Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. The Premodern Colloquium. Why Did Public Infrastructure Appear in Song Court Landscape Painting? (April 23, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82183 82183-21050550@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 23, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

This essay examines the public infrastructure depicted in Northern Song (960-1127) court landscape paintings, which includes roads, waterways, bridges, and river ports. These paintings not only depict the public works but also portray people from all social strata utilizing these public resources. This new development in the landscape genre coincided with the political and social thought of the period, which held that the state should spend tax revenues collected from the population to improve the wellbeing of the people.

The reading investigates visual materials ranging from court landscape painting, administrative maps in local gazetteers, as well as steles. The legal basis for the emergence of such landscape paintings in the 11th century was the separation of the emperor’s private treasury from the public treasury of the state. That separation was a factor in numerous policy debates from the period and was systematically documented in an early thirteenth-century book.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 30 Mar 2021 16:35:20 -0400 2021-04-23T15:00:00-04:00 2021-04-23T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Workshop / Seminar Attributed to Qu Ding (Chinese, active ca. 1023–ca. 1056), Summer Mountains, ca.1050, China, ink and color on silk, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Visualizing Equality: African American Rights and Visual Culture in the 19th Century (May 5, 2021 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83554 83554-21422778@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 5, 2021 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

The fight for racial equality in the 19th century played out not only in marches and political conventions but also in the print and visual culture created and disseminated throughout the United States by African Americans. Advances in visual technologies—daguerreotypes, lithographs, cartes de visite, and steam printing presses—enabled people to see and participate in social reform movements in new ways. African American activists seized these opportunities and produced images that advanced campaigns for black rights.

In this talk based on his book "Visualizing Identity," (University of North Carolina Press, 2020) Aston Gonzalez charts the changing roles of African American visual artists as they helped build the world they envisioned. Understudied artists such as Robert Douglass Jr., Patrick Henry Reason, James Presley Ball, and Augustus Washington produced images to persuade viewers of the necessity for racial equality, black political leadership, and freedom from slavery. Moreover, these activist artists’ networks of transatlantic patronage and travels to Europe, the Caribbean, and Africa reveal their extensive involvement in the most pressing concerns for black people in the Atlantic world. Their work demonstrates how images became central to the ways that people developed ideas about race, citizenship, and politics during the 19th century.

Register at myumi.ch/0WEk3

Aston Gonzalez is a historian of African American culture and politics during the long 19th century. He is an Associate Professor of History at Salisbury University. Gonzalez earned his Ph.D. in History from the University of Michigan.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 05 Apr 2021 15:51:18 -0400 2021-05-05T19:00:00-04:00 2021-05-05T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Visualizing Equality Book Cover
Ann Arbor Antiquarian Book Fair (October 17, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/84874 84874-21625220@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 17, 2021 11:00am
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Returning in 2021 for its 45th year, the Ann Arbor Antiquarian Book Fair will be held at the Michigan Union on the campus of the University of Michigan on Sunday, October 17, 2021. Admission to the book fair is $5 at the door (cash only), benefitting the U-M William L. Clements Library.

The Ann Arbor Antiquarian Book Fair brings together booksellers and dealers from across America, all handling a wide range of old and rare books, Americana, children’s books, autographs and manuscripts, maps, prints, ephemera, photography, fine press material and more.

See real books. See real people. See a real book fair. October 17, 2021.

*The University requires that guests comply with masking and social distancing policies, and complete the ResponsiBLUE health screen before entering any building on campus.*

For more information, visit http://www.AnnArborBookFair.com

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Fair / Festival Mon, 04 Oct 2021 15:52:12 -0400 2021-10-17T11:00:00-04:00 2021-10-17T17:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union William L. Clements Library Fair / Festival Dealers and shoppers fill the Michigan Union ballroom during a past book fair.
American Historical Print Collectors Society 2021 Webinar (November 20, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89090 89090-21660467@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 20, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Join the American Historical Print Collectors Society for a fascinating look at maritime history in historic prints, maps and charts. Open to the general public as well as AHPCS members. Free; co-sponsored by the U-M William L. Clements Library.

Register at http://myumi.ch/51nbp

HOST: Clayton Lewis, Curator of Graphics Material, William L. Clements Library and AHPCS Vice President.

SCHEDULED SPEAKERS AND TOPICS

"Shaping A New Course: Chart Making in America, 1694-1815" with Richard Malley, Curator of the Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum in Wethersfield, CT.

As American colonists in the 17th-18th centuries gradually developed home-grown approaches to political, social and economic challenges, so too did mariners, mathematicians and scholars in creating an impressive body of local and regional charting. This talk examines a number of New England-based pioneers whose work contributed to American seaborne success in the colonial and Early National periods. It is an outgrowth of a collections assessment of Mystic Seaport Museum’s map and chart collection conducted by Malley, 2015-2016.

"The Awful Conflagration of the Steam Boat Lexington" with James Brust, Vice President, AHPCS.

Lithographer and publisher Nathanael Currier’s first significant success was with the 1840 disaster lithograph "The Awful Conflagration of the Steam Boat Lexington." Collector/scholar James Brust examines the truth and the legends surrounding this image’s many forms, including appearances in the “penny-press” New York Sun days after the event. Brust collaborated with the late Wendy Shadwell for much of his research.

"Coastal Views of Fitz Henry Lane" with Georgia Barnhill, Curator of Graphic Arts Emerita at American Antiquarian Society.

Georgia Barnhill’s presentation will focus on New England coastal views by American Luminist painter and printmaker Fitz Henry Lane. Lane grew up in Gloucester, Massachusetts, where his father was a sailmaker. Barnhill will discuss some of the precursors to Lane’s views and will examine several closely.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 09 Nov 2021 10:06:01 -0500 2021-11-20T13:00:00-05:00 2021-11-20T15:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual "The Awful Conflagration of the Steam Boat Lexington," (1840) courtesy of James Brust.
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | A Vineyard Garden in the Afterlife: The Shi Jun/Wirkak Tomb (580 CE) and Viticulture on the Silk Road (December 7, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84936 84936-21625310@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Please register in advance for this Zoom webinar here: https://myumi.ch/Gk4pp

This talk discusses visual representations of vineyard gardens in 6th-century China. By focusing on the sarcophagus of Shi Jun or Wirkak (494-579 CE), a Sogdian immigrant from Central Asia, it explores a range of issues related to viticulture and wine making on the Silk Road, including the spread and transformation of Dionysian motifs, the entanglement between Buddhism and wine culture, and above all, the association of vineyard gardens with paradise.

Jin Xu is an assistant professor of Art History and Asian Studies at Vassar College. He received his PhD in art history at the University of Chicago. His research has been focusing on religious and cultural exchanges on the Silk Road as reflected in Chinese art during the sixth and seventh centuries AD. His articles appear in journals such as the Burlington Magazine, the Journal of Asian Studies, and the Sino-Platonic Papers. Currently he is writing a book manuscript titled “Beyond Boundaries: Sogdian Sarcophagi and the Art of an Immigrant Community in Early Medieval China.”

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 28 Sep 2021 10:00:41 -0400 2021-12-07T12:00:00-05:00 2021-12-07T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Livestream / Virtual Jin Xu, Assistant Professor Art History and Asian Studies, Vassar College
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Glitches in Art Historical Flow, ca. 1750 (February 22, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90969 90969-21675112@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

The history of ink painting in early modern China is often told as a history of uninterrupted lineages and seamless transmission through time. There were, however, passages in that history when transmission was not so certain, and artists developed modes of painting that put under pressure teachings and standards inherited from the past. This was the case of Zheng Xie (1693-1765) whose monochrome ink orchids were conceived as a string of tiny but effective disruptions of the technical and aesthetic principles of monochrome ink painting. Focusing on Zheng Xie’s late production, this talk explores what glitches, errors, and flaws tell us about mid-Qing artists’ attitudes toward the legacy of the past and the value they assigned to defective hands and imperfect tools to engage with a crumbling world.

Zoom webinar registration at: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Aqz73aUHScy8WtkDk28yhQ

Michele Matteini is Assistant Professor at New York University. He specializes on painting and antiquarian culture of the Qing period. His book, "A Ghost in the City: Luo Ping and the Craft of Painting in Eighteenth-Century Beijing" is forthcoming later this year.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 03 Feb 2022 10:44:23 -0500 2022-02-22T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-22T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Livestream / Virtual LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Glitches in Art Historical Flow, ca. 1750
Flash Talk | Moqimu’s Cultural Commitments: Constructing Identity on the Romano-Syrian Border (April 1, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92647 92647-21693928@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 1, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

At the edges of ancient empires, unique visual traditions often transcended political boundaries and engaged multiple audiences. The mosaic portrait of Moqimu and his family is one of the most enigmatic images known from Late Antiquity. Discovered near the Roman border town of Edessa, the mosaic’s guilloche border asserts a Roman pedigree. Yet, the long tunics and pantaloons of Moqimu and his sons have been identified as the costume of Rome’s Parthian enemies. Scholars of the mid-twentieth century viewed this mosaic as an example of Parthian art in a Roman artform. Nicola Barham, however, argues that the mosaic is an example of art from a community bordering on diverse cultural worlds, including Roman, Parthian, and ancient Middle Eastern. It reflects how the elite of this community navigated those cultural commitments.

Kelsey Museum Flash Talks are 15-minute Zoom lectures by Kelsey curators, staff members, researchers, and graduate students talking about their recent research or current projects. Each presentation is followed by 15 minutes of Q&A. Flash Talks are free and open to all visitors. They take place at noon on the first Friday of every month.

Join us via Zoom at:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/94410128965
Meeting ID: 944 1012 8965
Passcode: Kelsey

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 21 Mar 2022 13:50:20 -0400 2022-04-01T12:00:00-04:00 2022-04-01T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Livestream / Virtual Funerary mosaic of the family of Moqimu with names written in Syriac. 3rd century CE, found in Edessa.
Heritage Preservation and Ethics During Upheavals: A Roundtable (April 6, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93871 93871-21709205@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: History of Art

Over the past few years the cultural heritages of Ethiopia, Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan, Myanmar, and currently Ukraine, to give a few instances, have been subject to devastation. This roundtable addresses the ethics entailed in heritage preservation, emergency preparedness, and the responsibilities of institutions and ordinary citizens toward heritage during upheavals.

Will be held over Zoom. Please register in advance for this webinar:
https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Q2qwBPASQZG9OE3mCh1SHw

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:52:32 -0400 2022-04-06T16:00:00-04:00 2022-04-06T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location History of Art Lecture / Discussion public statue wrapped in fireproof material, as of March 2022, Lviv, Ukraine
In-Person Saturday Sampler Tour | Art and Artifact (April 9, 2022 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93454 93454-21704625@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 9, 2022 2:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Join us at the Kelsey as we compare a variety of artifacts in our collection with images of iconic works of art housed at other museums. We will compare artistic conventions from various different cultures and discover that artistic methods and symbolism, though separated by time and space, actually have a great deal in common.

Masks are optional inside the Kelsey Museum. For more information about our COVID procedures and how to prepare for your visit, please visit our website, https://myumi.ch/pd1yO.

Saturday Sampler tours are free and open to all visitors. If you are a person with a disability who requires accommodation to attend this tour, please contact the education office (734-647-4167 or kelsey.ed@umich.edu) 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 Tue, 22 Mar 2022 10:09:41 -0400 2022-04-09T14:00:00-04:00 2022-04-09T15:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Other Egyptian mummy portrait