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SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Clements Bookworm #81: Author Conversation with Jason Cherry
DESCRIPTION:Independent historian Jason A. Cherry delves into the life of William Trent\, a prominent yet often overlooked figure in colonial American history\, in his biography\, William Trent: Factor of Ambition.\n\nAs a fur trader\, military officer\, and land speculator\, Trent played a significant role in the economic and political dynamics of the 18th-century American frontier. Heavily researched at the Clements\, this book explores his interactions with Native American communities\, his involvement in key historical events like the French and Indian War and Pontiac's Rebellion\, and his complex relationships with figures such as George Washington and Benjamin Franklin.
UID:135914-21877505@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135914
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20250702T121359
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250815T100000
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SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Clements Bookworm #82: Author Conversation with Norm Krentel
DESCRIPTION:Author Norm Krentel discusses his new book Michigan Railway Company: The Northern and Southern Divisions tracing the company's founding in local rail-based public transportation systems in Lansing\, Jackson\, Battle Creek\, Kalamazoo\, and Owosso-Corunna to its eventual demise\, abandoned prior to the stock market crash of 1929. Along the way he will examine how electric railway history is intertwined with the state of Michigan utilizing rich visual support from historic photographs\, including selections from the David V. Tinder Collection of Michigan Photography at the Clements Library.
UID:136320-21878494@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136320
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20250606T133755
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250919T100000
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SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Clements Bookworm #83: Author Conversation with Gary Krist
DESCRIPTION:A true story of a woman who murdered her married lover in Gilded Age San Francisco—and the trial that captured the city’s dramatic transformation from a wild frontier town into a modern metropolis. From the New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Sin.\n\nDrawing on the Crittenden papers at the Clements Library\, Trespassers at the Golden Gate brings vivid depth to its tale of love\, murder\, and madness in Gilded Age San Francisco.
UID:136029-21877710@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136029
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20250902T230014
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250923T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250923T183000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Go Back and Fetch It
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with Grammy Award–winning musician Rhiannon Giddens\, University of Michigan Artist-in-Residence\, and acclaimed writer Kristina R. Gaddy as they discuss their new book Go Back and Fetch It: Recovering Early Black Music in the Americas for Fiddle and Banjo (UNC Press\, 2025) in a conversation moderated by Mark Clague\, Executive Director of the University of Michigan Arts Initiative. The talk will be followed by a dessert reception\, with books available for purchase and signing.\n\n    5:00 p.m. – Doors open\n    5:30 p.m. – Authors talk begins\n    6:30 p.m. – Dessert reception and book signing\n\nPlease register at: arts.umich.edu/giddens\n\nLearn more about the book from University of North Carolina Press. https://uncpress.org/9781469690575/go-back-and-fetch-it/ \n\nPreorder your copy of Go Back and Fetch It through Schuler Books. https://www.schulerbooks.com/book/9781469690575
UID:138676-21883596@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138676
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Amphitheatre
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DTSTAMP:20250813T164333
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251007T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251007T200000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:50 Years Later\, the Legacy of President Ford’s Signature
DESCRIPTION:Nearly fifty years ago\, a groundbreaking moment changed the course of history. On October 7\, 1975\, President Gerald Ford signed Public Law 94-106\, opening enrollment to women at all US service academies.\n\nOn the 50th anniversary of that signing\, Kathleen Kornahrens will tell of her experience as a member of the first class to include women at the US Air Force Academy. She will be joined by her classmate Colonel Gail Colvin\, USAF (Ret.) to examine the legacy of President Ford's signature.\n\nFollowing the talk there will be a sale and signing of Kathleen’s book\, “Bring Me Men…” Brought Women: Marching with the First Female Cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
UID:137507-21880363@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137507
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20250805T131936
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251017T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251017T120000
SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Clements Bookworm #84: Fellow Focus with Ben Bascom -  \"Feeling Singular: Queer Masculinities in the Early United States\"
DESCRIPTION:Feeling Singular reconceives the Early Republic period of the United States by presenting the forgotten and queer stories of a series of marginal\, even eccentric figures in the republican United States. Through closely reading a range of texts—from manuscripts to hastily printed books\, and from phonetically spelled pamphlets to sexually explicit broadsides—Bascom uses the language of queer studies to understand what made someone singular in the early United States and how that singularity points at the ruptures in social codes that get normalized through historical analysis. Ben Bascom was a 2024-2025 recipient of the Norton Strange Townshend Fellowship at the Clements Library.\n\nSpecial thanks to the Spectrum Center for sponsoring this episode\, presented in celebration of LGBT History Month!
UID:137089-21879531@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137089
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20251014T131816
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251020T170000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Wallace House Presents Journalist and Author Karen Hao
DESCRIPTION:As Artificial Intelligence claims increasing influence over our lives\, it's easy to believe AI's creeping dominance is inevitable. But is it?\n\nJoin award-winning journalist Karen Hao and Patrick Barry\, clinical assistant professor at the University of Michigan Law School\, for an eye-opening discussion on Hao’s best-selling book\, “Empire of AI.”\n\nAs the first reporter to gain extensive access to OpenAI when its founder\, Sam Altman\, promoted it as an altruistic research non-profit\, Hao has followed the company’s meteoric rise. Drawing on seven years of reporting across five continents\, Hao sheds light on the hidden impacts of AI —  from the exploitation of data workers in the Global South to the immense environmental costs of its energy and water consumption. Discover whose priorities are being advanced\, whose voices are overlooked\, and how we can work together to build a more equitable future for the world with AI.\n\n“Empire of AI” will be available for purchase from BookSweet at the event. The author will stay for a short book signing after the program.\n\nAbout the speaker\n\nKaren Hao is an author and award-winning journalist covering the intersections of AI & society. She is a contributor to The Atlantic and leads the Pulitzer Center's AI Spotlight Series\, a program training thousands of journalists around the world on how to cover AI. Previously\, she was a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and a senior editor at MIT Technology Review. Hao was recognized with an American National Magazine Award in 2022 for “outstanding achievement for magazine journalists under the age of 30\,” and an American Humanist Media Award in 2024. Her book\, “The Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI\,” was published in May 2025 and was an instant New York Times bestseller.\n\nAbout the moderator\n\nPatrick Barry is a clinical assistant professor and the director of digital academic initiatives at the University of Michigan Law School as well as a visiting lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School and the UCLA School of Law. His research focuses on persuasion\, creativity\, team dynamics\, and artificial intelligence. He is the author of twelve books and has created several online series for the educational platform Coursera\, including \"Good with Words: Writing and Editing\" and “AI for Lawyers and Other Advocates.”
UID:138247-21882671@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138247
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
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DTSTAMP:20250929T095845
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251023T170000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Robertson Lecture with Jeffrey Seller
DESCRIPTION:The Residential College is honored to welcome Jeffrey Seller\, Tony Award-winning producer of Rent\, Avenue Q\, In the Heights\, and Hamilton\, as the featured speaker for its annual Robertson Lecture. Seller will reflect on his career in theater\, the art of storytelling\, and the impact of the liberal arts on creative work.\n\nFollowing the lecture\, a moderated discussion will open space for audience questions.\n\nAbout the Robertson Lecture:\nThe James and Jean Robertson Memorial Lecture honors the RC’s founding director and celebrates engaged liberal arts learning. Each year\, the series brings visionary artists\, scholars\, and activists to campus to spark dialogue and inspire the RC community.\n\nAdmission:\nFree and open to the public. Seating is first-come\, first-served.
UID:139754-21886024@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139754
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:East Quadrangle - Keene Theater
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DTSTAMP:20250825T101111
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251030T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251030T183000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Reading and Q&A with Lorrie Moore
DESCRIPTION:Login here (no pre-registration needed): http://tinyurl.com/ZellWriters25\n\nZell Visiting Writers Series readings and Q&As are free and open to the public and will be offered both virtually (via Zoom) and in person (in UMMA's Stern Auditorium). Seats are offered on a first come\, first served basis\; please arrive early to secure a spot.\n\nLorrie Moore is a writer\, critic\, and essayist best known for her short stories. Her recent novel\, * I Am Homeless if This Is Not My Home*\, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. Other honors include the O. Henry Award for her short story \"People Like That Are the Only People Here\"\, the Rea Award for the Short Story\, for outstanding achievement in that genre\, and fellowships from the American Academy of Arts and Letters\, the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences\, Arts & Letters among others. Moore's other published work includes a children's book\, *The Forgotten Helper*\, and a collection of essays\, *See What Can Be Done*. She is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English at Vanderbilt University.\n\nFor any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs\, please email kimjulie@umich.edu--we are eager to help ensure this event is inclusive to you. The building\, event space\, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum\, accessible via the stairs\, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3\, 4\, 5\, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks)\, and a lactation room (Room 13W\, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom\, or Room 108B\, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services at in-person events are available upon request\; please email kimjulie@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event\, whenever possible\, to allow time to arrange services.\n\nU-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St.\, Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St.\, Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave.\, Ann Arbor) is five blocks away\, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities.
UID:136344-21878523@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136344
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Stern Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20251023T192507
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251103T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251103T200000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Peril & Promise: A Conversation on College Leadership
DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to lead with integrity in a time of change?\nHow can institutions honor their histories while meeting the demands of today’s students?\nWhat wisdom can we draw from leaders who have navigated the highest levels of higher education?\n\nOn Monday\, November 3\, 2025\, the Trotter Multicultural Center\, in partnership with the Central Student Government and the National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID)\, will host Peril & Promise: A Conversation on College Leadership in Rackham Auditorium at the University of Michigan. This of a kind event will bring together two esteemed leaders in higher education:\n\nDr. Ruth J. Simmons\, president emerita of Smith College\, Brown University\, and Prairie View A&M University\, and a nationally respected voice on equity\, access\, and institutional change.\n\nDr. Beverly Daniel Tatum\, president emerita of Spelman College\, psychologist\, and best-selling author of Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?\n\nThis public conversation—moderated by Dr. Earl Lewis—will explore the promise and challenges of leadership in complex times\, with particular attention to the role of student activism\, institutional memory\, and courageous decision-making. Both speakers bring firsthand experience navigating public discourse\, student advocacy\, and the responsibilities of institutional leadership across public and private contexts.\n\n\n*In an effort to enhance public safety\, the Division of Public Safety & Security has implemented a strict prohibited items list for this event.\nWeapons - Firearms\, Simulated Firearms\, Dirks\, Daggers\, Ice picks\, knives\, sticks\, poles\, clubs\, pipes (wood\, plastic\, or metal)\, bottles or jars- hard plastic/metal/glass (Nalgene®\, bike water bottles\, etc.)\nTasers / Stun Guns\nAerosols (pepper / OC spray\, hairspray\, etc)\nBalls or other projectiles\nHard or Frozen Fruit / Vegetables\nNoise Making Devices\nSkateboards / Scooters / Bicycles\nMasks (intended to conceal identity\nSupports for banners/signs\nAnimals (other than service / guide animals)\nBaseball bats\nHard-sided coolers\nLaser Pointers\nBalloons\nUmbrellas\nMonopods / tripods\nIllegal Drugs\nAny other items determined to be potential safety hazards\n** All people and belongings entering this event are subject to search
UID:138283-21882714@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138283
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Rackham Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20251017T165010
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251113T180000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Ann Arbor District Library Author Event | Molly Beer: Writing Women in(to) History
DESCRIPTION:Nonfiction author Molly Beer will discuss her new book\, \"ANGELICA: Love and Country in a Time of Revolution\" (W. W. Norton\, 2025)\, which explores the American Revolution and the U.S. founding era through the far-flung life and political friendships of Angelica Schuyler Church. \n\nThe Library intends to provide a live stream of this event pending the presenter's permission. Please check back closer to the event for additional updates: https://aadl.org/node/645452
UID:140852-21887735@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140852
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20251118T091954
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T200000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:An Evening with Jake Tapper: Race Against Terror
DESCRIPTION:Join Jake Tapper in conversation with Javed Ali as they discuss Tapper’s newly released nonfiction thriller\, “Race Against Terror: Chasing an Al Qaeda Killer at the Dawn of the Forever War.” With the rigor of investigative reporting\, Tapper follows two U.S. attorneys racing to prosecute an al Qaeda operative after a 2011 confession and traces the global hunt for justice in a dramatic\, little-known case of the War on Terror. Hear how prosecutors\, soldiers\, and intelligence agents worked across continents — and what this case reveals about the threats we still face today. \n\nSigned copies of Tapper’s newly released book\, “Race Against Terror\,” will be available for purchase at the event by bookseller Literati.\n\nRegistration Required\n\nAbout Jake Tapper\nJake Tapper is a CNN anchor and chief Washington correspondent. Jake Tapper joined the network in January 2013. Tapper currently anchors a two-hour weekday program\, “The Lead with Jake Tapper\,” which debuted in March 2013. He has hosted CNN’s Sunday morning show\, “State of the Union\,” since June 2015. In April 2021\, he became the lead anchor for CNN for Washington\, D.C. events. In addition to Tapper’s reporting\, he is also the New York Times bestselling author of several books\, including “Race Against Terror: Chasing an Al Qaeda Killer at the Dawn of the Forever War” and “The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor\,” as well as three novels “The Hellfire Club\,” “The Devil May Dance\,” and” All the Demons Are Here.”\n\nAbout Javed Ali\nJaved Ali is an associate professor of practice at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. He joined the Weiser Diplomacy Center in 2021. Ali brings more than 20 years of professional experience in national security and intelligence issues in Washington\, D.C. He writes and provides commentary across a number of media sites and platforms\, including MSNBC\, CBS\, CNN\, ABC\, The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, The Hill\, and Newsweek.
UID:141334-21888648@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141334
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - Annenberg Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20251014T100524
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251121T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251121T150000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Spiderweb Capitalism: How Global Elites Exploit Frontier Markets
DESCRIPTION:In 2015\, the anonymous leak of the Panama Papers brought to light millions of financial and legal documents exposing how the superrich hide their money using complex webs of offshore vehicles. Spiderweb Capitalism takes you inside this shadow economy\, uncovering the mechanics behind the invisible\, mundane networks of lawyers\, accountants\, company secretaries\, and fixers who facilitate the illicit movement of wealth across borders and around the globe. Kimberly Kay Hoang traveled more than 350\,000 miles and conducted hundreds of in-depth interviews with private wealth managers\, fund managers\, entrepreneurs\, C-suite executives\, bankers\, auditors\, and other financial professionals. She traces the flow of capital from offshore funds in places like the Cayman Islands\, Samoa\, and Panama to special-purpose vehicles and holding companies in Singapore and Hong Kong\, and how it finds its way into risky markets onshore in Vietnam and Myanmar. Hoang reveals the strategies behind spiderweb capitalism and examines the moral dilemmas of making money in legal\, financial\, and political gray zones. Spiderweb Capitalism sheds critical light on how global elites capitalize on risky frontier markets\, and deepens our understanding of the paradoxical ways in which global economic growth is sustained through states where the line separating the legal from the corrupt is not always clear.
UID:140681-21887492@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140681
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:Ross School of Business - R1210
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DTSTAMP:20251201T213109
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251203T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251203T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Artist & Writer Talk: ARIA Graphic Novel + Hispano-Arabic Interaction Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, December 3 • 11:00 AM\nMardigian Library\, ACL Room\nFood will be provided\n\nJoin us for a talk with the artists and writers behind the ARIA graphic novel and exhibition on Hispano-Arabic interaction. The panel will feature a mix of in-person and virtual guests: two Detroit-based writers representing Arab American and Hispanic American communities\, along with two contributors joining from Spain and two from Egypt.\n\nThe project will be presented by Professor Jorge González del Pozo and Professor Wessam Elmeligi.\nHosted by the course Speculative Fiction: Cyberpunk\, Steampunk\, and Science Fiction and open to the campus community.
UID:142302-21890440@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142302
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20251204T124545
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251219T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251219T113000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Author Conversation with Zara Anishanslin\, The Painter's Fire: A Forgotten History of the Artists who Championed the American Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we talk with historian Zara Anishanslin about her new book\, which shares the story of three remarkable artists who risked everything to challenge British rule and shape America’s fight for independence.. She follows the intertwined journeys of Robert Edge Pine\, Prince Demah\, and Patience Wright—artists who boldly challenged British rule. From London to Boston\, Jamaica to Paris\, and Bath to Philadelphia\, they risked their lives\, reputations\, and careers in the fight for independence. Through their stories\, Anishanslin reveals a rich\, transatlantic history of creativity\, courage\, and conviction\, highlighting a legacy that has long been overlooked. This compelling history brings the Revolution to life through the eyes of those who helped shape it\, offering readers a fresh perspective on the fight for freedom and the power of artistic expression.
UID:142382-21890778@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142382
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20251215T150545
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260119T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260119T193000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Movement Made Us All: Historical Legacies of the Civil Rights Movement and the Current Moment
DESCRIPTION:As part of the University of Michigan's MLK Symposium\, please join us for a conversation with journalist and sports commentator David Dennis Jr. and his father\, civil rights movement veteran David Dennis Sr. Authors of \"The Movement Made Us: A Father\, A Son and the Legacy of a Freedom Ride\,\" a moving memoir of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s\, Dennis Jr. and Sr. will discuss the political and personal legacies of the movement and its historical relevance for the challenges facing American society in the present. Matthew Countryman\, associate professor of Afroamerican Studies and History\, will serve as moderator for the event.\n\nThere will be a reception at 4:00 pm in the Pendleton Room of the Michigan Union before the event where guests will have the opportunity to purchase copies of \"The Movement Made Us\" signed by the authors.\n\nPresented by the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, the Department of History\, the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies\, the Michigan Program for Advancing Cultural Transformation (M-PACT) in Biomedical and Health Sciences and the Scholars Network on Masculinity and the Well-Being of African American Men in the Center for Social Solutions. Additional support from the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.
UID:142589-21891198@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142589
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Helmut Stern Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20260113T093541
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T173000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:\"Reform as Process: Implementing Change in Public Bureaucracies\" Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of Martin J. Williams’s Reform as Process\, an in-depth study of civil service reform across six African countries. Williams will be joined by discussants Donald Moynihan (Ford School) and Omolade Adunbi (Anthropology and African and African American Studies). Elizabeth Popp Berman (Organizational Studies) will moderate.\n\n\nMore about the book:\nBuilding an effective civil service is crucial for public service delivery and good governance\, but reforming bureaucratic institutions is notoriously difficult. This book takes a fresh perspective on this challenge by documenting and analyzing the implementation of more than one hundred reforms initiated by six African countries over the last thirty years.\n\nMartin J. Williams shows that these efforts largely fell short of their goals because they typically approached organizational change as a matter of changing formal structures and processes through one-off projects. Some did yield positive changes\, however\, when they were able to create opportunities for civil servants to discuss performance and how to improve it. Drawing on this evidence\, Williams develops a new theory of how systemic reforms can lead to meaningful change—not by trying to force it through top-down interventions but by catalyzing an ongoing and decentralized process of continuous improvement.\n\nReform as Process makes theoretical and empirical contributions to research on organizational performance\, civil service reform\, and public service delivery\, and it shares practical insights and strategies to help reformers around the world achieve meaningful change in their organizations.\n\nAbout the Author:\nMartin J. Williams is associate professor of organizational studies and (by courtesy) political science and public policy at the University of Michigan\, as well as associate faculty at the Blavatnik School of Government\, University of Oxford.
UID:143759-21893980@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143759
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor
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DTSTAMP:20260129T122446
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260220T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260220T113000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Author Conversation with Martha  S. Jones\, \"The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir”
DESCRIPTION:Prizewinning scholar and renowned author of Black history Martha S. Jones will join the Bookworm for a conversation on identity\, belonging\, and family\, drawing from her powerful new book\, The Trouble with Color: An American Family Memoir.\n\nMartha S. Jones grew up feeling her Black identity was obvious to all who saw her. But weeks into college\, a Black Studies classmate challenged Jones’s right to speak. Suspicious of the color of her skin and the texture of her hair\, he confronted her with a question that inspired a lifetime of introspection: “Who do you think you are?”\n\nJones delves into her family’s past for answers. In every generation since her great-great-great-grandmother survived enslavement to raise a free family\, color determined her ancestors’ lives. But the color line was shifting and jagged\, not fixed and straight. Some backed away from it\, others skipped along it\, and others still were cut deep by its sharp teeth.\n\nJourneying across centuries\, from rural Kentucky and small-town North Carolina to New York City and its suburbs\, The Trouble of Color is a lyrical\, deeply felt meditation on the most fundamental matters of identity\, belonging\, and family.\n\nSponsored by Cinda-Sue Davis.
UID:144765-21895827@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144765
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20260211T113813
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260223T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260223T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Disclosureland: How Corporate Words Constrain Racial Progress
DESCRIPTION:Former Center for Racial Justice visiting fellow\, legal scholar\, and sociologist Atinuke O. Adediran discusses her new book Disclosureland: How Corporate Words Constrain Racial Progress. Drawing from social science research and legal analysis\, Disclosureland uncovers the power structures and institutional practices that determine how companies respond to calls for change. Critical\, insightful\, and forward-thinking\, Disclosureland challenges readers to look beyond public rhetoric to understand how corporate narratives shape our collective pursuit of fairness\, equity\, and shared responsibility. Adediran will be joined in conversation by Mark S. Mizruchi\, U-M professor of sociology.\n\nThis event is open to U-M students\, faculty\, staff\, alumni\, and community members and is co-sponsored by the U-M Department of Sociology\,  Michigan Business Law\, and the Black Law Students Association. \n\nLunch from Jerusalem Garden provided.\n\nAccessibility note\n\nSpeakers will use microphones. This event will not be recorded or livestreamed.
UID:145363-21897191@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145363
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Sankofa Lounge
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DTSTAMP:20260219T125424
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260223T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260223T200000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Activism and the Struggle for Academic Freedom
DESCRIPTION:The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) invites you to join moderator Isaac Kamola\, editor Melanie S. Tanielian and contributors Marjorie Heins and Henry Reichman to discuss the release of \"In the Spirit of H. Chandler Davis: Activism and the Struggle for Academic Freedom.\"\n\nInspired by Chandler Davis’ courage\, integrity\, and devotion to the struggle against oppression\, injustice\, and the persecution of speech\, the twelve contributors to this book offer crucial insights into the importance of defending intellectual independence\, institutional autonomy\, and the right to free expression\, and the importance of facing\, and not accepting\, authoritarian threats.
UID:145737-21897755@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145737
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20260306T090323
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260311T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260311T200000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:We Refuse: A Book Talk and Conversation on Resistance and Activism
DESCRIPTION:We Refuse: A Book Talk and Conversation on Resistance and Activism\, featuring award-winning historian and author Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson\, will explore historical moments throughout the African diaspora that have utilized both violent and nonviolent approaches to resistance. \nA panel conversation will follow the book talk featuring community organizer and entrepreneur Carlton R. Collins and Prof. Lauren Hood (Taubman School of Architecture and Urban Planning) to share their own experiences with resistance and building communities that promote thriving. \n\nThere will be limited number of books available. This event is free and open to the public.
UID:143879-21894199@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143879
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:Trotter Multicultural Center - Multipurpose Rooms
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260205T115211
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T113000
SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Bookworm #89 - Author Conversation with Molly Beer\, \"Angelica: For Love and Country in A Time of Revolution\"
DESCRIPTION:Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics with Angela Oonk in this webinar series.\n\nBy researching and writing the life and experiences of the ambitious\, charismatic Angelica Schuyler Church\, Beer tells the U.S. origin story from the perspective of a woman situated at the heart of the American Revolution and the founding era.\n\nFew women of the American Revolution have come through 250 years of US history with such clarity and color as Angelica Schuyler Church. She was Alexander Hamilton’s “saucy” sister-in-law\, and the heart of Thomas Jefferson’s “charming coterie” of artists and salonnières in Paris. Her transatlantic network of important friends spanned the political spectrum of her time and place\, and her astute eye and brilliant letters kept them well informed.\n\nIn telling Angelica’s story\, Beer illuminates how American women have always plied influence and networks for political ends\, including the making of a new nation.\n\nSponsored by The Alumni Association of the University of Michigan Lifelong Learning program.
UID:145109-21896678@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145109
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20260225T095217
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260327T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260327T170000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Use Your Voice
DESCRIPTION:As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of America\, how is your family’s story a part of that history? Join us at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library to find out how one author answered that question!  Jean Alicia Elster gathered stories from her Michigan family\, also named the Fords\, to write her books. Her presentation will focus on learning and sharing family history through oral histories. She will share portions of the oral histories she obtained from family members and then read select passages from her Ford family historical fiction trilogy--WHO'S JIM HINES?\, THE COLORED CAR and HOW IT HAPPENS--to show how she used those oral histories to create the narratives in the books.\nShe will also offer tips on obtaining oral histories from family members during family gatherings such as reunions\, holidays and other celebrations. There will be time for Q & A at the end of the presentation\, and if you bring your copies of her books\, she will be available to sign them.
UID:145930-21898109@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145930
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:Gerald Ford Library - Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20260226T091238
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260407T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260407T183000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman\, Award-winning Economist\, Speaker\, and Author
DESCRIPTION:A reception and book signing will take place in the Rebecca M. Blank Great Hall after the talk. The first 50 attendees at the event will receive a free copy of “The Double Tax: How Women of Color Are Overcharged and Underpaid.”\n\nSPEAKERS:\nAnna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman\nAward-winning Economist\, Speaker\, and Author\n\nCortney Sanders\n2026 Twink Frey Visiting Social Activist (TFVSA)\n\nYou've probably heard of the pink tax—that additional price women pay to exist in the same world as men. Now meet the double tax\, the compounded cost of racism and sexism\, or the pink tax and then some.\n\n\"The Double Tax\" dares to ask why it’s so expensive to be a woman in America and why it doesn’t have to be this way. Throughout the book\, Anna Gifty reveals that women spend more money\, time\, and effort than men across areas like beauty\, motherhood\, and career\, and that Black and white women lead vastly different lives. These differences\, highlighted through hundreds of conversations and countless studies\, reveal that the clearest path forward to reducing costs for all women is to ensure that no woman is left behind.\n\n“The Double Tax: How Women of Color Are Overcharged and Underpaid\,” her second book\, explores the costs women face\, why the bill runs higher for women of color\, and why closing the gaps helps everyone.
UID:145634-21897613@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145634
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:Weill Hall (Ford School) - Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium (Room 1120)
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DTSTAMP:20260309T143543
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T160000
SUMMARY:Other:ASC Fireside Chat with Oliwia Bosomtwe
DESCRIPTION:Oliwia Bosomtwe\, the author of *Jak biały człowiek *(2024)* [Like a White Man]*\, explores the stories of people of African descent who were born in Poland\, chose it as their homeland\, or passed through briefly\, and examines what it means to be Black in a predominantly white society\, surrounded by stereotypes\, fantasies\, and projections of Blackness.\n   \n   Bosomtwe’s work focuses on the history of Polish engagements with Blackness and Sub-Saharan Africa. She writes\, moderates public discussions\, and occasionally curates exhibitions. A graduate of the Interdisciplinary Individual Studies in the Humanities at the University of Warsaw\, she is currently pursuing a PhD in sociology at SWPS University. Bosomtwe is the former editor-in-chief of the portal Noizz.pl and collaborates with the magazine *Znak*\, among others.\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.\n   Email: -- teyei@umich.edu
UID:146351-21898944@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146351
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 1010
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DTSTAMP:20260220T140027
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T170000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Information Sick: How Journalism’s Decline & Misinformation’s Rise Are Harming Our Health—& What We Can Do About It
DESCRIPTION:An award-winning journalist and a public health expert discuss their book on the pollution of our information environment\, its implications for health\, and what can be done.\n\nJoanne Kenen is Editor-at-Large at Politico and Journalist-in-Residence at Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health\n\nJoshua Sharfstein\, MD is Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement and Distinguished Professor of the Practice at Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health\n\nPlease RSVP at https://myumi.ch/bVMg6
UID:145772-21897802@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145772
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430
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DTSTAMP:20260206T110057
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T113000
SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Bookworm #90- Author Conversation with Don James McLaughlin\, \"Phobia and American Literature\, 1705–1937: A Therapeutic History\"
DESCRIPTION:Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics with Clements staff in this webinar series. In this conversation\, author Don James McLaughlin explores how phobia — first tied to diseases like hydrophobia (rabies) — became a flexible suffix attached to various fears and social concerns\, shaping political\, medical\, and aesthetic thought from the colonial period through the early 20th century.\n\nMcLaughlin traces the emergence and evolution of phobia as a concept in American culture long before it became established in modern psychology. McLaughlin challenges the idea that phobia only gained prominence with late-19th-century psychiatry\, showing instead that the term’s roots extend back to early American literary and medical discourses.
UID:145160-21896746@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145160
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20260206T111503
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260515T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260515T113000
SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Bookworm #91 -    Author Conversation with Derek Kane O'Leary -  \"Archival Communities: Constructing the Past in the Early United States\"
DESCRIPTION:Angela Oonk hosts a webinar series featuring topics in American history. This month\, Clements Curator of Manuscripts joins in a discussion with Derek Kane O'Leary about creation of the first archives in the new United States.\n\nArchives\, the foundational resource for historical research\, do not emerge from a vacuum. What materials are included in the archive\, and why? Whose voices are preserved for posterity\, and whose are silenced? In his book\, Archival Communities: Constructing the Past in the Early United States\, O’Leary takes up this crucial task for the era of the early United States\, arguing that key components of America’s archives emerged from within an Atlantic world of circulating scholars\, evidence\, practices\, and ideas. Sponsored by Doug Johnson.
UID:145163-21896747@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145163
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20260206T124946
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260619T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260619T113000
SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Bookworm #92 - Author Conversation with Kellie Carter-Jackson\, \"We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance\"
DESCRIPTION:Angela Oonk hosts this webinar series discussing history topics with guests. This month\, historian Kellie Carter-Jackson joins the program to share her research that led to her book\, We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance.\n\nJackson examines the breadth of Black responses to white oppression\, beginning with the resistance of her own ancestors. Resistance through force and other vital means has played a pivotal part in securing freedom and justice for Black people since the days of the American and Haitian Revolutions.
UID:145172-21896759@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145172
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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