Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. African American History (August 28, 2017 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/42698 42698-9632919@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, August 28, 2017 8:45am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

As a follow-up to our lecture series on the African-American experience, join OLLI for a tour of the Motown Museum and a visit to the Charles H. Wright African American Museum, including a docent-led tour of the main exhibit, “And Still We Rise.”

Between museum visits, we will take a bus tour of the old Hastings Street neighborhood, Lafayette Park, and Black Bottom, emphasizing insights into neighborhood decline and impact of expressways on communities.

We will eat a buffet soul food lunch at Bert’s Market Place, including a brief presentation and Q&A with either Bert Dearing Jr., Miller London, or Bill Foster about the era of jazz and Motown music and civil rights. We will also have time to view the historical murals located inside Bert’s jazz club.

Pre-registration Required. Please see our Web Site for contact information and deadlines.
The date of the trip is Tuesday, October 3, 2017.
Refund Policy: No cancellations after September 11.

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Workshop / Seminar Sat, 19 Aug 2017 12:53:18 -0400 2017-08-28T08:45:00-04:00 2017-08-28T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Workshop / Seminar OLLI Travel
Legacy: Art across Generations Grand Opening and DAAS Welcome Reception (September 8, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43034 43034-9697029@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 8, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:36:38 -0400 2017-09-08T16:00:00-04:00 2017-09-08T18:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa (September 10, 2017 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43379 43379-9754040@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 10, 2017 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Before colonization, complex hierarchical societies flourished in Central and West Africa. At their summits were a select few—kings and chiefs whose authority was derived from their direct connection to powerful ancestors and predecessors. These rulers were wrapped in expensive textiles or costly furs, and covered in beads and precious metals, materials that signaled status and safely contained the power they wielded. The famous minkisi (meaning “power figure”) sculptures of Central Africa were similarly activated between the adornment of the king’s physical body and minkisi and demonstrates how authority was expressed and power contained across a range of historical cultures.

Lead support for Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the African Studies Center.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 30 Aug 2017 18:43:45 -0400 2017-09-10T14:00:00-04:00 2017-09-10T15:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Power Contained: The Art of Authority in Central and West Africa
Legacy: Art across Generations (September 11, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697030@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 11, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-09-11T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-11T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Legacy: Art across Generations (September 11, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697103@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 11, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-09-11T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-11T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Legacy: Art across Generations (September 12, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697031@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-09-12T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-12T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Selma film screening and discussion (September 12, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42129 42129-9560488@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

The Institute for the Humanities, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, and the English Language Institute present a free screening of the critically acclaimed film Selma, directed by Ava DuVernay and based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches led by James Bevel, Hosea Williams, Martin Luther King, Jr. and John Lewis. A short introduction to the film and its historical context will precede the screening at 4:10pm, and a discussion with graduate students Maryam Aziz (American Culture), David Hutchinson (History), and Tara Weinberg (History) will follow at 6:30pm.

Presented in conjunction with "Marching Forward: Social Justice Then and Now" series of events, projects, and resources associated with Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell’s visit to the University of Michigan on September 21, 2017. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/marchingforward/

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Film Screening Wed, 06 Sep 2017 12:49:52 -0400 2017-09-12T16:00:00-04:00 2017-09-12T19:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Institute for the Humanities Film Screening Selma
Selma Screening and Discussion (September 12, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43138 43138-9728908@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Please join us for a screening and a discussion with graduate students Maryam Aziz (American Culture), David Hutchinson (History), and Tara Weinberg (History).

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Film Screening Wed, 30 Aug 2017 08:24:15 -0400 2017-09-12T16:00:00-04:00 2017-09-12T19:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Film Screening Hatcher Graduate Library
Legacy: Art across Generations (September 13, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697032@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-09-13T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-13T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
10 Blocks on the Camino Real (September 13, 2017 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42049 42049-9529955@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

"A big-hearted Williams one-act about love and heroism, staged with West African flair in a performance full of vibrant song and dance, perfectly suited to the outdoor marketplace."

The University of Michigan Center for World Performance Studies (CWPS) hosts the National Theatre of Ghana in residence from September 12-17, featuring a series of open air performances of 10 Blocks on the Camino Real, written by Tennessee Williams. In this one-act play, song, dialogue and dance are used to tell the story of how the American hero Kilroy enters the pantheon of heroes by losing his innocence. The plaza of Ten Blocks on the Camino Real is a crossroads of world theater, drawing on Williams’ experiences in Mexico, and inspired by German theater, Chinese opera and commedia del’arte. Ghana is the source and setting for this new production, directed by David Kaplan, curator of the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival. While the spoken English text is performed as written by Williams, Spanish songs and Spanish words have been translated to Ghanaian songs and Ghanaian languages. Don Quixote has become Okomfo Okokye, the founder of the Ashanti line of kings, who finds his sidekick, Osei-tutu. Other Spanish details are exchanged for Ghanaian specifics: pesos for pesewas, fiesta for jubilee. The presiding musician plays two blue djembe drums, rather than a blue guitar.

Established in 1983 at the University of Ghana at Legon, the professional theater company once known as “Abibigromma” became the resident troupe of the National Theatre of Ghana in 1991. The focus of the company is to develop a rich blend of music, dance, mime, movement, and dialogue with a strong social, spiritual and folkloric base. In addition to performances and class visits throughout the week, they will give a workshop for the public at the Residential College on Wednesday, September 13 at 4pm in the East Quad Keene Theater, and will also work with students at Ann Arbor’s Community High School, and Mosaic Youth Theater in Detroit.
CWPS aims to recreate the atmosphere of the Ghanaian outdoor productions here in Michigan, staging performances in four outdoor venues through the week. These include:


Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market
315 Detroit Street, Ann Arbor MI
Wednesday, September 13 at 12pm

The Diag
University of Michigan
Friday, September 15 at 12pm

Ypsilanti Farmers Market Depot Town
100 Rice Street, Ypsilanti MI
Saturday, September 16 at 11am

CMAP Detroit
2221 Carpenter, Detroit MI
Sunday, September 17 at 2pm

All performances are free and open to the public.

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Performance Tue, 08 Aug 2017 08:40:17 -0400 2017-09-13T12:00:00-04:00 2017-09-13T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for World Performance Studies Performance National Theatre of Ghana
Legacy: Art across Generations (September 14, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697033@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-09-14T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-14T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
A Conversation with Chrislan Fuller Manuel about Legacy: Art across Generations (September 14, 2017 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43142 43142-9728919@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2017 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Please join us as artist Chrislan Fuller Manuel discusses her first exhibit, which also includes pieces by her great-grandmother Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 28 Aug 2017 15:32:11 -0400 2017-09-14T12:00:00-04:00 2017-09-14T14:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Legacy: Art across Generations (September 15, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697034@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 15, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-09-15T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-15T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
10 Blocks on the Camino Real (September 15, 2017 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42049 42049-9529956@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 15, 2017 12:00pm
Location: Diag - Central Campus
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

"A big-hearted Williams one-act about love and heroism, staged with West African flair in a performance full of vibrant song and dance, perfectly suited to the outdoor marketplace."

The University of Michigan Center for World Performance Studies (CWPS) hosts the National Theatre of Ghana in residence from September 12-17, featuring a series of open air performances of 10 Blocks on the Camino Real, written by Tennessee Williams. In this one-act play, song, dialogue and dance are used to tell the story of how the American hero Kilroy enters the pantheon of heroes by losing his innocence. The plaza of Ten Blocks on the Camino Real is a crossroads of world theater, drawing on Williams’ experiences in Mexico, and inspired by German theater, Chinese opera and commedia del’arte. Ghana is the source and setting for this new production, directed by David Kaplan, curator of the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival. While the spoken English text is performed as written by Williams, Spanish songs and Spanish words have been translated to Ghanaian songs and Ghanaian languages. Don Quixote has become Okomfo Okokye, the founder of the Ashanti line of kings, who finds his sidekick, Osei-tutu. Other Spanish details are exchanged for Ghanaian specifics: pesos for pesewas, fiesta for jubilee. The presiding musician plays two blue djembe drums, rather than a blue guitar.

Established in 1983 at the University of Ghana at Legon, the professional theater company once known as “Abibigromma” became the resident troupe of the National Theatre of Ghana in 1991. The focus of the company is to develop a rich blend of music, dance, mime, movement, and dialogue with a strong social, spiritual and folkloric base. In addition to performances and class visits throughout the week, they will give a workshop for the public at the Residential College on Wednesday, September 13 at 4pm in the East Quad Keene Theater, and will also work with students at Ann Arbor’s Community High School, and Mosaic Youth Theater in Detroit.
CWPS aims to recreate the atmosphere of the Ghanaian outdoor productions here in Michigan, staging performances in four outdoor venues through the week. These include:


Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market
315 Detroit Street, Ann Arbor MI
Wednesday, September 13 at 12pm

The Diag
University of Michigan
Friday, September 15 at 12pm

Ypsilanti Farmers Market Depot Town
100 Rice Street, Ypsilanti MI
Saturday, September 16 at 11am

CMAP Detroit
2221 Carpenter, Detroit MI
Sunday, September 17 at 2pm

All performances are free and open to the public.

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Performance Tue, 08 Aug 2017 08:40:17 -0400 2017-09-15T12:00:00-04:00 2017-09-15T13:00:00-04:00 Diag - Central Campus Center for World Performance Studies Performance National Theatre of Ghana
10 Blocks on the Camino Real (September 16, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/42049 42049-9529957@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 16, 2017 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

"A big-hearted Williams one-act about love and heroism, staged with West African flair in a performance full of vibrant song and dance, perfectly suited to the outdoor marketplace."

The University of Michigan Center for World Performance Studies (CWPS) hosts the National Theatre of Ghana in residence from September 12-17, featuring a series of open air performances of 10 Blocks on the Camino Real, written by Tennessee Williams. In this one-act play, song, dialogue and dance are used to tell the story of how the American hero Kilroy enters the pantheon of heroes by losing his innocence. The plaza of Ten Blocks on the Camino Real is a crossroads of world theater, drawing on Williams’ experiences in Mexico, and inspired by German theater, Chinese opera and commedia del’arte. Ghana is the source and setting for this new production, directed by David Kaplan, curator of the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival. While the spoken English text is performed as written by Williams, Spanish songs and Spanish words have been translated to Ghanaian songs and Ghanaian languages. Don Quixote has become Okomfo Okokye, the founder of the Ashanti line of kings, who finds his sidekick, Osei-tutu. Other Spanish details are exchanged for Ghanaian specifics: pesos for pesewas, fiesta for jubilee. The presiding musician plays two blue djembe drums, rather than a blue guitar.

Established in 1983 at the University of Ghana at Legon, the professional theater company once known as “Abibigromma” became the resident troupe of the National Theatre of Ghana in 1991. The focus of the company is to develop a rich blend of music, dance, mime, movement, and dialogue with a strong social, spiritual and folkloric base. In addition to performances and class visits throughout the week, they will give a workshop for the public at the Residential College on Wednesday, September 13 at 4pm in the East Quad Keene Theater, and will also work with students at Ann Arbor’s Community High School, and Mosaic Youth Theater in Detroit.
CWPS aims to recreate the atmosphere of the Ghanaian outdoor productions here in Michigan, staging performances in four outdoor venues through the week. These include:


Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market
315 Detroit Street, Ann Arbor MI
Wednesday, September 13 at 12pm

The Diag
University of Michigan
Friday, September 15 at 12pm

Ypsilanti Farmers Market Depot Town
100 Rice Street, Ypsilanti MI
Saturday, September 16 at 11am

CMAP Detroit
2221 Carpenter, Detroit MI
Sunday, September 17 at 2pm

All performances are free and open to the public.

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Performance Tue, 08 Aug 2017 08:40:17 -0400 2017-09-16T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-16T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for World Performance Studies Performance National Theatre of Ghana
10 Blocks on the Camino Real (September 17, 2017 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42049 42049-9529958@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 17, 2017 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

"A big-hearted Williams one-act about love and heroism, staged with West African flair in a performance full of vibrant song and dance, perfectly suited to the outdoor marketplace."

The University of Michigan Center for World Performance Studies (CWPS) hosts the National Theatre of Ghana in residence from September 12-17, featuring a series of open air performances of 10 Blocks on the Camino Real, written by Tennessee Williams. In this one-act play, song, dialogue and dance are used to tell the story of how the American hero Kilroy enters the pantheon of heroes by losing his innocence. The plaza of Ten Blocks on the Camino Real is a crossroads of world theater, drawing on Williams’ experiences in Mexico, and inspired by German theater, Chinese opera and commedia del’arte. Ghana is the source and setting for this new production, directed by David Kaplan, curator of the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival. While the spoken English text is performed as written by Williams, Spanish songs and Spanish words have been translated to Ghanaian songs and Ghanaian languages. Don Quixote has become Okomfo Okokye, the founder of the Ashanti line of kings, who finds his sidekick, Osei-tutu. Other Spanish details are exchanged for Ghanaian specifics: pesos for pesewas, fiesta for jubilee. The presiding musician plays two blue djembe drums, rather than a blue guitar.

Established in 1983 at the University of Ghana at Legon, the professional theater company once known as “Abibigromma” became the resident troupe of the National Theatre of Ghana in 1991. The focus of the company is to develop a rich blend of music, dance, mime, movement, and dialogue with a strong social, spiritual and folkloric base. In addition to performances and class visits throughout the week, they will give a workshop for the public at the Residential College on Wednesday, September 13 at 4pm in the East Quad Keene Theater, and will also work with students at Ann Arbor’s Community High School, and Mosaic Youth Theater in Detroit.
CWPS aims to recreate the atmosphere of the Ghanaian outdoor productions here in Michigan, staging performances in four outdoor venues through the week. These include:


Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market
315 Detroit Street, Ann Arbor MI
Wednesday, September 13 at 12pm

The Diag
University of Michigan
Friday, September 15 at 12pm

Ypsilanti Farmers Market Depot Town
100 Rice Street, Ypsilanti MI
Saturday, September 16 at 11am

CMAP Detroit
2221 Carpenter, Detroit MI
Sunday, September 17 at 2pm

All performances are free and open to the public.

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Performance Tue, 08 Aug 2017 08:40:17 -0400 2017-09-17T14:00:00-04:00 2017-09-17T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for World Performance Studies Performance National Theatre of Ghana
Chicken/Jesus Tastefest & YouTube Party (September 17, 2017 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44385 44385-9911809@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 17, 2017 3:30pm
Location: Trotter Multicultural Center
Organized By: United Students for Christ

Experience the taste of various prepared wingdings from a few Labor of Love Church members while enjoying some YouTube videos and games. This is free of charge. Hope to see you there!

This is a fun event to introduce you and other students, faculty, and staff to Labor of Love Church.

Labor of Love church is a Full Gospel, Bible Believing, Faith Encouraging church that is affiliated with Church of God in Christ. Dr. Charles Hawthorne is the Senior Pastor. Dr. Hawthorne is a U-M alumnus, obtaining his Bachelor's degree in Sociology and Master's degree in Guidance & Counseling. He obtained his doctorate degree from Trinity Theological in Biblical Counseling. Also, he is a former director of the Michigan Gospel Chorale.

Studies have shown that those who attend church on a regular basis obtain higher GPAs in college than those who don't. If you are interested in excelling in your relationship with Jesus and your academics, I would encourage you to be a part of the support a church offers.

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Reception / Open House Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:14:23 -0400 2017-09-17T15:30:00-04:00 2017-09-17T17:30:00-04:00 Trotter Multicultural Center United Students for Christ Reception / Open House Chicken & Jesus
Chicken/Jesus Tastefest & YouTube Party (September 17, 2017 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44385 44385-9911810@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 17, 2017 3:30pm
Location: Trotter Multicultural Center
Organized By: United Students for Christ

Experience the taste of various prepared wingdings from a few Labor of Love Church members while enjoying some YouTube videos and games. This is free of charge. Hope to see you there!

This is a fun event to introduce you and other students, faculty, and staff to Labor of Love Church.

Labor of Love church is a Full Gospel, Bible Believing, Faith Encouraging church that is affiliated with Church of God in Christ. Dr. Charles Hawthorne is the Senior Pastor. Dr. Hawthorne is a U-M alumnus, obtaining his Bachelor's degree in Sociology and Master's degree in Guidance & Counseling. He obtained his doctorate degree from Trinity Theological in Biblical Counseling. Also, he is a former director of the Michigan Gospel Chorale.

Studies have shown that those who attend church on a regular basis obtain higher GPAs in college than those who don't. If you are interested in excelling in your relationship with Jesus and your academics, I would encourage you to be a part of the support a church offers.

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Reception / Open House Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:14:23 -0400 2017-09-17T15:30:00-04:00 2017-09-17T17:30:00-04:00 Trotter Multicultural Center United Students for Christ Reception / Open House Chicken & Jesus
Legacy: Art across Generations (September 18, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697037@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 18, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-09-18T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-18T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
"Punks" @ 20: Revisiting Cathy Cohen’s Queer Coalitional Vision (September 18, 2017 2:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42079 42079-9536061@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 18, 2017 2:10pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Lesbian, Gay, Queer Research Initiative (LGQRI)

LGQRI presents a symposium in tribute to and reconsideration of Cathy Cohen’s generative article “Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens: The Radical Potential of Queer Politics?” Published in GLQ in 1997, Cohen’s piece articulated a queer of color critique that transformed the field.

(Full text available here: http://glq.dukejournals.org/content/3/4/437.full.pdf+html)

SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE:

2:10 - 4pm: Welcome and Introductions (Dean Hubbs, LGQRI Director)
Panel Presentations
- Aliyyah Abdur-Rahman, Associate Professor of African and Afro-American Studies, English & Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Brandeis University
- Jafari S. Allen, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Miami
Marlon M. Bailey, Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies, Arizona State University
- Christina Hanhardt, Associate Professor in the Department of American Studies, University of Maryland

4:00 pm: Roundtable Discussion featuring Guest of Honor, Cathy J. Cohen, David and Mary Winton Green Professor of Political Science, The University of Chicago
Moderated by David Hutchinson, History PhD Student

Presented by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender's Lesbian-Gay-Queer Research Initative (LGQRI). Cosponsored by the Colonialism, Race, and Sexualities Initiative (CRSI), Departments of English Language and Literature, Comparative Literature, Afroamerican and African Studies, Anthropology, American Culture, the Spectrum Center, and the Stamps School of Art & Design.

Light refreshments will be served.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Sep 2017 10:38:41 -0400 2017-09-18T14:10:00-04:00 2017-09-18T18:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Lesbian, Gay, Queer Research Initiative (LGQRI) Conference / Symposium photo of protesters carrying rainbow banner with words "unite"
Legacy: Art across Generations (September 19, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697038@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-09-19T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-19T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
DISC Lecture. Being Muslims: A Cultural History of Women of Color in American Islam (September 19, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42228 42228-9585112@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Sylvia Chan-Malik offers a previously untold story of Islam in the United States that foregrounds the voices, experiences, and images of women of color in the United States from the early twentieth century to the present. Until the late 1960s, the majority of Muslim women in the U.S.—as well as almost all U.S. Muslim women who appeared in the American press or popular culture, were African American. Thus, she argues that lives and labors of African American Muslim women have—and continue to—forcefully shaped the meanings and presence of American Islam, and are critical to approaching issues confronting Muslim women in the contemporary U.S. Focusing on the experiences of African American women in the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam in 1920s Chicago, Chan-Malikexplores how U.S. Muslim women’s identities have been consistently forged against commonsense notions of racial, gendered, and religious belonging and citizenship, and argues that desires for gender and racial justice deeply inform U.S. women’s engagements with Islam.

Sylvia Chan-Malik studies the intersections of race, gender, and religion in the United States, with a particular interest in how these categories intersect in contemporary struggles for social justice. She teaches courses on race and ethnicity in the United States, Islam in/and America, social justice movements, feminist methodologies, multiethnic literature and culture in the U.S., and 20-21st century U.S. history. She is also on the faculty of the Women’s and Gender Studies department. Chan-Malik holds a PhD in Ethnic Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, an MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College, and a BA in English and Ethnic Studies from the University of California, Berkeley.

Sponsored by the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum (DISC) with support from Arab and Muslim American Studies, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Islamic Studies Program, Islamophobia Working Group, Women's Studies Department

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Sep 2017 15:51:34 -0400 2017-09-19T16:00:00-04:00 2017-09-19T17:30:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion Chan-Malik
The President's Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, from the Washingtons to the Obamas (September 19, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42828 42828-9661770@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

James Beard award–winning author Adrian Miller vividly tells the stories of the African Americans who worked in the presidential food service as chefs, personal cooks, butlers, stewards, and servers for every First Family since George and Martha Washington. Miller brings together the names and words of more than 150 black men and women who played remarkable roles in unforgettable events in the nation’s history. Miller will share stories about how these professional cooks were celebrated culinary artists, First Family confidantes, and civil rights advocates.

Surveying the labor of enslaved people during the antebellum period and the gradual opening of employment after Emancipation, Miller highlights how food-related work slowly became professionalized and the important part African Americans played in that process. His chronicle of the daily table in the White House proclaims a fascinating new American story.

Adrian Miller is a writer, attorney, culinary historian, and certified barbecue judge. He served as a special assistant to President Bill Clinton as the Deputy Director of the President’s Initiative for One America, a senior policy analyst for Colorado Governor Bill Ritter Jr., and a Southern Foodways Alliance board member.

Adrian’s book, Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time won the 2014 James Beard Foundation Book Award for Reference and Scholarship.

Free Admission. Free Parking. Book sales/signing and reception follow program.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:08:26 -0400 2017-09-19T19:00:00-04:00 2017-09-19T21:00:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Lecture / Discussion Adrrian Miller
Legacy: Art across Generations (September 20, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697039@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-09-20T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-20T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Legacy: Art across Generations (September 21, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697040@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 21, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-09-21T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-21T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
CGIS Open House! (September 21, 2017 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43512 43512-9798613@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 21, 2017 2:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

CGIS would like to invite you to our open house that will take place in our new office in Weiser Hall! Come by and check out student submitted photos, meet our advisors, and most importantly EAT! There will be plenty of food, free t-shirts, and opportunities to learn about studying abroad!

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Workshop / Seminar Sun, 03 Sep 2017 17:12:09 -0400 2017-09-21T14:00:00-04:00 2017-09-21T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Global and Intercultural Study Workshop / Seminar Weiser Hall
Legacy: Art across Generations (September 22, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697041@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 22, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-09-22T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-22T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Legacy: Art across Generations (September 25, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697044@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 25, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-09-25T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-25T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Author's Forum Presents: Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy (September 25, 2017 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44575 44575-9931515@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 25, 2017 5:30pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Heather Ann Thompson (U-M Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, and History) reads from her Pulitzer Prize-winning book Blood in the Water, followed by a conversation with Angela Dillard (U-M Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies) and then audience Q & A and book sale & signing.

About the book:
On September 9, 1971, nearly 1,300 prisoners took over the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York to protest years of mistreatment. Holding guards and civilian employees hostage, the prisoners negotiated with officials for improved conditions during the four long days and nights that followed.

On September 13, the state abruptly sent hundreds of heavily armed troopers and correction officers to retake the prison by force. Their gunfire killed thirty-nine men—hostages as well as prisoners—and severely wounded more than one hundred others. In the ensuing hours, weeks, and months, troopers and officers brutally retaliated against the prisoners. And, ultimately, New York State authorities prosecuted only the prisoners, never once bringing charges against the officials involved in the retaking and its aftermath and neglecting to provide support to the survivors and the families of the men who had been killed.

Drawing from more than a decade of extensive research, historian Heather Ann Thompson sheds new light on every aspect of the uprising and its legacy, giving voice to all those who took part in this forty-five-year fight for justice: prisoners, former hostages, families of the victims, lawyers and judges, and state officials and members of law enforcement. Blood in the Water is the searing and indelible account of one of the most important civil rights stories of the last century.

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Other Fri, 22 Sep 2017 13:57:58 -0400 2017-09-25T17:30:00-04:00 2017-09-25T19:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Institute for the Humanities Other Attica
BeTroit: Film Screening, Performance, Q&A (September 25, 2017 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/41486 41486-9308240@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 25, 2017 8:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

BeTroit: Film Screening, Performance, Q&A
A Documentary about BeTroit by Philip Halver; Olad Aden, Venice Session and young artists in person for Q & A after the screening.

September 25th, 2017 | 8pm
2435 North Quad

The cities of Berlin and Detroit are full of amazing artists. Very much in the same way in which Berlin was regarded as the subcultural capital of the world some 15 or 20 years ago, when artists were flocking to it because of affordable space, bringing with them an incredible energy and of course many talents and abilities, you can feel a certain kind of energy when you travel to Detroit these days. It is rough and at the same time interesting and beautiful. Grimy and at the same time elegant and free. It is a place where devastation is still visible alongside new opportunities. Opportunities for artists, activists and resistance movements to help turn the city into the magnificent place it could be in order to make things better for all of its residents.

From September 11th to September 20th, 2016 artists from Berlin and Detroit, poets, emcees, singer/songwriters, beat producers, came together in Detroit in order to get to know one another and to create. During that period, they also visited the University of Michigan and ran workshops and Q&A sessions with our students. In June of 2017, they got back together, this time in Berlin in order to present what had been created in Detroit, including an album, music videos, and a documentary about the visit. For more information, please visit the project website at http://be-troit.com/, and the Be-Troit blog at http://gangway.de/en/betroit-blog-jugendaustausch-berlin-detroit-vom-11-24-9-2016/; a trailer for the documentary is at https://vimeo.com/215179507.

Now a delegation returns to present the amazing work that came out of this unique collaboration between Berlin- and Detroit-based artists. Please join us for a screening of Philip Halver’s inspiring documentary, artist performances, and a Q&A with BeTroit participants.

This event is free and open to the public.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the Germanic department (germandept@umich.edu or 734-764-8018) at least 4 days in advance. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for U-M to arrange.

Sponsors
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
Department of American Culture
Institute for the Humanities
Goethe Institut Chicago

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Film Screening Wed, 20 Sep 2017 11:47:25 -0400 2017-09-25T20:00:00-04:00 2017-09-25T22:00:00-04:00 North Quad Germanic Languages & Literatures Film Screening Betroit video 9/25
Legacy: Art across Generations (September 26, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697045@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-09-26T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-26T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Legacy: Art across Generations (September 27, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697046@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-09-27T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-27T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Legacy: Art across Generations (September 28, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697047@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 28, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-09-28T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-28T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
EIHS Lecture: The Coromantee War: Charting the Course of an Atlantic Slave Revolt (September 28, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/40911 40911-8828523@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 28, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

The transatlantic slave trade spread people from a vast region of Atlantic Africa throughout the Americas. The trade also redistributed political and military power. Upon captivity, people who had been administrative or military leaders suddenly found themselves uprooted from sustaining landscapes, scattered by currents and trade winds, and replanted in strange territories where they struggled to rebuild their social connections and recover their influence. Inevitably, some determined that only war could rectify their dishonor. More than highlighting resistance or the agency of the dispossessed, the Jamaican Coromantee War of 1760-1761 shows how the turmoil of enslavement, which ruptured systems of social authority and cultural continuity, figured the development of enslaved militancy as it originated, traveled, took root, and germinated in far-flung contexts.

Vincent Brown is Charles Warren Professor of American History, professor of African and African-American studies, and director of the History Design Studio at Harvard University. His research, writing, teaching, and other creative endeavors are focused on the political dimensions of cultural practice in the African Diaspora, with a particular emphasis on the early modern Atlantic world. A native of Southern California, he was educated at the University of California, San Diego, and received his PhD in History from Duke University, where he also trained in the theory and craft of film and video making. He has been the recipient of the Mellon New Directions fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim fellowship, and the National Humanities Center fellowship.

Brown is the author of numerous articles and reviews in scholarly journals, he is Principal Investigator and Curator for the animated thematic map Slave Revolt in Jamaica, 1760-1761: A Cartographic Narrative (2013), and he was Producer and Director of Research for the television documentary Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness (2009). His first book, The Reaper’s Garden: Death and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery (2008), was co-winner of the 2009 Merle Curti Award and received the 2009 James A. Rawley Prize and the 2008-09 Louis Gottschalk Prize.
Free and open to the public.

This event is part of the Thursday Series of the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 13 Sep 2017 13:21:53 -0400 2017-09-28T16:00:00-04:00 2017-09-28T18:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Lecture / Discussion Vincent Brown Photo
Legacy: Art across Generations (September 29, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697048@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 29, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-09-29T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-29T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
EIHS Workshop: Ritual, Law, and Death in the Atlantic World (September 29, 2017 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/41704 41704-9438396@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 29, 2017 12:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

In the United States, recent months have seen widespread protests and debates over the presence of monuments to Confederate leaders and to other historical agents of slavery, colonialism, and racial exclusion. In The Reaper’s Garden, Vincent Brown presents such disputes over the public commemoration of the slaveholding past within the frame of “mortuary politics,” in which the rituals, practices, and remembrance of death both uphold and challenge the social order. This panel seeks to generate a conversation between graduate students and Brown’s work, focusing on the role of death in (1) structures of authority, (2) popular political action, and (3) community formation and disruption. Drawing on a variety of different local contexts, from the nineteenth-century Caribbean to contemporary Africa and Latin America, the panelists will incorporate evidence from their own research in order to respond to central questions about the generative power and the long afterlife of death in the Atlantic world.

Panelists:
Jamie Andreson, PhD Candidate, Anthropology and History, University of Michigan
Christine Chalifoux, PhD Student, Anthropology, University of Michigan
Ana Maria Silva, PhD Candidate, History, University of Michigan
Andrew Walker, PhD Candidate, History, University of Michigan
William Calvo-Quirós (chair), Assistant Professor, American Culture, University of Michigan
Vincent Brown (respondent), Charles Warren Professor of American History; Professor, African and African-American Studies; Harvard University

Free and open to the public. Lunch provided.

This event is part of the Friday Series of the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 14 Sep 2017 10:46:07 -0400 2017-09-29T12:00:00-04:00 2017-09-29T14:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Workshop / Seminar Tisch Hall
Legacy: Art across Generations (October 2, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697051@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 2, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-10-02T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-02T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Legacy: Art across Generations (October 3, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697052@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 3, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-10-03T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-03T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Detroiters Speak: Whose Land, Whose Earth? (October 3, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44792 44792-9980563@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 3, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Semester in Detroit

Join us for the opening session of our Fall 2017 edition of Detroiters Speak: Reclaiming the Commons.

*The Com•mons /kämənz/ Plural Noun: land or resources belonging to or affecting the whole of a community.

Co-curated this semester by Diana Copeland, Will Copeland and Craig Regester, this interactive public course will focus in the first three sessions on the interconnected crises facing everyday Detroiters around water shutoffs, home foreclosures, public schooling, labor and gentrification.

In the last five sessions, however, we'll turn to an exploration and further creative development of the many grassroots community responses happening in Detroit that are pushing back against efforts to privatize practically everything in the City.

More info on speakers to come soon!

As always, all sessions are free and open the public & include a light dinner.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Sep 2017 12:52:59 -0400 2017-10-03T19:00:00-04:00 2017-10-03T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Semester in Detroit Lecture / Discussion Reclaiming the Commons Flyer
Legacy: Art across Generations (October 4, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697053@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 4, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-10-04T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-04T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Soul Food Dinner (October 4, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45246 45246-10121868@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 4, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Mason Hall
Organized By: Black Student Movement InterVarsity

Come out to Black Student Movement's first Soul Food Dinner of the year! Food for the soul and the body. Come gather for fun, inspiration, and down-home cooking in the community.

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Meeting Fri, 29 Sep 2017 18:54:27 -0400 2017-10-04T19:00:00-04:00 2017-10-04T21:00:00-04:00 Mason Hall Black Student Movement InterVarsity Meeting Dinner Photo
Legacy: Art across Generations (October 5, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697054@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 5, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-10-05T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-05T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Legacy: Art across Generations (October 6, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697055@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 6, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-10-06T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-06T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Legacy: Art across Generations (October 9, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697058@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 9, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-10-09T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-09T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Legacy: Art across Generations (October 10, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697059@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-10-10T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-10T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Detroiters Speak: Reclaiming the Commons (October 10, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45568 45568-10231724@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Semester in Detroit

Co-curated this semester by Diana Copeland, Will Copeland and Craig Regester, this interactive public course will focus in the first three sessions on the interconnected crises facing everyday Detroiters around water shutoffs, home foreclosures, public schooling, labor and gentrification.

In the last five sessions, however, we'll turn to an exploration and further creative development of the many grassroots community responses happening in Detroit that are pushing back against efforts to privatize practically everything in the City.

More info on speakers to come soon!

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 09 Oct 2017 20:59:26 -0400 2017-10-10T19:00:00-04:00 2017-10-10T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Semester in Detroit Lecture / Discussion Reclaiming the Commons Flyer
Legacy: Art across Generations (October 11, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697060@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-10-11T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-11T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Legacy: Art across Generations (October 12, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697061@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 12, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-10-12T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-12T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Immigrants and Newcomers: Historic Limits to Diversity at U-M (October 12, 2017 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/42647 42647-9622474@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 12, 2017 11:30am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: LSA Bicentennial Theme Semester

Panelists include:

Matthew Countryman (University of Michigan)
Karla Goldman (University of Michigan)
Brian Williams (University of Michigan)

The history of immigration in the United States is one of bans, quotas, restrictions, and exclusions. Immigrants have negotiated inconsistent and discriminatory definitions of authorized and unauthorized belonging and targeted restrictions on citizenship since the nation’s founding. This symposium brings together scholars who will illuminate the historical experiences of Asian American, Latinx, African American, Muslim, Jewish, gendered, and sexualized immigrants from the late-nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century.

Matthew Countryman is associate professor of history and American culture at the University of Michigan and author of Up South: Civil Rights and Black Power in Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006).

Karla Goldman is Sol Drachler Professor of Social Work and professor of Judaic Studies. She is the author of Beyond the Synagogue Gallery: Finding a Place for Women in American Judaism (Harvard Univeristy Press).

Brian Williams is lead bicentennial archivist at the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan.

Free and open to the public.

This LSA Bicentennial Theme Semester event is presented with support from the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office. Additional support provided by Afroamerican and African Studies; American Culture; Anthropology; Arab and Muslim American Studies; Asian, Pacific Islander American Studies; Bentley Historical Library; Comparative Literature; Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies; English Language and Literature; Frankel Center for Judaic Studies; History; Institute for the Humanities; Latino/a Studies; Latinx Studies Workshop; Office of Research; Rackham Graduate School Dean’s Office; Romance Languages and Literatures; and William L. Clements Library.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 10 Oct 2017 15:39:22 -0400 2017-10-12T11:30:00-04:00 2017-10-12T13:30:00-04:00 Angell Hall LSA Bicentennial Theme Semester Conference / Symposium Michigan Horizons graphic
"Vibrancy of Silence" Film Screening (October 12, 2017 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45004 45004-10047035@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 12, 2017 3:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

Film by Frieda Ekotto Chair, Department of AfroAmerican and African Studies; Professor, Romance Languages and Literature and Comparative Literature

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Film Screening Mon, 25 Sep 2017 09:04:01 -0400 2017-10-12T15:00:00-04:00 2017-10-12T17:30:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Film Screening vibrancy
2017 Hanes Walton Jr. Memorial Lecture (October 12, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45111 45111-10084376@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 12, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

The Hanes Walton Memorial Lecture is sponsored by the Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research in honor of Hanes Walton, Jr.

2017 Speakers:

Cathy Cohen, David and Mary Winton Green Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago
Presentation: Black Death on Your Laptop: The Case for Rethinking What Counts as Political Knowledge

Michael Dawson, John D. MacArthur Professor of Political Science and the College, University of Chicago
Presentation: Support for Black Reparations in the Early 21st Century

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 26 Sep 2017 15:10:45 -0400 2017-10-12T16:00:00-04:00 2017-10-12T16:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Project Flyer
Legacy: Art across Generations (October 13, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697062@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 13, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-10-13T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-13T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Faculty Discussion/Recital: Ellen Rowe, piano (October 13, 2017 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42060 42060-9531992@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 13, 2017 7:30pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Each piece is a tribute to women heroes of Rowe’s in the fields of music, politics, social justice, environmental activism, and sports. Performers include Allison Miller, Tia Fuller, Ingrid Jensen, Virginia Mayhew, Marlene Rosenberg, Lisa Parrott, and Melissa Gardiner. There will be a discussion after the concert about gender issues in the arts.

Co-sponsored by Institute for Research on Women and Gender, U-M Womens' Studies Department, and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

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Performance Mon, 11 Sep 2017 16:42:41 -0400 2017-10-13T19:30:00-04:00 Palmer Commons School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Faculty Discussion/Recital: Ellen Rowe, piano
Legacy: Art across Generations (October 16, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697065@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 16, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-10-16T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-16T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Charles M. Blow Presentation (October 16, 2017 9:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/41129 41129-10313333@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 16, 2017 9:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Humility Colloquium

NY Times Op-Ed columnist Charles M. Blow will present a keynote presentation on the topic of Donald Trump, arrogance, pride, and American democracy. Blow’s lecture will be followed by a Q&A. The lecture is free and open to the public, and is organized by the Humility in the Age of Self-Promotion Colloquium at the University of Michigan. Admission is open and without tickets.

Charles M. Blow's Op-Ed column in The New York Times appears on Thursdays and Mondays. Mr. Blow’s columns tackle hot-button issues such as social justices, racial equality, presidential politics, police violence, gun control, and the Black Lives Matter Movement. Mr. Blow is also a CNN commentator, a Presidential Visiting Professor at Yale, and author of the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling memoir, Fire Shut Up in My Bones. The book won a Lambda Literary Award and the Sperber Prize and made multiple prominent lists of best books published in 2014.

Charles M. Blow's presentation is sponsored by Michigan Radio and The Ann Arbor District Library, and by these University of Michigan units: The Center for Engaged Academic Learning, The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Communication Studies, The Department of American Culture, The Department of History, The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, The Ginsberg Center, The Institute for the Humanities, Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs, The Office of DEI, Rackham School of Graduate Studies, The Residential College, and Spectrum Center.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 18 Oct 2017 09:59:05 -0400 2017-10-16T21:00:00-04:00 2017-10-16T22:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Humility Colloquium Lecture / Discussion Charles M. Blow
Legacy: Art across Generations (October 17, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697066@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-10-17T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-17T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Legacy: Art across Generations (October 18, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697067@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-10-18T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-18T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Legacy: Art across Generations (October 19, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697068@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 19, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-10-19T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-19T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Legacy: Art across Generations (October 20, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697069@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 20, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-10-20T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-20T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Charles M. Blow Presentation (October 20, 2017 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/41129 41129-8981754@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 20, 2017 5:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Humility Colloquium

NY Times Op-Ed columnist Charles M. Blow will present a keynote presentation on the topic of Donald Trump, arrogance, pride, and American democracy. Blow’s lecture will be followed by a Q&A. The lecture is free and open to the public, and is organized by the Humility in the Age of Self-Promotion Colloquium at the University of Michigan. Admission is open and without tickets.

Charles M. Blow's Op-Ed column in The New York Times appears on Thursdays and Mondays. Mr. Blow’s columns tackle hot-button issues such as social justices, racial equality, presidential politics, police violence, gun control, and the Black Lives Matter Movement. Mr. Blow is also a CNN commentator, a Presidential Visiting Professor at Yale, and author of the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling memoir, Fire Shut Up in My Bones. The book won a Lambda Literary Award and the Sperber Prize and made multiple prominent lists of best books published in 2014.

Charles M. Blow's presentation is sponsored by Michigan Radio and The Ann Arbor District Library, and by these University of Michigan units: The Center for Engaged Academic Learning, The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Communication Studies, The Department of American Culture, The Department of History, The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, The Ginsberg Center, The Institute for the Humanities, Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs, The Office of DEI, Rackham School of Graduate Studies, The Residential College, and Spectrum Center.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 18 Oct 2017 09:59:05 -0400 2017-10-20T17:30:00-04:00 2017-10-20T18:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Humility Colloquium Lecture / Discussion Charles M. Blow
Legacy: Art across Generations (October 23, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697072@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 23, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-10-23T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
English Minor Info & Networking Event (October 23, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45446 45446-10183925@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 23, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Learn more information about the NEW English minor! There will be a brief presentation followed by networking with English student groups. English advisors will also be available to declare anyone who has already taken English 298. Food will be served.

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Other Thu, 05 Oct 2017 10:23:44 -0400 2017-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 2017-10-23T17:30:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Other
Legacy: Art across Generations (October 24, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697073@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-10-24T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-24T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
LACS Lecture. Atlantic History Initiative - Antiracism in Cuba: The Unfinished Revolution (October 24, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43892 43892-9852291@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

How do racism and antiracism coexist? How do we fight against racism in a racist world? What are the lessons learned from the 1959 Cuban Revolution? Analyzing the ideology and rhetoric around race in Cuba and south Florida during the early years of the Cuban revolution, Dr. Devyn Spence Benson answers these questions in her book Antiracism in Cuba: The Unfinished Revolution. She examines how ideas, stereotypes, and discriminatory practices relating to racial difference persisted despite major efforts by the Cuban state to generate social equality. This talk examines 1960s government programs and campaigns against discrimination, showing how such programs frequently negated their efforts by reproducing racist images and idioms in revolutionary propaganda, cartoons, and school materials.

Dr. Devyn Spence Benson is an Assistant Professor of Africana and Latin American Studies at Davidson College. She is a historian of 19th-20th century Latin America with a focus on race and revolution in Cuba. She is the author of published articles and reviews in the Hispanic American Historical Review, Journal of Cuban Studies, Journal of Transnational American Studies, and PALARA: Publication of the Afro-Latin / American Research Association. Benson's book, Antiracism in Cuba: The Unfinished Revolution (UNC Press, 2016) is based on over 18 months of field research in Cuba where she has traveled annually since 2003. Follow her at Twitter @BensonDevyn.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Sep 2017 10:30:49 -0400 2017-10-24T16:00:00-04:00 2017-10-24T18:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion profile
Detroiters Speak: Reclaiming the Commons (October 24, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45608 45608-10234577@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Semester in Detroit

Co-curated this semester by Diana Copeland, Will Copeland and Craig Regester, this interactive public course will focus in the first three sessions on the interconnected crises facing everyday Detroiters around water shutoffs, home foreclosures, public schooling, labor and gentrification.

In the last five sessions, however, we'll turn to an exploration and further creative development of the many grassroots community responses happening in Detroit that are pushing back against efforts to privatize practically everything in the City.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 09 Oct 2017 21:02:38 -0400 2017-10-24T19:00:00-04:00 2017-10-24T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Semester in Detroit Lecture / Discussion Reclaiming the Commons Flyer
Legacy: Art across Generations (October 25, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697074@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 25, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-10-25T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-25T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Legacy: Art across Generations (October 26, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697075@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 26, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-10-26T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-26T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Legacy: Art across Generations (October 27, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697076@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 27, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-10-27T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-27T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Legacy: Art across Generations (October 30, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697079@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 30, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-10-30T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-30T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Legacy: Art across Generations (October 31, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697080@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-10-31T11:00:00-04:00 2017-10-31T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Detroiters Speak: Reclaiming the Commons (October 31, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45609 45609-10234578@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Semester in Detroit

Co-curated this semester by Diana Copeland, Will Copeland and Craig Regester, this interactive public course will focus in the first three sessions on the interconnected crises facing everyday Detroiters around water shutoffs, home foreclosures, public schooling, labor and gentrification.

In the last five sessions, however, we'll turn to an exploration and further creative development of the many grassroots community responses happening in Detroit that are pushing back against efforts to privatize practically everything in the City.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 09 Oct 2017 21:05:02 -0400 2017-10-31T19:00:00-04:00 2017-10-31T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Semester in Detroit Lecture / Discussion Reclaiming the Commons Flyer
Legacy: Art across Generations (November 1, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697081@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 1, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-11-01T11:00:00-04:00 2017-11-01T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Horizons of the Movement: Discussing the Future of Racial Justice Organizing at Michigan with Black Activists from BAM I to the Present (November 1, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42719 42719-9651119@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 1, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: LSA Bicentennial Theme Semester

Horizons of the Movement will bring together multiple generations of Black activists who attended the University of Michigan and fought for racial justice from 1970 to present, including BAM I, BAM II, BAM III, #BBUM, Students 4 Justice, and Black Student Union. Drawing upon their organizing histories, panelists will consider what has been achieved for racial justice at U-M and how far the university still needs to go. Panelists will also collectively strategize and brainstorm with the audience about what a future racial justice agenda could look like.

Panelists include:

Melba Boyd (BAM at Western Michigan University)
Tyrell Collier (#BBUM)
Robert Greenfield (#BBUM)
Errol Henderson (BAM III)
Capri'Nara Kendall (#BBUM)
Jesse Love (Black Student Union)
LaKyrra Magee (Students 4 Justice)
Stephanie Rowley (BAM III)
Cynthia Stephens (BAM I)
Lawrielle West (Students 4 Justice)
Maryam Aziz (moderator), Graduate Student, American Culture, University of Michigan

This LSA Bicentennial Theme Semester event is presented with support from the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office. Additional support provided by the Department of History an the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 20 Oct 2017 09:13:24 -0400 2017-11-01T16:00:00-04:00 2017-11-01T19:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall LSA Bicentennial Theme Semester Conference / Symposium Michigan Horizons graphic
Legacy: Art across Generations (November 2, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697082@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 2, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-11-02T11:00:00-04:00 2017-11-02T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Documentary Screening: Grooming a Generation (November 2, 2017 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46080 46080-10387191@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 2, 2017 12:00pm
Location: School of Education
Organized By: Students of Color at Rackham (SCOR)

LitWits, SCOR, and the Graduate Student Community Organization present Grooming a Generration, a new documentary about a community literacy program in Ypsilanti directed by U-M alum Andy Sax. The director will be in attendance for a Q&A session following the film.

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Film Screening Mon, 23 Oct 2017 10:08:51 -0400 2017-11-02T12:00:00-04:00 2017-11-02T13:00:00-04:00 School of Education Students of Color at Rackham (SCOR) Film Screening In this documentary, Andrew Sacks explores an effort by a group of barbers to improve their young customers’ literacy and appreciation of the written word. Low tech but high concept, there are no tablets, apps, or software. Just a shelf of books, a 25 minute haircut appointment, and an adult who truly cares.
Legacy: Art across Generations (November 3, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697083@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 3, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-11-03T11:00:00-04:00 2017-11-03T16:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
EIHS Symposium: Attica and Foucault: A Conversation on Heather Ann Thompson's "Blood in the Water" (November 3, 2017 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/41697 41697-9438336@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 3, 2017 1:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

In 1972, the French philosopher Michel Foucault visited Attica in upstate New York. Though he was engaged in prison politics in his native France, this was probably the first penitentiary the author of Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (1977) was able to enter. In the United States, Attica unfailingly conjures up memories ofone of the deadliest prison uprisings in American history—the subject of a penetrating and celebrated new study by Heather Ann Thompson. Our symposium aims at bringing these prison histories into dialogue.

Professor Thompson’s interlocutor, Bernard Harcourt, is a political theorist with a focus on penal practices. He edited Foucault’s works on punitive society and counts among the theorists of the carceral state.

Link below to read the interview Foucault gave after his visit to Attica Prison. Hard copies available in the Eisenberg Institute (1521 Haven Hall).

https://www.jstor.org/stable/29766617

Presented with support from the Political Theory Workshop and the Department of Political Science.

This event is free and open to the public. We regret that lunch will not be served at this event due to the 1-3 pm timing.

This event is part of the Friday Series of the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 30 Oct 2017 13:22:20 -0400 2017-11-03T13:00:00-04:00 2017-11-03T15:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Conference / Symposium Panopticon
Legacy: Art across Generations (November 6, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697086@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 6, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-11-06T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-06T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Veterans Week - Korean War Veteran/Prisoner of War discussion and questions (November 6, 2017 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45815 45815-10307569@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 6, 2017 1:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Veteran and Military Services

Called the “Forgotten War” the Korean War was in between WWII and Vietnam. The Korean War lasted from 1950 to 1954. It claimed over 1.2 million civilian and military casualties.
Come here Robert Fletcher talk about his experiences as an African-American before, during and after the Korean war. He will also talk about his 3 years as a prisoner of war in a Chinese prison camp.
Come here "Fletch" talk about his experiences and how the Korean War has shaped his life.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 16 Oct 2017 11:39:27 -0400 2017-11-06T13:00:00-05:00 2017-11-06T14:00:00-05:00 Michigan Union Veteran and Military Services Lecture / Discussion Korean War Memorial at Night
Roundtable: "The Ignorant Schoolroom: Teaching and Crisis" (November 6, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46116 46116-10392853@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 6, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

A roundtable featuring presentations by Lloyd Pratt (Oxford) and UM faculty will launch conversation about the 19th century origins of a long history of radical pedagogy in the United States.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 02 Nov 2017 08:06:03 -0400 2017-11-06T16:00:00-05:00 2017-11-06T18:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion
Legacy: Art across Generations (November 7, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697087@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-11-07T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-07T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Detroiters Speak: Reclaiming the Commons (November 7, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45610 45610-10234579@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Detroit Center
Organized By: Semester in Detroit

Co-curated this semester by Diana Copeland, Will Copeland and Craig Regester, this interactive public course will focus in the first three sessions on the interconnected crises facing everyday Detroiters around water shutoffs, home foreclosures, public schooling, labor and gentrification.

In the last five sessions, however, we'll turn to an exploration and further creative development of the many grassroots community responses happening in Detroit that are pushing back against efforts to privatize practically everything in the City.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 09 Oct 2017 21:08:09 -0400 2017-11-07T19:00:00-05:00 2017-11-07T21:00:00-05:00 Detroit Center Semester in Detroit Lecture / Discussion Reclaiming the Commons Flyer
Value the Voice: Mistakes that Made Me Better (November 7, 2017 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46037 46037-10356041@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 7:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Storytelling is one of the oldest forms of educational entertainment known to mankind. From the West African tradition of the Griot to modern day Moth events, storytelling environments have served as a means to pass along history, shape culture, share helpful lessons, and establish a sense of belonging and community.

The U-M Comprehensive Studies Program and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies invite you to explore themes related to campus life, coming of age, and learning and growing, at this series of Moth Style Storyteller Lounge events. The theme for November's event will be Mistakes that Made Me Better, stories of lessons learned the hard way. Storytellers include students, faculty and staff, and Voices of Wisdom (alums or community members).​

Future Value the Voice programs:
Tuesday, January 30 - Nobody Told Me, stories of things people wish they would have known before the started a new semester;
Tuesday, March 27 - Triumph, stories of overcoming challenges in the college environment.

Light food and refreshments will be served beginning at 7 p.m. in the UMMA Commons. The Storytelling begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Helmut Stern Auditorium on the Lower Level.

For more information, please contact Keith Jason at mrjason@umich.edu or 734-764-9128

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Presentation Fri, 20 Oct 2017 15:34:37 -0400 2017-11-07T19:30:00-05:00 2017-11-07T21:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation umma
Legacy: Art across Generations (November 8, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697088@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-11-08T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-08T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Interrogating and Applying Critical Intersectionality: Cross-Disciplinary Conversations on History, Epistemology, Methodology, and Application (November 8, 2017 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46382 46382-10475464@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 1:00pm
Location: School of Social Work Building
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Please register: https://goo.gl/SLbbk2

PANELISTS:
- Beth Glover Reed, Associate Professor of Social Work & Women's Studies
- Charlotte Karem Abrecht, Assistant Professor in American Culture
- Elizabeth Armstrong, Professor of Sociology & Organizational Studies
- Elizabeth Cole, Associate Dean for Social Sciences and Professor of Women's
Studies, Psychology, & Afroamerican and African Studies
- Larry Gant, Professor of Social Work & Art and Design
- Margo M. Mahan, Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology
- Maria Cotera, Associate Professor of American Culture & Director of Latina/o
Studies
- Nesha Haniff, Lecturer in Women's Studies & Afroamerican and African Studies
- Patricia Garcia, Assistant Professor of Information
- Petra Kuppers, Professor of English

SCHEDULE:
1:00-2:15pm: Faculty panel on the history and epistemology of intersectionality theories
2:30-3:30pm: Faculty-led lightning talks and discussion on questions and tensions on methodology and conducting research within a critical intersectional framework
3:45-5:00pm: Brief lightning talks with faculty and graduate students on research and practice application of intersectionality theories

Organized by the Critical Intersectionality Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop
Sponsored by the School of Social Work Critical Intersectionality Learning Community (CILC), Rackham Graduate School, and Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG).

For any questions please contact Marisol Fila: mafila@umich.edu

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 31 Oct 2017 10:35:44 -0400 2017-11-08T13:00:00-05:00 2017-11-08T17:00:00-05:00 School of Social Work Building Institute for Research on Women and Gender Conference / Symposium poster image with event title
Impact on Inequality (November 9, 2017 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/35924 35924-5374860@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 9, 2017 10:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: UMich200

The University of Michigan has long been a leader in social science research on the many dimensions of social inequality. This bicentennial symposium will highlight these contributions by focusing on the work of distinguished social scientists who were trained at the University of Michigan. An illustrious group of Michigan graduates from fields such as economics, education, political science, psychology, public policy, social work, sociology, and women’s studies will discuss past, present, and future research on issues related to gender, race, poverty, inequality, and economic mobility.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 23 Oct 2017 08:52:56 -0400 2017-11-09T10:00:00-05:00 2017-11-09T18:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) UMich200 Conference / Symposium ISR Bicentennial Image
Legacy: Art across Generations (November 9, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697089@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 9, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-11-09T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-09T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Impact on Inequality (November 10, 2017 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/35924 35924-5374861@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 10, 2017 9:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: UMich200

The University of Michigan has long been a leader in social science research on the many dimensions of social inequality. This bicentennial symposium will highlight these contributions by focusing on the work of distinguished social scientists who were trained at the University of Michigan. An illustrious group of Michigan graduates from fields such as economics, education, political science, psychology, public policy, social work, sociology, and women’s studies will discuss past, present, and future research on issues related to gender, race, poverty, inequality, and economic mobility.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 23 Oct 2017 08:52:56 -0400 2017-11-10T09:00:00-05:00 2017-11-10T16:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) UMich200 Conference / Symposium ISR Bicentennial Image
Legacy: Art across Generations (November 10, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697090@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 10, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-11-10T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-10T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Legacy: Art across Generations (November 13, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697093@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 13, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-11-13T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-13T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Legacy: Art across Generations (November 14, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697094@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-11-14T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-14T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Legacy: Art across Generations (November 15, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697095@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-11-15T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-15T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Global Course Connections (GCCs) Open Advising! (November 15, 2017 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46521 46521-10524135@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 1:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Join CGIS for an open advising event where students can come speak to Intercultural Program Advisors about all of our 2018 GCC offerings in Brazil, China, Italy, India, Israel/Palestine, Peru, Tanzania, and Thailand!

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Social / Informal Gathering Sat, 04 Nov 2017 12:51:37 -0400 2017-11-15T13:00:00-05:00 2017-11-15T16:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Global and Intercultural Study Social / Informal Gathering GCC
Legacy: Art across Generations (November 16, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697096@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 16, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-11-16T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-16T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Legacy: Art across Generations (November 17, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697097@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 17, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-11-17T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-17T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Legacy: Art across Generations (November 20, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697100@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 20, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-11-20T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-20T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Legacy: Art across Generations (November 21, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697101@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 21, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-11-21T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-21T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Detroiters Speak: Reclaiming the Commons (November 21, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45611 45611-10234580@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 21, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Semester in Detroit

Co-curated this semester by Diana Copeland, Will Copeland and Craig Regester, this interactive public course will focus in the first three sessions on the interconnected crises facing everyday Detroiters around water shutoffs, home foreclosures, public schooling, labor and gentrification.

In the last five sessions, however, we'll turn to an exploration and further creative development of the many grassroots community responses happening in Detroit that are pushing back against efforts to privatize practically everything in the City.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 09 Oct 2017 21:10:42 -0400 2017-11-21T19:00:00-05:00 2017-11-21T23:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Semester in Detroit Lecture / Discussion Reclaiming the Commons Flyer
Legacy: Art across Generations (November 22, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43036 43036-9697102@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 22, 2017 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Legacy: Art across Generations presents selected paintings by Chrislan Fuller Manuel who experiments with vivid colors resulting in vibrant, multifaceted creations that move the spirit. The exhibit also includes a selection of sculptures by Manuel's inspiration, her great-grandmother, the renowned artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. The exhibit united the two in a powerful dialogue between women who share familiar ties and a passion for creating their vision through artistic expression.

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Exhibition Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:54:22 -0400 2017-11-22T11:00:00-05:00 2017-11-22T16:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Exhibition Haven Hall
Live Streaming-- "March" Keynote Address (November 27, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46444 46444-10489761@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 27, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

The Department of Political Science will live stream the event featuring Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell.

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Other Fri, 03 Nov 2017 09:15:52 -0400 2017-11-27T19:00:00-05:00 2017-11-27T21:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Other Haven Hall
Detroiters Speak: Reclaiming the Commons (November 28, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45612 45612-10234581@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Semester in Detroit

Co-curated this semester by Diana Copeland, Will Copeland and Craig Regester, this interactive public course will focus in the first three sessions on the interconnected crises facing everyday Detroiters around water shutoffs, home foreclosures, public schooling, labor and gentrification.

In the last five sessions, however, we'll turn to an exploration and further creative development of the many grassroots community responses happening in Detroit that are pushing back against efforts to privatize practically everything in the City.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 09 Oct 2017 21:13:20 -0400 2017-11-28T19:00:00-05:00 2017-11-28T21:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Semester in Detroit Lecture / Discussion Reclaiming the Commons Flyer
Fine Arts Info Session (November 29, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47023 47023-10746902@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Join Intercultural Program Advisor, Nyanatee Bailey and Senior Intercultural Program Advisor, Sarah Pauling for an info session on Arts in Paris, France; Art & Music in Vienna, Austria; Cuba: Roots, Culture, and Rhythm; and GCC China—Musical Arts and Instruments in China.

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Meeting Fri, 24 Nov 2017 12:14:32 -0500 2017-11-29T19:00:00-05:00 2017-11-29T20:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Center for Global and Intercultural Study Meeting CUBA
World AIDS Day: Alternate Endings, Radical Beginnings (December 1, 2017 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46540 46540-10546809@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 1, 2017 6:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Join us for a screening of Visual AIDS’ "Alternate Endings, Radical Beginnings," a series of new video works by seven contemporary artists—Mykki Blanco, Cheryl Dunye (with Ellen Spiro), Reina Gossett, Thomas Allen Harris, Kia Labeija, Tiona McClodden and Brontez Purnell— that prioritize Black narratives within the ongoing AIDS epidemic.

In spite of the impact of HIV/AIDS within Black communities, these stories and experiences are often excluded from larger artistic and historical narratives. In 2016, African Americans represented 44% of all new HIV diagnoses in the United States. Given this context, it is increasingly urgent to feature a myriad of stories that consider and represent the lives of those housed within this statistic. "Alternate Endings, Radical Beginnings" seeks to highlight the voices of those that are marginalized within broader Black communities nationwide, including queer and trans folks.

Curated by Erin Christovale and Vivian Crockett for Visual AIDS, "Alternate Endings, Radical Beginnings" is the 28th iteration of Visual AIDS’ longstanding Day With(out) Art project. The commissioned projects include intimate meditations of young HIV positive protagonists; a consideration of community-based HIV/AIDS activism in the South; explorations of the legacies and contemporary resonances within AIDS archives; a poetic journey through New York exploring historical traces of queer and trans life, and more. Together, the videos provide a platform centering voices deeply impacted by the ongoing epidemic.

Discussion to follow with Bré Campbell, Founder of the Trans Sistas of Color Project, Leon Golson, Director of Prevention Programs for Unified HIV Health and Beyond in Ypsilanti, MI; and Demario Longmire, a recent U-M graduate with a degree in Linguistics, LGBTQ Studies and Intergroup Relations who is currently a Health Corps Fellow working with communities affected by HIV/AIDS in Washington, D.C.

Presented by the UMMA Student Engagement Council and co-sponsored by the U-M Spectrum Center. Additional partners include the U-M Center for Sexuality & Health Disparities, Trans Sistas of Color Project, and Unified HIV Health and Beyond.

Student programming at UMMA is generously supported by the University of Michigan Credit Union Arts Adventures Program, UMMA's Lead Sponsor for Student and Family Engagement.

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Film Screening Tue, 14 Nov 2017 14:11:54 -0500 2017-12-01T18:00:00-05:00 2017-12-01T19:45:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Film Screening umma
Dialogues in Contemporary Theory II | On Benjamin (December 2, 2017 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47099 47099-10790921@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 2, 2017 10:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

The Central Concepts in Contemporary Theory (CCCT) workshop warmly welcomes all to its second colloquium and conference (Dialogues in Contemporary Theory II | On Benjamin) held this upcoming Saturday, December 2, 2017. The colloquium and conference will focus on the thought and legacy of Walter Benjamin.

The first event will be a colloquium, from 10am-12pm, in 3222 Angell Hall. In preparation for the talks given at 4pm, we will be discussing Walter Benjamin’s “On Language as Such and on the Language of Man” and “Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction,” as well as Lynne Huffer’s “Foucault’s Fossils: Life Itself and the Return to Nature in Feminist Philosophy.” If you want to request a copy of these essays, please email either Megan Torti (mtorti@umich.edu) or Srdjan Cvjeticanin (srdjan@umich.edu).

The second event will take place from 4-6:30pm in 3222 Angell Hall and will consist of the talks given by Professor Antoine Traisnel (University of Michigan; "The Stock Image: Muybridge, Uexkull, Benjamin"); Professor Ingrid Diran (University of Michigan; "Fossils and Monsters: Reading Benjamin with Foucault"); and Professor Michelle Ty (Clemson University, "When History Merges into Setting").

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 29 Nov 2017 20:20:25 -0500 2017-12-02T10:00:00-05:00 2017-12-02T12:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Conference / Symposium
Dialogues in Contemporary Theory II | On Benjamin (December 2, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47099 47099-10790922@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 2, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

The Central Concepts in Contemporary Theory (CCCT) workshop warmly welcomes all to its second colloquium and conference (Dialogues in Contemporary Theory II | On Benjamin) held this upcoming Saturday, December 2, 2017. The colloquium and conference will focus on the thought and legacy of Walter Benjamin.

The first event will be a colloquium, from 10am-12pm, in 3222 Angell Hall. In preparation for the talks given at 4pm, we will be discussing Walter Benjamin’s “On Language as Such and on the Language of Man” and “Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction,” as well as Lynne Huffer’s “Foucault’s Fossils: Life Itself and the Return to Nature in Feminist Philosophy.” If you want to request a copy of these essays, please email either Megan Torti (mtorti@umich.edu) or Srdjan Cvjeticanin (srdjan@umich.edu).

The second event will take place from 4-6:30pm in 3222 Angell Hall and will consist of the talks given by Professor Antoine Traisnel (University of Michigan; "The Stock Image: Muybridge, Uexkull, Benjamin"); Professor Ingrid Diran (University of Michigan; "Fossils and Monsters: Reading Benjamin with Foucault"); and Professor Michelle Ty (Clemson University, "When History Merges into Setting").

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 29 Nov 2017 20:20:25 -0500 2017-12-02T16:00:00-05:00 2017-12-02T18:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Conference / Symposium
Christmas Soul Food Dinner (December 6, 2017 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47342 47342-10869007@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 7:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Black Student Movement InterVarsity

Join Black Student Movement for a Christmas feast featuring Christmas soul food classics from Black and Latinx traditions, games, gifts, and community.

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Meeting Tue, 05 Dec 2017 17:21:26 -0500 2017-12-06T19:30:00-05:00 2017-12-06T21:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Black Student Movement InterVarsity Meeting Christmas Soul Food Dinner
Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Lecture: Fugitive Democracy Revisited (December 7, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42643 42643-9619870@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 7, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: LSA Bicentennial Theme Semester

Crisis Democracy: Conversations on Politics in America will encourage the university community to reflect on, interpret, and imagine the future of political participation, inclusion and expression. Conversations between academics and local organizers will explore topics including: legal developments that affect citizen democratic participation, debates over free speech and safe spaces, and the shifting configurations of social movements.

Eddie S. Glaude Jr. will deliver the keynote lecture of the Crisis Democracy symposium. His most well-known books, Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul, and In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America, take a wide look at black communities and reveal complexities, vulnerabilities, and opportunities for hope. In addition to his readings of early American philosophers and contemporary political scientists, Glaude turns to African American literature in his writing and teaching for insight into African American political life, religious thought, gender and class.

Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. is currently the chair of the Department of African American Studies and the William S. Tod Professor of Religion and African American Studies at Princeton University. Widely regarded as one of the most important black intellectuals in the United States today, Glaude offers a critical and insightful view on the problems currently facing black America as well as the nation at large. He is the author of Exodus: Religion, Race, and Nation in Early 19th Century Black America (Chicago, 2000), winner of the William Sanders Scarborough Book Prize, In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America (Chicago, 2007), and African American Religion: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, 2014). He is the editor of Is it Nation Time? Contemporary Essays on Black Power and Black Nationalism (Chicago, 2002) and co-editor with Cornel West of African American Religious Thought: An Anthology (Westminster John Knox, 2003). His award-winning book, In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America, has been characterized as a tour de force. Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul (Crown Publishing, 2016) is his latest book, a provocative account of the current state of race in the United States.

This LSA Bicentennial Theme Semester event is presented with support from the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office. Additional support provided by Afroamerican and African Studies; American Culture; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Graduate Student Events and Conferences Fund; History; Institute for the Humanities; Joseph A. Labadie Collection; Rackham Graduate School Dean's Initiative; Philosophy; and Sociology.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 05 Dec 2017 06:27:40 -0500 2017-12-07T16:00:00-05:00 2017-12-07T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library LSA Bicentennial Theme Semester Lecture / Discussion Eddie S Glaude Jr
Fall 2017 Student Showcase (December 13, 2017 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47353 47353-10880003@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Semester in Detroit

Join us on December 13th from 3pm-5pm at the Cass Corridor Commons (4605 Cass Ave.) to hear our students share what they've learned and how they've changed through living, learning, working, and engaging with Detroit throughout this semester. Light refreshments will be served.

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Reception / Open House Wed, 06 Dec 2017 13:56:31 -0500 2017-12-13T15:00:00-05:00 2017-12-13T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Semester in Detroit Reception / Open House
First Step Sessions (December 14, 2017 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47537 47537-10942726@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 14, 2017 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

In order to participate in a CGIS program, you must attend a session where you will learn about programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, courses in your major, and credit transfer. Additional sessions will be held the first two weeks of school from 12-12:30pm in Suite 255, Weiser Hall.

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Meeting Tue, 12 Dec 2017 15:49:11 -0500 2017-12-14T12:00:00-05:00 2017-12-14T12:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Global and Intercultural Study Meeting FirstStep
Finish Your Application with Bagels & Coffee! (December 15, 2017 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47354 47354-10880004@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 15, 2017 12:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Semester in Detroit

Come by the SID office in 1615 East Quad on Friday, December 15 anytime between 12pm-3pm to finish your application & snack on some bagels and coffee! SID staff will be there to answer any questions you have.

Applications for our Sp/Su 2018 program are due December 31, 2017.
Applications for our Fall 2018 program are due March 5, 2018.

Please email semesterindetroit@umich.edu if you have any questions!

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Other Wed, 06 Dec 2017 13:59:26 -0500 2017-12-15T12:00:00-05:00 2017-12-15T15:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Semester in Detroit Other East Quadrangle
Global Course Connections (GCCs) Deadline (December 15, 2017 11:59pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46522 46522-10524136@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 15, 2017 11:59pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

All applications and necessary documents must be submitted by 11:59pm on December 15th for all Global Course Connections programs! Call to schedule an appointment now with your advisor! (734) 764-4311

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Other Sat, 04 Nov 2017 12:56:34 -0400 2017-12-15T23:59:00-05:00 2017-12-15T23:59:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Global and Intercultural Study Other GCC
Public Health in Cape Town, South Africa Info Session (January 10, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47711 47711-11002085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Mason Hall
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Join Intercultural Program Advisor, Melinda Fenn, IES Midwest College Relations Manager, Erin McIntee, for an info session on our Public Health program in Cape Town, South Africa! There will be opportunities to ask questions, meet with returning students, and PIZZA!

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Meeting Mon, 18 Dec 2017 09:02:30 -0500 2018-01-10T17:00:00-05:00 2018-01-10T18:00:00-05:00 Mason Hall Center for Global and Intercultural Study Meeting Cape Town
MLK: Hill Harper Watch Party & Dialogue: Identity in Social Movements (January 15, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48434 48434-11233272@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 15, 2018 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: The Program on Intergroup Relations (IGR)

Join us at IGR to watch the MLK Keynote Lecture by Hill Harper and performance by Aisha Fukushima on the large screen on Monday, January 15, 2018 from 10am - 12:30pm. After the lecture, we will have an open dialogue around identity in social movements. Light refreshments provided.

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Ceremony / Service Tue, 09 Jan 2018 17:36:32 -0500 2018-01-15T10:00:00-05:00 2018-01-15T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location The Program on Intergroup Relations (IGR) Ceremony / Service Identity in Social Movements
UMDC MLK Day Eye on Detroit: Is There Such Thing as a Proper Protest? (January 15, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48003 48003-11233233@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 15, 2018 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Detroit Center

In collaboration with the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives, The Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies, and Michigan Medicine, the University of Michigan Detroit Center invites you to spend MLK Day with us.

We will be streaming the U-M Keynote Lecture with guest speaker Hill Harper, then hosting our Eye on Detroit Panel Discussion, "Is There Such Thing as a Proper Protest?" which will feature political consultant Sam Riddle, Michigan State Representative Jewell Jones, We the People of Detroit's Cecily McClellan, New Era Detroit's James "Screal" Eberheart Jr, and scholar and political writer Steven Salaita.

To RSVP for this event, please click the link below.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 09 Jan 2018 14:54:26 -0500 2018-01-15T10:00:00-05:00 2018-01-15T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Detroit Center Conference / Symposium UMDC MLK
1968 + 50: Unfinished Legacies of Dr. King’s Last Year (January 15, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47471 47471-10929750@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 15, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Department of History

On April 4, 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech “Beyond Vietnam—A Time to Break Silence.” Exactly one year later, he was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, where he had been supporting striking sanitation workers. The last year of King's life marked a distinctive period in his career as he allied himself with a broad array of initiatives linking civil rights with antiwar, labor, and antipoverty campaigns. This panel will consider the legacy of that year, stretching from the social justice movements of the late 1960s to causes today such as Black Lives Matter, immigrant rights, and attempts to reverse the growing gap of socioeconomic inequality.

Featuring:
Ruth Feldstein, Rutgers University-Newark
Monica Muñoz Martinez, Brown University
Brenda Tindal, Detroit Historical Society

Ruth Feldstein is professor of history and American studies at Rutgers University-Newark. She is the author of several books and articles, most recently the award-winning book, How It Feels To Be Free: Black Women Entertainers and the Civil Rights Movement; she is also associate producer of How It Feels to Be Free, a forthcoming documentary based on this book. Feldstein's scholarship explores relationships between race and gender relations, and between performance and politics; she works to tell the stories of women whose voices have not been heard, and who are seldom taken seriously as thinkers and activists.

Monica Muñoz Martinez, Carnegie Fellow 2017-2019, received her PhD in American studies from Yale University. At Brown University she offers courses in Latinx studies, immigration, histories of violence, histories of policing, and public memory in US History. Her research has been funded by the Mellon Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, the Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Project, the Brown University Office of Vice President of Research, and the Texas State Historical Association. Her first manuscript, The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in the Texas Borderlands, is under contract with Harvard University Press. She is a faculty fellow at the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America. Martinez is the primary investigator for Mapping Violence, a digital project that documents histories of racial violence in Texas.

Public historian, archivist, curator, and educator Brenda Tindal joined the Detroit Historical Society as director of education in December 2017. She is the former staff historian and senior vice president of research and collections at Levine Museum of the New South in Charlotte, NC. In 2005, she was part of the curatorial team that developed Courage: The Carolina Story that Changed America, an exhibit on the region’s role in the landmark school desegregation case, Brown v. Board of Education (1954), which won the National Award for Museum Service—the nation’s highest honor awarded to museums and libraries. Tindal recently co-curated the museum’s K(NO)W Justice K(NO)W Peace—a rapid-response exhibit that explores the historical roots of the distrust between police and community, tells the human stories beyond the headlines, and engages viewers in creating constructive solutions. Before joining the Levine Museum of the New South in 2015 as staff historian, Tindal was a visiting lecturer in the Department of History and Honors College at the University of North Carolina Charlotte, where she taught a broad range of courses in comparative U.S. and South African history, southern history, African American history, and visual and material culture. A sought after social commentator, convener, and speaker, Tindal has been featured on C-SPAN, the Knight Foundation’s Media Learning Seminar, Happenings Magazine, NPR, Pride Magazine, NBC-Today, The Charlotte Observer, and many other local and national news and media outlets.


Free and open to the public.

This event made possible by the Kalt Fund for African American and African History, along with the Department of History and the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 08 Jan 2018 11:25:11 -0500 2018-01-15T13:00:00-05:00 2018-01-15T15:00:00-05:00 Tisch Hall Department of History Conference / Symposium Composite Image
Marjorie Lee Browne Colloquium: Hidden Figures: Bringing Math, Physics, History, and Race to Hollywood (January 15, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47715 47715-11002093@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 15, 2018 4:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Department of Mathematics

Abstract:
In January 2017, the movie Hidden Figures was released by 20th Century Fox studios. This movie tells the story of three African-American women mathematicians and engineers (Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan) who would play a pivotal role towards the successful mission of John Glenn’s spacecraft orbit around the Earth and the NASA missions to the moon.

For this talk, we give a brief review of the space race going on at the time between the United States of America and the former Soviet Union. We will discuss the lives and contributions that NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson and the NASA engineers Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan made to the space race. In particular, their work as concerns John Glenn’s orbit around the Earth in 1962 and to the moon missions. Also, we will talk about the experiences of being a mathematical consultant for this film. (This talk was designed and originally to be presented by Professor Rudy Horne, who passed away in December 2017. Professor Washington kindly agreed to present in his stead.)

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Dec 2017 14:08:05 -0500 2018-01-15T16:00:00-05:00 2018-01-15T17:00:00-05:00 East Hall Department of Mathematics Lecture / Discussion Taraji P. Henson & Rudy Horne
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Lecture- Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America (January 15, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47119 47119-10799202@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 15, 2018 4:00pm
Location: South Hall
Organized By: University of Michigan Law School

Please join Michigan Law as we commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a lecture by Professor James Forman of Yale Law School. Professor Forman will discuss his new book, Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America, which explores how decisions made by black leaders, often with the best of intentions, contributed to disproportionately incarcerating black and brown people.

This lecture is free and open to the public.

James Forman Jr. is one of the nation’s leading authorities on race, education, and the criminal justice system, and a tireless advocate for young people who others have written off. Professor Forman attended Yale Law School, and after he graduated, worked as a law clerk for Judge William Norris of the 9 th Circuit Court of Appeals and Justice Sandra Day O’Connor of the U.S. Supreme Court. After clerking, he took a job at the Public Defender Service in Washington, D.C., where for six years he represented juveniles and adults in felony and misdemeanor cases.

Professor Forman loved being a public defender, but he quickly became frustrated with the lack of education and job training opportunities for his clients. So in 1997, along with David Domenici, he started the Maya Angelou Public Charter School, an alternative school for dropouts and youth who had previously been arrested. The Maya Angelou school has been open for almost twenty years, and in that time has helped hundreds of vulnerable young people find a second chance, begin to believe in themselves, graduate, get jobs, and attend college.

At Yale Law School, where has taught since 2011, Professor Forman teaches Constitutional Law and a course called Race, Class, and Punishment. Last year he took his teaching behind prison walls, offering a seminar called Inside-Out Prison Exchange: Issues in Criminal Justice, which brought together, in the same classroom, 10 Yale Law students and 10 men incarcerated in a CT prison.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 29 Nov 2017 09:10:54 -0500 2018-01-15T16:00:00-05:00 2018-01-15T17:30:00-05:00 South Hall University of Michigan Law School Lecture / Discussion South Hall
Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years 1984-1992 (January 15, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48617 48617-11262218@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 15, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

As part of the university's honoring of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Audre Lorde - The Berlin Years 1984 - 1992
MONDAY JANUARY 15, 2018
6:00 pm Hatcher Library Gallery

Audre Lorde’s incisive, often-angry, always brilliant writings and speeches defined and inspired the US-American feminist, lesbian, African-American, and Women-of-Color movements of the 1970s and 1980s. Audre Lorde - the Berlin Years 1984 to 1992 documents an untold chapter of Lorde’s life: her influence on the German political and cultural scene during a decade of profound social change. The film explores the importance of Lorde’s legacy, as she encouraged Afro-Germans—who, at that time, had no name or space for themselves—to make themselves visible within a culture that until then had kept them isolated and silent.

The film chronicles Lorde’s empowerment of Afro-German women to write and to publish, as she challenged white women to acknowledge the significance of their white privilege and to deal with difference in constructive ways. Previously unreleased archive material as well as present-day interviews explore the lasting influence of Lorde’s ideas on Germany and the impact of her work and personality. For the first time, Dagmar Schultz’s personal archival video- and audio-recordings reveal a significant part of the private Audre Lorde as well as her agenda—to rouse Afro-Germans to recognize each other.


If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event,
please contact Germanic Languages & Literatures at 734-764-8018 or germandept@umich.edu.

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Film Screening Fri, 12 Jan 2018 09:26:59 -0500 2018-01-15T18:00:00-05:00 2018-01-15T20:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Germanic Languages & Literatures Film Screening Audre Lorde
Who Gets to Define American Values? (January 16, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47110 47110-10790934@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 16, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Wallace House Center for Journalists

Is kneeling during the national anthem a show of disrespect or a display of patriotism? Is extending a welcome to immigrants and refugees central to American ideals or a threat to them? Is the Confederate flag a symbol of heritage or racism? Lydia Polgreen, editor-in-chief of HuffPost and 2009 Livingston Award winner, will discuss the vital role of a free press in a thriving democracy and its responsibility in the current populist moment.
Fresh off the Listen to America road trip, a 25-city bus tour to engage with people and communities that feel left out of dominant national narratives, Polgreen will address the legacy and current relevance of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and engage the audience in a conversation about voice, power and participation in civil society.
Event will be live-streamed.
Co-sponsored by Wallace House, the Department of History, Department of American Culture and the Department of English Language.
A 2018 Annual U-M Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium Event

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 16 Jan 2018 09:12:33 -0500 2018-01-16T14:00:00-05:00 2018-01-16T15:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Wallace House Center for Journalists Lecture / Discussion Lydia Polgreen, editor-in-chief of HuffPost
'Class Divide' Movie Screening, a U-M MLK Symposium Event (January 17, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47390 47390-10888275@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 17, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

The Institute for Social Research and U-M LSA Screen Arts & Cultures invites the community for a viewing and discussion of Class Divide and a conversation with Hyisheem Calier and Yasmine Smallens, who play central roles in the film. The discussion will be facilitated by author and journalist Peter Moskowitz, who wrote How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood. Class Divide chronicles Hyisheem and and Yasmine’s experiences with gentrification in the West Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan.

The documentary will be screened from 12-1:15 p.m. Moskowitz will sign books at 2 p.m.

Event Contact Info:
Johanna Bleckman
(734) 615-9517
bleckman@umich.edu

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Film Screening Mon, 11 Dec 2017 15:43:15 -0500 2018-01-17T12:00:00-05:00 2018-01-17T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Film Screening
Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color (January 18, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46997 46997-10722270@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 18, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Drawing from her recent book, Andrea Ritchie examines how Black women, Indigenous women, and women of color experience racial profiling, police brutality, and immigration enforcement. Placing stories of individual women—such as Sandra Bland, Rekia Boyd, Dajerria Becton, Monica Jones, and Mya Hall—in the broader context of the twin epidemics of police violence and mass incarceration, Ritchie documents the evolution of movements centering women’s experiences of policing and demands a radical rethinking of our visions of safety—and the means we devote to achieving it.

Andrea Ritchie, J.D., is a Black lesbian immigrant whose writing, litigation, and advocacy has focused on policing of women and LGBT people of color for the past two decades. She is currently Researcher in Residence on Race, Gender Sexuality and Criminal Justice at the Barnard Center for Research on Women’s Social Justice Institute, and was a 2014 Senior Soros Justice Fellow. She is the author of Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color (Beacon Press, 2017), co-author of Say Her Name: Resisting Police Brutality Against Black Women (African American Policy Forum, July 2015), and Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States (Beacon Press, 2011). Andrea is also an experienced litigator, policy analyst and advocate. Follow her on Twitter: @dreanyc12

Presented with the Departments of Political Science and Women's Studies.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Dec 2017 13:38:32 -0500 2018-01-18T18:00:00-05:00 2018-01-18T19:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Institute for Research on Women and Gender Lecture / Discussion Andrea Ritchie
The Other America: Still Separate. Still Unequal. (January 19, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/43116 43116-9726235@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 19, 2018 8:00am
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Political Scientists of Color (PSOC)

This interdisciplinary, day-long event will focus on racial inequality as it manifests in relation to the lived experiences of Black Americans. Throughout the day, panelists will discuss the criminal justice system and state violence against Black people, economic inequality and immobility, inequities in healthcare and education, and issues pertaining to race and the environment. The event is co-sponsored by the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan, the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, the Center for Political Studies, the Institute for Social Research, Political Scientists of Color, Rackham Graduate School, the School of Public Health and the Departments of Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and History.

Thanks to the generous support of our sponsors, we have invited the following distinguished panelists to take part in the day’s events:

9am Opening Remarks and Welcome
Hakeem J. Jefferson and Steven Moore, Event Organizers, PhD Candidates in Political Science

915am-10:40am Panel 1: Criminal Justice and State Violence against Blacks in the United States
Moderator: Christian Davenport, Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan

Megan Ming Francis, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Washington
The Strange Fruit of American Politics

Frank Baumgartner, Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Criminal Justice Outcomes and Race: From the Routine Traffic Stop to the Ultimate Penalty

Andrea Ritchie, Attorney and Activist, Barnard Center for Research on Women
Invisible No More: Police Violence and Criminalization of Black Women—Remedies and Resistance

Audience Q&A

10:40am-10:50am Break

10:50am-12:15pm Panel 2: Economic Inequality and Immobility
Moderator: Luke Shaefer, Associate Professor of Social Work, Dir. of Poverty Solutions at UofM

Darrick Hamilton, Associate Professor of Economics and Urban Policy, The New School
The (Economist’s) Burden: Why Studying Hard and Working Hard ain’t Enough for Black Americans

Becky Pettit, Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin
Racial Inequality in an Era of Mass Incarceration

William Elliott III, Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan
From Crisis to Revolution: Making Education the True Equalizer it was Meant to Be

Audience Q&A

12:15-1:45pm Lunch Break and Graduate Student Poster Session

1:45pm-3:10pm Panel 3: Inequality in Urban Spaces
Moderator: Maggie Hicken, Research Assistant Professor, Survey Research Center, University of Michigan

Mark Rosenbaum, Public Counsel Opportunity Under Law Dir. and Adjunct Prof. of Law at UC Irvine
The Miseducation of America

Paul Mohai, Professor, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Michigan
Race, the Environment, and Environmental Justice

Abigail Sewell, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Emory University
From Collateral Damage to Carceral Grief: Race, Illness, and Policing in the 21st Century

Audience Q&A

3:30pm-4:45pm Roundtable discussion including all panelists
Moderated by Bankole Thompson, Op-ed columnist at The Detroit News

Concluding Remarks Vincent L. Hutchings, Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan

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Frank Baumgartner, Richard J. Richardson Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Author of The Decline of the Death Penalty and the Discovery of Innocence (2008), Deadly Justice: A Statistical Portrait of the Death Penalty (2017), and Suspect Citizens: What 20 Million Traffic Stops Tells Us About Policing and Race (Forthcoming).
Website: http://www.unc.edu/~fbaum/

William Elliot III, professor of social work at the University of Michigan and the founding director of the Center on Assets, Education, and Inclusion. Leading research in the fields of children’s savings and college debt. Research interests broadly focused on public policies related to issues of economic inequality and social development. His research has served as the impetus for Children’s Savings Account (CSA) programs and policies across the U.S.
Website: https://ssw.umich.edu/faculty/profiles/tenure-track/willelli

Megan Ming Francis, associate professor of political science at the University of Washington. Author of Civil Rights and the Making of the Modern American State (2014), which won the 2015 American Political Science Association’s Ralph Bunche in Award for best scholarly work in political science that explores the phenomenon of ethnic and cultural pluralism. Currently working on second book project that examines the role of the criminal justice system in the rebuilding of southern political and economic power after the Civil War.
Website: https://www.polisci.washington.edu/people/megan-ming-francis

Darrick Hamilton, associate professor of economics and urban policy at The New School for Social Research at The New School. Has written widely on the causes, consequences and remedies of racial and ethnic inequality in economic and health outcomes, which includes an examination of the intersection of identity, racism, colorism, and socioeconomic outcomes.
Website: https://www.newschool.edu/public-engagement/faculty-list/?id=4d6a-4579-4e44-6b32

Paul Mohai, professor at UM's School for Environment and Sustainability. Teaching and research interests are focused on environmental justice, public opinion and the environment, and influences on environmental policy making. He is a founder of the Environmental Justice Program at the University of Michigan and a major contributor to the growing body of quantitative research examining disproportionate environmental burdens and their impacts on low income and people of color communities.
Website: http://seas.umich.edu/research/faculty/paul_mohai

Becky Pettit, professor of sociology at UT Austin. Author of numerous articles focused on social inequality, she is also the author of two books, Invisible Men: Mass Incarceration and the Myth of Black Progress (2012) and Gendered Tradeoffs: Family, Social Policy, and Economic Inequality in Twenty-One Countries (2009).
Website: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/sociology/faculty/emp2344

Andrea Ritchie is a Black lesbian immigrant and police misconduct attorney and organizer who has engaged in extensive research, writing, and advocacy around criminalization of women and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people of color over the past two decades. She is the author of Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color (2017).
Website: http://andreajritchie.com/

Mark Rosenbaum, civil rights attorney and adjunct law professor at UC Irvine, former professor of the practice at UM law. Rosenbaum has been principal counsel in landmark cases in the areas of K-12 public and higher education, voting rights, poverty law and homelessness, racial, gender, class and sexual orientation discrimination, health care, immigrants’ rights, foster care and criminal defendants’ rights. He most recently argued before the Supreme Court in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action and is currently lead counsel in a suit against the state of Michigan alleging it has denied Detroit students equal access to literacy.
Website: http://www.publiccounsel.org/pages/?id=0080

Abigail Sewell, assistant professor of sociology at Emory University. Scholarship focuses on the political economy of racial health disparities, the social construction of racial health disparities, and quantitative approaches for studying racial inequality and structural racism.
Website: http://sociology.emory.edu/home/people/faculty/Abigail%20A.%20Sewell.html

Event Moderator--
Bankole Thompson is an Op-Ed columnist at The Detroit News, where he writes twice-a-week on Monday and Thursday. His column encompass politics, culture and economic issues, and his work also appears in the international media such as The Guardian. A leading voice on race and free speech issues, Thompson, has written extensively about how race and the cultural divides shaped the 2016 presidential campaign and election. His groundbreaking coverage of the 2008 historic presidential campaign led to a series of exclusive sit-down interviews with Barack Obama, as well as authoring two books on the former president. A polemic writer and culture critic, Thompson's work has drawn the ire of leading ideological opponents, culminating in an important first amendment victory in a lawsuit against him and The Detroit News by prominent white supremacist James Edwards, whose lawyer also represents Richard Spencer, founder of the Alt-Right Movement. In recognition of his journalistic contributions, the University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library, in 2015 established the "Bankole Thompson Papers, a collection preserving his work for perpetual use by students and scholars.

The event is free, open to the public, and will be held in the Rogel Ballroom on the second floor of the Michigan Union. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

For more information, contact the event’s organizers, Hakeem Jefferson (hakeemjj@umich.edu) and Steven Moore (stvmoore@umich.edu).

Register for the event in the below section by clicking "REGISTER HERE" or by visiting: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-other-america-still-separate-still-unequal-tickets-38081456662

Submit a poster here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7tV5cndTUSpaHPCRvgYl-iGuUk-KSBFJjL8j9obh9mOpE8w/viewform

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 18 Jan 2018 13:55:12 -0500 2018-01-19T08:00:00-05:00 2018-01-19T17:00:00-05:00 Michigan Union Political Scientists of Color (PSOC) Conference / Symposium TOA flyer
High Stakes Culture: What Does It Mean to Take a Knee? (January 23, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47604 47604-10963376@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 5:30pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

In the last few months a series of “culture wars” have been ignited across the country. Activists from all points of the political spectrum, even the President of the United States himself, are turning to beloved cultural objects to stake a claim for their differing beliefs in a politically fraught moment. Black athletes are taking a knee. Anti-immigration voters are rallying for a wall. Long-standing Confederate monuments are coming down.

What is at stake in the ways we understand culture and cultural conflict? High Stakes Culture is a new series, presented by the Institute for the Humanities and the Humanities Collaboratory, that brings humanities perspectives to bear on current debates. Join us as we ask: How and why does culture matter so much now?

Join the conversation as humanities scholars Angela Dillard (Afroamerican and African studies and Residential College), Matthew Countryman (history and American culture), Mark Clague (music), and Kristin Hass (American culture) tackle these questions and others you might have about high stakesculture now.

When did sports and patriotism become so deeply linked?
Has the flag always been viewed as sacred and purely a symbol of the armed forces?
Where did the national anthem come from, and have people always stood when it is played?
Who gets to decide what symbols deserve respect and what counts as a gesture of respect?

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 14 Dec 2017 13:06:40 -0500 2018-01-23T17:30:00-05:00 2018-01-23T19:00:00-05:00 North Quad Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion High Stakes
Author’s Forum Presents: How to Read African-American Literature (January 24, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47321 47321-10866160@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 24, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

U-M Professors Aida Levy-Hussen (English) and Victor Mendoza (English, women’s studies) discuss Levy-Hussen’s new book How to Read African-American Literature. The book offers a series of provocations to unsettle the predominant assumptions readers make when encountering post-Civil Rights black fiction. Foregrounding the large body of literature and criticism that grapples with legacies of the slave past, Levy-Hussen’s argument develops on two levels: as a textual analysis of black historical fiction, and as a critical examination of the reading practices that characterize the scholarship of our time.

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STS Speaker. The Matter of Black Lives: Hauntology, Infrastructure, and the Necropolitics of History in the American South (January 29, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43476 43476-9771967@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 29, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Science, Technology & Society

In this talk I ask how scholars can deepen and expand, but also trouble, the field of hauntology. Originating in Derrida’s Spectres of Marx, the field of hauntology analyzes how hauntings, ghosts, and specters are distinct conceptual categories characterizing liminal social states, persons, and subjectivities, but also economic and political realities. I seek to ground (and critique) the field of hauntology empirically by analyzing how public infrastructure projects re/make race and history through both spectral and material practices. I draw on advocacy work in Charlottesville, Virginia, around preserving an ancestral cemetery threatened by a proposed federal transportation project to press a new argument on how the matter of Black lives plays out in contemporary American struggles for racial and environmental justice. The paper asks the following: Who or what specter has the capacity to “haunt,” and at what moments? What are the relationships between hauntings and the suppression of historical memory in the aftermath of collective traumatic events? What roles do the presence or absence of material evidence of the subaltern past—the remains of the dead, archival remnants, archaeological, and architectural artifacts, and documentary evidence of their value—play in these processes of political recognition, memory, and forgetting? In other words, what kinds of “necropolitics” (Mbembe 2003) govern the living and the dead, and their denial or commemoration?

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Nov 2017 09:09:24 -0500 2018-01-29T16:00:00-05:00 2018-01-29T17:30:00-05:00 Tisch Hall Science, Technology & Society Lecture / Discussion Prof Erica James
Comics In Color: The Past, Present, and Future (February 1, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49377 49377-11450951@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 1, 2018 11:30am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

A look into the history of Blacks and other people of color in comic books, along with an examination of the present and future of both the marvel and DC cinematic universes for people of color.

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Community Service Wed, 31 Jan 2018 15:08:04 -0500 2018-02-01T11:30:00-05:00 2018-02-01T13:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Community Service logo
Gifts of Art presents Gospel & Blues Music & History (February 1, 2018 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48233 48233-11191414@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 1, 2018 12:10pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Reverend Robert Jones Sr. is a nationally recognized musician and educator from Detroit with more than 25 years of experience as a performer and storyteller. A talented multi-instrumentalist, Jones has opened for Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal and Leon Russell, to name a few. For this program, he and his wife Bernice Jones will showcase the gospel, blues, inspirational folk and roots music that form the basis of American popular music. Rev. Jones plays and describes American music in its historical context and speaks of how traditional African American music helped give rise to musical forms that are beloved around the world.

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Performance Fri, 12 Jan 2018 09:56:59 -0500 2018-02-01T12:10:00-05:00 2018-02-01T13:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of Rev. Robert Jones Sr. by Peggy Brisbane. High resolution version available upon request.
ASC Film Screening and Q&A. Filming the Future of Detroit/Filming the Future from Berlin: African Perspectives (February 1, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48808 48808-11308891@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 1, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: African Studies Center

These five 10-minutes films will show the ways in which Berlin and Detroit are global from the perspectives of African immigration, and African imaginations of global futures. Berlin helps to elucidate what is distinctive about Detroit and vise versa. These films picture the distinctions between how African futures can be imagined in Europe versus the U.S., in Detroit versus Berlin. They reveal how race, citizenship, and humanitarian projects work in relation to African immigration in these two cities. They ask: What difference do the approaches to urban planning, districting, education, and social versus capital networks make? What kinds of communities can be formed? How do “Africans’’ relate to “Blackness’’ versus “foreignness’’ in both cities? What difference does it make to live in the city when one is a noncitizen?

Following the films showcase will be a Q&A with Damani Partridge, the project lead, and the filmmakers from Freedom House in Detroit: Ajara Hamidatu Alghali, Hawlaane Noor Frances Sarr-Robbins, Whitney Smith, and Fatou-Seydi Singhiam Sarr.

Reception to follow.

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Film Screening Fri, 02 Feb 2018 08:42:47 -0500 2018-02-01T19:00:00-05:00 2018-02-01T21:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location African Studies Center Film Screening
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (February 5, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633565@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 5, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-02-05T08:00:00-05:00 2018-02-05T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Stories of the Black West (February 5, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49380 49380-11456562@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 5, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

Join us as historian Douglas Lewis (Attorney/Director, University of Michigan Student Legal Services) shares stories about the courageous contributions of Blacks in shaping the West. His interactive presentation and larger than life stories will enlighten and inspire us all.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 29 Jan 2018 18:57:07 -0500 2018-02-05T19:30:00-05:00 2018-02-05T21:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Conference / Symposium black west
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (February 6, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633566@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-02-06T08:00:00-05:00 2018-02-06T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Homegoing: A Conversation with Yaa Gyasi (February 6, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46949 46949-10703023@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

ASL interpretation will be provided. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. NO TICKETS NEEDED.

Yaa Gyasi will be the featured speaker for the 2018 Jill S. Harris Memorial Lecture. The event will be structured as a conversation between Gyasi and U-M Professors Gaurav Desai and Aida Levy-Hussen.

Gyasi’s award-winning debut novel Homegoing has also been selected as the 2018 Washtenaw Reads book.

Yaa Gyasi was born in Ghana in 1989, raised in Huntsville, Alabama, and is a graduate of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. Homegoing follows the parallel paths of two half-sisters and their descendants through eight generations: from the Gold Coast to the plantations of Mississippi, from the American Civil War to Jazz Age Harlem.

“We are delighted to welcome Yaa Gyasi to Ann Arbor for the 2018 Jill S. Harris Lecture,” said Peggy McCracken, director of the Institute for the Humanities. “Homegoing has found many readers in Ann Arbor and beyond; it's an engrossing novel that demonstrates the power of fiction to explore the ways in which the past shapes our present.”

The Jill S. Harris Memorial Endowment was established in 1985 in memory of Jill Harris, a resident of Chicago and undergraduate student at U-M who passed away due to injuries from an auto accident. Established by Roger and Meredith Harris, Jill’s parents, her grandparents Allan and Norma Harris, and friends, the fund brings a distinguished visitor to campus each year who will appeal to undergraduate students interested in the humanities and the arts.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 12 Jan 2018 10:55:56 -0500 2018-02-06T19:00:00-05:00 2018-02-06T20:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Yaa Gyasi
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (February 7, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633567@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-02-07T08:00:00-05:00 2018-02-07T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
The Transnational Impact of the Black Panther Party (February 7, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49367 49367-11450941@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Department of History

This lecture is a study of groups in Great Britain, New Zealand, India, Australia, Israel, and Palestine that did not have any direct contact with the Black Panther Party but chose to create movements in their respective countries modeled after the Panthers’ grassroots community organizing and racial coalition strategies. All of these groups emulated the Black Panther Party because each group believed that their struggle as poor, underserved and oppressed people was aligned with the struggle of black people throughout the world. More importantly, the power of the liberation struggle led by the Black Panther Party in the US that impacted the struggles of poor and oppressed people in Europe, the South Pacific, the Middle East, and Asia has been understudied for far too long.

Jakobi Williams’ research interests are centered on questions of resistance and social justice revolutions found within the African American community. His most recent book, From the Bullet to the Ballot: The Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party and Racial Coalition Politics in Chicago, demonstrates that Chicago’s Black Power movement was both a response to and extension of the city’s civil rights movement. Williams is a recipient of the National Endowment for the Humanities grant, the National Humanities Center Fellowship, and the Big Ten Academic Alliance-Academic Leadership Program.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 29 Jan 2018 08:50:10 -0500 2018-02-07T15:00:00-05:00 2018-02-07T16:30:00-05:00 Tisch Hall Department of History Lecture / Discussion Dalit Panther of India
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (February 8, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633568@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 8, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-02-08T08:00:00-05:00 2018-02-08T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Nate Mills Lecture (February 8, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42999 42999-9693637@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 8, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

The concept of the lumpenproletariat, the “proletariat in rags,” is peculiar to Marxism (Marx and Engels created the term) yet under-explicated by Marx and neglected in Marxist theoretical discourse. The term names individuals who persist outside of capitalist productive relations and, as a result, lack a place within capitalist social formations. Marx typically invokes such types only to dismiss them as irrelevant to theoretical concerns of production and class struggle, or to scorn them as immoral, criminal, and self-interested enemies of the proletariat. The dispossessed of modern society—drifters, criminals, underworld agents, etc.—are thus named by Marxism but denied proper epistemological scrutiny. The lumpenproletariat thus possesses a somewhat archival character: it’s catalogued and registered in Marxism’s conceptual finding aid, but awaits full exhumation and serious study. Similarly, much of the Depression-era fiction and poetry of two African American writers—Ralph Ellison and Margaret Walker—that resituates the lumpenproletariat as a means of understanding U.S. social arrangements and imagining revolutionary African American political desires also resides, unfinished and unstudied, in manuscript archives.

In this talk, I discuss Ellison and Walker’s innovative 1930s writings, showing how the concept of the lumpenproletariat allowed them to, in various ways, renovate Marxist theory in order to illuminate and challenge the intersectional dynamics of capitalism, patriarchy, and Jim Crow in America. Ellison and Walker also provide an occasion for thinking the importance of the archive, not only as a site of innovative experiments in radical literature and culture, but as a means of designating the place of the understudied within the conceptual topography of Marxist and radical thought. If Walker and Ellison were inspired by a concept Marxism had overlooked and by individuals Depression America had discarded, then we might consider their efforts as models of how to engage with Marxism through its archive, through its de-prioritized and unexamined resources.

Nathaniel Mills is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of Ragged Revolutionaries: The Lumpenproletariat and African American Marxism in Depression-Era Literature (University of Massachusetts Press, 2017). His articles on U.S. and African American literary radicalism have appeared or are forthcoming in venues such as African American Review, MELUS, Twentieth-Century Literature, Studies in American Naturalism, The Cambridge Companion to Richard Wright, and The Cambridge Companion to American Literature of the 1930s.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:08:19 -0500 2018-02-08T16:00:00-05:00 2018-02-08T18:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion
4th Annual W.M. Trotter Lecture (February 8, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47335 47335-10869002@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 8, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Trotter Multicultural Center

The W.M. Trotter Multicultural Center is honored to be centering the voices of transgender and non-binary individuals at our 4th Annual W.M. Trotter Lecture, with a particular focus on the intersecting identities of gender and race. We are beyond thrilled to welcome to the University of Michigan, speakers Janet Mock, author of Redefining Realness, Surpassing Certainty, and King Amiyah Scott of Fox Network’s STAR. Current and former students and staff from the University of Michigan will also contribute to this phenomenal event! We aim to hold a space in which the personal narratives and lives of trans folks can be shared, celebrated, and honored.

Previous lectures include The Black Male Athlete; Who is He and What is He to You in 2016, which was held in the Ross Auditorium, celebrating Student Leaders in 2015; as well as, the 2014 Inaugural W.M. Trotter Lecture that featured activist, poet, and educator Cheryl Clarke.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 13 Jan 2018 18:19:54 -0500 2018-02-08T18:00:00-05:00 2018-02-08T21:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Trotter Multicultural Center Lecture / Discussion Trotter Lecture Flyer
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (February 9, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633569@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 9, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-02-09T08:00:00-05:00 2018-02-09T19:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
In the Archives: Black Radical Thought (February 9, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47409 47409-10891058@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 9, 2018 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

This roundtable will focus on the role of institutions in shaping the work of black radical authors and artists and on the archival research needed to track that history.
Participants include Nate Mills (University of Minnesota; UM English PhD 2011), Howard Brick, Ingrid Diran, Daniel Fryer, and Alan Wald.

To RSVP, please contact Hayley O'Malley (hayleyom@umich.edu)

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 23 Jan 2018 13:43:23 -0500 2018-02-09T11:00:00-05:00 2018-02-09T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of English Language and Literature Workshop / Seminar
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (February 10, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633570@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 10, 2018 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-02-10T10:00:00-05:00 2018-02-10T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (February 11, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633571@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 11, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-02-11T13:00:00-05:00 2018-02-11T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (February 12, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633572@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 12, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-02-12T08:00:00-05:00 2018-02-12T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Ebonics (February 12, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49610 49610-11484666@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 12, 2018 12:00pm
Location: LSA Building
Organized By: LSA Opportunity Hub

Explore the verbal and nonverbal communication rules and patterns followed by native speakers of Ebonics. A Black History Month event hosted by the Hub and CSP. Bring your own lunch.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:12:53 -0500 2018-02-12T12:00:00-05:00 2018-02-12T13:00:00-05:00 LSA Building LSA Opportunity Hub Workshop / Seminar visible attribute to Jopwell.com or Jopwell
7th Annual Shirley Verrett Award Ceremony (February 12, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47740 47740-11004726@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 12, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: CEW+

The Women of Color in the Academy Project (WOCAP) will present its 7th Annual Shirley Verrett Award on February 12th, 2018 from 5:00-6:30 p.m. at Stamps Auditorium on U-M's North Campus. The award will be given to Dr. Naomi André, an Associate Professor in the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Women’s Studies, as well as the Residential College where she serves as Associate Director for Faculty. A reception honoring Dr. André will immediately follow in the lobby.

Dr. André was selected as the recipient of this award in recognition of her scholarship and musicological inquiry into the representation of race, voice, and gender, her deep commitment to diversity as an educational mission, and her contributions to teaching and mentoring women of color scholars in the arts.

Dr. André’s publications include topics on Italian opera, Arnold Schoenberg, women composers, and teaching opera in prisons. Her forthcoming book, Black Opera, History, Power, Engagement (University of Illinois Press, Spring 2018) focuses on how opera has become a unique arena for expressing blackness and presenting new narratives about the intersections of race, gender, and nation, in the West (United States and Europe) as well as in South Africa. Her earlier books, Voicing Gender: Castrati, Travesti, and the Second Woman in Early Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera (2006) and Blackness in Opera (2012, co-edited collection) focus on opera from the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries and explore constructions of gender, race, and identity.

The event is free and open to the public; however, registration is requested: http://www.cew.umich.edu/events/7th-annual-shirley-verrett-award-ceremony/20171113

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Ceremony / Service Fri, 02 Feb 2018 16:12:10 -0500 2018-02-12T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-12T18:30:00-05:00 Walgreen Drama Center CEW+ Ceremony / Service Naomi Andre, 2018 Honoree
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (February 13, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633573@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-02-13T08:00:00-05:00 2018-02-13T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (February 14, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633574@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-02-14T08:00:00-05:00 2018-02-14T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (February 15, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633575@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 15, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-02-15T08:00:00-05:00 2018-02-15T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (February 16, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633576@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 16, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-02-16T08:00:00-05:00 2018-02-16T19:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
A More Human Dwelling Place: Reimagining the Racialized Architecture of America (February 16, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48424 48424-11233230@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 16, 2018 9:30am
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: University of Michigan Law School

Presented by the Michigan Journal of Race & Law, "A More Human Dwelling Place: Reimagining the Racialized Architecture of America" is a symposium happening on February 16 and 17 at the University of Michigan Law School.

Over two days, we will examine five archetypal spaces in America: homes and neighborhoods, schools, courthouses, prisons, and borders. The symposium endeavors to consider the ways in which these spaces have become increasingly racialized, diagnose how that racialization impedes their basic functioning, and reimagine these spaces at their best, and our world as a more human dwelling place. James Baldwin gave us this name, embedded in his imperative “to illuminate that darkness, blaze roads through vast forests, so that we will not, in all our doing, lose sight of its purpose, which is, after all, to make the world a more human dwelling place.”

The symposium will bring together individuals working to better these spaces, hailing from many disciplines, including law, history, sociology, journalism, literature, architecture, urban planning, and visual art. Together, we hope to conceptualize forgotten or not yet dreamed of alternatives. Through discussions of projects already realized and ideas not yet concrete, we will collectively inch toward the world we wish to inhabit.

The symposium is free and open to the public. All are welcome.

Please register to attend at https://madeleine-jennings.squarespace.com/register/.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 09 Jan 2018 14:43:28 -0500 2018-02-16T09:30:00-05:00 2018-02-16T17:00:00-05:00 Hutchins Hall University of Michigan Law School Conference / Symposium Hutchins Hall
EIHS Workshop: Facing the Deep African Past: Reflections on Rupture, Modernity, and Conversion in the African Atlantic (February 16, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47888 47888-11043646@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 16, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

This panel engages with themes from Edda L. Fields-Black’s Deep Roots: Rice Farmers in West Africa and the African Diaspora (2008). Moving from early 18th century Kongo to the colonization of Liberia and ending in Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance, presenters will discuss questions of inheritance, innovation, borrowing, and the process of cultural transmission in the formation of new historical subjectivities in the African Atlantic. Professor Ware will provide a brief discussion of Deep Roots and the contributions of Professor Fields-Black’s work prior to the presentations. Professor Fields-Black will respond and offer comments after the presentations. Featuring:

Juan Rodriguez Barrera (Graduate Student, American Culture, University of Michigan)
Sargeant Donovan-Smith (Graduate Student, Anthropology and History, University of Michigan)
Richard Hoffman Reinhardt (Graduate Student, Anthropology and History, University of Michigan)
Edda L. Fields-Black (commentator; Associate Professor, History, Carnegie Mellon University)
Rudolph "Butch" Ware (chair; Associate Professor, History, University of Michigan)

Free and open to the public. Lunch provided.

This event is part of the Friday Series of the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg.

Photo: "Break Point" (yellowcloud, CC-BY-2.0).

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 07 Feb 2018 13:21:01 -0500 2018-02-16T12:00:00-05:00 2018-02-16T14:00:00-05:00 Tisch Hall Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Workshop / Seminar Workshop Graphic
Connecting Experiences, Strengthening Community Partnerships: The Afro Presence in Argentina (February 16, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48556 48556-11251653@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 16, 2018 5:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: University Library

Join us for this collaborative two-day session of translation, subtitling and editing of a video that young members of Xangô recorded during October of 2017 and of selected fragments from a pedagogic guide that Xangô group created with the Argentine Confederation of Public Education Workers during 2016. The video and the guide are currently available only in Spanish. Free and Open to the Public. For more info about the rest of the activities contact Marisol Fila mafila@umich.edu

RSVP required. See RSVP link below.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 11 Jan 2018 10:22:01 -0500 2018-02-16T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-16T21:00:00-05:00 North Quad University Library Lecture / Discussion Xangô Events
IISS Symposium Keynote Address. Black Islam in the Americas (February 16, 2018 5:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49784 49784-11532476@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 16, 2018 5:15pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

This keynote address by leading scholar of Islam and Muslims in the U.S. and Europe, Dr. Aminah Al-Deen, will inaugurate the Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar symposium, "Black Islam in the Americas." The symposium will follow on February 17-18, 2018. Please see ii.umich.edu/isp for details.

The conference is organized by the Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar (IISS) with support from the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 05 Feb 2018 15:38:13 -0500 2018-02-16T17:15:00-05:00 2018-02-16T18:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion IISS Conference 2018
Black Panther Community Screening (February 16, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49383 49383-11450958@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 16, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

The office of Multi-Ethic Student Affairs (MESA) will be passing out free tickets to the screening on a first come-first serve basis on Tuesday 2/6, Wednesday 2/7, and Thursday 2/8 from 2:00pm to 5:00pm.
MESA will give out 25 tickets per day until they are gone. You must show your U of M ID card to receive a ticket. There is a limit of 1 ticket per person. You cannot receive a ticket from MESA if you are receiving a ticket from BSU or SIBS. MESA is located on the 2nd floor of the Michigan Union in room 2204. Transportation will be provided to and from the Rave Theater.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 29 Jan 2018 11:36:17 -0500 2018-02-16T19:30:00-05:00 2018-02-16T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Conference / Symposium
A More Human Dwelling Place: Reimagining the Racialized Architecture of America (February 17, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48424 48424-11233231@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 17, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: University of Michigan Law School

Presented by the Michigan Journal of Race & Law, "A More Human Dwelling Place: Reimagining the Racialized Architecture of America" is a symposium happening on February 16 and 17 at the University of Michigan Law School.

Over two days, we will examine five archetypal spaces in America: homes and neighborhoods, schools, courthouses, prisons, and borders. The symposium endeavors to consider the ways in which these spaces have become increasingly racialized, diagnose how that racialization impedes their basic functioning, and reimagine these spaces at their best, and our world as a more human dwelling place. James Baldwin gave us this name, embedded in his imperative “to illuminate that darkness, blaze roads through vast forests, so that we will not, in all our doing, lose sight of its purpose, which is, after all, to make the world a more human dwelling place.”

The symposium will bring together individuals working to better these spaces, hailing from many disciplines, including law, history, sociology, journalism, literature, architecture, urban planning, and visual art. Together, we hope to conceptualize forgotten or not yet dreamed of alternatives. Through discussions of projects already realized and ideas not yet concrete, we will collectively inch toward the world we wish to inhabit.

The symposium is free and open to the public. All are welcome.

Please register to attend at https://madeleine-jennings.squarespace.com/register/.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 09 Jan 2018 14:43:28 -0500 2018-02-17T08:00:00-05:00 2018-02-17T14:00:00-05:00 Hutchins Hall University of Michigan Law School Conference / Symposium Hutchins Hall
IISS Symposium. Black Islam in the Americas (February 17, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49785 49785-11532477@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 17, 2018 9:00am
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

The Black Islam in the Americas Symposium endeavors to foster contemplation of the geographies and politics of Black Islam configured in diasporic historical connections between Africa and the Americas. The seminar will begin with a keynote lecture by Aminah McCloud, professor of religious studies at DePaul University on Friday, February 16 at 5:15pm. Please see ii.umich.edu/isp for details.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17
9:00-10:30 Panel 1: Black Muslims and US Geopolitics
10:45-12:15 Panel 2: Narratives of Black Muslim Trajectories
1:15-2:45 Panel 3: Black Atlantic Muslim Dialogues and Exchanges
3:00-4:30 Panel 4: New World Muslims and the African Past

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18
9:00-10:30 Panel 5: Community Activism and Black Muslim Lives
10:45-12:15 Closing Remarks, Su’ad Abdul Khabeer

The conference is organized by the Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar (IISS) with support from the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 05 Feb 2018 15:38:32 -0500 2018-02-17T09:00:00-05:00 2018-02-17T16:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering Global Islamic Studies Center Conference / Symposium IISS Conference 2018
Art Outta Town: From Motown to Hip-Hip (February 17, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49234 49234-11397807@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 17, 2018 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

This Art Outta Town trip includes your transportation to and from Detroit to explore the city's music, then and now, for just $12! First, you'll take a tour of the Motown Museum in Detroit featuring historic photos, stage uniforms, and instruments. The tour will include a visit to the original Studio A, where hit after hit was recorded from 1959 to 1972! The second stop of the trip will take you to the Detroit Institute of Art (DIA) where you'll see the exhibition D-Cyphered: Portraits by Jenny Risher. This exhibition features a photographic timeline of the Detroit hip-hop scene from 2015-2017. You'll also have time to visit the rest of the DIA too! This trip is open to the whole U-M community, but seating is limited, so register today!

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Other Wed, 24 Jan 2018 13:24:49 -0500 2018-02-17T10:00:00-05:00 2018-02-17T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Arts at Michigan Other
Connecting Experiences, Strengthening Community Partnerships: The Afro Presence in Argentina (February 17, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48556 48556-11251654@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 17, 2018 10:00am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: University Library

Join us for this collaborative two-day session of translation, subtitling and editing of a video that young members of Xangô recorded during October of 2017 and of selected fragments from a pedagogic guide that Xangô group created with the Argentine Confederation of Public Education Workers during 2016. The video and the guide are currently available only in Spanish. Free and Open to the Public. For more info about the rest of the activities contact Marisol Fila mafila@umich.edu

RSVP required. See RSVP link below.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 11 Jan 2018 10:22:01 -0500 2018-02-17T10:00:00-05:00 2018-02-17T17:00:00-05:00 North Quad University Library Lecture / Discussion Xangô Events
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (February 17, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633577@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 17, 2018 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-02-17T10:00:00-05:00 2018-02-17T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
IISS Symposium. Black Islam in the Americas (February 18, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49785 49785-11532478@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 18, 2018 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

The Black Islam in the Americas Symposium endeavors to foster contemplation of the geographies and politics of Black Islam configured in diasporic historical connections between Africa and the Americas. The seminar will begin with a keynote lecture by Aminah McCloud, professor of religious studies at DePaul University on Friday, February 16 at 5:15pm. Please see ii.umich.edu/isp for details.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17
9:00-10:30 Panel 1: Black Muslims and US Geopolitics
10:45-12:15 Panel 2: Narratives of Black Muslim Trajectories
1:15-2:45 Panel 3: Black Atlantic Muslim Dialogues and Exchanges
3:00-4:30 Panel 4: New World Muslims and the African Past

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18
9:00-10:30 Panel 5: Community Activism and Black Muslim Lives
10:45-12:15 Closing Remarks, Su’ad Abdul Khabeer

The conference is organized by the Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar (IISS) with support from the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 05 Feb 2018 15:38:32 -0500 2018-02-18T09:00:00-05:00 2018-02-18T12:15:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Conference / Symposium IISS Conference 2018
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (February 18, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633578@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 18, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-02-18T13:00:00-05:00 2018-02-18T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Food for the Soul: Night of Heroes (February 18, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49379 49379-11456566@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 18, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Trotter Multicultural Center
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

A Night of Heroes celebrates the heroines and heroes throughout the Black diaspora and across identities. The celebration will include a panel and group discussion where individuals can share their personal and national heroines and heroes that impacted their lives. Food for the body and soul will be served.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 29 Jan 2018 11:12:57 -0500 2018-02-18T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-18T19:00:00-05:00 Trotter Multicultural Center Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Conference / Symposium Food for the Soul
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (February 19, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633579@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 19, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-02-19T08:00:00-05:00 2018-02-19T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (February 20, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633580@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 20, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-02-20T08:00:00-05:00 2018-02-20T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Hiding in Plain Sight: Does Ideology Obscure the Black Conservative Archive? (February 20, 2018 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49581 49581-11476289@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 20, 2018 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

The study of Black conservatism presents a number of challenges, but finding the wealth of archival resources necessary to weave this perspective into compelling historical narratives is not one of them. The problem lies, instead, with a general unwillingness to look for, and to look at, these materials that are, in many cases, hiding in plain sight/site/cite.

This talk takes the history of the 1963 March on Washington as a prime example of this political, historical, archival and (arguably) deeply ideological phenomenon. While remembered – and enshrined in our public history – as one of the finest, defining moments in post-WWII civil rights movement, the March was heavily contested among African Americans, with strong arguments against the action put forward from a center-to-right perspective. We are much more likely to memorialize critiques emanating from left-of-center, such as Malcolm X’s famous “farce on Washington” quip; but what about those African-American leaders, activists and intellectuals who rejected plans for the March on “conservative” grounds, and in defense of a “law and order” politics? The figures who did so – the Reverend J.H. Jackson, George Schulyer, James Meredith and others – were hardly marginal. Obscuring their presence flattens out our political history and diminishes the richness and fluidity that has long defined Black political culture.

In our present moment of echo chamber politics, it may be time to excavate moments when ideological diversity was very much at play in shaping debates about protest strategies and the meaning of civil rights activism.

Angela D. Dillard is the Earl Lewis Collegiate Professor of Afroamerican & African Studies and in the Residential College. She serves on the faculty of both of these units within the College of Literature, Science and the Arts and on January 1, 2015 will become LSA’s new Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 31 Jan 2018 15:18:32 -0500 2018-02-20T12:30:00-05:00 2018-02-20T13:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion NCAAP march
Africa Workshop (February 20, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48350 48350-11222730@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 20, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

My primary area of research addresses the rhetoric of application forms within a historical and sociological framework that accounts for the way biographic details are used to distribute institutional resources. My current book project, Forms of Submission: Writing for Aid and Opportunity in America explores a 125-year history of applications for financial support and college admission, and the ways institutions address problems with inequality at the level of the applicant’s biography.

The second area of research emerged from my previous position, teaching in the Rhetoric Department at The American University in Cairo, and through an affiliation with the Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR). With Ira Dworkin, I co-edited a volume of Comparative American Studies on transnational American Studies in the Middle East and North Africa. I also have two forthcoming articles on Egypt, appearing in The Drama Review and Transition.

The third area of research represents my latest project as well as a shift from paperwork to logistics, in an exploration of a little-known back-to-Africa movement that resets the timeline for African American migration to Ghana. Building on research that began as a biography of my ancestor Alfred Charles Sam (1880-1932), the book reconstructs the logistical complexity and inspiration for an African organizing African American return to Ghana in 1915. Pan-African Logistics: Chief Sam and the Origins of African American Migration to Ghana identifies African descendants of the movement, the role of African Americans in an emerging West African nationalism, and the complex interface between blackness, business, and migration.

Recent and Forthcoming Publications


Application Forms/Paperwork:
Special Issue Editor,"Biographic Mediation: On the Uses of Disclosure in Bureaucracy and Politics,"Biography, forthcoming 2019.

“Funding the American Dream: On the Biographic Mediation of Aid and Institutional Change in Horatio Alger Scholarship Narratives, forthcoming, a/b: journal of auto/biographical studies, 33.1.

“Biographic Mediation,” Special Issue on What's Next? The Futures of Auto/Biographical Studies, a/b: journal of auto/biographical studies, 32:2, Spring 2017.

“Biographic Currency in Crisis,” in Occasion: Interdisciplinary Humanities Journal, Special Issue on States of Welfare, Vol 2 Dec 2010.

Transnational American Studies in the Middle East and Africa:
“A Complicated Embrace: Alex Haley’s Roots in Egypt,” Transition 122, 2017.

“On Demand and Relevance: Transnational American Studies in the Middle East and North Africa,” (w/Ira Dworkin), Introduction to Comparative American Studies Special issue, 13:4, Winter 2016.

“The Chief Sam Movement, A Century Later,” (w/Kendra Field) in Transition 114, 2014. (Winner of the 2016 Boahen-Wilks Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Article from the Ghana Studies Association)

Counter/Revolution in Egypt:
“Waiting for the Tragedy to Unfold: Protest, Performativity, and the Spectacle of Massacre at Rabaa Al Adawiya,” forthcoming, The Drama Review

“Visualizing Revolution: The Politics of Paint in Tahrir,” Jadaliyya, April 2012.

“Women in (Post) Revolutionary Egypt,” The Feminist Wire, April 2011.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 08 Jan 2018 15:43:46 -0500 2018-02-20T16:00:00-05:00 2018-02-20T18:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (February 21, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633581@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-02-21T08:00:00-05:00 2018-02-21T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Structural Racism and the Broken Academic Pipeline (February 21, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50101 50101-11642055@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Award-winning investigative reporter, Nikole Hannah-Jones will be speaking on structural racism, educational segregation, and racial inequities in educational opportunities in the US. Her keynote will be followed by a conversation and moderated discussion with both Nikole Hannah-Jones and Tabbye Chavous, Director of the National Center for Institutional Diversity and Professor of Education and Psychology at the University of Michigan. This event is generously sponsored by the University of Michigan Survey Research Center and organized by RacismLab.

Please email our organizing committee at racismlab@umich.edu with any questions.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 15 Feb 2018 09:45:37 -0500 2018-02-21T13:30:00-05:00 2018-02-21T16:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event Flyer
Disrupting White Supremacy: Global Histories and Local Struggles (February 21, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49614 49614-11484720@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: Department of History

Free and Open to the Public | Pizza Dinner @ 9 PM | Livestream on Teach-In Website (bit.ly/um-disrupting)

The teach-in will consist of a series of lively ten-minute, historical vignettes. These topical presentations will address the role of white supremacy as a global force in modern history, the use and misuses of history by white supremacists, and why this history matters now. The goal is to provide intellectual tools that will enable students and citizens to better understand the historical claims and blind spots of the white supremacist movement.

5 PM
Welcome and Introductions

5:15 PM
Swallowing the Red Pill: The Alt-Right and Metapolitics (Alexandra Minna Stern) 
White Supremacists' Medieval Fantasies (Katherine French, Taylor Sims)
White Supremacy and Nazi Race-Making (Anne Berg)
Anxieties, Walls, and Borders: How Did the New Xenophobia Begin? (Geoff Eley)
The Gendered Politics of Islamophobia in Europe (Rita Chin)
Question and Answer (tweet questions #umdisrupting)

6:40 PM
Freedom in a World of Slavery (Matthew Spooner)
Riflemen and Lawyers: Memorializing a White-Supremacist Coup d’Etat in New Orleans (Rebecca J. Scott)
Narratives of Race, Sex, and Violence (Stephen A. Berrey)
Slavery, Imperialism, and Race: A View from Islamic Africa (Rudolph “Butch” Ware)
Question and Answer (tweet questions #umdisrupting)

7:50 PM
Capitalism, Labor Migration, and White Supremacy: The Murder of Vincent Chin (Allan Lumba)
White Supremacy and the Rise and Fall of Affirmative Action at U-M (Matthew Countryman)
White Supremacy and Political Repression in the Trump Era (Austin McCoy)
Question and Answer (tweet questions #umdisrupting)

8:35 PM
Talkback: Making Use of History (Vidhya Aravind, Maryam Aziz, Sargeant Donovan-Smith, Hoai An Pham)

9:00 PM
Pizza Dinner (Michigan League, Second Floor)

This event is sponsored by the Department of History with support from LSA Democracy in Action Fund, American Culture Department, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, and International Institute.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 19 Feb 2018 11:03:20 -0500 2018-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 2018-02-21T21:00:00-05:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre Department of History Conference / Symposium lee_statue_removal
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (February 22, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633582@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 22, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-02-22T08:00:00-05:00 2018-02-22T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Labors of Love and Loss - Artist Talk and Reception (February 22, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49134 49134-11375520@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 22, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Labors of Love and Loss is a collection of mixed media pieces that explore themes of gender and race and considers the intertwined lives of caregivers, their dependents and charges. Historically, in both southern African American life and in the tenuous strivings of the 19th century working underclass, the primary care and comfort of others fell to women. Beyond impersonal household chores, these responsibilities entwined with sweetness and hope, heartache and loss, assured the wellbeing of those around them. How did they balance the tangle of necessity and demand against their own emotional involvements and aspirations? Labors of Love and Loss is a tribute to the resolve, commitment and fortitude of women’s love and labor.

Marianetta Porter is Professor of Art and Design at Stamps School of Art and Design. Her work is grounded in the study of African American history, culture, and representation, drawing on ethnography, religious traditions, folklore, visual culture, and language to investigate the consequences of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the vernacular art of the black church, the politics of visibility, and the poetics of color.

Lisa Olson is a mixed media artist and alumna of the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art and Design. Her work takes a variety of forms---books, prints, collage, drawing and sculptural objects. Olson often uses text in combination with visual components to create meaning. Her interests include studies surrounding the fragility of the individual within historically harsh or oppressive class related social structures and the resulting tools and systems created as strategies to navigate through.

An artist talk will take place in Lane Hall (Room 2239) on Thursday, February 22 at 4:00pm. Each artist will speak individually about her work with time for audience questions. Following the talk, there will be an opening reception in Lane Hall Gallery (1st Floor) to enjoy the artwork and light refreshments. This event is free and open to the public.

This exhibit is co-sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Department of Women’s Studies, Stamps School of Art & Design, Residential College, Department of American Culture, Institute for the Humanities, and the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies.

Exhibit will be on public display January - July 2018

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Exhibition Tue, 23 Jan 2018 09:38:44 -0500 2018-02-22T16:00:00-05:00 2018-02-22T18:00:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition Artwork from Labors of Love and Loss
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (February 23, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633583@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 23, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-02-23T08:00:00-05:00 2018-02-23T19:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (February 24, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633584@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 24, 2018 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-02-24T10:00:00-05:00 2018-02-24T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (February 25, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633585@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 25, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-02-25T13:00:00-05:00 2018-02-25T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (February 26, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633586@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 26, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-02-26T08:00:00-05:00 2018-02-26T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (February 27, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633587@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-02-27T08:00:00-05:00 2018-02-27T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Interior Streets (February 27, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50277 50277-11698738@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Join us March 9, 3pm, for a reception and Carl Wilson in conversation with our curator Amanda Krugliak.

The "Interior Streets" exhibition features the work of Detroit artist Carl Wilson, known for his stark black and white linocut prints. The self-taught artist sees himself as a documentarian of lives easily ignored in a world obsessed with materialism and celebrity. His work frequently highlights not only the strength found in conquering the everyday and mundane, but also the pain and defeat of those not able to rise to the occasion. His love of film noir and pulp fiction novels from the 1940s and '50s has led him to experiment with minimalist animation and comic book illustration. He embraces the whimsy hidden in the darkness.

Carl is the recipient of a 2013 Kresge Artist Fellowship and is an alumni of the historic Yaddo Artists’ Community. During his residency there he carved the prints for, and wrote the book, Her Purse Smelled like Juicyfruit, a recollection of his mother’s life. Carl was named 2014 guest curator of Detroit’s Carr Center. Also in 2014 Complex Online Magazine named him one of Twenty Detroit Artists You Should Know. He was featured in Essay'd, a monthly publication about Detroit artists. 2017 sees the release of a comic book, the first installment of his graphic novel, Dead and Lost in Detroit.

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Exhibition Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:30:38 -0500 2018-02-27T09:00:00-05:00 2018-02-27T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Asheville
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (February 28, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633588@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-02-28T08:00:00-05:00 2018-02-28T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Interior Streets (February 28, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50277 50277-11698739@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Join us March 9, 3pm, for a reception and Carl Wilson in conversation with our curator Amanda Krugliak.

The "Interior Streets" exhibition features the work of Detroit artist Carl Wilson, known for his stark black and white linocut prints. The self-taught artist sees himself as a documentarian of lives easily ignored in a world obsessed with materialism and celebrity. His work frequently highlights not only the strength found in conquering the everyday and mundane, but also the pain and defeat of those not able to rise to the occasion. His love of film noir and pulp fiction novels from the 1940s and '50s has led him to experiment with minimalist animation and comic book illustration. He embraces the whimsy hidden in the darkness.

Carl is the recipient of a 2013 Kresge Artist Fellowship and is an alumni of the historic Yaddo Artists’ Community. During his residency there he carved the prints for, and wrote the book, Her Purse Smelled like Juicyfruit, a recollection of his mother’s life. Carl was named 2014 guest curator of Detroit’s Carr Center. Also in 2014 Complex Online Magazine named him one of Twenty Detroit Artists You Should Know. He was featured in Essay'd, a monthly publication about Detroit artists. 2017 sees the release of a comic book, the first installment of his graphic novel, Dead and Lost in Detroit.

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Exhibition Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:30:38 -0500 2018-02-28T09:00:00-05:00 2018-02-28T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Asheville
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (March 1, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633589@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 1, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-03-01T08:00:00-05:00 2018-03-01T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Interior Streets (March 1, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50277 50277-11698740@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 1, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Join us March 9, 3pm, for a reception and Carl Wilson in conversation with our curator Amanda Krugliak.

The "Interior Streets" exhibition features the work of Detroit artist Carl Wilson, known for his stark black and white linocut prints. The self-taught artist sees himself as a documentarian of lives easily ignored in a world obsessed with materialism and celebrity. His work frequently highlights not only the strength found in conquering the everyday and mundane, but also the pain and defeat of those not able to rise to the occasion. His love of film noir and pulp fiction novels from the 1940s and '50s has led him to experiment with minimalist animation and comic book illustration. He embraces the whimsy hidden in the darkness.

Carl is the recipient of a 2013 Kresge Artist Fellowship and is an alumni of the historic Yaddo Artists’ Community. During his residency there he carved the prints for, and wrote the book, Her Purse Smelled like Juicyfruit, a recollection of his mother’s life. Carl was named 2014 guest curator of Detroit’s Carr Center. Also in 2014 Complex Online Magazine named him one of Twenty Detroit Artists You Should Know. He was featured in Essay'd, a monthly publication about Detroit artists. 2017 sees the release of a comic book, the first installment of his graphic novel, Dead and Lost in Detroit.

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Exhibition Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:30:38 -0500 2018-03-01T09:00:00-05:00 2018-03-01T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Asheville
Gifts of Art presents Detroit Jazz Vocalist (March 1, 2018 12:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49707 49707-11498732@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 1, 2018 12:10pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Joan Belgrave is Detroit’s most noted jazz singer. Her musical career began at age 3 when her parents would take her to house parties and put her up on a soapbox to sing with adult singers. Belgrave has performed at historic venues like Baker’s Keyboard Lounge, Jazz Cafe at The Music Hall, Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe, Fillmore Theatre, Orchestra Hall and Detroit Opera House. She has produced seven albums – five with her late husband, legendary Jazz trumpeter, Marcus Belgrave. She has also recorded tributes to Billie Holliday, Ray Charles and Louis Armstrong. She will be joined for this concert by her trio.

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Performance Fri, 09 Feb 2018 15:43:35 -0500 2018-03-01T12:10:00-05:00 2018-03-01T13:00:00-05:00 University Hospitals Gifts of Art Performance Photograph of Joan Belgrave by Wayne Norman. High resolution version available upon request.
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (March 2, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633590@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 2, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-03-02T08:00:00-05:00 2018-03-02T19:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Interior Streets (March 2, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50277 50277-11698741@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 2, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Join us March 9, 3pm, for a reception and Carl Wilson in conversation with our curator Amanda Krugliak.

The "Interior Streets" exhibition features the work of Detroit artist Carl Wilson, known for his stark black and white linocut prints. The self-taught artist sees himself as a documentarian of lives easily ignored in a world obsessed with materialism and celebrity. His work frequently highlights not only the strength found in conquering the everyday and mundane, but also the pain and defeat of those not able to rise to the occasion. His love of film noir and pulp fiction novels from the 1940s and '50s has led him to experiment with minimalist animation and comic book illustration. He embraces the whimsy hidden in the darkness.

Carl is the recipient of a 2013 Kresge Artist Fellowship and is an alumni of the historic Yaddo Artists’ Community. During his residency there he carved the prints for, and wrote the book, Her Purse Smelled like Juicyfruit, a recollection of his mother’s life. Carl was named 2014 guest curator of Detroit’s Carr Center. Also in 2014 Complex Online Magazine named him one of Twenty Detroit Artists You Should Know. He was featured in Essay'd, a monthly publication about Detroit artists. 2017 sees the release of a comic book, the first installment of his graphic novel, Dead and Lost in Detroit.

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Exhibition Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:30:38 -0500 2018-03-02T09:00:00-05:00 2018-03-02T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Asheville
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (March 3, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633591@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 3, 2018 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-03-03T10:00:00-05:00 2018-03-03T18:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (March 4, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633592@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 4, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-03-04T13:00:00-05:00 2018-03-04T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (March 5, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633593@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 5, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-03-05T08:00:00-05:00 2018-03-05T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Interior Streets (March 5, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50277 50277-11698744@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 5, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Join us March 9, 3pm, for a reception and Carl Wilson in conversation with our curator Amanda Krugliak.

The "Interior Streets" exhibition features the work of Detroit artist Carl Wilson, known for his stark black and white linocut prints. The self-taught artist sees himself as a documentarian of lives easily ignored in a world obsessed with materialism and celebrity. His work frequently highlights not only the strength found in conquering the everyday and mundane, but also the pain and defeat of those not able to rise to the occasion. His love of film noir and pulp fiction novels from the 1940s and '50s has led him to experiment with minimalist animation and comic book illustration. He embraces the whimsy hidden in the darkness.

Carl is the recipient of a 2013 Kresge Artist Fellowship and is an alumni of the historic Yaddo Artists’ Community. During his residency there he carved the prints for, and wrote the book, Her Purse Smelled like Juicyfruit, a recollection of his mother’s life. Carl was named 2014 guest curator of Detroit’s Carr Center. Also in 2014 Complex Online Magazine named him one of Twenty Detroit Artists You Should Know. He was featured in Essay'd, a monthly publication about Detroit artists. 2017 sees the release of a comic book, the first installment of his graphic novel, Dead and Lost in Detroit.

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Exhibition Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:30:38 -0500 2018-03-05T09:00:00-05:00 2018-03-05T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Asheville
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (March 6, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633594@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 6, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-03-06T08:00:00-05:00 2018-03-06T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Interior Streets (March 6, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50277 50277-11698745@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 6, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Join us March 9, 3pm, for a reception and Carl Wilson in conversation with our curator Amanda Krugliak.

The "Interior Streets" exhibition features the work of Detroit artist Carl Wilson, known for his stark black and white linocut prints. The self-taught artist sees himself as a documentarian of lives easily ignored in a world obsessed with materialism and celebrity. His work frequently highlights not only the strength found in conquering the everyday and mundane, but also the pain and defeat of those not able to rise to the occasion. His love of film noir and pulp fiction novels from the 1940s and '50s has led him to experiment with minimalist animation and comic book illustration. He embraces the whimsy hidden in the darkness.

Carl is the recipient of a 2013 Kresge Artist Fellowship and is an alumni of the historic Yaddo Artists’ Community. During his residency there he carved the prints for, and wrote the book, Her Purse Smelled like Juicyfruit, a recollection of his mother’s life. Carl was named 2014 guest curator of Detroit’s Carr Center. Also in 2014 Complex Online Magazine named him one of Twenty Detroit Artists You Should Know. He was featured in Essay'd, a monthly publication about Detroit artists. 2017 sees the release of a comic book, the first installment of his graphic novel, Dead and Lost in Detroit.

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Exhibition Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:30:38 -0500 2018-03-06T09:00:00-05:00 2018-03-06T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Asheville
Creating Change through Music: Black Women who change the look and sound of Jazz (March 6, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49385 49385-11450961@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 6, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

Gaylen Abdur-Razzaq, a renowned master flutist and lecturer, will discuss how Black Women have helped shaped the sound of Jazz. The disquisition will include musical performances by Gayle before, during, and after the lecture.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 01 Feb 2018 14:20:27 -0500 2018-03-06T18:00:00-05:00 2018-03-06T19:30:00-05:00 Michigan League Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Conference / Symposium image
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (March 7, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633595@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-03-07T08:00:00-05:00 2018-03-07T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Interior Streets (March 7, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50277 50277-11698746@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Join us March 9, 3pm, for a reception and Carl Wilson in conversation with our curator Amanda Krugliak.

The "Interior Streets" exhibition features the work of Detroit artist Carl Wilson, known for his stark black and white linocut prints. The self-taught artist sees himself as a documentarian of lives easily ignored in a world obsessed with materialism and celebrity. His work frequently highlights not only the strength found in conquering the everyday and mundane, but also the pain and defeat of those not able to rise to the occasion. His love of film noir and pulp fiction novels from the 1940s and '50s has led him to experiment with minimalist animation and comic book illustration. He embraces the whimsy hidden in the darkness.

Carl is the recipient of a 2013 Kresge Artist Fellowship and is an alumni of the historic Yaddo Artists’ Community. During his residency there he carved the prints for, and wrote the book, Her Purse Smelled like Juicyfruit, a recollection of his mother’s life. Carl was named 2014 guest curator of Detroit’s Carr Center. Also in 2014 Complex Online Magazine named him one of Twenty Detroit Artists You Should Know. He was featured in Essay'd, a monthly publication about Detroit artists. 2017 sees the release of a comic book, the first installment of his graphic novel, Dead and Lost in Detroit.

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Exhibition Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:30:38 -0500 2018-03-07T09:00:00-05:00 2018-03-07T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Asheville
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (March 8, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633596@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 8, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-03-08T08:00:00-05:00 2018-03-08T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Interior Streets (March 8, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50277 50277-11698747@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 8, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Join us March 9, 3pm, for a reception and Carl Wilson in conversation with our curator Amanda Krugliak.

The "Interior Streets" exhibition features the work of Detroit artist Carl Wilson, known for his stark black and white linocut prints. The self-taught artist sees himself as a documentarian of lives easily ignored in a world obsessed with materialism and celebrity. His work frequently highlights not only the strength found in conquering the everyday and mundane, but also the pain and defeat of those not able to rise to the occasion. His love of film noir and pulp fiction novels from the 1940s and '50s has led him to experiment with minimalist animation and comic book illustration. He embraces the whimsy hidden in the darkness.

Carl is the recipient of a 2013 Kresge Artist Fellowship and is an alumni of the historic Yaddo Artists’ Community. During his residency there he carved the prints for, and wrote the book, Her Purse Smelled like Juicyfruit, a recollection of his mother’s life. Carl was named 2014 guest curator of Detroit’s Carr Center. Also in 2014 Complex Online Magazine named him one of Twenty Detroit Artists You Should Know. He was featured in Essay'd, a monthly publication about Detroit artists. 2017 sees the release of a comic book, the first installment of his graphic novel, Dead and Lost in Detroit.

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Exhibition Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:30:38 -0500 2018-03-08T09:00:00-05:00 2018-03-08T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Asheville
VCW's Critical Visualities conference (March 8, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50557 50557-11802347@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 8, 2018 10:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

THURSDAY, MARCH 8 (3222 Angell)
10:00am-12:00pm | Panel 1: Script/Transcript
Shawn Michelle Smith (School of the Art Institute of Chicago), "The Performative Photographic Index"
VK Preston (Toronto), "Performing Witch Archives: Decriminalizing Witchcraft"
Emily Wilcox (U-M), "Moonwalking in Beijing: Mediating Michael Jackson in Global Hip-Hop Dance"

1:00-3:00pm | Panel 2: Speculation/Fabulation
Sara Blair (U-M), "Occupational Hazards: The Performance of the Photo Portrait"
Hentyle Yapp (NYU), "Fireworks, Shine, and Postsocialist Form"
Tavia Nyong'o (Yale), "Towards a Critical Politics of Afro-Fabulation"

3:15-5:00pm | Feedback Session for Graduate Student Works-in-Progress

FRIDAY, MARCH 9 (3222 Angell)
9:30-11:30am | Panel 3: Life/Afterlife
Ruby Tapia (U-M), "Against 'Passive Resistance': On Photography, Facelessness, and the Juvenile Exception"
Anna Watkins Fisher (U-M), "The Play in the System: Parasitical Performance Art and the Art of Resistance from Within"
Rebecca Schneider (Brown), "Slough Media: Performance, Media Object, and the Production of Obsolescence"

11:45am-1:15pm | Closing/collective reflection: Where next?

With any questions, please don't hesitate to be in touch at visualculture@umich.edu.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 01 Mar 2018 09:04:48 -0500 2018-03-08T10:00:00-05:00 2018-03-08T17:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Conference / Symposium Critical Visualities schedule
The DAAS Annual Zora Neale Hurston Lecture of the Humanities (March 8, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50575 50575-11805192@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 8, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

with musical accompaniment by special guests Marion Hayden and students from the School of Music, Theater and Dance

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Mar 2018 15:44:25 -0500 2018-03-08T16:00:00-05:00 2018-03-08T18:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion
From Black Lives Matter to the White Power Presidency: Race and Class in the Trump Era (March 8, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50309 50309-11710013@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 8, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Department of Sociology

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Assistant Professor, Department of African American Studies, Princeton University, is author of From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation (Haymarket Books, 2016), an examination of the history and politics of Black America and the development of the social movement Black Lives Matter in response to police violence in the United States. Taylor has received the Lannan Foundation’s Cultural Freedom Award for an Especially Notable Book.

Taylor’s research examines racial inequality, social movements, and public policy, including American housing policies. Dr. Taylor is currently working on a manuscript titled “Race for Profit: Black Housing and the Urban Crisis of the 1970s”, which looks at the federal government’s promotion of single-family homeownership in Black communities after the urban rebellions of the 1960s. Her articles have been published in Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture and Society, Jacobin, New Politics, the Guardian, In These Times, Black Agenda Report, Ms., International Socialist Review, Al Jazeera America, and other publications.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1996572610664158/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 23 Feb 2018 13:50:09 -0500 2018-03-08T17:00:00-05:00 2018-03-08T19:00:00-05:00 Michigan Union Department of Sociology Lecture / Discussion Event Flyer
Exhibit: Black Histories of Radical Reproductive Justice Activism (March 9, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50081 50081-11633597@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 9, 2018 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Department of History

This exhibit explores the history of African American women and reproductive health, as well as African American women's attempts to control their own reproductive destiny and to create a healthy environment for themselves, their children, and their communities.

On display in the lobby of the Hatcher Graduate Library during Black History Month (February) and Women's History Month (March).

The exhibit was developed by Professor LaKisha Simmons (History, Women's Studies) and undergraduate students Brianna Wells, Mahal Stevens, Jewel Drigo, Kelly Kacan, and Alyssa Erebor.

Funding and support from the Department of History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University Library, Hatcher Gallery Team, and the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:00:43 -0500 2018-03-09T08:00:00-05:00 2018-03-09T19:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Department of History Exhibition Hatcher Graduate Library
Interior Streets (March 9, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50277 50277-11698748@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 9, 2018 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Join us March 9, 3pm, for a reception and Carl Wilson in conversation with our curator Amanda Krugliak.

The "Interior Streets" exhibition features the work of Detroit artist Carl Wilson, known for his stark black and white linocut prints. The self-taught artist sees himself as a documentarian of lives easily ignored in a world obsessed with materialism and celebrity. His work frequently highlights not only the strength found in conquering the everyday and mundane, but also the pain and defeat of those not able to rise to the occasion. His love of film noir and pulp fiction novels from the 1940s and '50s has led him to experiment with minimalist animation and comic book illustration. He embraces the whimsy hidden in the darkness.

Carl is the recipient of a 2013 Kresge Artist Fellowship and is an alumni of the historic Yaddo Artists’ Community. During his residency there he carved the prints for, and wrote the book, Her Purse Smelled like Juicyfruit, a recollection of his mother’s life. Carl was named 2014 guest curator of Detroit’s Carr Center. Also in 2014 Complex Online Magazine named him one of Twenty Detroit Artists You Should Know. He was featured in Essay'd, a monthly publication about Detroit artists. 2017 sees the release of a comic book, the first installment of his graphic novel, Dead and Lost in Detroit.

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Exhibition Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:30:38 -0500 2018-03-09T09:00:00-05:00 2018-03-09T17:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Asheville
VCW's Critical Visualities conference (March 9, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50557 50557-11802348@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 9, 2018 9:30am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

THURSDAY, MARCH 8 (3222 Angell)
10:00am-12:00pm | Panel 1: Script/Transcript
Shawn Michelle Smith (School of the Art Institute of Chicago), "The Performative Photographic Index"
VK Preston (Toronto), "Performing Witch Archives: Decriminalizing Witchcraft"
Emily Wilcox (U-M), "Moonwalking in Beijing: Mediating Michael Jackson in Global Hip-Hop Dance"

1:00-3:00pm | Panel 2: Speculation/Fabulation
Sara Blair (U-M), "Occupational Hazards: The Performance of the Photo Portrait"
Hentyle Yapp (NYU), "Fireworks, Shine, and Postsocialist Form"
Tavia Nyong'o (Yale), "Towards a Critical Politics of Afro-Fabulation"

3:15-5:00pm | Feedback Session for Graduate Student Works-in-Progress

FRIDAY, MARCH 9 (3222 Angell)
9:30-11:30am | Panel 3: Life/Afterlife
Ruby Tapia (U-M), "Against 'Passive Resistance': On Photography, Facelessness, and the Juvenile Exception"
Anna Watkins Fisher (U-M), "The Play in the System: Parasitical Performance Art and the Art of Resistance from Within"
Rebecca Schneider (Brown), "Slough Media: Performance, Media Object, and the Production of Obsolescence"

11:45am-1:15pm | Closing/collective reflection: Where next?

With any questions, please don't hesitate to be in touch at visualculture@umich.edu.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 01 Mar 2018 09:04:48 -0500 2018-03-09T09:30:00-05:00 2018-03-09T13:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Conference / Symposium Critical Visualities schedule