We invite you to browse panels about the scripts of ancient Egypt, indigenous languages of Central and South America, languages of Southeast Asia, and more – including the English language and language used in graffiti and comics.

This exhibit highlights the possibilities for exploration and discovery within the library’s collections, which are impressive on many levels. The sheer number of materials, including more than 8.5 million volumes in locations all over campus, and access to millions of digital books, journals and images, makes it one of the largest university library systems in the United States. The collection encompasses ancient documents written on papyrus, electronic journals reporting on the latest advances in science and medicine, and materials from nearly every period, culture, and way of thought in between.

Face of Our Time examines more than 100 works by five photographers—Jacob Aue Sobol, Jim Goldberg, Zanele Muholi, Daniel Schwartz, and Richard Misrach—who operate within what Walker Evans referred to as the "documentary style." Sharing an interest in making pictures that capture what the world looks like, they observe the sometimes volatile civil and political transformations facing society and look reflectively at contemporary culture, recording history as it unfolds slowly over time. Aue Sobol's gentle and sculptural pictures reveal the hardships of life in the Arctic; Goldberg's multilayered series includes fragmented narratives from the migration of illegal immigrants from Africa to Europe; Muholi commemorates and celebrates the histories and struggles that black lesbians face in her native South Africa; Schwartz reveals the overlapping narratives between the Silk Route's ancient history and the military and economic power struggles that it faces today; and the Richard Misrach photographs, from his recently published book, Destroy This Memory, are an informal, yet personal collection of pictures taken in the aftermath of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy in New Orleans.

Face of Our Time: Jacob Aue Sobol, Jim Goldberg, Zanele Muholi, Daniel Schwartz, Richard Misrach is organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Generous support is provided by Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Council.

Face of Our Time at UMMA is made possible in part by the Lois Zenkel Photographic Exhibitions Fund, the University of Michigan Health System, and the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund.

Image caption: Jim Goldberg, Making Fire, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2008; chromogenic print; 30 in. x 40 in. (76.2 cm x 101.6 cm); Collection SFMOMA, purchase through a gift of Nicola Miner and Robert Mailer Anderson; © Jim Goldberg

This is the first part of a two-part exhibition introducing exciting, recently acquired works from UMMA's collections gifted to the museum during the past five years. Recent Acquisitions: Curator's Choice, Part I presents a first look at artworks, mostly prints, drawings, and photographs by artists as diverse as Annie Leibovitz, Edward Steichen, and Rembrandt van Rijn. Carole McNamara, Senior Curator of Western Art, chose works that focus on some of the enduring and compelling themes that have occupied artists in Europe and America. One is the preoccupation with the human form as an expression of ideas, feelings, and sensations. This selection begins with the tradition of the academic nude study and progresses to embrace different genres, from both secular and religious contexts. Another selection-landscapes and cityscapes-are each opportunities for artists to speak to our relationship to the natural world-both in how we experience landscape as well as how we construct our own urban environments.

This exhibition is made possible in part by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost.

The tiny dramas that comprise Robert Wilson's Video 50 contain aspects of his hallmark aesthetic: surreal or dream-like imagery, the absence of a linear narrative, the conflation of seemingly unrelated characters and micro-stories, and a mesmerizingly slow pace. Video 50 consists of a randomly arranged set of 30-second "episodes," a few of which feature notable French personalities of the 1970s-perfumier Hélène Rochas stares down a mugger, culture minister Michel Guy struggles to open a dresser drawer-and Wilson thought of these as miniature portraits or character studies. The creator and director of aggressively experimental theater, Wilson first came to prominence with works from the mid-1970s such as The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin (1973) and Einstein on the Beach (1976). These lavish, unusually long productions broke and then redefined every convention of theater. In Video 50 his shorter time-based portraits explore the intersection of narrative and still-life, seductively dissolving the distance between viewer and subject.

The Fair is a great way to connect with organizations right here on campus! We expect 100+ organizations and 1000+ students to participate in the event.

Use the Fair to:

Meet with employers to discuss a wide range of positions

Build networks for the future

Connect with organizations interviewing later in the semester

Different Organizations on each day

The Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine is sponsoring a talk by Dr. Zachary Schrag, author of "Ethical Imperialism: Institutional Review Boards and the Social Sciences, 1965-2009." In the book, Dr. Schrag argues that biomedical researchers and bioethicists repeatedly excluded social scientists from rule making and ignored the existing ethical traditions in nonmedical fields, resulting in the routine impediment of social science research by university ethics panels. Dr. Schrag is an Associate Professor in the Department of History and Art History at George Mason University. Following his talk, a panel of prominent U-M researchers (to be announced) will discuss the IRB's impact on social science research.

In light of proposed changes to federal regulations governing research with human subjects, the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine (CBSSM) is sponsoring a talk by Dr. Zachary Schrag of George Mason University. Dr. Schrag will discuss the influence of the IRB on social science research, which was the topic of his 2010 book, "Ethical Imperialism: Institutional Review Boards and the Social Sciences, 1965-2009." Following the talk, a panel of U-M scholars will discuss the impact of IRB regulations on social science research. Panelists include: * Cleopatra Caldwell, Associate Professor, Health Behavior & Health Education, School of Public Health * Carl Schneider, Chauncey Stillman Professor for Ethics, Morality, and the Practice of Law, Law School * Alford Young, Jr., Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and Chair, Sociology, College of Literature, Science & Arts

In this panel, four scholars of language consider how language has been used to construct and perform gender and sexuality. They will examine a history of approaches to language, gender and sexuality; the connection between language, sexuality and masculinities; the erasure of lesbians from queer linguistics; the encoding of gender and sexuality in the grammar and lexicon and efforts to change the language.

Anne Curzan University of Michigan, English, Linguistics and Education

Scott Kiesling University of Pittsburgh, Linguistics

Robin Queen University of Michigan, Linguistics

Shelley Swearingen University of Michigan, Linguistics

Professor Zheng Xiaohua, School of Arts at Renmin University of China, gives a lecture on and demonstration of this traditional art form.

Panel discussion with Jill Becker, Kyla Day, Mark Greenwald, Michelle McClellan and Beth Glover Reed.

Do you feel that no matter how hard you try, it is never good enough? Do you spend too much time trying to get things exactly right, in order to avoid criticism? If so, this session will help you identify thinking styles that perpetuate perfectionism and strategies to manage unrealistic expectations.

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM 1005 DOW

Learn about the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)! Free Food!

Questions? E-mail shpe.eboard@umich.edu

FREE FOOD!

The Career Center will be delivering a workshop for members of Sigma Iota Rho on the topics of Story and Presentation. To learn more about this session, please contact Sigma Iota Rho.

Are you unsure of what you can say to employers about your greek life experience? This workshop will help you to identify and understand how you can market your skills and strengths in an interview and within resume and cover letters.

The Black Psychological Student Association (BPSA) will host a series of film screenings, sponsored by MESA/Trotter, that center on Black history. The films will be a mix of documentaries and cinematic dramas to bring about discussions of justice, race, education, civil rights, and cultural practices relevant to people of African descent. The film screening is following by a moderated discussion. Light refreshments will be served.

About this week’s film “The Black Power Mix Tape 1967-1975”: In a compelling account of the Black Power Movement, THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975 mobilizes a treasure trove of 16mm material shot by Swedish journalists who came to the US drawn by stories of urban unrest and revolution. Gaining access to many of the leaders of the Black Power Movement—Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, Angela Davis and Eldridge Cleaver among them—the filmmakers captured them in intimate moments and remarkably unguarded interviews.

Now that you have gained a research experience through UROP, how do you translate that into presentations that can help you find opportunities in the future? Come to this workshop to talk about how you can present your UROP story.

Join us for a very special yoga class with representatives from Victoria's Secret PINK on hand with snacks and product giveaways.

Must have CCRB building access.

Pre-concert lecture at 7:15. Christopher James Lees, conductor. Combining an overtly humorous ballet with a work filled with classic folk elements, this UPO program provides an evening of music that uniquely displays many different emotional aspects of humanity. PROGRAM: Poulenc - Les Biches Suite; Concerto TBA; Dvorak - Symphony No. 8

PROGRAM: Viardot - Morceaux for Violin (Oboe) and Piano; Clearfield - Gaia, for Soprano, Oboe and Piano; Skalkottas - Concertino for Oboe and Piano; Hidas - Sonata for Oboe and Piano; Kalliwoda - Morceau de Salon, Op. 228

PROGRAM: Vivaldi - Bassoon Concerto; Mozart - Bassoon Concerto; Beethoven - Sonata; Hindemith - Sonate; Vinter - The Playful Pachyderm