Thursday, April 15, 2010

Weekly Schedule: April 16-22

Friday, April 16

Inventing Race in the Americas
Presented By: Center for Latin American Studies
Time: 9:00am –5:00pm
Location: John Hope Franklin Room of the Social Science Research Building, 1126 E. 59th Street

Chicago Careers in Business (CCIB) Information Sessions for First-Years
Presented By:
Career Advising & Planning Services
Time: 12:00pm –1:00pm
Location: West Lounge of Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th Street

7th annual South Asia Graduate Student Conference
Presented By: South Asia at Chicago
Time: 5:00pm
Location: Room 110 of the Classics Building, 1010 E. 59th Street

Poets Rising for Haiti
Presented by: Rising in Solidarity with Ayiti (R.I.S.A.)
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: Backstory Café and Social Center, 61st Street & Blackstone Avenue

Bus Stop Hip Hop: A Benefit Concert for Hip Hop in Palestine
Presented by: Students for Justice in Palestine
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Mandel Hall in the Reynolds Club, 5701 S. University Avenue

RuPaul’s Drag Race Marathon on the Quad

Presented By: Queers & Associates
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Main Quadrangles


Saturday, April 17

Africa Business Symposium
Presented By: Chicago Africa Business Group
Time: 7:30am –2:00pm
Location: Room 104 of the Charles M. Harper Center 5807 S. Woodlawn Avenue

University Day of Service

Presented By: University Community Service Center
Time: 8:00am –2:00pm
Location: McCormick Tribune Lounge, Reynolds Club, 5706 S. University Avenue

Organizations Serving the Asian Pacific Islander American Community
Time: 10:00am –1:00pm
Location: Conference Room 120 of the School of Social Service Administration, 969 E. 60th Street

SAMSU Singaporean Society: Tekong? Tekong. Tekong!
Presented By: SAMSU
Time: 6:00pm –10:30pm
Location: Assembly Hall of the International House, 1414 E. 59th Street

7th annual South Asia Graduate Student Conference Presented By: South Asia at Chicago
Time: 5:00pm-TBD
Location: Room 110 of the Classics Building, 1010 E. 59th Street

Monday, April 19

The Complex Identity of Spanish Secret Jews
Presented By: Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture (CSRPC)
Time: 4:30pm –6:00pm
Location: Room 100 of the Classics Building, 1010 E. 59th Street

Public Lecture: Syncretism and Assimilation: The Secret Jews of Spain
Presented By: Chicago Center for Jewish Studies
Time: 4:30 –6:30 PM
Location: Room 110 of the Classics Building, 1010 E. 59th Street

Potential Gender Studies Major or Minor Meeting
Presented by: Center for Gender and Sexuality Studies
Time: 4:30pm
Location: Center for Gender Studies, 5733 South University Avenue

Full-time Job Search: A to Z of Finding, Applying to, and Interviewing for a Job
Presented By: Career Advising & Planning Services
Time: 5:00pm –6:30pm
Location: Ida Noyes Hall, CAPS Resource Center, 3rd Floor, 1212 E. 59th Street

Jose Esteban Munoz: Otherwise Latinas, Mario Montez with Sonia Sotamayor

Presented by: Pride Week 2010
Time: 5:00pm
Location: TBA
Contact: cliffordino@uchicago.edu

Career Speed Networking
Presented By: OMSA and CMC
Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Location: 5710 S. Woodlawn Avenue

Tuesday, April 20

Immigration Workshop: Ana Puga
Presented By: Center for Latin American Studies
Time: 12:00pm –1:30pm
Location: Center for Latin American Studies, 5848 S. University Avenue

Mexican Studies Seminar - Tomás Jiménez
Presented By: Katz Center for Mexican Studies
Time: 12:00pm –1:30pm
Location: John Hope Franklin Room of Social Science Research Building, 1126 E. 59th Street

Meet & Greet
Presented by: Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Location: Room 141 of Harper Memorial Library, 1116 E. 59th Street

Wednesday, April 21

Chicago Careers in Public and Social Service
Presented By: Career Advising & Planning Services
Time: 2:00pm –4:00pm
Location: Conference Room 101 of the School of Social Service Administration, 969 E. 60th Street

Music|Race|Empire Symposium
Presented By: Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture (CSRPC)
Time: 2:00pm –6:00pm
Location: Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 E. 57th Street

It’s Playtime: A Night of Legos and Play-doh

Presented by: MGSA
Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Location:
5710 S. Woodlawn Avenue

Thursday, April 22

Latin American History Workshop presents Nara Milanich
Presented By: Center for Latin American Studies
Time: 4:30 pm –6:00pm
Location: Room 114 of Kelly Hall, 5848 S. University Avenue

"Impossible Translation: Beyond the Legal Body in Two South Asian Family Courts" (Srimati Basu, University of Kentucky)
Presented By: South Asia at Chicago
Time: 4:30 –6:30 PM
Location: Room 103 of Foster Hall, 1130 E. 59th Street

Radical politics and experimental film in Spain: Los Encuentros de Pamplona (1972) Lecture by Vicente J. Benet
Presented By: Film Studies Center
Time: 5:00pm
Location: Room 307, Cobb Hall, 5811 S. Ellis Avenue

Eric Reeves and Mohmed Ahmed Abdallah on Darfur
Presented By: Office of the Reynolds Club & Student Activities (ORCSA)
Time: 6:00pm –9:00pm
Location: Room 140 of Harper Memorial Library, 1116 E. 59th Street

Locked Up and Left Behind: Chicago's Prison Problem
Presented By: Students for Correctional Reform Now
Time: 7:00pm –8:00pm
Location: Bartlett Dining Commons, Lounge, 5640 South University Avenue