Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. MEMS Lecture Series. 'It Began with a Picture', or, Inventing Stories to Make Sense of Images in the European Middle Ages. (September 30, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65742 65742-16651985@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 30, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Tappan Hall
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

This paper examines medieval discussions of iconography, what an image represents. It concentrates on what Dale Kinney has called narrative etiologies, that is cases where medieval viewers, provoked by an image they did not understand, invent a story that explains it. My examples include the contested reception of ruler portraits, inquiries into images in churches, and narrative elaborations on hagiographical images. These cases demonstrate that medieval viewers were quite happy to accept Pope Gregory the Great's invitation to read images as the literate read texts. For the art historian, they offer gratifying proof that images may provoke verbal narratives instead of merely depending on them.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 21 Sep 2019 07:58:16 -0400 2019-09-30T16:30:00-04:00 2019-09-30T17:30:00-04:00 Tappan Hall Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Lecture / Discussion Virgin and Child with Pope Paschal I, Santa Maria in Domnica, Rome, c. 820
GISC Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar Lecture. Art & Resistance: Palestinian Contemporary Art and Challenges Facing U.S. Exhibition (October 1, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67672 67672-16915702@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Tappan Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

How can art function as a means of political resistance? When does resistance against the exhibition of certain art function as a means of censorship? This talk attempts to address these questions through an examination of contemporary Palestinian art practices. Beginning with an introduction into the art practices of some contemporary Palestinian artists living both within historic Palestine and the diaspora, I will discuss how these artists use their work to highlight and challenge the realities of life under persistent occupation, as well as how their practices must adapt to a settler colonial context. Then, turning towards a U.S. context, I address the obstacles to exhibiting and discussing Palestinian art in the States in recent case studies. These difficulties manifest in museum exhibitions through an insistence on “fairness,” “balance,” and an insurance to tell the stories of “both sides” of the conflict when discussing Palestine and Israel. This formulation ignores the unequal balance of power inherent in Palestine (both historically and contemporarily), which has resulted in Palestinian artists withdrawing from exhibitions where they feel this imbalance is normalized.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 26 Sep 2019 09:12:15 -0400 2019-10-01T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-01T18:00:00-04:00 Tappan Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion event_image
Oktoberfest Potluck (October 3, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67948 67948-16969036@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 3, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Tappan Hall
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

The German Club will celebrate "Oktoberfest" this Thursday.

You can sign up here to bring a dish:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19fYyQKuRRssL5bRYLir08QCuzr0BhxYlCc7IfTQMIIU/edit#gid=0

If you have any questions, please contact Drue (druefro@umich.edu) or Paul (pauljc@umich.edu).

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 02 Oct 2019 16:57:22 -0400 2019-10-03T19:30:00-04:00 2019-10-03T21:00:00-04:00 Tappan Hall Germanic Languages & Literatures Social / Informal Gathering Tappan Hall
Toward a “Universal Museum”: A Conversation with Dr. Kojiro Hirose (Graduate University of Advanced Studies and the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka, Japan) (March 10, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73607 73607-18269830@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Tappan Hall
Organized By: History of Art

Tuesday March 10 at 4:00 PM
Room 130, Tappan Hall (Department of History of Art)

Dr. Hirose is the foremost authority of museum accessibility in Japan. He has worked on the practical study and prevalence of “tactile exhibits,” drawing on his experience of being visually impaired. Rather than simply building a barrier-free museum for the disabled, his goal is developing a “universal museum,” which everyone can enjoy. His study has had a significant impact both within and outside the museum. Dr. Hirose’s advocacy of a universal museum has attracted international attention; he has given lecture throughout the U.S., Germany, and other countries. Please join us for a special presentation by Dr. Hirose followed by what promises to be stimulating conversation on the topic!

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Mar 2020 14:13:22 -0500 2020-03-10T16:00:00-04:00 2020-03-10T17:00:00-04:00 Tappan Hall History of Art Lecture / Discussion Tappan Hall