Tuesday, February 26, 2013

   1. 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
   2. 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
   3. 6:00 pmMETA - Medical School Panel with Latina/os in Pre-Health
      La Casa
   4. 6:00 pm - 7:00 pmPeace Corps Information Meeting
      Lounge

4. Wednesday, February 27, 2013

   1. 9:30 am - 12:00 pmAround the World Wednesdays
      Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
   2.  OPT Workshop - CANCELLED
      

      ISSS Multipurpose Room
      4th floor, Student Services Building
   3. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAshley M. Davis, MBA, Assistant Director, Bruce Nesbitt African American Cultural Center
      Food for the Soul: Black Jeopardy: What do you know?
      708 S. Mathews Avenue Urbana, IL 61801
   4. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmKirmen Uribe
      SIP Colloquium -- Kirmen Uribe
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
   5. 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)
   6. 5:00 pm - 6:00 pmBosnian/Croatian/Serbian Conversation Table
      Espresso Royale (corner of Oregon and Goodwin in Urbana)
   7. 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmGreek Movie Night: 'Peppermint' (1999) (with English subtitles)
      Foreign Language Bulding (FLB), Lucy Ellis Lounge (or Room1080)
   8. 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmLINGUISTICS - Language Program Film Series: "Peppermint" (Greece, 1999, Greek with English subtitles)
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
   9. 6:00 pm - 9:00 pmRace & Space Symposium
      Lounge/Kitchen
   10. 7:00 pmSocial Identity; Exploring the Intersections with the Counseling Center Paraprofessional Program
       La Casa

5. Thursday, February 28, 2013

   1. 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
   2. 12:00 pmCarolina Hildago
      Lunch @ La Casa - Social Justice
      La Casa
   3. 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)
   4. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES -- Japanese Language Table
      2050 Foreign Languages Building
   5. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmProfessor Joe Toscano (Beckman Institute)
      Linguistics Seminar Series -- Professor Joe Toscano (Beckman Institute)
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
   6. 6:30 pmPolish Film: Title TBA
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 FLB
   7. 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmAPAC Coalition
      Lounge/Kitchen

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 DayJoint Area Centers Symposium (JACS):The Future of Waste
      

      Illini Union, Room 314A (map)
   4. 12:00 pm - 4:00 pmAlternate Jummah
      Basement
   5. 3:00 pm - 4:00 pmSLCL Book Club - "A Long-Wave Herring"
      Caffe Paradiso, 801 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana
   6. 5:00 pm - 6:00 pmEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES -- Korean Conversation Table
      Basement, Illini Union (near Sushi-San)
   7. 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmBSA Welcome Gathering
      Lounge/Kitchen
   8. 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmWelcome Gathering
      Lounge/Kitchen

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 DayJoint Area Centers Symposium (JACS):The Future of Waste
      

      Illini Union, Room 314A (map)
   4. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmLatin American Story Time
      Champaign Public Library