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Events
Nov
26
Multi
Nam Center for Korean Studies Mascot Design Contest
8:00 AM
Virtual
Dec
01
CCPS Roundtable. Polish Cinema in the 20th and 21st Centuries: From the Center to the Margins
Elżbieta Durys, Widzinski Senior Fellow, Fall 2025; Magdalena Zdrodowska, Widzinski Senior Fellow, Fall 2025
5:00 PM
Room 555
Weiser Hall
Dec
02
Multi
Masters in the Midwest: Opportunities for Graduate Programs in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at Midwestern Universities
11:00 AM
Virtual
Dec
02
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping
Joseph Torigian, Associate Professor, School of International Service, American University
12:00 PM
Room 555
Weiser Hall
Dec
02
Nam Center Colloquium Series | Homo juluensis: A Pan-Eastern Asian Middle Pleistocene Hominin
Christopher Bae, Professor, University of Hawai'i
4:00 PM
10th Floor
Weiser Hall
Dec
03
Donia Human Rights Center Panel | The Dayton Peace Accords on Bosnia at 30: Successes, Failures, and Challenges Ahead
Edin Hajdarpašić, Loyola University Chicago; Tatjana Papić, Union University Belgrade Law School; Valery Perry, Democratization Policy Council
4:00 PM
Michigan Room
Michigan League
(for II staff and faculty; requires SSO login)
