Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. II Exhibition. The World at Home (May 1, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51728 51728-12214204@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 1, 2018 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The International Institute (II) recognizes that we live in a global world and understands the need to provide students with a truly international education. The II advocates this mission, in part, through its Experiential Learning Fund-designed to support faculty who wish to incorporate a hands-on international experience into an ongoing course, group internship, or academic program. From Tokyo to Kraków to Mexico City, international experiences are paramount not only in preparing students to become active and informed global citizens but also in providing the training that enhances students' long-term career prospects.

This collaborative exhibition celebrates the impactful, international experiences of the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning, made possible through the Experiential Learning Fund. We believe international engagement not only serves the students and faculty who participate, but also the greater university community. When participants return to campus and share their experiences… they bring the world home.

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Exhibition Fri, 06 Apr 2018 08:04:51 -0400 2018-05-01T08:00:00-04:00 2018-05-01T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition logo
Albert Kahn in the Second Industrial Revolution (May 8, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47973 47973-11159797@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 8, 2018 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Dr. Zimmerman is Associate Professor of Architecture at UM’s Taubman College of
Architecture and Urban Planning, and of History of Art at the College of Literature, Science, and Arts. She received a masters from Harvard and a Ph.D. from the City University of New York. Prof. Zimmerman teaches courses on 19th and 20th century architecture with emphasis on architectural media, Weimar Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom. She is the author of numerous articles and books.

This lecture will discuss architect Albert Kahn’s important role in the “Second Industrial Revolution” of the twentieth century. Touching on themes of mass production, factory design, and architectural history, the lecture assesses Kahn’s influence in the history of the built environment, and his troubled place in architectural history after WWII.

This is the ninth in OLLI’S distinguished lecture series for 2017-18. A variety of topics will be covered. There is one lecture each month, for a total of ten. The next lecture will be on June 12, 2018. The subject is: Stem Cell Therapy for Neurological Diseases: Where Are We Now?

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 02 Jan 2018 15:01:40 -0500 2018-05-08T10:00:00-04:00 2018-05-08T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion olli-image
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (August 24, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520784@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 24, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-08-24T09:00:00-04:00 2018-08-24T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (August 25, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520785@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, August 25, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-08-25T13:00:00-04:00 2018-08-25T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (August 26, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520786@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 26, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-08-26T13:00:00-04:00 2018-08-26T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (August 28, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520788@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-08-28T09:00:00-04:00 2018-08-28T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (August 29, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520789@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-08-29T09:00:00-04:00 2018-08-29T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (August 30, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520790@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 30, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-08-30T09:00:00-04:00 2018-08-30T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (August 31, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520791@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 31, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-08-31T09:00:00-04:00 2018-08-31T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Artscapade! (August 31, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/23020 23020-12978410@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 31, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan and UMMA celebrate Welcome Week by introducing more than 4,000 students to the wide array of possibilities for arts participation on campus at an evening of art-making, live music, dance and poetry, games, and prizes.

Also, we're looking for volunteers for this event-- help us make it happen (and get a free Artscapade t-shirt in the process!): http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/artscapade/

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Reception / Open House Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:07:38 -0400 2018-08-31T19:00:00-04:00 2018-08-31T22:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art Arts at Michigan Reception / Open House Artscapade Promo
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (September 1, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 1, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-09-01T13:00:00-04:00 2018-09-01T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (September 2, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 2, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-09-02T13:00:00-04:00 2018-09-02T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (September 4, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520795@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-09-04T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-04T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (September 5, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520796@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-09-05T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-05T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (September 6, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520797@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 6, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-09-06T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-06T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (September 7, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520798@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 7, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-09-07T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-07T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (September 8, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520799@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 8, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-09-08T13:00:00-04:00 2018-09-08T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (September 9, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520800@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 9, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-09-09T13:00:00-04:00 2018-09-09T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Curator Tour | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (September 9, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52178 52178-12520921@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 9, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

On Sunday, September 9, 2018, curator Christopher Ratté will offer a tour of the special exhibition, "Urban Biographies". Dr. Ratté is a professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Michigan and Director of the Notion Archaeological Survey, one the field projects highlighted in "Urban Biographies."

Curator tours are free and open to all visitors. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this tour, please contact the education office (734-647-4167) at least two weeks in advance. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Other Thu, 23 Aug 2018 23:20:53 -0400 2018-09-09T14:00:00-04:00 2018-09-09T15:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Other Christopher Ratté
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (September 11, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520802@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-09-11T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-11T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Mass Meeting: Arts Ambassadors (September 11, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55106 55106-13687206@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Student Activities Building
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan is looking for enthusiastic, outgoing, and friendly students who have an interest in the arts that they want to share! Arts Ambassadors are unpaid volunteers who serve as the bridge between the arts and the U-M student body. As an Arts Ambassador you'll help promote arts events and activities, learn about local arts organizations, meet local artists, and have a small programming budget to organize things like film screenings, craft nights, gallery walks, etc.

Being a part of the Arts Ambassadors program is an extremely rewarding and fun experience! As an Arts Ambassador, you will be responsible for attending weekly meetings, taking leadership roles in organizing arts events, collaborating with other Arts Ambassadors to engage students in the arts, and most importantly, spreading the word about the vast arts community at U-M!

Learn more about being an Arts Ambassador by attending our Mass Meeting on Tuesday, September 11 from 5-6pm in the Maize & Blue Auditorium of the Student Activities Building. The application deadline for Fall 2018 is September 20. To apply, visit http://artsatmichigan.umich.edu/programs/ambassadors/.

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Rally / Mass Meeting Mon, 10 Sep 2018 11:16:16 -0400 2018-09-11T17:00:00-04:00 2018-09-11T18:00:00-04:00 Student Activities Building Arts at Michigan Rally / Mass Meeting Apply to be an Arts Ambassador
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (September 12, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520803@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-09-12T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-12T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
The Joseph and Sally Handleman Lecture Series presents Neri Oxman (September 12, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53456 53456-13383550@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Hill Auditorium
Organized By: Michigan Ross

What does innovation look like when we dissolve the borders between artistic creativity and the scientific method, speculative design and applied engineering, and problem solving and problem seeking? Find out Wednesday, September 12, as we host Neri Oxman on campus! An award-winning designer, architect, and director of the Mediated Matter Group at MIT, Neri’s work transcends the traditional boundaries between art, science, and nature.

This event is free and open to the public.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 06 Aug 2018 14:18:35 -0400 2018-09-12T18:30:00-04:00 2018-09-12T20:00:00-04:00 Hill Auditorium Michigan Ross Lecture / Discussion The Joseph and Sally Handleman Lecture Series presents Neri Oxman
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (September 13, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520804@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-09-13T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-13T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (September 14, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520805@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-09-14T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-14T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
ARCHITECTURE PRACTICE SESSIONS: LECTURE - Third Century Grant Initiative (September 14, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55264 55264-13709332@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Laurel Consuelo Broughton and Andrés Jaque will lecture as part of the Practice Sessions series. Practice Sessions is part of the University of Michigan’s Third Century Initiative which funds experimental pedagogies in a bid to change how teaching and learning happen within the bounds of the institution. Over a five-year period, ten architectural practices will be invited to Taubman College to run a practice session.

Laurel Consuelo Broughton
Laurel Consuelo Broughton is a designer and educator who explores her interests in narrative, material culture, and style within architecture, design, and fashion through projects, publications, and collaborations at a multiplicity of scales. The object as form and cultural figure features broadly throughout all her work. She has taught at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University, the College of Environmental Design at University of California, Berkeley and the School of Architecture at the University of Southern California.

Laurel is the director of WELCOMEPROJECTS, a studio of discursive sensibilities focused on the production of real things in the world along with all the incumbent, critical fictions needed for their survival. WELCOMEPROJECTS are large (buildings, houses, interiors), medium (installations, films, furniture) and small (handbags, games, wagons). The studio tells stories through design imbuing each project with curiosity and playful seriousness. Recent work has been exhibited at the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial, Materials and Applications in Silverlake, A+D Architecture and Design Museum, Harvard Graduate School of Design, and galleries in Los Angeles and New York and most recently published in the Los Angeles Times, Art Papers, Attention, Pidgin, Metropolis, Offramp, and Surface.

WELCOMEPROJECTS also designs and produces WELCOMECOMPANIONS, a project that reinterprets everyday sartorial accessories and objects. The project seeks to inject a sense of play, suspense, and narrative into the objects we interact with and depend upon on a daily basis. We suggest the novelty that in our accessories, function is not wholly dependent on utilitarian form. Launched in 2012, WELCOMECOMPANIONS has been featured in numerous publications including Vogue.com, New York Times, Paper Magazine, Vogue Italia, Elle Italia, Newsweek, Marie Claire Italia, Lucky Magazine and Nylon Magazine among others. WELCOMECOMPANIONS are sold in boutiques in Los Angeles, New York, Tokyo, San Francisco, Sydney, and Hong Kong.

Andrés Jaque
Andrés Jaque is the founder of the Office for Political Innovation, an international architectural practice working in the intersection of design, research and critical practices. He is the author of awarded projects including ‘Plasencia Clergy Hall of Residence’, ‘House in Never Never Land’, ‘TUPPER HOME’, ‘ESCARAVOX’ or ‘COSMO, MoMA PS1’. He is the Director of the Advanced Architectural Design Program at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.

In 2016, he received the Frederick Kiesler Prize from the City of Vienna, and he has been awarded with the SILVER LION to the Best Research Project at the 14th Venice Biennale, and the Dionisio Hernández Gil Award.

Andrés Jaque is Associate Professor at Columbia University, Phd Architect (ETSAM), Alfred Toepfer Stiftung’s Tessenow Stipendiat (Hamburg) and Graham Foundation Grantee. His publications include Transmaterial Politics (2017), Calculable (2016) PHANTOM. Mies as Rendered Society, Different Kinds of Water Pouring into a Swimming Pool, Dulces Arenas Cotidianas (2013), Everyday Politics (2011), Melnikov. 1000 Autos Garage in Paris 1929 (2004). His research work has been published in Perspecta, Log, Thresholds, Volume, among many others.

The design work of his office has been published in the most important architectural and general media, including A+U, Bauwelt, Domus, El Croquis, The Architectural Review and The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, El País; and it has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art MoMA, London Design Museum, MAK in Vienna, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, RED CAT Cal Arts Contemporary Art Center in Los Angeles, Z33 in Hasselt, Schweizerisches Architektur Museum in Basel, Princeton University SoA and the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine de Paris among many others.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 12 Sep 2018 23:04:02 -0400 2018-09-14T18:00:00-04:00 Art and Architecture Building A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Never Never Land House
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (September 15, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520806@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 15, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-09-15T13:00:00-04:00 2018-09-15T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (September 16, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520807@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 16, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-09-16T13:00:00-04:00 2018-09-16T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (September 18, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520809@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-09-18T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-18T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (September 19, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520810@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-09-19T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-19T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (September 20, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520811@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-09-20T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-20T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (September 21, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520812@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-09-21T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-21T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (September 22, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520813@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 22, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-09-22T13:00:00-04:00 2018-09-22T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (September 23, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520814@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 23, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-09-23T13:00:00-04:00 2018-09-23T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Great Lakes Adaptation Forum (September 24, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55196 55196-13698261@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 10:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: University of Michigan Climate Center

Join climate adaptation scholars and practitioners from across the Great Lakes region to learn about the latest trends, innovations, and best practices in the field.

Join us Monday for a career panel with adaptation leadership working in environmental justice, urban resilience, public health, applied climate science and more!

On Tuesday Jonathan Overpeck and Keynote Speaker Dr. Daniel Wildcat will lead the Opening Plenary speaking about the role of indigenous knowledge and the need for equitable and effective climate adaptation action now!

The conference agenda features leaders on Finance and Innovation: Cam Davis, former Great Lakes Czar under the Obama Administration, Joyce Coffee finance innovation guru, and Branko Kerkez smart technology inventor and leader;
Landscapes and forest management: Chris Swanston, Director of the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science and Kim Hall, The Nature Conservancy's resilience manager for the Great Lakes region; Data Visualization and Decision Making and Much More!

You don't want to miss the biennial convening of climate adaptation thought leaders and actors!

We'll see you in Ann Arbor September 24 - 26

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 24 Sep 2018 10:43:34 -0400 2018-09-24T10:00:00-04:00 2018-09-24T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) University of Michigan Climate Center Conference / Symposium Great Lakes Forum Banner
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (September 25, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520816@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-09-25T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-25T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (September 26, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520817@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-09-26T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-26T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (September 27, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520818@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-09-27T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-27T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
The Ross Effect (September 27, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55018 55018-13665226@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ross One Year Graduate Programs

Employers look for the skills you’re developing in your undergraduate degree, like the ability to understand complex concepts and deliver creative solutions. But, connecting with companies and highlighting these skills is not always easy. Join us at "The Ross Effect" to learn how three outstanding Ross graduate programs, the Master of Accounting, the Master of Management and the Master of Supply Chain Management, will leverage your undergraduate training for a smooth and successful transition into the workforce.

This event is being held exclusively for non-Ross University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) students. The event is being held on the 5th floor of the Blau/Kresge side of the Ross Building, in the Blau Colloquium.

Questions? Email TheRossEffect@umich.edu

Register at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ross-effect-how-a-ross-graduate-degree-amplifies-your-toolkit-registration-48421327494

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Presentation Fri, 07 Sep 2018 18:53:32 -0400 2018-09-27T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-27T17:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Ross One Year Graduate Programs Presentation Michigan Ross Logo
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (September 28, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520819@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-09-28T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-28T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Expansive Realities: A Longer History of the “Virtual” in Art, Architecture, and Visual Culture (September 29, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52156 52156-12494172@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 29, 2018 9:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: History of Art

This fall’s biennial U-M History of Art Graduate Student Symposium: Expansive Realities: A Longer History of the “Virtual” in Art, Architecture, and Visual Culture aims to foster discussions of the theoretical, social, and cultural nature of this phenomenon. While often linked to the digital age, the virtual implies imagined and immersive spaces that despite their defiance of material and physical boundaries impact these nonetheless. Ten graduate students in art history and related fields from the University of Michigan and other institutions will present papers that collectively address the impact of the virtual on the mind, body, and the construction or cementation of boundaries.

Expansive Realities is further delighted to host Kristina Kleutghen, David. W. Mesker Associate Professor of Art History and Archaeology, Chinese Art and Architecture, Washington University in St. Louis as the keynote for this event.

This program is co-sponsored by UMMA, the Confucius Institute, the Center for Chinese Studies, American Culture, the Department for Classical Studies, Slavic Languages and Literatures, Medieval and Early Modern Studies, the Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art and Archaeology, the Museum Studies Program, the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, and Rackham Graduate Studies.

This program is free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served.


SCHEDULE

Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Keynote Address
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Virtual Reality in Elite and Popular Early Modern Chinese Art
Dr. Kristina Kleutghen, David W. Mesker Associate Professor of Art History and Archaeology at Washington University in St. Louis

Panel I: Mindscapes
11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Imaging Dreams: Efficacious Dream-Image of the Demon-Queller on a Ceramic Pillow
Kim Young, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Coloring the Mind: Illustrating and Imagining the Fantastic in Early 20th-Century Pulp Fiction
James Denison, University of Michigan

Spiritual Life in a Fantasy Land: Theosophy, Art, and Community at Point Loma, 1900 – 1929
Grace Converse, University of Southern California

Under the Disguise of Landscapes: The Special Representation of the Human Body in Daoist Illustration Nei Jing Tu
Yue Dai, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Lunch Reception
University of Michigan Museum of Art Commons
12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Panel II: Colonization and Boundaries
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Visualizing a Changing Shanghai: Early Urbanization and Mapmaking, 1840s – 1920s
Xi Zhang, University of Chicago

The Indian Market in Santa Fe
Sophia Salsbery, The New School

Afternoon Coffee Break
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Panel III: Public Memory
3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

David Claerbout’s Olympia: A Simulated Digital Decay
Nicky Ni, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

A Virtual Architecture: The Tenth-Century Cliff Landscape at Dunhuang, China
Zhenru Zhou, University of Chicago

Machine-Made World: A Fordist Utopia in the Detroit Industry Murals of Diego Rivera
Megan Flattley, Tulane University

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 21 Sep 2018 10:23:41 -0400 2018-09-29T09:00:00-04:00 2018-09-29T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art History of Art Conference / Symposium expansive realities
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (September 29, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520820@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 29, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-09-29T13:00:00-04:00 2018-09-29T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Saturday Sampler Tour | Newberry Hall and the Tiffany Window (September 29, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52967 52967-13159597@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 29, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

"I've always wondered what was in this building" is a common refrain from visitors to the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. Completed in 1891, Newberry Hall is one of the oldest buildings on the University of Michigan campus. Join us on a guided walk through this Richardsonian Romanesque building and learn about its architecture and fascinating history.

The highlight of the tour is an up-close view of the glorious Tiffany stained-glass window in the Kelsey Museum library. Julia Truettner, U-M preservationist and building historian, describes the window as follows:

"The Fox memorial window utilizes many kinds of glass, including roundels and chunks or nuggets, as well as plated layers, to produce a range of colors from rich claret and deep sapphire to greens, golds, and lighter shades of pinks, yellows, and blues. The abstract design incorporates not only geometric forms but also floral and vegetable motifs, such as the green pods around the perimeter and the petal-like forms at the bottom, which embrace the panels naming the honorees. These forms, plus the medallion at the top with its floral images surrounded by roundels, hint at Tiffany's coming mastery of landscape, figural, and ecclesiastical designs."

Space on the tour is limited to 30 participants. Please register by emailing mullersm@umich.edu.

Saturday Sampler tours are free and open to all visitors. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this tour, please contact the education office (734-647-4167) at least two weeks in advance. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.

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Other Wed, 11 Jul 2018 16:14:02 -0400 2018-09-29T14:00:00-04:00 2018-09-29T15:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Other Tiffany window
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (September 30, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520821@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 30, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-09-30T13:00:00-04:00 2018-09-30T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (October 2, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520823@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-10-02T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-02T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (October 3, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520824@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-10-03T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-03T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
CGIS Study Abroad Fair (October 3, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44037 44037-9877694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Advisors, CGIS Alumni, and program representatives from around campus and the world will answer your questions about UM study abroad opportunities. Learn about UM faculty-led programs and meet with staff from the Office of Financial Aid and the LSA Scholarship Office. Enjoy performances from global student orgs, maize-n-blue giveaways, and free candy from around the world!

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Fair / Festival Sun, 02 Sep 2018 11:01:54 -0400 2018-10-03T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-03T16:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Center for Global and Intercultural Study Fair / Festival Study Abroad!
Lost in Translation: The Architecture and/of Chinese Edition (October 3, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55224 55224-13700533@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: Graduate Rackham International

Have you ever wondered how architecture sounds in Chinese? Or questioned if the language of architecture would sound any more esoteric if it were in Chinese? Does linguistic difference matter? What is lost and what is gained when designspeak traverses the Chinese-English divide? How does the medium of design discourse affect its content? Is graphic communication the great equalizer? Is architecture sinicizable? Do you doubt that these are answerable questions? Find out on October 3rd, 5–7pm, at the Taubman College Commons.

In 1922, philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein declared that “the limits of my language mean the limits of my world." With the globally-connected community at the University of Michigan in mind, we invite you to an exploration of the cross-cultural academic expressive production that accompanies thinking and writing from a non-English background. Taking the University of Michigan as a case study, we hope to engage questions of scholarship and public expression incubated in the globalized environment that is the contemporary American university. Rather than focusing on the mechanics of English as a Second Language or as a lingua franca, we seek a discussion around scholarly expression in a multicultural, globalized academia.

Panelists:
FU Liangyu, Communications & Media Studies
WANG Jieqiong, Architecture & Urban Studies
William THOMSON, Anthropology & Architecture
ZHANG Fang, Fine Arts, Design, & Economics

Hors d'oeuvres to be served.
All are welcome!
No registration is required but please RSVP so we can provide enough food for everyone.

This event is organized by GRIN with generous support from Rackham and in partnership with Taubman College DEI.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 13:00:55 -0400 2018-10-03T17:00:00-04:00 2018-10-03T19:00:00-04:00 Art and Architecture Building Graduate Rackham International Lecture / Discussion Flyer
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (October 4, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520825@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 4, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-10-04T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-04T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (October 5, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520826@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-10-05T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-05T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (October 6, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520827@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 6, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-10-06T13:00:00-04:00 2018-10-06T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (October 7, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520828@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 7, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-10-07T13:00:00-04:00 2018-10-07T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
The University of Michigan Presents Lecture: Ann Forsyth, "Planning for Longevity: A Gender Perspective" (October 8, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56327 56327-13878538@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 8, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Trained in planning and architecture, Ann Forsyth is a Professor of Urban Planning and Director of the Masters in Urban Planning Program at Harvard. Forsyth specializes in the social aspects of physical planning examining innovative planning and design in suburban areas and healthy places. She has published six books including the recent China’s Urban Communities: Concepts, Contexts, and Well-being (2016, Birkhauser, with P. Rowe and H.Y. Kan), Creating Healthy Neighborhoods: Evidence-based Planning and Design Strategies (2017, APA Planners Press/Routledge, with E. Salomon and L. Smead), and the forthcoming edited book Towards 21st Century New Towns: Past, Present, Prospects (2019, Penn Press, with R. Pesier). Forsyth has written over 170 articles, reviews, and chapters in planning, geography, health, and design including 80 refereed articles, and has developed a number of planning tools—from participatory methods and surveys to GIS protocols. Forsyth has won awards, honors, and fellowships for professional and research work including awards from the American Planning Association, American Society of Landscape Architects, Environmental Design Research Association, Planning Institute of Australia, and Association of European Schools of Planning. She has a BSc(Honors) in Architecture from the University of Sydney, an MA in Urban Planning from UCLA, and a PhD from Cornell.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 02 Oct 2018 16:46:48 -0400 2018-10-08T18:00:00-04:00 2018-10-08T19:00:00-04:00 Art and Architecture Building A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Art and Architecture Building
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (October 9, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520830@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-10-09T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-09T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
impactXchange–VOTING (October 9, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56083 56083-13830280@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 11:30am
Location: The Grove
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

North Campus DEI Collaborative–College of Engineering, Stamps School of Art & Design, Duderstadt Center, School of Music, Theater and Dance, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Rackham Student Government

Join the North Campus DEI Collaborative impactXchange–College of Engineering, Stamps School of Art & Design, Duderstadt Center, School of Music, Theater and Dance, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning and the Rackham Student Government in celebration of Diversity Week 2018.

The all day celebration aims to put students in the driver’s seat of decision making. We will explore the topic of VOTING and how voting and not voting impacts students and their peers (students will be able to register to vote too!). Students will learn what they can do in their communities to create change (regardless if they can vote or not). Live performances, exhibition posters on voting, workshops, food, and entertainment will make this event one that must not be missed.

When: Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Where: The Grove and Duderstadt Center
Time: 11:30am-1:00pm
Special Guest: Ruby Sales–Building a Vibrant Youth Culture at 6:30pm in the new Taubman College Commons.
Light refreshments will be served.

Ruby Nell Sales looks at her work as a calling rather than a career. She answered the call to social justice as a teenager at Tuskegee Institute where she joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and worked on voter registration in Lowndes County, Alabama. Sales has made the struggle for racial justice one of the centerpieces of her work through the SpiritHouse Project. Recognizing a need to nurture the hope that still resides in young people as well as to revive an intergenerational community and human compassion, in 2016 the SpiritHouse Project introduced Hope Zones.™ They are alternative learning spaces designed to strengthen the hope, courage, reason, and will of young people to individually and collectively stand up for themselves with dignity, clarity and nonviolent persistence. According to the Harvard Gazette, Ruby spoke about the fight for racial equality in the U.S. and shared, “Even in the face of challenges, there are reasons for hope. Freedom must be seen as a constant struggle. We don’t have to give in to despair.”

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Fair / Festival Thu, 27 Sep 2018 12:56:52 -0400 2018-10-09T11:30:00-04:00 2018-10-09T20:00:00-04:00 The Grove A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Fair / Festival One Vote, One Difference
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (October 10, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520831@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-10-10T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-10T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (October 11, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520832@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-10-11T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-11T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (October 12, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520833@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 12, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-10-12T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-12T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (October 13, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520834@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 13, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-10-13T13:00:00-04:00 2018-10-13T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (October 14, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520835@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 14, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-10-14T13:00:00-04:00 2018-10-14T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (October 16, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520837@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-10-16T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-16T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (October 17, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520838@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-10-17T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-17T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (October 18, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520839@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 18, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-10-18T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-18T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (October 19, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520840@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-10-19T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (October 20, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520841@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 20, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-10-20T13:00:00-04:00 2018-10-20T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (October 21, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520842@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 21, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-10-21T13:00:00-04:00 2018-10-21T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (October 23, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520844@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-10-23T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
FellowSpeak: "Spatial Narratives in Architecture and Fiction" (October 23, 2018 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54055 54055-13521819@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

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

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

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

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

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 27 Sep 2018 11:31:16 -0400 2018-10-23T12:30:00-04:00 2018-10-23T13:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion spatial narratives
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (October 24, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520845@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-10-24T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-24T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (October 25, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520846@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 25, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-10-25T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-25T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (October 26, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520847@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 26, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-10-26T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-26T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (October 27, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520848@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 27, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-10-27T13:00:00-04:00 2018-10-27T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (October 28, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520849@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 28, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-10-28T13:00:00-04:00 2018-10-28T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (October 30, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520851@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-10-30T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-30T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
The University of Michigan Presents Lecture: Rachel Armstrong (October 30, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56400 56400-13896795@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Rachel Armstrong is Professor of Experimental Architecture at the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University. She is a Rising Waters II Fellow with the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation (April-May 2016), TWOTY futurist 2015, Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society, a 2010 Senior TED Fellow and profiled in the RIBA Journal, 2018. She is Director and founder of the Experimental Architecture Group (EAG) whose work has been published widely as well as exhibited and performed at the Venice Art and Architecture Biennales, the Tallinn Architecture Biennale, the Trondheim Art Biennale, the Palais de Tokyo (Paris), the Institute of Advanced Architecture, Catalonia (IAAC), Aarhus Kuntshal, the University of the Underground (Amsterdam), The Gallatin School, New York University, Allenheads Contemporary Arts, and Culture Lab at Newcastle University.

Her work investigates a new approach to building materials called ‘living architecture,’ which suggests it is possible for our buildings to share some of the properties of living systems. Collaboratively working across disciplines, she builds and develops prototypes that couple the computational properties of the natural world with matter at far from equilibrium. She calls the synthesis that occurs between these systems and their inhabitants “living” architecture.

She is coordinator for the €3.2m Living Architecture project, which is an ongoing collaboration of experts from the universities of Newcastle, UK, the West of England (UWE Bristol), Trento, Italy, the Spanish National Research Council in Madrid, LIQUIFER Systems Group, Vienna, Austria and EXPLORA, Venice, Italy that began in April 2016 and runs to April 2019. It is envisioned as a next-generation, selectively, programmable bioreactor that is capable of extracting valuable resources from sunlight, wastewater and air and in turn, generating oxygen, proteins and biomass. Conceived as a freestanding partition it is composed of bioreactor building blocks (microbial fuel cell, algae bioreactor and a genetically modified processor), which are being developed as standardized building segments, or bricks. Living Architecture uses the standard principles of both photo bioreactor and microbial fuel cell technologies, which are adapted to and combined into a single, sequential hybrid bioreactor system so they will work synergistically together to clean wastewater, generate oxygen, provide electrical power and generate useable biomass (fertilizer)
Co-sponsor: University of Michigan Biosciences Initiative

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 17 Oct 2018 13:34:55 -0400 2018-10-30T18:00:00-04:00 2018-10-30T19:30:00-04:00 Art and Architecture Building A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Rachel Armstrong
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (October 31, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520852@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-10-31T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-31T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (November 1, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520853@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 1, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-11-01T09:00:00-04:00 2018-11-01T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (November 2, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520854@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 2, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-11-02T09:00:00-04:00 2018-11-02T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (November 3, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520855@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 3, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-11-03T13:00:00-04:00 2018-11-03T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (November 4, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520856@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 4, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-11-04T13:00:00-05:00 2018-11-04T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
The University of Michigan Presents Lecture: Craig Dykers (Snøhetta) (November 5, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56964 56964-14052736@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 5, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Since 1989, Craig Dykers has established offices in Norway, Egypt, England, and in the United States. His interest in design as a promoter of social and physical well-being is supported by ongoing observation and development of an innovative design process.

As one of the Founding Partners of Snøhetta, Craig has led many of Snøhetta’s prominent projects internationally, including the Alexandria Library in Egypt, the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet in Oslo, Norway, the National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavilion in New York City, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Expansion in California, and the Ryerson University Student Learning Centre in Toronto, Canada. Recently, Craig has led the design of the new pedestrian plazas in Times Square and The French Laundry Kitchen Expansion and Garden Renovation in Yountville.

Craig’s work has led to numerous international awards and recognitions including the Mies van der Rohe European Union Prize for Architecture, the World Architecture Award, and the Aga Kahn Award for Architecture, among many others.

Published internationally for over 25 years, Craig has most recently been profiled in The New Yorker (2013), The New York Times (2014), and The Globe and Mail (2015), while the practice has also been published in an Arquitectura Viva Monograph (2015) and nominated by Fast Company Magazine as one of the ten most innovative architecture companies in the world (2013).

Craig has served as a Diploma Adjudicator at the Architectural College in Oslo and in recent years has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, Syracuse University, Cornell University, Parsons and Washington University in St. Louis. He has lectured extensively throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Manufacturers, a LEED accredited professional, and a member of the American and Norwegian Institutes of Architects.

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 21 Oct 2018 19:12:39 -0400 2018-11-05T18:00:00-05:00 2018-11-05T19:30:00-05:00 Art and Architecture Building A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Lecture: Craig Dykers (Snøhetta)
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (November 6, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520858@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-11-06T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-06T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Medieval Lunch. Stop and Spoilate: Ends and Beginnings in the Late Roman/Early Medieval Houses of Central Italy (November 6, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55586 55586-13759174@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

The Medieval Lunch Series is an informal program for sharing works-in-progress and fostering community among medievalists at the University of Michigan. Faculty and graduate students from across disciplines participate, sharing their research and discussing ongoing projects.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 18 Sep 2018 15:04:39 -0400 2018-11-06T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-06T12:50:00-05:00 Tisch Hall Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Workshop / Seminar Tisch Hall
Comics and the Art of Visual Communication with Scott McCloud (November 6, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57047 57047-14075030@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Duderstadt Center

Author and comics artist Scott McCloud demonstrates why every visual choice we make matters—in a fast-moving cascade of images and ideas.

Visit bit.ly/comicswithscott for more information and free registration. Seating is limited! Please register to guarantee your admission.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 24 Oct 2018 14:26:15 -0400 2018-11-06T19:00:00-05:00 2018-11-06T21:30:00-05:00 Duderstadt Center Duderstadt Center Lecture / Discussion McCloud's signature self portrait: a slightly shaggy haired man with large round glasses and a friendly smile.
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (November 7, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520859@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 7, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-11-07T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-07T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (November 8, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520860@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 8, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-11-08T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-08T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Robotics Interfaces with Architecture Seminar (November 8, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56758 56758-13997124@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 8, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: Michigan Robotics

Roland Snooks explores the complexity of the contemporary social and natural world through the creation of objects, installations, public art and architectural projects. This work draws on an understanding of the underlying processes of formation that give rise to these contemporary conditions. The studio redeploys these processes through algorithmic techniques in the creation of highly detailed and intricate forms. We are a small, agile studio based in Melbourne that operates globally. We have an international network of expert collaborators to enable us to tackle complex and large-scale projects.

Studio Roland Snooks's work has been exhibited internationally and acquired by some of the world’s leading collections of modern art and design, including the Centre Pompidou (Paris), and the FRAC Collection (France). The work has been published widely and is the subject of a forthcoming monograph (ACTAR Publishers - Barcelona). Roland is frequently invited to lecture and present his work internationally at the world’s leading schools of design.

We have a fascination with the impact of new technologies on form. The studio is at the forefront of new computational design processes and robotic fabrication techniques. We are focused on how to develop and leverage these innovations to create intricately crafted forms.

This seminar series is funded by a grant from the U-M Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Innovation Fund and the U-M Robotics Institute.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:04:24 -0400 2018-11-08T18:00:00-05:00 2018-11-08T19:30:00-05:00 Art and Architecture Building Michigan Robotics Workshop / Seminar Snooks architecture
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (November 9, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520861@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 9, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-11-09T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-09T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
The University of Michigan Presents Symposium: Shaping Future Cities (November 9, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56965 56965-14052737@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 9, 2018 9:00am
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

The new technologies and development practices that are transforming cities operationally, socially, and spatially create opportunities and challenges for architecture and planning. Disruptive private-sector innovations like ridesharing open up new options, but also new problems. Ubiquitous sensing raises questions about data privacy and ownership. Technology- enabled services are changing our experience of the city, yet exclude many and expand existing social divides.

This day-long symposium at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning convenes leaders in practice and academia from across and beyond North America to assess the implications of change and describe compelling strategies for shaping future cities.

What are the differences among competing smart city paradigms? How can architects and planners integrate emerging technologies in ways that promote equity and broaden civic agency?

To address these questions, we must transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries because the implications of technology are far reaching and interconnected—encompassing issues of sustainability, resilience, design, spatial experience, racial and social equity, and more. The strategies that public officials, built environment professionals, and the private sector use to improve urban life must not only integrate data and analysis, but also reconcile conflicting stakeholder positions, leverage innovations, and advocate for inclusion.

At the Shaping Future Cities Symposium, urban practitioners, designers, and developers draw on insights from leading-edge projects and interrogate competing methodologies to show how we can plan and design better cities.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 01 Nov 2018 13:31:11 -0400 2018-11-09T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-09T16:00:00-05:00 Art and Architecture Building A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Conference / Symposium Symposium: Shaping Future Cities
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (November 10, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520862@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 10, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-11-10T13:00:00-05:00 2018-11-10T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (November 11, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520863@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 11, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-11-11T13:00:00-05:00 2018-11-11T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (November 13, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520865@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-11-13T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-13T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (November 14, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520866@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-11-14T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-14T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (November 15, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520867@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-11-15T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-15T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar. Living in a Liminal Age: Cairo’s al-Darb al-Ahmar District Enters the Early Modern (November 15, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56913 56913-14023823@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Early modern Cairo was crowded urban environment replete with centuries of architectural models from which to draw. Both builders and inhabitants of its neighborhoods engaged with Cairo’s past while simultaneously encountering the incremental transformations associated with the early modern. Interactions with the city from public demonstrations of state power to buying and selling modest private residences were enmeshed with a sense of place. A sustaining local identity was manifest in shops and mosques and homes made of mudbrick and finely dressed Muqattam limestone that grounded Cairo and Cairenes even as the world changed.

Shauna Huffaker is an urban historian at the University of Windsor in Ontario who studies the medieval and early modern Middle East. She will be speaking on the lived experiences of the builders of Cairo’s historic al-Darb al-Ahmar district and its early modern inhabitants and the documents that make their lives visible to us.

This event is organized by the Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar (IISS) with support from the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) and the Department of Architecture.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to IslamicStudies@umich.edu at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 18 Oct 2018 15:18:23 -0400 2018-11-15T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-15T17:30:00-05:00 Art and Architecture Building Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion Qijmas_Huffaker
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (November 16, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520868@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-11-16T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-16T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar. Domestic Architecture and Urban History: The Promise and Limitations of Property Deeds Written in Cairo’s Early Ottoman Courts (November 16, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56914 56914-14023824@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 10:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

The documentary record of Cairo is among the richest for any part of the pre-modern Islamic world. Using examples from the archive of the Coptic Patriarchate in Abbasiya and Dar al-Wathiq in the Egyptian National Archives, we will consider the format of deeds of sale and their utility for historians of urbanism. Property boundaries and descriptions were an essential part of uniquely identifying the property for sale for owners, sellers, notaries and court officials. In the present, the finely textured details of these descriptions invite us into the streets, neighborhoods and intimate spaces of Mamluk and Ottoman Cairo. But reading these descriptions to meet the presentist needs of the historian comes with its own perils. We will also discuss the challenges of gaining access to and working with the archives which house these documents.

Shauna Huffaker is an urban historian at the University of Windsor in Ontario who studies the medieval and early modern Middle East. She will be leading a workshop on the lived experiences of the builders and inhabitants of early modern Cairo and the documents that make their lives visible to us.

This event is organized by the Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar (IISS) with support from the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC).

Snacks and refreshments will be served. Please RSVP by emailing IISScoordinators@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 18 Oct 2018 15:23:31 -0400 2018-11-16T10:00:00-05:00 2018-11-16T11:50:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Workshop / Seminar sijil_huffaker
The University of Michigan Presents Lecture: Alan Mallach (November 16, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57737 57737-14278477@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 11:00am
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Alan Mallach's lecture will be introduced by Congressman Dan Kildee of Michigan's 5th Congressional District.

Writer, scholar, practitioner and advocate Alan Mallach has been engaged with the challenges of rebuilding America’s cities and their neighborhoods for over fifty years. His new book, The Divided City: Poverty and Prosperity in Urban America, sums up his experience, and grapples with the challenge of the simultaneous urban revival, decline and polarization in the nation’s older industrial cities, laying out a path for future cities of inclusion and opportunity. A senior fellow with the Center for Community Progress in Washington DC, he has been affiliated with the Brookings Institution and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, and served as director of housing & economic development for the city of Trenton, New Jersey. He was a visiting professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas in 2010-2011, and currently teaches in the Graduate Center on Planning and the Environment at Pratt Institute in New York. He has authored many other books, legal and scholarly articles, book chapters, op-eds, and research and policy reports. He is also a pianist and author of two acclaimed books on 19th century Italian opera. He holds a B.A. degree from Yale College, and lives in Roosevelt, New Jersey.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 16 Nov 2018 11:45:20 -0500 2018-11-16T11:00:00-05:00 2018-11-16T12:00:00-05:00 Art and Architecture Building A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Art and Architecture Building
Ross Net Impact Case Competition (November 16, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57529 57529-14209033@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

Exploring the impact of a large chain expanding its presence in Detroit. Is this a good business decision? What will the social impact of this decision be? Is that something we even need to consider? The second annual Net Impact Case Competition provides students a hands-on opportunity to explore impact-driven solutions for a large, for-profit corporation in the city of Detroit. The registration deadline was Thursday, November 8th and the case was released at 9:00 am on Friday, November 9th.
The Prizes
$2000 for the winning team
$750 to the runner up
This event is sponsored in part by Business+Impact at Michigan Ross.

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Presentation Thu, 08 Nov 2018 11:23:05 -0500 2018-11-16T13:00:00-05:00 2018-11-16T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Presentation Ross School of Business
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (November 17, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520869@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 17, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-11-17T13:00:00-05:00 2018-11-17T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (November 18, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520870@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 18, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-11-18T13:00:00-05:00 2018-11-18T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (November 20, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520872@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-11-20T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-20T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (November 21, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520873@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 21, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-11-21T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-21T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (November 24, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520876@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 24, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-11-24T13:00:00-05:00 2018-11-24T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (November 25, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520877@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 25, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-11-25T13:00:00-05:00 2018-11-25T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (November 27, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520879@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-11-27T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-27T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (November 28, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520880@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-11-28T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-28T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (November 29, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520881@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 29, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-11-29T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-29T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (November 30, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520882@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 30, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-11-30T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-30T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (December 1, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520883@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 1, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-12-01T13:00:00-05:00 2018-12-01T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (December 2, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520884@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 2, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-12-02T13:00:00-05:00 2018-12-02T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (December 4, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520886@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-12-04T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-04T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (December 5, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520887@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-12-05T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-05T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (December 6, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520888@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 6, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-12-06T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-06T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (December 7, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520889@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 7, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-12-07T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-07T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (December 8, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520890@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 8, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-12-08T13:00:00-05:00 2018-12-08T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (December 9, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520891@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 9, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-12-09T13:00:00-05:00 2018-12-09T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (December 11, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520893@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-12-11T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-11T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (December 12, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520894@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-12-12T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-12T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (December 13, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520895@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 13, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-12-13T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-13T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (December 14, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520896@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 14, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-12-14T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-14T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (December 15, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520897@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 15, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-12-15T13:00:00-05:00 2018-12-15T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (December 16, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520898@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 16, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-12-16T13:00:00-05:00 2018-12-16T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (December 18, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520900@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 18, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-12-18T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-18T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (December 19, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520901@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 19, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-12-19T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-19T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (December 20, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520902@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 20, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-12-20T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-20T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (December 21, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520903@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 21, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-12-21T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-21T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (December 22, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520904@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 22, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-12-22T13:00:00-05:00 2018-12-22T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (December 23, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520905@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 23, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-12-23T13:00:00-05:00 2018-12-23T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (December 26, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520908@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 26, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-12-26T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-26T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (December 27, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520909@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 27, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-12-27T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-27T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (December 28, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520910@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 28, 2018 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-12-28T09:00:00-05:00 2018-12-28T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (December 29, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520911@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 29, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-12-29T13:00:00-05:00 2018-12-29T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (December 30, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520912@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 30, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2018-12-30T13:00:00-05:00 2018-12-30T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (January 2, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520915@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 2, 2019 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2019-01-02T09:00:00-05:00 2019-01-02T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (January 3, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520916@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 3, 2019 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2019-01-03T09:00:00-05:00 2019-01-03T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (January 4, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520917@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 4, 2019 9:00am
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2019-01-04T09:00:00-05:00 2019-01-04T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (January 5, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520918@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 5, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2019-01-05T13:00:00-05:00 2019-01-05T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Exhibition | Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern (January 6, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52176 52176-12520919@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 6, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Human beings are political animals, said the Greek philosopher Aristotle: animals that live in the “polis,” the Greek word for city. Over two thousand years later, we are still political animals, and the study of ancient cities is of abiding interest, for our perceptions of the urban centers of the past continue to exert a powerful hold on modern culture.

This exhibition showcases three Classical cities where the University of Michigan sponsors field projects: Gabii in Italy, Olynthos in Greece, and Notion in Turkey. The archaeologists excavating these cities, in collaboration with students and faculty from U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, are comparing their findings to projects of urban rebuilding in contemporary Detroit, asking two main questions: How do contemporary archaeological methods facilitate the study of both ancient and modern cities? And how can the study of the past help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing Detroit today?

Lead Curator: Christopher Ratté
Co-Curators: Lisa Nevett, Nicola Terrenato, and Kathy Velikov

Visit the exhibition website: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/urban-biographies

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Exhibition Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:14:19 -0400 2019-01-06T13:00:00-05:00 2019-01-06T16:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Exhibition Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Ecological Design Week (January 10, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58007 58007-14392457@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 10, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: School for Environment and Sustainability

Ecological Design Week

January 10: Whittemore Lecture by Dr. AdrienneGrêt-Regamey, Chair of planning and Urban Systems, ETH Zürich, Switzerland. Her lecture is titled "Enabling Transformation by linking land system science and landscape design" and will take place at 5pm in the Samuel Trask Dana Building, Room 1040.

January 14: Gallery Opening, 11am-12:30 pm, Dana Building, Ford Commons

January 14: EPA Campus RainWorks Design Competition Presentation, 12:30 -1:00 pm, Dana Building, Ford Commons

January 15: Lightning Talks, 12-1pm, Dana Building 2024

January 16: Studio Open House, 11 am - 1 pm, Landscape Architecture Studios, Third Floor, Dana Building

January 16: Lunch Talk with Dr. Tan Puay Yok, 12-1 pm, Landscape Critique Room, Third Floor, Dana Building,

January 17: 5 pm Smithgroup JJR Lecture by Dr. Tan Puay Yok, Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture in the School of Design and Environment of the National University of Singapore. His lecture is titled" Development of Neighborhood Landscapes with Urban Ecosystem Services and will take place at 5pm in the Samuel Trask Dana Building, Room 1040.

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Other Wed, 16 Jan 2019 11:24:14 -0500 2019-01-10T17:00:00-05:00 2019-01-10T19:00:00-05:00 Dana Building School for Environment and Sustainability Other Eco Design Week
Designing for High Density (January 17, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59857 59857-14795163@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 17, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: School for Environment and Sustainability

"Development of Neighborhood Landscapes with Urban Ecosystem Services"

Neighborhood landscapes are the quintessential forms of landscapes in most cities, but because of their small sizes, they seldom gain the attention of designers. Dr. Puay Yok will share the development of guidelines for the design of neighborhood landscapes, based on the concept of urban ecosystems services in the high-density, high-rise environment in Singapore.
SmithGroup JJR Lecture Series

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Jan 2019 10:59:32 -0500 2019-01-17T17:00:00-05:00 2019-01-17T18:00:00-05:00 Dana Natural Resources Building School for Environment and Sustainability Lecture / Discussion Puay Yok
The University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning presents Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium: "Institutionalizing Equity: Radically Restructuring Opportunity in Detroit" (January 17, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59531 59531-14748090@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 17, 2019 6:30pm
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

“And since we know that the system will not change the rules, we are going to have to change the system.” —Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Planning Meeting for the Poor People’s Conference

Boldly responding to Dr. King’s call for systemic change, a network of public, private, and nonprofit stakeholders in Detroit is seeking to radically restructure pathways to opportunity in the city’s neighborhoods. Through a first-of-its-kind initiative, a collective of the Kresge Foundation, the Detroit Public Schools Community District, and the University of Michigan will establish a “Cradle-to-Career” campus at Marygrove College on Detroit's Northwest Side. The campus will integrate pre-kindergarten through graduate level programs in an effort to establish a pedagogy of rigor, equity, and social justice at the intersection of public education and neighborhood revitalization in Detroit.

As Detroit’s resurgence pushes beyond the boundaries of greater Downtown, a daunting question remains: what about the schools? In conjunction with concentrated public and private investments in the city’s Fitzgerald neighborhood, the Cradle-to-Career initiative signifies the importance of comprehensive community development that acknowledges the place-based nature of residential segregation and systemic disinvestment. With the Kresge Foundation’s $50 million commitment—the largest investment in any single neighborhood in the nation— this partnership seeks to transform access to upward mobility, emphasizing the importance of beginning with Detroit’s youth in an effort to institutionalize equity from the ground up.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Jan 2019 19:09:53 -0500 2019-01-17T18:30:00-05:00 2019-01-17T20:30:00-05:00 Art and Architecture Building A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion MLK Symposium
The University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning presents Raoul Wallenberg Lecture: Eyal Weizman (January 18, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59370 59370-14734938@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Eyal Weizman is an architect, Professor of Spatial and Visual Cultures, and Director of Forensic Architecture. He is a founding member of the architectural collective DAAR in Beit Sahour/Palestine. His books include Forensic Architecture: Violence at the Threshold of Detectability (2017), The Conflict Shoreline (with Fazal Sheikh, 2015), FORENSIS (with Anselm Franke, 2014), Mengele’s Skull (with Thomas Keenan at Sterenberg Press, 2012), Forensic Architecture (dOCUMENTA13 notebook, 2012), The Least of All Possible Evils (Verso 2011), Hollow Land (Verso, 2007), A Civilian Occupation (Verso, 2003), the series Territories 1, 2 and 3, Yellow Rhythms and many articles in journals, magazines, and edited books. He has worked with a variety of NGOs worldwide and was a member of the B’Tselem board of directors.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Jan 2019 11:20:16 -0500 2019-01-18T18:00:00-05:00 2019-01-18T19:30:00-05:00 Walgreen Drama Center A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Eyal Weizman
The University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning presents Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture: Mabel O. Wilson, "Memory/Race/Nation: The Politics of Modern Memorials" (January 25, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59378 59378-14737030@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Mabel O. Wilson is a Professor of Architecture, a co-director of Global Africa Lab (GAL) and the Associate Director at the Institute for Research in African American Studies at Columbia University. She’s currently writing Building Race and Nation, a book about how slavery influenced early American civic architecture. She has authored Begin with the Past: Building the National Museum of African American History and Culture (2016) and Negro Building: African Americans in the World of Fairs and Museums (2012). She is a member of the design team for the Memorial to Enslaved African American Laborers at the University of Virginia. She was recently one of twelve curators contributing to MoMA’s current exhibition “Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Architecture.” She’s a founding member of Who Builds Your Architecture? (WBYA?) a collective that advocates for fair labor practices on building sites worldwide and whose work was most recently shown in a solo show at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Jan 2019 19:05:40 -0500 2019-01-25T18:00:00-05:00 2019-01-25T19:30:00-05:00 Art and Architecture Building A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture: Mabel O. Wilson
FellowSpeak: “Building Race and Nation: Slavery, Dispossession and Early American Civic Architecture” (January 29, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58287 58287-14452844@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

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

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

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:43:47 -0500 2019-01-29T12:30:00-05:00 2019-01-29T13:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Samuel Jennings, Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences or the Genius of America of America Encouraging the Emancipations of the Blacks, 1792. Library Company of Philadelphia
POSTPONED: The University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning presents Lecture: Amanda Williams and Andres L. Hernandez, "PRACTICE or Holding Space for ______." (January 29, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59381 59381-14912638@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Due to severe winter weather, the University of Michigan has declared an emergency reduction in operations beginning 12:00 am Wednesday, January 30 and extending through 7:00 am Friday, February 1. All classes and events are cancelled for this period. As such, the Thursday, January 31 Penny Stamps Speaker Series Talk with Amanda Williams and Andres L. Hernandez has been postponed. Additional details will be posted as they are available.

Amanda Williams is a visual artist who trained as an architect. Her practice blurs the distinction between art and architecture through works that employ color as a way to draw attention to the political complexities of race, place and value in cities. The landscapes in which she operates are the visual residue of the invisible policies and forces that have misshapen most inner cities. Williams’s installations, paintings, video, and works on paper seek to inspire new ways of looking at the familiar, and in the process, raise questions about the state of urban space in America. Amanda has exhibited widely, including the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale, a solo exhibition at the MCA Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago and the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis. She is a a 2018 United States Artists Fellow, a Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors grantee, an Efroymson Family Arts Fellow, a Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow and a member of the multidisciplinary Museum Design team for the Obama Presidential Center. She is this year’s Bill and Stephanie Sick Distinguished Visiting Professor at the School of the Art Institute Chicago and has previously served as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture at Cornell University and Washington University in St. Louis. She lives and works on Chicago’s south side.

Andres L. Hernandez is a Chicago-based artist, designer and educator who re-imagines the environments we inhabit, and explores the potential of spaces for public dialogue and social action. Hernandez is a 2018 Efroymson Contemporary Arts Fellow, and his recent projects include a 2018-2019 visiting artist residency with the University of Arizona School of Art, and Thrival Geographies (In My Mind I See A Line), a commissioned installation in collaboration with artists Amanda Williams and Shani Crowe for the U.S. Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale. Hernandez is co-founder of the Revival Arts Collective, founder and director of the Urban Vacancy Research Initiative, and exhibition design team member for the Museum of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, IL. He received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University and a Master of Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he is an Associate Professor.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 18:59:14 -0500 2019-01-29T18:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Lecture: Amanda Williams and Andres L. Hernandez
POSTPONED: The University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning presents Lecture: Amanda Williams and Andres L. Hernandez, "PRACTICE or Holding Space for ______." (January 31, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59381 59381-14737050@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Due to severe winter weather, the University of Michigan has declared an emergency reduction in operations beginning 12:00 am Wednesday, January 30 and extending through 7:00 am Friday, February 1. All classes and events are cancelled for this period. As such, the Thursday, January 31 Penny Stamps Speaker Series Talk with Amanda Williams and Andres L. Hernandez has been postponed. Additional details will be posted as they are available.

Amanda Williams is a visual artist who trained as an architect. Her practice blurs the distinction between art and architecture through works that employ color as a way to draw attention to the political complexities of race, place and value in cities. The landscapes in which she operates are the visual residue of the invisible policies and forces that have misshapen most inner cities. Williams’s installations, paintings, video, and works on paper seek to inspire new ways of looking at the familiar, and in the process, raise questions about the state of urban space in America. Amanda has exhibited widely, including the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale, a solo exhibition at the MCA Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago and the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis. She is a a 2018 United States Artists Fellow, a Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors grantee, an Efroymson Family Arts Fellow, a Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow and a member of the multidisciplinary Museum Design team for the Obama Presidential Center. She is this year’s Bill and Stephanie Sick Distinguished Visiting Professor at the School of the Art Institute Chicago and has previously served as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture at Cornell University and Washington University in St. Louis. She lives and works on Chicago’s south side.

Andres L. Hernandez is a Chicago-based artist, designer and educator who re-imagines the environments we inhabit, and explores the potential of spaces for public dialogue and social action. Hernandez is a 2018 Efroymson Contemporary Arts Fellow, and his recent projects include a 2018-2019 visiting artist residency with the University of Arizona School of Art, and Thrival Geographies (In My Mind I See A Line), a commissioned installation in collaboration with artists Amanda Williams and Shani Crowe for the U.S. Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale. Hernandez is co-founder of the Revival Arts Collective, founder and director of the Urban Vacancy Research Initiative, and exhibition design team member for the Museum of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, IL. He received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University and a Master of Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he is an Associate Professor.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 18:59:14 -0500 2019-01-31T17:00:00-05:00 2019-01-31T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Lecture: Amanda Williams and Andres L. Hernandez
Humanities & Environments Faculty Panel: "Neighborhoods, Suburbs, Environments" (February 5, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58925 58925-14578311@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

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

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

Featuring:

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

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Feb 2019 13:05:05 -0500 2019-02-05T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-05T17:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion 202 S. Thayer
Robotics Interfaces with Architecture (February 7, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60183 60183-14846877@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: Michigan Robotics

Julia Koerner is an award-winning Austrian designer working at the convergence of architecture, product and fashion design. She is internationally recognised for design innovation in 3D-Printing, Julia's work stands out at the top of these disciplines. Her designs have been featured in the National Geographic Magazine, VICE, WIRED and the New York Times among other publications. Museum and Institutions which have exhibited her work include and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (MET), Palais des Beau Arts in Brussels, Museum of Applied Arts MAK Vienna, Ars Electronica, the Art Institute of Chicago and the High Museum of Art in Atlanta among others. The constantly intriguing aspect of Julia’s work is its embodiment of a beautiful organic aesthetic.

Julia is founder of JK Design GmbH, specialising in digital design for 3D-Printing. In 2015, Julia launched an entirely 3D-Printed ready-to-wear collection entitled ‘Sporophyte’. Her collaborations involved 3D-Printed fashion pieces developed with Haute Couture Houses for Paris Fashion week and 3D printed costumes for Hollywood entertainment productions such as Marvel’s Black Panther in collaboration with Ruth Carter. Most recently she collaborated with Swarovski on a showpiece which displays Swarovski’s continued strive for innovation and the early developments of 3D-printing technology with glass.

Born in Salzburg, Austria, Julia received master degrees in Architecture from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and the Architectural Association in London. She is currently based between Los Angeles and Salzburg and has previously practiced in London and New York. Since 2012 Julia has been a faculty member in the Architecture and Urban Design Department at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA). She previously held academic appointments at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Lund University in Sweden and the Architectural Association Visiting Schools in France and Jordan.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 22 Jan 2019 09:31:01 -0500 2019-02-07T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-07T19:00:00-05:00 Art and Architecture Building Michigan Robotics Workshop / Seminar 3d printed dress
2019 Media & Studio Arts Symposium (February 14, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59914 59914-14797379@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 14, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Duderstadt Center Media & Studio Arts

A diverse community of presenters representing students, alumni, staff, faculty, and industry professionals will be sharing their expertise, experience and collaborations. Join our community as we embark on this three day exploration of the creative process, exploring the tools and techniques that can make your vision a reality!

The second annual Media & Studio Arts Symposium is hosted by the Duderstadt Center, the nexus of interdisciplinary innovation, research and discovery for media creation and performance technologies at the University of Michigan. The Symposium will take place in the Duderstadt Center’s state-of-the-art Video Studio, showcasing the latest in Video, Audio, Interactive and Projection Technology.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 16 Jan 2019 15:33:00 -0500 2019-02-14T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-14T22:00:00-05:00 Duderstadt Center Duderstadt Center Media & Studio Arts Conference / Symposium 2019 Media & Studio Arts Symposium
2019 Media & Studio Arts Symposium (February 15, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59914 59914-14797380@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Duderstadt Center Media & Studio Arts

A diverse community of presenters representing students, alumni, staff, faculty, and industry professionals will be sharing their expertise, experience and collaborations. Join our community as we embark on this three day exploration of the creative process, exploring the tools and techniques that can make your vision a reality!

The second annual Media & Studio Arts Symposium is hosted by the Duderstadt Center, the nexus of interdisciplinary innovation, research and discovery for media creation and performance technologies at the University of Michigan. The Symposium will take place in the Duderstadt Center’s state-of-the-art Video Studio, showcasing the latest in Video, Audio, Interactive and Projection Technology.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 16 Jan 2019 15:33:00 -0500 2019-02-15T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T22:00:00-05:00 Duderstadt Center Duderstadt Center Media & Studio Arts Conference / Symposium 2019 Media & Studio Arts Symposium
2019 Media & Studio Arts Symposium (February 16, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59914 59914-14797381@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 16, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Duderstadt Center Media & Studio Arts

A diverse community of presenters representing students, alumni, staff, faculty, and industry professionals will be sharing their expertise, experience and collaborations. Join our community as we embark on this three day exploration of the creative process, exploring the tools and techniques that can make your vision a reality!

The second annual Media & Studio Arts Symposium is hosted by the Duderstadt Center, the nexus of interdisciplinary innovation, research and discovery for media creation and performance technologies at the University of Michigan. The Symposium will take place in the Duderstadt Center’s state-of-the-art Video Studio, showcasing the latest in Video, Audio, Interactive and Projection Technology.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 16 Jan 2019 15:33:00 -0500 2019-02-16T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-16T18:00:00-05:00 Duderstadt Center Duderstadt Center Media & Studio Arts Conference / Symposium 2019 Media & Studio Arts Symposium
The University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning presents (February 21, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59532 59532-14748091@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

An architect and engineer by training, Professor Carlo Ratti teaches at MIT, where he directs the Senseable City Laboratory, and is a founding partner of the international design and innovation practice Carlo Ratti Associati. A leading voice in the debate on new technologies’ impact on urban life, his work has been exhibited in several venues worldwide, including the Venice Biennale, New York’s MoMA, London’s Science Museum, and Barcelona’s Design Museum. Two of his projects – the Digital Water Pavilion and the Copenhagen Wheel – were hailed by Time Magazine as ‘Best Inventions of the Year’. He has been included in Wired Magazine’s ‘Smart List: 50 people who will change the world’. He is currently serving as co-chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Cities and Urbanization, and as special advisor on Urban Innovation to the European Commission.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Jan 2019 20:04:26 -0500 2019-02-21T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T19:30:00-05:00 Art and Architecture Building A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Better Futures Carlo Ratti
The University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning presents Building Better Futures: Innovations in Equitable Development (February 22, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59374 59374-14734948@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 9:00am
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Cities have made a remarkable comeback, however large swaths of their populations are being left behind. Developers, lenders, advocates, and policy makers work to mitigate these disparities by creating innovative solutions and opportunity through equitable development. Now more than ever, new approaches are required to make cities places where individuals and families can thrive. At the center of making this work are initiatives that put equity at their core and strive to find the right mix of public, private, nonprofit, and grassroots policies, investments, and strategies that serve the needs of all residents and workers.

In Building Better Futures: Innovations in Equitable Development, U-M Taubman College will convene experts at the forefront of designing, financing, developing and promoting better buildings, better outcomes and better futures for all across race, income, age, ability, household type and geography. This conference will examine the ground-breaking policy mechanisms, design innovations, and financial incentives that connect communities, build wealth, and create frameworks to promote equity across demographics. Join us as we investigate, define, and present solutions for social and equitable development to build better futures.

"Building Better Futures" is organized in partnership with University of Michigan Poverty Solutions, an initiative that combines the assets of the university toward the prevention and alleviation of poverty, with additional support from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 10 Jan 2019 18:57:09 -0500 2019-02-22T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T17:00:00-05:00 Art and Architecture Building A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Conference / Symposium Building Better Futures
David Adjaye: Output (February 25, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58878 58878-14569986@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Note: this event has been rescheduled for Monday, February 25, 6:00 pm / Michigan Theater, 603 E Liberty St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Sir David Adjaye is recognized as one of the leading architects of his generation. A British-based architect of Ghanaian descent, Adjaye garnered international acclaim for his globally-inspired designs, his innovative use of materials and light, and his reputation as an architect with an artist’s sensibility and vision. Together with his studio Adjaye Associates, he has collaborated with artists such as Chris Ofili and Olafur Eliasson and created a diverse portfolio of projects including exhibition design, temporary pavilions, private homes, public buildings, and art centers. In January 2006, the Whitechapel Gallery in London hosted the studio’s first exhibition, David Adjaye: Making Public Buildings, which toured to The Studio Museum in Harlem, NY, SCAD Museum of Art, Georgia, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. Adjaye is the author of David Adjaye Houses: Recycling, Reconfiguring, Rebuilding (Thames & Hudson, 2005) and the recipient of the Design Miami/ Designer of the Year Award (2011). He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2007 and was knighted in 2017 for services to architecture.

Co-presented with the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, with additional support from Knoll.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Feb 2019 18:15:45 -0500 2019-02-25T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Lecture / Discussion https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/lectures/adjaye.jpg
Taubman College presents: Sir David Adjaye OBE (February 25, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59533 59533-14748092@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Sir David Adjaye OBE is recognized as a leading architect of his generation. Adjaye was born in Tanzania to Ghanaian parents and his influences range from contemporary art, music and science to African art forms and the civic life of cities. In 1994, he set up his first office, where his ingenious use of materials and his sculptural ability established him as an architect with an artist’s sensibility and vision. He reformed his studio as Adjaye Associates in 2000. The firm now has offices in London, New York and Accra with projects in the US, UK, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. His largest project to date, the $540 million Smithsonian Institute National Museum of African American History and Culture, opened on the National Mall in Washington DC in fall of 2016 and was named Cultural Event of the Year by the New York Times.

Other prominent completed work include the Idea Stores in London (2005), which were credited with pioneering a new approach to library services, the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO (2010), the Sugar Hill mixed-use social housing scheme in Harlem, New York (2015); and the Aishti Foundation retail and art complex in Beirut (2015). Prominent ongoing projects include a new home for the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, a new headquarters building for the International Finance Corporation in Dakar, and the just-announced National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in London.

In 2017, Adjaye was recently knighted by Her Majesty the Queen for services to Architecture, following the previous award of an OBE in 2007. The same year, he was recognized as one of the 100 most influential people of the year by TIME magazine. He has additionally received the Design Miami/ Artist of the Year title in 2011, the Wall Street Journal Innovator Award in 2013 and the 2016 Panerai London Design Medal from the London Design Festival.

Adjaye is known for his frequent collaborations with contemporary artists on installations and exhibitions. Most notably, he designed the 56th Venice Art Biennale with curator Okwui Enwezor (2015). The Upper Room, featuring thirteen paintings by Chris Ofili (2002), is now part of the permanent collection of Tate Britain. Further examples include Within Reach, a second installation with Ofili in the British pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2003) and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art for the 21st Century Pavilion that was designed to show Your Black Horizon, a projection work by Olafur Eliasson, at the 2005 Venice Biennale.

Adjaye has held distinguished professorships at the Harvard, Princeton and Yale universities. He has also taught at the Royal College of Art, where he had previously studied, and at the Architectural Association School in London. The material from his ten-year study of the capital cities of Africa was exhibited as Urban Africa at London’s Design Museum (2010) and published as Adjaye Africa Architecture (Thames & Hudson, 2011). He was the artistic director of GEO-graphics: A map of art practices in Africa, past and present, a major exhibition at the Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels (2010). In 2015, a comprehensive retrospective exhibition of his work to date launched at Haus der Kunst in Munich and the Art Institute of Chicago, and was subsequently shown at the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow.

In partnership with the Penny Stamps Speaker Series.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Feb 2019 13:27:40 -0500 2019-02-25T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T19:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Sir David Adjaye OBE
Forum on Climate Change & Health -- What the Science Says & What We Can Do (February 26, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59580 59580-14754546@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Center for Midlife Science

The program includes: a keynote discussion (3:30-5:00 pm) in Forum Hall followed by a reception concluding the event (5:00-6:00 pm). The keynote panel will be live-streamed and recorded for later viewing.
Register (free) here: https://goo.gl/forms/3uK2Qj8SztrhzK4o2
Keynote Panel Live Stream: https://youtu.be/s9zCthg0G8M
This event is organized by the UM Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD), NIEHS grant P30ES017885 and is co-sponsored by the School of Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), and UM SPH Department of Environmental Health Sciences.
More information is available here:http://mleead.umich.edu/Event_Climate_Change_and_Health_2019.php

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Feb 2019 12:29:18 -0500 2019-02-26T15:30:00-05:00 2019-02-26T18:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Center for Midlife Science Workshop / Seminar Climate Change & Health
CREES Noon Lecture. The Worlding of Eastern Europe: Architects from Socialist Countries in Cold War West Africa (February 27, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58913 58913-14578307@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

This talk revisits one of the most under-researched topics in the history of 20th century modern architecture: African and Asian engagements of architects, planners, and construction companies from socialist countries. Upon their arrival to postcolonial Ghana and Nigeria, architects from socialist Hungary, Poland, and Yugoslavia drew analogies between the historical experience of Eastern Europe and West Africa as underdeveloped, colonized, and peripheral. This talk will show how these analogies allowed them to draw upon specific design tools and procedures from Eastern European architectural culture—and how their work in West Africa testified to the limits of these correspondences.

Łukasz Stanek is a visiting associate professor of architecture at U-M, and senior lecturer at the Manchester School of Architecture, the University of Manchester, U.K. Stanek authored "Henri Lefebvre on Space: Architecture, Urban Research, and the Production of Theory" (2011) and edited Lefebvre’s book "Toward an Architecture of Enjoyment" (2014). He published on cold war mobilities of architecture between socialist countries, West Africa, and the Middle East, which is the topic of his forthcoming book. Previously Stanek taught at ETH Zurich and Harvard University, and received fellowships from the Center for Advanced Study in Visual Arts (Washington D. C.), among other institutions.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to crees@umich.edu at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 21 Dec 2018 12:41:35 -0500 2019-02-27T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T13:20:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Pavilion of Ghana
Cosmogonic Tattoos (March 6, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58558 58558-14510880@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 6, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A MUSEUM AS A CULTURAL REPOSITORY

In celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017, artist and distinguished U­–M art professor Jim Cogswell was invited to create a series of public window installations in response to the holdings of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. For this visionary project, the artist adhered a procession of vivid images to the glass walls of the museums in a rhythmically evocative narrative, based on reassembled fragments from a diverse range of artworks in both museums' permanent collections.  The juxtaposed images address our shared histories and experiences while connecting the viewer to the origins and meaning of objects and their power to shape knowledge, memory, and identity. By leveraging the buildings’ unique architecture, the artist expands our understanding of a museum as a cultural repository and highlights the significant role of these institutions in the life of the campus community.  Cosmogonic Tattoos is on view at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology through May 2, 2018 and UMMA through June 2, 2019.

#CosmogonicTattoos

Lead support for Cosmogonic Tattoos is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Additional support for the artist's project is provided by the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.
 

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Exhibition Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:16:35 -0500 2019-03-06T11:00:00-05:00 2019-03-06T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/procession.jpg
Cosmogonic Tattoos (March 7, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58558 58558-14510881@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 7, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A MUSEUM AS A CULTURAL REPOSITORY

In celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017, artist and distinguished U­–M art professor Jim Cogswell was invited to create a series of public window installations in response to the holdings of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. For this visionary project, the artist adhered a procession of vivid images to the glass walls of the museums in a rhythmically evocative narrative, based on reassembled fragments from a diverse range of artworks in both museums' permanent collections.  The juxtaposed images address our shared histories and experiences while connecting the viewer to the origins and meaning of objects and their power to shape knowledge, memory, and identity. By leveraging the buildings’ unique architecture, the artist expands our understanding of a museum as a cultural repository and highlights the significant role of these institutions in the life of the campus community.  Cosmogonic Tattoos is on view at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology through May 2, 2018 and UMMA through June 2, 2019.

#CosmogonicTattoos

Lead support for Cosmogonic Tattoos is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Additional support for the artist's project is provided by the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.
 

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Exhibition Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:16:35 -0500 2019-03-07T11:00:00-05:00 2019-03-07T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/procession.jpg
Cosmogonic Tattoos (March 8, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58558 58558-14510882@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 8, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A MUSEUM AS A CULTURAL REPOSITORY

In celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017, artist and distinguished U­–M art professor Jim Cogswell was invited to create a series of public window installations in response to the holdings of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. For this visionary project, the artist adhered a procession of vivid images to the glass walls of the museums in a rhythmically evocative narrative, based on reassembled fragments from a diverse range of artworks in both museums' permanent collections.  The juxtaposed images address our shared histories and experiences while connecting the viewer to the origins and meaning of objects and their power to shape knowledge, memory, and identity. By leveraging the buildings’ unique architecture, the artist expands our understanding of a museum as a cultural repository and highlights the significant role of these institutions in the life of the campus community.  Cosmogonic Tattoos is on view at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology through May 2, 2018 and UMMA through June 2, 2019.

#CosmogonicTattoos

Lead support for Cosmogonic Tattoos is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Additional support for the artist's project is provided by the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.
 

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Exhibition Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:16:35 -0500 2019-03-08T11:00:00-05:00 2019-03-08T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/procession.jpg
Cosmogonic Tattoos (March 9, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58558 58558-14510883@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 9, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A MUSEUM AS A CULTURAL REPOSITORY

In celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017, artist and distinguished U­–M art professor Jim Cogswell was invited to create a series of public window installations in response to the holdings of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. For this visionary project, the artist adhered a procession of vivid images to the glass walls of the museums in a rhythmically evocative narrative, based on reassembled fragments from a diverse range of artworks in both museums' permanent collections.  The juxtaposed images address our shared histories and experiences while connecting the viewer to the origins and meaning of objects and their power to shape knowledge, memory, and identity. By leveraging the buildings’ unique architecture, the artist expands our understanding of a museum as a cultural repository and highlights the significant role of these institutions in the life of the campus community.  Cosmogonic Tattoos is on view at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology through May 2, 2018 and UMMA through June 2, 2019.

#CosmogonicTattoos

Lead support for Cosmogonic Tattoos is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Additional support for the artist's project is provided by the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.
 

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Exhibition Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:16:35 -0500 2019-03-09T11:00:00-05:00 2019-03-09T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/procession.jpg
Cosmogonic Tattoos (March 10, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58558 58558-14510884@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 10, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A MUSEUM AS A CULTURAL REPOSITORY

In celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017, artist and distinguished U­–M art professor Jim Cogswell was invited to create a series of public window installations in response to the holdings of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. For this visionary project, the artist adhered a procession of vivid images to the glass walls of the museums in a rhythmically evocative narrative, based on reassembled fragments from a diverse range of artworks in both museums' permanent collections.  The juxtaposed images address our shared histories and experiences while connecting the viewer to the origins and meaning of objects and their power to shape knowledge, memory, and identity. By leveraging the buildings’ unique architecture, the artist expands our understanding of a museum as a cultural repository and highlights the significant role of these institutions in the life of the campus community.  Cosmogonic Tattoos is on view at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology through May 2, 2018 and UMMA through June 2, 2019.

#CosmogonicTattoos

Lead support for Cosmogonic Tattoos is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Additional support for the artist's project is provided by the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.
 

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Exhibition Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:16:35 -0500 2019-03-10T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-10T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/procession.jpg
Cosmogonic Tattoos (March 12, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58558 58558-14510885@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A MUSEUM AS A CULTURAL REPOSITORY

In celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017, artist and distinguished U­–M art professor Jim Cogswell was invited to create a series of public window installations in response to the holdings of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. For this visionary project, the artist adhered a procession of vivid images to the glass walls of the museums in a rhythmically evocative narrative, based on reassembled fragments from a diverse range of artworks in both museums' permanent collections.  The juxtaposed images address our shared histories and experiences while connecting the viewer to the origins and meaning of objects and their power to shape knowledge, memory, and identity. By leveraging the buildings’ unique architecture, the artist expands our understanding of a museum as a cultural repository and highlights the significant role of these institutions in the life of the campus community.  Cosmogonic Tattoos is on view at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology through May 2, 2018 and UMMA through June 2, 2019.

#CosmogonicTattoos

Lead support for Cosmogonic Tattoos is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Additional support for the artist's project is provided by the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.
 

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Exhibition Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:16:35 -0500 2019-03-12T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-12T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/procession.jpg
The Transformation of Michigan’s Central Campus: 1963-2003 (March 13, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58661 58661-14536521@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This class has been rescheduled due to earlier cancellation due to weather.

As Michigan entered the second half of the 20th century, its campus was in the midst of a transition from the 40-acre parcel of the 19th century to a larger and technologically more complex campus. In 1963 a new planning approach was developed that was much better suited to the realities of higher education in the post-World War II era. This approach transformed the campus from a loosely organized, unattractive setting with numerous functional and organizational problems to the more coherent, functional, and attractive campus of today.

This two hour presentation will focus on the key role played by open space, circulation systems, and community interface as well as architecture to achieve the desired outcome – a functional, well organized, pedestrian-oriented, and aesthetically harmonious campus. The emphasis will be on the implementation process and how the desired results were obtained, rather than theories of campus planning or the personalities involved. It will give insight into how the campus plan was translated into a physical reality.

Instructor Fred Mayer served for 37 years as the Campus Planner for the University of Michigan. The two hour presentation for those 50 and over will be held on Wednesday, March 13, from 10 am to 12 pm.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 20 Feb 2019 09:14:59 -0500 2019-03-13T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Cosmogonic Tattoos (March 13, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58558 58558-14510886@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A MUSEUM AS A CULTURAL REPOSITORY

In celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017, artist and distinguished U­–M art professor Jim Cogswell was invited to create a series of public window installations in response to the holdings of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. For this visionary project, the artist adhered a procession of vivid images to the glass walls of the museums in a rhythmically evocative narrative, based on reassembled fragments from a diverse range of artworks in both museums' permanent collections.  The juxtaposed images address our shared histories and experiences while connecting the viewer to the origins and meaning of objects and their power to shape knowledge, memory, and identity. By leveraging the buildings’ unique architecture, the artist expands our understanding of a museum as a cultural repository and highlights the significant role of these institutions in the life of the campus community.  Cosmogonic Tattoos is on view at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology through May 2, 2018 and UMMA through June 2, 2019.

#CosmogonicTattoos

Lead support for Cosmogonic Tattoos is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Additional support for the artist's project is provided by the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.
 

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Exhibition Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:16:35 -0500 2019-03-13T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/procession.jpg
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (March 14, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578314@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

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

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

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

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-14T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Cosmogonic Tattoos (March 14, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58558 58558-14510887@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A MUSEUM AS A CULTURAL REPOSITORY

In celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017, artist and distinguished U­–M art professor Jim Cogswell was invited to create a series of public window installations in response to the holdings of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. For this visionary project, the artist adhered a procession of vivid images to the glass walls of the museums in a rhythmically evocative narrative, based on reassembled fragments from a diverse range of artworks in both museums' permanent collections.  The juxtaposed images address our shared histories and experiences while connecting the viewer to the origins and meaning of objects and their power to shape knowledge, memory, and identity. By leveraging the buildings’ unique architecture, the artist expands our understanding of a museum as a cultural repository and highlights the significant role of these institutions in the life of the campus community.  Cosmogonic Tattoos is on view at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology through May 2, 2018 and UMMA through June 2, 2019.

#CosmogonicTattoos

Lead support for Cosmogonic Tattoos is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Additional support for the artist's project is provided by the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.
 

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Exhibition Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:16:35 -0500 2019-03-14T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/procession.jpg
Blind House Exhibition Tour (March 14, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62099 62099-15291267@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-15T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Cosmogonic Tattoos (March 15, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58558 58558-14510888@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A MUSEUM AS A CULTURAL REPOSITORY

In celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017, artist and distinguished U­–M art professor Jim Cogswell was invited to create a series of public window installations in response to the holdings of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. For this visionary project, the artist adhered a procession of vivid images to the glass walls of the museums in a rhythmically evocative narrative, based on reassembled fragments from a diverse range of artworks in both museums' permanent collections.  The juxtaposed images address our shared histories and experiences while connecting the viewer to the origins and meaning of objects and their power to shape knowledge, memory, and identity. By leveraging the buildings’ unique architecture, the artist expands our understanding of a museum as a cultural repository and highlights the significant role of these institutions in the life of the campus community.  Cosmogonic Tattoos is on view at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology through May 2, 2018 and UMMA through June 2, 2019.

#CosmogonicTattoos

Lead support for Cosmogonic Tattoos is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Additional support for the artist's project is provided by the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.
 

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Exhibition Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:16:35 -0500 2019-03-15T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/procession.jpg
Robotics Interfaces with Architecture (March 15, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61968 61968-15250098@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: Michigan Robotics

Simon Kim’s recent research has been an engagement with sensate environments: architecture of nonhuman agency in private spaces and in the commons. He is a licensed architect and researcher in applied sciences within the disciplines of architecture and urbanism. His research interests are the architectural implications of compound intelligence, autonomous devices, and their mediated design experiences. As an artist and designer, he has produced works on entropy, communication, and reconfiguration for the MoMA PS1, Socrates Sculpture Park, and the ICA.

Director of the Immersive Kinematics Lab and Principal of Ibañez Kim, his projects are funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Pew Center for Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Canadian Heritage Foundation. He is also supported by residencies and fellowships at Autodesk, RAIR Philadelphia, MIT, and the Seoul Biennale. His graduate courses have partnerships with Seoul National University, Opera Philadelphia, and Tyler School of Art.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 08 Mar 2019 13:26:42 -0500 2019-03-15T18:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T19:00:00-04:00 Art and Architecture Building Michigan Robotics Workshop / Seminar Melting speaker
Cosmogonic Tattoos (March 16, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58558 58558-14510889@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 16, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A MUSEUM AS A CULTURAL REPOSITORY

In celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017, artist and distinguished U­–M art professor Jim Cogswell was invited to create a series of public window installations in response to the holdings of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. For this visionary project, the artist adhered a procession of vivid images to the glass walls of the museums in a rhythmically evocative narrative, based on reassembled fragments from a diverse range of artworks in both museums' permanent collections.  The juxtaposed images address our shared histories and experiences while connecting the viewer to the origins and meaning of objects and their power to shape knowledge, memory, and identity. By leveraging the buildings’ unique architecture, the artist expands our understanding of a museum as a cultural repository and highlights the significant role of these institutions in the life of the campus community.  Cosmogonic Tattoos is on view at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology through May 2, 2018 and UMMA through June 2, 2019.

#CosmogonicTattoos

Lead support for Cosmogonic Tattoos is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Additional support for the artist's project is provided by the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.
 

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Exhibition Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:16:35 -0500 2019-03-16T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-16T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/procession.jpg
Cosmogonic Tattoos (March 17, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58558 58558-14510890@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 17, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A MUSEUM AS A CULTURAL REPOSITORY

In celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017, artist and distinguished U­–M art professor Jim Cogswell was invited to create a series of public window installations in response to the holdings of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. For this visionary project, the artist adhered a procession of vivid images to the glass walls of the museums in a rhythmically evocative narrative, based on reassembled fragments from a diverse range of artworks in both museums' permanent collections.  The juxtaposed images address our shared histories and experiences while connecting the viewer to the origins and meaning of objects and their power to shape knowledge, memory, and identity. By leveraging the buildings’ unique architecture, the artist expands our understanding of a museum as a cultural repository and highlights the significant role of these institutions in the life of the campus community.  Cosmogonic Tattoos is on view at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology through May 2, 2018 and UMMA through June 2, 2019.

#CosmogonicTattoos

Lead support for Cosmogonic Tattoos is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Additional support for the artist's project is provided by the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.
 

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Exhibition Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:16:35 -0500 2019-03-17T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-17T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/procession.jpg
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (March 18, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578318@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-19T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-19T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Cosmogonic Tattoos (March 19, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58558 58558-14510891@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A MUSEUM AS A CULTURAL REPOSITORY

In celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017, artist and distinguished U­–M art professor Jim Cogswell was invited to create a series of public window installations in response to the holdings of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. For this visionary project, the artist adhered a procession of vivid images to the glass walls of the museums in a rhythmically evocative narrative, based on reassembled fragments from a diverse range of artworks in both museums' permanent collections.  The juxtaposed images address our shared histories and experiences while connecting the viewer to the origins and meaning of objects and their power to shape knowledge, memory, and identity. By leveraging the buildings’ unique architecture, the artist expands our understanding of a museum as a cultural repository and highlights the significant role of these institutions in the life of the campus community.  Cosmogonic Tattoos is on view at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology through May 2, 2018 and UMMA through June 2, 2019.

#CosmogonicTattoos

Lead support for Cosmogonic Tattoos is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Additional support for the artist's project is provided by the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.
 

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Exhibition Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:16:35 -0500 2019-03-19T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-19T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/procession.jpg
Humanities & Environments Faculty Panel: "Criminal Justice and the Built Environment" (March 19, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58927 58927-14578313@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-20T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Cosmogonic Tattoos (March 20, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58558 58558-14510892@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A MUSEUM AS A CULTURAL REPOSITORY

In celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017, artist and distinguished U­–M art professor Jim Cogswell was invited to create a series of public window installations in response to the holdings of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. For this visionary project, the artist adhered a procession of vivid images to the glass walls of the museums in a rhythmically evocative narrative, based on reassembled fragments from a diverse range of artworks in both museums' permanent collections.  The juxtaposed images address our shared histories and experiences while connecting the viewer to the origins and meaning of objects and their power to shape knowledge, memory, and identity. By leveraging the buildings’ unique architecture, the artist expands our understanding of a museum as a cultural repository and highlights the significant role of these institutions in the life of the campus community.  Cosmogonic Tattoos is on view at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology through May 2, 2018 and UMMA through June 2, 2019.

#CosmogonicTattoos

Lead support for Cosmogonic Tattoos is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Additional support for the artist's project is provided by the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.
 

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Exhibition Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:16:35 -0500 2019-03-20T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/procession.jpg
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (March 21, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578321@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

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

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

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

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-21T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Cosmogonic Tattoos (March 21, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58558 58558-14510893@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A MUSEUM AS A CULTURAL REPOSITORY

In celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017, artist and distinguished U­–M art professor Jim Cogswell was invited to create a series of public window installations in response to the holdings of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. For this visionary project, the artist adhered a procession of vivid images to the glass walls of the museums in a rhythmically evocative narrative, based on reassembled fragments from a diverse range of artworks in both museums' permanent collections.  The juxtaposed images address our shared histories and experiences while connecting the viewer to the origins and meaning of objects and their power to shape knowledge, memory, and identity. By leveraging the buildings’ unique architecture, the artist expands our understanding of a museum as a cultural repository and highlights the significant role of these institutions in the life of the campus community.  Cosmogonic Tattoos is on view at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology through May 2, 2018 and UMMA through June 2, 2019.

#CosmogonicTattoos

Lead support for Cosmogonic Tattoos is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Additional support for the artist's project is provided by the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.
 

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Exhibition Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:16:35 -0500 2019-03-21T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/procession.jpg
Discover Series: Bird's-Eye Views of America (March 21, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61721 61721-15176768@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 11:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Between 1850 and 1900 panoramic depictions of towns and cities were very popular in America. Director of the Clements Library Kevin Graffagnino will discuss the significance of these unique nineteenth-century depictions of communities throughout the United States. U-M School of Information student Corey Schmidt will describe his project to catalog and digitize these bird’s-eye views and also to create an online interactive map. Participants will also have an opportunity to view several original bird’s-eye views from the Clements Library collection.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 28 Feb 2019 11:31:22 -0500 2019-03-21T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T12:30:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion Ann Arbor 1880
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (March 22, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578322@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

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

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

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

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-22T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Cosmogonic Tattoos (March 22, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58558 58558-14510894@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A MUSEUM AS A CULTURAL REPOSITORY

In celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017, artist and distinguished U­–M art professor Jim Cogswell was invited to create a series of public window installations in response to the holdings of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. For this visionary project, the artist adhered a procession of vivid images to the glass walls of the museums in a rhythmically evocative narrative, based on reassembled fragments from a diverse range of artworks in both museums' permanent collections.  The juxtaposed images address our shared histories and experiences while connecting the viewer to the origins and meaning of objects and their power to shape knowledge, memory, and identity. By leveraging the buildings’ unique architecture, the artist expands our understanding of a museum as a cultural repository and highlights the significant role of these institutions in the life of the campus community.  Cosmogonic Tattoos is on view at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology through May 2, 2018 and UMMA through June 2, 2019.

#CosmogonicTattoos

Lead support for Cosmogonic Tattoos is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Additional support for the artist's project is provided by the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.
 

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Exhibition Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:16:35 -0500 2019-03-22T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/procession.jpg
Living a Digital Life winter symposium: Environments (March 22, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59519 59519-14748078@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

This event will be live streamed on the Facebook page of the Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning: https://www.facebook.com/taubmancollege.

  Today, we live inside the digital. Increasingly, our public and private lives are conducted online and in digital space where our relationships are forged, nurtured, or deleted, where our bills are paid and finances tracked, and where our ideologies are fed and our politics balkanized by our respective media bubbles. And while the digital now constitutes more and more of our daily routines, it can also offer a distorting abstraction of “external life.” Swiping left is easier than breaking up, and even the most civil among us can become an entitled consumer on Yelp. At once, our digital environments offer new grounds for engagement and interaction, and immersive venues for escape from the exigencies of the outside world. This session will discuss this dialectic.   Panelists will include Aubrey Anable (Carleton University), Amy Kulper (Rhode Island School of Design), and Jose Sanchez (University of Southern California). Join us for presentations and a discussion about the digital as both a totalizing environment unto itself – a bubble apart from the external lifeworld – and a new venue for social organization and engagement.

 

2:00-2:15 Introduction 2:15-3:30 Presentations by panelists 3:30-4:10 Discussion 4:15-4:30 Intermission 4:30-5:15 Guided tour of Art In the Age of the Internet, 1990 to Today 5:15-6:00 Discussion & Closing  Aubrey Anable

Aubrey Anable is an Assistant Professor in the School for Studies in Art and Culture at Carleton University in Ottawa. Aubrey’s research examines digital aesthetics, video games, and virtual reality in conversation with feminist and queer theory. Her book Playing with Feelings: Video Games and Affect (University of Minnesota Press, 2018) provides an account of how video games compel us to play and why they constitute a contemporary structure of feeling emerging alongside the last sixty years of computerized living. She’s an advisory editor for the journal Camera Obscura and is currently co-editing The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Visual Culture.

Jose Sanchez

Jose Sanchez is an Architect / Programmer / Game Designer based in Los Angeles, California. He is the director of the Plethora Project, a research and learning project investing in the future of on-line open-source knowledge. He is also the creator of Block’hood, an award-winning city building video game exploring notions of crowdsourced urbanism. He has taught and guest lectured in several renowned institutions across the world, including the Architectural Association in London, The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London.

Today, he is an Assistant Professor at USC School of Architecture in Los Angeles. His research ‘Gamescapes’, explores generative interfaces in the form of video games, speculating in modes of intelligence augmentation, combinatorics and open systems as a design medium.

Amy Kulper

Amy Catania Kulper is an architectural educator whose teaching and research focus on the intersections of history, theory, and criticism with design. Throughout her career, Kulper has taught at Cambridge University, the University of Pennsylvania, UCLA, SCI_Arc, the University of Michigan, and RISD where she is currently an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Architecture. In her time in Ann Arbor, she was a four-time recipient of the Donna M. Salzer Award for teaching excellence.

Kulper’s writings are published in Log, The Journal of Architecture, arq: Architectural Research Quarterly, Candide, The Journal of Architectural Education, and numerous edited volumes. Kulper has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Architectural Education where she has acted as the Design Editor for six years. In March of 2017 she received the Distinguished Service Award from the ACSA for her work on the journal. Kulper holds master’s degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and Cambridge University and a Ph.D. in the History and Philosophy of Architecture from Cambridge University.

 

Organized by LSA Digital Studies, Rackham Graduate School, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, and UMMA. This program is part of the 2019 Michigan Meeting: Living a Digital Life: Objects, Environment, Power.

Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today is organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston and curated by Eva Respini, Barbara Lee Chief Curator, with Jeffrey De Blois, Assistant Curator.

Major support is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

​UMMA gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support:

Lead Exhibition Sponsors:
Candy and Michael Barasch, University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Ross School of Business, Michigan Medicine, and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs

Individual and Family Foundation Donors:
William Susman and Emily Glasser; The Applebaum Family Compass Fund: Pamela Applebaum and Gaal Karp, Lisa Applebaum; P.J. and Julie Solit; Vicky and Ned Hurley; Ann and Mel Schaffer; Mark and Cecilia Vonderheide; and Jay Ptashek and Karen Elizaga  

University of Michigan Funding Partners:
School of Information; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Michigan Engineering; Institute for Research on Women and Gender; Institute for the Humanities; Department of History of Art; Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning; Department of American Culture; School of Education; Department of Film, Television, and Media; Digital Studies Program; and Department of Communication Studies
 

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Other Fri, 22 Mar 2019 12:16:33 -0400 2019-03-22T14:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T18:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
The University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning presents Michigan Meeting Winter Symposium: Living In Digital Environments (March 22, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62237 62237-15335282@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

In 2012 the first 4K resolution screen became available on the commercial market at the common 30” desktop size, making it possible for a user with 20/20 vision seated 24” away from a computer screen to be confronted with the same amount of visual information as could be experienced in the surrounding environment. This development brought verisimilitude to another realm that has gradually emerged for decades, the constitution of the digital sphere as a kind of environment itself. Today, we live inside the digital. Increasingly, our public and private lives are conducted online and in digital space where our relationships are forged, nurtured, or deleted, where our bills are paid and finances tracked, and where our ideologies are fed and our politics balkanized by our respective media bubbles. And while the digital now constitutes more and more of our daily routines, it can also offer a distorting abstraction of “external life.” Swiping left is easier than breaking up, and even the most civil among us can become an entitled consumer on Yelp. At once, our digital environments offer new grounds for engagement and interaction, and immersive venues for escape from the exigencies of the outside world. This session will discuss this dialectic. Drawing contributors from across art, architecture, design, and media studies, we will examine the digital as both a totalizing environment unto itself – a bubble apart from the external lifeworld – and a new venue for social organization and engagement.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Mar 2019 10:48:12 -0400 2019-03-22T14:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion
The University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning presents Lecture: Mitchell Silver (March 22, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62243 62243-15335288@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Mitchell Silver became Commissioner of the New York City Department of Parks in May 2014. Commissioner Silver is also the immediate past president of the American Planning Association (APA). Mitchell is an award-winning planner with over 30 years of experience. He is internationally recognized for his leadership in the planning profession and his contributions to contemporary planning issues. As Parks Commissioner, Mitchell oversees management, planning and operations of nearly 30,000 acres of parkland, which includes parks, playgrounds, beaches, marinas, recreation centers, wilderness areas and other assets.

Prior to returning to his native New York City, he served as the Chief Planning & Development Officer and Planning Director for Raleigh, NC. In Raleigh, he led the comprehensive plan update process and a rewriting of the development code to create a vibrant 21st century city. He was the Dunlop Lecturer in Housing and Urbanization at Harvard University, and in 2014 he was inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Planning Association.

Mitchell received a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and a Master’s Degree in Urban Planning from Hunter College in NYC.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Mar 2019 11:24:46 -0400 2019-03-22T18:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T19:30:00-04:00 Art and Architecture Building A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Art and Architecture Building
Cosmogonic Tattoos (March 23, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58558 58558-14510895@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 23, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A MUSEUM AS A CULTURAL REPOSITORY

In celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017, artist and distinguished U­–M art professor Jim Cogswell was invited to create a series of public window installations in response to the holdings of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. For this visionary project, the artist adhered a procession of vivid images to the glass walls of the museums in a rhythmically evocative narrative, based on reassembled fragments from a diverse range of artworks in both museums' permanent collections.  The juxtaposed images address our shared histories and experiences while connecting the viewer to the origins and meaning of objects and their power to shape knowledge, memory, and identity. By leveraging the buildings’ unique architecture, the artist expands our understanding of a museum as a cultural repository and highlights the significant role of these institutions in the life of the campus community.  Cosmogonic Tattoos is on view at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology through May 2, 2018 and UMMA through June 2, 2019.

#CosmogonicTattoos

Lead support for Cosmogonic Tattoos is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Additional support for the artist's project is provided by the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.
 

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Exhibition Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:16:35 -0500 2019-03-23T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-23T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/procession.jpg
Cosmogonic Tattoos (March 24, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58558 58558-14510896@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 24, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A MUSEUM AS A CULTURAL REPOSITORY

In celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017, artist and distinguished U­–M art professor Jim Cogswell was invited to create a series of public window installations in response to the holdings of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. For this visionary project, the artist adhered a procession of vivid images to the glass walls of the museums in a rhythmically evocative narrative, based on reassembled fragments from a diverse range of artworks in both museums' permanent collections.  The juxtaposed images address our shared histories and experiences while connecting the viewer to the origins and meaning of objects and their power to shape knowledge, memory, and identity. By leveraging the buildings’ unique architecture, the artist expands our understanding of a museum as a cultural repository and highlights the significant role of these institutions in the life of the campus community.  Cosmogonic Tattoos is on view at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology through May 2, 2018 and UMMA through June 2, 2019.

#CosmogonicTattoos

Lead support for Cosmogonic Tattoos is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Additional support for the artist's project is provided by the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.
 

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Exhibition Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:16:35 -0500 2019-03-24T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-24T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/procession.jpg
Cosmogonic Tattoos (March 24, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58800 58800-14561448@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 24, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

In celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017, artist and distinguished Stamps School of Art and Design professor Jim Cogswell has been invited to create a series of public window installations at the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. For this visionary project, the artist will adhere a procession of vivid images to the glass walls of the museums in a rhythmically evocative narrative of reassembled fragments from a diverse range of artworks in both museums’ permanent collections. By leveraging the buildings’ unique architecture, the artist expands our understanding of a museum as a cultural repository and highlights the significant role of these institutions in the life of the campus community. UMMA docents will introduce the juxtaposed images and help connect the viewer to the origins and meaning of objects and their power to shape knowledge, memory, and identity.

Lead support for Cosmogonic Tattoos is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Additional support for the artist's project is provided by the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

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Presentation Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:16:21 -0500 2019-03-24T14:00:00-04:00 2019-03-24T15:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (March 25, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578325@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-26T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-26T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Cosmogonic Tattoos (March 26, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58558 58558-14510897@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A MUSEUM AS A CULTURAL REPOSITORY

In celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017, artist and distinguished U­–M art professor Jim Cogswell was invited to create a series of public window installations in response to the holdings of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. For this visionary project, the artist adhered a procession of vivid images to the glass walls of the museums in a rhythmically evocative narrative, based on reassembled fragments from a diverse range of artworks in both museums' permanent collections.  The juxtaposed images address our shared histories and experiences while connecting the viewer to the origins and meaning of objects and their power to shape knowledge, memory, and identity. By leveraging the buildings’ unique architecture, the artist expands our understanding of a museum as a cultural repository and highlights the significant role of these institutions in the life of the campus community.  Cosmogonic Tattoos is on view at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology through May 2, 2018 and UMMA through June 2, 2019.

#CosmogonicTattoos

Lead support for Cosmogonic Tattoos is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Additional support for the artist's project is provided by the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.
 

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Exhibition Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:16:35 -0500 2019-03-26T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-26T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/procession.jpg
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (March 27, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578327@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

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

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

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

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-27T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-27T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Cosmogonic Tattoos (March 27, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58558 58558-14510898@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A MUSEUM AS A CULTURAL REPOSITORY

In celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017, artist and distinguished U­–M art professor Jim Cogswell was invited to create a series of public window installations in response to the holdings of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. For this visionary project, the artist adhered a procession of vivid images to the glass walls of the museums in a rhythmically evocative narrative, based on reassembled fragments from a diverse range of artworks in both museums' permanent collections.  The juxtaposed images address our shared histories and experiences while connecting the viewer to the origins and meaning of objects and their power to shape knowledge, memory, and identity. By leveraging the buildings’ unique architecture, the artist expands our understanding of a museum as a cultural repository and highlights the significant role of these institutions in the life of the campus community.  Cosmogonic Tattoos is on view at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology through May 2, 2018 and UMMA through June 2, 2019.

#CosmogonicTattoos

Lead support for Cosmogonic Tattoos is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Additional support for the artist's project is provided by the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.
 

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Exhibition Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:16:35 -0500 2019-03-27T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-27T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/procession.jpg
"Colonialism and Spatial Histories of Migration: the Caribbean Diaspora" (March 27, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58493 58493-14510814@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

This lecture asks how the spatial politics of migration have been inflected by histories of colonialism. Using the example of the Anglo-Caribbean island of Barbados and its majority African-descended population, Osayimwese examines migration to the Global North as a response to the inequitable structure of plantation society. She shows that migration fundamentally transformed the structure of Barbadian society by enabling property acquisition through remittances. The remittance landscape that ensued, however, encompassed both land and houses on the island and property purchased in receiving countries, which remain connected by particular Afro-Caribbean approaches to land ownership and modes of dwelling.

Itohan Osayimwese is an architectural and urban historian. She is assistant professor of history of art and architecture at Brown University. She engages with theories of modernity, postcoloniality, and globalization to analyze German colonial architecture, urban design, and visual culture; modern architecture in Germany; African and African diaspora material cultural histories; and the architecture of development in Africa. Another research interest is the architectural and urban lives of religious cults. She received a BA from Bryn Mawr College, an M.Arch. from Rice University, then a master’s and PhD in the history of architecture from the University of Michigan A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 13 Mar 2019 13:24:06 -0400 2019-03-27T17:30:00-04:00 2019-03-27T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Chattel House after hurricane Janet, 1955
Blind House: Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Radical Transparency (March 28, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58928 58928-14578328@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 9:00am
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

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

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

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

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Exhibition Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0500 2019-03-28T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-28T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Exhibition Blind House composite
Cosmogonic Tattoos (March 28, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58558 58558-14510899@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXPANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A MUSEUM AS A CULTURAL REPOSITORY

In celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial in 2017, artist and distinguished U­–M art professor Jim Cogswell was invited to create a series of public window installations in response to the holdings of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. For this visionary project, the artist adhered a procession of vivid images to the glass walls of the museums in a rhythmically evocative narrative, based on reassembled fragments from a diverse range of artworks in both museums' permanent collections.  The juxtaposed images address our shared histories and experiences while connecting the viewer to the origins and meaning of objects and their power to shape knowledge, memory, and identity. By leveraging the buildings’ unique architecture, the artist expands our understanding of a museum as a cultural repository and highlights the significant role of these institutions in the life of the campus community.  Cosmogonic Tattoos is on view at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology through May 2, 2018 and UMMA through June 2, 2019.

#CosmogonicTattoos

Lead support for Cosmogonic Tattoos is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Additional support for the artist's project is provided by the University of Michigan Bicentennial Office and the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.
 

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Exhibition Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:16:35 -0500 2019-03-28T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-28T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/procession.jpg