In accordance with Massachusetts regulations, strict restrictions are in effect for in-person campus events. Most of the the events listed here are taking place remotely on Zoom and other online platforms. See each listing for details. All times are United States Eastern Time Zone.
Month of November 2017
New Asia Cinema 2017: Fashion. The 13th annual installment of this semester-long international series explores the complexities of costume and spectacle, style and identity, creativity and subversion, and labor and consumerism.
September 6—December 6, 2017, Wednesdays 7:30 pm-10:00 pm
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November 22
Isenberg School of Management, 137 (Flavin Family Auditorium)

In a tradition of hosting challenging exhibitions organized by student curators, the UMCA presents an exhibition of African art drawn from the collection of Charles Derby, a UMass alumnus who has been collecting since the 1970s alongside an exhibition of painted flags of Africa by the renowned African American artist Fred Wilson.
September 27—December 10, 2017, Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri 11:00 am-4:30 pm
September 27—December 10, 2017, weekends 2:00 pm-5:00 pm
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November 11, November 18—November 26
University Museum of Contemporary Art

Enjoy great conversation with students and UMass community members over free coffee, tea and tasty snacks.
September 6, 2017 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
September 19, 2017 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
October 5, 2017 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
October 20, 2017 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
November 3, 2017 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
November 14, 2017 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
November 29, 2017 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
December 11, 2017 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
Campus Center, Blue Wall

Come and talk to one of your lawyers from the Student Legal Services Office and have your questions answered.
September 20, 2017 12:00 pm-2:00 pm
October 4, 2017 12:00 pm-2:00 pm
October 18, 2017 12:00 pm-2:00 pm
November 1, 2017 12:00 pm-2:00 pm
November 15, 2017 12:00 pm-2:00 pm
November 29, 2017 12:00 pm-2:00 pm
Student Union, 314

Marriott Meals gives Hospitality and Tourism Management students a competitive advantage within this experiential learning class.
September 26—December 6, 2017, Tue/Wed/Thu 11:45 am-12:30 pm
September 26—December 6, 2017, Tue/Wed 5:45 pm-6:30 pm
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October 10, October 12, November 1, November 21—November 23
Campus Center - Marriott Center, 1101

The exhibit showcases items curated from Steindl-Rast’s recent donation of correspondence, photographs, writings, audio/visual recordings, art, and publications.
October 1—January 31, 2018
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November 23, December 23—December 25, December 28—January 1, January 6—January 7, January 14
Library, W.E.B. Du Bois

Can't make it to the regularly scheduled FAFSA help hours? Come see a financial aid counselor to address your FAFSA concerns during our extended hours.
October 5, 2017 4:30 pm-7:30 pm
November 2, 2017 4:30 pm-7:30 pm
December 7, 2017 4:30 pm-7:30 pm
January 25, 2018 4:30 pm-7:30 pm
February 1, 2018 4:30 pm-7:30 pm
March 1, 2018 4:30 pm-7:30 pm
April 5, 2018 4:30 pm-7:30 pm
Wilder Hall, 005

Herter Art Gallery hosts exhibitions featuring new work by art department faculty Shona Macdonald and Shane Mecklenburger.
October 19—November 16, 2017 11:00 am-4:00 pm
October 22—November 16, 2017, Sundays 1:00 pm-4:00 pm
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October 21—November 16, Saturdays
Herter Art Gallery, 125A Herter Annex

Jennifer Taub is the author of the financial crisis book Other People’s Houses published in 2014 by Yale Press. She is also the co-author with the late Kathleen Brickey of Corporate and White Collar Crime: Cases and Materials, 6th edition, published in 2017 by Wolters Kluwer.
November 1, 2017
4:00 pm
Gordon Hall, 3rd Floor Conference Room

Hailing from the South Side of Chicago and born in 1959, painter Rodney Byron Madison is currently the curator of Madison Studio Gallery in Millers Falls, Mass.
November 6—November 28, 2017, Wed/Thu/Fri 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
November 2—December 1, 2017, Mon/Tue 1:00 pm-7:00 pm
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November 20—November 24
Augusta Savage Gallery

Having a sophisticated understanding of how the media works and learning to use it to your advantage is critical to the success of social movements. Eric Stoner will discuss the challenges activists and independent journalists face with the mainstream media and how they can be overcome.
November 2, 2017
4:00 pm-6:30 pm
Integrated Sciences Building, 145

The University Museum of Contemporary Art's Tenth Annual Curatorial Fellowship presents an exhibition of African art drawn from the collection of Charles Derby, a UMass alumnus who has been collecting African art since the 1970s.
November 2, 2017
5:00 pm-8:00 pm
University Museum of Contemporary Art, 33

"The Uncondemned" is a riveting documentary about an underdog group of lawyers and activists who defied the odds to do what had never been done: prosecute rape as an international war crime. The film captures the untold, remarkable story that changed the course of international judicial history. A discussion will follow.
November 2, 2017
6:30 pm-8:30 pm
South College, E245

The Institute for Global Health and the School of Public Health and Health Sciences hosts “Global Health Challenges: A Panel Discussion for Collaborative Solutions” featuring panelists Rita Colwell, Jennie Ward-Robinson and Michael Depledge.
November 3, 2017
9:30 am-11:15 am
Integrative Learning Center, S240

"Voices of Resistance," a powerful community gathering, will bring people together from many social movements to share our stories about how we are surviving economically and building fulfilling lives while working for peace and justice.
November 3—November 5, 2017 3:30 pm-3:00 pm
Goodell Hall, Bernie Dallas room

Open to HFA majors, minors, and exploratory track students, enjoy free sandwiches provided by the Humanities and Fine Arts Student Leadership Board as you interact with the Dean of HFA, Julie Hayes. This is a great chance to provide your feedback to Dean Hayes about your experiences in the College of HFA as well as meet other students with similar interests.
November 7, 2017
12:30 pm-1:30 pm
South College, E501

Career Services is pleased to host a Job, Internship and Networking Fair featuring opportunities in the non-profit and public service fields. Meet professionals and learn about career paths, jobs, internships and volunteer opportunities in the fields of advocacy, activism, public service and education.
November 7, 2017
1:00 pm-4:00 pm
Campus Center, Cape Cod Lounge

Fourteen emerging leaders from Mexico, Uruguay and Peru are participating in intensive fellowships in Western Massachusetts, designed to broaden their professional expertise in environmental sustainability. The Professional Fellows Program (PFP) will culminate in preparing action plans for implementation in their own countries, and an exchange visit from American counterparts in the winter/spring.
November 7, 2017
5:30 pm-7:00 pm
Integrative Learning Center, S211

Through poetry and critical dialogue, Perry "Vision" DiVirgillio and Kandivu "Kavi" Ade engage the audience in a conversation about masculinity, the performance of gender and the toxicity of gendered binaries. The Spoken Word Writing Workshop will be held on Nov. 8th in the Campus Center, room 803.
November 8, 2017
4:00 pm-5:00 pm
Campus Center, 803

What is antisemitism? How, in the face of overwhelming problems in our current society, do we respond to injustice and oppression? Activist and entrepreneur Erin Schrode (the youngest women to ever run for Congress) will share her personal experiences with coming under scrutiny in the public eye, and how the anti-semitic online attacks she received led her to proudly claim her Jewish identity and further commit to a life of civic engagement and social change.
November 8, 2017
6:30 pm-7:30 pm

Through poetry and critical dialogue, Perry "Vision" DiVirgillio and Kandivu "Kavi" Ade engage the audience in a conversation about masculinity, the performance of gender and the toxicity of gendered binaries. The UMass Phallacies will open the live performance on Nov. 8th in the Old Chapel.
November 8, 2017 7:30 pm-9:00 pm
Old Chapel, Great Hall

Through poetry and critical dialogue, Perry "Vision" DiVirgillio and Kandivu "Kavi" Ade engage the audience in a conversation about masculinity, the performance of gender and the toxicity of gendered binaries. The Poetry Reading Brunch will be held on Nov. 9th at the Stonewall Center.
November 9, 2017
11:00 am-12:30 pm
Stonewall Center

This talk, by disaster anthropologist Dr. Anthony Oliver-Smith, professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Florida, will explore how the traditional focus in disaster research is expanding beyond the extremely limited time and space scales of impact.
November 9, 2017
5:00 pm-7:00 pm
Machmer Hall, E24

The UMass iCons (Integrative Concentration in Science) Program welcomes Jonathan Thon, co-founder of Harvard spin-off Platelet Biogenesis, who will lead an interactive workshop in the format of an iCons case study on the problem of blood shortages.
November 9, 2017
6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Integrative Learning Center, S131

Join the Josephine White Eagle Cultural Center in Chadbourne Hall B-3 every Thursday for a Beading Workshop. Awaken your inner creativity and learn to create Native Art using beads.
November 9, 2017 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
November 16, 2017 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
November 30, 2017 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
December 7, 2017 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
December 14, 2017 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
Chadbourne House, B-3

Julie Iromuanya is the author of Mr. and Mrs. Doctor (Coffee House Press), a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction, the Etisalat Prize for Literature, and the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize for Debut Fiction.
November 9, 2017
8:00 pm
Memorial Hall

The MAEA conference offers content-specific professional development opportunities for art educators, including hands-on workshops, best-practice lectures, gallery/museum tours, awards ceremony, exhibitions and more.
November 10, 2017 4:00 pm-8:00 pm
November 11, 2017 8:00 am-8:00 pm
November 12, 2017 8:00 am-5:00 pm
All Campus

Learn how to take the necessary steps to protect your health before a diagnosis. Join AEPhi, Protect Our Breasts, and Hillel for a free dinner and discussion to find out how to make safer choices to protect your breasts through the everyday products you use. All are welcome.
November 10, 2017
7:15 pm-9:00 pm
UMass Hillel

The opening reception for Briana Taylor's "Red Work" will be held on Nov. 12 at 2 p.m. The exhibit will be at Hampden Gallery from Nov. 12th to Dec. 6th. Taylor's research and work depicts the intersection of traditional quilt practices, modern art, modern style and design.
November 12, 2017
2:00 pm-4:00 pm
Hampden Gallery

Do you have a talent that you want to show the world? Do you like free hot chocolate and s'mores? The Student Government Association is hosting an open mic to encourage all people to come out and speak out. We represent your voices on campus policies, so now come and represent you at the open mic night.
November 12, 2017
7:00 pm-9:00 pm

"Knowledge Across Borders" celebrates U.S.-Mexico scholarly exchanges as the kick-off event for International Education Week. Planned in collaboration with the Mexico Colegio Nacional, this event seeks to develop strategies for maintaining and improving scholarly relationships between researchers in the U.S. and Mexico in the face of policies that may complicate the logistical realities of such collaboration.
November 13, 2017
10:00 am-3:30 pm
Old Chapel, Great Hall

What role can historians play in this political moment? What are some of the possibilities and pitfalls of writing history for popular audiences? Please join the department of history for a lunchtime conversation with Nancy MacLean, author of "Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America."
November 13, 2017
12:00 pm
Herter Hall, 601

Photojournalist Daniella Zalcman will be speaking in journalism professor Brian McDermott's Visual Storytelling class. All are welcome to attend. Zalcman is one of the leading advocates for elevating underrepresented voices in visual journalism, and founded Women Photograph to help diversify the bylines at big media outlets.
November 13, 2017
2:30 pm
Integrative Learning Center, S120

The African Francophone Film Festival serves as a vehicle to engender confidence in individuals interested in experiencing cinema of the French speaking African continent and the French speaking African Diaspora.
November 14, 2017 5:30 pm-9:00 pm
November 21, 2017 5:30 pm-9:00 pm
November 28, 2017 5:30 pm-9:00 pm
December 5, 2017 5:30 pm-9:00 pm
December 12, 2017 5:30 pm-9:00 pm
Malcolm X Cultural Center, and Yuri Kochiyama Cultural Center

The CMASS Graduate School Preparation Program is hosting an information session on the UMass Medical School. Participants will learn about the medical school admission process, UMass Med's summer program, funding resources for medical school, medical school requirements, internships and MCAT preparation among other things.
November 15, 2017
2:00 pm-3:30 pm
Wilder Hall, 201

Today, many Americans consider their nation and Mexico as polar opposites – one rich, one poor, one stable, one chaotic – whose histories have entirely distinct trajectories. In this lecture, Tore Olsson demonstrates that modern US and Mexican history share far more than we might realize.
November 15, 2017
4:00 pm-5:00 pm
Herter Hall, 601

Students bring a wide variety of prior experiences, ways of knowing and making sense of the world into our classrooms. Participants in this interdisciplinary, interactive session will be introduced to Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences Theory and Kolb’s Experiential Learning Model as flexible frameworks for creating inclusive learning experiences for diverse student populations.
November 16, 2017
11:30 am-12:45 pm
Goodell Hall, 301 Conference Room

The New York Professional Outreach Program (NYPOP) is pleased to announce the exhibition George Wardlaw: Then and Now. This exhibition will be held at the UMass Amherst NYPOP space at 526 W. 26th Street, NYC with a public opening on Thursday, November 16th from 6-8 p.m.
November 16, 2017
6:00 pm-8:00 pm
UMass Amherst NYPOP

Drawing on the "Mediation of Migration" research project at the London School of Economics, which explored the coverage of the 2015 refugee crisis in European news. Lilie Chouliaraki, London School of Economics and Political Science, will look into the complexities of the selfie as moral practice.
November 17, 2017
12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Integrative Learning Center, 3rd Floor Communication Hub

Open to campus and Amherst Family Center (AFC) families with young children, Dinner On Us (DOU) is a parent education workshop series offered most Monday evenings during the academic year. Tonight's topic is "You Are What You Eat: Family Health and Nutrition" with Molly Barnes.
November 27, 2017
5:30 pm-7:30 pm
Student Union

Used as a case study for Herodotus’ tale of the vengeance of King Cyrus against the Ganges River, "The Dark Age of Herodotus: Shards of a Fugitive History in Medieval Europe" investigates the modes of transmission that carried stories by Herodotus from Greek to Latin, from the eastern Mediterranean to Rome, and from there across the Alps into northern Europe.
November 29, 2017
4:00 pm-5:30 pm
Campus Center, 163 C

Join the Climateers, MASSPIRG, and Talking Truth at our screening of the "Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power." A decade after "An Inconvenient Truth" brought climate change into the heart of popular culture, comes the riveting and rousing follow-up that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution.
November 29, 2017
7:00 pm-9:00 pm
Integrative Learning Center, N151

The Play Lab is a crucible for new work. A professional playwright and a UMass student playwright will be given the opportunity this fall for workshop productions of their newest plays — works that represent fresh voices, big ideas, and envelope-pushing modes of storytelling.
November 30—December 2, 2017 7:30 pm
December 6—December 8, 2017 7:30 pm
December 2, 2017 2:00 pm
December 9, 2017 2:00 pm
Curtain Theater

John Elder Robison’s works include Be Different (2011), a how-to guide for grownups with autism; Raising Cubby (2013), the story of raising his autistic son; and Switched On (2016), about his participation as a research subject in brain studies.
November 30, 2017
5:00 pm-7:00 pm
Library, W.E.B. Du Bois, 2601
