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This conference is intended to serve as a site for critical engagement among various schools of interpretations and to encourage creative and rigorous independent readings of ancient Greek and Roman philosophical works. Catherine Heldt Zuckert, Nancy Reeves Dreux Professor of Political Science (U of Notre Dame), and Thomas M. Tuozo, Professor of Philosophy (U of Kansas) are the keynote speakers. This conference is organized by Dr. Debra Nails, Professor of Philosophy and IAH faculty at Michigan State U.

Maria Soledad Gomez and Washington Cucurto. members of Eloisa Cartonera Publishing Cooperative in Argentina, visit MSU on October 6-7. IAH 241F students, led by professor Marco Díaz-Munoz, will have the opportunity of experiencing the philosophy of first-hand making of cardboard/hand-painted books by this Argentinean editorial project.

The series invites artists, critics, and scholars that contribute to the diverse dialogue that characterizes the visual arts today to campus for a public lecture. The series offers a unique platform on which to demonstrate the importance of the arts to numerous academic fields of inquiry and the regional community.

Lecture on Global Studies in the Arts and Humanities

Ambassador Alenxander Addor-Neto
Secretary for Multidimensional Security
Organization of American States

2-day workshop that brings together a group of leading researchers working in the emerging field of Mexican state formation in 1940-1968. This workshop explores a variety of political, cultural and economic approaches to what might be called Mexico PRI-history. For more information contact professor Ben Smith bensmith@msu.edu.

This symposium examines how indigenous communities have used global networks to advance their own ideas regarding cultural maintenance, preservation, and difference. Nine scholars from various disciplines whose work spans North, Central and South America will engage in a cross-disciplinary dialogue on Americas' indigeinities and their ways to convey, record, and transmit information in global worlds.

The Michigan Indian Day is an opportunity for faculty, students and community members to increase their awareness of the health, social, educational and cultural issues of the American Indian population in the State of Michigan and other Tribal Nations within the United States. This year's theme is 'Collaboration with Tribal Nations & Communities: The Importance of Inclusion in University Education, Research, and Programming to Enhance the Lives of the Anishinaabe.

The GLFF showcases the traditional cultural treasures of the nation's Upper Midwest and a sampling of the best of traditional artists from around the country and the world. The festival encourages cross-cultural understanding of our diverse society through the presentation of musicians, dancers, cooks, storytellers and craftspeople whose traditions are rooted in their communities.