Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. The Premodern Colloquium. Producing the composite: stylistic pluralism in Antwerp art, c. 1510-1568. (January 26, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71568 71568-17842673@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 26, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

The Premodern Colloquium is a faculty and graduate-student discussion group, now in its forty-first year of continuous activity. We meet four times each term on Sunday afternoons to discuss work in progress presented by local and visiting scholars, usually book chapters, articles and dissertation chapters.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 16 Jan 2020 08:28:39 -0500 2020-01-26T15:30:00-05:00 2020-01-26T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Workshop / Seminar
Americana Sampler (January 27, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547756@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 27, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-01-27T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-27T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
LSA Bonderman Fellowship Info Session (January 27, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68404 68404-17077948@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 27, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

The Bonderman Fellowship offers 4 graduating University of Michigan LSA (Literature, Science and the Arts) seniors $20,000 to travel the world. They must travel to at least 6 countries in 2 regions over the course of 8 months and are expected to immerse themselves in independent and enriching explorations.

Come to a Bonderman information session to learn more about the fellowship and how to apply! Pizza will be provided!

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Presentation Fri, 18 Oct 2019 10:30:00 -0400 2020-01-27T17:00:00-05:00 2020-01-27T18:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Center for Global and Intercultural Study Presentation Fellow pictured abroad
The 1619 Project: Episode 5, part 1 and 2: The Land of our Fathers (January 27, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71001 71001-17766501@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 27, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Part 1: More than a century and a half after the promise of 40 acres and a mule, the story of black land ownership in America remains one of loss and dispossession. June and Angie Provost, who trace their family line to the enslaved workers on Louisiana’s sugar-cane plantations, know this story well.

On today’s episode: The Provosts spoke with Adizah Eghan and Annie Brown, producers for “1619.”
Part 2: The Provosts, a family of sugar-cane farmers in Louisiana, had worked the same land for generations. When it became harder and harder to keep hold of that land, June Provost and his wife, Angie, didn’t know why — and then a phone call changed their understanding of everything. In the finale of “1619,” we hear the rest of June and Angie’s story, and its echoes in a past case that led to the largest civil rights settlement in American history.


On today’s episode: June and Angie Provost; Adizah Eghan and Annie Brown, producers for “1619”; and Khalil Gibran Muhammad, a professor of history, race and public policy at Harvard University and the author of “The Condemnation of Blackness.”

“1619” is a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones. You can find more information about it at nytimes.com/1619podcast.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 09 Jan 2020 14:31:33 -0500 2020-01-27T18:00:00-05:00 2020-01-27T20:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
The resurgence of class struggle and the fight for socialism in 2020 (January 27, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72053 72053-17922808@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 27, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: International Youth and Students for Social Equality

2019 was a year of global mass protest in Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, France, Algeria, Lebanon, Sudan, Haiti and many other countries. Millions of people filled the streets against social inequality.

This global wave of social struggle swept through the United States, where 50,000 autoworkers engaged in the largest auto strike in more than forty years.

The word “socialism” is gaining popularity, especially among young people and workers. Billions are opposed to unending war, unprecedented levels of social inequality, the rise of fascism and authoritarianism, environmental degradation and all the consequences of capitalism.

But does socialism mean working within the same capitalist political parties who are responsible for inequality and war, as Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claim? No. Genuine socialism means mobilizing the strength of billions of workers, dismantling the militaries, seizing control of the corporations and reorganizing the world economy to meet social need, not private profit.

This meeting will review the state of world politics and outline a program and perspective for the working class to fight back.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:09:46 -0500 2020-01-27T19:00:00-05:00 2020-01-27T21:00:00-05:00 Michigan League International Youth and Students for Social Equality Lecture / Discussion The resurgence of class struggle and the fight for socialism in 2020. 7 PM Monday, January 27. University of Michigan. Michigan League, Vandenberg Room.
Americana Sampler (January 28, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547757@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-01-28T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-28T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
FellowSpeak: "Down and Out and Pregnant in Medieval France" (January 28, 2020 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69972 69972-17491319@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

This talk will address the meaning and consequences of extramarital pregnancy for women in medieval France, married and unmarried, low and high status, nuns, wives, widows, prostitutes, wet nurses, and domestic servants.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 13 Jan 2020 15:54:13 -0500 2020-01-28T12:30:00-05:00 2020-01-28T13:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Diane chassent Callisto, Ovide moralisé 1380-1395 Lyon, BM, 0742 (0648), f. 030
Nam Center Colloquium Series | Undesirable Children: The Korean Origins of Transnational Adoption (January 28, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71465 71465-17827817@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Nam Center for Korean Studies

This presentation investigates the origins and the development of transnational adoption of Korean biracial children, including the symbolic meanings they carried in Korean society. It would demonstrate the status and representation of biracial children in Korea during the 1950s, analyze the state policies towards them, and trace the historical origins of transnational adoption of Korean children. The biracial children, known as “mixed-blood children,” honhyŏra, became the main representation of the questionable children in the 1950s that could not be “appropriate” members of the nation. The process of rescuing and regulating biracial children would illuminate how Korean society made biracial children into adoptable orphans, which was closely related to the formation of citizenship as well as kinship.

Young Sun Park is an assistant professor in History at the Department of History and Social Sciences at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Her research concerns the history of children in need and their institutionalization in Korea in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She received her B.A. from Seoul National University, M.A. from the University of Notre Dame, and Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. She was a 2018-2019 postdoctoral associate at the Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us 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 Tue, 14 Jan 2020 16:02:43 -0500 2020-01-28T16:30:00-05:00 2020-01-28T18:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Nam Center for Korean Studies Lecture / Discussion Undesirable Children: The Korean Origins of Transnational Adoption
Wallace House Presents “The 1619 Project: Examining the Legacy of Slavery and the Building of a Nation” (January 28, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70101 70101-17530518@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Wallace House Center for Journalists

Journalism is often called the first draft of history. But journalism can also be used as a powerful tool for examining history.

Four hundred years ago, in August 1619, a ship carrying enslaved Africans arrived in the English colony of Virginia, establishing the system of slavery on which the United States was built.

With The 1619 Project, The New York Times is prompting conversation and debate about the legacy of slavery and its influence over American society and culture. From mass incarceration to traffic jams, the project seeks to reframe our understanding of American history and the fight to live up to our nation’s central promise.

Wallace House Presents the project’s creator, New York Times Magazine reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones, in conversation with Rochelle Riley, longtime journalist and columnist.

About the Speaker:
Nikole Hannah-Jones is a domestic correspondent for The New York Times Magazine focusing on racial injustice. She has written on federal failures to enforce the Fair Housing Act, the resegregation of American schools and policing in America. Her extensive reporting in both print and radio on the ways segregation in housing and schools is maintained through official action and policy has earned the National Magazine Award, a Peabody and a Polk Award. Her work designing “The 1619 Project” has been met with universal acclaim. The project was released in August 2019 to mark the 400th anniversary of American slavery and re-examines the role it plays in the history of the United States.

Hannah-Jones earned her bachelor’s in history and African-American studies from the University of Notre Dame and her master’s in journalism and mass communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

About the Moderator:
Rochelle Riley was a 2007-2008 Knight-Wallace Fellow and is the Director of Arts and Culture for the City of Detroit. For nineteen years she was a columnist at the Detroit Free Press. Riley is author of “The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery” and the upcoming “That They Lived: Twenty African Americans Who Changed The World.” She has won numerous national, state and local honors, including the 2017 Ida B. Wells Award from the National Association of Black Journalists for her outstanding efforts to make newsrooms and news coverage more accurately reflect the diversity of the communities they serve and the 2018 Detroit SPJ Lifetime Achievement Award alongside her longtime friend, Walter Middlebrook. She was a 2016 inductee into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame.

This is a 2020 Annual U-M Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium event.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 06 Jan 2020 11:04:06 -0500 2020-01-28T18:00:00-05:00 2020-01-28T19:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Wallace House Center for Journalists Lecture / Discussion Nikole Hannah-Jones
Bioethics Discussion: Michigan (January 28, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52725 52725-12974158@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion on our state.

Readings to consider:
1. 2019 State of the State
2. Michigan Health Policy for the Incoming 2019 Gubernatorial Administration
3. ACA Exchange Competitiveness in Michigan
4. Flint Water Crisis: What Happened and Why?

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/039-michigan/.

For the ever-present state of things, consider the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/




...Flint still doesn't have clean drinking water.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 09 Jan 2020 09:55:44 -0500 2020-01-28T19:00:00-05:00 2020-01-28T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Michigan
Americana Sampler (January 29, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547758@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-01-29T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-29T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Local Learning at Literati: The Art of Cullen Washington Jr. (January 29, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70733 70733-17621673@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Vera Grant, curator of the UMMA exhibition Cullen Washington, Jr.: The Public Square, presents an expansive look at the exhibition, and the artist’s recent series, Agoras. The compositions explore the ancient Greek public space as a site for activated assembly, through the dual lens of race and humanity.

Vera Ingrid Grant is an art consultant, curator, and writer, living in Ann Arbor, MI. Grant served as Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs, and curator of modern and contemporary art at the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) in 2018-19. Previously, she was the founding director of the Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art at the Hutchins Center, Harvard University. She most recently curated Cullen Washington, Jr.: The Public Square; Reflections: An Ordinary Day. Grant has an MA in Modern European History from Stanford University with a concentration in comparative studies of race and visual culture and was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Hamburg. She was the Associate Director for the Program in African and African American Studies (2001-2007) at Stanford University. She was a fellow (2015-16) at the Center for Curatorial Leadership (CCL). January 29th. 

Lead support for this exhibition is provided by Erica Gervais Pappendick and Ted Pappendick, Candy and Michael Barasch, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, and the Institute for the Humanities. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Department of History of Art, School of Education, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, School of Social Work, and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. 

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Jan 2020 18:17:03 -0500 2020-01-29T19:00:00-05:00 2020-01-29T20:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Americana Sampler (January 30, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547759@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 30, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-01-30T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-30T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
CJS Noon Lecture Series | Unwritten Stories: Medieval Maritime Trade of the Seto Inland Sea (January 30, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71590 71590-17842696@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 30, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

The Seto Inland Sea region was the center for much of Japan’s late medieval (14th – 16th c) period’s commercial activity, yet few documents detailing the organization of those trade networks remain – if indeed they were ever written. Using geospatial analysis (GIS) of evidence from written and archaeological records, it becomes possible to trace the flow of goods and people within the Inland Sea region. The environment and geography are central players in this story, affecting the trade routes, networks, and even shipping practices that develop during the late medieval period.

Michelle Damian is an Assistant Professor of History at Monmouth College, IL (USA). She has published chapters in several edited volumes and articles in Japan Forum and Education About Asia. She is also on the Board of Directors for the nonprofit Museum of Underwater Archaeology (http://www.themua.org).

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us 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, 16 Jan 2020 11:46:42 -0500 2020-01-30T12:00:00-05:00 2020-01-30T13:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion CJS Noon Lecture Series | Unwritten Stories: Medieval Maritime Trade of the Seto Inland Sea
EIHS Lecture: Ecology and Empire on the Yellow River (January 30, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63592 63592-15808573@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 30, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

This presentation introduces Ruth Mostern’s work on the imperial and ecological history of the Yellow River, a five-thousand-year history of the relationship between people, water, and sediment. Her work reveals how gradual changes (for instance in climate and population) intersect with sudden cataclysms (such as wars and floods). Interweaving the history of the river’s moist floodplain with that of the erosion zone hundreds of miles away, it demonstrates how social and political transformations can have unintended ecological consequences very far from the locations where they transpire. This research combines maps and timelines with historical documents, archaeological information, and environmental science.

Ruth Mostern is associate professor of history and director of the World History Center at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the author of Dividing the Realm in Order to Govern: The Spatial Organization of the Song State (960-1276 CE), the coeditor of Placing Names: Enriching and Integrating Gazetteers, and the principal investigator for the World-Historical Gazetteer, a digital ecosystem for sharing information about historical places.

Free and open to the public.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 20 Jan 2020 15:36:26 -0500 2020-01-30T16:00:00-05:00 2020-01-30T18:00:00-05:00 Tisch Hall Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Lecture / Discussion “A Map of the Lower River,” Zheng Penghe
FAST Lecture | Assessing Mechanisms of Mobility and Exchange in the Prehistoric Cyclades (January 30, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71613 71613-17844816@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 30, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Recent research in the Bronze Age Cycladic archipelago has documented the widespread evidence for the distribution of imported products — especially ceramics — throughout the region. In addition, consensus has grown that human mobility was a key feature in driving technical and stylistic changes in Cycladic assemblages. Indeed, the operation of different sorts of mobility seems to be a key feature underlying major patterns of material culture change in the islands during the Middle and Late Bronze Age. In this era, Cycladic islanders adopted and adapted material culture and practice from the palatial Minoan society of Crete. This presentation discusses human and object mobility in the context of changing patterns of consumption and production in the islands in order to provide new perspectives on the so-called Minoanization phenomenon.

Reception at the Kelsey Museum at 5:30 PM, lecture to follow at 6:00 PM.

FAST lectures are free and open to the public. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this tour, please call the Kelsey at 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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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:35:12 -0500 2020-01-30T17:30:00-05:00 2020-01-30T19:00:00-05:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Lecture / Discussion detail of the Miniature Fresco from the West House at Akrotiri, Crete
Continuing Korematsu: Our Fight in the Trump Era (January 30, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72117 72117-17939981@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 30, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: Asian Pacific American Law Students Association

January 30th is the Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution. On February 19th, 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, one of the most blatant forms of racial profiling in US history, which led to the forced removal and incarceration of over 120,000 American citizens and residents on the basis of being ethnically Japanese. Fred T. Korematsu was one of many who refused to be incarcerated, and was arrested. A national civil rights hero, Fred Korematsu appealed his case to the Supreme Court. Although the Supreme Court ruled against him in 1944, in 1983 his conviction was overturned in a coram nobis proceeding where Fred Korematsu addressed the court, saying, “I would like to see the government admit they were wrong, and do something about it so this will never happen again to any American citizen of any race, creed, or color.”

In 2014 and again in 2019, the US government attempted to reopen the Fort Sill camp to incarcerate migrant children from Latin America; Fort Sill was previously used as a concentration camp where Native Americans and Japanese Americans were detained. In June 2017, ICE agents raided and arrested Iraqi families in the Detroit area, leading to the ACLU’s lawsuit, Hamama v. Adducci. Raids on Iraqi families have continued into 2019.

On January 30th, APALSA's Political Action Committee, in partnership with the Michigan Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission and Stop Repeating History would like to invite you to attend a screening of the documentary Alternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 9066 by Jon Osaki, followed by a panel discussion and audience Q&A led by University of Michigan Law student Kevin Luong.

This event features incredible guest speakers: Dr. Karen Korematsu, Don Tamaki, Aamina Ahmed, Mary Kamidoi, and Michael Steinberg. Free and open to the public. Food from Curry On will be provided with RSVP: bit.ly/2tfDsnu

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Jan 2020 12:49:48 -0500 2020-01-30T18:00:00-05:00 2020-01-30T20:00:00-05:00 Hutchins Hall Asian Pacific American Law Students Association Lecture / Discussion Korematsu Day Poster
Americana Sampler (January 31, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547760@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 31, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-01-31T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-31T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
The Best of the West: Western Americana at the Clements Library (January 31, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68495 68495-17088525@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 31, 2020 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

"The Best of the West" is an exhibition of 45 printed rarities in early western Americana from the Clements Library collection. The exhibit is a tribute to antiquarian bookseller and outstanding Americanist William S. Reese (1955-2018), drawing upon Reese's 2017 book "The Best of the West" for its descriptions of the titles on display.

The books and pamphlets in the exhibition range chronologically from Miguel Venegas' 1757 "Noticia de la California" to Thomas F. Dawson & F. J. V. Skiff's 1879 "The Ute War." In between are dozens of the rarest examples of western Americana primary sources, in Spanish, French, English, and German. They include discovery and exploration narratives, 19th-century overland narratives, prints and views of Native Americans, color-plate books, gold and silver mining reports, and other glimpses of the trans-Mississippi West.

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Exhibition Fri, 13 Mar 2020 15:07:34 -0400 2020-01-31T10:00:00-05:00 2020-01-31T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition "Buffalo Hunt, Chase" by artist George Catlin (1844)
Behind the Scenes Tour of the Clements Library (January 31, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70021 70021-17497477@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 31, 2020 11:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Join us for a tour to learn more about the Clements Library and its collections. Tours begin with a presentation behind-the-scenes to share the story of our collections and our renovated 1923 building. Tours conclude with a visit to the Avenir Foundation Reading Room to view the current exhibits.

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Presentation Fri, 13 Mar 2020 15:08:45 -0400 2020-01-31T11:00:00-05:00 2020-01-31T12:30:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Presentation Postcard of the Clements Library
EIHS Graduate Student Workshop: Scaling Time and Space (January 31, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63603 63603-15808601@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 31, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

How do fluctuations in scale impact the way we look at the past? Ruth Mostern’s research spans millennia and examines how local practices and political agendas influenced the ecology of the Yellow River. This panel will explore the ways in which spaces are created, managed, and contested over time. Shifting between scales, speakers will discuss the interconnections and conflicts between the local and the universal, with case studies ranging from the localized spaces of the workroom and kitchen to the expanses of empire and imagined nationhood.

Featuring:

Erin Johnson (Graduate Student, History, University of Michigan)
Shohei Kawamata (Graduate Student, International and Regional Studies, University of Michigan)
Fusheng Luo (Graduate Student, History, University of Michigan)
Jian Zhang (Graduate Student, History, University of Michigan)
Alexander Clayton (chair; Graduate Student, History, University of Michigan)
Ruth Mostern (respondent; Associate Professor, History, University of Pittsburgh)

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

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 16 Jan 2020 07:35:04 -0500 2020-01-31T12:00:00-05:00 2020-01-31T14:00:00-05:00 Tisch Hall Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Workshop / Seminar Tisch Hall
Americana Sampler (February 1, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547761@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 1, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-01T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-01T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (February 2, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547762@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 2, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-02T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-02T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (February 3, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 3, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-03T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-03T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (February 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547764@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-04T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-04T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72533 72533-18015940@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019《2019年逃犯及刑事事宜相互法律協助法例(修訂)條例草案》, also known as the Extradition Bill, a wave of ongoing protests have begun in Hong Kong since June 2019. The Extradition Bill incident led to a wide-reaching social movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only ways through which Hong Kong people expressed their opinions. Promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes also played significant roles in the movement. In this exhibition, we will present these incredible art pieces, exploring their aesthetics and functions.

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Exhibition Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:46:24 -0500 2020-02-04T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-04T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
Americana Sampler (February 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547765@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-05T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-05T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72533 72533-18015941@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019《2019年逃犯及刑事事宜相互法律協助法例(修訂)條例草案》, also known as the Extradition Bill, a wave of ongoing protests have begun in Hong Kong since June 2019. The Extradition Bill incident led to a wide-reaching social movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only ways through which Hong Kong people expressed their opinions. Promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes also played significant roles in the movement. In this exhibition, we will present these incredible art pieces, exploring their aesthetics and functions.

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Exhibition Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:46:24 -0500 2020-02-05T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-05T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
Americana Sampler (February 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547766@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 6, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-06T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-06T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72533 72533-18015942@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 6, 2020 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019《2019年逃犯及刑事事宜相互法律協助法例(修訂)條例草案》, also known as the Extradition Bill, a wave of ongoing protests have begun in Hong Kong since June 2019. The Extradition Bill incident led to a wide-reaching social movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only ways through which Hong Kong people expressed their opinions. Promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes also played significant roles in the movement. In this exhibition, we will present these incredible art pieces, exploring their aesthetics and functions.

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Exhibition Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:46:24 -0500 2020-02-06T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-06T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara: Confessions of a Radical Chicano Doo-Wop Singer, A Performance Piece and Lecture (February 6, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71938 71938-17903273@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 6, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Trotter Multicultural Center
Organized By: Latina/o Studies

Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara is a native Angelino Chicano musician, singer and songwriter, a record producer of Chicano rock and roll and rock en español compilations, and a performance artist, poet, short story writer, historian, journalist, and activist. His newly published book Confessions of a Radical Chicano Doo-Wop Singer (University of California Press, 2018) is a moving memoir of his life and a compelling counter-history of the city of Los Angeles.

“It is as if Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara, polymath Azteca warrior and Chicano superhero, rose with the first East Los Angeles Aztlȧn sun that gave creative light to the barrio.” – Louie Pérez, musician, songwriter with Los Lobos

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Jan 2020 10:03:57 -0500 2020-02-06T19:00:00-05:00 2020-02-06T21:00:00-05:00 Trotter Multicultural Center Latina/o Studies Lecture / Discussion Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara 2.6.20
Americana Sampler (February 7, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547767@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 7, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-07T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-07T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 7, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72533 72533-18015943@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 7, 2020 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019《2019年逃犯及刑事事宜相互法律協助法例(修訂)條例草案》, also known as the Extradition Bill, a wave of ongoing protests have begun in Hong Kong since June 2019. The Extradition Bill incident led to a wide-reaching social movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only ways through which Hong Kong people expressed their opinions. Promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes also played significant roles in the movement. In this exhibition, we will present these incredible art pieces, exploring their aesthetics and functions.

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Exhibition Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:46:24 -0500 2020-02-07T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-07T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
The Best of the West: Western Americana at the Clements Library (February 7, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68495 68495-17088526@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 7, 2020 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

"The Best of the West" is an exhibition of 45 printed rarities in early western Americana from the Clements Library collection. The exhibit is a tribute to antiquarian bookseller and outstanding Americanist William S. Reese (1955-2018), drawing upon Reese's 2017 book "The Best of the West" for its descriptions of the titles on display.

The books and pamphlets in the exhibition range chronologically from Miguel Venegas' 1757 "Noticia de la California" to Thomas F. Dawson & F. J. V. Skiff's 1879 "The Ute War." In between are dozens of the rarest examples of western Americana primary sources, in Spanish, French, English, and German. They include discovery and exploration narratives, 19th-century overland narratives, prints and views of Native Americans, color-plate books, gold and silver mining reports, and other glimpses of the trans-Mississippi West.

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Exhibition Fri, 13 Mar 2020 15:07:34 -0400 2020-02-07T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-07T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition "Buffalo Hunt, Chase" by artist George Catlin (1844)
The American Novel (February 7, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70849 70849-17660839@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 7, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

“For we must consider that we shall be as a City upon a Hill, the eyes of all people are upon us,” declared John Winthrop as he travelled with his followers to Massachusetts in 1630. He marked the beginning of what was expected to be a grand experiment. Winthrop rightly anticipated that the colonial endeavors unfolding in North America presented a chance for self-determination, collective identity, and industriousness. And yet, he could not have conceived of the legacy of that experiment or the challenges that would come with it. In this study group, we will explore how diverse writers represented, challenged, and helped to create the dominant cultural narratives that remain influential in our nation today. We will read (in the following order): Charles Brockden Brown’s Wieland, Susanna Rowson’s Charlotte Temple, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The House of the Seven Gables, Herman Melville’s Benito Cereno, Frank Norris’s McTeague, and John Niehardt’s Black Elk Speaks. Instructor Emelia Abbe-Robertson will lead classes on Fridays from February 7 through March 20.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 17:14:47 -0500 2020-02-07T15:00:00-05:00 2020-02-07T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Americana Sampler (February 8, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547768@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 8, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-08T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-08T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 8, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72533 72533-18015944@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 8, 2020 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019《2019年逃犯及刑事事宜相互法律協助法例(修訂)條例草案》, also known as the Extradition Bill, a wave of ongoing protests have begun in Hong Kong since June 2019. The Extradition Bill incident led to a wide-reaching social movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only ways through which Hong Kong people expressed their opinions. Promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes also played significant roles in the movement. In this exhibition, we will present these incredible art pieces, exploring their aesthetics and functions.

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Exhibition Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:46:24 -0500 2020-02-08T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-08T23:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
Americana Sampler (February 9, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547769@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 9, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-09T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-09T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (February 10, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547770@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 10, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-10T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-10T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
LOOK 101: Seeing Art in an Instagram World (February 10, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70169 70169-17540925@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 10, 2020 12:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

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

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 10 Feb 2020 14:21:50 -0500 2020-02-10T12:00:00-05:00 2020-02-10T13:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Valery Jung Estabrook Instagram
Americana Sampler (February 11, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547771@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-11T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-11T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
FellowSpeak: "Terminal Regions: Queer Environmental Ethics in the Absence of Futurity" (February 11, 2020 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69977 69977-17491331@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

This talk asks what contemporary environmentalism’s (seemingly necessary) emphasis on the future has rendered unthinkable. By reading queer texts whose animating conditions require their protagonists to bracket questions of futurity as normatively lived, I trace paradigms of relationality, practices of care, political affects, temporal modes, and forms of solidarity that as yet have not found their way into ecocritical conversations and practices of environmental stewardship.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 13 Dec 2019 10:11:43 -0500 2020-02-11T12:30:00-05:00 2020-02-11T13:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion The Babushkas of Chernobyl
What Ifs of Jewish History (February 11, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70132 70132-17538850@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Judaic Studies

What if the Jews of Spain had not been expelled in 1492? What if Adolf Hitler had been assassinated in 1939? What if a Jewish state had been established in Uganda instead of Palestine? In his talk, Gavriel D. Rosenfeld discusses how these and other counterfactual questions would have affected the course of Jewish history. Drawing on his edited volume, "What Ifs of Jewish History" (2016), he discusses why Jewish historians were historically slow to adopt the increasingly popular methodology of counterfactual reasoning in their work, and how they have finally begun to do so in recent years. He concludes with some reflections on the merits of speculating about how the course of Jewish history might have been different.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Dec 2019 10:57:31 -0500 2020-02-11T16:00:00-05:00 2020-02-11T17:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Judaic Studies Lecture / Discussion "New Judea" Stamp
Quartering the British Army in Revolutionary America (February 11, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71155 71155-17783465@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

In the decades before the Revolution, British soldiers were a common sight in America. They lived in private houses in Trenton, marched up Broadway in New York, and came to blows with colonists in Boston. What was it like to live in this world?

Drawing on his new book "Quarters: The Accommodation of the British Army and the Coming of the American Revolution" (which he largely researched at the Clements Library), John McCurdy explains how the colonists made room for redcoats by reimagining places like home, city, and empire. They insisted on a right to privacy in their houses and civilian control of troops stationed in their cities, both of which they achieved through the Quartering Act. McCurdy also explores how protests by the Sons of Liberty and events like the Boston Massacre caused the civilian-martial comity to unravel such that Americans ultimately declared the “quartering of large bodies of armed troops among us” to be a reason for independence.

This lecture is presented in collaboration with the U-M Eisenberg Institute, which supported McCurdy's work on this book through a Residency Research Grant. John G. McCurdy is Professor of History and Philosophy at Eastern Michigan University.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 06 Feb 2020 10:47:28 -0500 2020-02-11T17:30:00-05:00 2020-02-11T19:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion Boston Massacre Engraving by Paul Revere, 1770
Value the Voice: It’s Above Me Now: Lessons Learned from Letting Go (February 11, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71104 71104-17777065@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

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

The U-M Comprehensive Studies Program and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies invite you to explore themes related to campus life, coming of age, and learning and growing, at this series of Moth Style Storyteller Lounge events. Storytellers include students, faculty and staff, and Voices of Wisdom (alums or community members). 

 

Value the Voice is co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Museum of Art.

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Presentation Wed, 08 Jan 2020 12:16:57 -0500 2020-02-11T18:00:00-05:00 2020-02-11T19:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Americana Sampler (February 12, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547772@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-12T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-12T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Artist Conversation & Opening Reception for "Hometown Hero (Chink): An American Interior" (February 12, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72662 72662-18035614@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 5:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Join us as we welcome artist Valerie Jung Estabrook to the Institute for the Humanities for an engaging conversation with curator Amanda Krugliak. Audience Q & A follows the conversation, as well as an opportunity to meet the artist and talk one-on-one.

About the exhibition:
Hometown Hero (Chink): An American Interior, by Valery Jung Estabrook, re-creates a life-size living room sewn by hand, suggestive of the artist’s history growing up in rural southwestern Virginia.The installation includes a custom upholstered recliner embellished with a Confederate Flag motif, and a plush TV emanating country music karaoke sung by the artist.The exhibition challenges the notions of heritage, Southern nationalism and “traditional” American culture, providing a window into the tensions of being a perpetual foreigner in one’s own hometown.

Reflecting on her exhibition title, Estabrook states, “The second part of the title, “Chink,” is a word that is fundamentally linked to my lifelong experience as an Asian American. Yes, it’s offensive—an incredibly painful slur. But that same pain is something that I, unfortunately, think of when I think of home. I include it because I must in order to have an honest discussion about the America that I know.”

Valery Jung Estabrook was born in Plantation, Florida, and grew up on an organic pear farm in rural southwestern Virginia. She holds an MFA in drawing and painting from Brooklyn College and a BA in visual art from Brown University. Her work has been exhibited in major cities both domestically and internationally, including New York, Los Angeles, Lagos, Bilbao, and Melbourne. In 2018 she received the Gold AHL-T&W Foundation Contemporary Visual Art Award, an annual award recognizing artists of Korean heritage in the United States. She currently resides in Albuquerque and teaches experimental art at the University of New Mexico.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 07 Feb 2020 15:18:16 -0500 2020-02-12T17:30:00-05:00 2020-02-12T19:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion From "Hometown Hero (Chink): An American Interior"
Americana Sampler (February 13, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547773@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 13, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-13T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-13T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Coeducation for Democracy (February 13, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71385 71385-17819320@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 13, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Bentley Historical Library

2020 marks the 150th anniversary of the admission of women to U-M. Andrea Turpin, associate professor of history at Baylor University and author of the recent award-winning book, A New Moral Vision: Gender, Religion, and the Changing Purposes of American Higher Education, 1837-1917, will speak on the struggle for women's admission at U-M and the experiences of women students here during the early decades of coeducation. This lecture is part of a new monthly series on the history of the University, sponsored by the Bentley Historical Library.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 13 Jan 2020 16:41:17 -0500 2020-02-13T19:00:00-05:00 2020-02-13T20:30:00-05:00 Gerald Ford Library Bentley Historical Library Lecture / Discussion Women graduates, LSA 1889
Americana Sampler (February 14, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547774@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 14, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-14T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-14T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Pop-up Exhibit: Love Letters & Romance in the Archives (February 14, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/71417 71417-17825627@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 14, 2020 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

The rich collections at the Clements Library teem with love letters and romance of all kinds. Come swoon with us as we share examples of Americans expressing their love in the past. The pop-up exhibit features materials dating from the 18th to the 20th century, including handmade and printed valentines, manuscript letters filled with kisses, and published courtship guides.

During the Clements Library's exhibit open hours on Friday, February 14, join us for the pop-up exhibit in the Norton Strange Townshend Room between 10am and 4pm.

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Exhibition Wed, 29 Jan 2020 10:59:42 -0500 2020-02-14T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-14T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition "The art of good behaviour; and letter writer on love, courtship, and marriage" (1848)
The Best of the West: Western Americana at the Clements Library (February 14, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68495 68495-17088527@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 14, 2020 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

"The Best of the West" is an exhibition of 45 printed rarities in early western Americana from the Clements Library collection. The exhibit is a tribute to antiquarian bookseller and outstanding Americanist William S. Reese (1955-2018), drawing upon Reese's 2017 book "The Best of the West" for its descriptions of the titles on display.

The books and pamphlets in the exhibition range chronologically from Miguel Venegas' 1757 "Noticia de la California" to Thomas F. Dawson & F. J. V. Skiff's 1879 "The Ute War." In between are dozens of the rarest examples of western Americana primary sources, in Spanish, French, English, and German. They include discovery and exploration narratives, 19th-century overland narratives, prints and views of Native Americans, color-plate books, gold and silver mining reports, and other glimpses of the trans-Mississippi West.

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Exhibition Fri, 13 Mar 2020 15:07:34 -0400 2020-02-14T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-14T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition "Buffalo Hunt, Chase" by artist George Catlin (1844)
Behind the Scenes Tour of the Clements Library (February 14, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70021 70021-17794071@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 14, 2020 11:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Join us for a tour to learn more about the Clements Library and its collections. Tours begin with a presentation behind-the-scenes to share the story of our collections and our renovated 1923 building. Tours conclude with a visit to the Avenir Foundation Reading Room to view the current exhibits.

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Presentation Fri, 13 Mar 2020 15:08:45 -0400 2020-02-14T11:00:00-05:00 2020-02-14T12:30:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Presentation Postcard of the Clements Library
Americana Sampler (February 15, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547775@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 15, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-15T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-15T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Special Pop Up Performance with Mariachi Nuevo Santander (February 15, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72199 72199-17957207@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 15, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Join us for a special pop up performance of this award-winning youth Mariachi group from Texas’s Roma High School presented in collaboration with UMS. 

For 25 years, San Antonio has played host to the Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza, the largest, longest running and most competitive mariachi group competition in the world. Mariachi Nuevo Santander has placed at the top of the high school division throughout the competition’s history and has been named “grand champions” of the entire Extravaganza seven times, selected directly by members of the world’s preeminent Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, which performs a UMS concert at Hill Auditorium on Friday, February 14.

Mariachi Nuevo Santander has appeared on national television and performed throughout the U.S., from Washington, DC to Ashland, OR. The group appeared on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” Season 12, recorded in Pasadena, California and at the Universal Studios in Los Angeles.

Mariachi Nuevo Santander will release its third album in March, following Corazón Orgullo y Tradición in 2018 and Heart, Pride & Passion in 2014. The new album, titled Sangre Mariachera, features 11 tracks, including the group’s award-winning performance from the December’s Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza in San Antonio. The album features traditional mariachi rhythms and songs with original arrangements by the group’s director, Eloy Garza. Garza’s background as a mariachi musician with Mariachi Nuevo Santander and Mariachi Sol de Mexico has served as the foundation for the group’s success. 

This performance is free and open to the public. No tickets required.

Mariachi Nuevo Santander’s performance is presented in partnership with the University Musical Society and supported by the U-M Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.  

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Performance Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:17:43 -0500 2020-02-15T13:00:00-05:00 2020-02-15T14:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Americana Sampler (February 16, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547776@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 16, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-16T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-16T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (February 17, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547777@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 17, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-17T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-17T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 18, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72963 72963-18107870@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 7:00am
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Creative media became a form of passive protest and connected people who shared the same emotions during social unrest in Hong Kong. In this exhibition, we will explore the incredible artworks created in this democratic movement.

Since June, protests have been ongoing in Hong King, sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019. In one of the demonstrations, over two million Hongkongers, which is more than a quarter of the population, went on the streets to express their objection to the bill, and later led to a large scale democratic movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only methods Hong Kong people used to voice their opinions. Creation of promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes were sparked by the protests and played a significant role in the democratic movement.

After 2/12, this exhibit will be available for viewing from 2/18 through 2/27 in the Pierpont Commons Piano Lounge.

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Exhibition Sat, 15 Feb 2020 20:37:16 -0500 2020-02-18T07:00:00-05:00 2020-02-18T23:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
Americana Sampler (February 18, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547778@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-18T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-18T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 19, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72963 72963-18107871@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 7:00am
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Creative media became a form of passive protest and connected people who shared the same emotions during social unrest in Hong Kong. In this exhibition, we will explore the incredible artworks created in this democratic movement.

Since June, protests have been ongoing in Hong King, sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019. In one of the demonstrations, over two million Hongkongers, which is more than a quarter of the population, went on the streets to express their objection to the bill, and later led to a large scale democratic movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only methods Hong Kong people used to voice their opinions. Creation of promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes were sparked by the protests and played a significant role in the democratic movement.

After 2/12, this exhibit will be available for viewing from 2/18 through 2/27 in the Pierpont Commons Piano Lounge.

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Exhibition Sat, 15 Feb 2020 20:37:16 -0500 2020-02-19T07:00:00-05:00 2020-02-19T23:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
Americana Sampler (February 19, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547779@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-19T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-19T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 20, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72963 72963-18107872@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 20, 2020 7:00am
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Creative media became a form of passive protest and connected people who shared the same emotions during social unrest in Hong Kong. In this exhibition, we will explore the incredible artworks created in this democratic movement.

Since June, protests have been ongoing in Hong King, sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019. In one of the demonstrations, over two million Hongkongers, which is more than a quarter of the population, went on the streets to express their objection to the bill, and later led to a large scale democratic movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only methods Hong Kong people used to voice their opinions. Creation of promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes were sparked by the protests and played a significant role in the democratic movement.

After 2/12, this exhibit will be available for viewing from 2/18 through 2/27 in the Pierpont Commons Piano Lounge.

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Exhibition Sat, 15 Feb 2020 20:37:16 -0500 2020-02-20T07:00:00-05:00 2020-02-20T23:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
Americana Sampler (February 20, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547780@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 20, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-20T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-20T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
CJS Noon Lecture Series | Reading Medieval Ruins: A Material History of Urban Life in 16th-Century Japan (February 20, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69651 69651-17376503@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 20, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

The city of Ichijôdani served as the capital of Echizen Province for approximately one century during Japan’s late medieval period. It was a vibrant and successful urban center built around the residential complex of a warlord (daimyo) who had seized power in the civil wars of the late 15th century. This presentation will introduce the history and archaeology of the city and its residents, then consider the implications of its complete destruction in 1573 as part of Japan’s “unification” process.

Morgan Pitelka is Professor of History and Asian Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill. His publications include Japanese Tea Culture: Art, History, and Practice (2003); Handmade Culture: Raku Potters, Patrons, and Tea Practitioners in Japan (2005); What’s the Use of Art? Asian Visual and Material Culture in Context (2007); and Spectacular Accumulation: Material Culture, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Samurai Sociability (2016).

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us 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 Wed, 20 Nov 2019 14:04:55 -0500 2020-02-20T12:00:00-05:00 2020-02-20T13:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Morgan Pitelka, Professor of History and Asian Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill
The History of the Future of Work: The Debate on the Impact of Technological Change in Historical Perspective (February 20, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72938 72938-18096966@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 20, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Center for Social Solutions

Current debates about technological change and the future of work have a rich history. In his talk, Bachmann will be exploring some aspects of that history, drawing from his current research on James Boggs and Charles Denby, two black labor activists from Detroit. In the early 1960s, Boggs and Denby published insightful articles about the impact of automation and cybernation on the workers in Detroit's automobile plants and beyond. By teasing out some of the main ideas of their works, Richard will show that Boggs and Denby still have a lot to contribute to current discussions of the future of work.

Richard Bachmann is a first-year graduate student in the Department of History at U-M and a fellow of the Science, Technology, and Society Graduate Certificate Program. His current research focuses on the 1950s/60s debates in the U.S. and Europe about the repercussions of automation and cybernation for the labor market and society. Richard received both his B.A. (2012) and M.A. (2016) in American Studies from Leipzig University, Germany, and spent two semesters at Ohio University's Global Leadership Center in 2011 as a B.A. Plus Fellow.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 18 Feb 2020 10:21:25 -0500 2020-02-20T12:00:00-05:00 2020-02-20T13:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Center for Social Solutions Lecture / Discussion The History of the Future of Work
EIHS Lecture: The Labors of Human Nurture: Breastfeeding for Love or Money in Brazil, 1899-1960 (February 20, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63593 63593-15808574@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 20, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

What kind of labor is breastfeeding? How have societies accorded value to those who undertake this potentially lifesaving work? By situating breastfeeding within the historiography of carework, this talk will address these questions, examining efforts directed at breastfeeding, wet nursing, and human milk donation in Brazil in the first half of the twentieth century. If Brazilian health officials in this period agreed that human milk was critical for infant survival, they did not see the efforts of all nursing women as equally valuable. Meanwhile many nursing women challenged these ideas, demanding recognition of their contributions.

Victoria Langland is Associate Professor in the Departments of History and Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan. She is the author of Speaking of Flowers: Student Movements and the Making and Remembering of 1968 in Military Brazil (Duke University Press, 2013) and the co-editor of The Brazil Reader: History, Culture, Politics, 2nd edition, (Duke University Press, 2019), and Monumentos, Memoriales y Marcas Territoriales (Siglo XXI, 2003). Langland's current book project is a history of breastfeeding, wet-nursing and human milk banking in Brazil that looks at how public policies, national and transnational breastfeeding advocacy, and the actions of breastfeeding women have transformed understandings and practices about infant nutrition and women’s roles over time.

Free and open to the public.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Feb 2020 08:47:26 -0500 2020-02-20T16:00:00-05:00 2020-02-20T18:00:00-05:00 Tisch Hall Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Lecture / Discussion Victoria Langland
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 21, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72963 72963-18107873@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 7:00am
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Creative media became a form of passive protest and connected people who shared the same emotions during social unrest in Hong Kong. In this exhibition, we will explore the incredible artworks created in this democratic movement.

Since June, protests have been ongoing in Hong King, sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019. In one of the demonstrations, over two million Hongkongers, which is more than a quarter of the population, went on the streets to express their objection to the bill, and later led to a large scale democratic movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only methods Hong Kong people used to voice their opinions. Creation of promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes were sparked by the protests and played a significant role in the democratic movement.

After 2/12, this exhibit will be available for viewing from 2/18 through 2/27 in the Pierpont Commons Piano Lounge.

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Exhibition Sat, 15 Feb 2020 20:37:16 -0500 2020-02-21T07:00:00-05:00 2020-02-21T23:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
Americana Sampler (February 21, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547781@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-21T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
“Downstream from Here” by Charles Eisendrath (February 21, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70597 70597-17609141@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Tom Brokaw calls Eisendrath “a reporter’s reporter” and the book, “lyrical.” Jeff Daniels adds “prepare to be inspired.” Ellen Goodman says, “Too often we are told we have to choose between living wide or living deep, between traveling across the surface of the earth, or coming to truly know and love one place. But Charles Eisendrath has done both in his rich life. This is the memoir of a foreign correspondent and journalism mentor and yet a man who is spiritually rooted at his beloved Overlook Farm. The essays he has written about this life are a joy!”

Charles R. Eisendrath grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, in a family that had vacationed in Charlevoix County since the 1890’s. One of the loves of his life is Overlook Farm near East Jordan, Michigan, which produces timber, maple syrup, and tart cherries. He is a passionate sportsman and canoeist. Many of those subjects are the focus of “Downstream from Here: A Big Life in a Small Place”. It is a collection of essays originally intended as a personal history to be shared with friends and family. It is a meditation on a life well lived, a deep love of family, and the love of a very specific place in the world.

Eisendrath was the first Director of the Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowships at the University of Michigan. He is a Yale graduate, a former Time magazine correspondent, and founder of the Livingston Awards, known as the Pulitzer Prize for journalists under 35 and known for providing early recognition for major talents.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:57:40 -0500 2020-02-21T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-21T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Reads
The Best of the West: Western Americana at the Clements Library (February 21, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68495 68495-17088528@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

"The Best of the West" is an exhibition of 45 printed rarities in early western Americana from the Clements Library collection. The exhibit is a tribute to antiquarian bookseller and outstanding Americanist William S. Reese (1955-2018), drawing upon Reese's 2017 book "The Best of the West" for its descriptions of the titles on display.

The books and pamphlets in the exhibition range chronologically from Miguel Venegas' 1757 "Noticia de la California" to Thomas F. Dawson & F. J. V. Skiff's 1879 "The Ute War." In between are dozens of the rarest examples of western Americana primary sources, in Spanish, French, English, and German. They include discovery and exploration narratives, 19th-century overland narratives, prints and views of Native Americans, color-plate books, gold and silver mining reports, and other glimpses of the trans-Mississippi West.

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Exhibition Fri, 13 Mar 2020 15:07:34 -0400 2020-02-21T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-21T12:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition "Buffalo Hunt, Chase" by artist George Catlin (1844)
EIHS Symposium: Exhibiting Histories, Engaging Publics in Detroit (February 21, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63604 63604-15808602@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

Important Note: This event takes place at the Detroit Historical Society. Attendance is limited; registration is required. Transportation and lunch provided. Click "related links" to access registration page.

Join the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies and the Rackham Program in Public Scholarship as we hit the road to engage history on display at the Detroit Historical Museum. Stepping outside of our regular meeting place, we will spend time examining questions of audience and public engagement. Using the museum’s exhibits on Detroit’s early history and the 1967 rebellion, as a starting point, this event aims to spark conversations with Detroit Historical Society staff about the meaning of historical work in the public sphere. We will consider the benefits of doing historical work in public and the landscape of public history in general, as it continues to shift in response to current events, community advocacy, and scholarship.

Presenters/discussants:
Joel Stone (Senior Curator, Detroit Historical Society)
Kalisha Davis (Director of Community Outreach and Engagement, Detroit Historical Society)
Billy Wall-Winkel (Assistant Curator, Detroit Historical Society)

This event is part of the Friday Series of the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg. Presented in partnership with the Rackham Program in Public Scholarship.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 13 Feb 2020 08:16:11 -0500 2020-02-21T12:00:00-05:00 2020-02-21T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Conference / Symposium
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 22, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72963 72963-18107874@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 22, 2020 7:00am
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Creative media became a form of passive protest and connected people who shared the same emotions during social unrest in Hong Kong. In this exhibition, we will explore the incredible artworks created in this democratic movement.

Since June, protests have been ongoing in Hong King, sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019. In one of the demonstrations, over two million Hongkongers, which is more than a quarter of the population, went on the streets to express their objection to the bill, and later led to a large scale democratic movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only methods Hong Kong people used to voice their opinions. Creation of promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes were sparked by the protests and played a significant role in the democratic movement.

After 2/12, this exhibit will be available for viewing from 2/18 through 2/27 in the Pierpont Commons Piano Lounge.

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Exhibition Sat, 15 Feb 2020 20:37:16 -0500 2020-02-22T07:00:00-05:00 2020-02-22T23:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
Americana Sampler (February 22, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547782@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 22, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-22T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-22T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 23, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72963 72963-18107875@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 23, 2020 7:00am
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Creative media became a form of passive protest and connected people who shared the same emotions during social unrest in Hong Kong. In this exhibition, we will explore the incredible artworks created in this democratic movement.

Since June, protests have been ongoing in Hong King, sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019. In one of the demonstrations, over two million Hongkongers, which is more than a quarter of the population, went on the streets to express their objection to the bill, and later led to a large scale democratic movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only methods Hong Kong people used to voice their opinions. Creation of promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes were sparked by the protests and played a significant role in the democratic movement.

After 2/12, this exhibit will be available for viewing from 2/18 through 2/27 in the Pierpont Commons Piano Lounge.

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Exhibition Sat, 15 Feb 2020 20:37:16 -0500 2020-02-23T07:00:00-05:00 2020-02-23T23:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
Americana Sampler (February 23, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547783@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 23, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-23T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-23T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
The Premodern Colloquium. Why did we get the historiography of the Inkas so wrong? (February 23, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71569 71569-17842674@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 23, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

The Premodern Colloquium is a faculty and graduate-student discussion group, now in its forty-first year of continuous activity. We meet four times each term on Sunday afternoons to discuss work in progress presented by local and visiting scholars, usually book chapters, articles and dissertation chapters.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 16 Jan 2020 08:34:38 -0500 2020-02-23T15:30:00-05:00 2020-02-23T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Workshop / Seminar
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 24, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72963 72963-18107876@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 24, 2020 7:00am
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Creative media became a form of passive protest and connected people who shared the same emotions during social unrest in Hong Kong. In this exhibition, we will explore the incredible artworks created in this democratic movement.

Since June, protests have been ongoing in Hong King, sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019. In one of the demonstrations, over two million Hongkongers, which is more than a quarter of the population, went on the streets to express their objection to the bill, and later led to a large scale democratic movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only methods Hong Kong people used to voice their opinions. Creation of promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes were sparked by the protests and played a significant role in the democratic movement.

After 2/12, this exhibit will be available for viewing from 2/18 through 2/27 in the Pierpont Commons Piano Lounge.

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Exhibition Sat, 15 Feb 2020 20:37:16 -0500 2020-02-24T07:00:00-05:00 2020-02-24T23:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
Americana Sampler (February 24, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547784@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 24, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-24T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-24T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Public-Facing Scholarship on the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: Multimedia and Digital Approaches (February 24, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72125 72125-18009360@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 24, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This lecture and Q&A session will offer an overview LSA Alum Rachel Willis' public-facing humanities project, a multi-media DAAS Gallery exhibit entitled *Il faut se souvenir*, we must not forget: memorializing slavery in Detroit and Martinique. Combining archival research with digital technology, this project allows us to generate new ways of thinking about story-telling and visualizing historical movement to reach audiences outside of the academy.

This presentation is part of the RLL DEI Committee Beyond the Academy Initiative, in conjunction with the Rackham Faculty Diversity Allies program.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Feb 2020 12:52:53 -0500 2020-02-24T16:00:00-05:00 2020-02-24T17:30:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion Modern Languages Building
STS Speaker. Catastrophic Thinking in Science and Culture: Geo-Eschatology and the Anthropocene (February 24, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70128 70128-17538846@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 24, 2020 4:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Science, Technology & Society

The specter of extinction looms large in the late-modern Western psyche. As a cultural "imaginary," extinction is perhaps the distinctive post-WWII anxiety. Since the 1950s, visions of nuclear annihilation, mass famine, environmental collapse, biodiversity loss, and other self-inflicted catastrophes have haunted literature, art, film, popular media, and political discourse as central preoccupations. Indeed, one of the main imagined consequences of the ongoing climate crisis is the production of a "Sixth Extinction"--a collapse of biological diversity that may rival the great mass extinctions of the geological past and threaten the future of human civilization.

Not coincidentally, the second half of the 20th century also saw a dramatic revival among geologists and paleontologists of theories involving catastrophic mass extinctions as central agents in the history of life. This talk will explore the interpenetration of these scientific and cultural discourses during the 20th century. In particular, I will argue that our current cultural fascination with the so-called Anthropocene is a direct consequence of the fusion of the geological and the eschatological meanings of extinction: extinction thinking may in fact be the bridge between the deep past and imagined future of our species and our planet.

David Sepkoski is the Thomas M. Siebel Chair in History of Science and Professor in the Department of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He has published widely on histories of biology, the earth and environmental sciences, and data. His most recent book is Catastrophic Thinking: Extinction and the Value of Diversity from Darwin to the Anthropocene.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 07 Jan 2020 08:31:13 -0500 2020-02-24T16:00:00-05:00 2020-02-24T17:30:00-05:00 North Quad Science, Technology & Society Lecture / Discussion Prof. David Sepkoski
Town Hall Meeting: Socialism and the 2020 elections (February 24, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73071 73071-18138331@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 24, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: International Youth and Students for Social Equality

One word is dominating the 2020 election cycle: socialism.

Donald Trump and his fascist allies declare the US “will never be a socialist country.” Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg proclaim their desire to save the Democratic Party from socialists, while Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) claim socialism means working within the Democratic Party for mild reforms. The ruling class, presiding over a society dominated by inequality, war and state repression, increasingly views socialism as an immediate threat.

The Socialist Equality Party is running in the 2020 elections to explain what socialism really means. Join the SEP’s candidates—Joseph Kishore for President and Norissa Santa Cruz for Vice President—in the historic struggle to unite all workers internationally, independent of the political parties of the ruling class. The working class is the social force that can replace capitalism with international socialism.

This town hall meeting with Joseph Kishore is part of a national series of meetings being held across the United States, hosted by the IYSSE and the SEP.

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Meeting Wed, 19 Feb 2020 10:41:37 -0500 2020-02-24T19:00:00-05:00 2020-02-24T21:00:00-05:00 Michigan League International Youth and Students for Social Equality Meeting Joseph Kishore (President) and Norissa Santa Cruz (Vice President), Socialist Equality Party
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 25, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72963 72963-18107877@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 7:00am
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Creative media became a form of passive protest and connected people who shared the same emotions during social unrest in Hong Kong. In this exhibition, we will explore the incredible artworks created in this democratic movement.

Since June, protests have been ongoing in Hong King, sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019. In one of the demonstrations, over two million Hongkongers, which is more than a quarter of the population, went on the streets to express their objection to the bill, and later led to a large scale democratic movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only methods Hong Kong people used to voice their opinions. Creation of promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes were sparked by the protests and played a significant role in the democratic movement.

After 2/12, this exhibit will be available for viewing from 2/18 through 2/27 in the Pierpont Commons Piano Lounge.

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Exhibition Sat, 15 Feb 2020 20:37:16 -0500 2020-02-25T07:00:00-05:00 2020-02-25T23:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
Americana Sampler (February 25, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547785@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-25T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-25T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Black Art, Politics and Visibility: “Printed” Challenges for the Black Community in Brazil and the US in Times of Totalitarianism (February 25, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72567 72567-18018160@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 4:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

This event is part of the *O Menelick 2Ato*: Art, Culture and Society From the Perspective of Contemporary Brazilian Black Press series.

Luciane Ramos Silva and Nabor Jr, editors of the Afro-Brazilian magazine O Menelick 2Ato, will discuss historical and current relations between Brazilian and American black presses. By discussing the dominant aesthetic and poetic regimes of representation, Luciane and Nabor will propose the black arts as a fundamental channel of critical engagement in contexts of social and political cleavage.

Light refreshments will be served. Free and open to the public.

Co-sponsors: Romance Languages and Literatures Department, UM Hatcher Graduate Library, UM Library Mini Grant, Women’s Studies, Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG), Language Resource Center (LRC), Department of History, African Studies Center, Center for Latin-American and Caribbean Studies – Brazil Initiative, Department of Communication and Media, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Feb 2020 15:18:37 -0500 2020-02-25T16:00:00-05:00 2020-02-25T18:00:00-05:00 North Quad Institute for Research on Women and Gender Lecture / Discussion Black Art, Politics and Visibility: “Printed” Challenges for the Black Community in Brazil and the US in Times of Totalitarianism
Black Excellence Gala (February 25, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73215 73215-18175239@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

The Black Excellence celebration aims to honor the diversity of blackness within the UM campus and community. This event intends to have different black cultural organizations across campus come and showcase their cultural pride through art, performance, or any form of creative expression. The event will also include a buffet of food from different aspects of the African diaspora, such as soul food, different African dishes, and even dishes from Afro-Latino/Caribbean backgrounds.

At this event, participants and student groups will have an opportunity to celebrate and showcase their artistic talents in many ways, including spoken word, dance, singing, etc. We'll also have local Black vendors at the event.

We are also looking for black art, photographs, and creative pieces to showcase in an art gallery during this event that will take place at the very beginning. There will be an entire section of the union ballroom dedicated to displaying all sorts of black art, Afrocentric collective pieces for anyone who chooses to have art displayed.

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Performance Sun, 23 Feb 2020 23:20:37 -0500 2020-02-25T18:00:00-05:00 2020-02-25T20:00:00-05:00 Michigan Union Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Performance Black Excellence Gala
#twitterstorians (February 25, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73006 73006-18123112@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: University of Michigan History Club

Historians around the world are utilizing the tag #twitterstorians, pushing academic conversations into the public sphere and triggering questions about history in the digital age. During this event, we will explore the connections that historians have with Twitter and the site’s role in historical research and public engagement with history. We are excited to have Dr. Melanie Tanielian, Dr. Juan Cole, Dr. Paula Curtis, and Ms. Molly Brookfield to share their perspectives with our audience.

There will be light refreshments provided.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 17 Feb 2020 15:47:36 -0500 2020-02-25T19:00:00-05:00 2020-02-25T20:30:00-05:00 Tisch Hall University of Michigan History Club Lecture / Discussion Twitterstorians
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 26, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72963 72963-18107878@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 7:00am
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Creative media became a form of passive protest and connected people who shared the same emotions during social unrest in Hong Kong. In this exhibition, we will explore the incredible artworks created in this democratic movement.

Since June, protests have been ongoing in Hong King, sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019. In one of the demonstrations, over two million Hongkongers, which is more than a quarter of the population, went on the streets to express their objection to the bill, and later led to a large scale democratic movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only methods Hong Kong people used to voice their opinions. Creation of promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes were sparked by the protests and played a significant role in the democratic movement.

After 2/12, this exhibit will be available for viewing from 2/18 through 2/27 in the Pierpont Commons Piano Lounge.

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Exhibition Sat, 15 Feb 2020 20:37:16 -0500 2020-02-26T07:00:00-05:00 2020-02-26T23:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
Americana Sampler (February 26, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547786@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-26T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-26T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Medieval Lunch. Lorenzo di Marco’s Souvenir Shop and the Holy House of Loreto: Using Material Culture to Investigate a Late-Medieval Cult. (February 26, 2020 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71374 71374-17819290@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 1:30pm
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. Presenters typically speak for approximately 30 minutes, leaving 10-15 minutes for Q&A.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Jan 2020 15:38:20 -0500 2020-02-26T13:30:00-05:00 2020-02-26T14:30:00-05:00 Tisch Hall Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Workshop / Seminar Tisch Hall
Launch of O Menelick 2 Ato #21 and Opening of “O Menelick 2Ato. Making Black Press in 21st Century Brazil” (February 26, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72569 72569-18018161@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

This event is part of the *O Menelick 2Ato*: Art, Culture and Society From the Perspective of Contemporary Brazilian Black Press series.

Launch of the 21st issue of the Afro-Brazilian magazine *O Menelick 2 Ato* and of its curated edition in English. Panel discussion with Q&A featuring the magazine editors, Luciane Ramos Silva, Nabor Jr. and U-M faculty.

Followed by the opening of a digital and print exhibit of selected magazine covers by Afro-Brazilian and Afro-Diasporic artists.

The exhibit will be on display until March 11th at the Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery.

Light reception to follow. Free and open to the public.

Co-sponsors: Romance Languages and Literatures Department, UM Hatcher Graduate Library, UM Library Mini Grant, Women’s Studies, Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG), Language Resource Center (LRC), Department of History, African Studies Center, Center for Latin-American and Caribbean Studies – Brazil Initiative, Department of Communication and Media, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies.

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Exhibition Wed, 05 Feb 2020 15:19:01 -0500 2020-02-26T16:00:00-05:00 2020-02-26T19:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Institute for Research on Women and Gender Exhibition Launch of O Menelick 2 Ato #21 and Opening of “O Menelick 2Ato. Making Black Press in 21st Century Brazil”
The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests (February 27, 2020 7:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72963 72963-18107879@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 27, 2020 7:00am
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group

Creative media became a form of passive protest and connected people who shared the same emotions during social unrest in Hong Kong. In this exhibition, we will explore the incredible artworks created in this democratic movement.

Since June, protests have been ongoing in Hong King, sparked by The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019. In one of the demonstrations, over two million Hongkongers, which is more than a quarter of the population, went on the streets to express their objection to the bill, and later led to a large scale democratic movement. It is important to note, however, that physical protests and demonstrations were not the only methods Hong Kong people used to voice their opinions. Creation of promotional art pieces, music, videos, and memes were sparked by the protests and played a significant role in the democratic movement.

After 2/12, this exhibit will be available for viewing from 2/18 through 2/27 in the Pierpont Commons Piano Lounge.

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Exhibition Sat, 15 Feb 2020 20:37:16 -0500 2020-02-27T07:00:00-05:00 2020-02-27T23:00:00-05:00 Pierpont Commons Hong Kong Human Rights Concern Group Exhibition The Role of Creative Media in Hong Kong Protests
Americana Sampler (February 27, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547787@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 27, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-27T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-27T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Lecture: The Hundred Years Against Palestine (February 27, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72626 72626-18033404@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 27, 2020 11:00am
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Department of History

Professor Khalidi will discuss his latest work on the last century of US policy on Palestine and attempts to finalize that history by the proposed “deal of the century.”

Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University. He received his B.A. from Yale University in 1970, and his D.Phil. from Oxford University in 1974. His latest book is The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 (2002).

Professor Khalidi's other works include: Brokers of Deceit: How the US has Undermined Peace in the Middle East (2013); Sowing Crisis: American Dominance and the Cold War in the Middle East (2009); The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood (2006); Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America’s Perilous Path in the Middle East (2004); Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness (1997); Under Siege: PLO Decision-making during the 1982 War (1986); and British Policy towards Syria and Palestine, 1906-1914 (1980). He is the co-editor of Palestine and the Gulf (1982) and The Origins of Arab Nationalism (1991) and has written over 110 scholarly articles.

Professor Khalidi has written for The New York Times, The Financial Times, The Boston Globe, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, Vanguardia, The London Review of Books, and The Nation. He has been interviewed in Le Monde, Haaretz, Milliyet, al-Quds, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. He has been a guest on radio and TV shows including All Things Considered, Talk of the Nation, Morning Edition, The News Hour, The Charlie Rose Show, GPS with Fareed Zakaria, Amanpour on CNN International, and Nightline, and on the BBC, Radio France Inter and France Culture, the CBC, al-Jazeera, al-‘Arabiyya, Russia Today, and the Voice of America.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 07 Feb 2020 10:35:37 -0500 2020-02-27T11:00:00-05:00 2020-02-27T13:00:00-05:00 Tisch Hall Department of History Lecture / Discussion Rashid Khalidi
CEW+Inspire Workshop: Who Speaks for Seeds? Respectful Listening – Meaningful Actions (February 27, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69928 69928-17483065@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 27, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Center for the Education of Women
Organized By: CEW+

The workshop is from 2-3:30, followed by a networking reception until 4:00.

The concept of Rematriation as Reconciliation is simple. It is the return of living seeds to their Community of Origin. But issues of trust soon emerge. Who is involved in conceptually framing and prioritizing critical thought and action? Who/what Community Members have both standing and agency to be engaged—ethically, spiritually, and legally? Who speaks for Indigenous Nation’s seeds in museum diaspora? What is “listening” when contributing parties’ paradigms of reality are not fully congruent?

This workshop, co-led by Tribal Partner Mede (Elder) Shannon Martin, will address deep listening skills as a key to trust-building. Shannon is the Director of the Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The Heritage Seeds Project and how it grew into the Indigenous Collaborative Garden will be one trust-building example. The challenges of deep listening from an academic perspective are real. Participants should become aware that Reconciliation is about fundamental change – in one’s self.

Dr. David C. Michener is the curator at the U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum. Best known to the public for his co-authored book Peony, which made the New York Times 2018 Summer Reading List, his research addresses understanding the complex cross-cultural heritages of ornamental peonies and conserving key living specimens. He has an active program in molecular-evidence of peony relationships with colleagues and students here at U-M and in Belarus. His work with Indigenous Seeds in museum collections is an unanticipated intersection of deep engagement with U-M’s Museum Studies Program (Rackham Graduate School) and an ethical concern with the ‘Voice’ of Indigenous Communities in interpreting native plant collections and landscapes stewarded by the Botanical Gardens & Arboretum. Before coming to Michigan, David earned his BA in Botany (UNC-Chapel Hill), and his PhD (Claremont Graduate School) was followed by a NSF-funded postdoc at Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum.

RSVP requested at: cew.umich.edu/events/cewinspire-workshop-who-speaks-for-seeds-respectful-listening-meaningful-actions/

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:58:42 -0500 2020-02-27T14:00:00-05:00 2020-02-27T15:30:00-05:00 Center for the Education of Women CEW+ Workshop / Seminar White man with full beard wearing a brown hat, suit and tie
What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Early Medieval Cities? (February 27, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72230 72230-17963868@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 27, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Department of History

Abstract: More than 30 years ago, a debate that took place in the journal Archeologia Medievale marked a turning print in the study of post-Roman urbanism. The subject was: can we consider Europe's late antique and early medieval cities as "proper" cities? After some decades, and many archaeological investigations, our perception of this subject has become much different from that pioneering starting point. Are "discontinuity" or "continuity" (in respect to the past) still useful terms to label that segment of European urban history? The presentation will explore the most recent data and discuss new perspectives on urban landscapes during late antiquity and the early middle ages. 

Andrea Augenti has taught medieval archaeology at the University of Bologna since 2000. He has carried out investigations in many Italian sites and directed the excavation of the monastery of San Severo in Classe (Ravenna). Andrea Augenti is also editor of the journal Archeologia Medievale and member of the International Advisory Board of the journal Medieval Archaeology. He is a member of Scientific Committee of the Archaeological Park of the Colosseum (Rome) and of the RavennAntica Foundation. He is the author of several publications, including Archeologia dell'Italia medievale (2016) and A come Archeologia (2018).

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 30 Jan 2020 07:55:25 -0500 2020-02-27T17:00:00-05:00 2020-02-27T19:00:00-05:00 Tisch Hall Department of History Lecture / Discussion Tisch Hall
Americana Sampler (February 28, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547788@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 28, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-28T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-28T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
The Best of the West: Western Americana at the Clements Library (February 28, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68495 68495-17088529@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 28, 2020 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

"The Best of the West" is an exhibition of 45 printed rarities in early western Americana from the Clements Library collection. The exhibit is a tribute to antiquarian bookseller and outstanding Americanist William S. Reese (1955-2018), drawing upon Reese's 2017 book "The Best of the West" for its descriptions of the titles on display.

The books and pamphlets in the exhibition range chronologically from Miguel Venegas' 1757 "Noticia de la California" to Thomas F. Dawson & F. J. V. Skiff's 1879 "The Ute War." In between are dozens of the rarest examples of western Americana primary sources, in Spanish, French, English, and German. They include discovery and exploration narratives, 19th-century overland narratives, prints and views of Native Americans, color-plate books, gold and silver mining reports, and other glimpses of the trans-Mississippi West.

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Exhibition Fri, 13 Mar 2020 15:07:34 -0400 2020-02-28T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-28T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition "Buffalo Hunt, Chase" by artist George Catlin (1844)
Behind the Scenes Tour of the Clements Library (February 28, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70021 70021-17794072@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 28, 2020 11:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Join us for a tour to learn more about the Clements Library and its collections. Tours begin with a presentation behind-the-scenes to share the story of our collections and our renovated 1923 building. Tours conclude with a visit to the Avenir Foundation Reading Room to view the current exhibits.

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Presentation Fri, 13 Mar 2020 15:08:45 -0400 2020-02-28T11:00:00-05:00 2020-02-28T12:30:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Presentation Postcard of the Clements Library
Americana Sampler (February 29, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547789@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 29, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-02-29T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-29T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (March 1, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547790@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 1, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-01T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-01T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (March 2, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547791@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 2, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-02T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-02T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (March 3, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-03T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-03T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (March 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-04T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-04T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Listening to Object Witnesses: Decolonizing Research in Museum Collections (March 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73024 73024-18258845@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: Museum Studies Program

Dr. Bruchac will discuss strategies for recovering Indigenous object histories through material analyses, consultation, and re-assessments of imposed museological categories that may have distanced objects from their origins. She will reveal how memories can be reawakened when otherwise mysterious objects are reconnected with the stories, ecosystems, and communities that created them.

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Presentation Wed, 04 Mar 2020 08:27:48 -0500 2020-03-04T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-04T09:00:00-05:00 Museum Studies Program Presentation Dr. Bruchac brushing an object off in the dirt
Americana Sampler (March 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547794@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 5, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-05T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-05T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (March 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547795@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 6, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-06T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-06T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
The Best of the West: Western Americana at the Clements Library (March 6, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68495 68495-17088530@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 6, 2020 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

"The Best of the West" is an exhibition of 45 printed rarities in early western Americana from the Clements Library collection. The exhibit is a tribute to antiquarian bookseller and outstanding Americanist William S. Reese (1955-2018), drawing upon Reese's 2017 book "The Best of the West" for its descriptions of the titles on display.

The books and pamphlets in the exhibition range chronologically from Miguel Venegas' 1757 "Noticia de la California" to Thomas F. Dawson & F. J. V. Skiff's 1879 "The Ute War." In between are dozens of the rarest examples of western Americana primary sources, in Spanish, French, English, and German. They include discovery and exploration narratives, 19th-century overland narratives, prints and views of Native Americans, color-plate books, gold and silver mining reports, and other glimpses of the trans-Mississippi West.

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Exhibition Fri, 13 Mar 2020 15:07:34 -0400 2020-03-06T10:00:00-05:00 2020-03-06T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition "Buffalo Hunt, Chase" by artist George Catlin (1844)
Americana Sampler (March 7, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547796@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 7, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-07T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-07T17:00:00-05:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (March 8, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547797@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 8, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-08T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-08T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (March 9, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547798@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 9, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-09T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-09T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Paper Workshop: "Dressing up as a Queen to save the Crown: the Duchesse de Berry's Quadrille de Marie Stuart" (March 9, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73381 73381-18210536@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 9, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Nineteenth Century Forum

Please join the Nineteenth Century Forum (NCF) for a paper workshop with Isabelle Marie Anne Gillet.

At the French Royal Court in 1829, the Duchesse de Berry hosted a themed costume ball, centered on Mary Stuart, and subsequently commissioned Eugène Lami to illustrate the event. Lami’s album, a lavish, hand-colored, extremely limited edition compilation of lithographs, known as the Quadrille de Marie Stuart, raises complex questions about the rhetorical powers of representation in mobilizing collective memory to affect individuals’ understanding of the present. This article argues that the album constructs how the ball should be remembered and that its production served to unify the memory of the event, for the guests, its exclusive recipients, as a visual aide-mémoire of their elaborate costumes and the tableaux-vivants they enacted.

What has eluded scholars is the level to which Berry, a known political schemer, oversaw the spectacle, the audience’s experience, and the production of its illustrated pendant. Following in the footsteps of recent historical scholarship on female figures and their contribution to crafting their public image, I consider how the lithographic album, as a tangible extension of Berry’s image, displays the dexterity with which she manipulated visual and cultural materials to serve her own political agenda. Previously undiscussed letters from the artist reveal Berry’s involvement as well as the rising urgency of the political moment. Masked balls at the court were common in Restoration France; yet the care and attention to the production of the album commemorating this one point to a larger motive, namely the Duchesse’s political aspirations for herself and her son, on the eve of the Revolution of 1830.

To RSVP and receive a copy of the pre-circulated paper, please email Ani Bezirdzhyan abezirdz@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 27 Feb 2020 21:35:17 -0500 2020-03-09T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-09T13:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Nineteenth Century Forum Workshop / Seminar The Duchess of Berry sits on a throne dressed as Mary Stuart
A Brief Review of Iran History and Culture (March 9, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70832 70832-17660820@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 9, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

The main goal of this course is to inform and give a better understanding about Iran to the study group. This includes a brief review of Iran history from ancient times up to the 21st century, conversion of the Iranian from Zoroastrianism to Islam and later to Islam-Shia, a review of the three aspects of Iranian society: modernity, nationalism, and Islam, discussion of the Iranian two revolutions in 1906 and 1979, review of the history of U.S.-Iran relations. Instructor Moe Bidgoli will lead the study group on Mondays from March 9 through 30.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 16:08:33 -0500 2020-03-09T15:00:00-04:00 2020-03-09T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Freedom Writings: Black Abolitionists and the Struggle Against "Race Hatred" in Brazil - 1870-1890 (March 9, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72781 72781-18077119@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 9, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Department of History

How do you think about the experiences of freedom among black people in Brazil before the end of slavery in 1888? Interested in this question, this lecture presents a reflection on the experiences of free and literate black men, who were active in the press, as well as in the political-cultural landscape of the cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in the second half of the nineteenth century. Ferreira de Menezes, Luiz Gama, Machado de Assis, José do Patrocinio, Ignacio de Araújo Lima, Arthur Carlos and Theophilo Dias de Castro are the central subjects in this narrative, along with so many other “free men of color” who sought in different ways to conquer and maintain their spaces in the public debate about the Brazil’s paths, while relying on the sustainability of their own individual projects. Against the grain of “ race hatred” daily practices, they not only contributed to debates on daily, abolitionist, black and literary newspapers, but also led the creation of resistance, confrontation and dialogue tools and mechanisms.

Ana Flávia Magalhães Pinto is an adjunct professor in the Department of History at the University of Brasília. She received her PhD in History from the State University of Campinas, her MA in History from the University of Brasília, and her BA in Journalism from The University Center of Brasília. Pinto has developed research articulating knowledge in the areas of History, Communication, Literature and Education, with an emphasis on political-cultural performance of black thinkers, black press, abolitionism and experiences of black freedom and citizenship in the slavery period and post-abolition in Brazil and elsewhere in the African Diaspora.

This lecture will take place on Monday, March 9, at 4:00pm in 1014 Tisch Hall.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 12 Feb 2020 10:44:25 -0500 2020-03-09T16:00:00-04:00 2020-03-09T18:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Department of History Lecture / Discussion Ana Flávia Magalhães Pinto
Americana Sampler (March 10, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547799@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-10T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-10T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Listening to Object Witnesses: Decolonizing Research in Museum Collections (March 10, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73024 73024-18125288@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Museum Studies Program

Dr. Bruchac will discuss strategies for recovering Indigenous object histories through material analyses, consultation, and re-assessments of imposed museological categories that may have distanced objects from their origins. She will reveal how memories can be reawakened when otherwise mysterious objects are reconnected with the stories, ecosystems, and communities that created them.

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Presentation Wed, 04 Mar 2020 08:27:48 -0500 2020-03-10T18:30:00-04:00 2020-03-10T19:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art Museum Studies Program Presentation Dr. Bruchac brushing an object off in the dirt
Americana Sampler (March 11, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547800@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-11T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-11T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Medieval Lunch. Dialogue and Diplomacy: Capuchin-Franciscans at the Safavid Court (March 11, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71375 71375-17819291@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 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. Presenters typically speak for approximately 30 minutes, leaving 10-15 minutes for Q&A.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 13 Jan 2020 15:45:52 -0500 2020-03-11T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-11T13:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Lecture / Discussion Tisch Hall
Environmental Action for Survival: The History and Legacies of U-M's 1970 Teach-In on the Environment (March 11, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72336 72336-17974688@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: School for Environment & Sustainability

The March 1970 Teach-In on the Environment (the model for the first Earth Day) was organized by the U-M student organization Environmental Action for Survival (ENACT). The success of this four-day event on the U-M campus and in the Ann Arbor community is legendary, and many ENACT members went on to make significant impacts in the environmental and sustainability fields. Six leaders of ENACT and of the national Earth Day planning committee will hold a panel discussion that honors the rich history of U-M's Teach-In on the Environment. They will also share insights on the evolution of the movement--and the ongoing work they are involved in today.https://events.umich.edu/manage/event/72336/edit/details


Barbara R. Alexander (BA ’68) - Consumer Affairs Consultant, Former Director, Consumer Assistance Division, Maine Public Utilities Commission

Barbara R. Alexander graduated from the University of Michigan (B.A., LS&A) in 1968. After working on the Robert F. Kennedy campaign in Indiana, Oregon, and California, she moved to Washington, D.C. where she joined The Conservation Foundation and was recommended for the nascent Earth Day 1970 staff. Barb was the Midwestern Coordinator for Earth Day. Following her marriage to Donald Alexander and a move to Maine in 1973, Barb received a J.D. from the U. of Maine School of Law in 1976, and was appointed Superintendent of the Maine Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection (1979-1983) and then from 1986-1996 the Director, Consumer Assistance Division, at the Maine Public Utilities Commission.

David Allan (PhD) - Professor Emeritus, U-M, Former acting dean, U-M’s School for Environment and Sustainability

David Allan is Professor Emeritus in the School for Environment and Sustainability at The University of Michigan, where he has served as Professor and Dean. Dave’s research interests are in freshwater ecology, including the many threats to and benefits from healthy ecosystems. He received his BSc from the University of British Columbia (1966) and PhD from the University of Michigan (1971. In 1969-70, when he should have been working on his doctoral thesis, Dave joined with other students and supportive faculty to launch the ambitiously titled, “Environmental Action for Survival”, fortunately shortened to “Enact”, and helped to organize UM’s first earth day. Following graduation, he spent a post-doctoral year at the University of Chicago, then joined the Department of Zoology of the University of Maryland before returning to the University of Michigan in 1990. He retired in 2015 but remains professionally active, at present completing a third edition of his textbook entitled “Stream Ecology”. Allan has served on various committees advisory to the U.S. and Canada on freshwater protection, and on the boards of American Rivers and The Nature Conservancy. Professor Allan is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a Fellow of the Society for Freshwater Science. He has been recognized by the University of Michigan with the Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award and by the Society for Freshwater Science with the Award of Excellence.

George Coling - Occupational health and environmental justice advocate, Former Executive Director, National Fuel Funds Network

George Coling enrolled in the University of Michigan School of Public Health in the fall of 1969 after obtaining a Biology degree from the University of Rochester. He soon became involved in ENACT, the campus student group organizing events for the March 1970 Environmental Teach-In. After the Teach-In, he was one of the founders of the Ecology Center of Ann Arbor and then moved to Washington to work for Environmental Resources, the affiliate of Environmental Action, which organized Earth Day nationally. George worked in Washington until 2015, when he and his wife, Marcia Coling, moved to Western Massachusetts. George and Marcia have two sons and two grandchildren. In those years in Washington, George worked for the national organization of ecology centers, the American Public Health Association; the Urban Environment Conference, Inc.; Rural Coalition; Environmental Defense Fund and Sierra Club. Much of his work focused on the issues of occupational health and of environmental justice and on building grassroots networks to address these issues. He also did consulting for numerous environmental, community and labor organizations. From 1997 until his 2012 retirement, George was Executive Director of the National Fuel Funds Network, an organization of privately-funded energy assistance programs and an advocate for increased federal funding home energy assistance for people with low incomes.

Arthur Hanson (PhD) - Canadian global and regional ecologist, professor, Distinguished Fellow and former President, International Institute for Sustainable Development

Arthur Hanson is a Canadian ecologist working globally, regionally and with more than 20 countries on environment and sustainable development science and policy. Much of his work has taken place in North America and Asia, especially China and Indonesia. Dr. Hanson resides in Victoria, British Columbia. He is the former President (1992-1998) and now a Distinguished Fellow of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), an independent research organization headquartered in Canada. Art lived in Indonesia (1972-1977) affiliated with the Ford Foundation. Later, during the 1980s he established a number of major research and institutional development efforts there. From 1992 until the present he has worked with China and the international community at very senior levels to promote transformative policies and actions consistent with sustainable development. From 2002-2019 he was the International Chief Advisor of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED).

Elizabeth Grant Kingwill -Mental health counselor, Former Board of Directors member, Sierra Club local chapter

In the fall of 1969, Elizabeth Grant (Kingwill) was a graduate student in Rackham, the School of Natural Resources, in the Environmental Education Program. In her first semester in SNR, she saw an opportunity to include the local community of Ann Arbor and the State of Michigan in the planning for the ENACT Teach-In and took on the responsibility of Chairmanship of Community Relations. After the ENACT Teach-In in March 1970, she stayed in Ann Arbor for the summer where she was hired to help start the Ann Arbor Ecology Center as a non-profit. She found the building to house the offices of the Center and hired the first director. Her intention was to have the Center be a place that environmental groups could come together, work, meet and hopefully begin to cooperate on common goals. In 1972, Elizabeth worked as a U of M Consultant for her master’s thesis with the Girl Scouts of Metropolitan Detroit. Her role there included writing environmental manuals, directing an environmental program for girls, and conducting leadership training for their adult leaders. Thousands of girls and women were involved in the program. Elizabeth went back to school in Durango, Colorado in 1976, completing an undergraduate and masters degree in Psychology. Her work as a change agent moved from organizing environmental groups to changing minds and healing hearts. She was also Vice-President of a local environmental group, and later served on the Board of Directors of the local chapter of the Sierra Club. She moved to Jackson, Wyoming in 1980. She worked for the local Mental Health Center for nine years and has been in private practice as a counselor for the last thirty years. Creating the Ecology Center as a non-profit inspired a lifetime of working for and running non-profits in Colorado and Wyoming.

Doug Scott (BS '66) - Career strategist and lobbyist for conservation and environment, Former Associate Executive Director, Sierra Club

Doug Scott grew up in Oregon where he enjoyed camping, hiking, and climbing in the Cascade Mountains. A summer job at Carlsbad Caverns National Park led him to think he’d like to be a National Park Service ranger, so he chose to study in the School of Natural Resources [now the School of Environment and Sustainability] at the University of Michigan. While there he co-chaired the group that organized the March 1970 ENACT Teach-In on the Environment. He also served with Senator Gaylord Nelson on the board of directors of the national Earth Day organizing group. His involvement in environmental politics led his to a career as a strategist and lobbyist, working with The Wilderness Society, the Sierra Club (where he became Associate Executive Director), and the Pew Charitable Trusts to persuade Congress to protect many more national parks, national wildlife refuges, and wilderness areas. He now lives in Palm Springs, California.

Matt Lassiter (PhD) - Panel Moderator, U-M Professor of History and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Award-winning author

Matt Lassiter is Professor of History and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor at the University of Michigan. He has directed multiple public engagement projects with UM undergraduate researchers, including the Fall 2017 “Michigan in the World” course that created “Give Earth a Chance: Environmental Activism in Michigan.” This multimedia exhibit chronicles the history of the four-day Environmental Action for Survival (ENACT) Teach-In at the University of Michigan in March 1970, the national Earth Day mobilization in April, the formation of the Ecology Center of Ann Arbor, and related environmental campaigns in the state of Michigan during the 1960s and 1970s.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 31 Jan 2020 14:41:08 -0500 2020-03-11T17:30:00-04:00 2020-03-11T19:30:00-04:00 Dana Natural Resources Building School for Environment & Sustainability Lecture / Discussion Earth Day Poster
Witness Lab Simulation: Salem Witch Trials with Professor Leonard Niehoff's U-M Law Seminar (March 11, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70546 70546-17604939@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Professor Len Niehoff will lead a U-M Law School seminar discussion of the Salem Witch Trials with twelve students before a public audience. The March 11 session will focus on the history of the trials and the legal issues they raise. The March 18 session will include live performances of actual parts of the trials, along with conversation about the lessons they convey. Professor Niehoff has a forthcoming article on the witch trials and is working on a book about them as well. ​Come get a glimpse into both a law school classroom and a 1692 colonial witch trial!

Witness Lab is presented in partnership with the Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence Program of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, with lead support provided by the University of Michigan Law School and Office of the Provost.

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Presentation Tue, 03 Mar 2020 18:17:02 -0500 2020-03-11T17:30:00-04:00 2020-03-11T19:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Americana Sampler (March 12, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547801@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 12, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-12T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-12T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
[CANCELLED]. Neglected Histories, New Odysseys, and the Cultural Work of Fantasy (March 12, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73194 73194-18157922@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 12, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Saladin Ahmed and Ausma Zehanat Khan, award-winning authors of fantasy, comics, science fiction, and crime fiction

A joint collaboration between U-M's Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies and EMU's Journal of Narrative Theory (JNT). Authors Ahmed and Khan will engage in a conversation with one another, the academic community, and the general public about the role of their craft and art in excavating histories and forging new odysseys.

Cosponsor: Journal of Narrative Theory (JNT), Department of English at Eastern Michigan University

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 13:09:01 -0400 2020-03-12T18:30:00-04:00 2020-03-12T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Lecture / Discussion event_poster
[FREE- NOW ONLINE!]Great Lakes Theme Semester Presents: #LakeEffects Film Series (March 12, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73624 73624-18272030@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 12, 2020 6:30pm
Location:
Organized By: Great Lakes Theme Semester

Hosted by Michigan Sea Grant and co-sponsored by Great Lakes Now, this completely free series will have a different theme each night: Journeys, Shipwrecks, Invaders, Hazards, Detroit Public TV Night.

Join us every Thursday for the next five weeks now on Zoom! Join us virtually for an hour and a half screening followed by a brief Q&A with filmmakers, participants, and local experts. We hope to see you there!
https://zoom.us/j/380790681

March 12: Journeys
The Big Five Dive
Crossing Lake Huron

March 19: Shipwrecks
Project Shiphunt
November Requiem

March 26: Invaders
Making Waves

April 2: Hazards
Great Lakes, Bad Lines
The Forever Chemicals

April 9: Detroit Public TV Night
Selections from Great Lakes Now

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 01 Mar 2021 15:33:59 -0500 2020-03-12T18:30:00-04:00 2020-03-12T21:00:00-04:00 Great Lakes Theme Semester Livestream / Virtual U-M LSA Great Lakes Theme Semester, Lake Effects, with topographical map of Michigan
Americana Sampler (March 13, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547802@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 13, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-13T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-13T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
CANCELED: CLIFF 2020: (Counter)Narratives of Migration (March 13, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72845 72845-18261079@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 13, 2020 9:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Comparative Literature

This event has been canceled. Plans to postpone are TBD.


CLIFF is an annual conference organized by graduate students in Comparative Literature. This year’s conference theme, “(Counter)Narratives of Migration,” stems from the current migration crises around the globe, but is not restricted to the present moment. Our conference seeks to interrogate the narrativization, visibility, and media surrounding the movement of bodies, ideas and material objects across concrete and abstract boundaries. We will explore circulation in all its forms, through its various manifestations in the arts, critical theory, and new media.

We are very pleased to announce that this year's keynote speaker will be Ariella Azoulay, Professor of Comparative Literature and filmmaker and art curator, currently teaching at Brown University. Azoulay’s work explores visual culture, offering an in-depth critique of contemporary forms of violence, imperialism and body politics. Her films, exhibitions and scholarship address gendered and racial violence, the Israel-Palestine conflict, civil engagement and human rights. We will be screening her film "Un-documented--Unlearning Imperial Plunder" at 4:30 on Friday March 13th at Palmer, Great Lakes South.

As part of the conference, we will also host a graduate student creative reading on Saturday, March 14th from 7:30-9pm at Bar 327 Braun Court.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 11 Mar 2020 10:22:59 -0400 2020-03-13T09:00:00-04:00 2020-03-13T14:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Comparative Literature Conference / Symposium CLIFF Flyer
The Best of the West: Western Americana at the Clements Library (March 13, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68495 68495-17088531@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 13, 2020 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

"The Best of the West" is an exhibition of 45 printed rarities in early western Americana from the Clements Library collection. The exhibit is a tribute to antiquarian bookseller and outstanding Americanist William S. Reese (1955-2018), drawing upon Reese's 2017 book "The Best of the West" for its descriptions of the titles on display.

The books and pamphlets in the exhibition range chronologically from Miguel Venegas' 1757 "Noticia de la California" to Thomas F. Dawson & F. J. V. Skiff's 1879 "The Ute War." In between are dozens of the rarest examples of western Americana primary sources, in Spanish, French, English, and German. They include discovery and exploration narratives, 19th-century overland narratives, prints and views of Native Americans, color-plate books, gold and silver mining reports, and other glimpses of the trans-Mississippi West.

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Exhibition Fri, 13 Mar 2020 15:07:34 -0400 2020-03-13T10:00:00-04:00 2020-03-13T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition "Buffalo Hunt, Chase" by artist George Catlin (1844)
Behind the Scenes Tour of the Clements Library (March 13, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70021 70021-17794073@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 13, 2020 11:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Join us for a tour to learn more about the Clements Library and its collections. Tours begin with a presentation behind-the-scenes to share the story of our collections and our renovated 1923 building. Tours conclude with a visit to the Avenir Foundation Reading Room to view the current exhibits.

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Presentation Fri, 13 Mar 2020 15:08:45 -0400 2020-03-13T11:00:00-04:00 2020-03-13T12:30:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Presentation Postcard of the Clements Library
CANCELLED - LACS Event. Utopian Imaginaries: Engaging with the *Fernando Coronil Reader* (March 13, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71607 71607-17844812@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 13, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Unfortunately and due to unforeseen circumstances, this lecture has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule this event in Fall 2020.

In *The Fernando Coronil Reader *(Duke University Press 2019) Venezuelan anthropologist Fernando Coronil challenges us to rethink our approaches to key contemporary epistemological, political, and ethical questions. Consisting of work written between 1991 and 2011, this posthumously published collection includes Coronil's landmark essays “Beyond Occidentalism” and “The Future in Question” as well as two chapters from his unfinished book manuscript, "Crude Matters." Taken together, the essays highlight his deep concern with the Global South, Latin American state formation, theories of nature, empire, and postcolonialism, and anthrohistory as an intellectual and ethical approach. Presenting a cross section of Coronil's oeuvre, this volume cements his legacy as one of the most innovative critical social thinkers of his generation.

Fernando Coronil served as faculty in history and anthropology at the University of Michigan from 1988 to 2008. During his time at the University of Michigan, Professor Coronil served terms as director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the Department of Histoy, and the Doctoral Program in Anthropology and History.

This event brings together editors of *The Fernando Coronil Reader* as well as scholars from the University of Michigan whose work has engaged deeply with Coronil’s work. A panel discussion about the development of the reader and its influence on past, present, and future scholarship will be followed by an open Q&A session with the audience. Refreshments will be served.

Invited panelists:
Julie Skurski, CUNY Graduate Center
Edward Murphy, Michigan State University
Javier Sanjinés, University of Michigan
Gavin Arnall, University of Michigan
Geoff Eley, University of Michigan
Peggy Somers, University of Michigan

Co-sponsors:
Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies
History Department
Department of Anthropology
Doctoral Program in Anthropology and History
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If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us 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. Contact: alanarod@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Mar 2020 15:16:37 -0400 2020-03-13T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-13T14:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion event-image
CANCELED: CLIFF 2020: (Counter)Narratives of Migration (March 13, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72845 72845-18085916@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 13, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Comparative Literature

This event has been canceled. Plans to postpone are TBD.


CLIFF is an annual conference organized by graduate students in Comparative Literature. This year’s conference theme, “(Counter)Narratives of Migration,” stems from the current migration crises around the globe, but is not restricted to the present moment. Our conference seeks to interrogate the narrativization, visibility, and media surrounding the movement of bodies, ideas and material objects across concrete and abstract boundaries. We will explore circulation in all its forms, through its various manifestations in the arts, critical theory, and new media.

We are very pleased to announce that this year's keynote speaker will be Ariella Azoulay, Professor of Comparative Literature and filmmaker and art curator, currently teaching at Brown University. Azoulay’s work explores visual culture, offering an in-depth critique of contemporary forms of violence, imperialism and body politics. Her films, exhibitions and scholarship address gendered and racial violence, the Israel-Palestine conflict, civil engagement and human rights. We will be screening her film "Un-documented--Unlearning Imperial Plunder" at 4:30 on Friday March 13th at Palmer, Great Lakes South.

As part of the conference, we will also host a graduate student creative reading on Saturday, March 14th from 7:30-9pm at Bar 327 Braun Court.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 11 Mar 2020 10:22:59 -0400 2020-03-13T16:30:00-04:00 2020-03-13T19:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Comparative Literature Conference / Symposium CLIFF Flyer
Americana Sampler (March 14, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547803@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 14, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-14T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-14T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (March 15, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547804@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 15, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-15T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-15T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (March 16, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547805@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 16, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-16T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-16T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (March 17, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547806@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-17T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-17T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (March 18, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547807@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-18T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-18T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
CANCELLED: “Suing for an Enslaved Woman’s Child in the Nineteenth-Century Río de la Plata” (March 18, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73357 73357-18208321@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Department of History

Please join us for a lunchtime discussion of the pre-circulated paper:

“Suing for an Enslaved Woman’s Child in the Nineteenth-Century Río de la Plata”

This article traces the history of Petrona, an enslaved woman sold in Santa Fe (Argentina), sent to Buenos Aires and later possibly to Montevideo (Uruguay). Her case demonstrates how the legal status of enslaved persons was affected by the redefinitions of jurisdictions and by the forced or voluntary crossings between political units. It sheds light on the circulation and uses of the Free Womb law (1813) in Argentina and Uruguay and traces legal experts’ debates over its meaning. And it reveals the knowledge enslaved people had of those abolitionist norms and how they used them to resist forced relocations, attempt favorable migrations, or achieve full freedom. The article reflects on the impact of independence on enslaved persons’ lives, the gendered bias of the abolitionist process, and the
central yet untold uses of antislavery rhetoric in the national narratives.

The article will be circulated in advance of the event; please contact Elizabeth Collins (elizabac@umich.edu) to obtain a copy.

Magdalena Candioti is Associate Researcher of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET) at the Instituto de Historia Argentina y Americana “Dr Emilio Ravignani” and Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities and Sciences, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Argentina. Candioti’s doctoral research focused on the political history of justice in the nineteenth-century Río de la Plata, resulting in the book Un maldito derecho: leyes, jueces y derecho en la Buenos Aires republicana, 1810–1830 (Buenos Aires, Didot). She is currently working on a book on gradual abolition in the Río de la Plata (1810-1860) called El tiempo de los libertos. Esclavitud y abolición en el Río de la Plata. Candioti was a visiting fellow in ILAS-Columbia University, NYC (2010-2011), and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History (MPIeR), Frankfurt, Germany (2014). In 2014, she was awarded a scholarship by the Slicher van Bath DeJong Foundation, CEDLA (Holland) to conduct comparative research on slavery in Santa Fe and Buenos Aires. Currently, she is a Fulbright fellow at the Afro-Latin American Research Institute at Harvard University.

Ángela Pérez-Villa is an Assistant Professor of History and Gender and Women’s Studies at Western Michigan University. Her research and teaching focus on the social, legal, and gender history of Latin America, particularly Colombia. Currently, she is working on a book manuscript that examines how during Colombia’s war of independence, political power and legal practice were disputed and reconfigured locally on the terrains of family, sexuality, and gender.

Sponsored by the U-M Department of History, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and the Law in Slavery and Freedom Project.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 13 Mar 2020 15:53:37 -0400 2020-03-18T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-18T14:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Department of History Lecture / Discussion Modo de fabricar velas
[POSTPONED] History of Photography (March 18, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72660 72660-18035612@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 4:00pm
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

***Update 3/10/20: This event has been postponed. It will be rescheduled at a later date.***

The Clements Library's photography collection is comprised of over 150,000 images with examples of virtually every popular photographic format in use in America from 1840 into the 20th century. In recent years, the photograph collection has become the library’s fastest growing. Join the Graphics Division as they showcase amazing photographic items from the collections. A wide range of images and photographic technology will be on display as Clements staff explain the evolution of techniques used throughout the decades.

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Presentation Tue, 10 Mar 2020 16:06:25 -0400 2020-03-18T16:00:00-04:00 2020-03-18T17:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Presentation Curator of Graphics Clayton Lewis shares a photo album.
CANCELED Author's Forum Presents: "The Divo and the Duce: Promoting Film Stardom and Political Leadership in 1920s America" (March 18, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69998 69998-17491343@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Giorgio Bertellini (film, television, and media and Romance languages and literatures) and Jay Cook (history, American culture) discuss Bertellini's new book, followed by Q & A.

About the book:
In the post–World War I American climate of isolationism, nativism, democratic expansion of civic rights, and consumerism, Italian-born star Rodolfo Valentino and Italy’s dictator Benito Mussolini became surprising paragons of authoritarian male power and mass appeal. Drawing on extensive archival research in the United States and Italy, Giorgio Bertellini’s work shows how their popularity, both political and erotic, largely depended on the efforts of public opinion managers, including publicists, journalists, and even ambassadors. Beyond the democratic celebrations of the Jazz Age, the promotion of their charismatic masculinity through spectacle and press coverage inaugurated the now-familiar convergence of popular celebrity and political authority.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 11 Mar 2020 13:03:10 -0400 2020-03-18T16:00:00-04:00 2020-03-18T17:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Lecture / Discussion The Divo and the Duce
Witness Lab Simulation: Salem Witch Trials with Professor Leonard Niehoff's U-M Law Seminar (March 18, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70550 70550-17604943@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Professor Len Niehoff will lead a U-M Law School seminar discussion of the Salem Witch Trials with twelve students before a public audience. The March 11 session will focus on the history of the trials and the legal issues they raise. The March 18 session will include live performances of actual parts of the trials, along with conversation about the lessons they convey. Professor Niehoff has a forthcoming article on the witch trials and is working on a book about them as well. ​Come get a glimpse into both a law school classroom and a 1692 colonial witch trial!

Witness Lab is presented in partnership with the Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence Program of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, with lead support provided by the University of Michigan Law School and Office of the Provost.

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Presentation Thu, 12 Mar 2020 18:17:04 -0400 2020-03-18T17:30:00-04:00 2020-03-18T19:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Americana Sampler (March 19, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547808@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 19, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-19T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-19T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
CANCELLED: EIHS Lecture / Human Conditions Keynote: Towards A Decolonial Account of Chemical Exposures on the Lower Great Lakes (March 19, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63594 63594-15808575@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 19, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

This lecture is part of Human Conditions: An Eisenberg Forum.

What might a decolonial understanding of chemical exposures look like? While concepts like the Anthropocene scale environmental violence up to the planetary level—treating the chemical pollutant and the human body as the same everywhere—this talk takes a non-universalizing approach to chemical violence and its relations to land and bodies. Focusing on the history of Canada's Chemical Valley and the world’s oldest running oil refinery, this talk asks how the specificity of chemical exposures can be understood in relation to colonialism as well as Anishinabek and Haudenosaunee obligations to land on the lower Great Lakes. In so doing, it makes the case for the need to rethink the assumptions of universalism and liberal humanism that undergird conventional environmental understandings.

Michelle Murphy is professor of history and women and gender studies at the University of Toronto, Canada Research Chair of Science and Technology Studies and Environmental Data Justice, and Director of the Technoscience Research Unit. Her current research looks at chemical pollution and environmental data in Canada's Chemical Valley, with a focus on the world's oldest running oil refinery which sits on the land of Aamjiwnaang First Nation. Murphy's most recent book is The Economization of Life (Duke University Press). She is Métis from Winnipeg.

Free and open to the public.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 11 Mar 2020 11:40:44 -0400 2020-03-19T16:00:00-04:00 2020-03-19T18:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Lecture / Discussion Tisch Hall
Zell Visiting Writers Series: Jenny Zhang, Fiction Reading (March 19, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70551 70551-17604944@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 19, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Jenny Zhang’s story collection, Sour Heart (Lenny, 2017), centers on immigrants who have traded their endangered lives as artists in China and Taiwan for the constant struggle of life at the poverty line in 1990s New York City. It examines the many ways that family and history can weigh us down and also lift us up. From the young woman coming to terms with her grandmother’s role in the Cultural Revolution to the daughter struggling to understand where her family ends and she begins, to the girl discovering the power of her body to inspire and destroy, these seven stories illuminate the complex and messy inner lives of girls struggling to define themselves.

Zhang is also the author of the poetry collection Dear Jenny, We Are All Find. Her second collection of poetry, My Baby First Birthday, is forthcoming from Tin House. She is the recipient of the Pen/Bingham Award for Debut Fiction and the LA Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction.   

This event is free and open to the public. Onsite book sales will be provided by Literati Bookstore.

UMMA is pleased to be the site for the  Zell Visiting Writers Series, which brings outstanding writers each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (AB ’64, LLDHon ’13). For more information, please visit the Zell Visiting Writers Series webpage.

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. The building, event space, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Diaper changing tables are available in nearby restrooms. Gender-inclusive restrooms are available on the second floor of the Museum, accessible via the stairs, or in nearby Hatcher Graduate Library (Floors 3, 4, 5, and 6). The Hatcher Library also offers a reflection room (4th Floor South Stacks), and a lactation room (Room 13W, an anteroom to the basement women's staff restroom, or Room 108B, an anteroom of the first floor women's restroom). ASL interpreters and CART services are available upon request; please email asbates@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event. 
 
U-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St., Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St., Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave., Ann Arbor) is five blocks away, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities.

 
 

 

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Presentation Wed, 11 Mar 2020 18:17:06 -0400 2020-03-19T17:30:00-04:00 2020-03-19T18:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
[FREE- NOW ONLINE!]Great Lakes Theme Semester Presents: #LakeEffects Film Series (March 19, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73624 73624-18272031@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 19, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Great Lakes Theme Semester

Hosted by Michigan Sea Grant and co-sponsored by Great Lakes Now, this completely free series will have a different theme each night: Journeys, Shipwrecks, Invaders, Hazards, Detroit Public TV Night.

Join us every Thursday for the next five weeks now on Zoom! Join us virtually for an hour and a half screening followed by a brief Q&A with filmmakers, participants, and local experts. We hope to see you there!
https://zoom.us/j/380790681

March 12: Journeys
The Big Five Dive
Crossing Lake Huron

March 19: Shipwrecks
Project Shiphunt
November Requiem

March 26: Invaders
Making Waves

April 2: Hazards
Great Lakes, Bad Lines
The Forever Chemicals

April 9: Detroit Public TV Night
Selections from Great Lakes Now

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 01 Mar 2021 15:33:59 -0500 2020-03-19T18:30:00-04:00 2020-03-19T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Great Lakes Theme Semester Livestream / Virtual U-M LSA Great Lakes Theme Semester, Lake Effects, with topographical map of Michigan
Americana Sampler (March 20, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547809@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 20, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-20T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-20T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
CANCELLED: Human Conditions: An Eisenberg Forum (March 20, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63606 63606-15808603@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 20, 2020 9:00am
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

Are we humans cooperative or warlike, rational or delusional, fixed or flexible? These questions have philosophical bite and political stakes. Indeed, they always have. But recent work in a range of disciplines asks us to go deeper. What if “we humans” are more fiction than fact? If we can’t assume the stability of the human across time and place, what happens to debates about human nature? Humanistic approaches including actor-network theory, posthuman criticism, and multispecies ethnographies challenge the idea of an autonomous human nature, while scientific studies of organ development, neuroendocrinology, and the microbiome are revealing how much nature there is inside of us. Human Conditions explores these questions through a braided history of the human and environmental sciences.

All events take place in 1014 Tisch Hall unless otherwise noted. The full schedule is below:

Thursday, March 19

4:00 p.m.
Keynote lecture: "Towards a Decolonial Account of Chemical Exposures on the Lower Great Lakes"
Michelle Murphy (University of Toronto)

6:00 p.m.
Reception in the Eisenberg Institute (1521 Haven Hall)

Friday, March 20

9:30 a.m.
Introductions by Henry Cowles and Perrin Selcer

9:45 a.m.
Panel #1: Human-in-Conditions

Henry M. Cowles (University of Michigan): “A Natural History of
Untruth”
Erika Lorraine Milam (Princeton University): “Cultures and
Cohorts: the Slow Science of Long-Term Ecological Research”
Antoine Traisnel (University of Michigan): “The Animal Condition”
Comment: Susan (Scotti) Parrish (University of Michigan)

12:30 p.m.
Panel #2: Human-as-Conditions

Nitin K. Ahuja (University of Pennsylvania): “Permeability as
Pathology: Leaky gut and Other-Threatened Borders”
Anna Bonnell Freidin (University of Michigan): “Gyn-Ecology”
Elizabeth F.S. Roberts (University of Michigan): “Dense and
Infectious Environments”
Comment: Peggy McCracken (University of Michigan)

2:30 p.m.
Panel #3: Conditions-as-Human

David Havlick (University of Colorado, Colorado Springs): “Wild,
Native, or Pure: Trout as Genetic Bodies”
Laura J. Martin (Williams College): “The Pleistocene Overkill
Hypothesis, or Over-consumption as Human Nature”
Perrin Selcer (University of Michigan): “Domesticating Deep Time:
The Contemporaneity of the Agricultural and Green Revolutions”
Comment: Paolo Squatriti (University of Michigan)

4:15 p.m.
Reflections on Human Conditions
Open discussion with all participants and attendees.
Comment: Michelle Murphy (University of Toronto)

5:00 p.m. Reception
Eisenberg Institute (1521 Haven Hall)

This event is an Eisenberg Forum. It is made possible in part by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 11 Mar 2020 11:41:30 -0400 2020-03-20T09:00:00-04:00 2020-03-20T17:45:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Conference / Symposium Aerial view of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010
Cancelled! Museum Studies Program - Museums at Noon (March 20, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73253 73253-18181869@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 20, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Museum Studies Program

This talk showcases Henry Ford’s efforts to preserve historic buildings by moving them from across the country and re-assembling them at Greenfield Village. The stories of three English structures brought to the Village will challenge assumptions about the nature of “originality” and “authenticity.”

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Presentation Fri, 13 Mar 2020 11:19:13 -0400 2020-03-20T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-20T13:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art Museum Studies Program Presentation Cotswald Cottage, Greenfield Village
Americana Sampler (March 21, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547810@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 21, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-21T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-21T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (March 22, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547811@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 22, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-22T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-22T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Dancing Justice (March 22, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70557 70557-17604950@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 22, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Daring Dances Student Fellows present global dance exploration of social issues in this evening performance. The Daring Dances project, led by U-M dance professor Clare Croft, embraces how dance invites us into difficult conversations. This project includes a Student Fellowship program to support U-M students with interests in dance and social justice.

Ambiance Dance Team, a U-M Student organization, is a collective of dancers interested in fostering a social, artistic and diverse community. Their latest work, Deviation, acknowledges the struggle and strength of young women making their mark in a male dominated world.

Arabesque Dance Troupe, a U-M Student organization, brings focus to Middle Eastern and North African Culture through artmaking. “Arab Expressions” brings these art forms together for a yearly celebration. Arabesque will perform an excerpt from this concert, highlighting their history, culture and experiences. 

Iraqi Student Association (ISA) aims to promote and raise awareness of Iraqi and Middle Eastern culture. The association strives to bring the Iraqi community together while educating the student population at the University of Michigan on topics within the Iraqi and Middle Eastern society. ISA will invite the audience to join in learning “Chobi”, a traditional dance performed at public events and weddings. *Audience Participation Optional 

Queer Artist Collective, an organization founded by dance majors Alana ​Packo and Rose Janusiak, aims to create a space where Queer artists from any craft can establish community. Their latest work, “An Exploration of Intimacy in Queer Friendship," asks the question how can two people of the same sexuality develop a friendship of deep intimacy despite the prospect of attraction?  

This program is funded by University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre and Dance, with support from the University of Michigan Museum of Art.

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Performance Thu, 12 Mar 2020 18:17:05 -0400 2020-03-22T19:00:00-04:00 2020-03-22T21:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Americana Sampler (March 23, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547812@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 23, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-23T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-23T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
CANCELLED - Annual Distinguished Lecture on Europe. Reinterpreting Violence in Twentieth-Century Spain: A Comparative Perspective (March 23, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71497 71497-17834210@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 23, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for European Studies

The twentieth century in Spain was exceptionally eventful. Many Spaniards were born during a monarchy, lived through two dictatorships, a republic, and a civil war, and died in a democracy. In this lecture, Professor Casanova will reflect on the main historiographical currents that have guided his research in the last three decades: social history and change, with special emphasis on civil wars and revolutions; comparative historical sociology; and collective violence in the 20th century.

Julián Casanova is professor of contemporary history at the University of Zaragoza and visiting professor at the Central European University. He has authored and co-authored important books on the history of Spain, the Spanish Civil War, and Franco’s Spain which were published, in English, by Routledge, Cambridge University Press, and I.B. Tauris. He is currently completing a new book about collective violence in twentieth-century Europe, to be published in April 2020. In addition to his scholarship, Casanova is a frequent contributor to the Spanish "El País," and serves as a historical consultant in the television and film industry, both in documentaries and TV series and films.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to cesmichigan@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, 13 Mar 2020 11:31:18 -0400 2020-03-23T16:30:00-04:00 2020-03-23T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for European Studies Lecture / Discussion cassanova_image
Pan-African Pulp in Five Parts, a panel discussion with Bénédicte Boisseron, Julian Chambliss, Anita Gonzalez, Annette Joseph-Gabriel, and Randall Scott. (March 23, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70558 70558-17604951@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 23, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Meleko Mokgosi's monumental installation Pan-African Pulp presents a complex and multi-layered reflection on histories of Pan-Africanism, Black Consciousness, and Southern African resistance movements. Made up of five parts, it engages with its audience in various ways, encouraging visitors to access this rich history through the medium of history painting, through popular posters, through comic books, academic literature or stories written in Mokgosi's mother tongue - Setswana. Multiple interpretations and readings are not only possible but are explicitly encouraged by the artist, whose work is saturated with archival research, theory and deep thinking about the history of artmaking and the powerful role artworks have (and continue to have) as sites of resistance and activism.

Taking Pan-African Pulp as their starting point, five different speakers from the University of Michigan and Michigan State University will bring their unique points of view to the table, offering up new and perhaps unexpected interpretations, exploring how one artwork may act as a prism for diverse readings. 

The program will take place in the Mokgosi installation on the first floor between the UMMA Shop and Cafe.  Speakers include:

Bénédicte Boisseron, from the U-M Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS), will respond to the mural examining the complexity of blackness;

Julian Chambliss, Professor of English, Val Berryman Curator of History, MSU Museum, on the historical posters from internationalist and Pan-African movements from around the world;​

Anita Gonzalez, from the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance, the stories from Setswana oral tradition.

Annette Joseph-Gabriel, from the U-M Department for Romance Languages and Literatures, the 1969 Algiers Pan-African manifesto annotated by the artist;

Randall Scott, from the MSU Comic Art Collection, the large-scale panels inspired by African photo novels of the 1960s and ’70s.

The discussion will be moderated by Laura De Becker, UMMA’s Helmut & Candis Stern Associate Curator of African Art.

This program is organized in partnership with the U-M African Studies Center.

Lead support is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan African Studies Center and the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies.

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Presentation Thu, 12 Mar 2020 18:17:05 -0400 2020-03-23T17:30:00-04:00 2020-03-23T19:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Americana Sampler (March 24, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547813@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-24T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-24T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
CANCELED/POSTPONED -- The Mothers of Gynecology: Examining U.S. Slavery and the Making of a Field (March 24, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71643 71643-17851292@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

This event has been canceled/postponed as of 3/12/2020. Please stay tuned for future updates.

Deirdre Cooper Owens is the Linda and Charles Wilson Professor in the History of Medicine and Director of the Humanities in Medicine program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is an Organization of American Historians’ (OAH) Distinguished Lecturer and has won a number of prestigious honors that range from the University of Virginia’s Carter G. Woodson Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies to serving as an American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology Fellow in Washington, D.C. Cooper Owens earned her Ph.D. from UCLA in History and wrote an award-winning dissertation while there. A popular public speaker, she has published articles, essays, book chapters, and think pieces on a number of issues that concern African American experiences and reproductive justice. Recently, Cooper Owens finished working with Teaching Tolerance and the Southern Poverty Law Center on a podcast series about how to teach U.S. slavery and Time Magazine listed her as an “acclaimed expert” on U.S. history in its annual “The 25 Moments From American History That Matter Right Now.” Her first book, Medical Bondage: Race, Gender and the Origins of American Gynecology (UGA Press, 2017) won the 2018 Darlene Clark Hine Book Award from the OAH as the best book written in African American women’s and gender history.

Professor Cooper Owens is also the Director of the Program in African American History at the Library Company of Philadelphia, the country’s oldest cultural institution founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1731. She is working on a second book project that examines mental illness during the era of United States slavery and is writing a popular biography of Harriet Tubman that examines her through the lens of disability.

This talk is presented by IRWG's program on Black Feminist Health Studies.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:54:45 -0400 2020-03-24T16:00:00-04:00 2020-03-24T17:30:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Lecture / Discussion photo of Deirdre Cooper-Owens
CANCELED High Stakes Culture Series: "Cultural Contagions: Xenophobia, Scapegoating, and Coronavirus" (March 24, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70167 70167-17540923@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 5:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

Over the past few years, “culture wars” have been ignited across the country. Activists from all points of the political spectrum, even the President of the United States himself, are turning to beloved cultural objects to stake a claim for their differing beliefs in a politically fraught moment.

What is at stake in the ways we understand culture and cultural conflict? High Stakes Culture, a series presented by the Institute for the Humanities and the Humanities Collaboratory, brings humanities perspectives to bear on current debates.

Featuring Alexandra Stern (American culture, history, women's studies, and obstetrics and gynecology), Ian Shin (American culture), and Yi-Li Wu (women's studies, history) with Angela Dillard (Afroamerican and African studies, Residential College) as moderator.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 11 Mar 2020 13:03:31 -0400 2020-03-24T17:30:00-04:00 2020-03-24T19:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion 202 S. Thayer
[POSTPONED] "How the War of 1812 Changed American Cartography" (March 24, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72731 72731-18068368@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

*** Update 3/10/20: This lecture has been postponed. It will be rescheduled at a later date. ***

Taking its cue from John Melish’s polemical 1814 title, The Sine Qua Non: a Map of the United States—which ambitiously claimed his map to be indispensable to the point that without it “there is nothing”—this lecture explores the way in which two national crises—the War of 1812 and the Panic of 1819—changed the map industry in the United States and the very design of American maps. Using the career of John Melish as its narrative thread, the talk delves into the politics, economics, and optics of American cartography between 1810 and 1820. Tapping source materials that range from newspapers and account books, to showrooms and eye-popping map designs, it examines the roots of nineteenth-century American map production.

What started out as local rivalries between mapmakers during the War of 1812, quickly made headlines in the news (and in the courts) when cartographers not only challenged existing business models and the way in which maps were consumed, but the very look of maps. The fallout was profound: as established mapmakers, like Samuel Lewis or Abraham Bradley, were quickly eclipsed by a new cohort of ambitious cartographers, it was upstarts like Melish—a total novice in all things cartographic—who not only managed to launch a national brand, but generated maps that would influence the nation’s education and public sphere in new and spectacular ways.

Martin Brückner serves as the Interim Director of the University of Delaware’s Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, as the Co-Director of the Center for Material Culture Studies (CMCS), and as professor in the English department at UD. He earned his M.A. from the Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz in American Studies and Cultural Geography in his native Germany, and his Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Brandeis University in the United States.

A Michigan Map Society sponsored lecture presented in collaboration with the Stephen S. Clark Library.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Mar 2020 16:09:43 -0400 2020-03-24T18:30:00-04:00 2020-03-24T19:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion Map of the seat of war in North America / J. Melish, del.
Americana Sampler (March 25, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547814@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-25T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-25T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (March 26, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547815@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 26, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-26T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-26T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
CANCELLED - LRCCS Occasional Lecture Series | Pleasure and Politics (March 26, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73429 73429-18217179@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 26, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Unfortunately and due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been cancelled.

This talk will outline the main pleasure theories developed in early and middle-period China, before turning to discuss the institutions that the pleasure theorists decided must be put in place to foster productive and sustaining sociopolitical relations. It will also show that many of those institutions were put in place during the two Han dynasties, and that the theorists adapted the Five Classics and early masterwork to justify a surprising series of innovations (including voting).

Michael Nylan (Ph.D. '83) began her teaching career at Bryn Mawr College, in the History Department, with an affiliation with the Growth and Structure of Cities program and Political Science. There she began to learn political philosophy from Steven Salkever, an Aristotle expert. After more than a decade at Bryn Mawr, where she founded and led the major in East Asian Studies, in 2001 she moved on to the UC-Berkeley History Department, to work with graduate students in the company of one of the oldest and most distinguished of faculties of Chinese history. Now she writes in three main academic disciplines: the history of early China (roughly 300 BC-AD 300), early Chinese philosophy, and the art and archaeology of China. She has an abiding interest in the use and abuse of history in the modern period, as well as in the politics of the common good, the "logics of legitimacy" inscribed in the implied social contracts forged at different times and places between the rulers and ruled at different times and places. She began research on pleasure theory in early China some eighteen years ago, and because no one was writing on the topic at the time, she took her time with the project, to better understand the precise valences of the vocabulary and tropes the Chinese used to communicate their thoughts in a culture alive to pleasure. Her current projects include a reconstruction of a Han-era Documents classic, writing a general-interest study on the "Four Fathers of History," and compiling a study of the politics of the common good in early China.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us 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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Presentation Fri, 13 Mar 2020 09:09:48 -0400 2020-03-26T16:00:00-04:00 2020-03-26T17:30:00-04:00 Michigan League Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Presentation LRCCS Occasional Lecture Series | Pleasure and Politics
[FREE- NOW ONLINE!]Great Lakes Theme Semester Presents: #LakeEffects Film Series (March 26, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73624 73624-18272032@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 26, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Great Lakes Theme Semester

Hosted by Michigan Sea Grant and co-sponsored by Great Lakes Now, this completely free series will have a different theme each night: Journeys, Shipwrecks, Invaders, Hazards, Detroit Public TV Night.

Join us every Thursday for the next five weeks now on Zoom! Join us virtually for an hour and a half screening followed by a brief Q&A with filmmakers, participants, and local experts. We hope to see you there!
https://zoom.us/j/380790681

March 12: Journeys
The Big Five Dive
Crossing Lake Huron

March 19: Shipwrecks
Project Shiphunt
November Requiem

March 26: Invaders
Making Waves

April 2: Hazards
Great Lakes, Bad Lines
The Forever Chemicals

April 9: Detroit Public TV Night
Selections from Great Lakes Now

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 01 Mar 2021 15:33:59 -0500 2020-03-26T18:30:00-04:00 2020-03-26T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Great Lakes Theme Semester Livestream / Virtual U-M LSA Great Lakes Theme Semester, Lake Effects, with topographical map of Michigan
Americana Sampler (March 27, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547816@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 27, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-27T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-27T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
The Clements Bookworm (March 27, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73985 73985-18454146@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 27, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics in this weekly webinar. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session as we vary between formats: Reader Panel, Author Conversation, Collectors Corner, and Fellow Spotlight.

Inspired by the traditional Clements Library researcher tea time, we invite you to pull up a chair at our [virtual] table. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.

*When*: Fridays Weekly at 10:00am EDT

*Where*: Register at myumi.ch/gjgzR. In your confirmation email, find the link to join the meeting.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:46:10 -0400 2020-03-27T10:00:00-04:00 2020-03-27T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Bookshelves at the Clements Library
Americana Sampler (March 28, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547817@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 28, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-28T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-28T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (March 29, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547818@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 29, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-29T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-29T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (March 30, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547819@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 30, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-30T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-30T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
CANCELLED. STS Speaker. All in the Family: U.S. Demography and the Origins of Neoliberalism (March 30, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70368 70368-17586195@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 30, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Science, Technology & Society

Neoliberalism is generally understood as an intellectual and political project to retool regulation to protect capital. Consequently, scholars of neoliberalism have traced its progenitors and principles to the disciplines of economics and law. But new scholarship suggests compellingly that neoliberalism is not only a philosophy of government and markets but also a philosophy of care—one that upholds the private family (in lieu of the state) as the ultimate provider and underwriter of that care. Seen in this light, an alternative history of proto-neoliberal ideas reveals itself among a corpus of social scientists whose work has gone unremarked in the historiography of those ideas: demographers.

This talk reframes postwar U.S. demography as a crucible in which the ideal of “family responsibility” for the costs of human welfare was first forged, and global “family planning” as the technoscientific project through which that principle was eventually—and powerfully—instantiated.

Bio: Savina Balasubramanian is assistant professor of Sociology and Affiliate Faculty in Women’s Studies and Gender Studies at Loyola University Chicago. She is a historical sociologist of gender and science in transnational perspective. Her current book manuscript, Intimate Investments: The Science and Politics of Family Planning in Cold War India, tells the story of how American demographers pursued family planning in non-aligned India as an effort to serve U.S. goals to stifle the formation of a robust welfare state in the country—and how the Indian state implemented family planning in ways that conformed to and departed from demographers’ visions.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 13 Mar 2020 20:10:46 -0400 2020-03-30T16:00:00-04:00 2020-03-30T17:30:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Science, Technology & Society Lecture / Discussion Tisch Hall
Americana Sampler (March 31, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547820@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-03-31T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-31T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (April 1, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547821@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-04-01T08:00:00-04:00 2020-04-01T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
[POSTPONED] Deep Regionalism: Discovering Great Lakes Literature (April 1, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73425 73425-18217169@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

*** Update 3/11/20: This event has been postponed. It will be rescheduled at a later date. ***

The French, English, and American literatures of the Great Lakes begin in the sixteenth century. The American continues into the present. Native literatures, in several languages from three major language families, are far older and continue as well. These are true maritime literatures that are too frequently described as Midwestern, but have nothing to do with farming and little to do with cities except as ports.

Lakes literatures are international, multi-cultural, and multi-lingual because the lakes have always been a commercial highway, used for resource extraction and commodity handling by several Native nations and three countries. They were the site of the first métis culture in North America. Their ease of access allowed earlier women writers to experience the frontier without the difficulties and dangers inherent in a trip to the far west, while 19th and 20th century commercial traffic provided work for women in lighthouses and on ships. Their shared border with Canada allowed them to be a vital link in the Underground Railroad, and their maritime traditions of craft skill provided jobs for people of color when remunerative work on shore was closed to them. Lakes literature is a record of lives on the lakes over centuries, tracing war, industrialization, environmental degradation, and recovery.

This lecture is part of the Clements Library's Randolph G. Adams Lecture Series and is co-sponsored by the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Great Lakes Theme Semester. Victoria Brehm, PhD, is an author and researcher of Great Lakes literary and cultural history. She recently was awarded the Patrick Labadie Award for Historic Preservation from the Association for Great Lakes Maritime History in recognition of her many years of making neglected and unknown texts about the lakes available to readers.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 11 Mar 2020 12:18:09 -0400 2020-04-01T18:00:00-04:00 2020-04-01T19:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion Map Detail of the Great Lakes (1755) - William L. Clements Library
Americana Sampler (April 2, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547822@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 2, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-04-02T08:00:00-04:00 2020-04-02T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
[FREE- NOW ONLINE!]Great Lakes Theme Semester Presents: #LakeEffects Film Series (April 2, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73624 73624-18272033@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 2, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Great Lakes Theme Semester

Hosted by Michigan Sea Grant and co-sponsored by Great Lakes Now, this completely free series will have a different theme each night: Journeys, Shipwrecks, Invaders, Hazards, Detroit Public TV Night.

Join us every Thursday for the next five weeks now on Zoom! Join us virtually for an hour and a half screening followed by a brief Q&A with filmmakers, participants, and local experts. We hope to see you there!
https://zoom.us/j/380790681

March 12: Journeys
The Big Five Dive
Crossing Lake Huron

March 19: Shipwrecks
Project Shiphunt
November Requiem

March 26: Invaders
Making Waves

April 2: Hazards
Great Lakes, Bad Lines
The Forever Chemicals

April 9: Detroit Public TV Night
Selections from Great Lakes Now

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 01 Mar 2021 15:33:59 -0500 2020-04-02T18:30:00-04:00 2020-04-02T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Great Lakes Theme Semester Livestream / Virtual U-M LSA Great Lakes Theme Semester, Lake Effects, with topographical map of Michigan
Americana Sampler (April 3, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547823@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 3, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-04-03T08:00:00-04:00 2020-04-03T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
The Clements Bookworm (April 3, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73985 73985-18454147@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 3, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics in this weekly webinar. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session as we vary between formats: Reader Panel, Author Conversation, Collectors Corner, and Fellow Spotlight.

Inspired by the traditional Clements Library researcher tea time, we invite you to pull up a chair at our [virtual] table. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.

*When*: Fridays Weekly at 10:00am EDT

*Where*: Register at myumi.ch/gjgzR. In your confirmation email, find the link to join the meeting.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:46:10 -0400 2020-04-03T10:00:00-04:00 2020-04-03T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Bookshelves at the Clements Library
CANCELLED: EIHS Symposium: An Uncommon Book: Celebrating Julius Scott’s The Common Wind (April 3, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63607 63607-15808605@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 3, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

Description forthcoming.

Matthew Countryman (Associate Professor of History, American Culture; Chair, Afroamerican and African Studies; University of Michigan)
Laurent Dubois (Professor, History, Duke University)
Susan Juster (Rhys Isaac Collegiate Professor, History, University of Michigan)
Julius S. Scott (Lecturer; Afroamerican and African Studies, History; University of Michigan)
Rebecca J. Scott (Charles Gibson Distinguished University Professor of History and Professor of Law, University of Michigan)

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

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 12 Mar 2020 08:59:10 -0400 2020-04-03T12:00:00-04:00 2020-04-03T14:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Conference / Symposium Tisch Hall
Cancelled! Museum Studies Program, Museums at Noon (April 3, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73269 73269-18184071@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 3, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Museum Studies Program

The presenter will trace the history of an 1887 Crossley Bros. internal combustion engine at The Henry Ford Museum. Along the journey he will discuss Henry Ford as an early pioneer of urbexing and explore the wide range of disciplines that intertwine at this museum of American innovation.

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Presentation Fri, 13 Mar 2020 11:26:15 -0400 2020-04-03T12:00:00-04:00 2020-04-03T13:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art Museum Studies Program Presentation Crossley Internal Combustion Engine
Americana Sampler (April 4, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547824@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 4, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-04-04T08:00:00-04:00 2020-04-04T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (April 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547825@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 5, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-04-05T08:00:00-04:00 2020-04-05T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (April 6, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547826@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 6, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-04-06T08:00:00-04:00 2020-04-06T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (April 7, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547827@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-04-07T08:00:00-04:00 2020-04-07T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
[POSTPONED] Contemporary Issues Discussion: Death and Grief (April 7, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73814 73814-18322365@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

* Update 3-12-20: This event has been postponed. It will be rescheduled at a later date.*


In the spring of 1846, Nancy Dorsey of Piqua, Ohio, sent a letter to her sister vividly describing the death of her infant daughter and her struggle to come to terms with her loss. (See links to download and read the letter.)

All are welcome to a discussion of this emotional letter and the human experience of death and loss across time. Join in the conversation by sharing your own history and personal reflections with grief counselors, historians, and local community members over a complimentary lunch.

*Registration is required.* Please register by April 3.

Coordinated by the William L. Clements Library with generous support from Frank & Judy Wilhelme. Presented in collaboration with the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies and GrieveWell of Ann Arbor.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 16:30:26 -0400 2020-04-07T12:00:00-04:00 2020-04-07T13:30:00-04:00 Tisch Hall William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion William L. Clements Library Graphics Division
FellowSpeak: "Syrian Women's Labor and the Early Arab American Peddling Economy" (April 7, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69997 69997-17491342@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 12:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

The little-known Syrian American peddling economy (1870-1955) is an unexpected site for parsing how American perceptions of Arabs have long been rooted in ideas of their sexual and gender difference. After leaving Ottoman Greater Syria, Syrians sold goods across the U.S. while navigating systems of racism that intertwined with gender and sexual norms. Peddling enabled their survival and transformed their family structure. Syrian women participated robustly in the peddling economy and their diverse forms of labor attracted scrutiny, particularly from social welfare reformers. I read the social welfare archive for the associations between transience, transgressions of women’s roles, sexual non-normativity, and Orientalist tropes of difference in order to consider how Syrian women were racialized through their participation in peddling economies. This analysis shows how Syrian women’s peddling practices were directly at odds with notions of white, middle class femininity and thus a threat to some Syrians’ claims of whiteness. This talk also illuminates internal Syrian dynamics of class and its intersections with gender, examining Syrian women both as “clients” of social welfare and as social reformers themselves.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 13 Dec 2019 10:10:58 -0500 2020-04-07T12:00:00-04:00 2020-04-07T13:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Syrian women peddlers and lace-makers in Spring Valley, Illinois circa World War I, Courtesy of the Faris & Yamna Naff Arab American Collection, National Museum of American History
Americana Sampler (April 8, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547828@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 8, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-04-08T08:00:00-04:00 2020-04-08T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Stories in Stone (April 8, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70840 70840-17660830@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 8, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

There is no single site in the community that tells its story with more drama than the cemetery. It is the one place where we can trace our ‘roots’ in what is becoming a ‘rootless’ society. There are pioneers, the rich and famous lying side by side with the poor and not so famous. There are scoundrels and saints, infants and centenarians. Each gravestone has a story to tell. Traveling from Alaska to Key West, from Hawaii to Canada, from New Zealand to England we have found examples of the myriad of burial customs and examples of symbolism on gravestones. Instructor Rochelle Balkam wishes to encourage communities to focus on one of their most significant resources - the local cemetery.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 25 Dec 2019 16:31:18 -0500 2020-04-08T10:00:00-04:00 2020-04-08T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Olli Study Group
CANCELLED - Book Tour | Embattled Dreamlands The Politics of Contesting Armenian, Kurdish and Turkish Memory (April 8, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73363 73363-18208327@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 8, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Armenian Studies

Unfortunately, and due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been cancelled.

Embattled Dreamlands explores the complex relationship between competing national myths, imagined boundaries and local memories in the threefold-contested geography referred to as Eastern Turkey, Western Armenia or Northern Kurdistan.

Spatially rooted in the shatter zone of the post-Ottoman and post-Soviet space, it sheds light on the multi-layered memory landscape of the Lake Van region in Southeastern Turkey where collective violence stretches back from the Armenian Genocide to the Kurdish conflict of today. Based on his fieldwork in Turkey and Armenia, the author examines how states work to construct and monopolize collective memory by narrating, silencing, mapping, and performing the past, and how these narratives might help to contribute and resolve present-day conflicts. "Embattled Dreamlands" provides a unique insight into the development of national identity which will provide a great resource to students and researchers in sociology and history alike.

David Leupold is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) in Berlin. He was the 2018-19 Manoogian postdoctoral fellow with the Armenian Studies Program, U-M. He holds a doctoral degree from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Based on his doctoral research on contested landscapes of memory, Dr. Leupold's first monograph “Embattled Dreamlands – The Politics of Contesting Armenian, Kurdish and Turkish Memory” is in print with Routledge. He is fluent in German (native), English, Russian, Armenian, Turkish and Farsi. His field of research encompasses the politics of memory, mnemonic landscapes and counter-narratives in the post-Ottoman and post-Soviet space.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us 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, 12 Mar 2020 14:14:18 -0400 2020-04-08T17:00:00-04:00 2020-04-08T18:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Armenian Studies Lecture / Discussion David Leupold, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient in Berlin
Americana Sampler (April 9, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547829@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 9, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-04-09T08:00:00-04:00 2020-04-09T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
POSTPONED to SPRING 2021. Behind Walls, Beyond Discipline: STS and the Carceral State (April 9, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71887 71887-17896724@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 9, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Science, Technology & Society

Science and technology lie at the heart of the carceral state. Matters of modern law and order rely on state-of-the-art technoscience as ideological and practical resources. Scientific theories about human behavior influence legal interpretations of guilt, sanity, violence, and innocence. Biometric sensors, cameras, tasers, and electronic ankle bracelets surveil, discipline, control, punish, and contain populations. This conference brings together an international group of science and technology studies (STS) scholars—humanists and social scientists who have developed analytic tools and perspectives for systematically understanding the reciprocal relationships between science, technology, politics, and society—to rigorously address one of the major social justice and human rights issues of our times.

This is a two-day conference co-organized by the Program in Science, Technology & Society and the Science, Technology & Public Policy program. Keynote is cosponsored by the African Studies Center.

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Conference / Symposium Sat, 14 Mar 2020 20:06:06 -0400 2020-04-09T14:00:00-04:00 2020-04-09T18:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Science, Technology & Society Conference / Symposium Panopticon
[FREE- NOW ONLINE!]Great Lakes Theme Semester Presents: #LakeEffects Film Series (April 9, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73624 73624-18272034@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 9, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Great Lakes Theme Semester

Hosted by Michigan Sea Grant and co-sponsored by Great Lakes Now, this completely free series will have a different theme each night: Journeys, Shipwrecks, Invaders, Hazards, Detroit Public TV Night.

Join us every Thursday for the next five weeks now on Zoom! Join us virtually for an hour and a half screening followed by a brief Q&A with filmmakers, participants, and local experts. We hope to see you there!
https://zoom.us/j/380790681

March 12: Journeys
The Big Five Dive
Crossing Lake Huron

March 19: Shipwrecks
Project Shiphunt
November Requiem

March 26: Invaders
Making Waves

April 2: Hazards
Great Lakes, Bad Lines
The Forever Chemicals

April 9: Detroit Public TV Night
Selections from Great Lakes Now

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 01 Mar 2021 15:33:59 -0500 2020-04-09T18:30:00-04:00 2020-04-09T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Great Lakes Theme Semester Livestream / Virtual U-M LSA Great Lakes Theme Semester, Lake Effects, with topographical map of Michigan
Americana Sampler (April 10, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547830@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 10, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-04-10T08:00:00-04:00 2020-04-10T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
POSTPONED to SPRING 2021. Behind Walls, Beyond Discipline: STS and the Carceral State (April 10, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/71887 71887-17896725@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 10, 2020 9:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Science, Technology & Society

Science and technology lie at the heart of the carceral state. Matters of modern law and order rely on state-of-the-art technoscience as ideological and practical resources. Scientific theories about human behavior influence legal interpretations of guilt, sanity, violence, and innocence. Biometric sensors, cameras, tasers, and electronic ankle bracelets surveil, discipline, control, punish, and contain populations. This conference brings together an international group of science and technology studies (STS) scholars—humanists and social scientists who have developed analytic tools and perspectives for systematically understanding the reciprocal relationships between science, technology, politics, and society—to rigorously address one of the major social justice and human rights issues of our times.

This is a two-day conference co-organized by the Program in Science, Technology & Society and the Science, Technology & Public Policy program. Keynote is cosponsored by the African Studies Center.

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Conference / Symposium Sat, 14 Mar 2020 20:06:06 -0400 2020-04-10T09:00:00-04:00 2020-04-10T15:30:00-04:00 Michigan League Science, Technology & Society Conference / Symposium Panopticon
The Clements Bookworm (April 10, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73985 73985-18454148@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 10, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics in this weekly webinar. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session as we vary between formats: Reader Panel, Author Conversation, Collectors Corner, and Fellow Spotlight.

Inspired by the traditional Clements Library researcher tea time, we invite you to pull up a chair at our [virtual] table. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.

*When*: Fridays Weekly at 10:00am EDT

*Where*: Register at myumi.ch/gjgzR. In your confirmation email, find the link to join the meeting.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:46:10 -0400 2020-04-10T10:00:00-04:00 2020-04-10T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Bookshelves at the Clements Library
Cancelled! Museum Studies Program, Museums at Noon (April 10, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73268 73268-18184070@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 10, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Museum Studies Program

The presenter will discuss the development of an educational outreach program and curation of a local heritage exhibit at the El Kurru Community Heritage Center in Sudan. The International Kurru Archaeological Project, Sudanese archaeologists, and local stakeholders are preparing programming and exhibitions about the site’s archaeology and the local culture.

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Presentation Fri, 13 Mar 2020 11:27:36 -0400 2020-04-10T12:00:00-04:00 2020-04-10T13:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art Museum Studies Program Presentation Drone photograph of El-Kurru
Americana Sampler (April 11, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547831@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 11, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-04-11T08:00:00-04:00 2020-04-11T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (April 12, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547832@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 12, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-04-12T08:00:00-04:00 2020-04-12T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (April 13, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547833@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 13, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-04-13T08:00:00-04:00 2020-04-13T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (April 14, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547834@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-04-14T08:00:00-04:00 2020-04-14T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
Americana Sampler (April 15, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547835@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-04-15T08:00:00-04:00 2020-04-15T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
CANCELED Author's Forum Presents: "Eardrums: Literary Modernism as Sonic Warfare" (April 15, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70000 70000-17491345@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Tyler Whitney (Germanic languages and literatures) and Tung-Hui Hu (English) discuss Tyler's new book, followed by Q & A.

About the book:
In this innovative study, Tyler Whitney demonstrates how a transformation and militarization of the civilian soundscape in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries left indelible traces on the literature that defined the period. Both formally and thematically, the modernist aesthetics of Franz Kafka, Robert Musil, Detlev von Liliencron, and Peter Altenberg drew on this blurring of martial and civilian soundscapes in traumatic and performative repetitions of war. At the same time, Richard Huelsenbeck assaulted audiences in Zurich with his “sound poems,” which combined references to World War I, colonialism, and violent encounters in urban spaces with nonsensical utterances and linguistic detritus—all accompanied by the relentless beating of a drum on the stage of the Cabaret Voltaire.

Eardrums is the first book-length study to explore the relationship between acoustical modernity and German modernism, charting a literary and cultural history written in and around the eardrum. The result is not only a new way of understanding the sonic impulses behind key literary texts from the period. It also outlines an entirely new approach to the study of literature as as the interaction of text and sonic practice, voice and noise, which will be of interest to scholars across literary studies, media theory, sound studies, and the history of science.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 15 Apr 2020 12:08:22 -0400 2020-04-15T16:00:00-04:00 2020-04-15T17:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Lecture / Discussion Eardrums
Americana Sampler (April 16, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547836@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 16, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-04-16T08:00:00-04:00 2020-04-16T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
[CANCELED] MAS Lecture | The Wooster Site: Overview of Prehistoric and Historic Occupations and Discussion of Previous and Upcoming Excavations (April 16, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73738 73738-18337311@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 16, 2020 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

The Wooster Site is a large, multi-component prehistoric and historic Native American site located at a natural crossing point on the Portage River in northeastern Jackson County, Michigan. It has yielded several thousand artifacts ranging from Paleolithic spear points to historic musket flints.

Dan Wymer, who owns 23 of the 29 acres comprising the Wooster Site, has invited MAS members to join him in April for a day of excavation at the site. The exact date will be determined by how soon the frost leaves the ground and the soil dries out enough to be sifted. The focus of the excavation will be a previously cultivated area that yielded 10,000-year-old Agate Basin artifacts during controlled surface collecting. MAS members who would like to participate in the dig are asked to attend this presentation in order to become familiar with the site and the details of how the April dig will be conducted.

This lecture is sponsored by the Michigan Archaeological Society.
To learn more about the MAS, please visit http://www.miarch.org/

MAS Lectures are free and open to the public. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this lecture, please contact the Kelsey Museum education office (734-647-4167) as soon as possible. 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 Mon, 16 Mar 2020 12:04:36 -0400 2020-04-16T10:00:00-04:00 2020-04-16T11:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Lecture / Discussion Agate Basin artifacts from the Wooster Site
CANCELLED: EIHS-Women's Studies Lecture: Ukuphazama iNatali: Bringing Queer and Indigenous Studies Approaches to South African History and Beyond (April 16, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63596 63596-15808577@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 16, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

How can critical indigenous and queer theoretical approaches transform the way we think about colonial history in South Africa (and beyond)? If settler colonialism itself is presented as a form of orientation, of making a recognizable and inhabitable home space for European arrivals on indigenous land, then native peoples and their continued resistance can serve to ‘queer’ these attempted forms of order. In such circumstances, the customs, practices, and potentially the very bodies of indigenous peoples can become queer despite remaining ostensibly heterosexual in orientation and practice, as their existence constantly undermines the desired order of an emergent settler state.

T.J. Tallie is an assistant professor of African history at the University of San Diego. He specializes in the comparative settler colonial and imperial history, with a focus on South Africa. His interests include colonialism, gender and racial identity, indigeneity, sexuality, and religious expression. He is the recent author of Queering Colonial Natal: Indigeneity and the Violence of Belonging in Southern Africa.

Free and open to the public.

This event presented by the Department of Women's Studies and the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible in part by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 08:59:57 -0400 2020-04-16T16:00:00-04:00 2020-04-16T18:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Lecture / Discussion Tisch Hall
Americana Sampler (April 17, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70213 70213-17547837@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 17, 2020 8:00am
Location: Cancer Center
Organized By: Gifts of Art

Established in 1923 through the generosity of U-M Regent William L. Clements, the Clements Library is a treasure house of American history. It collects, preserves, and makes available primary sources about the Americas, with particular strengths in 18th and 19th century Americana. Drawing upon all four divisions of materials – books, manuscripts, maps and graphics – this display presents a small sampling of reproductions of the internationally significant holdings at the Clements and illustrates some topical strengths of the collections. Selections include handsome original artwork, compelling manuscripts, and printed resources with geographical connections spanning from the Caribbean to the Great Lakes.

Gifts of Art Gallery – Rogel Cancer Center Entrance Alcove, Level 2.
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Opens January 27, 2020
Open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Exhibition Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:28:27 -0500 2020-04-17T08:00:00-04:00 2020-04-17T17:00:00-04:00 Cancer Center Gifts of Art Exhibition British Men o’ War off Long Island, ca. 1814 by William Paine from U-M William L. Clements Library collection.
The Clements Bookworm (April 17, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73985 73985-18454149@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 17, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics in this weekly webinar. Recommended books, articles, and other resources are provided in each session as we vary between formats: Reader Panel, Author Conversation, Collectors Corner, and Fellow Spotlight.

Inspired by the traditional Clements Library researcher tea time, we invite you to pull up a chair at our [virtual] table. Live attendees are encouraged to post comments and questions, respond to polls, and add to our conversation and camaraderie.

*When*: Fridays Weekly at 10:00am EDT

*Where*: Register at myumi.ch/gjgzR. In your confirmation email, find the link to join the meeting.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:46:10 -0400 2020-04-17T10:00:00-04:00 2020-04-17T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Livestream / Virtual Bookshelves at the Clements Library