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SUMMARY:Tours:Saturday Sampler Tour | Walk with an Egyptian: A Journey Through Time
DESCRIPTION:A journey that transcends millennia begins at the Kelsey Museum as you step into the heart of ancient Egypt and walk with an ancient Egyptian. Unseal the deeper significance of geography\, history\, culture\, and spiritual beliefs by looking at fascinating artifacts as an Egyptian of ancient times would have understood them.\n\nThis event is free and open to all visitors. If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:136421-21878647@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136421
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religion
LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250813T104532
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250907T140000
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SUMMARY:Tours:Sunday Drop-In Tour | Greek and Roman Mythology
DESCRIPTION:Many of us have read stories or seen movies featuring gods\, goddesses\, and heroes from Greek and Roman mythology. But how was this mythology incorporated into the lives of ancient people? In this tour\, we’ll look at such artifacts as vases\, lamps\, and sarcophagi—featuring images of Athena\, Herakles\, Dionysus\, and more—and consider how this mythology was experienced by everyday people.\n\nThis event is free and open to all visitors. If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:137486-21880333@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137486
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religion
LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250922T160913
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251002T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251002T190000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:FAST Lecture | Glass in the Late Roman and Early Byzantine Periods
DESCRIPTION:This FAST Lecture\, supported by the Kozma Fund\, will feature a presentation from Anastassios C. Antonaras—a specialist in the history of glass\, jewelry\, and textiles and an archaeologist\, curator\, and director of communication and visitor reception at the Museum of Byzantine Culture\, Thessaloniki\, Greece.\n\nHow did glass move from being a rare luxury in pharaonic Egypt to an everyday material in the Roman and Byzantine world? The turning point was the invention of glassblowing on the Syro-Palestinian coast in the 1st century BC\, which made production faster\, cheaper\, and more versatile. Massive workshops in the eastern Mediterranean supplied raw glass across the empire\, where local artisans transformed it into drinking cups\, perfume flasks\, jewelry\, mosaics\, and window panes. In the Late Roman and Early Byzantine periods\, glass not only served daily needs but also acquired new roles in Christian life: churches gleamed with glittering mosaics\, windows filled sacred spaces with light\, and glass lamps illuminated worship. This talk follows glass on its journey—from the furnaces of the Levant to households\, churches\, and monumental architecture—showing how one innovation reshaped both everyday experience and spiritual expression.\n\nFAST (Field Archaeology Series on Thursday) Lectures are free and open to the public. This event will take place in Room 125 of the Kelsey Museum’s Newberry Hall. Light refreshments and food will be provided at 5:30 PM\, with the lecture starting at 6:00 PM.\n\nIf you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:139408-21885435@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139408
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religion
LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology - Newberry Hall, Room 125
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20250916T142130
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251012T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251012T150000
SUMMARY:Tours:Sunday Drop-In Tour | All That Sparkles: Egyptian Jewelry at the Kelsey
DESCRIPTION:Jewelry was important to the ancient Egyptians. In addition to being beautiful\, it could convey status to the wearer and sometimes provide protection\, both during life and in the afterlife. In this tour\, we will look at Egyptian jewelry in the Kelsey Museum\, including objects worn by ancient Egyptians\, pieces designed only for the afterlife\, and jewelry depicted on images of gods and goddesses.\n\nThis event is free and open to all visitors. If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:139414-21885441@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139414
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religion
LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
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DTSTAMP:20251014T124341
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251020T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251020T203000
SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:The Gridiron Gospel
DESCRIPTION:Historian Hunter M. Hampton of Stephen F. Austin State University presents a history of how\, from the game's early days\, college football and a strain of masculine Christianity built a mutually reinforcing culture that taught lessons in America's dominant religious\, gendered\, and racial belief systems. He examines how Christians of many denominations embraced the game to shape their faith to meet changing social demands\, seeking spiritual and personal meaning on the gridiron. Fans watched the action to find God's lessons for them\, wins and losses expressing divine will while the game's popularity offered potent ways to evangelize non-believers. The sport also provided a stage for fostering Christian manhood\, male community\, gender dominance\, and on-the-field heroic displays serving a higher purpose. Dr. Hunter will give a free online live lecture Monday\, October 20\, 7-8:30 PM via a Zoom webinar. Register at tinyurl.com/GridironGospel. The video will be simultaneously presented on FaceBook and Youtube.
UID:140685-21887499@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140685
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:religion
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20250916T144309
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251025T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251025T150000
SUMMARY:Tours:Saturday Sampler Tour | Halloween at the Kelsey: The Spooky\, Weird\, and Magical
DESCRIPTION:The Kelsey Museum is the perfect place to spend the weekend before Halloween. Instead of haunted houses or jack-o’-lanterns\, you’ll find real treasures from the ancient world that connect with Halloween themes in surprising ways. Discover mummies\, magical inscriptions\, and statues missing their heads. These objects weren’t created for Halloween\, but they invite us to think about the same ideas—mystery\, spirits\, spells\, and the afterlife—that make the holiday so fascinating today. Step out of the pumpkin patch and into the galleries to see how many artifacts we can find that remind us of Halloween!\n\nThis event is free and open to all visitors. If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:139421-21885454@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139421
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religion
LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
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DTSTAMP:20251030T102920
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251030T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251030T130000
SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:The Ethics of Designer Babies
DESCRIPTION:Lydia Dugdale\, MD\nThe Ethics of Designer Babies \nWhat happens when parents can choose their child's traits? Should parents be able to select for intelligence\, appearance\, even personality? Are we on the cusp of enhancing health or creating a world of inequality and control? We will explore these urgent questions and more with Dr. Lydia Dugdale\, MD\, MAR. She is an incredibly accomplished physician and thinker who is recognized as the Dorothy L. and Daniel H. Silberberg Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center\, the Director of the Center for Clinical Medical Ethics\, and a Co-Director of Clinical Ethics at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. \nShe edited Dying in the Twenty-First Century\, is the author of The Lost Art of Dying and recently completed the manuscript for a forthcoming book on hope. She publishes widely\, including in outlets such as The Free Press\, The Wall Street Journal\, and The New York Times.\n\nHer voice is thought provoking\, which is why she is the first repeat presenter for the Woll Family Speaker Series. You won't want to miss this.
UID:141319-21888579@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141319
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religion
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/j/92594074321
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DTSTAMP:20251015T160208
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251116T140000
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SUMMARY:Tours:Sunday Drop-In Tour | Early Christians and Late Pagans
DESCRIPTION:Early Christians and late pagans interacted in ways both surprising and predictable across the Mediterranean region. This tour explores Kelsey Museum objects that offer revealing glimpses of this complex story during a period of religious transition.\n\nThis event is free and open to all visitors. If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:140751-21887566@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140751
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religion
LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
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DTSTAMP:20251104T090611
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251118T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251118T130000
SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Curiosity as Vice? A Virtuous Approach to Learning in Medicine
DESCRIPTION:Medical training shapes what we know\, but also who we become. Yet too often\, students approach learning with fear\, self-protection and the need to appear certain. Dr. Benjamin Frush invites us to imagine another way — one that views the unknown as opportunity\, knowledge as something to share and humility as a source of strength. Drawing on theologian Paul Griffiths’ distinction between the vice of curiositas and the virtue of studiositas\, Dr. Frush explores how a healthier moral posture toward learning can transform both medical education and patient care. \n\nDr. Benjamin Frush\, MD\, MA\, is a palliative care physician and the McDonald Agape Fellow in Bioethics at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University. He is a former fellow at the Theology\, Medicine\, and Culture Fellowship at Duke Divinity School\; a current bioethics scholar at the Paul Ramsey Institute\; and a former fellow at the Fellowship at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE). His work in AMA Journal of Ethics\, Perspectives in Biology and Medicine and Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics focuses on virtue\, moral formation and end-of-life care. We first heard him speak at the Conference on Medicine and Religion and knew right away we had to bring him as a speaker. You won’t want to miss this conversation.
UID:141489-21888917@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141489
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religion
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/j/92806850984
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DTSTAMP:20250820T132258
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T132000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CREES Noon Lecture. Piety and Power: Women and Religious Life in Central Asian Islam
DESCRIPTION:This talk introduces the story of Aghā-yi Buzurg\, an extraordinary woman who lived in sixteenth-century Bukhara—located in present-day Uzbekistan—and became one of the few known female Sufi leaders in Islamic history. Her life is documented in a hagiography titled *The Manifestation of Wonders*\, written by her male disciple. In a historical context where women’s religious authority was rarely recorded\, this text offers a rare window into how a woman could gain spiritual\, social\, and even political influence in early modern Central Asia. Aghā-yi Buzurg was not only respected for her personal piety but also led a wide network of followers\, advised rulers\, and competed with prominent male religious figures of her time. Her story challenges modern assumptions about gender roles in Muslim societies\, especially in the history of the Central Asian region. By examining her life and legacy\, Professor Shanazarova’s presentation invites the audience to reconsider how power\, gender\, and religion were intertwined in pre-modern Central Asia and to reflect on the broader historical dynamics that have shaped women's roles in the region.\n   \n   Aziza Shanazarova is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion at Columbia University. Her research centers on the religious history of Islamic Central Asia and the Persianate world\, focusing on the sixteenth to twentieth centuries. She earned a dual PhD in Religious Studies and Central Eurasian Studies from Indiana University-Bloomington in 2019. Prior to joining Columbia\, she taught at Stanford University and the University of Pittsburgh\, where she held a postdoctoral position.\n   \n   Shanazarova is the author of *Female Religiosity in Central Asia: Sufi Leaders in the Persianate World* (Cambridge University Press 2024)\, which received an honorable mention from the British Association for Islamic Studies/BRAIS-De Gruyter Prize in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World in 2022. She also published *Manifestations of a Sufi Woman in Central Asia: A Critical Edition of Ḥāfiẓ-i Baṣīr’s Maẓhar al-ʻajā’ib* (Brill 2020). Her peer-reviewed articles have been featured in leading journals\, including *Der Islam*\, *Journal of Sufi Studies*\, *Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society*\, *Journal of Islamic Manuscripts*\, and the *International Journal of Islam in Asia*.\n\nAccommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at crees@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:137821-21880808@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137821
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:religion
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555
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DTSTAMP:20250815T125113
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251205T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251205T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Friday Lecture Series | How Ethnic Rebellion Begins: Theory and Evidence from Myanmar
DESCRIPTION:Since independence\, most of the ethnic minority groups in Myanmar—though not all—have rebelled against the central government\, making it home to the most simultaneous and longest ongoing armed conflict in the world. In this talk\, Jangai Jap tracks the origins of armed ethnic organizations in Myanmar and argue that political exclusion—a primary grievance widely thought to motivate ethnic rebellion—played a rather minimal role in the onset of ethnic rebellions. Instead\, what distinguishes ethnic groups in rebellion from other ethnic minority groups is the claim of having an ethnic “homeland” within Myanmar. Individuals from such ethnic groups form nascent armed groups\, which are then fostered and supported by more established ethnic armed organizations. Jap illustrates this dynamic through the role of the Karen National Union and the Kachin Independence Organization in the proliferation of robust ethnic armed organizations in Myanmar.\n   \n   Jangai Jap is an assistant professor in the Department of International Affairs at the University of Georgia’s School of Public and International Affairs. She researches ethnic politics\, nationalism\, minority-state relations\, and Burma/Myanmar politics. Her ongoing work examines interethnic relations\, bureaucratic experiences\, and ethnic rebellion. Previously\, she was an early career provost fellow in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin and a postdoctoral fellow in the Politics of Race and Ethnicity Lab. She holds a Ph.D. in political science from George Washington University and a B.A. in Judaic studies and political science from Yale University.\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at valdezjo@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:137646-21880481@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137646
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religion
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251121T141728
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251207T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251207T150000
SUMMARY:Tours:Sunday Drop-In Tour | The Villa of the Mysteries
DESCRIPTION:The Villa of the Mysteries wall paintings have been a source of wonder and scholarly interest since they were first found in 1909 on the outskirts of Pompeii. This tour provides an immersive exploration of the Kelsey Museum’s nearly life-size representations of the Villa’s frescoes and what they reveal about life\, religion\, and ritual in ancient Rome.\n\nThis event is free and open to all visitors. If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:142118-21890027@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142118
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religion
LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
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DTSTAMP:20251121T144911
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251213T150000
SUMMARY:Tours:Saturday Sampler Tour | Centaurs and Sirens and Satyrs\, Oh My!
DESCRIPTION:While we mainly focus on the gods and goddesses\, Greek and Roman mythology is filled with many divine creatures. Some were deadly to humans while others liked to play tricks. In this tour\, we’ll look at a range of mythological creatures—including centaurs\, satyrs\, sirens\, and Medusa—as they were featured on such artifacts as vases\, funerary equipment\, and wall paintings. Along the way\, we’ll think about what role they played in the daily lives of ancient Greeks and Romans.\n\nThis event is free and open to all visitors. If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:142122-21890032@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142122
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religion
LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251216T131222
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251216T130000
SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:The Body and Michelangelo
DESCRIPTION:What happens when art becomes an act of anatomy? When the human body\, flesh\, muscle\, and bone\, becomes the canvas through which the divine is revealed? The Renaissance marked this turning point: after centuries of ethereal figures floating in abstract space\, artists rediscovered the incarnate human form. Some\, like Leonardo da Vinci\, sought truth through dissection\, while Michelangelo saw in anatomy a path to transcendence. This talk explores how he fused science\, beauty\, and spirit (from the tenderness of the Pietà to the grandeur of the Sistine Chapel) and how the Catholic Church received his daring vision of the human body as a vessel of meaning.\n\nElizabeth Lev\, an acclaimed art historian who teaches in Rome at the University of Mary and the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas\, has served as a consultant to the Vatican Museums and written for publications such as The Washington Post and First Things. Author of The Tigress of Forlì and How Catholic Art Saved the Faith\, she has appeared on The Today Show\, Nightline\, and 60 Minutes\, and her TED Talk on the Sistine Chapel has reached over 1.9 million viewers! She is a well-known tour guide and has served as a consultant to the Vatican Museums for their art and faith itineraries\, projects with the Vatican Patrons of the Arts and wrote “Vatican Treasures: The Via Pulchritudinis\,” a film presented to Pope Benedict XVI in 2012. She lives in Rome with her husband\, Thomas Williams\, and their son Joshua and is a certified sommelier. Her insight brings the Renaissance alive. You will not want to miss this.\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by CHHASSEM-The Center for History\, Humanities\, Arts\, Social Sciences and Arts in Medicine.
UID:141491-21888918@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141491
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religion
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251210T171028
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260110T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260110T150000
SUMMARY:Tours:Saturday Sampler Tour | Death and Ritual in Ancient Egypt
DESCRIPTION:This tour will explore the Kelsey Museum’s ancient Egyptian collections\, looking specifically at what our objects can teach us about the Egyptian ideas of death\, offerings\, and the afterlife. \n\nThis event is free and open to all visitors. If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:142565-21891159@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142565
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religion
LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260114T102118
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260120T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260120T130000
SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Woll Family Speaker Series Presents:  Dr. Ryan Antiel as Guest Speaker
DESCRIPTION:ABOUT THIS EVENT: \nWhile the late medical sociologist Charles Bosk rightly observed that residency was fundamentally “a moral education\,” modern graduate medical training has too often narrowed its focus to efficiency\, throughput and technical mastery. But without deliberate attention to the moral formation of trainees\, how can we hope to cultivate clinicians whose professional identity can withstand the environmental hazards of commercialized medicine? Dr. Ryan Antiel confronts this question head-on. In this talk\, he explores why virtue\, character and the habits of moral perception are essential — not optional — in shaping physicians who can care wisely and humanely for the most vulnerable. \n\nDr. Antiel will present one such effort underway at Duke University: The Good Surgeon. Drawing on strategies from the Oxford Leadership Initiative\, this project seeks to counter professional corrosion by forming a parallel community rooted in friendship\, mutual accountability and honest inquiry. Within this space\, difficult questions are raised\, new practices are tested and the seeds of durable professional identity are cultivated. It is an experiment in rebuilding moral architecture from the inside out. \n \nDr. Antiel is a pediatric surgeon and medical ethicist at Duke University\, where he serves on the faculty of the Trent Center for Bioethics\, Humanities & History of Medicine. His research combines empirical approaches from the fields of epidemiology\, decision-making sciences and child outcomes with conceptual work grounded in moral philosophy and theology. He applies these approaches to address ethical challenges surrounding the care of seriously ill fetuses and neonates.  He is also interested in how surgical residency shapes the character of surgeons-in-training and how best to form the virtues of character necessary for good surgical practice. \n \nYou can check out his work in leading medical journals like JAMA Surgery and NEJM. We are excited to hear his thoughts on cultivating moral resilience and professional integrity in modern medicine.
UID:143890-21894217@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143890
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religion
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20251210T174551
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260124T150000
SUMMARY:Tours:Saturday Sampler Tour | Goddesses of the Kelsey
DESCRIPTION:In this tour\, we will explore some strong women of the ancient world: the goddesses of Egypt\, Greece\, and Rome. Through a variety of artifacts\, we will learn more about the powers and abilities associated with some of the goddesses of the ancient world.\n\nThis event is free and open to all visitors. If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:142571-21891169@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142571
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religion
LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251210T174843
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260125T150000
SUMMARY:Tours:Sunday Drop-In Tour | Walk With an Egyptian: A Journey Through Time
DESCRIPTION:A journey that transcends millennia begins at the Kelsey Museum as you step into the heart of ancient Egypt and walk with an ancient Egyptian. Unseal the deeper significance of geography\, history\, culture\, and spiritual beliefs by looking at fascinating artifacts as an Egyptian of ancient times would have understood them.\n\nThis event is free and open to all visitors. If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:142572-21891170@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142572
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religion
LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
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DTSTAMP:20260210T042751
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260210T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260210T130000
SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Woll Family Speaker Series Presents:  Dr. Rick Hodes as guest speaker
DESCRIPTION:Medicine wrestles with a persistent question: What does it mean to care for the vulnerable when resources are scarce and suffering is relentless? In an era when global health is often reduced to short-term interventions and metrics\, the deeper moral demands of accompaniment can fade from view. Dr. Rick Hodes challenges this narrowing of vision. In his upcoming talk for the Woll Family Speaker Series\, he invites us to consider medicine not as a transaction\, but as a sustained moral commitment.\nDrawing on more than three decades of work in Ethiopia\, Dr. Hodes will share stories of children with complex cardiac and spinal conditions and of a physician who chose to stay. He explores the ethical tensions of caring for patients whose needs far exceed available resources\, and asks what obligations endure when the usual boundaries of training\, geography\, and time fall away.\nDr. Hodes is an internist who has lived and worked in Ethiopia since the mid-1980s. His work brings children to the United States for life-saving care while strengthening local medical capacity. We are honored to welcome Dr. Hodes to the Woll Family Speaker Series for a conversation that will challenge\, inspire\, and reframe how we think about moral responsibility in medicine.\n\nWe are grateful to co-sponsor this talk with Global Reach.
UID:145296-21897018@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145296
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religion
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - n/a
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DTSTAMP:20260219T134938
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260220T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260220T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CSEAS Friday Lecture Series | Pain and Buddhism in Thailand: How does Bodily Experience affect Religious Worlds?
DESCRIPTION:Please note: This lecture will be held in person and virtually on Zoom. The webinar is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. Once you've registered\, joining information will be sent to your email. Register for the Zoom webinar at: http://myumi.ch/A1MdA\n\nThai Buddhism is highly polymorphic\, with wide regional and historical variation\, with practices ranging from magical power to spirit possession to ethical codes to meditation. People draw from these elements to meet the demands of social\, historical\, political\, and other contexts. In this talk\, Stonington asks what assemblages of religious practice might\n   emerge in the face of domineering experiences of the body. Severe pain has been described by phenomenologists as a totalizing experience\, making it an ideal test case for this inquiry.\n   \n   Through interviews and participant observation with people coping with severe pain in Northern Thailand\, Stonington argues that a specific set of meditation practices that showed up as orthodox for how they should relate to pain actually made their pain worse\, sending them on investigative journeys to assemble novel sets of tools from other practices available to them. Through this isolated individual investigation\, his interlocutors surprisingly settled on techniques similar to one another\, a kind of emergent locally-heterodox rejection of received wisdom.\n   \n   Scott Stonington is a sociocultural anthropologist and internal medicine physician at the University of Michigan. His first book *The Spirit Ambulance*\, about dying in Thailand\, won awards for ethnographic writing and social theory. Current major projects include the politics and experience of pain in Thailand\; and the harms generated by time pressure\, emotion\, and improvisation in the clinical encounter in the U.S.\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cseas@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.*
UID:142978-21891872@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142978
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religion
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555
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DTSTAMP:20260206T161202
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260225T160000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:An Operatic Reimagining of The Handmaid’s Tale: Gender\, Power\, and Reproductive Justice
DESCRIPTION:In 1985\, Margaret Atwood\, The Handmaid’s Tale\, envisioned a theocratic regime that systematically stripped women and gender-diverse people of their reproductive freedom. Although Atwood’s narrative is fiction\, the realities of forced reproduction and restricted bodily autonomy have long impacted women of color\, low-income women\, disabled women\, and people of diverse gender identities\, making this story compelling and profoundly relevant today.  The novel’s evolution into a television show and now\, an opera reflects its sustained cultural and political resonance. This event\, co-hosted by the Detroit Opera and the University of Michigan’s Center for History\, Humanities\, Arts\, Social Sciences\, and Ethics in Medicine\, will feature a free\, moderated discussion about the operatic adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale. Together\, we will explore how artistic representations can stimulate important conversations about reproductive justice\, structural power\, and the ongoing struggles faced by women and people of marginalized genders. Through centering the role of art in social critique and activism\, this event aims to deepen understanding of gender and sexuality in the context of contemporary debates surrounding reproductive rights.
UID:145187-21896776@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145187
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religion
LOCATION:Palmer Commons - Forum Hall
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260330T112214
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260331T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260331T130000
SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:Trainee Showcase!
DESCRIPTION:Our trainees are engaged in fantastic projects exploring the intersection of health\, spirituality and religion. It is our greatest pleasure to highlight these future leaders in this growing field.\n\n1) David Parkinson will present \"From Paternalism to Prophecy: The Illusion of Certainty in Evidence-based Medicine.\"\n\n2) Anna Fasman will present \"Shabbat as a Radical Act: Finding Rest in a Demanding World.\"\n\n3) Claire Ashmead-Meers\, MD will present \"Two Minds: How To Be an Integrated Physician in a Divided World\, Using The Writings of Wendell Berry and William Osler\"\n\nWhen: Tuesday\, March 31st from 12-1pm\nWhere: on Zoom
UID:147204-21900523@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147204
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religion
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20260316T083107
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260405T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260405T150000
SUMMARY:Tours:Sunday Drop-In Tour | Daily Life in Ancient Rome
DESCRIPTION:This docent-led event offers a general introduction to—and a fascinating exploration of—the everyday lives of ancient Romans. Tour the Kelsey Museum’s galleries with us to learn how Romans lived\, including what they ate\, what they did to entertain themselves\, and how they responded to the joys and challenges of daily life. This Sunday Drop-In will also delve into the process of “reading” archaeological materials to understand and connect with the past.\n\nThis event is free and open to all visitors. If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:146629-21899367@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146629
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religion
LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260316T083953
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260411T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260411T150000
SUMMARY:Tours:Saturday Sampler Tour | Greek and Roman Mythology
DESCRIPTION:Many of us have read stories or seen movies featuring gods\, goddesses\, and heroes from Greek and Roman mythology. But how was this mythology incorporated into the lives of ancient people? In this tour\, we’ll look at such artifacts as vases\, lamps\, and sarcophagi—featuring images of Athena\, Herakles\, Dionysus\, and more—and consider how this mythology was experienced by everyday people.\n\nThis event is free and open to all visitors. If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:146632-21899369@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146632
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religion
LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260330T133208
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T130000
SUMMARY:Livestream / Virtual:From Prognosis to Presence: The Making of a Perinatal Bereavement Care Program
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Emily Morris and Dr. Luke Gatta\n\nFrom Prognosis to Presence:\n\nThe Making of a Perinatal Bereavement Care Program\nPregnancy is often filled with hope. The hope of new life and a bright future. But for some families\, that hope is shattered when they learn that their baby has a life-limiting condition and may die shortly after birth. How do clinicians care for families in these moments? How do we offer comfort\, presence\, and guidance when medicine cannot offer a cure? Please join us for a conversation with Dr. Emily Morris and Dr. Luke Gatta of Vanderbilt University Medical Center\, who will discuss the development of Vanderbilt’s perinatal hospice program and what shared decision-making looks like for families facing these diagnoses. Drawing from his clinical work and ethics training\, Dr. Gatta will explore how interdisciplinary teams support parents through complex decisions while honoring their values\, hopes\, and love for their child.\nDr. Gatta is an Assistant Professor in Maternal-Fetal Medicine\, having done his Ob/Gyn residency and MFM fellowship at Duke\; Dr. Morris is an Assistant Professor in Neonatology\, having done her Pediatrics residency at University of Michigan and Neonatology fellowship at Vanderbilt. They are each Core Faculty in the Center of Biomedical Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine\n\nWhen: Tuesday\, April 14th from 12-1pm\nWhere:  On Zoom
UID:147221-21900544@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147221
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religion
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260316T090726
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260418T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260418T150000
SUMMARY:Tours:Saturday Sampler Tour | Women and Goddesses of the Ancient World
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a guided tour through the ancient world\, focusing on women and goddesses from Egypt and Rome. Explore how goddesses shaped spiritual beliefs\, myths\, and daily life. Discover the stories of queens\, priestesses\, and real women through statues\, jewelry\, inscriptions\, and everyday objects. \n\nThis event is free and open to all visitors. If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:146636-21899373@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146636
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religion
LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260420T120532
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260503T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260503T150000
SUMMARY:Tours:Sunday Drop-In Tour | Death and Ritual in Ancient Egypt
DESCRIPTION:This tour will explore the Kelsey Museum’s ancient collections\, looking at what these objects can teach us about Egyptian ideas of death\, offerings\, and the afterlife. This event will also explore how Egyptian burial practices evolved over time.\n\nThis event is free and open to all visitors. If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:147864-21902088@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147864
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religion
LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260511T113400
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260613T111500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260613T120000
SUMMARY:Tours:Saturday Sampler Tour | Magic in the Ancient World
DESCRIPTION:Explore the ways that people from ancient Mesopotamia\, Egypt\, and Rome used magic for protection\, for healing\, and to seek favor from powers beyond the human realm. Discover how artifacts in the Kelsey were involved in spells\, curses\, and protection to help people make sense of a dangerous world.\n\nThis event is free and open to all visitors. If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:148211-21903323@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148211
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religion
LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260511T130801
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260621T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260621T150000
SUMMARY:Tours:Sunday Drop-In Tour | Dionysus and the Villa of the Mysteries
DESCRIPTION:This drop-in tour explores the famous Villa of the Mysteries frescoes\, which have captivated scholars since their discovery in 1909. In the Kelsey Museum’s Villa room featuring nearly full-size watercolor replicas\, we’ll look closely at scenes often interpreted as a Dionysian initiation and consider what they reveal about ritual\, identity\, and belief. We’ll also think about the cult of Dionysus alongside other forms of Roman religion\, considering points of similarity and departure.\n\nThis event is free and open to all visitors. If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:148222-21903337@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148222
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religion
LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260511T131356
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260628T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260628T150000
SUMMARY:Tours:Sunday Drop-In Tour | Egyptian Gods and Goddesses
DESCRIPTION:In today’s tour\, we will focus on depictions of the gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt. While we will talk about some you may have heard of\, such as Osiris and Isis\, we will also look at a few of the lesser-known gods\, including the Mnevis Bull and Mut. Along the way\, we will consider the various forms these deities took\, as well as the abilities associated with them.\n\nThis event is free and open to all visitors. If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event\, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
UID:148224-21903339@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148224
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religion
LOCATION:Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
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