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Tukilile Vaa
An exhibition by Kaloki Nyamai
Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory, blending...
Tukilile Vaa
An exhibition by Kaloki Nyamai
Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory, blending...
Translating the Frontier: Just War and Free Circulation on the Roads of Colonial Mexico
A Hear, Here: Humanities Up Close event with Daniel Nemser
With the “Hear, Here” series, we aim to facilitate conversations around new research in the humanities. Faculty fellows at the Institute...
The Watermelon Woman
Humanities Film Series featuring a conversation with SaraEllen Strongman, Lydia Kelow-Bennett, and Sydney Tunstall
The wry, incisive debut feature by Cheryl Dunye gave cinema something bracingly new and groundbreaking: a vibrant representation of Black...
Tukilile Vaa
An exhibition by Kaloki Nyamai
Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory, blending...
Tukilile Vaa
An exhibition by Kaloki Nyamai
Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory, blending...
Resurgo Reception
With the film's director Stephen McGee
Join us at the Institute for the Humanities for a strolling reception with Stephen McGee, director of the new film Resurgo: The Rise...
Tukilile Vaa
An exhibition by Kaloki Nyamai
Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory, blending...
Tukilile Vaa
An exhibition by Kaloki Nyamai
Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory, blending...
Tukilile Vaa
An exhibition by Kaloki Nyamai
Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory, blending...
Tukilile Vaa
An exhibition by Kaloki Nyamai
Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory, blending...
Tukilile Vaa
An exhibition by Kaloki Nyamai
Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory, blending...
Things We Imagined: Black Futurity and Academic Life
Film Screening + Q&A
Join us for a screening of Things We Imagined: Black Futurity and Academic Life, an Imagined Futures Experience exploring Black futurity and...
Tukilile Vaa
An exhibition by Kaloki Nyamai
Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory, blending...
Tukilile Vaa
An exhibition by Kaloki Nyamai
Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory, blending...
Tukilile Vaa
An exhibition by Kaloki Nyamai
Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory, blending...
Afterlives of Revolution: Political Passions in Post-revolutionary Nicaragua
A Hear, Here: Humanities Up Close event with Luciana Chamorro
With the “Hear, Here” series, we aim to facilitate conversations around new research in the humanities. Faculty fellows at the Institute...
Tukilile Vaa
An exhibition by Kaloki Nyamai
Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory, blending...
Tukilile Vaa
An exhibition by Kaloki Nyamai
Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory, blending...
Blind Date Book Swap
Presented by the Public Humanities Interns
Blind Date Book Swap is a cozy, Valentine’s-inspired gathering and interactive workshop. Students are invited to bring their favorite or...
Tukilile Vaa
An exhibition by Kaloki Nyamai
Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory, blending...
Tukilile Vaa
An exhibition by Kaloki Nyamai
Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory, blending...
Tukilile Vaa
An exhibition by Kaloki Nyamai
Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory, blending...
Tukilile Vaa
An exhibition by Kaloki Nyamai
Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory, blending...
Tukilile Vaa
An exhibition by Kaloki Nyamai
Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory, blending...
Manifestations of Home
Presented by the Public Humanities Interns
This event explores "home" as a cultural and political construct, inviting participants to reflect on how personal identities,...
Tukilile Vaa
An exhibition by Kaloki Nyamai
Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory, blending...
Tukilile Vaa
An exhibition by Kaloki Nyamai
Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory, blending...
Tukilile Vaa
An exhibition by Kaloki Nyamai
Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory, blending...
The (In)Visible Acquisitions of Ann Allen Shockley
A Hear, Here: Humanities Up Close event with Jennifer Dominique Jones
With the “Hear, Here” series, we aim to facilitate conversations around new research in the humanities. Faculty fellows at the Institute...
Tukilile Vaa
An exhibition by Kaloki Nyamai
Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory, blending...
Tukilile Vaa
An exhibition by Kaloki Nyamai
Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory, blending...
Tukilile Vaa
An exhibition by Kaloki Nyamai
Kaloki Nyamai is a multidisciplinary artist based in Nairobi. His practice explores Kenya's histories and collective memory, blending...
Radical Care: Stories of Women Leaders in Corrections
A Hear, Here: Humanities Up Close event with Francine Banner
With the “Hear, Here” series, we aim to facilitate conversations around new research in the humanities. Faculty fellows at the Institute...
Humanities Trivia Night
Presented by the Public Humanities Interns
Join the public humanities interns for an evening full of fun and excitement! Check back soon for more info.
Flyways
An exhibition by Sheida Soleimani
Iranian-American artist Sheida Soleimani’s exhibition Flyways (a reference to the migratory patterns of birds) represents the latest...
Penny Stamps Speaker Series - Sheida Soleimani
What a Revolutionary Must Know
Sheida Soleimani is an Iranian-American artist, educator, and activist. The daughter of political refugees who escaped Iran in the early...
Opening Reception for Flyways
With artist Sheida Soleimani.
Please join us for the opening reception of Sheida Soleimani's debut Michigan exhibition Flyways immediately following her...
Flyways
An exhibition by Sheida Soleimani
Iranian-American artist Sheida Soleimani’s exhibition Flyways (a reference to the migratory patterns of birds) represents the latest...
Flyways
An exhibition by Sheida Soleimani
Iranian-American artist Sheida Soleimani’s exhibition Flyways (a reference to the migratory patterns of birds) represents the latest...
Flyways
An exhibition by Sheida Soleimani
Iranian-American artist Sheida Soleimani’s exhibition Flyways (a reference to the migratory patterns of birds) represents the latest...
Black Girlhood Unfolded: Reclaiming Puberty Narratives in a Digital Archive
A Hear, Here: Humanities Up Close event with Rona Carter
With the “Hear, Here” series, we aim to facilitate conversations around new research in the humanities. Faculty fellows at the Institute...
Flyways
An exhibition by Sheida Soleimani
Iranian-American artist Sheida Soleimani’s exhibition Flyways (a reference to the migratory patterns of birds) represents the latest...
Meet a Humanities Graduate Student
Presented by the Public Humanities Interns
A panel discussion and Q & A featuring U-M graduate students in humanities fields. Check back soon for more info.
Flyways
An exhibition by Sheida Soleimani
Iranian-American artist Sheida Soleimani’s exhibition Flyways (a reference to the migratory patterns of birds) represents the latest...
Flyways
An exhibition by Sheida Soleimani
Iranian-American artist Sheida Soleimani’s exhibition Flyways (a reference to the migratory patterns of birds) represents the latest...
Flyways
An exhibition by Sheida Soleimani
Iranian-American artist Sheida Soleimani’s exhibition Flyways (a reference to the migratory patterns of birds) represents the latest...
Wings & Warm Treats: A Campus Gallery Tour and Bird Walk
Did you know that every spring, March - June (peaking in April in Michigan), 3.5 million birds will migrate north from their southern...
Flyways
An exhibition by Sheida Soleimani
Iranian-American artist Sheida Soleimani’s exhibition Flyways (a reference to the migratory patterns of birds) represents the latest...
America at 250
A Conversation with Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Lonnie G. Bunch III is the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian. He assumed his position June 16, 2019. As Secretary, he oversees 21 museums,...
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The Institute for the Humanities is a center for innovative, collaborative study in the humanities and arts. Each year we provide fellowships for Michigan faculty, graduate students, and visiting scholars who work on interdisciplinary projects. We also offer a wide array of public and scholarly events, including weekly talks, public lectures, conferences, art exhibits, and performances.
