Thursday, November 4, 2010

Weekly Schedule: November 5- November 11


Friday, November 5

Jewish Studies Graduate Student Working Group
Presented by: Chicago Center for Jewish Studies
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Chicago Center for Jewish Studies 773-702-7108)


Lunch-hour Talk: Symbols and Meaning of Buddhist Art
Presented by: Smart Museum of Art
Smart Museum of Art, 5550 South Greenwood Avenue

Diwali: The Indian Festival of Light 7:00 – 8:00 PM
Rockefeller Chapel, 1156 East 59th Street

Saturday, November 6


Producing Local Color with author Diane Grams
Presented by the Logan Arts Center
1:00 – 2:00 PM
5710 South Woodlawn Avenue


Sunday, November 7

FILM: Islam: Empire of Faith, Part I

Presented by: Oriental Institute - Museum Education Office
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Breasted Hall at the Oriental Institute, 1155 E. 58th Street




Monday, November8

Full-time Job Search: A to Z of finding, applying for, and starting a job
Presented by: Career Advising & Planning Services
4:00 – 5:30 PM
East Lounge of Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 East 59th Street


Rangel Fellowship Information Session
Presented by: Office of Multicultural Student Affairs
5:00 – 7:00 PM
5710 South Woodlawn Avenue


Lecture by S’bu Zidoke, President of Abahlali baseMjondolo (Shack Dweller's Movement of South Africa)
Presented by: African Studies Workshop, National Economic and Social Rights Initiative, the Human Rights Program and the Human Rights Workshop of the University of Chicago
5:30 PM
Haskell Hall, 5836 S. Greenwood Avenue


Summer Links Information Session
Presented by: University Community Service Center
6:00 – 7:00 PM
Room 130 of Harper Memorial Library, 1116 E. 59th Street


Vegan Ice-Cream Social!
8:45 – 9:45 PM
Reynolds Club, 5706 S. University

Career Exploration Workshop
Presented by: Career Advising & Planning Services
5:00 – 6:00 PM
CAPS Resource Center, 3rd Floor of Ida Noyes Hall,


Beyond Waiting for Superman: How do we overcome inequities in our urban schools?

Presented by: Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (OMSA), Teach for America and the Urban Teacher Education Program
6:00 – 9:00 PM 5710 South Woodlawn Avenue

“Les Forces Nouvelles: Gay Identity and Armed Conflict in Côte d’Ivoire” by Mark Canavera
Presented by: Program of African Studies at Northwestern University, African Studies Workshop and the Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshop at the University of Chicago.
6:00 PM
Wilder House, 5811 S. Kenwood Avenue

Liberty in North Korea Screening
Presented by: University Community Service Center
7:30 – 8:30 PM
Room 140 of Harper Memorial Library, 1116 E. 59th Street

But Confucius Says... - Confucianism and Human Rights

Presented by: Law School
12:15 – 1:20 PM
Laird Bell Law Quadrangle, 1111 E. 60th Street

'The Indian Does Not Produce': Ethanol Production and Land Conflict on the Brazilian 'Frontier'

Presented by: Program on the Global Environment
4:30 – 6:00 PM
Room 105 of Pick Hall, 5828 S. University Avenue

Navajo Boy and Yellow Dirt: Uranium Contamination in Navajo Nation
Presented by: the Program on the Global Environment, the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs and the Environmental Law Society.
6:25 – 8:25 PM Laird Bell Law Quadrangle, 1111 E. 60th Street

Thursday, November 11

Plan Ahead & Get in $hape!
Presented by: Graduate Student Affairs
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Room 110 in the Classics Building, 1010 E. 59th Street

CCIPSS: Non-Profit Agency Presentation: Lunch with a Mission
Presented by: Career Advising & Planning Services
12:30 – 2:00 PM
Room 010 of Reynolds Club, 5706 S. University

Latin American History Workshop: Antonio Sotomayor
Presented by: Center for Latin American Studies
4:30 – 6:00 PM
Room 114 or Kelly Hall,
5848 South University Avenue

Chicago Career In Law: Testmasters: Introduction to the LSAT
Presented by: Career Advising & Planning Services
6:00 – 6:30 PM
Room 203 of Ida Noyes Hall,1212 East 59th Street

Latin American Briefing Series: Alma Guillermoprieto and Alejandro Paez and Claudia Mendez

Presented by: Center for Latin American Studies
6:00 – 7:30 PM
Room 122 of Social Science Research, 1126 East 59th Street