News & Events
Institute for Advanced Study
7/7/2008 9:00 PM Global Justice and Human Rights Trials - program airing on TPT
Location: Off Campus, Television Broadcast, Sponsored by Institute for Advanced Study: Broadcast of talk given by Kathryn Sikkink at the IAS on January 29, "Globalizing Justice: Do Human Rights Trials Really Work?" Program will appear on TPT-Channel 17 on broadcast television, and on satellite and Minnesota Channel cable stations; Channel 13 on the Comcast Cable system in Minneap...
7/8/2008 3:00 AM Global Justice and Human Rights Trials - program airing on TPT
Location: Off Campus, Television Broadcast, Sponsored by Institute for Advanced Study: Broadcast of talk given by Kathryn Sikkink at the IAS on January 29, "Globalizing Justice: Do Human Rights Trials Really Work?" Program will appear on TPT-Channel 17 on broadcast television, and on satellite and Minnesota Channel cable stations; Channel 13 on the Comcast Cable system in Minneap...
7/28/2008 9:00 PM Armenians and Turkey's Lingering Past - program airing on TPT
Location: Off Campus, Television Broadcast, Sponsored by Institute for Advanced Study: Broadcast of talk given by Taner Akcam and Eric Weitz at the IAS on November 29, 2006, "A Shameful Act: Armenian Genocide and Turkish Responsibility." Program will appear on TPT-Channel 17 on broadcast television, and on satellite and Minnesota Channel cable stations; Channel 13 on the Comcast C...
7/29/2008 3:00 AM Armenians and Turkey's Lingering Past - program airing on TPT
Location: Off Campus, Television Broadcast, Sponsored by Institute for Advanced Study: Broadcast of talk given by Taner Akcam and Eric Weitz at the IAS on November 29, 2006, "A Shameful Act: Armenian Genocide and Turkish Responsibility." Program will appear on TPT-Channel 17 on broadcast television, and on satellite and Minnesota Channel cable stations; Channel 13 on the Comcast C...
8/12/2008 5:30 PM "Speaking of Home: Immigration to Minnesota" - Conversation with Donna Gabaccia and IBe
Location: Off Campus, Macy's Skyroom, 12th floor, 700 Nicollet Mall, Sponsored by Institute for Advanced Study: Join us for a conversation about the experience of immigrants in Minnesota, led by Donna Gabaccia and IBé. Donna Gabaccia is a professor of History and Director of the Immigration and History Research Center at the University of Minnesota. IBé was born in Kankan, Guinea, and grew...
8/26/2008 5:30 PM "Public Art: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly": A conversation with Jack Becker and Peter Eleey
Location: Off Campus, Macy's Skyroom, 12th floor, 700 Nicollet Mall, Sponsored by Institute for Advanced Study: As more artists move into the public realm, and more communities embrace public art, it becomes more important to ask ourselves: "What kind of art do we want in our communities?" Hear from Walker Art Center curator Peter Eleey and Forecast Public Art founder Jack Becker discuss the pros and cons...
Institute for Global Studies
University Libraries
7/7/2008 12:00 PM Extreme Googling: Tips and Tricks for Expert Searching
Location: Diehl Hall, 2nd Floor Computing Area, Bio-Medical Library, Sponsored by University Libraries: Learn how to exploit Google to your advantage! Our advanced tips and tricks will help you get the most out of your Google searching. We will also show you how to use Google to find scholarly articles, patents, ebooks, government documents, and more. This class will have a health sciences focus.
7/8/2008 7:00 PM Modern Marvels: Jewish Adventures in the Graphic Novel: The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale
Location: Off Campus, Highland Park Branch Library, Sponsored by University Libraries: The comic book transfigured, this graphic novel tells the story of Spiegelman's parents Vladek and Anna, Jews reaching maturity in a Europe on the verge of Nazism, and their terrifying history and eventual survival in the concentration camps. Spiegelman uses the broadest tools of the genre - Jew...
7/8/2008 7:30 PM Appearance by David Hajdu
Location: Elmer L. Andersen Library, Sponsored by University Libraries: The Friends of the University Minnesota Libraries and the Children's Literature Research Collections proudly present a Twin Cities appearance by David Hajdu, author of The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic Book Scare and How It Changed America. Dessert reception follows with books avai...
7/9/2008 12:00 PM PubMed
Location: Diehl Hall, AHC Learning Commons (5th floor), Sponsored by University Libraries: Do you feel like your PubMed searches are good, but not great? Be sure you're getting the best results possible from this crucial resource! There are a number of tools and strategies to help you get a more precise, flexible and relevant PubMed search, including the MeSH database, the history tab...
7/9/2008 6:00 PM Memorial Service for Prof. Rudolph J. Vecoli
Location: Elmer L. Andersen Library, 120 and Atrium, Sponsored by Immigration History Research Center: Rudolph J. Vecoli, long-time director and beloved colleague, died on June 17, 2008. Rudi was director of the IHRC from 1967 until his retirement in 2005. A celebration of Rudi Vecoli's life and work will be held the evening of July 9, 2008 in the atrium of Andersen Library.