Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. The Draft (September 21, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53898 53898-13476575@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

African-Canadian artist Esmaa Mohamoud investigates the intangibility of Blackness through issues surrounding Black representation and Black body politics in contemporary spaces. The Draft explores material and popular Black culture through the realm of athletics. With the use textiles and concrete, The Draft address the ways in which Black bodies navigate spaces as both visible, and at times invisible.

Esmaa Mohamoud (Canadian, b. 1992), is a Toronto-based African-Canadian artist. She holds a BFA from Western University (2014) and an MFA from OCAD University (2016). Recently, Mohamoud has exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts Montreal. She is represented by Georgia Scherman Projects.

Join us September 13, 6-8pm, for a conversation with the artist and opening reception.

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Exhibition Thu, 23 Aug 2018 14:20:26 -0400 2018-09-21T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-21T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition One of the Boys
The Draft (September 24, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53898 53898-13476578@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

African-Canadian artist Esmaa Mohamoud investigates the intangibility of Blackness through issues surrounding Black representation and Black body politics in contemporary spaces. The Draft explores material and popular Black culture through the realm of athletics. With the use textiles and concrete, The Draft address the ways in which Black bodies navigate spaces as both visible, and at times invisible.

Esmaa Mohamoud (Canadian, b. 1992), is a Toronto-based African-Canadian artist. She holds a BFA from Western University (2014) and an MFA from OCAD University (2016). Recently, Mohamoud has exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts Montreal. She is represented by Georgia Scherman Projects.

Join us September 13, 6-8pm, for a conversation with the artist and opening reception.

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Exhibition Thu, 23 Aug 2018 14:20:26 -0400 2018-09-24T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-24T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition One of the Boys
LOOK 101: Seeing Art in an Instagram World (September 24, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53901 53901-13478718@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 1:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Note: Seating is limited and pre-registration is required. Lunch will be served. Register at: http://myumi.ch/LqeD0

Geared toward undergraduate students and focusing on the current exhibitions at the Institute for the Humanities, this contemporary series of discussions offers a fresh take on the basics of looking and evaluating art in the gallery and how it’s organized, making the connection from the traditional “white cube gallery” to iGen visual worlds like Facebook and Instagram. Today: How to look at the art of Esmaa Mohamoud with Institute for the Humanities curator Amanda Krugliak.

African-Canadian artist Esmaa Mohamoud investigates the intangibility of Blackness through issues surrounding Black representation and Black body politics in contemporary spaces. The Draft explores material and popular Black culture through the realm of athletics. With the use textiles and concrete, The Draft address the ways in which Black bodies navigate spaces as both visible, and at times invisible.

Esmaa Mohamoud (Canadian, b. 1992), is a Toronto-based African-Canadian artist. She holds a BFA from Western University (2014) and an MFA from OCAD University (2016). Recently, Mohamoud has exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts Montreal. She is represented by Georgia Scherman Projects.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 21 Sep 2018 14:32:16 -0400 2018-09-24T13:00:00-04:00 2018-09-24T14:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion One of the Boys
MES Lecture Series - A Profession Unregulated: The Americanization of the American Imam (September 24, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55708 55708-13775073@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 4:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

"A Profession Unregulated: The Americanization of the American Imam,” depicts competing points of authorization for Islam in America to demonstrate how the profession of the American imam is still in gestation and is being co-constituted by an Islamic tradition, a historically Christian American religious culture, and the bureaucratic processes of institutionalization to argue that there is a transition unfolding from a more dominant traditional Islamic authority to an administrative authorizing power through pursuit of greater professional regulation.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 20 Sep 2018 15:29:00 -0400 2018-09-24T16:30:00-04:00 2018-09-24T18:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Department of Middle East Studies Lecture / Discussion 202 S. Thayer
The Draft (September 25, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53898 53898-13476579@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

African-Canadian artist Esmaa Mohamoud investigates the intangibility of Blackness through issues surrounding Black representation and Black body politics in contemporary spaces. The Draft explores material and popular Black culture through the realm of athletics. With the use textiles and concrete, The Draft address the ways in which Black bodies navigate spaces as both visible, and at times invisible.

Esmaa Mohamoud (Canadian, b. 1992), is a Toronto-based African-Canadian artist. She holds a BFA from Western University (2014) and an MFA from OCAD University (2016). Recently, Mohamoud has exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts Montreal. She is represented by Georgia Scherman Projects.

Join us September 13, 6-8pm, for a conversation with the artist and opening reception.

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Exhibition Thu, 23 Aug 2018 14:20:26 -0400 2018-09-25T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-25T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition One of the Boys
The Draft (September 26, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53898 53898-13476580@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

African-Canadian artist Esmaa Mohamoud investigates the intangibility of Blackness through issues surrounding Black representation and Black body politics in contemporary spaces. The Draft explores material and popular Black culture through the realm of athletics. With the use textiles and concrete, The Draft address the ways in which Black bodies navigate spaces as both visible, and at times invisible.

Esmaa Mohamoud (Canadian, b. 1992), is a Toronto-based African-Canadian artist. She holds a BFA from Western University (2014) and an MFA from OCAD University (2016). Recently, Mohamoud has exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts Montreal. She is represented by Georgia Scherman Projects.

Join us September 13, 6-8pm, for a conversation with the artist and opening reception.

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Exhibition Thu, 23 Aug 2018 14:20:26 -0400 2018-09-26T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-26T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition One of the Boys
The Draft (September 27, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53898 53898-13476581@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

African-Canadian artist Esmaa Mohamoud investigates the intangibility of Blackness through issues surrounding Black representation and Black body politics in contemporary spaces. The Draft explores material and popular Black culture through the realm of athletics. With the use textiles and concrete, The Draft address the ways in which Black bodies navigate spaces as both visible, and at times invisible.

Esmaa Mohamoud (Canadian, b. 1992), is a Toronto-based African-Canadian artist. She holds a BFA from Western University (2014) and an MFA from OCAD University (2016). Recently, Mohamoud has exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts Montreal. She is represented by Georgia Scherman Projects.

Join us September 13, 6-8pm, for a conversation with the artist and opening reception.

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Exhibition Thu, 23 Aug 2018 14:20:26 -0400 2018-09-27T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-27T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition One of the Boys
The Draft (September 28, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53898 53898-13476582@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

African-Canadian artist Esmaa Mohamoud investigates the intangibility of Blackness through issues surrounding Black representation and Black body politics in contemporary spaces. The Draft explores material and popular Black culture through the realm of athletics. With the use textiles and concrete, The Draft address the ways in which Black bodies navigate spaces as both visible, and at times invisible.

Esmaa Mohamoud (Canadian, b. 1992), is a Toronto-based African-Canadian artist. She holds a BFA from Western University (2014) and an MFA from OCAD University (2016). Recently, Mohamoud has exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts Montreal. She is represented by Georgia Scherman Projects.

Join us September 13, 6-8pm, for a conversation with the artist and opening reception.

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Exhibition Thu, 23 Aug 2018 14:20:26 -0400 2018-09-28T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-28T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition One of the Boys
Reclaiming Diasporicity: Emergent Subjectivities in Sikh, Punjabi and South Asian Contexts (September 30, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55963 55963-13811940@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 30, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

This workshop brings scholars of Sikh and South Asian studies from across the disciplines to explore new ways of reimagining single 'diasporicity' and further expand the conceptual toolbox with which to refine and redeploy the notion of diaspora beyond its function as a sociological descriptor.

The purpose of the conference is to reconsider our understanding of the "diasporic"as emergent subjectivity, or as articulating a form of life with the impulse and capacity to create alternative modes of becoming and being through lived experiences, rather than merely being subject to the kind of binaries that mark conventional notions of diaspora.

Food and refreshments will be provided.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 25 Sep 2018 11:27:05 -0400 2018-09-30T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-30T15:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Asian Languages and Cultures Conference / Symposium 202 S. Thayer
The Draft (October 1, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53898 53898-13476585@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 1, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

African-Canadian artist Esmaa Mohamoud investigates the intangibility of Blackness through issues surrounding Black representation and Black body politics in contemporary spaces. The Draft explores material and popular Black culture through the realm of athletics. With the use textiles and concrete, The Draft address the ways in which Black bodies navigate spaces as both visible, and at times invisible.

Esmaa Mohamoud (Canadian, b. 1992), is a Toronto-based African-Canadian artist. She holds a BFA from Western University (2014) and an MFA from OCAD University (2016). Recently, Mohamoud has exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts Montreal. She is represented by Georgia Scherman Projects.

Join us September 13, 6-8pm, for a conversation with the artist and opening reception.

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Exhibition Thu, 23 Aug 2018 14:20:26 -0400 2018-10-01T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-01T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition One of the Boys
Humanities & Environments Faculty Panel: "Sacred Spaces; Ritual Environments" (October 1, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54077 54077-13521844@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 1, 2018 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

During our 2018-19 Year of Humanities and Environments, we've organized faculty panels to explore contributions of humanistic inquiry around specific environmental subjects. Today: "Sacred Spaces; Ritual Environments" with:

Nachiket Chanchani (history of art, Asian languages & cultures)
Jason Young (history)
Catherine Sanok (English)

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 28 Sep 2018 11:30:25 -0400 2018-10-01T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-01T17:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Carrie Mae Weems, At the Precipice, 2003. gelatin silver print.
The Draft (October 2, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53898 53898-13476586@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

African-Canadian artist Esmaa Mohamoud investigates the intangibility of Blackness through issues surrounding Black representation and Black body politics in contemporary spaces. The Draft explores material and popular Black culture through the realm of athletics. With the use textiles and concrete, The Draft address the ways in which Black bodies navigate spaces as both visible, and at times invisible.

Esmaa Mohamoud (Canadian, b. 1992), is a Toronto-based African-Canadian artist. She holds a BFA from Western University (2014) and an MFA from OCAD University (2016). Recently, Mohamoud has exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts Montreal. She is represented by Georgia Scherman Projects.

Join us September 13, 6-8pm, for a conversation with the artist and opening reception.

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Exhibition Thu, 23 Aug 2018 14:20:26 -0400 2018-10-02T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-02T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition One of the Boys
The Draft (October 3, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53898 53898-13476587@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

African-Canadian artist Esmaa Mohamoud investigates the intangibility of Blackness through issues surrounding Black representation and Black body politics in contemporary spaces. The Draft explores material and popular Black culture through the realm of athletics. With the use textiles and concrete, The Draft address the ways in which Black bodies navigate spaces as both visible, and at times invisible.

Esmaa Mohamoud (Canadian, b. 1992), is a Toronto-based African-Canadian artist. She holds a BFA from Western University (2014) and an MFA from OCAD University (2016). Recently, Mohamoud has exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts Montreal. She is represented by Georgia Scherman Projects.

Join us September 13, 6-8pm, for a conversation with the artist and opening reception.

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Exhibition Thu, 23 Aug 2018 14:20:26 -0400 2018-10-03T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-03T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition One of the Boys
The Draft (October 4, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53898 53898-13476588@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 4, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

African-Canadian artist Esmaa Mohamoud investigates the intangibility of Blackness through issues surrounding Black representation and Black body politics in contemporary spaces. The Draft explores material and popular Black culture through the realm of athletics. With the use textiles and concrete, The Draft address the ways in which Black bodies navigate spaces as both visible, and at times invisible.

Esmaa Mohamoud (Canadian, b. 1992), is a Toronto-based African-Canadian artist. She holds a BFA from Western University (2014) and an MFA from OCAD University (2016). Recently, Mohamoud has exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts Montreal. She is represented by Georgia Scherman Projects.

Join us September 13, 6-8pm, for a conversation with the artist and opening reception.

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Exhibition Thu, 23 Aug 2018 14:20:26 -0400 2018-10-04T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-04T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition One of the Boys
The Draft (October 5, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53898 53898-13476589@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

African-Canadian artist Esmaa Mohamoud investigates the intangibility of Blackness through issues surrounding Black representation and Black body politics in contemporary spaces. The Draft explores material and popular Black culture through the realm of athletics. With the use textiles and concrete, The Draft address the ways in which Black bodies navigate spaces as both visible, and at times invisible.

Esmaa Mohamoud (Canadian, b. 1992), is a Toronto-based African-Canadian artist. She holds a BFA from Western University (2014) and an MFA from OCAD University (2016). Recently, Mohamoud has exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts Montreal. She is represented by Georgia Scherman Projects.

Join us September 13, 6-8pm, for a conversation with the artist and opening reception.

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Exhibition Thu, 23 Aug 2018 14:20:26 -0400 2018-10-05T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-05T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition One of the Boys
The Draft (October 8, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53898 53898-13476592@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 8, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

African-Canadian artist Esmaa Mohamoud investigates the intangibility of Blackness through issues surrounding Black representation and Black body politics in contemporary spaces. The Draft explores material and popular Black culture through the realm of athletics. With the use textiles and concrete, The Draft address the ways in which Black bodies navigate spaces as both visible, and at times invisible.

Esmaa Mohamoud (Canadian, b. 1992), is a Toronto-based African-Canadian artist. She holds a BFA from Western University (2014) and an MFA from OCAD University (2016). Recently, Mohamoud has exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts Montreal. She is represented by Georgia Scherman Projects.

Join us September 13, 6-8pm, for a conversation with the artist and opening reception.

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Exhibition Thu, 23 Aug 2018 14:20:26 -0400 2018-10-08T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-08T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition One of the Boys
The Draft (October 9, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53898 53898-13476593@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

African-Canadian artist Esmaa Mohamoud investigates the intangibility of Blackness through issues surrounding Black representation and Black body politics in contemporary spaces. The Draft explores material and popular Black culture through the realm of athletics. With the use textiles and concrete, The Draft address the ways in which Black bodies navigate spaces as both visible, and at times invisible.

Esmaa Mohamoud (Canadian, b. 1992), is a Toronto-based African-Canadian artist. She holds a BFA from Western University (2014) and an MFA from OCAD University (2016). Recently, Mohamoud has exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts Montreal. She is represented by Georgia Scherman Projects.

Join us September 13, 6-8pm, for a conversation with the artist and opening reception.

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Exhibition Thu, 23 Aug 2018 14:20:26 -0400 2018-10-09T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-09T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition One of the Boys
FellowSpeak: "Eating Cheese in the Carolingian Empire" (October 9, 2018 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54052 54052-13521818@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

A 30 min. talk by Noah Blan, Institute for the Humanities 2018-19 postdoctoral research fellow, followed by Q & A.

On January 13, 829 CE, the Carolingian emperor, Louis the Pious, along with his eldest son and co-ruler Lothar I, issued a charter that confirmed provisions claimed by the monks of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, a large and prosperous Parisian abbey. Among the supplies demanded of the villages and common households that owed them goods and services, the monks ordered more than 8,000 pounds of cheese, an astonishing request given the constraints of energy and labor in a preindustrial, organic economy. Following the production of this cheese—from small dairy farms to its consumption at elite tables—reveals how early medieval people organized land and limited resources to produce large quantities of food. This talk demarginalizes the peasants and animals whose exploitation sustained aristocratic appetites and puts them at the center of an intricate and precarious food network. In short, it examines how something as simple as eating cheese was an act that nourished a vast and complex empire.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 27 Sep 2018 11:30:30 -0400 2018-10-09T12:30:00-04:00 2018-10-09T13:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Utrecht Psalter
The Concept of a Universal Humanity, Social Justice and National Individuality in Modern Jewish Thought (October 9, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53356 53356-13349552@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Judaic Studies

One of the major themes of modern Jewish thought is the ever-changing relationship between the identity of Jews as a group and the concept of a universal humanity. This lecture tries to show that one of the major differences between Jewish thought in Israel and the North American diaspora is to be found in the opposing ways in which each understands national and ethnic individuality in connection with the idea of a universal humanity.

There is both an accessible elevator and gender-neutral restroom on the first and second floor. If you have a disability that requires an accommodation, contact judaicstudies@umich.edu or 734-763-9047.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 15 Aug 2018 11:34:05 -0400 2018-10-09T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-09T17:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Judaic Studies Lecture / Discussion Yossi Turner Event
The Draft (October 10, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53898 53898-13476594@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

African-Canadian artist Esmaa Mohamoud investigates the intangibility of Blackness through issues surrounding Black representation and Black body politics in contemporary spaces. The Draft explores material and popular Black culture through the realm of athletics. With the use textiles and concrete, The Draft address the ways in which Black bodies navigate spaces as both visible, and at times invisible.

Esmaa Mohamoud (Canadian, b. 1992), is a Toronto-based African-Canadian artist. She holds a BFA from Western University (2014) and an MFA from OCAD University (2016). Recently, Mohamoud has exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts Montreal. She is represented by Georgia Scherman Projects.

Join us September 13, 6-8pm, for a conversation with the artist and opening reception.

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Exhibition Thu, 23 Aug 2018 14:20:26 -0400 2018-10-10T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-10T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition One of the Boys
The Draft (October 11, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53898 53898-13476595@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

African-Canadian artist Esmaa Mohamoud investigates the intangibility of Blackness through issues surrounding Black representation and Black body politics in contemporary spaces. The Draft explores material and popular Black culture through the realm of athletics. With the use textiles and concrete, The Draft address the ways in which Black bodies navigate spaces as both visible, and at times invisible.

Esmaa Mohamoud (Canadian, b. 1992), is a Toronto-based African-Canadian artist. She holds a BFA from Western University (2014) and an MFA from OCAD University (2016). Recently, Mohamoud has exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts Montreal. She is represented by Georgia Scherman Projects.

Join us September 13, 6-8pm, for a conversation with the artist and opening reception.

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Exhibition Thu, 23 Aug 2018 14:20:26 -0400 2018-10-11T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-11T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition One of the Boys
Madame Bovary in the Jewish Provinces: Fradel Shtok’s Modernist Yiddish Prose (October 18, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53360 53360-13349557@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 18, 2018 1:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Judaic Studies

Celebrated primarily as the poet who wrote the first sonnet in Yiddish, Fradel Shtok was also a masterful prose stylist. She published a single collection of short fiction in 1919 that was dismissed by some critics for its embrace of prose narrative techniques that made her more akin to Flaubert than to Sholem Aleichem. The lore about Shtok is that traumatized by negative reviews, she died in an asylum. However, this was not true: she continued to write in Yiddish, and died in LA years after news of her tragic death. This talk offers a revised account of Yiddish modernism, one that acknowledges the centrality of woman to the modern Jewish revolution.

There is both an accessible elevator and gender-neutral restroom on the first and second floor. If you have a disability that requires an accommodation, contact judaicstudies@umich.edu or 734-763-9047.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Aug 2018 11:49:53 -0400 2018-10-18T13:00:00-04:00 2018-10-18T14:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Judaic Studies Lecture / Discussion Madame Bovary
Michigan Medieval Seminar (October 19, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52007 52007-12349051@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

Featured Speakers:
Samer Ali, Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, U-M Department of Near Eastern Studies

Matthew Champion, Lecturer in Medieval History, Department of History, Classics, and Archaeology, Birkbeck College, University of London

Patricia Dailey, Associate Professor, Department of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University

Christian Schneider, Assistant Professor, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Washington University in St. Louis

Helen Solterer, Professor, Department of Romance Studies, Duke University

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 12 Oct 2018 15:13:52 -0400 2018-10-19T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Workshop / Seminar 202 S. Thayer
FellowSpeak: "Spatial Narratives in Architecture and Fiction" (October 23, 2018 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54055 54055-13521819@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

A 30 min. talk by Keith Mitnick, Institute for the Humanities 2018-19 Helmut F. Stern Faculty Fellow and associate professor of architecture, followed by Q & A.

In this talk, Mitnick reflects upon the ways that buildings and fiction writing embody different forms of spatial narratives that shape how we experience the physical environment.

Similar to the way that architecture is used in literature to define the social and psychological outlooks of characters, and the settings in which their lives occur, buildings present fictions about the world. By framing “views,” ordering “centers, margins and in-betweens,” and choreographing movement and sensorial experience, they tell stories about who are, what we value, and where we are—a process that becomes particularly interesting when the fictions they present fail to align with what we hold to be true. The images we create of our buildings and cities tell stories as well, shaping our conceptions about the places in which we live, and broadcasting them to others.

Using examples of his own work as an architect and a writer, he will creatively explore the intersection of different spatial narratives in words, images and physical forms, and conjecture upon new approaches for considering their similarities and differences.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 27 Sep 2018 11:31:16 -0400 2018-10-23T12:30:00-04:00 2018-10-23T13:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion spatial narratives
Jewish Women and Conversion in Medieval Europe (October 23, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53361 53361-13349558@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Judaic Studies

To date, the history of conversion between Judaism and Christianity in medieval Europe has focused largely on men. The clerks, canon lawyers, preachers, popes, kings, bishops, theologians, chroniclers, rabbis, and poets who wrote about converts were men. Yet, medieval sources also shed light on the experiences of women. This lecture will present new research on the lives of women who converted to and from Judaism in medieval Spain and northern Europe.

Image:Cantigas de Santa María. Biblioteca de San Lorenzo el Real, Escorial, ms. T.I.1, fol. 154

There is both an accessible elevator and gender-neutral restroom on the first and second floor. If you have a disability that requires an accommodation, contact judaicstudies@umich.edu or 734-763-9047.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 15 Aug 2018 11:31:48 -0400 2018-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-23T17:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Judaic Studies Lecture / Discussion Cantigas de Santa María. Biblioteca de San Lorenzo el Real, Escorial, ms. T.I.1, fol. 154
Letting Go & Letting In: Approaches to Happiness in Korean Buddhism (October 25, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57020 57020-14068324@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 25, 2018 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

Ven. Dr. Jongmae Kenneth Park
Dean of the Institute for Buddhist Studies and Sr. Bishop of the Korean Taego Order
A-E Parish

Ven. Beomhyu
Abbot of Bori-weon Korean Zen Center (Sedona, AZ)

Ven. Gwangjeon
Council member of the Central Council of the Jogye Order

What makes us truly happy?
Is true happiness momentary or eternal?
If true happiness manifests itself before you, would you be able to recognize it?
Under what conditions does true happiness manifest itself?
If, as the Buddha taught, there is no self, how can we speak of happiness?

In this public talk, three revered Korean Buddhist monks—Ven. Dr. Jongmae Park, Ven. Beonhyu, and Ven. Gwangjeon—will explain the various methods used in Korean Buddhism today to find, recognize, and nurture true happiness in a world defined by the never ending pursuit of material prosperity.

This lecture is made possible with the generous support of the Khyentse Visitorship in Buddhist Studies Fund.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 23 Oct 2018 12:25:45 -0400 2018-10-25T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-25T17:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Asian Languages and Cultures Lecture / Discussion 202 S. Thayer
Whitechapel Noise: Politics, Sex and Religion in Yiddish Rhyme on the Streets of London’s East End 1884-1914 (October 30, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53363 53363-13349559@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Judaic Studies

This talk, illustrated with song, will examine the abundance of Yiddish kupletn (rhyming couplets) written by Jewish immigrant songwriters and poets in pre-World-War-I London. These protest hymns, music-hall songs and satirical verse, until now hidden in archives, tell tales that expand and nuance our knowledge of immigrant history. As an accessible popular culture, they tell these stories with humor, intensity, and passion. This talk will give an overview of these key ideas, illustrating theoretical and historical points with engaging poetic and musical examples.

Image: Jewish Museum, London

There is both an accessible elevator and gender-neutral restroom on the first and second floor. If you have a disability that requires an accommodation, contact judaicstudies@umich.edu or 734-763-9047.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:54:43 -0400 2018-10-30T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-30T17:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Judaic Studies Lecture / Discussion Jewish Museum, London
Asian Languages and Cultures Info Session (November 2, 2018 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57045 57045-14075027@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 2, 2018 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

Current undergraduate students are invited to an information session on the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures major, minors, and language programs. Students will have the opportunity to speak with an advisor and ask questions specific to them.

The Department of Asian Languages and Cultures (ALC) is a center for the exploration of the humanities of Asia, where students are invited to cross the boundaries of nations and of disciplines in order to develop two vital qualities: a deep knowledge and a broad global perspective.

The department offers instruction in the cultures of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia, and in many of the languages of Asia (including Bengali, Chinese, Filipino, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Javanese, Korean, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Thai, Tibetan, Urdu, and Vietnamese).

Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP at https://lsa.umich.edu/asian/undergraduates/informationsessions.html

We hope to see you there!

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Other Wed, 24 Oct 2018 09:36:15 -0400 2018-11-02T12:30:00-04:00 2018-11-02T13:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Asian Languages and Cultures Other Information Session Flyer
LOOK 101: Seeing Art in an Instagram World (November 5, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54083 54083-13521849@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 5, 2018 1:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Geared toward undergraduate students and focusing on the current exhibitions at the Institute for the Humanities, this contemporary series of discussions offers a fresh take on the basics of looking and evaluating art in the gallery and how it’s organized, making the connection from the traditional “white cube gallery” to iGen visual worlds like Facebook and Instagram. Today: How to look at the art of Luzinterruptus with Institute for the Humanities curator Amanda Krugliak.

About Luzinterruptus:

This October, the Institute for the Humanities is shutting down Liberty Street near U-M campus. We’re going to reuse thousands of discarded books, turning them into an illuminated pathway for “Literature vs. Traffic,” a large-scale art installation by Spanish undercover art collective Luzinterruptus.

Ann Arbor joins Toronto, New York, and Melbourne, as we feature--for one night only--the brilliance of 10,000 books and thousands of LED lights. What was just a street will become a beautiful installation, as we bring the power of art, education, the written word, and free thought to the entire Ann Arbor community by essentially “paving” Liberty St. with thousands of glowing books.

This is a grass-roots project and your participation is essential!

Want to play a part in this amazing campus and community-wide project? We need:

Volunteers: Community and campus groups and individuals to volunteer to work with the artists to prep & attach lights to books (Oct 15-23), and the day of the event (Oct 23);

Donations: Books that would otherwise be recycled or thrown away;

Visitors: Come view the extraordinary installation, and help us extend the life of a book by taking one (or more) home (Oct. 23 5-11pm).

Small quantities of books can be dropped off at the Institute for the Humanities office at 202 S. Thayer. We can also pick up larger quantities of books. Read more on our website at www.lsa.umich.edu/humanities, or email luzinterruptus@umich.edu to volunteer, schedule a book pick-up, or with questions.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Aug 2018 14:26:24 -0400 2018-11-05T13:00:00-05:00 2018-11-05T14:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Luzinterruptus
FellowSpeak: "‘Tempest-tost’?: Climate, Disaster, and Migration to America in the Age of Sail" (November 6, 2018 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54056 54056-13521820@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

A 30 min. talk by Sam White (Institute for the Humanities visiting professor and professor of History, Ohio State University) followed by Q & A.

Accelerating global warming has raised dire warnings of tens or hundreds of millions of "climate refugees" in the coming decades. But what could we learn from climatic variations, disasters, and human migrations of past centuries? This talk will examine the current state of research on historical climate and migration and offer examples from the presenter's previous and current research on European migration to colonial North America. The presentation will make the case that climate played a significant role in population movements of the past, and may again in the near future. However, the history of climate and migration to America suggests the link was never simple or straightforward. Each migration event had its specific reasons and circumstances, which we need to consider in order make sense of climatic vulnerabilities and human decisions.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 09 Oct 2018 11:33:50 -0400 2018-11-06T12:30:00-05:00 2018-11-06T13:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Wreck of the Ayrshire
Elizabeth DeLoughrey Workshop (November 8, 2018 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52034 52034-12371054@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 8, 2018 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

In this workshop, DeLoughrey will pre-circulate the introduction to her new monograph, Allegories of the Anthropocene (Duke UP, 2019). She will discuss her new project’s intervention in oceanic studies--which is also related to the topic of her lecture--and will discuss how her introduction frames critical conversations on the Anthropocene for multiple audiences. This workshop will also allow graduate students to ask professionalization questions about the benefits and challenges of interdisciplinary writing on contemporary issues. Please RSVP to receive pre-reading.


Sponsored by the Global Postcolonialisms Collective, Animal Studies and Environmental Humanities Workshop, the Border Collective, Department of American Culture, Program in Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies, and Department of Comparative Literature.

Questions? Contact Katie Hummel (hummel), Coni Contreras (cbcontre), or Bassam Sidiki (basidiki).

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 26 Oct 2018 16:48:28 -0400 2018-11-08T12:30:00-05:00 2018-11-08T14:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Department of English Language and Literature Workshop / Seminar 202 S. Thayer
The Past as a Foreign Country: Remembering Spain in Ottoman Lands (November 8, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55294 55294-13713838@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 8, 2018 1:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Judaic Studies

In June 2015, the Spanish government approved legislation granting citizenship to the descendants of Jews expelled from Spain in 1492. This political development, described by Spain’s Justice Minister as a “historic reparation of … the greatest mistake in Spanish history,” has sparked a flurry of interest from Jews of Iberian origin across the globe—from Latin America and the U.S. to Israel and Turkey. Based on the assumption of Sephardi Jews’ continued cultural identification with their one-time homeland, the law promises to reward their “fidelity and special ties to Spain.” Yet, the precise nature of this historic relationship, explains historian Julia Phillips Cohen, is more complex than such characterizations suggest. Using the present debates as a point of departure, her talk probes the evolution of Sephardi Jews’ ties to Spain in the centuries following their expulsion.

There is both an accessible elevator and gender-neutral restroom on the first and second floor. If you have a disability that requires an accommodation, contact judaicstudies@umich.edu or 734-763-9047.

Photo Citation: “Map of Sephardic Diaspora Alternative ,” DSS Exhibits, accessed September 13, 2018, https://exhibits.lafayette.edu/omeka/items/show/2706.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 12:10:23 -0400 2018-11-08T13:00:00-05:00 2018-11-08T14:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Judaic Studies Lecture / Discussion Map of Sephardic Diaspora Alternative
Deluge (November 9, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54105 54105-13528409@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 9, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Exhibition Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:41:33 -0400 2018-11-09T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-09T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
Judaic Studies Winter 2019 Course Offerings Event (November 9, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57285 57285-14148799@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 9, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Judaic Studies

Students can come and check out the Winter 2019 courses available, meet with the Judaic Studies advisor and enjoy free cookies and donuts.

Judaic Studies offers courses and degrees that help you engage in the world and plan for your futures. The diverse course offerings allows for exploration of any aspect of the Jewish experience, from Israel to America, spanning the biblical era to the present. Through our courses students can examine the histories, cultures, and languages of the Jewish people. Students will develop individual responses to complex issues like religious faith, cultural pluralism, ethnic identity, and migration. Judaic Studies students gain vital skills in research and writing, critical and creative thinking, and public and persuasive speaking. The diverse curriculum allows for exploration of any aspect of the Jewish experience, from Israel to America, spanning the biblical era to the present.

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Reception / Open House Thu, 01 Nov 2018 12:22:50 -0400 2018-11-09T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-09T12:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Judaic Studies Reception / Open House Winter 2019
"Deluge" Opening Reception & Artist Conversation (November 9, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54112 54112-13528452@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 9, 2018 5:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

South African photographer Gideon Mendel will discuss his work and current installation, "Deluge," with U-M Institute for the Humanities curator Amanda Krugliak, followed by a reception.

About the installation:

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 02 Nov 2018 11:27:55 -0400 2018-11-09T17:00:00-05:00 2018-11-09T19:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
Deluge (November 12, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54105 54105-13528412@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 12, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Exhibition Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:41:33 -0400 2018-11-12T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-12T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
Deluge (November 13, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54105 54105-13528413@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Exhibition Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:41:33 -0400 2018-11-13T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-13T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
Humanities & Environments Faculty Panel: "Water" (November 13, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54079 54079-13521845@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

During our 2018-19 Year of Humanities and Environments, we've organized faculty panels to explore contributions of humanistic inquiry around specific environmental subjects. Today: "Water" with:

EJ Westlake (English, theater & drama)
Leela Fernandes (women’s studies, political science)
Brendan Haug (classical studies)

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 07 Sep 2018 11:49:18 -0400 2018-11-13T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-13T17:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion 202 S. Thayer
The Bizarre Tales of Yiddishland: What the Yiddish Press Reveals about the Jews (November 13, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53367 53367-13349564@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Judaic Studies

Portnoy exposes the seamy underbelly of pre-World-War-II New York and Warsaw, the two major centers of Yiddish culture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. With true stories of Jewish drunks, thieves, murderers, wrestlers, psychics, and beauty queens, all plucked from the pages of the Yiddish dailies, Portnoy will present the Jews whose follies and foibles were fodder for urban gossip before winding up at the bottom of bird cages or as wrapping for dead fish.

There is both an accessible elevator and gender-neutral restroom on the first and second floor. If you have a disability that requires an accommodation, contact judaicstudies@umich.edu or 734-763-9047.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:53:55 -0400 2018-11-13T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-13T17:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Judaic Studies Lecture / Discussion The Biazarre Tales of Yiddishland
Deluge (November 14, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54105 54105-13528414@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Exhibition Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:41:33 -0400 2018-11-14T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-14T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
Deluge (November 15, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54105 54105-13528415@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Exhibition Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:41:33 -0400 2018-11-15T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-15T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
Deluge (November 16, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54105 54105-13528416@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Exhibition Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:41:33 -0400 2018-11-16T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-16T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
Deluge (November 19, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54105 54105-13528419@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 19, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Exhibition Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:41:33 -0400 2018-11-19T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-19T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
Deluge (November 20, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54105 54105-13528420@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Exhibition Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:41:33 -0400 2018-11-20T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-20T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
FellowSpeak: "How a Podcast Started a Revolution in South Korea" (November 20, 2018 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54057 54057-13521821@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

A 30 min. talk by Youngju Ryu, 2018-19 Institute for the Humanities Hunting Family Fellow and associate professor of modern Korean literature) followed by Q & A.

"South Korea just showed the world how to do democracy," reported The Washington Post on May 10, 2017, a day after Koreans voted a new president into office following the impeachment of Park Geun-hye. Officially dubbed the "Candlelight Revolution," the peaceful transfer of power was a result of massive street demonstrations, which in turn highlighted the role of new media such as the podcast. Ideally suited to the era of smartphones, podcast fell through the cracks in the regulatory framework of South Korean media environment, and allowed the public to access information and news stories that had been quashed in mainstream terrestrial, cable, and paper news media. The podcast also became the venue for innovating political idiom in irreverent and parodic ways, and for bringing politics into the realm of pop culture in a widespread phenomenon that came to be known as “poli-tainment” (politics + entertainment). As part of ongoing work on cultural politics of resistance and democratization, the talk will address how the podcast boom sparked the carnivalesque rebirth of protest culture at the heart of South Korea's latest struggle for democracy.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 22 Oct 2018 09:45:30 -0400 2018-11-20T12:30:00-05:00 2018-11-20T13:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Protest Sculptures In Front Of Admiral Yi , Wikimedia Commons contributors
Deluge (November 21, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54105 54105-13528421@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 21, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Exhibition Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:41:33 -0400 2018-11-21T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-21T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
Deluge (November 22, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54105 54105-13528422@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 22, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Exhibition Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:41:33 -0400 2018-11-22T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-22T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
Deluge (November 23, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54105 54105-13528423@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 23, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Exhibition Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:41:33 -0400 2018-11-23T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-23T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
Deluge (November 26, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54105 54105-13528426@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 26, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Exhibition Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:41:33 -0400 2018-11-26T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-26T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
Deluge (November 27, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54105 54105-13528427@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Exhibition Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:41:33 -0400 2018-11-27T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-27T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
Humanities & Environments Faculty Panel: "Development" (November 27, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54080 54080-13521846@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

During our 2018-19 Year of Humanities and Environments, we've organized faculty panels to explore contributions of humanistic inquiry around specific environmental subjects. Today: "Development" with:

Susan Najita (English, American culture)
William Glover (history)
Perrin Selcer (history, PITE)

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 09 Nov 2018 11:32:33 -0500 2018-11-27T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-27T17:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion 202 S. Thayer
Deluge (November 28, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54105 54105-13528428@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Exhibition Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:41:33 -0400 2018-11-28T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-28T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
Deluge (November 29, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54105 54105-13528429@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 29, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Exhibition Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:41:33 -0400 2018-11-29T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-29T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
Deluge (November 30, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54105 54105-13528430@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 30, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Exhibition Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:41:33 -0400 2018-11-30T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-30T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
Deluge (December 3, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54105 54105-13528433@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 3, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Exhibition Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:41:33 -0400 2018-12-03T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-03T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
LOOK 101: Seeing Art in an Instagram World (December 3, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54114 54114-13528453@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 3, 2018 1:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

PREREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. SEE LINK BELOW.

Geared toward undergraduate students and focusing on the current exhibitions at the Institute for the Humanities, this contemporary series of discussions offers a fresh take on the basics of looking and evaluating art in the gallery and how it’s organized, making the connection from the traditional “white cube gallery” to iGen visual worlds like Facebook and Instagram. Lunch will be served. Today: How to look at the art of Gideon Mendel with Institute for the Humanities curator Amanda Krugliak.

About the exhibition:

This five-channel video installation titled "Floodlines" is the culmination of the video element of Drowning World, South African photographer Gideon Mendel's on-going project exploring the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries.

"Floodlines" explores the tension between the frozen photographic moment and the perpetual movement and uncertainty of dystopian, post-flood environments. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronously edited global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods he has shot a vast archive of footage in eleven different countries, which is fully activated in this presentation.

In addition to the video installation in the main gallery, there will be a time-based process wall of photographs that Mendel will work on in the Osterman Common Room, in collaboration with Curator Amanda Krugliak and U-M students.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 28 Nov 2018 14:43:00 -0500 2018-12-03T13:00:00-05:00 2018-12-03T14:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion 202 S. Thayer
Deluge (December 4, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54105 54105-13528434@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Exhibition Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:41:33 -0400 2018-12-04T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-04T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
Deluge (December 5, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54105 54105-13528435@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Exhibition Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:41:33 -0400 2018-12-05T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-05T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
Deluge (December 6, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54105 54105-13528436@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 6, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Exhibition Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:41:33 -0400 2018-12-06T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-06T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
Deluge (December 7, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54105 54105-13528437@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 7, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Exhibition Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:41:33 -0400 2018-12-07T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-07T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
Deluge (December 10, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54105 54105-13528440@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 10, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Exhibition Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:41:33 -0400 2018-12-10T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-10T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
Deluge (December 11, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54105 54105-13528441@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Exhibition Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:41:33 -0400 2018-12-11T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-11T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
Anti-Jewish Pogroms in Lithuania under the Tsars (December 11, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53368 53368-13349565@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Judaic Studies

In 19th century Russian-ruled Lithuania, anti-Jewish feelings were widespread among the Christian population. This talk will demonstrate this by focusing on blood libel accusations as well as describing the role of modern anti-Semitism. Staliunas will identify the structural preconditions and the specific triggers that turned anti-Jewish feelings into collective violence, and analyze the nature of this violence.

There is both an accessible elevator and gender-neutral restroom on the first and second floor. If you have a disability that requires an accommodation, contact judaicstudies@umich.edu or 734-763-9047.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 06 Sep 2018 12:21:39 -0400 2018-12-11T16:00:00-05:00 2018-12-11T17:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Judaic Studies Lecture / Discussion Anti-Jewish Pogroms in Lithuania under the Tsars
Deluge (December 12, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54105 54105-13528442@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Exhibition Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:41:33 -0400 2018-12-12T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-12T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
Deluge (December 13, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54105 54105-13528443@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 13, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Exhibition Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:41:33 -0400 2018-12-13T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-13T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
Deluge (December 14, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54105 54105-13528444@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 14, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Exhibition Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:41:33 -0400 2018-12-14T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-14T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
Deluge (December 17, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54105 54105-14202422@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 17, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Exhibition Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:41:33 -0400 2018-12-17T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-17T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
Deluge (December 18, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54105 54105-14202423@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 18, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Five Channel Video Installation
13 Minutes, 27 Seconds.

Deluge is a culmination of Mendel’s ten years of work on the Drowning World project, shooting video and stills in thirteen different countries. It depicts a variety of individual stories, positioned with a synchronous global narrative in a way that is both personally intimate and deeply political. In all his years of responding to floods and making many journeys he has shot a vast archive of video footage, which is fully activated in this presentation for the first time.

About Gideon Mendel and his Drowning World project:
Gideon Mendel came of age as a photographer in South Africa in the 1980’s and identified strongly as a ‘struggle photographer’. This marked him and his subsequent career has been notable for his engagement with three of the crucial political and social issues that have faced his generation. These are the struggle against apartheid, HIV/AIDS in Africa and Climate Change.

A leading contemporary photographer, Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image making and long-term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition and many awards. He was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 and recently has won both the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award 2016.

His on-going project ‘Drowning World, explores the human dimension of climate change by focusing on floods across geographical and cultural boundaries. By highlighting the personal impact of flooding he evokes our vulnerability to global warming questioning our sense of stability in the world.

The work began in 2007, when Mendel photographed floods in the UK and in India within weeks of each other. He was deeply struck by the contrasting impact of these events, and the shared experiences of those affected.

Since then he has endeavoured to travel to flood zones around the world visiting Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia (2011), Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany (2013), The Philippines (2013), The UK (2014), India (2014), Brazil (2015), Bangladesh (2015), the USA (2015 and 2017) and France (2016 and 2018).

As the work progressed photographing floods became both a literal and allegorical means of documenting the tension between the personal and the global effects of climate change. Each location added has intensified the narrative impact of the endeavour.

Drowning World now consists of four parallel and connected narrative elements: Submerged Portraits, Flood Lines, Watermarks, and Deluge.

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Exhibition Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:41:33 -0400 2018-12-18T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-18T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Lucas Williams, Lawshe Plantation, South Carolina, USA. October 2015 by Gideon Mendel.
FellowSpeak: "At the Gates of the Temple: Culture, Politics and Public Space in Ptolemaic Egypt" (January 15, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58131 58131-14426853@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

U-M Associate Professor of History and 2019 Helmut F. Stern Faculty Fellow Ian Moyer reconstructs a history of public space in Ptolemaic Egypt by examining the gates and forecourt areas of Egyptian temples as places of communication, interaction, and translation that connected indigenous Egyptian élites, the Macedonian Greek dynasty of the Ptolemies, and the wider population of Egypt.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 06 Dec 2018 16:08:11 -0500 2019-01-15T12:30:00-05:00 2019-01-15T13:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Egyptian courtyard
Paved with Good Intentions (January 25, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426818@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-01-25T09:00:00-05:00 2019-01-25T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
“Good Intentions: Is Art an Effective Means of Activism?” & Opening Reception (January 25, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58130 58130-14426852@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Join us for light refreshments and conversation as artist David Opdyke, journalist Lauren Sandler, art historian Tara Ward, and arts curator Amanda Krugliak explore the power, or lack thereof, of art to address politically urgent issues and the effectiveness of socially driven art.

About "Paved with Good Intentions," David Opdyke's exhibition at the Institute for the Humanities through Feb. 26:

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:10:26 -0500 2019-01-25T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-25T18:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Paved with Good Intentions
Paved with Good Intentions (January 28, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426821@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-01-28T09:00:00-05:00 2019-01-28T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Paved with Good Intentions (January 29, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426822@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-01-29T09:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
FellowSpeak: “Building Race and Nation: Slavery, Dispossession and Early American Civic Architecture” (January 29, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58287 58287-14452844@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Institute for the Humanities Visiting Professor Mabel Wilson (Columbia University) will give a 30 minute talk followed by Q & A.

Wilson will also give the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture: "Memory/Race/Nation: The Politics of Modern Memorials" on January 25, 6pm, at the Art & Architecture Building, A&A Auditorium.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:43:47 -0500 2019-01-29T12:30:00-05:00 2019-01-29T13:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Samuel Jennings, Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences or the Genius of America of America Encouraging the Emancipations of the Blacks, 1792. Library Company of Philadelphia
"Taxing Identities": The Impact of 'Pardon Taxes' on Converso Identity (January 29, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57440 57440-14193512@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Judaic Studies

This lecture will reassess Converso-Sephardi identities, especially in early modern Portugal. Stuczynski will explore the archeology of the term "men of the nation," as the Portuguese New Christians or Conversos were named, by searching its chronological appearance, function, and semantic field. He will also discuss the extant lists of Converso "pardon tax payers" and those who tried to prove their non-inclusion in these lists through dispensations in order to be dissociated from the "men of the nation" group. This lecture will analyze these sources in a way that attempts to change the way we perceive Converso identity. Instead of depicting it in passive terms of imposed and/or inherited ethnicity, or in loose terms of Converso memory, an analysis of the lists of tax pardon payers and documents of pardon dispensations implies an engaging construction of Converso identities Stuczynski calls: "negotiations of belonging."

There is both an accessible elevator and gender-neutral restroom on the first and second floor. If you have a disability that requires an accommodation, contact the Judaic Studies office at judaicstudies@umich.edu or 734-763-9047.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 08 Nov 2018 13:29:22 -0500 2019-01-29T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T17:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Judaic Studies Lecture / Discussion Claude Stuczynski
Paved with Good Intentions (January 30, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426823@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-01-30T09:00:00-05:00 2019-01-30T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Paved with Good Intentions (January 31, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426824@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-01-31T09:00:00-05:00 2019-01-31T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
CANCELLED: Reading the Americanized Joothan: The Translator’s Cringe (January 31, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59242 59242-14719625@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

My translation of Hindi Dalit writer, Omprakash Valmiki’s autobiography, Joothan, was published by Samya in 2003. Columbia University Press bought the American rights for the book and appointed an editor to edit my translation. My talk will look at some of the changes the American editor made to my translation. As I discovered, by comparing the Indian and American version, the changes are multiple, and, from my perspective, diminish the beauty and the power of this major Dalit text. Comparing the two versions also brings out the sad fact that certain cultural contexts require an open mind that does not rush to judgment when challenged to move out of its ‘comfort zone.’

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:25:14 -0500 2019-01-31T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-31T18:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Asian Languages and Cultures Lecture / Discussion Arun Mukherjee poster
Paved with Good Intentions (February 1, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426825@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-01T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-01T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Paved with Good Intentions (February 4, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426828@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 4, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-04T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-04T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
LOOK 101: Seeing Art in an Instagram World (February 4, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59151 59151-14692567@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 4, 2019 1:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

PREREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Register here: http://myumi.ch/J9DqN

Geared toward undergraduate students and focusing on the current exhibitions at the Institute for the Humanities, this contemporary series of discussions offers a fresh take on the basics of looking and evaluating art in the gallery and how it’s organized, making the connection from the traditional “white cube gallery” to iGen visual worlds like Facebook and Instagram. Lunch will be served. Today: How to look at the art of David Opdyke with Institute for the Humanities curator Amanda Krugliak. Register here: http://myumi.ch/J9DqN

About the exhibition:

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Other Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:11:50 -0500 2019-02-04T13:00:00-05:00 2019-02-04T14:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Other Paved with Good Intentions
Paved with Good Intentions (February 5, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426829@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-05T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-05T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Humanities & Environments Faculty Panel: "Neighborhoods, Suburbs, Environments" (February 5, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58925 58925-14578311@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

During our 2018-19 Year of Humanities and Environments, we've organized faculty panels to explore contributions of humanistic inquiry around specific environmental subjects.

Today, U-M faculty members explore the history and development of living environments, emphasizing the promises of sociability and social mobility suburban and city neighborhoods may have offered, and the realizations and failures of such promises.

Featuring:

Alexandra Murphy (sociology)
Matthew Lassiter (history, American culture)
Harley Etienne (architecture)

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Feb 2019 13:05:05 -0500 2019-02-05T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-05T17:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion 202 S. Thayer
Paved with Good Intentions (February 6, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426830@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-06T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-06T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Paved with Good Intentions (February 7, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426831@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-07T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-07T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Paved with Good Intentions (February 8, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426832@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-08T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Paved with Good Intentions (February 11, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426835@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 11, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-11T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-11T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Paved with Good Intentions (February 12, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426836@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-12T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-12T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
FellowSpeak: "Small Talk: Talk Therapy and the Microscopic Science of Face-to-Face Interaction" (February 12, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58288 58288-14452847@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Associate Professor of Anthropology and 2018-19 Institute for the Humanities Richard and Lillian Ives Faculty Fellow Michael Lempert will give a 30 minute talk followed by Q & A.

"Small Talk: Talk Therapy and the Microscopic Science of Face-to-Face Interaction"

When the sciences of face-to-face interaction became a boom industry in postwar and early Cold War America, many grew convinced that interaction was small: a micro-sociological world knowable through mechanical recording, painstaking transcription, and fine-grained analysis. The most feverishly microscopic researchers tried to catch the subtlest verbal and nonverbal signs that people gave off, as if straining to touch the nerve of interpersonal life. This microscopy arose from an intimate dialogue between psychiatry and communication science that began in the 1930s with the study of psychoanalysis using dictation machines. Recording-based talk therapy research left the sciences of conversation with a microscopic sensibility and a conviction about the scale of their object of knowledge.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 07 Jan 2019 09:21:04 -0500 2019-02-12T12:30:00-05:00 2019-02-12T13:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Photopolygraph
Paved with Good Intentions (February 13, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426837@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-13T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-13T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Paved with Good Intentions (February 14, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426838@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 14, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-14T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-14T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
The Secret Music of Glaciers (February 14, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58492 58492-14510813@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 14, 2019 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Matthew Burtner's research explores the spectral identity of glaciers through ecoacoustic methods, discovering their changing dynamic as a music of climate change. In this lecture he will discuss works such as “Sonic Physiography of a Time-Stretched Glacier,” “Sound Cast of Matanuska Glacier,” and “Syntax of Snow,” all works featured on his new album, "Glacier Music."

Matthew Burtner is an Alaskan-born composer, sound artist and eco-acoustician whose music and research explores embodiment, ecology, polytemporality and noise. First-Prize Winner of the Musica Nova International Electroacoustic Music Competition (Czech Republic), a 2011 IDEA Award Winner, and a recipient of the Howard Brown Foundation Fellowship, Burtner’s music has also received honors and awards from Bourges (France), Gaudeamus (Netherlands), Darmstadt (Germany) and The Russolo (Italy) international competitions. He is Professor of Composition and Computer Technologies (CCT) at the University of Virginia, and Director of the environmental arts non-profit organization, EcoSono (www.ecosono.org).

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 06 Feb 2019 12:54:46 -0500 2019-02-14T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-14T17:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion glacier music
Paved with Good Intentions (February 15, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426839@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-15T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Paved with Good Intentions (February 17, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426841@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 17, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-17T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-17T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Paved with Good Intentions (February 18, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426842@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-18T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Paved with Good Intentions (February 19, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426843@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-19T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Humanities & Environments Faculty Panel: "Animals and Capture" (February 19, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58926 58926-14578312@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

During our 2018-19 Year of Humanities and Environments, we've organized faculty panels to explore contributions of humanistic inquiry around specific environmental subjects. Today: "Animals and Capture." U-M faculty explore the concept of capture in relation to animals: how do we represent animals and animality, and what meanings do captures of animals—in images, in texts, in concepts—convey?

With:

Antoine Traisnel (comparative literature, English)
Bénédicte Boisseron (Afroamerican and African studies)
Joseph Trumpey (art & design)

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:28:29 -0500 2019-02-19T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T17:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Thomas Eakins, "Horse (Chalk Grid Drawn on Body)" (ca. 1895), Platinum Print on Cream Wove Paper.
Paved with Good Intentions (February 20, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426844@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-20T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Paved with Good Intentions (February 21, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426845@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-21T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Paved with Good Intentions (February 22, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426846@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-22T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
In Conversation: Artist David Opdyke with writer Lawrence Weschler (February 22, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59598 59598-14754551@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 1:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

2019 Efroymson Emerging Artist David Opdyke and writer Lawrence Weschler discuss Opdyke's current exhibition, Paved with Good Intentions, and the relationship between culture, politics, the environment and art in a contemporary landscape fraught with disorder and turmoil.

WIN ONE OF DAVID OPDYKE'S MICHIGAN POSTCARDS! Come to the event and you'll automatically be entered to win one of 10 vintage Michigan postcards painted on/modified by David Opdyke. Must be present to win.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For twenty years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

About Lawrence Weschler:
Lawrence Weschler was for over twenty years (1981-2002) a staff writer at "The New Yorker," where his work shuttled between political tragedies and cultural comedies. He is director emeritus of the New York Institute for the Humanities at NYU, where he was director from 2001-2013. His nearly twenty books of political and cultural reportage include "Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees" (on Robert Irwin); "Mr Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder" (on the Museum of Jurassic Technology); "Vermeer in Bosnia"; "Everything that Rises: A Book of Convergences"; "Domestic Scenes: The Art of Ramiro Gomez"; and forthcoming this summer, "And How Are You, Doctor Sacks," a biographical memoir of his friendship with the late neurologist Oliver Sacks. For more: www.lawrenceweschler.com

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 20 Feb 2019 11:34:36 -0500 2019-02-22T13:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T14:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Paved with Good Intentions
Paved with Good Intentions (February 23, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426847@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 23, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-23T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-23T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Paved with Good Intentions (February 24, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426848@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 24, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-24T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-24T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Paved with Good Intentions (February 25, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426849@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-25T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
Paved with Good Intentions (February 26, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-14426850@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-26T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
FellowSpeak: "Apostolic Longing in the Early Modern Spanish World" (February 26, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58290 58290-14452848@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

U-M Professor of History and 2018-19 Institute for the Humanities John Rich Faculty Fellow Kenneth Mills gives a 30-minute talk followed by Q & A.

Combing scripture and classical authorities was all well and good. And there were the Church fathers, the erudite humanists, and the observations of itinerant chroniclers to consider too. Yet all this learning ultimately fell short, suggesting rather than proving that in the first century a wing-footed apostle of Jesus had preached the gospel as far afield as Asia and the Americas. After a certain point -- for sixteenth- and seventeenth-century thinkers who embraced notions of divine omniscience, a salvific vision for all humanity, and thus of pristine evangelisation beyond the circum-Mediterranean -- a different kind of search was on, indeed critical. The search for physical evidence, for oral evidence, and for the material traces and signs of an apostle. How would any such “new world” findings and sacred adventures be told?

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Feb 2019 13:50:23 -0500 2019-02-26T12:30:00-05:00 2019-02-26T13:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion "Pentecost" (1962), detail. By Rosemary Kilbourn. from Rosemary Kilbourn. Out of the Wood (2012), p. 117.
What is Sephardi about Sephardi Thought? (February 26, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57442 57442-14193513@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Judaic Studies

Sephardi Jewry produced major Jewish thinkers in the Middle Ages, from philosophers like Judah Halevi, Maimonides, and Hasdai Crescas; to mystics like Nahmanides and Moses de Leon. Among the philosophers, there were those who adopted extreme rationalism in the guise of Greek philosophy, while others were moderate rationalists, questioning the conclusions reached by the philosophers, especially those that seemed to undermine Jewish tradition. Among the mystics, some tried to preserve their traditions among a small circle of adepts, while others advocated the widespread distribution of mystical ideas. Sephardi legalists also incorporated theological ideas in their legal decisions. The lecture will discuss whether there is something specifically Sephardi which is characteristic of Iberian Jewish thinkers and the implications of Sephardi thought for Sephardi identity after the expulsion and into the modern period.

There is both an accessible elevator and gender-neutral restroom on the first and second floor. If you have a disability that requires an accommodation, contact the Judaic Studies office at judaicstuies@umich.edu or 734-763-9047.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 06 Nov 2018 14:54:15 -0500 2019-02-26T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T17:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Judaic Studies Lecture / Discussion Daniel Lasker
Paved with Good Intentions (February 27, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58128 58128-15045285@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In keeping with artist David Opdyke’s previous work, this site-specific installation serves as a critique of U.S. culture and politics. In an era of fake news and daily hyperbole, Opdyke literally changes the picture by hand painting on 528 vintage postcards of well-known American landmarks and destinations. The postcards are assembled into a large mural--a vast gridded landscape beset by environmental chaos. Each card is placed to fit into the overall image, and carefully modified with the gouache to show a realistically rendered piece of the overall turmoil.

The installation also features animated shorts and script-driven video, which take place within the visual confines of one or more postcards. The animation is inspired, in part, by Terry Gilliam’s animation work on Monty Python’s "Flying Circus" and by the classical music sound effects in the Road Runner cartoons.

About David Opdyke:
David Opdyke is a draughtsman, sculptor, and animator known for his trenchant political send-ups of American culture. Born in Schenectady, NY in 1969, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting and sculpture. His work is informed by the massive industrial and corporate restructuring he witnessed growing up, namely the abandonment of the city center by manufacturing giants General Electric and ALCO. As GE shifted resources to neighboring Niskayuna, the disparities became hard for Opdyke to ignore. Massive, decaying factories, an empty interstate loop, and unemployment were downtown; new streets, expensive homes, sushi and shopping malls were in the suburbs.

For 20 years Opdyke worked as a scenic painter and architectural model-maker. Ranging from intricate miniature constructions to room-sized installations, his artwork explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment.

This project is supported by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:09:53 -0500 2019-02-27T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Paved with Good Intentions
MES Lecture Series - Israel Through A Colored Lens: African-American Perspectives on Mizrahi Israelis (March 11, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61113 61113-15036262@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 11, 2019 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

This lecture explores African-American interactions with Middle Eastern Jewish (Mizrahi) Israelis in the 1950s and 1960s, highlighting how African-Americans navigated race and their observations on racial dynamics in Israel. Roby focuses on the travels of scholar and social worker Ida B. Jiggetts, who wrote extensively on the social positioning of North African and Yemenite Jewish immigrants to Israel. He concludes with reflections on how Israeli Jewish racial constructs influence current-day societal issues.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Mar 2019 08:49:10 -0500 2019-03-11T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-11T17:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Department of Middle East Studies Lecture / Discussion Event poster
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (March 14, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578314@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-14T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House Exhibition Tour (March 14, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62099 62099-15291267@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In a darkening era of surveillance and the internet, for artists Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy."

The Institute for the Humanities would like to extend a special invitation to U-M students. You'll tour the exhibition with the artists, then join them for lunch and conversation about internet privacy, surveillance, being "connected," and how the artists explore these concepts in their work.

Seating is limited and pre-registration is required. Register at: http://myumi.ch/L3KAm

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Other Wed, 13 Mar 2019 10:45:10 -0400 2019-03-14T12:30:00-04:00 2019-03-14T13:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Other Blind House
"Blind House" Opening Reception & Artist Conversation (March 14, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58929 58929-14578365@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 6:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Join us to hear Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz in conversation with curator Amanda Krugliak, followed by Q & A and Opening Reception.

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy."

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 27 Feb 2019 12:47:28 -0500 2019-03-14T18:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T20:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (March 15, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578316@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-15T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (March 18, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578318@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-18T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (March 19, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578319@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-19T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-19T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
"Race" in Christianity and Islam: the Case of Converts from Judaism (March 19, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57443 57443-14193515@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Judaic Studies

Race and racism are important concepts, but their history is challenging. On the one hand, most historians (and biologists) today do not believe that biological race exists. On the other hand, they do not doubt that racial concepts played powerful roles in some (but not all!) periods in the past. How can we tell when a concept we encounter in the past is “racial”? And what do the racial concepts of one period in the past have to do with those of another? Can we speak of “the origins of race” in any particular period or place? These are the questions addressed in this talk, which focuses on times and places in which conversion from Judaism to Christianity or Islam has produced the idea that religious characteristics are biologically reproduced.

There is both an accessible elevator and gender-neutral restroom on the first and second floor. If you have a disability that requires an accommodation, contact the Judaic Studies office at judaicstudies@umich.edu or 734-763-9047.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 08 Nov 2018 13:27:06 -0500 2019-03-19T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-19T17:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Judaic Studies Lecture / Discussion David Nirenberg
Humanities & Environments Faculty Panel: "Criminal Justice and the Built Environment" (March 19, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58927 58927-14578313@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

During our 2018-19 Year of Humanities and Environments, we've organized faculty panels to explore contributions of humanistic inquiry around specific environmental subjects. Today: "Criminal Justice and the Built Environment" with:

Claire Zimmerman (architecture, history of art)
Heather Thompson (history, Residential College)
David Thacher (architecture, public policy)

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 15 Mar 2019 11:41:09 -0400 2019-03-19T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-19T17:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Pacific Ocean Platform Prison Competition Entry
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (March 20, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578320@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-20T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (March 21, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578321@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-21T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (March 22, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578322@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-22T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (March 25, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578325@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-25T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-25T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (March 26, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578326@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-26T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-26T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
FellowSpeak: "The Digital Popular: Media, Culture and Politics in Networked India" (March 26, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58291 58291-14452849@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

U-M Associate Professor of Communication Studies and 2018-19 Steelcase Faculty Fellow Aswin Punathambekar gives a 30-minute talk followed by Q & A.

U-M Associate Professor of Communication Studies and 2019 Steelcase Faculty Fellow Aswin Punathambekar explores political salience of popular culture in the context of rise of digital media technologies, the ongoing transformation of established media industries, and emergent forms of digital media use in contemporary India. In a context where cassette culture, color television, VCRs, cable and satellite broadcasting, the internet, and mobile phones all arrived within a span of two decades, digital media platforms are layered onto existing media infrastructures, institutions, and the intensely mediated routines of daily life for hundreds of millions of people. The result is the emergence of a hybrid arena defined by two distinct zones of public culture: on the one hand, powerful film and television industries that are shaped primarily by logics of scale, audience niches, and a politics of representation, and on the other hand, social media companies defined by emergent logics of data-driven programming and production, algorithmic curation, and user participation. As part of an ongoing project on mediated political cultures, this talk will address how these media dynamics have transformed links between popular culture and politics and, in the process, reconfigured the meanings and performances of citizenship in contemporary India.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 06 Feb 2019 11:39:15 -0500 2019-03-26T12:30:00-04:00 2019-03-26T13:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Ha Ha Land
Influence of Biblical Cantillations on Art Music in the 20th and 21st Centuries (March 26, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57693 57693-14263397@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Judaic Studies

The oldest part of Jewish music culture is the ritualized presentation of texts from the Hebrew Bible (tanakh) organized through a complex and highly diversified system of strict musical rules and distinct motifs (cantillations). This system was essentially created during the Biblical times; it was then passed on orally for several centuries and codified in the 9th century with special signs (teamim). Since the beginning of the 20th century, the motifs of biblical cantillations have been perceived by Jewish composers as the “most authentic” part of the Jewish musical tradition and used as a source of inspiration and “building material” in many works. As a rule, in this context the motifs of cantillation lost their connection to the liturgy and their direct relation to the text and were merely identified as the musical embodiment of the Jewishness. By their archaic character and their shortness of breath they also significantly influenced the musical style of the new Jewish art music.

There is both an accessible elevator and gender-neutral restroom on the first and second floor. If you have a disability that requires an accommodation, contact the Judaic Studies office at judaicstudies@umich.edu or 734-763-9047.

The lecture is part of a two-day residency, "Jewish Art Music in Interwar Europe". Dr. Nemtsov will join School of Music, Theatre & Dance students and alumni in two concerts of Jewish art music.
Concerts are free and open to the public with receptions to follow.

Location:
University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance
E.V. Moore Building, 1100 Baits Drive in Britton Recital Hall.

Monday, March 25, 8 pm
Works by Juliusz Wolfsohn, Alexander Weprik, Alberto Hemsi, Leo Zeitlin, Jacob Schoenberg, and Josef Achron for piano, voice, woodwinds, and strings

Tuesday March 26, 8 pm
Works by Alexander Krein, Janot Roskin, Joachim Stutschewsky, Lazare Saminsky, Viktor Ullman, and Julius Chajes for piano, voice, clarinet, and strings

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 11 Feb 2019 16:03:40 -0500 2019-03-26T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-26T17:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Judaic Studies Lecture / Discussion Jascha Nemstov
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (March 27, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578327@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-27T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-27T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (March 28, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578328@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-28T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-28T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (March 29, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578329@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-29T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-29T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Why Asian Studies? (March 29, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61924 61924-15239148@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2019 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

Current undergraduate students are invited to an information session on the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures major, minors, and language programs. Students will have the opportunity to speak with an advisor and ask questions specific to them.

The Department of Asian Languages and Cultures (ALC) is a center for the exploration of the humanities of Asia, where students are invited to cross the boundaries of nations and of disciplines in order to develop two vital qualities: a deep knowledge and a broad global perspective.

The department offers instruction in the cultures of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia, and in many of the languages of Asia (including Bengali, Chinese, Filipino, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Javanese, Korean, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Thai, Tibetan, Urdu, and Vietnamese).

Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP at https://lsa.umich.edu/asian/undergraduates/informationsessions.html

We hope to see you there!

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Other Thu, 07 Mar 2019 11:23:15 -0500 2019-03-29T12:30:00-04:00 2019-03-29T13:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Asian Languages and Cultures Other ALC info session poster
On Migritude: A Roundtable (March 29, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61642 61642-15161283@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2019 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Kenyan poet, playwright, and activist Shailja Patel will be in conversation with U-M faculty Gaurav Desai, Aliyah Khan, and Supriya Nair and graduate student Bassam Sidiki to discuss her book, MIGRITUDE (Kaya Press, 2008).

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 25 Mar 2019 10:52:29 -0400 2019-03-29T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-29T18:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion 202 S. Thayer
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (April 1, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578332@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 1, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-04-01T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-01T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
MES Lecture Series - Heads and Horror: Men's Severed Heads from the Bible to Netflix (April 1, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61115 61115-15036265@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 1, 2019 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

Judith and Holofernes. Salome and John the Baptist. Sheila and Gary. Stories of severed heads have long horrified and hypnotized audiences. “Heads and Horror” will explore how tales of decapitation, both ancient and contemporary, simultaneously reveal human aspirations and anxieties: What does it mean to be human? How are gender and power linked? And what happens when severed heads don’t stay dead?

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 13 Mar 2019 11:40:41 -0400 2019-04-01T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-01T17:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Department of Middle East Studies Lecture / Discussion Event Poster
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (April 2, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578333@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-04-02T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-02T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (April 3, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578334@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-04-03T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-03T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (April 4, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578335@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 4, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-04-04T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-04T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (April 5, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578336@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-04-05T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-05T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (April 8, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578339@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 8, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-04-08T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-08T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (April 9, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578340@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-04-09T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-09T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
FellowSpeak: “'How did you get fat anyway?': Black Women’s Diet and Exercise in the Mid-Twentieth Century" (April 9, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58292 58292-14452850@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Assistant Professor of American Culture and Women's Studies, and 2018-19 Institute for the Humanities Charles P. Brauer Faculty Fellow Ava Purkiss gives a 30-minute talk followed by Q & A.

In 1959, black fashion and marketing expert Elsie Archer published Let’s Face It: A Guide to Good Grooming for Negro Girls in which she offered health and beauty advice to young black women. Before suggesting diet plans and exercise programs, she asked her readers: “How did you get fat anyway?” Archer added that avoiding fatness through diet and exercise would enable young black women to discover their feminine charms, enhance their appearances, and achieve a body that will “fit in.” My talk will examine how black women like Archer used nutrition advice, diet and exercise promotion, and fat shaming tactics to literally shape the fit black female body in the mid-twentieth century.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:12:44 -0500 2019-04-09T12:30:00-04:00 2019-04-09T13:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Eating for Health
Jeroboam in Medieval Jewish Thought (April 9, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57445 57445-14193517@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Judaic Studies

Jeroboam Ben Nabat, a pretender to the throne of ancient Israel who had created a rival cult outside of Jerusalem replete with golden calves dedicated to the worship of Yahweh (1 Kings 15), was a contested figure within medieval Jewish thought. Post-biblical sources tend either to magnify or diminish the severity of the king’s error. This paper will study how Jeroboam’s image was shaped through forces of intra- and inter-religious polemic and served as a focal point for contemplating issues of Jewish orthodoxy and heterodoxy as well as the nature and boundaries of idolatry.

There is both an accessible elevator and gender-neutral restroom on the first and second floor. If you have a disability that requires an accommodation, contact the Judaic Studies office at judaicstudies@umich.edu or 734-763-9047.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 08 Nov 2018 13:25:36 -0500 2019-04-09T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-09T17:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Judaic Studies Lecture / Discussion Jonathan Decter
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (April 10, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578341@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-04-10T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-10T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (April 11, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578342@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-04-11T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-11T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Student Poetry Reading (April 11, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62115 62115-15293428@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2019 6:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In celebration of National Poetry Month and student poets at U-M, an informal, open-mic reading featuring U-M undergraduate students reading their original poetry. All undergraduates invited to read their original poetry. Arrive and leave as necessary. Sign up at event or pre-register (encouraged). Details/preregistration: Laura Kasischke, laurakk@umich.edu. All welcome to attend and listen. Refreshments will be served.

With special guest readers from the RC Creative Writing Honors Program.

National Poetry Month each April is the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of readers, students, K-12 teachers, librarians, booksellers, literary events curators, publishers, bloggers, and, of course, poets marking poetry’s important place in our culture and our lives.

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Other Wed, 13 Mar 2019 15:11:21 -0400 2019-04-11T18:00:00-04:00 2019-04-11T21:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Other poetry reading
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (April 12, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578343@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-04-12T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-12T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (April 15, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578346@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 15, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-04-15T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-15T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (April 16, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578347@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-04-16T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-16T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (April 17, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578348@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-04-17T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-17T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (April 18, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578349@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 18, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-04-18T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-18T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (April 19, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578350@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 19, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-04-19T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-19T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (April 22, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578353@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 22, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-04-22T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-22T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (April 23, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578354@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-04-23T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-23T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (April 24, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578355@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-04-24T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-24T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (April 25, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578356@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 25, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-04-25T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-25T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (April 26, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578357@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 26, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-04-26T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-26T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (April 28, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578359@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 28, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-04-28T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-28T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (April 29, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578360@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 29, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-04-29T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-29T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (April 30, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578361@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-04-30T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-30T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (May 1, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578362@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-05-01T09:00:00-04:00 2019-05-01T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (May 2, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578363@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 2, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-05-02T09:00:00-04:00 2019-05-02T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (May 3, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578364@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 3, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-05-03T09:00:00-04:00 2019-05-03T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (May 6, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-15710566@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 6, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-05-06T09:00:00-04:00 2019-05-06T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (May 7, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-15710567@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 7, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-05-07T09:00:00-04:00 2019-05-07T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (May 8, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-15710568@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 8, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-05-08T09:00:00-04:00 2019-05-08T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (May 9, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-15710569@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 9, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-05-09T09:00:00-04:00 2019-05-09T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (May 10, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-15710570@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 10, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-05-10T09:00:00-04:00 2019-05-10T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (May 13, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-15710573@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 13, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-05-13T09:00:00-04:00 2019-05-13T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (May 14, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-15710574@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 14, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-05-14T09:00:00-04:00 2019-05-14T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (May 15, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-15710575@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-05-15T09:00:00-04:00 2019-05-15T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (May 16, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-15710576@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 16, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-05-16T09:00:00-04:00 2019-05-16T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (May 17, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-15710577@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 17, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-05-17T09:00:00-04:00 2019-05-17T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (May 20, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-15710580@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 20, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-05-20T09:00:00-04:00 2019-05-20T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (May 21, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-15710581@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-05-21T09:00:00-04:00 2019-05-21T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (May 22, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-15710582@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-05-22T09:00:00-04:00 2019-05-22T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (May 23, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-15710583@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 23, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-05-23T09:00:00-04:00 2019-05-23T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (May 24, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-15710584@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 24, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-05-24T09:00:00-04:00 2019-05-24T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (May 28, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-15710588@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 28, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-05-28T09:00:00-04:00 2019-05-28T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (May 29, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-15710589@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-05-29T09:00:00-04:00 2019-05-29T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (May 30, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-15710590@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 30, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-05-30T09:00:00-04:00 2019-05-30T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (May 31, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-15710591@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 31, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

"Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency," by collaborative artists Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin, is a razor-sharp work that brings into question our ideals of house and home, privacy, and safety.

The exhibition combines photographs the artists have envisioned of houses without windows as well an actual glass house planned for the center of the gallery, revisiting the whole notion of a glass house as an example of sophistication, luxury, and modernism.

In a darkening an era of surveillance and the internet, for Martin and Muñoz, "Blind House" serves as "a metaphorical solution to the full on campaign against personal privacy." Read the artists' statement at http://myumi.ch/6wxbk

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-05-31T09:00:00-04:00 2019-05-31T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Slavic Chocolate Party (September 5, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63761 63761-15865496@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 5, 2019 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Chocolate is the international language, especially in the Slavic world! Come learn about the Slavic language and regional studies programs offered at U-M and enjoy chocolate and music from Central and Eastern Europe!

All students--from every school, college, and unit--are welcome to meet instructors and other students interested in the Slavic world.

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Reception / Open House Tue, 20 Aug 2019 16:06:45 -0400 2019-09-05T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-05T18:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Slavic Languages & Literatures Reception / Open House Slavic Chocolate Welcome 2019
The Expulsion of Hagar (September 12, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64900 64900-16485242@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 12, 2019 1:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Judaic Studies

In the book of Genesis, Hagar is an Egyptian, an enslaved woman, a surrogate, a wife, and a mother. As the wife of Abraham and the mother of Ishmael, she is a recognized figure in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. At the request of Sarah, Abraham’s first wife and mother of Isaac, Abraham expels Hagar and Ishmael from his household. In this lecture, Nyasha Junior surveys how different religious and cultural traditions have understood Sarah’s motivations and actions. The lecture is based on Dr. Junior’s recent book Reimagining Hagar: Blackness and the Bible (Oxford University Press, 2019). Join us and follow the conversation on Twitter at #ReHagar.

There is both an accessible elevator and gender-neutral restroom on the first and second floor. If you have a disability that requires an accommodation, contact the Judaic Studies office at judaicstudies@umich.edu or 734-763-9047.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 06 Sep 2019 11:33:36 -0400 2019-09-12T13:00:00-04:00 2019-09-12T14:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Judaic Studies Lecture / Discussion Expulsion_of_Ishmael_and_His_Mother
Yo Tengo Nombre (September 19, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/64978 64978-16499251@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 19, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

This series of paintings was inspired by the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy and the images of migrant families being separated and detained at the US-Mexico border that dominated media outlets across the nation since the summer of 2017. The exhibition also includes nearly 100 I.D. photos of migrant children from a Texas holding center. Buentello took the photos in 2014 while working for an intake agency.

"Focusing on images from the US media sources that exposed the violence of migrants’ dehumanization, vulnerability, fear, loss, and criminalization, the paintings document the embodiment of state-authorized brutality and erasures of personhood." -Ruth Leonela Buentello

This project is funded by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Sep 2019 16:04:13 -0400 2019-09-19T09:00:00-04:00 2019-09-19T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition We Need Boarders
Artist Conversation & Reception for Yo Tengo Nombre (September 19, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64981 64981-16499295@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 19, 2019 5:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Join us for conversation with Ruth Leonela Buentello, Efroymson Emerging Artist in Residence, and curator Amanda Krugliak, followed by reception.

About "Yo Tengo Nombre":
This series of paintings was inspired by the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy and the images of migrant families being separated and detained at the US-Mexico border that dominated media outlets across the nation since the summer of 2017. The exhibition also includes nearly 100 I.D. photos of migrant children from a Texas holding center. Buentello took the photos in 2014 while working for an intake agency.

"Focusing on images from the US media sources that exposed the violence of migrants’ dehumanization, vulnerability, fear, loss, and criminalization, the paintings document the embodiment of state-authorized brutality and erasures of personhood." -Ruth Leonela Buentello

This project is funded by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 19 Sep 2019 16:06:26 -0400 2019-09-19T17:30:00-04:00 2019-09-19T19:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Illegal Entry
Yo Tengo Nombre (September 20, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/64978 64978-16499252@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 20, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

This series of paintings was inspired by the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy and the images of migrant families being separated and detained at the US-Mexico border that dominated media outlets across the nation since the summer of 2017. The exhibition also includes nearly 100 I.D. photos of migrant children from a Texas holding center. Buentello took the photos in 2014 while working for an intake agency.

"Focusing on images from the US media sources that exposed the violence of migrants’ dehumanization, vulnerability, fear, loss, and criminalization, the paintings document the embodiment of state-authorized brutality and erasures of personhood." -Ruth Leonela Buentello

This project is funded by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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Exhibition Thu, 19 Sep 2019 16:04:13 -0400 2019-09-20T09:00:00-04:00 2019-09-20T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition We Need Boarders