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Teaching the World through Graphic Novels: Teachers Workshop a Success
On July 8-9, 2025, National Resource Centers (NRCs) from the University of Michigan (U-M) and Michigan State University (MSU) put on a workshop to train teachers in using graphic novels in their classrooms.
Gift to WCEE and CCPS expands opportunities for Italian, Mediterranean, and Polish studies at U-M
Sisters Stephanie and Sue Augustyniak give $1 million in honor of their parents M. Teresa Poggi and Stefan Augustyniak.
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Events
Sep
02
International Studies Virtual Information Session and Q&A
Danielle Schmidt, Program in International and Comparative Studies Program Coordinator
12:00 PM
Virtual
Sep
10
CCPS Lecture. Polish Diaspora Identities in Archival Home Movies
Agata Zborowska, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow; postdoctoral fellow, University of Chicago and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; and assistant professor, Institute of Polish Culture, University of Warsaw
12:00 PM
Room 555
Weiser Hall
Sep
10
CMENAS Colloquium Series. Family Archives and Female Spaces of Intimacy
Kathryn Babayan, University of Michigan
2:00 PM
555
Weiser Hall
Sep
17
CMENAS Colloquium Series. Labor of Love: The Poor First Son of Bitches
Hanan Hammad, University of Houston
2:00 PM
555
Weiser Hall
Sep
27
CMENAS Colloquium Series. Confronting Silence and Invisibility: The Forgotten Genocide in Libya
Ali Ahmida, University of New England
2:00 PM
555
Weiser Hall
Oct
01
International Studies Virtual Information Session and Q&A
Danielle Schmidt, Program in International and Comparative Studies Program Coordinator
12:00 PM
Virtual