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SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:ELI Course Info Session + Pizza Party!
DESCRIPTION:Want to build your confidence and fluency using English in class discussions\, written assignments\, and in conversations on campus?\n\nCome meet ELI’s faculty to learn about our Academic English Mini-Courses and enjoy some free pizza!\n\nTwo Options! Pick One:\n\nCentral Campus:\nMonday\, Apr. 6\, 2026\n5:00-6:00 p.m.\n955 Weiser Hall\n\nOR:\n\nNorth Campus:\nThursday\, Apr. 9\, 2026\n5:30–6:30 p.m. \n1180 Duderstadt\n\nThis is a casual\, drop-in style event. There is no formal presentation. \nCome anytime during the session!
UID:145903-21898079@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145903
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Graduate And Professional Students,English Language Institute,English,Info Session,International Students,Undergraduate
LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - 1180
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DTSTAMP:20260409T172042
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T173000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:ELI Course Info Session + Pizza Party!
DESCRIPTION:Want to build your confidence and fluency using English in class discussions\, written assignments\, and in conversations on campus?\nCome meet ELI’s faculty to learn about our Academic English Mini-Courses and enjoy some free pizza!\nThis is a casual\, drop-in style event. There is no formal presentation. Come anytime during the session!
UID:145900-21898023@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145900
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:1180 Duderstadt
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DTSTAMP:20260324T190459
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SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Living with Treaties Conference
DESCRIPTION:In-person and virtual registration: http://myumi.ch/61n9J\n\nJoin us April 9-11\, 2026\, for Living with Treaties: The 1817 Project\, the University of Michigan\, and the Western Expansion of the United States. This hybrid conference will explore the role of treaties in the development of both the University of Michigan and the state of Michigan\, while considering how their effects continue to resonate locally\, regionally\, and nationally today for an Indigenous present and future.\n\nThe conference will bring together members of Anishinaabe Tribal communities\; U-M faculty\, staff\, and students\; K-12 educators\; scholars\; tribal historians\; and community activists for roundtable discussions\, panels\, and workshops that aim to inform and connect with non-specialist audiences.\n\nConference sessions will focus on key themes that include the role of treaties in the founding and development of the University of Michigan\, such as the 1817 Treaty of Fort Meigs\; the ongoing impact of 19th-century treaty agreements on tribal communities in the region\; and the ways in which these treaties continue to shape contemporary Native activism and legal efforts. Discussions will also explore the broader histories of colonization and Indigenous dispossession across what is now the state of Michigan and the Midwest region of the U.S\, with an eye to how local and regional histories provide valuable insights into broader national patterns.\n\nThe conference is free and open to all\, and will be livestreamed and recorded. Registration is encouraged but not required. We will send out reminder emails and event updates when you register.\n\nThe Living with Treaties: The 1817 Project\, the University of Michigan\, and the Western Expansion of the United States Conference is part of The 1817 Project: Land\, Culture\, Memory\, and Repair\, one of the major research initiatives of the University of Michigan’s Inclusive History Project. Led by Eric Hemenway\, Bethany Hughes\, and Michael Witgen\, The 1817 Project is a multi-disciplinary examination of the foundational land transfer by the Ojibwe\, Odawa\, and Boodewaadamii nations in the 1817 Treaty of Fort Meigs (also known as the Treaty of the Maumee Rapids)\, which was part of the University of Michigan’s 1817 origins in Detroit and subsequent relocation to Ann Arbor\, as well the university’s ongoing connections to Indigenous land and contemporary issues of Native American student experience. Learn more about The 1817 Project at https://inclusivehistory.umich.edu/project-site/the-1817-project/.\n\nThe Living with Treaties: The 1817 Project\, the University of Michigan\, and the Western Expansion of the United States Conference is presented by the Inclusive History Project in partnership with the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies (EIHS) and with the support of the Bentley Historical Library\, Clements Library\, the Department of American Culture\, the Department of History\, the Marsal Family School of Education\, the Native American Student Association\, the Native American Studies Program\, Rackham Graduate School\, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design\, and the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA).\n\nFor questions or more information\, contact inclusivehistory@umich.edu.\n\n--\n\nSchedule & Panel Descriptions\n\nDay 1\nThursday\, April 9\, 2026\, Pendleton Room\, Michigan Union\n\nWelcome & Keynote Roundtable\n5:30pm – 8:30pm\n\nWhat Does it Mean to Live with Treaties? A Roundtable on Indigenous History\n\nThis keynote roundtable will bring together several renowned Indigenous scholars with expertise in Indigenous and U.S. history\, as well as in tribal\, federal\, and constitutional law. Together\, they will reflect on the past\, present\, and future of Indigenous History\, including the fundamental issue of treaties and their downstream effects into the present. A central theme of this session is: where did Indigenous history start from\, where is it going\, and what challenges and obstacles remain within the field? The panel will also consider the more specific question of treaties\, land\, and dispossession within a broader\, comparative framework that builds upon recent studies of “land grab” politics across U.S. history as a whole. Additionally\, the speakers will reflect on a second theme central to their scholarship: that U.S. history cannot be understood without recognizing the central role of Indigenous histories and experiences.\n\n5:30 – 6:30pm: Reception with light fare with the panelists.\n6:30 – 7:00pm: Conference Opening with Emcee Bethany Hughes and Welcome Song shared by Stick City\, U-M’s Native American Student Association’s Drum Group.\n7:00 – 8:30pm: Opening Remarks by U-M President Grasso and former EIHS Director John Carson followed by the keynote roundtable\, and public Q&A.\n\nAll events are open to the public. This roundtable is made possible through the partnership of the IHP-1817 Project and the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies\, who are co-sponsoring this event as part of their annual lecture series.\n\nSpeakers: Maggie Blackhawk\, Ned Blackhawk\, Matthew Fletcher\, Michael Witgen\n\nModerator: Greg Dowd\n\n--\nDay 2\nFriday\, April 10\, 2026\, Kuenzel Room\, Michigan Union\n\nDay 2 Welcome & Session 1\n9:15am – 11:00am\n\nWhy Study Michigan Now? Situating the University of Michigan and the Great Lakes Region in the Broader Histories of Native American Dispossession\, Removal\, “Land Grab” Politics\, and U.S. Higher Education\n\nThis panel takes as a starting point the founding moment represented by the land transfer to U-M in Article 16 of the 1817 Treaty of Fort Meigs\, but widens the scope of inquiry to include subsequent treaties and land transfer schemes that facilitated the development of the University and the state of Michigan. This panel will present the “receipts\,” to visually represent the transfer of wealth from Native people to the citizens of the state of Michigan.\n\nThis panel will demonstrate that the histories of U-M\, the state of Michigan\, and the broader Great Lakes region are crucial contexts for understanding the broader histories of dispossession\, removal\, land grab politics\, and the development of American higher education. Discussion of the 1817 Project\, including an explanation of its origins and a showcase of its ongoing work\, will illustrate how the project is addressing fundamental questions of U.S. history.\n\nSpeakers: Jay Cook\, Michael Witgen\, Jonathan Quint\, Gabrielle Ione Hickmon\n\n--\nDay 2 Session 2\n11:15am – 12:30pm\n\nUniversities and Indigenous Dispossession\n\nThis panel will explore the deep links between colonization\, Indigenous dispossession\, and the growth of colleges and universities in the United States. While the 1862 Morrill Land Grant College Act is often cited as a pivotal moment in the history of American higher education\, centering the narrative on the mid-nineteenth century risks obscuring the broader role that Indigenous land played in underwriting American colleges and universities. Long before the Morrill Act\, institutions such as the University of Michigan relied on land appropriated through treaties to finance operations\, expand campuses\, and diversify educational opportunities for students. At the same time\, public domain land was being used for internal improvements\, with universities serving as part of this larger project of development. The Morrill Act extended and formalized these practices\, redistributing millions of acres of Indigenous land to fund the expansion of higher education across the United States. By bringing the pre- and post-Morrill Act eras into conversation\, this panel will show how Indigenous land has remained a foundational resource for American higher education from its beginnings through the present.\n\nSpeakers: Mary Shi\, Jon Parmenter\, Alyssa Mt. Pleasant\n\nChair: Ned Blackhawk\n\n--\nDay 2 Session 3\n1:30pm – 2:45pm\n\nHow to Read A Treaty: Legal Battles and the Continuing Impact of U.S.-Anishinaabeg Treaties\n\nThis panel will demonstrate how important Michigan-area treaties such as the 1836 Washington Treaty and 1855 Treaty of Detroit continue to shape the lives of the Anishinaabe people of the state\, and how their meaning and enforcement remain subjects of legal challenges and political activism. To show the continuing impact of treaties\, and the ways in which they serve as foundational documents of Anishinaabeg-U.S. political and legal relations\, our speakers will draw from their experience as legal scholars\, jurists\, litigators\, and expert witnesses. Collectively\, they will discuss cases such as Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa v. Whitmer\, which considered whether the 1855 Treaty of Detroit created a reservation for the LTBB Odawa in northern Michigan\, as well as current litigation on the Line 5 Pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac and the broader historical contexts of these cases.\n\nSpeakers: Matthew Fletcher\, Riyaz Kanji\, James McClurken\n\nChair: Maggie Blackhawk\n\n--\nDay 2 Session 4\n3:00pm – 4:15pm\n\nOn the Hidden Histories of Public Domain Land\n\nThis panel will explore the creation of public lands in the Michigan Territory and state through the multiple treaties negotiated by the federal government with the Indigenous peoples of Michigan. Historically\, federal officials pressured tribes in Michigan to agree to the extinction of Native title to their lands\, even when there was no immediate demand for those lands. This meant not only that tribes were deprived of a valuable asset\, but also that this asset was able to appreciate in value until such time as it was sold by the state. In order to convince Native peoples to sign these treaties\, the 1836 Washington and 1855 Detroit treaties guaranteed Native peoples the right to hunt\, fish\, and harvest on ceded territory not yet converted into private property. Reinforcing the enduring relevance of treaties across time\, this panel will focus on the protests\, activism\, and legal battles that have emerged over Indigenous resource rights in Michigan\, all of which revolve around differing interpretations of land and treaties. The panel will center the experiences and insights of community members who participated in these events.\n\nSpeakers: Mae Wright\, Emily Proctor\n\nChair: Eric Hemenway\n\n--\nDay 3\nSaturday\, April 11\, 2026\, Forum Hall\, 4th Floor\, Palmer Commons\n\nDay 3 Welcome & Session 5\n9:00am – 10:30am\n\nHow to Think About the Origins of Indian Removal Politics From a Great Lakes Perspective\n\nThis panel will highlight how two Michigan Anishinaabe communities\, the Pokagon Band of Boodewaadamii and the Burt Lake Band of Odawa and Ojibwe Indians\, had different experiences with removal and federal recognition\, shaping their distinct paths and histories. It will combine historical analysis of the development of various nineteenth-century land companies and land transfer schemes with presentations by community representatives who can discuss the resistance of their communities to Indian Removal\, as well as how they have fought or are still fighting to have their sovereignty and territory recognized by the federal government. This panel will discuss the shifting understandings and contexts of Indian Removal\, focusing on examples from Michigan and the broader Great Lakes Basin\, such as encroachment from settler colonists\, forced migration by military forces\, and Indian Boarding schools\, that illuminate nationally significant aspects of Indian Removal policy.\n\nSpeakers: Wenona T. Singel\, Blaire Morseau-Topache\n\nChair: Michael Witgen\n\n--\nDay 3 Session 6\n10:45am – 12:00pm\n\nTeaching Native American and Treaty History in K-12 Classrooms\n\nThis panel brings together educators from public schools and library professionals to share their experiences and insights on teaching Native American history in a range of educational settings. Panelists will discuss best practices for engaging students\, building inclusive curricula and lesson plans\, and addressing the gaps and challenges that persist in public education. Drawing on their experience teaching Native American history\, they will reflect on what has proven most effective\, what barriers remain\, and how educators can collaborate to move this work forward.\n\nSpeakers: Joe Erdmann\, Kara Johnson\, Annemarie Conway\n\nChair: Eric Hemenway\n\n--\nDay 3 Conference Wrap-up with Closing Remarks by Dr. Michael Witgen\n12:00 – 12:15pm\n\n--\nDay 3 Living with Treaties Community Connections Forum\n12:00pm – 3:00pm\n\nEqual parts resource fair\, poster session\, and tabling event\, the Community Connections Forum will serve as a platform for fostering connections among attendees\, the 1817 Project\, U-M campus partners\, and student organizations connected to the themes of the conference.\n\nDJ set by Sicangu Lakota multi-genre music artist\, educator\, and storyteller Frank Waln.\n\n--\nDay 3 Concurrent Breakout Workshops for K-12 Educators*\n1:15pm – 2:45pm\n\nTeaching Native American and Treaty History in Public Classrooms\n\nThis session will consist of teaching workshops designed for K-12 educators\, with two separate workshops targeted for elementary\, junior\, and high school level instructors. The workshops will include short preparatory presentations on subjects relevant to the conference\, such as treaties or public domain land\, with accompanying guidance on how to teach the subject matter. K-12 instructor participants will receive pre-prepared instructional materials at the start of the workshop\, with additional materials provided at the conclusion.\n\nFacilitators: Eric Hemenway\, Jared Aumen\, Madeline McShannock\, Joy Kooyer\, Jack Stearns
UID:146201-21898654@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146201
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:History
LOCATION:Michigan Union - Pendleton (and virtual)
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Penny Stamps Speaker Series - Lisa Hanawalt
DESCRIPTION:\n\nLisa Hanawalt is an artist and writer\, best known for her work in animation. She’s the production designer and producer of BoJack Horseman\, the acclaimed animated series on Netflix. She’s the creator and executive producer of Tuca & Bertie\, a vibrant and surreal animated show on Netflix and Adult Swim. And most recently\, she’s the producer and production designer of Long Story Short\, an adult animated comedy about family\, spanning many decades. \n\nA graduate of UCLA\, Hanawalt grew up in Palo Alto\, California\, and works across comics\, animation\, and illustration. Her projects range from TV shows and books to apparel\, murals\, music videos\, and gallery exhibitions\, each marked by her playful humor\, emotional honesty\, and keen observation of the natural and human worlds. Her books with Drawn & Quarterly include My Dirty Dumb Eyes\, Hot Dog Taste Test\, and Coyote Doggirl\, which showcase her distinctive blend of wit\, surrealism\, and deeply personal storytelling.\n\nHanawalt’s art and writing have appeared in The New Yorker\, The New York Times\, Vanity Fair\, Bloomberg Businessweek\, Lucky Peach\, Vice\, Glamour\, and McSweeney’s. She lives in Los Angeles and is represented by Artists First and UTA. \n\nFor her Penny Stamps Speaker Series presentation\, Hanawalt will join comedian\, essayist\, blogger\, and television writer Samantha Irby in conversation on the stage of the Michigan Theater. Irby is the creator and author of the blog bitches gotta eat\, where she writes humorous observations about her own life and modern society more broadly. Her books We Are Never Meeting in Real Life and Wow\, No Thank You. were both New York Times best-sellers. She is a recipient of the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for bisexual nonfiction. She has been a writer and/or co-producer for multiple television shows\, including HBO’s reboot of Sex and the City\, Work in Progress\, Shrill\, and Tuca & Bertie.\n\nPresented in partnership with the Ann Arbor District Library.\n\nThis project was made possible by a grant from the Arts Initiative at the University of Michigan.\n\nSeries presenting partners: Detroit PBS\, ALL ARTS\, and PBS Books. Media partner: Michigan Public.
UID:142735-21891313@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142735
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20260218T154828
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Caswell Diabetes Institute Community Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:What to Eat for Good Sleep\nDid you know that what you eat throughout the day could influence how you sleep at night? Come to learn about how diet- not only what we eat but when we eat- could affect our ability to fall asleep and to wake up refreshed.\n\nErica C. Jansen\, PhD\, MPH\nAssistant Professor of Nutritional Sciences\, \nUniversity of Michigan School of Public Health\n\nResearch Assistant Professor of Neurology\,\nUniversity of Michigan Medical School
UID:145677-21897693@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145677
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:seminar,Science,Research,Public Health,Postdoctoral Research Fellows,Nutrition,In Person,Graduate Students,Graduate and Professional Students,Free,Faculty
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20260409T120119
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T180000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Challenge your thinking and explore truth at this week’s big question—plus pizza—this Thursday.
DESCRIPTION: \nHi Friends\,\nWe’d love for you to join us for the next Ratio Christi meeting on Thursday\, April 9th\, from 6:00–7:00 PM!\nThis week’s discussion question is: “ Does the Bible endorse slavery?\"\nWe’ll be meeting at the Study Center (611 1/2 E. William St.\, Ann Arbor). It’s a safe and welcoming space to explore questions of religion and faith\, where all perspectives are valued in building thoughtful conversation.\nEveryone is welcome—plus\, there will be pizza while it lasts! \nIf you are interested in learning more about us\, you can join the Ratio Christi Maize page for updates and discussions: Ratio Christi Maize page. We're also active on Instagram: Ratio Christi Instagram page\n \nWe are excited to see you all soon and please feel free to reach out with any questions!\n\n\nSincerely\,\nRatio Christi Team \n\n
UID:147310-21900719@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147310
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:MCSC
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DTSTAMP:20260409T120019
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SUMMARY:Other:Crafting Meeting: Climate Quilting
DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to join us every Thursday from 6:00-7:00p for our crafting meeting! This semester we will be focusing on the Climate Change Quilt Project\, where we will be working as a club to make quilts to contribute to the larger movement that you can learn more about at climatechangequilt.com! All skills are welcome\, and even if you have never quilted before or are an expert\, there is a way that you can contribute and strengthen your quilitng skills! If you have more questions\, please DM us on Instagram or email vipsclub-admin@umich.edu \nTime: 6:00-7:00 pm\nLocation: North Campus Duderstadt Design Lab 1\nNonprofit Website: vipsfund.org\nInstagram: @vipsfund\nClimate Quilt Project Website: https://climatechangequilt.com/about\nLearn more about the Climate Quilt Project here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G_4l70H80wGlS1SZ-_H82wm_ArathcOH/view?usp=sharing
UID:143049-21891982@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143049
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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LOCATION:Duderstadt Design Lab 1
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