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Modern technology, such as digitization and multi-spectral imaging, is aiding papyrologists in all of these efforts.\n\nTexts on display are some of the highlights of the collection. They include a wonderful drawing of an elephant, a letter from a newly enlisted soldier to his mother, and, of course, some pages of the oldest manuscript with letters of St. Paul (one of the most famous texts of the collection).\n\nIn its 90-year history, the University of Michigan Papyrus Collection has trained more students and scholars in the field of papyrology than any other institution in North America. Founded by the visionary Francis W. Kelsey, the Papyrus Collection has been the training ground for papyrologists from around the world and home to many great resident scholars, such as Herbert and Louise Youtie, Ludwig Koenen, and Traianos Gagos, who died on April 26, 2010.\n\nPapyrology is the field of scholarship that deciphers and studies the texts written \u2013primarily on papyrus\u2013 by people living in the ancient Mediterranean world between 2,500 BCE and 1,000 CE. Most of these texts are found in Egypt where the climate is dry enough to preserve this fragile material. It is a highly specialized and technical field, requiring intensive training in language (Egyptian, ancient Greek, Latin, Arabic), history, and the unique set of skills necessary for reading original documents.\n\nThe exhibit is open during Audubon Room hours: Sun 1-7pm, Mon-Fri 8:30-7pm, Sat 10am-6pm.\n\nThis Exhibit is in Honor of Traianos Gagos (1960-2010).", "occurrence_notes":null, "guid":"3497-917806@events.umich.edu", "permalink":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/3497", "building_id":"1000181", "building_name":"Hatcher Graduate Library", "campus_maps_id":"65", "room":"Audubon Room", "location_name":"Hatcher Graduate Library", "has_livestream":0, "cost":"", "tags":[], "website":"http:\/\/www.lib.umich.edu\/audubon-room\/events\/papyrus", "sponsors":[ { "group_name":"University Library", "group_id":"1186", "website":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UMichLibrary\/" } ], "image_url":"", "styled_images":{ "event_thumb":"", "event_large":"", "event_large_2x":"", "event_large_lightbox":"", "group_thumb":"", "group_thumb_square":"", "group_large":"", "group_large_lightbox":"", "event_large_crop":"", "event_list":"", "event_list_2x":"", "event_grid":"", "event_grid_2x":"", "event_feature_large":"", "event_feature_thumb":"" }, "occurrence_count":90, "first_occurrence":917718 } , "4183-913785": { "datetime_modified":"20101111T175702", "datetime_start":"20101221T100000", "datetime_end":"", "has_end_time":0, "date_start":"2010-12-21", "date_end":"", "time_start":"10:00:00", "time_end":"", "time_zone":"America\/Detroit", "event_title":"Mai-Thu Perret: An Ideal for Living", "occurrence_title":"", "combined_title":"Mai-Thu Perret: An Ideal for Living", "event_subtitle":"", "event_type":"Exhibition", "event_type_id":"7", "description":"Contemporary Swiss artist Mai-Thu Perret's multidisciplinary practice fuses feminist politics with classic modernist abstraction and utopian dreams. Her installations synthesize a range of media and genres--including literature, design, craft, and performance\u2013-conjuring an imaginary alternate history of twentieth-century art, design, and social activism. Much of Perret's work over the past decade has stemmed from \"The Crystal Frontier\", the fictional archive of a female utopian commune called New Ponderosa. From paintings and sculptures to ceramics and textiles or film, Perret's works infuse the formal vocabulary of modernism with a distinctly handmade aesthetic. 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Indeed, the Danish artist's works can at times appear to have been teleported from a slightly askew, alternate version of the past. Seemingly familiar forms often appear in unexpected configurations and objects we think we recognize turn out to be something else entirely. An abstract wall painting emerges from beneath a layer of peeling plaster. A group of minimalist sculptures turn out to be the pieces of an enlarged Soma cube. This uncertainty is central to the experience of Dybbroe M\u00c3\u00b8ller's work, where an initial misrecognition leads to a moment of aesthetic discovery.\n\nDybbroe M\u00c3\u00b8ller's penchant for puzzles and paradoxes reflects his interest in modernism's theoretical aspirations as well as its practical failings. Similarly, his frequent adoption of \u201coutmoded\u201d\u009d media both provides him with a diverse artistic palette and a means of questioning the past century's faith in progress through technology and the avant-garde promise of continual artistic development.\n\nFor Dybbroe M\u00c3\u00b8ller's first solo exhibition in a North American museum, UMMA will present a new body of work that continues his ongoing engagement with and critique of the modernist paradigm of transparency.", "occurrence_notes":null, "guid":"4185-921788@events.umich.edu", "permalink":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/4185", "building_id":"1000151", "building_name":"Museum of Art", "campus_maps_id":"11", "room":"Projects Gallery", "location_name":"Museum of Art", "has_livestream":0, "cost":"", "tags":["visual arts"], "website":"http:\/\/umma.umich.edu\/view\/exhibitions\/2010-moller.php", "sponsors":[ { "group_name":"University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)", "group_id":"1177", "website":"http:\/\/www.umma.umich.edu\/" } ], "image_url":"", "styled_images":{ "event_thumb":"", "event_large":"", "event_large_2x":"", "event_large_lightbox":"", "group_thumb":"", "group_thumb_square":"", "group_large":"", "group_large_lightbox":"", "event_large_crop":"", "event_list":"", "event_list_2x":"", "event_grid":"", "event_grid_2x":"", "event_feature_large":"", "event_feature_thumb":"" }, "occurrence_count":86, "first_occurrence":921750 } , "4252-973246": { "datetime_modified":"20101118T230147", "datetime_start":"20101221T190000", "datetime_end":"20101221T210000", "has_end_time":1, "date_start":"2010-12-21", "date_end":"2010-12-21", "time_start":"19:00:00", "time_end":"21:00:00", "time_zone":"America\/Detroit", "event_title":"Ring of Steel Action Theatre", "occurrence_title":"", "combined_title":"Ring of Steel Action Theatre: Swords, Stunts, Special Fx", "event_subtitle":"Swords, Stunts, Special Fx", "event_type":"Performance", "event_type_id":"15", "description":"Theatrical combat is a multidisciplinary art that combines acting with elements of fencing, martial arts, dance, and music to develop a safe and effective performance. It is a distinct area of study; essentially a marital art where the focus is not to injure your partner. As with any martial art, years of training are needed before an individual is prepared to safely share their skills on the stage.\r\n\r\nThe Ring of Steel offers theatrical combat training in a wide range of weapons and combat styles, based in large part on Aikido and late period rapier.", "occurrence_notes":null, "guid":"4252-973246@events.umich.edu", "permalink":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/4252", "building_id":"", "building_name":"", "campus_maps_id":"", "room":"", "location_name":null, "has_livestream":0, "cost":"", "tags":["architecture","dance","film","literary arts","music","theater","visual arts"], "website":"http:\/\/www.ringofsteel.org", "sponsors":[ { "group_name":"The Ring of Steel", "group_id":"1092", "website":"" } ], "image_url":"", "styled_images":{ "event_thumb":"", "event_large":"", "event_large_2x":"", "event_large_lightbox":"", "group_thumb":"", "group_thumb_square":"", "group_large":"", "group_large_lightbox":"", "event_large_crop":"", "event_list":"", "event_list_2x":"", "event_grid":"", "event_grid_2x":"", "event_feature_large":"", "event_feature_thumb":"" }, "occurrence_count":28, "first_occurrence":973237 } , "4419-1123537": { "datetime_modified":"20101214T230231", "datetime_start":"20101221T190000", "datetime_end":"", "has_end_time":0, "date_start":"2010-12-21", "date_end":"", "time_start":"19:00:00", "time_end":"", "time_zone":"America\/Detroit", "event_title":"Standing up for Love: Coming Out as People of Faith", "occurrence_title":"", "combined_title":"Standing up for Love: Coming Out as People of Faith: An Interfaith Holiday Service", "event_subtitle":"An Interfaith Holiday Service", "event_type":"Ceremony \/ Service", "event_type_id":"3", "description":"The devastating consequences of bullying, religious exclusion, and holiday blues are all too prevalent in our LGBTQ community. Come join your spirit in our circle of love and support. Celebrate the season with LGBTQ folks and allies from our community.\n\nThere will be a reception following the service.\n\nFirst Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Ann Arbor\n\n4001 Ann Arbor--Saline Rd. 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