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Recent News
New and Reappointed Center & Program Directors at the II
Message from the International Institute director; appointments effective July 1, 2026.
U-M rising senior Allison Tate co-publishes research on the amputation crisis in Ukraine for *Release Peace: The Magazine*
Research conducted as part of the WCEE-Release Peace Fellowship.
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
Sep
09
The State and the Soldier: A History of Civil-Military Relations in the United States
Kori Schake, American Enterprise Institute
4:00 PM
Kuenzel Room
Michigan Union
Sep
16
Democracy Against Workers?
Noam Lupu (Vanderbilt University), Nicholas Carnes (Duke University), Adam Dean (George Washington University)
4:00 PM
Kuenzel Room
Michigan Union
Sep
24
Donia Human Rights Center and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Workshop | AI & Human Rights Workshop
Rada Mihalcea (Janice M. Jenkins Collegiate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Professor and Director, Artificial Intelligence Lab); Zhijing Jin (Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, and a Research Scientist at the Max Planck Institute)
1:00 PM
Off Campus Location
Sep
29
Guerline Jozef | 2026 Wallenberg Medal and Lecture
"Written in offices but lived in communities: An immigration system in crisis"
4:30 PM
Auditorium
Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Oct
05
WCEE Distinguished Lecture. Europe's Coalition of the Willing, Ukraine, and the Future of NATO
François Heisbourg, Senior Advisor for Europe, International Institute for Strategic Studies
5:00 PM
Room 1010
Weiser Hall
Nov
02
M. Teresa Poggi Lecture on Italy and the Mediterranean World. “Signor Presidente:" Giorgia Meloni and the Italian Laboratory
Rachel Donadio, contributing writer at
The Atlantic, former
The New York Times Rome Bureau Chief and European Culture Correspondent
5:00 PM
Room 1010
Weiser Hall
(for II staff and faculty; requires SSO login)
