Week of March 31, 2013 to April 6, 2013

1. Monday, April 1, 2013

   1.  Info Session: French Field Study and Internship Programs
      103 International Studies Building (910 S. Fifth Street)
   2. 12:00 pm

      Mary Kalantzis & Bill Cope, Education, University of Illinois

      
      EUC Lecture Series: Improving Access to Education for Greek Roma
      

      Lincoln Hall, Room 1090, 702 S. Wright St., Urbana (map) - *note this is a location change from previously posted information
   3. 12:00 pmDean Mary Kalantzis (Dean College of Education, U o I) and Professor Bill Cope (College of Education)
      Improving Access to Education for Greek Roma
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, Foreign Language Building
   4. 12:00 pmMary Kalantzis, Dean, UI College of Education, and Professor Bill Cope, UI College of Education
      Modern Greek Studies -- Mary Kalantzis, Dean, UI College of Education, and Professor Bill Cope, UI College of Education: "Improving Access to Education for Greek Roma"
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Language Building
   5. 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm   4 sessions-
      Scholarhips Information Session for Juniors, Seniors and Graduates
      meetings located in room 514 of IUB (807 S Wright Street)
   6. 4:15 pmLINGUISTICS - Arabic Conversation Table
      Room 109, Graduate School of Library and Information Science Bldg., 501 E. Daniel, Champaign
   7. 6:00 pmMETA - How to Use Your Summer Wisely
      1203 W. Nevada

2. Tuesday, April 2, 2013

   1. 12:00 pmLaila Houssein, Assistant Professor, University Library; Middle East and North African Librarian
      CSAMES Brown Bag Lecture: "Islamic Law and Women under Man's Guardianship in Modern Time: The Case of Egypt"
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
   2. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmStudent Spotlights on Latina/o Studies
      La Casa Cultural Latina, 1203 W. Nevada, Urbana
   3. 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm   4 sessions-
      Scholarships Information Sessions for Juniors, Seniors and Graduates
      meetings located in room 514 of IUB (807 S Wright Street)
   4. 2:00 pmLeonardo Bursztyn, Assistant Professor of Economics, UCLA Anderson School of Management.
      Lemann Lecture Series: Poverty and the Political Economy of Public Education Spending: Evidence from Brazil
      101 International Studies Building
   5. 5:00 pmNovelist Natalie Bakopoulos
      A talk by Novelist Natalie Bakopoulos on her novel: "The Green Shore"
      Room 1080 (Lucy Ellis Lounge), Foreign Language Building
   6. 5:00 pmNovelist Natalie Bakopoulos
      Modern Greek Studies -- A talk by Novelist Natalie Bakopoulos on her novel, "The Green Shore"
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
   7. 5:00 pm

      Natalie Bakopuolos, English Language and Literature, University of Michigan

      
      Modern Greek Studies Lecture: The Green Shore
      

      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Language Building (map)
   8. 5:00 pm - 7:00 pmSLATE- Professional Development Workshop
      Room G24 Foreign Languages Building (basement)
   9. 6:00 pmMETA - Informational Interview??
      1203 W. Nevada

3. Wednesday, April 3, 2013

   1. 12:00 pmKeera Allendorf, Department of Sociology
      Family Behaviors: Maternal and Child Health in South Asia
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
   2. 4:00 pm - 6:00 pmCenter for Translation Studies - Public lecture by and reception for Professor Antoine Caze
      Reading Room, Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana
   3. 4:00 pmKeith Taylor, President of the Modest Needs Foundation: "How to Succeed in Business with a Liberal Arts Degree"
      Illini Union, Illini Room A, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana
   4. 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

      Visiting Professor, Antoine Caze

      
      Public Lecture by and Reception for Visiting Professor Antoine Caze: "American Literature in France: The Translator's Perspective" and MA Open House
      

      Reading Room, Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St. Urbana (map)
      

4. Thursday, April 4, 2013

   1. 12:00 pmJeffrey Lesser, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of History'and Chair. Emory University
      Lemann Lecture Series: What's so New About the New Multicultural Brazil?
      101 International Studies Building
   2. 12:00 pmSandra Ruiz, Robert Ramirez
      Lunch @ La Casa - Sonic Imagery
      La Casa
   3. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES -- Japanese Language Table
      2050 Foreign Languages Building
   4. 2:30 pmA. Sebastian Anderson, Nicholas M. Dee
      CLASSICS - Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS) presentations
      Room 4080A Foreign Languages Building
   5. 3:00 pm - 4:00 pmSLCL Book Club - "Crying Whorf"
      Caffe Paradiso, 801 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana
   6. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmProfessor Michael Kenstowicz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
      Linguistics Club Distinguished Alumni Lecture: Professor Michael Kenstowicz (MIT)
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
   7. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmModern Greek Studies -- Conversation Table in Modern Greek
      Espresso Royale, 1117 W. Oregon, Urbana (corner of Oregon and Goodwin)
   8. 6:00 pmFilm screening: Ekumenopolis: City without limits (a documentary film about Istanbul)
      

       223 Gregory Hall, 810 South Wright Street (map)

5. Friday, April 5, 2013

   1. 9:30 am - 5:00 pmSeventh Annual Turkish Studies Symposium: Ethnographies of Istanbul
      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Levis Faculty Center (Reading Room, 1st floor); 919 W Illinois St..; Urbana, IL 61801
   2. 9:30 am - 5:30 pmTurkish Studies Symposium: Ethnographies of Istanbul
      

      Reading Room, First Floor, Levis Faculty Center (map)
   3. 12:00 pm - 4:00 pmAlternate Jummah
      Basement
   4. 1:00 pm - 3:00 pmJon Glade, PhD candidate, Univ. of Chicago
      EALC - Jon Glade, PhD candidate, Univ. of Chicago: "Between Japan and Korea"
      2090B Foreign Languages Building (2nd floor)
   5. 5:00 pm - 6:00 pmEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES -- Korean Conversation Table
      Basement, Illini Union (near Sushi-San)
   6. 5:00 pmPeoria Area World Affairs Council presents: "Is the Arab Spring Turning to Winter?"
      Par-A-Dice Hotel and Conference Center; East Peoria, Illinois
   7. 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmBSA Welcome Gathering
      Lounge/Kitchen
   8. 7:30 pm - 11:30 pmCSSA Karaoke and Board Game Night
      Activities Room & Resource Room

6. Saturday, April 6, 2013

   1. 5:00 pmPeoria Area World Affairs Council presents: "Is the Arab Spring Turning to Winter?"
      Par-A-Dice Hotel and Conference Center; East Peoria, Illinois
   2. 3:30 pm - 5:30 pmStories of Opposition - Latino Student Activism 1970s-1992
      La Casa Cultural Latina, 1203 W. Nevada, Urbana
   3. 5:00 pmModern Greek Studies -- Documentary film: "The 1923 Forced Greco-Turkish Population Exchange"
      To be announced.
   4. 7:00 pmMiddle East Film Festival 2013: "Ali Zaoua"
      1090 Lincoln Hall, 702 S. Wright Street, Urbana