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Events
Mar
20
Multi
CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project
10th Floor Gallery, Weiser Hall from February 2 to April 30, 2026
8:00 AM
Mar
20
Multi
CAS Exhibit. Հմայարան / Hmayaran by Levon Kafafian (Detroit-based Artist)
International Institute Gallery, 547 Weiser Hall from March 12-30, 2026; Exhibit Opening: March 12, 2026
8:00 AM
International Institute Gallery, Room 547
Weiser Hall
Mar
20
CSEAS Friday Lecture Series | Nations, DissemiNation, ImagiNation and its people: Internal Exiles in post-coup Burma
Ei Thin Zar, Chiang Mai University
12:00 PM
Off Campus Location
Mar
21
Korean Performing Arts Initiative | Transfigurations: Han Kang's The Vegetarian in Music and Words
Lisa Sung Ensemble, Youngju Ryu (University of Michigan)
4:00 PM
Off Campus Location
Mar
23
ASC Winter 2026 UMAPS Research Colloquium Series: Artificial Intelligence, Gender, Culture, and Electrochemical Sensing in Africa
Zainab Bello, Vanessa Mokwebo, Nuniyat Abebe
12:00 PM
1010
Weiser Hall
Mar
23
Program in International and Comparative Studies Annual International Studies Alumni Career Panel and Reception
International Studies Alumni
5:00 PM
Room 1010
Weiser Hall
(for II staff and faculty; requires SSO login)
