Homer’s Odyssey

This study group will be online

Using Robert Fagles’ translation of the Odyssey (required), we will do a close reading and discussion of the poem. We will get to know...

LACS Colombia Film Series. A Conversation about "La tierra y la sombra" (2015)

César Augusto Acevedo García (Director); María Ospina (Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies, Wesleyan University); Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola (Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Spanish & Latin American Studies, University of Michigan)

Free and open to the public; register at http://myumi.ch/wlelk...

Going for Baroque

This study group will be online

The pun is old and often used but it makes for a good title: “GOING FOR BAROQUE”. The great triumvirate of composers during this musical...

Sports and the City: A Century in Detroit

Silke-Maria Weineck (University of Michigan), Stefan Szymanski (University of Michigan), Ketra Armstrong (University of Michigan)

City of Champions: Detroit, Sports, and a History of Triumph and Defeat (The New Press, 2020), by Silke-Maria Weineck and Stefan Szymanski,...

Storytelling for Social Justice

School of Social Work ENGAGE Virtual Discussion

Storytelling — listening to the stories of others and sharing one’s own stories — builds a foundation for human interaction. Telling...