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International Institute
Recent News
The Michigan Daily: Center for Chinese Studies debuts female dragon after years of planning
In a new article, The Michigan Daily covers the U-M dragon's debut at Hill Auditorium on April 6.
International Studies Honors Plan: 2026 Thesis Defense Schedule
The Program in International and Comparative Studies invites you to attend the International Studies Honors thesis defense week.
The International Institute (II) brings together distinguished and diverse faculty and scholars with deep area studies and international expertise to enrich the university’s intellectual environment and to provide the U-M community with the knowledge, tools, and experience to become informed and active global citizens. We advance this mission through education, engagement, and innovation. READ MORE
Events
Apr
14
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
Apr
14
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Explaining the Sexual Empowerment of Married Women in China
Bill Lavely, Professor Emeritus, International Studies and Sociology, University of Washington
12:00 PM
10th Floor
Weiser Hall
Apr
15
CREES Noon Lecture. The Last Soviet Artist
Victoria Lomasko, artist and writer
12:00 PM
Room 555
Weiser Hall
Apr
16
CJS Noon Lecture Series | A Queer Girl in Modern Japan: Yoshiya Nobuko
Sarah Frederick, Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Department of World Languages and Literatures, Boston University
12:00 PM
10th Floor
Weiser Hall
Apr
16
Korean Performing Arts Initiative | Landfill: Listening Party
Sunhong Kim, University of Michigan
7:00 PM
Off Campus Location
Apr
16
CJS Winter 2026 Film Series |
School in the Crosshairs (ねらわれた学園)
Directed by Nobuhiko Ōbayashi, 1981, 1h 30m
7:00 PM
Off Campus Location
(for II staff and faculty; requires SSO login)
