Wallace House Presents our 2024-2025 lineup of live events with Mazin Sidahmed, Bret Stephens, Lydia Polgreen, María Elena Salinas and Stephen Henderson. Please mark your calendars for the events below and join us.
The 37th Annual Hovey Lecture with Mazin Sidahmed of Documented
“Sorting Immigration Facts from Fiction: The Power of Local Reporting Amid National Politics”
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 | 5 PM
Reception following lecture
Wallace House Gardens, 620 Oxford Road
An in-person outdoor event
Join Mazin Sidahmed, 2021 Knight-Wallace Reporting Fellow and co-founder of the non-profit newsroom Documented, for a discussion on how shifting our journalism focus from national coverage to local news outlets and from “reporting about” to “reporting for and with” immigrant communities can help us discern immigration fact from fiction and improve outcomes for everyone.
This is an in-person event and will not be live-streamed. However, a recording of the lecture will be available on our website following the event.
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2025 Knight-Wallace Fellow Dieu-Nalio Chery
“Contextualize Haiti’s Demising Situation” Photo Project with Dieu-Nalio Chery
Friday, September 13, 2024 | 10:20 AM
Michigan Union Room 2210 2nd Floor
530 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Free and open to the public
Our 2025 Knight-Wallace Fellow, Dieu-Nalio Chery, will present his photojournalistic work showcasing Haiti’s descent at the first annual symposium titled: “Contextualize Haiti’s Demising Situation.” Dieu-Nalio Chery is a freelance photojournalist from Haiti who is now based in Michigan. For over a decade, Chery worked for The Associated Press, documenting the profound beauty, searing pain and upheaval in his homeland.
The symposium will bring together scholars and specialists in Haitian Studies, filmmakers, photographers and community leaders to discuss current issues relevant to Haiti, the Haitian diaspora, and actors involved in development in Haiti.
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Co-Sponsors:
College of Literature, Science and the Arts
Office of Academic Mulicultural Initiatives (OAMI)
School of Social Work (Diversity Equity and Inclusion)
Rackham Graduate School
International Institute
A Conversation with NYT Technology Reporter Kashmir Hill
Monday, October 7, 2024 | 4:15 PM
Annenberg Auditorium, Weill Hall
735 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Free and open to the public
Please join us for an engaging conversation with New York Times technology reporter Kashmir Hill and Shobita Parthasarathy, Faculty Director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Program. Our speakers will explore the intersection of technology and privacy, addressing some of today’s most salient issues.
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Co-Sponsors:
Gerald R. Ford School
Webinar for Knight-Wallace Fellowship Applicants with Candice Choi and Neda Ulaby
Monday, October 21, 2024 | Noon to 1:15 PM ET
Meet our Knight-Wallace alumni and discover how their year in Ann Arbor, access to a world-class university’s resources, and dedicated time for a journalism project broadened their perspectives and advanced their careers. They’ll answer your questions and share insights about the Knight-Wallace Fellowship experience.
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2025 Knight-Wallace Fellow Joseph Sywnkyj
WCEE Exhibition. Verses from a Nation in Transition. Ukraine in Photographs by Joseph Sywenkyj
Tuesday, October 1 – Friday, November 29, 2024
International Institute Gallery, Weiser Hall Room 547 | 500 Church Street
WCEE Distinguished Lecture
Monday, October 21, 2024 | 5:30 PM
Weiser Hall Room 1010 | 500 Church Street
Free and open to the public
Joseph Sywenkyj is the 2024-25 Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia’s Distinguished Fellow, and a Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan. An award-winning American photographer of Ukrainian descent, Sywenkyj has lived and worked in Ukraine for the last two decades. He is a frequent contributor to publications in Europe and Eurasia and to The Wall Street Journal, and his photographs have been exhibited in galleries and museums, including the United Nations Visitor’s Lobby in New York and the Taras Shevchenko National Museum in Kyiv.
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Hosted by:
WCEE
Co-sponsors:
International Institute
One Nation, Divergent Views: A Roundtable Discussion
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 | 6 PM
Rackham Auditorium
915 E Washington St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Free and open to the public
Join Wallace House and the Institute for Social Research for a live conversation driven by journalism and social science in the run-up to the presidential election. Hear special guests Bret Stephens and Lydia Polgreen of The New York Times, María Elena Salinas of ABC News, and Vince Hutchings of U-M Center for Political Studies in conversation with veteran Michigan journalist Stephen Henderson. As part of the University of Michigan’s Year of Democracy, Civic Empowerment, and Global Engagement initiative, this special event will provide insights on critical issues shaping the 2024 election and social science research on the American voting public.
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Co-Sponsors
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Institute for Social Research
U-M’s Year of Democracy, Civic Empowerment and Global Engagement initiative
DPTV
Webinars for Knight-Wallace Fellowship Applicants with Alumni
Friday, November 15, 2024 | Noon to 1:15 PM ET
Wednesday, January 15, 2025 | Noon to 1:15 PM ET
For U.S. applicants only
Please RSVP here to sign up for one of the webinars and receive the Zoom link to attend.
Wallace House Center for Journalists invites all interested Knight-Wallace Fellowship applicants to an interactive webinar conversation on one of the two dates listed above.
Meet our Knight-Wallace alumni and discover how their year in Ann Arbor, access to a world-class university’s resources, and dedicated time for a journalism project broadened their perspectives and advanced their careers. They’ll answer your questions and share insights about the Knight-Wallace Fellowship experience.