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This presentation situates that symbolic boundary within a specific discourse of artistic appraisal, and contrasts it with a growing acceptance of painting as a legitimate livelihood for respectable \u201cgentlemen\u201d in the 10th\u201313th centuries. By tracing the coexistence of these two conflicting perspectives on occupational painting, and their impact on occupational painters, it offers a new understanding of how social and symbolic boundaries were negotiated in Song art worlds.\r\n \r\n Zach Berge-Becker is a Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer at the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. 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Addressing the artworks and the exhibits, the presenters will discuss their impressions and the potential trajectories of another century of museology.\n\nPresentation takes place in Room 180 Tappan Hall \/ or join via Zoom at https:\/\/umich.zoom.us\/j\/95003774833", "occurrence_notes":null, "guid":"146366-21898960@events.umich.edu", "permalink":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/146366", "building_id":"1000216", "building_name":"Tappan Hall", "building_official_id":1000216, "campus_maps_id":"148", "campus_maps_link_path":"tappan-hall", "campus_maps_link":"https:\/\/maps.studentlife.umich.edu\/building\/tappan-hall", "room":"180", "location_name":"Tappan Hall", "has_livestream":0, "cost":"", "tags":["Art History"], "website":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/umichmsp", "links":[ { "type":"twitter", "url":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/umichmsp", "title":"MSP Twitter" }, { "type":"facebook", "url":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/umichmsp", "title":"MSP Facebook" }, { "type":"other", "url":"http:\/\/ummsp.rackham.umich.edu\/", "title":"MSP Website" } ], "sponsors":[ { "group_name":"Museum Studies Program", "group_id":"1801", "website":"" }, { "group_name":"History of Art", "group_id":"1034", "website":"http:\/\/www.lsa.umich.edu\/histart\/events" } ], "image_url":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146366_original-1.png", "image_description":"Flyer with yellow and red coloring and photos of museum artifacts advertising presentation by UM Art History students", "styled_images":{ "event_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146366_original-1.png", "event_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146366_original-1.png", "event_large_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146366_original-1.png", "event_large_lightbox":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large_lightbox\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146366_original-1.png", "group_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146366_original-1.png", "group_thumb_square":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_thumb_square\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146366_original-1.png", "group_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146366_original-1.png", "group_large_lightbox":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_large_lightbox\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146366_original-1.png", "event_large_crop":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_large_crop\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146366_original-1.png", "event_list":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_list\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146366_original-1.png", "event_list_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_list_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146366_original-1.png", "event_grid":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_grid\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146366_original-1.png", "event_grid_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_grid_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146366_original-1.png", "event_feature_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_feature_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146366_original-1.png", "event_feature_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_feature_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146366_original-1.png" }, "qr_code_url":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/146366\/qrcode.png", "occurrence_count":1, "first_occurrence":21898960 } , { "id":"142899-21891778", "datetime_modified":"20260303T141552", "datetime_start":"20260331T180000", "datetime_end":"20260331T200000", "has_end_time":1, "date_start":"2026-03-31", "date_end":"2026-03-31", "time_start":"18:00:00", "time_end":"20:00:00", "time_zone":"America\/Detroit", "event_title":"America at 250: History, Memory, and Truth", "occurrence_title":"", "combined_title":"America at 250: History, Memory, and Truth: A Conversation with Lonnie G. 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At a moment in which discussions about our shared past and collective future feel especially urgent, this event offers an opportunity to learn from a leader who has devoted his career to informing and inspiring Americans to strive for the public good. \n\nQ & A will follow and copies of Secretary Bunch's book *A Fool's Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump* will be available for purchase.\n\nLonnie G. Bunch III is the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian. He assumed his position June 16, 2019. As Secretary, he oversees 21 museums, 21 libraries, the National Zoo, numerous research centers, and several education units and centers. Two new museums\u2014the National Museum of the American Latino and the Smithsonian American Women\u2019s History Museum\u2014are in development. Bunch was the founding director of the Smithsonian\u2019s National Museum of African American History and Culture. 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As a reporter, she was a Washington-based correspondent for *The New York Times *and *Newsweek*, writing about politics, social issues and demographic change. Prior to her domestic correspondent work, she was an international correspondent for *Newsweek *based in Hong Kong, where she covered the former British colony\u2019s return to Chinese rule in 1997. She moved into digital strategy and leadership in 2008 as the founding managing editor of TheRoot.com, launched for The Washington Post Company with Henry Louis Gates Jr. She is also the former Director of Content Strategy at Pew Center on the States.\n\n*This 2026 Marc and Constance Jacobson Lecture is presented by the Institute for the Humanities in partnership with Wallace House Center for Journalists. 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Drawing upon these objects and his personal diaries, this talk examines Plumer\u2019s collecting journey and highlights his legacy as an advocate of Japanese art and influential cultural leader in the immediate postwar period.\n \n Natsu Oyobe, Ph.D., is curator of Asian art at the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA). Specializing in modern and contemporary Japanese art, she has curated numerous art exhibitions, including *Isamu Noguchi and Qi Baishi: Beijing 1930* (2013) and *Clay as Soft Power: Shigaraki Ware in Postwar America and Japan* (2022). She is also co-curating an exhibition about the artistic practices of Ainu women, which will open at UMMA at a later date.\n \n Image: James Marshall Plumer at Yue ware kiln site, Zhejiang province, China. James Marshall Plumer Papers, FSA.A.14, National Museum of Asian Art Archives, donated by Caroline I. Plumer, 1961.\n\nThis lecture is cosponsored by the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA). 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