Lecture / Discussion:Teach-Out Series: The Future of Gerrymandering
2018-06-17 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Detroit) | Off Campus Location
One of the biggest challenges facing our democracy today occurs when congressional district lines that are drawn by elected officials to give one political party an unfair advantage over another. This is called "gerrymandering.” This Teach-Out explores the topic of gerrymandering, considering everything from its history of the original gerrymander, to the current United States Supreme Court cases. You will hear from leading experts on gerrymandering as well as citizen groups who are on the front lines of the redistricting debate.

The Teach-Out will address the following questions:
What is gerrymandering?
What is happening now? Why is this such an important issue today and what does it mean for you?
Why did the United States Supreme Court take up the gerrymandering case (Gill v. Whitford)? And what is happening now with this case?
How has technology impacted the gerrymandering debate?
What are states doing to address the issue?
How can you implement change?

A Teach-Out is:

-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time

-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world

-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals

-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people

The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.

Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!

Find new opportunities at Teach-Out.org.

Exhibition:Nothing Makes Sense, Except Love: The Cinematic Musings of Director Alan Rudolph
2018-06-17 08:00 - 23:00 | Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery (Room 100)
This exhibit features materials reproduced from the Alan Rudolph Collection now part of the University of Michigan Library Special Collections Research Center. Told in Rudolph’s first-person voice, it chronicles his career.

Quirky, off kilter, stylishly romantic and filled with moments of wry humor, Alan Rudolph makes movies with dreamy eyed protagonists searching for love in all the wrong places. He often mashes up genres into something new and unique and peppers his films with elements not always beholden to realism. He began his four decade career under the watchful eye of mentor Robert Altman, but he soon created a body of work that is clearly his own vision.

Exhibition:Seven Fantasy Classics for Children
2018-06-17 08:00 - 17:00 | Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room
Students in Lisa Makman’s English 313 course, Children’s Literature and the Invention of Modern Childhood, curated this exhibit of classic stories for children. The exhibit focuses on seven classic stories: Aladdin, Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, the Little Mermaid, Little Red Riding Hood, and Peter Pan. Drawing on the rich collection of children’s literature in the Special Collections Research Center, the books range from late nineteenth century editions to contemporary pop-up books. By showcasing different takes on each story, the exhibit explores the variation in how these tales are told and illustrated.

Conference / Symposium:East Coast Indo-European Conference
2018-06-17 09:00 - 13:00 | North Quad - 2255
The University of Michigan will be hosting the 37th East Coast Indo-European Conference beginning on the morning of Friday, June 15 and concluding at midday on Sunday, June 17. The conference will feature thirty papers in the various subfields of Indo-European linguistics and comparative philology. Specialists not only from other U.S. and Canadian institutions, but also from Europe and Asia will be presenting.

This event is open and free to the public.

Thursday, June 14
5:00–6:30 Reception, Department of Classical Studies Library, 2175 Angell Hall, 435 S. State St.

Friday, June 15
8:30–9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00–9:05 Opening remarks

Session I
9:05–9:35 Simon Poulsen (University of Copenhagen), “Proto-Norse apocope: The Trollhättan II and Reistad inscriptions revisited”

9:35–10:05 Ronald Kim (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, and Charles University,
Prague), “Old English cyme and the PIE aorist optative in Germanic”

10:05–10:35 Birgit Anette Olsen (University of Copenhagen), “Coming of age in Indo-European”
10:35–11:00 Coffee break

Session II
11:00–11:30 Angelo Mercado (Grinnell College), “Rhythm in Italic carmina”
11:30–12:00 Olav Hackstein (University of Munich), “On Arbor”
12:00–12:30 Michael Weiss (Cornell University), “Pig, cake, and sun: Observations on the Iúvila inscriptions”

12:30–2:30 Lunch break

Session III
2:30–3:00 Thomas Motter (UCLA), “The First Compensatory Lengthening in Ancient Greek”
3:00–3:30 Andrew Merritt (Cornell University), “Origin of the Greek aorist passive in -θη-”
3:30–4:00 Jeremy Rau (Harvard University), “Studia Graeca”

4:00–4:30 Coffee break

Session IV
4:30–5:00 Sasha Nikolaev (Boston University), “Deep waters: The etymology of Vedic gabhīrá-”
5:00–5:30 Dieter Gunkel (University of Richmond), “Surprising localizations of metrical word types in the Rigveda”
5:30–6:00 Stephanie Jamison (UCLA), “A golden amulet in Vedic and Avestan”

Saturday, June 16
8:30–9:00 Continental Breakfast

Session V
9:00–9:30 Joe Eska (Virginia Tech University), “Pandryv nessa ny won fest ‘What thing is next I don’t quite know’: Prolegomena to the diachrony of Cornish syntax”
9:30–10:00 Mark Hale (Concordia University), “I interrupts this letter to trigger some anxieties about clitics in Latin [sic]”
10:00–10:30 David Goldstein (UCLA), “Ennius fr. 550 and the history of Latin atque”

10:30–11:00 Coffee break

Session VI
11:00–11:30 Georges Pinault (École pratique des hautes études), “Tocharian taxonomy of wealth in Indo-European perspective”
11:30–12:00 Tao Pan (University of Munich), “Miscellanea Tocharica”
12:00–12:30 Hannes Fellner (University of Vienna), “Polar life in the Tarim Basin”

12:30–2:30 Lunch break

Session VII
2:30–3:00 Joshua Katz (Princeton University), “Hesiodica”
3:00–3:30 Timothy Barnes (University of Hawaii), “Pindarica”
3:30–4:00 Stefan Höfler (Harvard University), “The Caprice of O...: On a Proto-Indo-European substantivization type and its excesses in Ancient Greek”
4:00–4:30 Coffee break

Session VIII
4:30–5:00 Andrew Byrd and Phil Barnett (University of Kentucky), “An experimental look at the rarity of PIE */b/”
5:00–5:30 Tony Yates (UCLA), “Some basics of Indo-European phonology”
5:30–6:00 Slava Gorbachov (University of Chicago), “Thoughts on the origin of the ‘animacy’/‘virility’ category in Slavic”

Sunday, June 17

8:30–9:00 Continental Breakfast

Session IX
9:00–9:30 Elisabeth Rieken (University of Marburg), “A new Anatolian etymology”
9:30–10:00 Kazuhiko Yoshida (Kyoto University), “Some old morphological features of Hittite imperatives”
10:00–10:30 Alan Nussbaum (Cornell University), “More -t-, anyone?”
10:30–11:00 -t- break

Session X
11:00–11:30 José Luis García Ramón (University of Cologne), “From the files of/for a new Mycenaean grammar”
11:30–12:00 Jared Klein (University of Georgia), “Homeric Greek νῦν and νυ”
12:00–12:30 Brent Vine (UCLA), “Greek στωμύλος ‘chatty’”

Exhibition:Humanize the Numbers Exhibit at Detroit Street Filling Station
2018-06-17 10:00 - 15:00 | Off Campus Location
April 19-July 1, 2018
-Free and Open to public-
This exhibit showcases photographic works created by people incarcerated at Thumb Correctional Facility in collaboration with University of Michigan students. The opening reception on April 19 at 5pm features students and PCAP faculty Isaac Wingfield who worked with prisoners at Thumb on the exhibits and will be there to share their experiences.

Exhibition:Quaker Oats Makes a Movie: A Scrumdiddlyumptious Wonka Adventure
2018-06-17 10:00 - 17:00 | Hatcher Graduate Library - Special Collections, 6th Floor
​Quaker Oats forged a new path in the entertainment industry by jointly marketing consumer packaged goods and a major motion picture in 1971, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Having never made a motion picture before, their foray into the filmmaking industry was unexpected and unprecedented. The company saw this film as an opportunity to essentially make a feature-length commercial for their new line of Wonka candy products.

Students in Matthew Solomon's class, SAC 355: Authorship and the Archive, culled though hundreds of production documents related to the film to curate an exhibit that tells a little known behind-the-scenes story about one of the most beloved films.

Exhibition:Exercising the Eye: The Gertrude Kasle Collection
2018-06-17 11:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Art - A. Alfred Taubman Gallery
Gallery hours are 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday–Saturday and 12–5 p.m. Sunday; galleries are closed on Mondays.

This exhibition celebrates Gertrude Kasle (1917–2016), a key figure in the formation of Detroit’s contemporary art community in the 1960s and 70s. A pioneering female gallerist, Kasle provided midwest audiences with a venue in which to experience avant-garde art from centers like New York City, while also supporting and exhibiting regional artists. Featuring a collection of paintings, works on paper, and sculptures from the height of the Abstract Expressionist movement through the early twenty-first century, 'Exercising the Eye' speaks to the relationships Kasle fostered with local, national, and international artists and her appreciation for artistic expression and experimentation. Critical voices from the last fifty years include Philip Guston, Jane Hammond, Grace Hartigan, Jasper Johns, Michele Oka Doner, and Robert Rauschenberg. The exhibition offers visitors a unique opportunity to explore a dynamic moment in Detroit’s cultural history and insight into Kasle’s love of looking and learning.

Lead support for 'Exercising the Eye: The Gertrude Kasle Collection' is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, and the University of Michigan CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund.

Exhibition:Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance
2018-06-17 12:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Art - Media Gallery
Canadian artist Marcel Dzama is known for imaginative drawings, sculptures, dioramas, and films rooted in the traditions of Surrealism, Dada and outsider art. His 2013 film Une danse des bouffons (or A jester's dance) tells the tale of a romance between two principal figures of these traditions: Dada icon Marcel Duchamp and Brazilian sculptor Maria Martins, who was the model for Duchamp's final, enigmatic artwork Étant donnés. Rife with art-historical references not only to the work of Duchamp but also to Francisco Goya, Francis Picabia and Joseph Beuys, among others, Une danse des bouffons navigates a sexually charged and mesmerizing world in which fantasy and torture run amok. The gallery presentation also includes a storyboard for the film featuring Dzama’s ink and watercolor drawings, renderings of small hybrid figures resembling children’s book illustrations. The drawings underscore the fantastical elements in a film that combines the carnivalesque with a nightmarish exploration of the surreal.

Lead support for Marcel Dzama: A Jester's Dance is provided by Candy and Michael Barasch. Additional generous support is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

Exhibition:New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript
2018-06-17 12:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Art - The Connector
Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts incorporated prayers, hymns, biblical stories, and monthly calendars featuring religious feast days, which were often supplemented by images painted in exquisite detail. Today, books of hours are a testament to the visually rich material culture of the Middle Ages. UMMA was recently gifted a bejeweled double-sided calendar leaf for January. Executed on parchment, the page highlights the material opulence and artistry involved in manuscript illumination. Accompanying the calendar are painted images or miniatures of the labor and characteristic activity of the month, and Aquarius, the zodiac sign for January, embodied by a man collecting water from a stream. The folio’s luminous, gilded surface, accentuated by the use of bright colors, was meant to transport the medieval viewer into a state of spiritual transcendence.

This work was recently gifted to UMMA by Mrs. Carrol Robertsen.

Exhibition:See Through: Windows and Mirrors in Twentieth-Century Photography
2018-06-17 12:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Art - Photography Gallery
See Through: Mirrors and Windows in Twentieth-Century Photography brings together a group of images that are doubly framed—once by the camera lens and again by the border of a mirror or window. By refracting and distorting, revealing and concealing, these reflective and transparent surfaces both draw attention to the photographer’s efforts to frame the world and expose the contingent nature of reality. Highlights from the exhibition include works by Eugène Atget, Robert Doisneau, Elliott Erwitt, Walker Evans, André Kertész, Joanne Leonard, Danny Lyon, and Joel Meyerowitz. By extending the limits of perception, these witty and provocative works invite us to see [through to] new visual possibilities.

Lead support for See Through: Windows and Mirrors in Twentieth-Century Photography is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment.

Exhibition:Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa
2018-06-17 12:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Art - The Jan and David Brandon Family Bridge
Historical collecting practices have had a lasting impact on representations of Africa, its history, culture, and life today. Labeled as ‘unknown’ or ‘anonymous,’ African artists became associated with broad cultural styles and collective identities rather than personal creativity and individual agency. The exhibition Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa includes artworks from both named and unrecorded, contemporary and historic artists to tell an alternative story. It explores how the changing attributes of an ‘African’ artist’s identity, and constructions of African identity more broadly, have shaped perceptions of Africa outside of the continent.

Lead support for Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Department of Afroamerican and African Studies and Susan Ullrich.

Film Screening:Ann Arbor Japan Week | Free screening of "A Letter to Momo"
2018-06-17 13:00 - 15:00 | Off Campus Location
Japan, 120 minutes, Dubbed in English, Rated PG-13

FREE SCREENING as part of Ann Arbor Japan Week Kick-off! Momo is recovering from her father's death and her mother's decision to move their family from Tokyo to a remote island, when she discovers a message from her father that causes strange events to occur. Directed by Hiroyuki Okiura.

Social / Informal Gathering:Guided Tour - Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa
2018-06-17 14:00 - 15:00 | Museum of Art - Forum

Performance:Shakespeare in the Arb - Romeo and Juliet
2018-06-17 18:30 - 21:00 | Nichols Arboretum
A first-ever performance in the 18-year history of Shakespeare in the Arb of Romeo and Juliet. Directed by Kate Mendeloff of the U-M Residential College and performed by U-M students and community players. Box office, located at the visitor center at the 1610 Washington Hts. entrance to Nichols Arboretum, open at 5:30 pm each day of performance.

Performance:The Iguanas
2018-06-17 19:30 | Off Campus Location
What if Americana actually encompassed ALL of North America? You'd have the Franco Acadian inflections of Canada, as best exemplified by the accordion, blues and jazz, the only truly indigenous music the US has ever produced, and the lilting grace and fiery passion of the music of Mexico. You'd also have New Orleans' premiere distillers of this continental musical melange, The Iguanas, and their new album, "Juarez."

Taking their cues from all of the above influences and then some, "Juarez," the band's first studio album since 2012’s "Sin to Sin," redefines the notion of Americana, crossing cultures, styles, eras ... and even languages. It's as if Rue Bourbon, Muscle Shoals and Plaza México were all within earshot of each other and The Iguanas were the musical conduit between them. Based out of New Orleans for the past couple of decades save for a short, Katrina imposed exile in Austin the members of the Iguanas have (collectively or individually) played or recorded with everyone from Charlie Rich, Alex Chilton, and Willie DeVille to Emmylou Harris, Allen Toussaint, and Pretty Lights.

Their two-decade ride has taken them all over the map musically and geographically, yet the inescapable patina of their hometown infuses every note they play. Through eight studio albums, countless tours and Jazz Fest appearances, and a flood that did its best to take their adopted city with it, it's a testament to the band's endurance that the same four guys that started playing in the early 1990s are still together. Joe Cabral is philosophical about the band's persistence in the face of challenges that would have felled indeed have felled lesser bands. “First of all, this is all we know how to do; we're musicians. But more than that,” he continues, “we respect the power of the band as an entity, and each individual in the band steps up to play his part. When it's good, that's really what it's all about.”
