Showing events starting from January 1, 2018 up to January 31, 2018

January 4, 2018 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm

This session will provide the opportunity to learn more about the University of Michigan School of Social Work MSW program. Topics covered will include: MSW Curriculum, Dual Degree Programs, Application Process, Financial Aid, and more.

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January 8, 2018 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm

Nayanjot Lahiri, Ashoka University

India's archaeological heritage has continued to grow in many different ways since independence, even as the monuments and relics, sites and sculpture remain vulnerable and compromised. This lecture will look at the challenges and pressures on this heritage as a consequence of developments arising from the impact of accelerated industrialization and mega projects, the antiquity trade protected by mafias of various kinds, the state of government-funded institutions, and the adjudication of legal disputes relating to monuments. The lecture will also offer some possible solutions on how India's heritage can be made to matter more than it does at present.

Nayanjot Lahiri is a historian and archaeologist of ancient India and a professor of history at Ashoka University. Prof. Lahiri won the 2013 Infosys Prize in the humanities for her contribution towards the integration of archaeological knowledge with the historical understanding of India from the earliest times. She also won the 2016 John F. Richards prize for her book Ashoka in Ancient India. Her books includeThe Archaeology of India Trade Routes (1992), Finding Forgotten Cities (2005),Marshalling the Past -Ancient India and its Modern Histories (2012), Ashoka in Ancient India (2015) and Monuments Matter: India's Archaeological Heritage Since Independence (2017). She has edited The Decline and Fall of the Indus Civilization(2000) and an issue of World Archaeology entitled "The Archaeology of Hinduism" (2004).

January 8, 2018 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm

Learn about the basics of kink play, how consent is discussed and negotiated, the difference between all the terms, and what it means to be in a 24-7 relationship. Understand the differences between fantasy (like 50 Shades of Grey) and reality, and how to support clients/patients in their kink practices. There will also be a basic training on the basic types of consensually non-monogamous relationships that people have in their lives, how to support individuals in discussing these with frameworks with clients, and more. We'll talk about polyamory/non-monogamy -- various facets, how to get into it, and most importantly, how to help make it work when there are more than two people involved. Whether you're looking to learn something new, or just to add some knowledge to support your therapeutic or medical practice, this is a great overview for anyone.

Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.

January 9, 2018 (all day)

SW 531 Foundation Field Seminar - 1st day of class

January 10, 2018 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm

Faculty from the U-M medical, nursing, pharmacy, and social work schools are interested in defining a Western Uganda Initiative (WUI) to further collaborative approaches to improving health in Western Uganda. Recently, funding has been secured to establish an interprofessional approach that brings learners from our different schools at U-M together to work creatively and synergistically to improve health. The funding includes money for a 3 week trip to Uganda in August to complete a community needs assessment. 

Come to this town-hall meeting to learn more about this developing opportunity. 

January 10, 2018 to January 14, 2018

Admissions representives will exhibit at the Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference in Washington, DC to share information about U-M's MSW and PhD programs. 

January 11, 2018 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm

This fall, the SSW is hosting a regular series of support activities around teaching. These have been designed as a result of requests from faculty. 

Continuing instructor education. Building off our our spring faculty development session on inclusive teaching, we will have one faculty development session in the fall and two in the winter semester.  CEUs will be available.  Topics to be announced soon.

These sessions are available to all course instructors. A schedule of dates and events is below.  

Continuing Instructor Education:

11/15/2017, 3-4:30 pm

1/11/2018, 12-1:30 pm

4/6/2018, 12-1:30 pm

January 11, 2018 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm

This interactive keynote lecture presents current data on the demographics of public discourse, and addresses core questions of thought leadership: what do we know, why does it matter, and how can we maximize our impact? We will also do a large-group experiment in credibility. Participants will walk away with bold ideas, a deeper sense of what they, as well as their colleagues, know and stand for, and actionable steps.

What is The OpEd Project?

The OpEd Project is a think tank and leadership organization founded to ensure the full range of human voices is included in history. OpEd accelerates the ideas and public impact of underrepresented voices, including women. One near term goal is to increase the volume of women thought leaders in key commentary forums—which are a key source of history—to a tipping point. Partnering with universities, think tanks, non-profits, and corporations, OpEd targets and trains underrepresented experts (including women) to take thought leadership positions in their fields connecting them with a network of high-level journalist mentors; and channeling the best new experts and ideas to media across all platforms. Op-ed is used (which is defined broadly, to mean an idea of public value in any media platform) as a strategic metric of concrete results.

Presented by the Institute for the Humanities, College of LSA, and the U-M ADVANCE Program.