Graduation

Friday, May 3, 2024
Doors open at 2:30 PM; Ceremony starts promptly at 3 PM
1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Includes all Fall 2023, Winter 2024, and Summer 2024 graduates from the Masters in International and Regional Studies (MIRS) and II Area Studies majors, minors, and graduate certificate programs including the following centers: African Studies Center; Center for European Studies; Center for Japanese Studies; Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies; Center for South Asian Studies, Center for Southeast Asian Studies; Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Global Islamic Studies Center; and Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies.

Graduation Ceremony Speakers

Keynote Speaker
Lynette Clemetson

Charles R. Eisendrath Director of Wallace House

Student Speaker
Lindsey Quint

Master of Arts in International and Regional Studies, Chinese Studies Specialization

Remarks by
Pär Cassel

Graduate Studies (Masters in International and Regional Studies) Director; and Associate Professor, History

Remarks by
Mary Gallagher

International Institue Director; and Amy and Alan Lowenstein Professor in Democracy, Democratization, and Human Rights, Political Science

Recognition of Graduates by Center Directors and Associate Directors

Omolade Adunbi, Director, African Studies Center & Massy Mutumba, Associate Director, African Studies Center, and Center Mentor, African Studies Specialization

Geneviève Zubrzycki, Director, Center for European Studies

Elizabeth King, Director, Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies

Denise Saint Arnault, Interim Director, Center for Japanese Studies; and Kevin Carr, Director of Graduate Studies, Center for Japanese Studies

Gavin Arnall, Director, Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies

Ryan Szpiech, Director, Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies; and Jay Crisostomo, Associate Director, Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies

Aliyah Khan, Director, Global Islamic Studies Center; and Murad Idris, Associate Director, Global Islamic Studies Center

Matthew Hull, Director, Center for South Asian Studies

Allen Hicken, Interim Director, Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Ann Lin, Director, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies; and David Rolston, Associate Director, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies