Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Dissertation Defense: What Makes an Emotion Moral? (July 17, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52461 52461-12786067@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 11:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

Daniel Jacobson (chair)
Sarah Buss
Peter Railton
Chandra Sripada

ABSTRACT:
From the standpoint of both philosophers and psychologists, the study of moral psychology has undergone an affective revolution over the last three decades. This revolution has generated substantial interest in the role of the emotions in moral talk, thought, and behavior. Further, it has been claimed that some emotions are distinctively moral in nature. However, what it means for an emotion to count as moral and which emotions count as the moral ones are issues in need of further elucidation. My dissertation addresses these questions in three connected chapters, with a particular focus on two emotions often but obscurely referred to as “moral”: disgust and anger.

In chapter one, “Is There Such a Thing as Genuinely Moral Disgust”, I defend a novel, skeptical view about moral disgust. In so doing, I reject a widely-held, albeit largely implicit, assumption in the moral disgust literature that there exists a distinctive psychological state of moral disgust. To give a positive answer to what I call the ontological question about moral disgust, thereby vindicating its existence, I propose that a given psychological state must be shown to bear sufficient resemblance to the familiar, generic version of disgust, yet be distinguishable from it in virtue of its distinctively moral nature. I argue that existing accounts of moral disgust fail to satisfy these conditions. Further, I contend that we should be skeptical about the general prospect of giving a positive answer to the ontological question, because the empirical evidence that can be invoked in favor of moral disgust’s existence is too equivocal to properly distinguish (putatively) moral disgust from other psychological states, particularly anger.

In chapter two, “What Makes an Emotion Moral?”, I develop a novel, empirically-informed answer to the general version of the ontological question that was raised in chapter 1 with respect to moral disgust: how can we vindicate the existence of a distinctively moral emotion? I examine two contemporary, representative accounts of the “moral” emotions, one that type-identifies the moral emotions based on their effects, and another that defines the moral emotions as those that are constituted by specifically moral judgments. I argue that the former defines the moral emotions too broadly, and thus fails to draw a substantive distinction between the moral emotions and the non-moral ones, whereas the latter defines the moral emotions too narrowly. Informed by the problems with these accounts, I introduce a motivational theory of moral emotion, which defines the moral emotions as those with distinctively moral action tendencies and goals.

Finally, in chapter three, “In Defense of Genuinely Moral Anger”, I defend the claim that there is a distinctively moral subtype of anger. I argue that moral anger is a genuine form of anger that is differentiable from generic anger primarily in virtue of its action tendencies, which are typically triggered by perceived injustice and aim to satisfy two moral goals: a communication goal, and a sanctioning goal. With this account, I offer an empirically-supported account that constitutes a positive answer to the ontological question about moral anger, thereby demonstrating that it is possible to vindicate the existence of a genuinely moral emotion while making sense of the idea that the moral emotions should be understood as a recognizable subset within the general class of the emotions.

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Other Mon, 09 Jul 2018 07:57:01 -0400 2018-07-17T11:00:00-04:00 2018-07-17T13:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Other
Dissertation Defense: Non-Ideal Epistemology in a Social World (July 20, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52488 52488-12814321@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 20, 2018 10:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

Maria Lasonen-Aarnio (co-chair)
Brian Weatherson (co-chair)
Jim Joyce
Eric Swanson
Ezra Keshet

ABSTRACT:
Idealization is a necessity. Stripping away levels of complexity makes questions tractable, focuses our attention, and lets us develop comprehensible, testable models. Applying such models, however, requires care and attention to how the idealizations incorporated into their development affect their predictions. In epistemology, we tend to focus on idealizations concerning individual agents' capacities, such as memory, mathematical ability, and so on, when addressing this concern. By contrast, this dissertation focuses on the effect of social idealizations, particularly those pertaining to salient social categories like race, sex, and gender.

In Chapter II, Privilege and Superiority, we begin with standpoint epistemology, one of the earliest efforts to grapple with the ways that social structures affect our epistemic lives. I argue that, if we interpret standpoint epistemologists' claims as hypotheses about the ways that our social positions affect access to evidence, we can fruitfully employ recent developments in evidence logic to study the consequences. I lay the groundwork for this project, developing a model based on neighborhood semantics for modal logic. Adapting this framework to standpoint epistemology helps to clarify the meaning of terms like "epistemic privilege" and "superior knowledge" and to elucidate the differences between various accounts. I also address a longstanding criticism of these views: Longino's (1990) bias paradox, which suggests that there is no objective position from which to judge the goodness of a particular standpoint.

Chapter III, Evidence in a Non-Ideal World, turns to the broader social context, looking at how ideology affects the availability of evidence. Throughout the chapter, I take the formation, justification, and maintenance of racist, sexist, and otherwise oppressive beliefs as a central case. I argue that these beliefs are, at least sometimes, formed as a result of evidential distortion, a structural feature of our epistemic contexts that skews readily available evidence in favor of dominant ideologies. Because they are formed this way, such beliefs will appear justified on prominent accounts of justification, both internalist and externalist. As a result, epistemic norms that fail to account for such non-ideal conditions will deliver verdicts that are not only counter-intuitive, but also morally unpalatable. This, I argue, reveals a kind of structural epistemic injustice, especially where oppressive ideology is involved and suggests the need for epistemic norms that are sensitive to agents' social contexts.

Much of the discussion in Chapters II and III depends on social categories like race and gender, arguing that they have a distinctive influence on our epistemic lives. In Chapter IV, I Know You Are, But What Am I?, my co-author, Robin Dembroff, and I focus on social categories themselves, distinguishing between self-identity, social identity, and social role. We self-identify as gay or straight, men or women, couch-potatoes or gym rats. Sometimes, these identities affect our social roles --- the way we are perceived and treated by others --- and sometimes they do not. This relationship between our internal identities and our preferred public perceptions begs for explanation. On our account, this relationship is captured by what we refer to as "social identity"--- roughly, internal identities made available to others. We argue that this account of social identity plays an illuminating role in structural explanation of discrimination and individual behavior, dissolves puzzles surrounding the phenomenon of `passing', and explains certain moral and political obligations toward individuals.

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Other Mon, 16 Jul 2018 10:14:08 -0400 2018-07-20T10:00:00-04:00 2018-07-20T12:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Other
Dissertation Defense: Emotional Assessment and Emotion Regulation: A Philosophical Approach (August 6, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53098 53098-13228804@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, August 6, 2018 11:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

Daniel Jacobson (Chair)
Sarah Buss
Peter Railton
Chandra Sripada (Cognate: Psychiatry)

Suppose that you are anxious about some future threat, sad about some loss or setback, or angry about some perceived injustice. What should you do while in the grip of this emotion? Should you allow it to guide your thoughts and actions? Or should you regulate this emotion? But if you do choose to regulate, how should you do so? What sort of emotion regulation techniques should you rely upon? In order to properly answer such questions, one must address a number of philosophical issues concerning emotional assessment and emotion regulation. You might worry, for instance, about what you could lose in regulating your emotion: a fitting response, a response that might promote your evaluative understanding, a response that, although painful, may help you to feel the importance of some concern, or to express how much you care about it. You might also wonder whether there are certain forms of emotion regulation that are, in light of such worries, more epistemically or morally responsible. In my dissertation, I examine these issues in order to clarify the value and wisdom of emotion regulation, in its various forms.

In Chapter 1, I investigate the nature of fittingness. When we endorse an emotion as fitting, what is the nature of this endorsement? I argue against the standard view in the philosophy of emotion, according to which an emotion is fitting if and only if it correctly represents its target - call this the recognitional view of emotional fittingness. This view fits in nicely with a more general ambition to understand the fittingness of a response in terms of a correct mental representation. However, I consider two problem cases that lead me to reject this type of view. First, I argue that in order to be fitting, emotions must do more than correctly represent their target values. In order to be fitting, emotions must also correctly mobilize us to respond to these values. Second, I argue that, perhaps surprisingly, even action-responses can be assessed for fittingness. Just like emotions, beliefs, and desires, action-responses can be supported by the wrong kind of reason. But this suggests that the fittingness of a response is not essentially about the correctness of mental representations. Instead, fittingness is a distinctively narrow form of assessment that can be applied to any response. I suggest that we can understand fittingness either as a normative primitive, or in terms of reasons.

In Chapter 2, I investigate the relationship between emotions, emotion regulation, and evaluative understanding. Emotions can enhance our evaluative understanding by mobilizing directed reflection: by worrying about some threat, ruminating about some loss, or simmering about some injustice, we can enhance our understanding of the threat, loss, or injustice in question. But notoriously, emotional reflection can also lead us astray. If our goal is evaluative understanding, then, we must make room for emotion regulation. But which forms of emotion regulation should we rely upon, if our goal is evaluative understanding? In this chapter, I distinguish between engaged forms of emotion regulation, which keep us engaged with our emotional concern (e.g. certain forms of reappraisal), and disengaging forms of emotion regulation, which regulate emotional experience by leading us to direct attention away from the emotional concern in question (e.g. many forms of meditation). I argue that both forms of emotion regulation are vital for the enhancement of evaluative understanding, and I propose a practical model that can help us to decide when to rely on engaging forms of emotion regulation and when to rely on disengaging forms of emotion regulation, if our goal is evaluative understanding.

In Chapter 3, I investigate the final value of painful negative emotions. A number of philosophers argue that painful negative emotions, when fitting, possess a distinctive final value, for epistemic or moral reasons, that calmer mental states cannot possess. For example, it is argued that only by being angry at injustice, only by grieving over significant losses, and only by feeling appropriately guilty about personal wrongdoing can we fully appreciate the relevant concerns (injustice, loss, and personal wrongdoing), or fully demonstrate that we care about them. Call this the distinctive final value thesis (DFV). In this chapter, I argue that DFV is false, though I also explain why we might nevertheless find it difficult to resist. Now, I do not deny that painful negative emotions, when fitting, possess final value for epistemic or moral reasons. But I argue that this value is not distinctive; calmer mental states can possess the very same final value. The outcome of this debate has important practical implications for emotion regulation. If DFV is true, then we always have at least a pro tanto reason not to regulate our painful, yet fitting negative emotions. If such reasons are at all weighty, then it may be that we ought to regulate our emotions far less often than we might have thought. By contrast, if DFV is false, then an important normative obstacle for emotion regulation is removed, and the way we think about our emotions may have to change.

I conclude the dissertation by briefly discussing the implications these chapters have for when and how we should regulate our emotions. I then briefly describe the structure of a practical, normative model for emotion regulation that is informed by these considerations. This model will emphasize the importance of emotion regulation for 1) enhancing our evaluative understanding and 2) helping us to act in accordance with our understanding.

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Other Thu, 19 Jul 2018 15:00:06 -0400 2018-08-06T11:00:00-04:00 2018-08-06T13:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Other
Dissertation Defense: Epistemic Norms and the Normativity of Belief (August 10, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53097 53097-13228803@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 10, 2018 10:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

Maria Lasonen-Aarnio (Chair)
Peter Railton
Brian Weatherson
Chandra Sripada
Rick Lewis (cognate: CogSci)

Epistemologists frequently claim that the question “What should I believe?” demarcates the field of epistemology. This question is then compared to the question asked in ethics: “What should I do?” The question and the ensuing comparison, it is thought, specify both the content and the normativity at stake in epistemology. I argue that both of the assumptions embedded in this demarcation are problematic. By thinking of epistemology’s focal question in this light, first, we risk importing our assumptions about the epistemic domain into our understanding of the nature and normativity of the belief state, and second, we come to have a false picture of the normativity that supposedly underlies the domain.

In Chapter 1, “The Doxastic Assumption about the Epistemic”, I explore a range of views that assume there to be an essential connection between belief and truth. I look at views that treat all beliefs as attempts to believe the truth, views that consider belief’s biological function to be accurate representation, and views that hold that the very concept of belief is a normative concept. I go on to explore instrumentalist conceptions of belief’s truth connection and conduct an inquiry into the value of true belief. I conclude that neither the value of true belief nor an essential connection between belief and truth can explain epistemic normativity.

In Chapter 2, “Evidential Exclusivity, Correctness, and the Nature of Belief” I note that epistemologists have recently argued that the best explanation for the apparent truth of a pair of claims - “Transparency” and “Exclusivity” – is that belief is subject to a standard of correctness such that a belief that p is correct if and only if p is true. I argue that the proposed explanation unduly privileges one part of belief’s full functional profile – its role in deliberation – and that a more complete consideration of belief’s role in cognition suggests an alternative explanation for Exclusivity and Transparency but denies belief’s standard of correctness.

In Chapter 3, “Tradeoffs and Epistemic Value”, I look at a debate about whether epistemic norms are teleological. Though it’s standard to assume in keeping with teleology that certain goals or values explain the content of our norms, a collection of recent papers have aimed to show that this assumption can’t be correct because teleological norms countenance tradeoffs but epistemic norms don’t countenance tradeoffs. I note that the kind of non-teleological view that countenances no tradeoffs whatsoever is actually quite extreme and virtually unheard of in ethics. I go on to make the case that norms that license no tradeoffs can’t reasonably be taken to be grounded in value at all, and thus can’t be understood to be genuinely normative. I conclude by suggesting that we broaden our conception of the epistemic domain to recognize teleological norms that provide recommendations for methods of inquiry or pursuit of significant truth or knowledge.

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Other Thu, 09 Aug 2018 11:15:19 -0400 2018-08-10T10:00:00-04:00 2018-08-10T12:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Other
Consciousness and Self in Vedanta (August 12, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53146 53146-13254677@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 12, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Vedanta Study Circle

Dear All, we cordially invite you to the spiritual talk "Consciousness and Self in Vedanta", delivered by Rev. Swami Sarvapriyananda ji Mj, who is the present in-charge of the Vedanta Society of New York.

This discussion will delve into the ancient Hindu philosophy of Vedanta and it's differences from materialism to address the true meaning of Self. Complementary reasoning from contemporary research on consciousness and modern psychology as well as Buddhism will also be explored.

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 22 Jul 2018 15:53:22 -0400 2018-08-12T16:00:00-04:00 2018-08-12T17:30:00-04:00 Michigan League Vedanta Study Circle Lecture / Discussion poster
The D. N. Diedrich Collection of Manuscript Americana, 17th-20th Century (August 17, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53659 53659-13444108@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 17, 2018 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

The breadth and depth of the D. N. Diedrich Collection of Manuscript Americana, 17th-20th Century includes over 1,100 original letters, documents, and other handwritten items, plus nearly 110 bound volumes and archival collections cover wide-ranging but deeply intertwined subject matter, such as American speech, education, government, Christianity, literature, music, philanthropy.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Aug 2018 15:53:19 -0400 2018-08-17T10:00:00-04:00 2018-08-17T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition D. N. Deidrich Exhibit
The D. N. Diedrich Collection of Manuscript Americana, 17th-20th Century (August 24, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53659 53659-13444109@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 24, 2018 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

The breadth and depth of the D. N. Diedrich Collection of Manuscript Americana, 17th-20th Century includes over 1,100 original letters, documents, and other handwritten items, plus nearly 110 bound volumes and archival collections cover wide-ranging but deeply intertwined subject matter, such as American speech, education, government, Christianity, literature, music, philanthropy.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Aug 2018 15:53:19 -0400 2018-08-24T10:00:00-04:00 2018-08-24T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition D. N. Deidrich Exhibit
The D. N. Diedrich Collection of Manuscript Americana, 17th-20th Century (August 31, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53659 53659-13444110@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 31, 2018 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

The breadth and depth of the D. N. Diedrich Collection of Manuscript Americana, 17th-20th Century includes over 1,100 original letters, documents, and other handwritten items, plus nearly 110 bound volumes and archival collections cover wide-ranging but deeply intertwined subject matter, such as American speech, education, government, Christianity, literature, music, philanthropy.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Aug 2018 15:53:19 -0400 2018-08-31T10:00:00-04:00 2018-08-31T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition D. N. Deidrich Exhibit
Dissertation Defense: An Account of Contributive Justice (August 31, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53565 53565-13407927@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 31, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

Liz Anderson (Co-chair)
Peter Railton (Co-chair)
Allan Gibbard
Ishani Maitra
Daniel Little (External member, UM-Dearborn)

ABSTRACT:
In The Myth of Ownership, Liam Murphy and Thomas Nagel argue that achieving fairness in taxation is principally a matter of distributive justice. (1) Distributive justice is understood to be concerned with what is owed to people as a matter of justice. For Nagel and Murphy, fairness in tax schemes is subsumed to the question of distributive justice: fairly allocated tax liabilities are just those that are compatible with the preferred theory of distributive justice. Subsuming assessments of tax fairness to distributive justice, however, overlooks the following possibility: that the question of how we ought to divvy up tax liabilities, and the burdens associated with running a society more generally, requires different, non-distributive considerations of justice. These are considerations of justice that aren’t essentially about distributive justice at all. I argue here that the division of burdens in a society is specifically a matter of contributive justice. Contributive justice is concerned with what people owe as a matter of justice, rather than what is owed to them. Even a comprehensive specification of distributive justice leaves indeterminate how the burdens of running a society should be divided up.

Each of the chapters in this dissertation develops one part of an account of contributive justice. In the first dissertation chapter, I make conceptual space for an account of contributive justice. I show that contributive justice is genuinely distinct from both efficiency and distributive justice. I also identify one respect in which principles of contributive justice ought to apply: that of determining the financing and delivery and civic cultural public goods. In the second dissertation chapter, I argue that a principle of contribution in accordance with ability (a principle of “ability-to-pay”, or “ability-to-contribute”, for short) stands out as a candidate principle of contributive justice. The version of ability-to-pay that I defend is, in particular, a deontic principle of ability-to-pay. I show that a deontic principle of ability-to-pay is more closely allied with a view of society as a cooperative enterprise. In the third dissertation chapter, contributive justice is used in service of developing an account of contributive legitimacy. Contributive legitimacy gives us a set of conditions under which the state’s use of coercive force to extract tax contributions is legitimate, and hence justified. Drawing on empirical evidence from the development and fiscal sociology literature, I show that contributive legitimacy in a state’s tax extraction practices is essential to rule of law, and the avoidance of kleptocratic authoritarianism. Contributive legitimacy supplements our understanding of conventional notions of political legitimacy and helps us identify possible failures of political legitimacy. These are failures that might be overlooked were we to focus solely on distribution.


(1) They’re arguably not alone in this conviction. A number of other legal and political theorists—Richard Epstein and Gerald Gaus among them—also believe that the fair allocation of individual tax liabilities is principally a matter of distributive justice. They, too, start from a distributive justice framework in order to figure out what a fair allocation of tax liabilities ought to look like.

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Other Wed, 29 Aug 2018 08:12:12 -0400 2018-08-31T13:00:00-04:00 2018-08-31T15:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Other
The D. N. Diedrich Collection of Manuscript Americana, 17th-20th Century (September 7, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53659 53659-13444111@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 7, 2018 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

The breadth and depth of the D. N. Diedrich Collection of Manuscript Americana, 17th-20th Century includes over 1,100 original letters, documents, and other handwritten items, plus nearly 110 bound volumes and archival collections cover wide-ranging but deeply intertwined subject matter, such as American speech, education, government, Christianity, literature, music, philanthropy.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Aug 2018 15:53:19 -0400 2018-09-07T10:00:00-04:00 2018-09-07T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition D. N. Deidrich Exhibit
Bioethics Discussion: Neuroethics (September 11, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49420 49420-11453762@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on the origins of our moral situation.

Readings to consider:
"Neuroethics: an agenda for neuroscience and society"
"Neuroethics: the practical and the philosophical"
"Neuroethics for the new millennium"

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

Please also swing by the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 29 Jun 2018 05:39:23 -0400 2018-09-11T19:00:00-04:00 2018-09-11T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Neuroethics
The D. N. Diedrich Collection of Manuscript Americana, 17th-20th Century (September 14, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53659 53659-13444112@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

The breadth and depth of the D. N. Diedrich Collection of Manuscript Americana, 17th-20th Century includes over 1,100 original letters, documents, and other handwritten items, plus nearly 110 bound volumes and archival collections cover wide-ranging but deeply intertwined subject matter, such as American speech, education, government, Christianity, literature, music, philanthropy.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Aug 2018 15:53:19 -0400 2018-09-14T10:00:00-04:00 2018-09-14T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition D. N. Deidrich Exhibit
Vox Populi Vox Dei: Populism, Elitism and Private Reason (September 17, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52375 52375-12652719@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

Populists often claim that representatives represent the people by complying with their preferences and judgments. As Donald Trump argued in the National Republican Convention, he represents 'the voice of the people'. Elitists, by contrast, argue that representatives are bound to decide wisely or correctly rather than conform blindly to popular sentiments.

This Article argues that the populist and elitist view of representation are both false. It argues that representation indeed requires the representative to endorse the perspective and worldview of the represented. But often endorsing the perspective of the represented requires the representative to act against the actual convictions of the represented. More specifically, to look at the world 'from the perspective of the represented' the representative’s decisions ought to satisfy the condition of justifiability-to the represented, namely, they must rest on reasoning that is accessible to the represented.

This understanding of representation has broader implications for political theory. It implies that private reason has important role to play in democratic politics: the constituency’s basic convictions should be taken into account in the reasoning of the representatives. Yet the duty of representation, that requires that the representatives' reasons be accessible to the represented, is only a pro tanto duty that can be overridden by conflicting normative considerations.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Sep 2018 08:07:46 -0400 2018-09-17T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T14:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion
Ross Leaders Academy (September 19, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54560 54560-13598659@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Sanger Leadership Center

Make leadership development a primary focus during your final years at U-M!

You are invited to apply for the Ross Leaders Academy (RLA), powered by the Sanger Leadership Center, an exclusive group of students who want to develop the mindset and skills needed to be influential at U-M and beyond. As a participant, you will learn from a diverse set of peers, receive team executive coaching, and engage with 30+ years of powerful research and ideas advanced by Michigan Ross.

RLA graduates emerge more confident, more insightful, and with a vision to fuel their emerging careers.

Applications are now open for the 2018-19 academic year, which will kick off on October 26. Apply on our website.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
- Enhance your self-awareness
- Advance your self-development
- Work with diverse individuals
- Build strong networks

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS
- Juniors, seniors, and graduate students at any U­-M school
- Ability to attend all sessions (view schedule »)
- Deep interest in leadership development, personal growth, and lifelong learning

QUESTIONS?
Contact us at rossleaders@umich.edu or attend our Information Session on September 12 from 4-5 PM in the Blau Colloquium at Michigan Ross.

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 31 Aug 2018 08:22:41 -0400 2018-09-19T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-19T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Sanger Leadership Center Careers / Jobs Ross Leaders Academy
A Bioethical Lunch in a "Moral Minute" (September 20, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54447 54447-13585498@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 12:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A lunchtime discussion of the ethical implications of the (biomedical) work of current Ph.D students here at the University of Michigan.

Please RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeShJcc1nm5X6gCZMTZZdMDe7KBUKtcpEHBDdVTVoSa7NVH9A/viewform

For more information about the group in general, please check out our website: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 11:15:04 -0400 2018-09-20T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-20T13:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 18 The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion A moral minute
The D. N. Diedrich Collection of Manuscript Americana, 17th-20th Century (September 21, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53659 53659-13444113@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

The breadth and depth of the D. N. Diedrich Collection of Manuscript Americana, 17th-20th Century includes over 1,100 original letters, documents, and other handwritten items, plus nearly 110 bound volumes and archival collections cover wide-ranging but deeply intertwined subject matter, such as American speech, education, government, Christianity, literature, music, philanthropy.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Aug 2018 15:53:19 -0400 2018-09-21T10:00:00-04:00 2018-09-21T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition D. N. Deidrich Exhibit
Bioethics Discussion: Drugs (September 25, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49421 49421-11453763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on the manipulation of our biochemical status.

Readings to consider:
"Towards responsible use of cognitive-enhancing drugs by the healthy"
"Adverse health effects of marijuana use"
"Practical, legal, and ethical issues in expanded access to investigational drugs"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/017-drugs/.

Partake in the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:53:37 -0400 2018-09-25T19:00:00-04:00 2018-09-25T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Drugs
The Ross Effect (September 27, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55018 55018-13665226@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ross One Year Graduate Programs

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

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

Questions? Email TheRossEffect@umich.edu

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

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Presentation Fri, 07 Sep 2018 18:53:32 -0400 2018-09-27T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-27T17:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Ross One Year Graduate Programs Presentation Michigan Ross Logo
The D. N. Diedrich Collection of Manuscript Americana, 17th-20th Century (September 28, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53659 53659-13444114@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

The breadth and depth of the D. N. Diedrich Collection of Manuscript Americana, 17th-20th Century includes over 1,100 original letters, documents, and other handwritten items, plus nearly 110 bound volumes and archival collections cover wide-ranging but deeply intertwined subject matter, such as American speech, education, government, Christianity, literature, music, philanthropy.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Aug 2018 15:53:19 -0400 2018-09-28T10:00:00-04:00 2018-09-28T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition D. N. Deidrich Exhibit
Travel and Philosophy (October 1, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53822 53822-13463711@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 1, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

“…all tourists are dear to Hermes, the god of travel, who is patron also of amiable curiosity and freedom of mind.” George Santayana, The Philosophy of Travel. There is an intimate relationship between philosophy and travel: both challenge our everyday assumptions and both raise important ethical questions.

This course will explore those connections. Some of the questions we will discuss include: Is there a moral value to travel? What are the moral virtues or even obligations of the “good traveler”? Should we “do as the Romans do” even if they act immorally (e.g., disrespect women)? Do we have a moral obligation to represent our country when we travel abroad? Can we truly understand another culture and should we try? When does travel become voyeurism? Does our quest for “authentic” travel destroy the very authenticity of the places we visit? If we are concerned about impoverished areas, should we use our money to help them rather than visit them?

Instructor Elias Baumgarten just retired from teaching philosophy for 46 years at UM-Dearborn and has traveled to over 70 countries. This study group for those 50 and over will meet on Mondays, 1-3, from October 1 through October 29.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 16 Aug 2018 10:16:47 -0400 2018-10-01T13:00:00-04:00 2018-10-01T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Cognitive Science Seminar Series (October 2, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56052 56052-13823413@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

Join us for the introductory meeting of the Cognitive Science Seminar Series. This informal biweekly seminar series provides space for presentations of research at any stage of development, academic workshops, and professional development opportunities. The series offers an opportunity for graduate students, postdocs, and faculty to network and engage with scholars from multiple disciplines and units across campus.

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Meeting Wed, 26 Sep 2018 13:26:15 -0400 2018-10-02T17:00:00-04:00 2018-10-02T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Meeting Weiser Hall
CGIS Study Abroad Fair (October 3, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44037 44037-9877694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

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

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Fair / Festival Sun, 02 Sep 2018 11:01:54 -0400 2018-10-03T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-03T16:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Center for Global and Intercultural Study Fair / Festival Study Abroad!
The D. N. Diedrich Collection of Manuscript Americana, 17th-20th Century (October 5, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53659 53659-13444115@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

The breadth and depth of the D. N. Diedrich Collection of Manuscript Americana, 17th-20th Century includes over 1,100 original letters, documents, and other handwritten items, plus nearly 110 bound volumes and archival collections cover wide-ranging but deeply intertwined subject matter, such as American speech, education, government, Christianity, literature, music, philanthropy.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Aug 2018 15:53:19 -0400 2018-10-05T10:00:00-04:00 2018-10-05T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition D. N. Deidrich Exhibit
MIT-Michigan Social Philosophy Workshop (October 6, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52458 52458-12786064@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 6, 2018 9:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 29 May 2018 13:04:57 -0400 2018-10-06T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-06T18:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Workshop / Seminar
MIT-Michigan Social Philosophy Workshop (October 7, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52458 52458-12786065@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 7, 2018 9:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 29 May 2018 13:04:57 -0400 2018-10-07T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-07T18:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Workshop / Seminar
2018 MIDAS Annual Symposium (October 8, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45230 45230-11710204@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 8, 2018 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Featured speakers:

“Big Data in Manufacturing Systems with Internet-of-Things Connectivity”
Dawn Tilbury, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan.

“Big (Network) Data: Challenges and Opportunities for Data Science”
Patrick Wolfe, Frederick L. Hovde Dean of Science, Purdue University.

“The Data Science Expert in the Room”
Katherine Ensor, Director, Center for Computational Finance and Economic Systems (CoFES), Rice University.

“The Elements of Translational Data Science”
Raghu Machiraju, Interim Director, Translational Data Analytics Institute, The Ohio State University

The symposium will also include:

Research talks from U-M investigators
A poster session and student poster competition
Industry perspectives on data science and social good.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:01:31 -0400 2018-10-08T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-08T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Institute for Data Science Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
2018 MIDAS Annual Symposium (October 9, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/45230 45230-11710205@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Featured speakers:

“Big Data in Manufacturing Systems with Internet-of-Things Connectivity”
Dawn Tilbury, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan.

“Big (Network) Data: Challenges and Opportunities for Data Science”
Patrick Wolfe, Frederick L. Hovde Dean of Science, Purdue University.

“The Data Science Expert in the Room”
Katherine Ensor, Director, Center for Computational Finance and Economic Systems (CoFES), Rice University.

“The Elements of Translational Data Science”
Raghu Machiraju, Interim Director, Translational Data Analytics Institute, The Ohio State University

The symposium will also include:

Research talks from U-M investigators
A poster session and student poster competition
Industry perspectives on data science and social good.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:01:31 -0400 2018-10-09T08:00:00-04:00 2018-10-09T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Institute for Data Science Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Plato, Through Confucian Eyes (October 9, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52910 52910-13142321@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

While many published studies compare ancient Greek and Chinese philosophy, such studies usually start by identifying some set of ideas in the Greek texts, and then argue that one can find the same or similar ideas on the Chinese side. In this talk, Professor Hutton reverses that direction of comparison and use Chinese ideas—and in particular early Confucian views—as a lens to re-examine Greek philosophy, starting with Plato. Through this method, he aims to show how Confucian perspectives can unearth new interpretive insights about Western philosophical texts, and how this process can also aid us in thinking more deeply about the Confucian views themselves.

Eric L. Hutton is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, where he has been teaching since 2002. His research focuses on early Confucianism and comparative studies of ancient Greek and Chinese philosophy, especially on the topic of ethics. His major publications include a translation, "Xunzi: The Complete Text" (Princeton University Press, 2014), and an edited volume, the "Dao Companion to the Philosophy of Xunzi" (Springer, 2016). He is also co-editor (with Justin Tiwald) of the new translation series "Oxford Chinese Thought."

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. Email us at chinese.studies@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 09 Jul 2018 14:35:51 -0400 2018-10-09T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-09T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Eric Hutton, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Utah
Bioethics Discussion: Alternative Medicine (October 9, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49423 49423-11453765@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion at the boundaries of the medical sciences.

Readings to consider:
"The placebo effect in alternative medicine"
"The use of complementary and alternative medicine in pediatrics"
"Efficacy of complementary and alternative medicine therapies in relieving cancer pain: a systematic review"
"Trends in the use of complementary health approaches among adults: United States, 2002-2012"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/018-alternative-medicine/.

Be mindful at the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:54:30 -0400 2018-10-09T19:00:00-04:00 2018-10-09T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Alternative medicine
A Bioethical Lunch on Complementary Medicine (October 11, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54449 54449-13585500@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 12:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A lunchtime discussion on how the "other kind" of medicine fits in.

Please RSVP by Tuesday, October 9th
https://goo.gl/forms/tzLNHHsHWBd0ojzj1

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 28 Sep 2018 09:33:27 -0400 2018-10-11T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-11T13:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 18 The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Complementary medicine
The D. N. Diedrich Collection of Manuscript Americana, 17th-20th Century (October 12, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53659 53659-13444116@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 12, 2018 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

The breadth and depth of the D. N. Diedrich Collection of Manuscript Americana, 17th-20th Century includes over 1,100 original letters, documents, and other handwritten items, plus nearly 110 bound volumes and archival collections cover wide-ranging but deeply intertwined subject matter, such as American speech, education, government, Christianity, literature, music, philanthropy.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Aug 2018 15:53:19 -0400 2018-10-12T10:00:00-04:00 2018-10-12T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition D. N. Deidrich Exhibit
Lecture on the D. N. Diedrich Collection of Manuscript Americana, 17th-20th Century (October 16, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55926 55926-13805095@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

Curator Cheney J. Schopieray explores the breadth and depth of the D. N. Diedrich Collection of Manuscript Americana, 17th-20th Century, which includes over 1,100 original letters, documents, and other handwritten items, plus nearly 110 bound volumes and archival collections cover wide-ranging but deeply intertwined subject matter, such as American speech, education, government, Christianity, literature, music, philanthropy. Free and open to all, but please register online or by emailing Anne Bennington-Helber, abhelber@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 24 Sep 2018 16:25:59 -0400 2018-10-16T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-16T17:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Lecture / Discussion D.N. Diedrich Collection poster
Cognitive Science Seminar Series (October 17, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56457 56457-13905917@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

This informal biweekly seminar series provides space for presentations of research at any stage of development, academic workshops, and professional development opportunities. The series offers an opportunity for graduate students, postdocs, and faculty to network and engage with scholars from multiple disciplines and units across campus.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 10 Oct 2018 09:28:33 -0400 2018-10-17T17:00:00-04:00 2018-10-17T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
The D. N. Diedrich Collection of Manuscript Americana, 17th-20th Century (October 19, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53659 53659-13444117@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

The breadth and depth of the D. N. Diedrich Collection of Manuscript Americana, 17th-20th Century includes over 1,100 original letters, documents, and other handwritten items, plus nearly 110 bound volumes and archival collections cover wide-ranging but deeply intertwined subject matter, such as American speech, education, government, Christianity, literature, music, philanthropy.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Aug 2018 15:53:19 -0400 2018-10-19T10:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition D. N. Deidrich Exhibit
Cognitive Science Open House (October 19, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56029 56029-13821107@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 11:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

Please join us for the 5th annual Cognitive Science Open House--an informational session about majoring in cognitive science. Brief presentations will be conducted by the Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science staff, faculty, and the Cognitive Science Community student organization. Raffle prizes will be given away. Refreshments will be provided. Registration required.

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Reception / Open House Mon, 08 Oct 2018 09:54:37 -0400 2018-10-19T11:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T12:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Reception / Open House Lightbulb illustration
Department Colloquium (October 19, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52149 52149-12483089@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

A Pluralist, Pragmatist Theory of Disease

Philosophers have proposed various definitions of disease. These have
spanned the normative, the naturalistic, and the social constructivist, for
instance. I argue that disease is not a stable, univocal concept with a
correct definition that can be uncovered or even usefully stipulated.
Rather, the concept of disease shows up in deeply competing projects with
different practical and epistemic goals, and what counts as a disease
varies accordingly. There is no reason to think we have, or should have,
even roughly consistent notions of health and disease underlying these
different projects. There are a messy host of competing strategic reasons
to classify something as a disease or to resist doing so; accordingly, that
something is a disease is often a contingent, historically dependent,
context dependent, perhaps temporary fact about it. Any neater story we try
to tell will occlude some of the important purposes that categorizing
something as a disease can serve, and the complex harms and benefits that
can come with this categorization.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 10 Oct 2018 16:53:59 -0400 2018-10-19T15:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion kukla poster
Cognitive Science Community (October 23, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56459 56459-13905997@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

Cognitive Science Community meets every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. to host student- and professor-led discussions on the latest topics in cognitive science and related fields.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 05 Oct 2018 14:43:22 -0400 2018-10-23T18:30:00-04:00 2018-10-23T19:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
Bioethics Discussion: Zombies (October 23, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49424 49424-11453766@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on the rights of the living, the dead, and those in between.

Readings to consider:
"Consciousness: the most critical moral (constitutional) standard for human personhood"
"CDC preparedness 101: zombie pandemic"
"Zombies v. materialists"
"In vitro meat"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/019-zombies/.

Have your brain eaten by the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:55:12 -0400 2018-10-23T19:00:00-04:00 2018-10-23T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Zombies
The D. N. Diedrich Collection of Manuscript Americana, 17th-20th Century (October 26, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53659 53659-13444118@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 26, 2018 11:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

The breadth and depth of the D. N. Diedrich Collection of Manuscript Americana, 17th-20th Century includes over 1,100 original letters, documents, and other handwritten items, plus nearly 110 bound volumes and archival collections cover wide-ranging but deeply intertwined subject matter, such as American speech, education, government, Christianity, literature, music, philanthropy.

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Exhibition Mon, 13 Aug 2018 15:53:19 -0400 2018-10-26T11:00:00-04:00 2018-10-26T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition D. N. Deidrich Exhibit
Department Colloquium (October 26, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52150 52150-12483090@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 26, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

Does Virtual Reality Consist in Veridical, Illusory or Hallucinatory Experience?

Does virtual reality (VR) involve: (i) illusory or hallucinatory experience of things that are not there? or (ii) veridical experience of computational objects? I argue that traditional thinking about this issue involves a false dichotomy. I articulate my own account of illusion and hallucination, and argue that it entails VR experience is complex with veridical and non-veridical elements. I begin by presenting new cases of illusion and hallucination that have not heretofore been identified. These cases show that the traditional accounts of illusion and hallucination are incorrect. I provide a taxonomy of all the different kinds of illusion and hallucination. New instances of illusion and hallucination provide much needed, important data for testing theories of experience and perception—and can illuminate the nature of virtual reality experience. I go on to discuss virtual reality experience of the sort that is produced today, and show that we need to take account of the nature of the technology in thinking about the veridicality of the experience.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 23 Oct 2018 10:39:43 -0400 2018-10-26T15:00:00-04:00 2018-10-26T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion
"The Knowledge Illusion: Do You Know as Much as You Think You Know?" (October 30, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53387 53387-13355937@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Acquiring knowledge and understanding are central to making our way in the modern world. Some of us claim to be experts because we try to know a lot about one topic.
Most of us are satisfied with knowing enough about some topics to get through the day. The book, "The Knowledge Illusion", by two cognitive scientists, Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach, explores why we are all under the illusion that we know more than we actually do.
They discuss how we think in groups, with technology and about science and politics. They also make recommendations for how to cope with our limitations. We will read their accessible book across the six sessions. Humility and curiosity are the only prerequisites for the course.
Craig Ramsay is a political scientist who taught for decades while coping with his own illusions of knowledge.
This Study Group for those 50 and over will meet Tuesdays 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. October 30 – December 11.

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Class / Instruction Sun, 05 Aug 2018 13:50:21 -0400 2018-10-30T13:00:00-04:00 2018-10-30T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Cognitive Science Seminar Series (October 31, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56458 56458-13905918@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

This informal biweekly seminar series provides space for presentations of research at any stage of development, academic workshops, and professional development opportunities. The series offers an opportunity for graduate students, postdocs, and faculty to network and engage with scholars from multiple disciplines and units across campus.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 10 Oct 2018 09:33:27 -0400 2018-10-31T17:00:00-04:00 2018-10-31T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
RGFP Lecture (November 2, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54694 54694-13636287@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 2, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Sep 2018 13:43:33 -0400 2018-11-02T15:00:00-04:00 2018-11-02T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion
The socialist perspective on the 2018 midterm elections (November 4, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57368 57368-14175633@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 4, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Mason Hall
Organized By: International Youth and Students for Social Equality

Join the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) in a meeting on the 2018 midterm elections. The meeting will feature a presentation by Niles Niemuth, the Socialist Equality Party’s candidate for Michigan’s 12th congressional district. Niles will review the current political situation and the significance of his campaign.

There is growing support for socialism among workers and youth throughout the district and around the world. This is the outcome of record levels of social inequality, continuous attacks on wages and social programs, and unending war.

The IYSSE is fighting to show workers and students that the fight for socialism means a fight against the capitalist system. It requires the independent mobilization of the working class against the Democrats, the Republicans, and the social system they defend.

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 04 Nov 2018 17:33:12 -0500 2018-11-04T19:00:00-05:00 2018-11-04T21:00:00-05:00 Mason Hall International Youth and Students for Social Equality Lecture / Discussion Niles
Bioethics Discussion: Cloning (November 6, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49425 49425-11453767@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion coping with copying, seeing double, and creating anew.

Readings to consider:
"Genetic encores"
"Human cloning and our sense of self"
"The ethics of reviving long extinct species"
"Uniqueness, individuality, and human cloning"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/020-cloning/.

Take a gander at the blog should you have the time: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:56:43 -0400 2018-11-06T19:00:00-05:00 2018-11-06T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Cloning
PoSe Lecture: Priority and Privilege in Scientific Discovery (November 9, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55312 55312-13716048@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 9, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

Some have argued that the so-called “Priority rule” in science is best thought of as a behavior regulator for the scientific community, which benefits society by adequately structuring the distribution of intellectual labor across pre-existing research programs. To the contrary, considerations about how news of scientific developments spreads throughout a scientific community at large suggest that the priority rule is something else entirely, which disadvantages historically underrepresented or otherwise marginalized social groups.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:23:58 -0400 2018-11-09T15:00:00-05:00 2018-11-09T17:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion
PoSe Discussion (November 14, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56323 56323-13878532@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

Why Philosophers Should Care about Computational Complexity.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 07 Nov 2018 10:09:43 -0500 2018-11-14T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-14T18:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion
A Bioethical Lunch on Genomics (November 15, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54448 54448-13585499@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 12:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A lunchtime discussion on four letters with profound implications.

For more information about the group in general, please check out our website: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 07 Nov 2018 12:08:48 -0500 2018-11-15T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-15T13:30:00-05:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 18 The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Genomics
RGFP Lecture - (November 16, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54695 54695-13867079@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

.Title : When Orgasms Do Not Equal Pleasure:

Accounts of Bad Orgasm Experiences During Consensual Sexual Encounters



Abstract: Orgasm is considered by many to be the most satisfying aspect of sex. Accordingly, orgasms are generally assumed to be wholly positive experiences; and thus, sex with orgasm is assumed to be always necessarily positive or pleasurable. But, are orgasms always experienced in unilaterally positive ways? The evidence that women and men can orgasm while being sexually assaulted suggests that the answer is no; orgasm can result from physical stimulation even during resistance and absence of arousal. Despite this, research has yet to explore the frequency of orgasms in non-positive consensual sexual encounters and whether orgasms themselves can be non-positive, or even negative. This calls to question: 1) Do individuals experience orgasm in non-positive consensual sexual encounters and how do individuals characterize these experiences? 2) Can orgasms themselves be non-positive or negative?
In this talk, I will discuss findings from my dissertation project, which suggested that orgasm during non-positive and/or negative consensual sexual encounters may be a common phenomenon despite notions that orgasm equates that a sexual encounter was positive and pleasurable. I will discuss how participants characterized their bad orgasm experiences, how social location can create stressful expectations for orgasm, and how participants comments complicated notions of orgasm as inherently pleasurable.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 01 Oct 2018 10:04:46 -0400 2018-11-16T15:00:00-05:00 2018-11-16T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion
Bioethics Discussion: Animal Experimentation (November 20, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49427 49427-11453768@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion testing the limitations of our testing limitations.

Readings to consider:
"Does animal experimentation inform human healthcare?"
"Ethical principles and guidelines for experiments on animals"
"The flaws and human harms of animal experimentation"
"Animal testing is still the best way to find new treatments for patients"
"Alternatives to animal testing"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/021-animal-experimentation/

Consider monkeying around the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:58:41 -0400 2018-11-20T19:00:00-05:00 2018-11-20T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Animal experimentation
"Mindfulness - A Medicine for Soul and Body" (November 28, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53393 53393-13358061@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Mindfulness Meditation is easily accessible and amazingly effective as a treatment for chronic illness, anxiety, depression and pain. It helps us to live more easily and acceptingly with the difficulties of being human and to foster inner peace and a sense of well-being.
Research shows us that it changes our brain, making our mind sharper. Mike Murray is a Clinical Psychologist. He has studied and practiced meditation, East and West, for over fifty years. The text we’ll be using for this class is “Mindfulness - Finding Peace in A Frantic World” by Mark Williams and Danny Penman.
This Study Group for those 50 and over will begin Wednesdays 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. November 28 - December 19.

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Class / Instruction Sun, 05 Aug 2018 13:47:15 -0400 2018-11-28T10:00:00-05:00 2018-11-28T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Cognitive Science Seminar Series (November 28, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56574 56574-13949136@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

The final meeting of the term will be this Wednesday, November 28th, from 5-6 p.m. Steven Langsford and Wilka Carvalho will each be presenting a talk related to the following topic: "Defining and applying optimality for simple decisions is hard, but breaking down decisions makes this easier and facilitates generalization."

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 26 Nov 2018 10:35:38 -0500 2018-11-28T17:00:00-05:00 2018-11-28T18:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
MMP Lecture: The Argument from Fitting Anger for Retributivism (November 29, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57453 57453-14202427@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 29, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

Some philosophers deny that anger is ever fitting, while others consider vicious, self-destructive, or always wrong to act upon. We will first argue that the best gloss of anger takes it to be directed at offenses, understood as transgressive actions that provide reason to retaliate (in the first-person case) or to punish (in the third-person case). Call such backward-looking considerations, about what people do and why they do it, retributive reasons. If anger is ever fitting, then retributive reasons exist; and anger, like other natural emotions, is sometimes fitting. This result itself is significant, because it belies the claims of those who endorse the so-called utilitarian theory of punishment, and it illustrates the significance of a sentimental value: the anger-worthy. But it also forms the basis of our sentimentalist defense of retributivism, which constitutes an all-things-considered justification of punishment relying partly on retributive reasons.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 07 Nov 2018 15:16:44 -0500 2018-11-29T13:00:00-05:00 2018-11-29T15:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion
Aristotle on the science of perception (November 29, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52591 52591-12868033@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 29, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

4-6 PM in 2175 AH

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 27 Nov 2018 10:39:39 -0500 2018-11-29T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-29T18:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion
Ancient Philosophy Lecture (November 30, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52376 52376-12652720@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 30, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

Aristotle on shame & moral education: pleasure, pain, and art

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 27 Nov 2018 10:41:30 -0500 2018-11-30T15:00:00-05:00 2018-11-30T17:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion
Bioethics Discussion: Suicide (December 4, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49428 49428-11453770@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on our (chosen?) ends.

Readings to consider:
"The myth of Sisyphus"
"The ethics of suicide"
"Suicide: rationality and responsibility for life"
"Suicide responsibility of hospital and psychiatrist"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/022-suicide/.

Please consider the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/. (And your own health and well-being if you're in that place in your life right now.)


[If you and/or someone you know is currently feeling suicidal, please feel free to reach out to the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255.]

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:27:01 -0400 2018-12-04T19:00:00-05:00 2018-12-04T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Suicide
Department Colloquium (December 7, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52151 52151-12483091@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 7, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

Instrumental Virtues and Instrumental Rationality

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Dec 2018 14:59:11 -0500 2018-12-07T15:00:00-05:00 2018-12-07T17:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion
Ancient Wisdom and Modern Education (December 8, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57762 57762-14289145@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, December 8, 2018 10:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Vedanta Study Circle

We would like to cordially invite you to a stellar gathering of world-renowned distinguished speakers, including Swami Sarvapriyananda from the Vedanta Society of New York.

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Conference / Symposium Sat, 17 Nov 2018 14:09:06 -0500 2018-12-08T10:00:00-05:00 2018-12-08T16:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art Vedanta Study Circle Conference / Symposium poster
A Bioethical Lunch on Harry Potter (December 13, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54450 54450-13585501@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 13, 2018 12:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A lunchtime discussion on the boy who lived and what that means.

Please RSVP Here
https://goo.gl/forms/oiPBMyqZZ6IEJKtr2

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Dec 2018 09:34:54 -0500 2018-12-13T12:00:00-05:00 2018-12-13T13:30:00-05:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Harry Potter
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (December 16, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58496 58496-14510818@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, December 16, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand was a giant of American design whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from the entirety of Rand’s career. Visit Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task with an UMMA docent to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Presentation Thu, 13 Dec 2018 14:10:09 -0500 2018-12-16T14:00:00-05:00 2018-12-16T15:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (January 2, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511074@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 2, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-01-02T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-02T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (January 3, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511075@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 3, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-01-03T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-03T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (January 4, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511076@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 4, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-01-04T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-04T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (January 5, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511077@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 5, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-01-05T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-05T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (January 6, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511078@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 6, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-01-06T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-06T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (January 6, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58499 58499-14510821@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 6, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand was a giant of American design whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from the entirety of Rand’s career. Visit Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task with an UMMA docent to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

Lead support for Paul Rand: The Designer's Task is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment.

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Presentation Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:07 -0500 2019-01-06T14:00:00-05:00 2019-01-06T15:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (January 9, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511079@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 9, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-01-09T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-09T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (January 10, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511080@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 10, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-01-10T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-10T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
Dissertation Workshop (January 10, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58941 58941-14594965@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 10, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Please join the Nineteenth-Century Forum for a discussion of English PhD candidate Ross Martin's dissertation introduction: "American Demonology after the Ancients."

Abstract: My dissertation introduction, "American Demonology after the Ancients," follows the Demonic as a thread of interest traversing the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Henry David Thoreau, and Herman Melville. By Demonic, I mean a primal phenomenon which manifests itself in ontological contradiction as something. (In Emerson, the something is Tragic art; in Fuller, it is Leila; in Thoreau, it is the arrowhead; in Melville, it is the whale.) The ontological paradox through which the Demonic manifests an identity—unity and variety—is not resolved. Rather, by disclosing itself (as a third estate of being) in an insurmountable contrast, the Demonic stages an upheaval in thinking whereby pure difference is affirmed. By inciting affirmation in the context of (Antebellum) Romantic American literature, this account of the Demonic entails the overturning of Platonic demonology, with its negative relation to life. I thus trace two ontological perspectives, the negative and the affirmative, and the associated ethical orientations in the register of demonism. But by reversing Platonism through demonology, American writers imperil the logics dependent upon it, including dialectics and the univocity underlying recent criticism. For these reasons, the shadow discourse that I follow inverts the status of thought and makes Emerson’s seemingly naïve proclamation in Nature (1836), that America is a place for “new thoughts,” a completely serious claim.

Key names: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Henry David Thoreau, Herman Melville, Heraclitus, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Baruch Spinoza, Emanuel Swedenborg, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger, and Gilles Deleuze.
Key terms: demonology, affirmation, fate, and rebirth.
Key disciplinary interests: American literature, Romanticism, ecology, animal studies, comparative literature, philosophy, and classics.

To RSVP and request a copy of Ross's introduction please email Evan Radeen (eradeen@umich.edu).

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Workshop / Seminar Sun, 23 Dec 2018 12:42:56 -0500 2019-01-10T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-10T17:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Workshop / Seminar
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (January 11, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511081@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 11, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-01-11T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-11T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (January 12, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511082@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 12, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-01-12T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-12T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (January 13, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511083@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 13, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-01-13T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-13T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
Bioethics Discussion: Race (January 15, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49429 49429-11453772@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on (in)equality that is more than skin deep.

Readings to consider:
"Racial disparity in emergency department triage"
"Dealing with the realities of race and ethnicity"
"Race/ethnicity and success in academic medicine"
"Race and trust in the healthcare system"
"Why bioethics has a race problem"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/023-race/.

Feel free to visit the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:28:05 -0400 2019-01-15T19:00:00-05:00 2019-01-15T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Race
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (January 16, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511084@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-01-16T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-16T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (January 17, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 17, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-01-17T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-17T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (January 18, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511086@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-01-18T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-18T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
Race, Gender and Feminist Philosophy: Is It Time To Consider All-Gender Prisons? (January 18, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56389 56389-13894490@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

*This lecture will be presented via Skype.

Heath Fogg Davis is a scholar-activist whose work in classrooms, boardrooms, community centers, and media seeks to alleviate discrimination and inequality. He is the author of Beyond Trans: Does Gender Matter? and Building Gender-Inclusive Organizations: The Workbook, which offer practical guidance to individuals and organizations on how to develop trans-inclusive administrative policies that are institutionally smart.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 14 Jan 2019 15:05:49 -0500 2019-01-18T14:00:00-05:00 2019-01-18T15:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Workshop / Seminar
MFA Graduate Student Symposium: Site, Non-Site, Website (January 19, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58510 58510-14510832@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 19, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Join the next generation of artists at their studio site as they explore theory and practice in the age of the internet. Keynote presentation at 11 a.m.: "The Body as a Cyberfeminist Non-Web Site" by Yvette Granata, followed by demos, interactive workshops, and an opportunity to tour the Graduate studios.     Yvette is a multi-media artist, writer, film designer, and sometimes curator. Her work explores the socio-politics of technology through feminist art practice, cyber feminism, and techno-philosophy. Her work takes the shape of various forms and intersects video, sound, performance, computational media, and theoretical installations. Her media artwork has been exhibited at the Harvard Carpenter Center for the Arts, The Eye Film Institute in Amsterdam, The Kunsthalle in Detroit, Papy Gyro Nights in Norway and Hong Kong, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center and Squeaky Wheel Media Arts Center in Buffalo. www.yvettegranata.com

Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today is organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston and curated by Eva Respini, Barbara Lee Chief Curator, with Jeffrey De Blois, Assistant Curator.

Major support is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

​UMMA gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support:

Lead Exhibition Sponsors:
Candy and Michael Barasch, University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs

Individual and Family Foundation Donors:
William Susman and Emily Glasser; The Applebaum Family Compass Fund: Pamela Applebaum and Gaal Karp, Lisa Applebaum; P.J. and Julie Solit; Vicky and Ned Hurley; Ann and Mel Schaffer; Mark and Cecelia Vonderheide; and Jay Ptashek and Karen Elizaga  

University of Michigan Funding Partners:
School of Information; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Institute for Research on Women and Gender; Institute for the Humanities; Department of History of Art; Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning; Department of American Culture; School of Education; Department of Film, Television, and Media; Digital Studies Program; and Department of Communication Studies
 

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 18 Jan 2019 12:16:26 -0500 2019-01-19T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-19T16:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (January 19, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511087@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 19, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-01-19T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-19T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (January 20, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511088@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 20, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-01-20T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-20T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
Wisdom Circle (January 22, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58672 58672-14536535@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

A comparison and celebration of the different approaches of the world’s religions to various spiritual topics. Topics would include but not be limited to such areas as compassion, peace, social justice, war, salvation, enlightenment, and social relationships.
Instructor JT Ramelis will lead this study group for those 50 and over for 90 minutes on Tuesdays from January 22 through March 19, except on January 29.

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Class / Instruction Sun, 16 Dec 2018 16:35:17 -0500 2019-01-22T10:00:00-05:00 2019-01-22T11:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (January 23, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511089@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-01-23T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-23T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (January 24, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511090@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 24, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-01-24T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-24T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (January 25, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511091@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-01-25T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-25T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
Ferrando Family Lecture (January 25, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52606 52606-12899825@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

"Economics vs. philosophy: which will come out on top?"

Tyler Cowen will consider the relative strengths and weaknesses of economic and philosophical reasoning, and how the two modes of thought might be best integrated.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 25 Jan 2019 09:16:54 -0500 2019-01-25T16:30:00-05:00 2019-01-25T18:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (January 26, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511092@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 26, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-01-26T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-26T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (January 27, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511093@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, January 27, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-01-27T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-27T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
A Philosopher Looks at Our Political Crisis (January 28, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58675 58675-14536538@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

In The Monarchy of Fear, author Martha Nussbaum, Professor of Law and Ethics in the Philosophy Department of the University of Chicago, writes that since the 2016 election the role of emotion in political opinion has been largely overlooked. In the U.S. and across Europe, the economic stress and rapid social changes affecting many lives have created a sense of powerlessness and a pervasive underlying fear of change.
The result is resentment and blame directed at immigrants, Muslims, minority races, and the elite. We will read this book and talk about the ideas.
Please read through p.16 for the first class.
Instructor Gerry Lapidus will lead this study group for those 50 and over for two hours on Mondays from January 28 through March 18. No class meeting on March 4.

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Class / Instruction Sun, 30 Dec 2018 11:40:22 -0500 2019-01-28T13:00:00-05:00 2019-01-28T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
Mental Health Awareness Workshop (January 28, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60143 60143-14840457@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 28, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: STEM in Color

STEM in Color is pleased to invite you and your colleagues to our mental health awareness workshop: “How to Save a Life: Strategies for Addressing Mental Health Challenges in STEM and a Call for Cultural Change”. For this occasion, we have specifically partnered with the University of Michigan’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) to develop a workshop that will not only raise awareness surrounding the mental health challenges faced by our community, but one that will equip participants with research based strategies for promoting mental well-being through prevention, intervention, and coping mechanisms.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 21 Jan 2019 13:09:38 -0500 2019-01-28T14:00:00-05:00 2019-01-28T15:30:00-05:00 Palmer Commons STEM in Color Workshop / Seminar Mental Health Workshop
Bioethics Discussion: Gender (January 29, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49430 49430-11453774@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on who we are, who society sees, and who we want to be.

Readings to consider:
"Doing gender"
"For whom the burden tolls"
"Performative acts and gender constitution"
"The restroom revolution: unisex toilets and campus politics"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/024-gender/.

Take a look at the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:29:55 -0400 2019-01-29T19:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Gender
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (January 30, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511094@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-01-30T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-30T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
2018-19 Tanner Lecture on Human Values: Concepts and Persons (January 30, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47518 47518-10940127@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

***THIS EVENT HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE GRADUATE HOTEL TERRACE BALLROOM. IT WILL STILL OCCUR FROM 4PM TO 6PM.***

The 2018-2019 Tanner Lecture at the University of Michigan will be given by prominent anthropology professor Michael Lambek. This year's Tanner Lecture will discuss the consideration of conceptual error and its application towards both philosophy and anthropology. In addition, Lambek will reflect on the duality of metapersons—how they are simultaneously concepts and persons—and common category mistakes such as the simplification of concepts.

This event is free and open to the public.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 18:04:12 -0500 2019-01-30T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-30T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion 2018-2019 Tanner Lecture
2018-19 Tanner Lecture on Human Values: Symposium (January 31, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60256 60256-14855598@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

***THIS EVENT HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE BELL TOWER HOTEL LOWER LEVEL MEETING ROOM DUE TO UNIVERSITY CLOSURE. IT WILL STILL TAKE PLACE FROM 10AM TO 12PM.***

Following the lecture on Wednesday, Professor Lambek will participate in Thursday's symposium with Professor Joel Robbins (University of Cambridge), Professor Jonathan Lear (University of Chicago), and Professor Sherry Ortner (University of California, Los Angeles).

This event is free and open to the public.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 30 Jan 2019 11:10:32 -0500 2019-01-31T10:00:00-05:00 2019-01-31T12:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of Philosophy Conference / Symposium Tanner Lecture
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (January 31, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511095@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-01-31T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-31T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
Postponed Due to Weather - A Bioethical Lunch on Publishing and Peer Review (January 31, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54451 54451-13585502@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 12:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

[CANCELED DUE TO THE UNIVERSITY SHUTDOWN. Our apologies.]

A lunchtime discussion on the ethics of publishing in science and the peer-review system, with special guest Nick Kotov.

Please note the location of the event is now at NCRC B10 G065. Sorry about any confusion.

Please RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/pTU6Py3FAZn1iSLm1

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 31 Jan 2019 10:42:45 -0500 2019-01-31T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-31T13:30:00-05:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Race and gender
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (February 1, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511096@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-02-01T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-01T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
Auerbach’s Augustine: Existential Realism and the Low Style; the annual Werner Grilk Lecture (February 1, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58790 58790-14559370@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

This lecture situates Auerbach in the context of the Christian Existentialism of Marburg during his pre-Istanbul time there and then sets his readings of Augustine in conversation with the Augustines of Hannah Arendt and Hans Jonas, both of whom were influenced by Heidegger’s Augustine. In the process, it will extract Auerbach out of the critical impasse into which he has been wedged between a mandarin Eurocentric and a pre-post colonial exilic consciousness. The theo-philosophical conversations in which he was engaged in his early work had a robust afterlife in the magisterial Mimesis (1946), and help explain the huge popularity of that book when it was translated into English in 1953.

Jane O. Newman is Professor of Comparative Literature at University of California, Irvine. She is interested in dialogues between the pre- and early modern past and the modern and postmodern present. Her primary fields are Renaissance and Early Modern English, French, German, Italian and neo-Latin literature and culture.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 19 Dec 2018 10:56:05 -0500 2019-02-01T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-01T17:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Germanic Languages & Literatures Lecture / Discussion Jane O. Newman
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (February 2, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511097@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 2, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-02-02T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-02T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (February 3, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511098@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 3, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-02-03T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-03T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
Whole Earth, Fractured Planet: Geohistory, Climate Justice, and the Crisis of Capitalism (February 5, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60578 60578-14910391@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: Science for the People

“We have met the enemy, and he is us.” Cartoonist Walt Kelly’s iconic poster for the first Earth Day (1970) captured the zeitgeist of a new political imaginary: modern environmentalism. Ever since, its dominant metaphors – from Spaceship Earth to the Anthropocene – have stressed the fundamental unity of humans in facing, and creating, planetary crises. Rightly insisting that humans are part of the web of life, post-1970 environmentalism rapidly slipped into a second, more dubious, worldview: “we” created the conditions and realities of planetary crisis. The new global environmental imaginary had little sense of capitalism’s global fractures, above all the ways in which planetary color, gender, and class lines have been drawn and violently policed since 1492. As today’s climate crises unfold, so too has a resurgent Western universalism, captured in the Anthropocene’s discourse of Man versus Nature. Looking at capitalism’s long history of power and re/production, Moore shows how movements for planetary justice must directly challenge – and disrupt – the enduring legacies of racism, sexism, and colonialism as fundamental drivers of climate crisis and the enrichment of the globe’s One Percent.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 15:40:10 -0500 2019-02-05T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-05T13:00:00-05:00 Dana Natural Resources Building Science for the People Lecture / Discussion JMoore Tuesday talk
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (February 6, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511099@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-02-06T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-06T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (February 7, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511100@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-02-07T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-07T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (February 8, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511101@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-02-08T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
Spring Colloquium (February 8, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52605 52605-12899823@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

"Can Pragmatists Be Moderate?"
Alex Worsnip (University North Carolina)
3-5 PM Friday 2/8

"Epistemic Observation, Pragmatic Intervention"
Jennifer Carr (University of California San Diego)
10 AM-12PM Saturday 2/9

"The Epistemic and the Zetetic"
Jane Friedman (New York University)
1:30-3:30 PM Saturday 2/9

"Are Normative Reasons Normative?"
Clayton Littlejohn (King's College London)
4-6 PM Saturday 2/9

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 01 Feb 2019 11:33:15 -0500 2019-02-08T14:30:00-05:00 2019-02-08T17:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Department of Philosophy Conference / Symposium
Spring Colloquium (February 9, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52605 52605-12899824@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 9, 2019 10:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

"Can Pragmatists Be Moderate?"
Alex Worsnip (University North Carolina)
3-5 PM Friday 2/8

"Epistemic Observation, Pragmatic Intervention"
Jennifer Carr (University of California San Diego)
10 AM-12PM Saturday 2/9

"The Epistemic and the Zetetic"
Jane Friedman (New York University)
1:30-3:30 PM Saturday 2/9

"Are Normative Reasons Normative?"
Clayton Littlejohn (King's College London)
4-6 PM Saturday 2/9

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 01 Feb 2019 11:33:15 -0500 2019-02-09T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-09T18:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Conference / Symposium
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (February 9, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511102@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 9, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-02-09T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-09T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (February 10, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58560 58560-14511103@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 10, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand's visionary conceptions of brand identity
Paul Rand was a giant of American design, whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from Rand’s beginnings as a pro bono designer for arts and culture publications like Direction magazine to his decades of crafting trailblazing corporate design for companies such as IBM. Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task affords viewers the opportunity to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

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Exhibition Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:19 -0500 2019-02-10T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-10T17:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Rand_Direction%2520Dancer.jpg
Paul Rand: The Designer's Task (February 10, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58500 58500-14510822@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 10, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Paul Rand was a giant of American design whose influential career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. His visionary and pithy conceptions of corporate and non-profit brand identities—though often graphically minimal—embody the artist’s complex philosophy, interest in modernist aesthetics, and singular wit. This exhibition features posters, book covers, and packaging designs from the entirety of Rand’s career. Visit Paul Rand: The Designer’s Task with an UMMA docent to explore the genre of graphic design within the context of the art museum and examine how Rand’s intellectual process and impact on visual culture developed over time.

Lead support for Paul Rand: The Designer's Task is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment.

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Presentation Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:16:08 -0500 2019-02-10T14:00:00-05:00 2019-02-10T15:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Bioethics Discussion: Circumcision (February 12, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49431 49431-11453775@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on health, tradition, and mutilation.

Readings to consider:
"Male circumcision"
"Female genital alteration: a compromise solution"
"Female genital mutilation and male circumcision: toward an autonomy-based ethical framework"
"Rationalising circumcision"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/025-circumcision/.

Feel free to visit the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:30:45 -0400 2019-02-12T19:00:00-05:00 2019-02-12T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Circumcision
Accentuate the Positive (February 13, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58967 58967-14628131@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

A six-week journey into the science and benefits of Positive Psychology. Victor Frankl said, “The events of our lives are not as important as the meaning we give them.” Did you know about the serious science demonstrating the benefits of positive feelings for your well-being, your health, and even your longevity? Positivity is not a “feel good” or smiley-face subject. Forget everything you know, and embrace the tremendous power of positivity - cultivated ways of expressing things like love and gratitude that are proven to broaden us and build us up. Cameron Powell said, “It’s the secret knowledge you keep buying books to discover.”

We’ll discuss several books and articles that give us insight into the science of positivity. Our main text will be Positivity by Barbara Fredrickson, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a leading scholar within social psychology, affective science, and positive psychology.

Instructor Mike Murray is a clinical psychologist and has taught many OLLI classes. These sessions for those 50 and above will meet on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. from February 13 through March 20.

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Class / Instruction Thu, 27 Dec 2018 19:11:23 -0500 2019-02-13T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-13T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
A Bioethical Lunch on Neural Interfaces (February 14, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54452 54452-13585503@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 14, 2019 12:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A lunchtime discussion right on the surface of what we think. Special guest, Dr. Parag Patil will regale us with a tale or two.

Please note the location of the event is now at NCRC B10 G065. Sorry about any confusion.

RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/JS1HIhzL79diKn1H2

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:16:45 -0500 2019-02-14T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-14T13:30:00-05:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Neural interfaces
What Are Your Rules? (February 18, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61048 61048-15024934@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: LSA Honors Program

The LSA Student Honor Council invites you to attend the speaker event “Your Life, Your Rules” with Professor Mika LaVaque-Manty. Please save the date!

Who: Mika LaVaque-Manty is an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Political Science, with a courtesy appointment in Philosophy. He is also the Director of the LSA Honors Program. A philosopher by training, he is a political theorist who explores the nature and meaning of political action and the relationship between individuals and institutions. He is working on a book titled “The Games We Play,” on incentives in the age of the internet.

What: “Your Life, Your Rules,” will describe how people often think of rules in purely instrumental way — “Can I get away with this now?” — but the rules by which we govern our lives, in small and big things, fundamentally reflect our character and our identity.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 11 Feb 2019 10:08:40 -0500 2019-02-18T19:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T20:30:00-05:00 Palmer Commons LSA Honors Program Lecture / Discussion What Are Your Rules Event Poster
Cognitive Science Seminar Series (February 21, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60360 60360-14866456@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

This week's speaker is Federico Cella, who will present "Social generics; inferential asymmetry, negative framing and cross-linguistic evidence."

The Cognitive Science Seminar Series provides space for presentations of research at any stage of development, academic workshops, and professional development opportunities. The series offers an opportunity for graduate students, postdocs, and faculty to network and engage with scholars from multiple disciplines and units across campus.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Feb 2019 09:58:26 -0500 2019-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T18:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
FOMP Lecture: Inference to the Best Explanation as a Form of Non-Deductive Reasoning in Mathematics (February 22, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58048 58048-14398913@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

The confirmation of hypotheses in mathematics by mathematical evidence short of proof has received insufficient attention. I will propose one way to think about some of these cases. I will also suggest one way to model such confirmation using the resources of the probability calculus -- in something like the way that some confirmation of certain scientific hypotheses is modeled (but without denying the status of mathematical truths as necessary).

Sponsored by the Foundations of Modern Physics reading group (a Rackham interdisciplinary working group) and the Philosophy Department.
https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/fomp/

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 06 Feb 2019 16:59:42 -0500 2019-02-22T15:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T17:00:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion FOMP Marc Lange Flyer
Dissonance Event Series: Genetics & Medical Apps: Ethics, Privacy, Law and Policy (February 25, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60952 60952-14990967@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Information Assurance

Each new genetic test or medical app generates or collects more and more detailed health data, but may also raise serious issues for medicine, public health. Under what circumstances should a test be used, and how should it be implemented? Should people be allowed to choose or refuse a test, or should it be mandatory, as newborn screening is in some states? How should the data from these tests be used, and should individuals control access to the results of their tests? If test results are released to third parties, such as employers or insurers, what protections should be in place to protect individuals from unfair treatment based on test results, data collected, or genotype?

This Dissonance series event will take a multi-disciplinary look at these issues from a variety of theoretical and applied perspectives.

Panelists will include:
- Lori Andrews, Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Science, Law and, Technology at Chicago Kent Law School

- Jodyn Platt, Assistant Professor, U-M Medical School

- Kayte Spector-Bagdady, Assistant Professor, U-M Medical School, Chief of the Research Ethics Service in the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine (CBSSM)

- Denise Anthony, Professor, U-M School of Public Health

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:08:57 -0500 2019-02-25T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T19:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Information Assurance Lecture / Discussion Genetics & Medical Apps Panel Discussion
Bioethics Discussion: Pain (February 26, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49432 49432-11453776@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on what we (don't want to) feel.

Readings to consider:
"The undertreatment of pain"
"Moral agency in pain medicine"
"Suffering and the goals of medicine"
"The unequal burden of pain: confronting racial and ethnic disparities in pain"
"Pain medicine and its models: helping or hindering?"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/026-pain/.

Try not to hurt yourself over at the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:32:57 -0400 2019-02-26T19:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Pain
Mind & Moral Psychology Workshop (March 12, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61696 61696-15170144@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

Experimental philosophers have used empirical methods to test folk opinions about concepts in philosophy: knowledge, freedom, responsibility, and so on. Philosophers of psychology have used armchair methods to analyze concepts in scientific psychology: self-control, attention, mind-wandering, and so on. We will hear from two speakers who combine these approaches, using empirical methods to test folk opinions about the psychological concepts of (1) mind-wandering and (2) self-control.
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Zachary C. Irving
"Mind-Wandering: Empirical Conceptual Analysis"

Although mind-wandering research is progressing at a rapid rate, stark disagreements are emerging about what exactly the term “mind-wandering” means. According to the four most prominent views, mind-wandering is: 1) task-unrelated thought, 2) stimulus independent thought, 3) unintentional thought, or 4) dynamically unguided thought. Theorists involved in the debate have frequently suggested that their respective views capture the ordinary understanding of mind-wandering, but no systematic studies have assessed these claims. In three large factorial studies, we present participants (n=822) with vignettes that describe a person’s thoughts and ask whether her mind was wandering, while systematically manipulating features relevant to the four major accounts of mind-wandering. We find the dynamic framework explains between four and twenty times more variance in participants’ mind-wandering judgments than the other accounts. A separate set of studies assesses whether the folk believe that we can control and be responsible for the costs of mind-wandering. Philosophers and scientists have long emphasized the costs of mind-wandering in education, driving, and many other contexts. Yet almost no research has assessed whether we are responsible to those costs, or whether they simply happen to us. In a large multifactorial study (400), we find that participants hold others responsible for the costs of mind-wandering and that those judgments are mediated by (a) care, (b) stress, and (c) intuitions about the controllability of thought. In another study, we experimentally manipulate subjects' intuitions about the controllability of thought, and find that doing so increases perceived responsibility for mind-wandering.
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Juan Pablo Bermúdez
"What is Self-Control? A Study of the Folk Concept"

Some scholars consider that exerting self-control consists mainly in inhibiting a prepotent response. Others accept several other possible strategies, like avoiding tempting situations or “tying oneself to the mast”. Which of these strategies are included in the everyday concept of self-control? Some claim their theories align with the pre-theoretical everyday notion, but the issue has not been empirically studied. Here we report a series of pre-registered studies aimed at mapping out the descriptive and evaluative structures of the lay concept of self-control. With respect to the concept’s descriptive aspect (what strategies does the folk concept include?), we find that the folk concept does not neatly match with common theoretical distinctions (cognitive vs. situational strategies; response-focused vs. antecedent-focused strategies). Instead, people tend to distinguish between strategies based solely on internal psychological resources and those relying on ‘external scaffolding’ tools. People tend to ascribe self-control to agents deploying both internal and scaffolded strategies, but they ascribe significantly more self-control to the former. This suggests that internal control is the paradigmatic self-control strategy, but by no means the only one. How are these strategies normatively evaluated? In a series of ongoing studies we assess whether people consider these strategy types to be differentially more effective, desirable or advisable. We expect to find more positive attributions to internal-resource strategies, given their descriptive centrality. Empirical evidence suggests other strategies are more effective, so this would be a key finding: an aspect in which revising the folk concept could have important practical consequences.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 05 Mar 2019 14:46:42 -0500 2019-03-12T13:00:00-04:00 2019-03-12T14:30:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Workshop / Seminar
Ben Shapiro (March 12, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60593 60593-14910411@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Young Americans for Freedom

TICKET INFO:
Student tickets will be made available Feb 18th at 8pm. Those with a umich email will be able to reserve one ticket.
General public tickets will be made available Feb 19th at 8pm.
The ticket link will go live on this event page then.

Young Americans for Freedom at the University of Michigan is proud to host Ben Shapiro on March 12th in collaboration with the Young America's Foundation (YAF). Through this event, students and the general public will be able to hear from and participate in a Q/A with one of the nation's top conservative minds. More info on the event can be found at yaf.org, Twitter (@yafumich), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/YAFUMich/), and Instagram (@yafumich).


Ben Shapiro is editor-in-chief of The Daily Wire and host of "The Ben Shapiro Show," the top conservative podcast in the nation and now nationally-syndicated radio show. Shapiro is the author of seven nonfiction books; his newest work "The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great" will be released on March 19th. He earned a BA in Political Science from UCLA in 2004 and graduated from Harvard Law School in 2007.
Shapiro has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows around the nation, including "Fox and Friends" (Fox News), "In the Money" (CNN Financial), "The Dennis Prager Show," among others.

Young America's Foundation and the YAF at the University of Michigan chapter seek to educate students on conservative values that are otherwise absent on most college campuses. Shapiro has frequently addressed the issue of the Left's ideological stranglehold on academia and has worked to push back against that trend through fact and logic-based speeches and debates. "Facts don't care about your feelings" has become one of Ben Shapiro's trademark lines. He has appeared as the featured speaker at many conservative events on campuses nationwide, several of those appearances targeted by progressive and "Antifa" activists. Shapiro, an Orthodox Jew, has also worked to expose the anti-Israel and anti-Semitic motivations behind the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Feb 2019 20:52:09 -0500 2019-03-12T19:00:00-04:00 2019-03-12T20:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Young Americans for Freedom Lecture / Discussion Announcement
Bioethics Discussion: Mental Health (March 12, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49433 49433-11456547@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on our internal (dys)functions.

Readings to consider:
"The myth of mental illness"
"Distinguishing between the validity and utility of psychiatric diagnoses"
"Diagnostic issues and controversies in DSM-5"
"How stigma interferes with mental health care"
"Identification of a common neurobiological substrate for mental illness"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/027-mental-health/.

Please, consider the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Mar 2019 16:07:55 -0500 2019-03-12T19:00:00-04:00 2019-03-12T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Mental health
Cognitive Science Community (March 13, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62052 62052-15282557@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

The group's next professor talk will be this Wednesday, March 13th, at Weiser 955, starting at 7:30 pm. Associate Professor Eric Lormand will be joining us to discuss "The Easy Hard and Hard Easy Problems of Consciousness."

Professor Lormand’s research concerns those mental phenomena that inspire philosophical challenges to cognitive science, including consciousness and qualia, self-knowledge, meaning, mental representation, emotions, skills, and rationality. Currently he is working on the epistemic justification of logic, of inference to the best explanation, and of evaluations. He is also interested in pursuing related issues in phenomenology and metaphysics.

Overview
"The Easy Hard and Hard Easy Problems of Consciousness: Two Reasons to Be Nice"
The famous so-called “hard problem” about explaining conscious experience--which many like David Chalmers take to be a show-stopper--turns out to be easy. If you’re nice I’ll tip you off on how to solve it. But there’s a different reason why none of the famous theories you can read about in online encyclopedias (theories from philosophers and scientists like Tye, Tononi, Prinz, Penrose, Lycan, Kriegel, Koch, Dennett, Chalmers, Carruthers, Block, Baars) come anywhere close to explaining conscious experience. I’ll describe that second easy-to-understand problem, and if you’re extra nice I’ll tip you off on how to solve it, too.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 12 Mar 2019 09:50:54 -0400 2019-03-13T19:30:00-04:00 2019-03-13T20:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Lecture / Discussion Lormand flyer
Mind & Moral Psychology: Nadya Vasilyeva (March 14, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59577 59577-14754454@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 11:00am
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

Categorical reasoning is one of the cornerstones of psychological functioning, supporting explanation, induction, and learning in virtually every domain of knowledge, including reasoning about social categories. Dominant theories of social cognition focus on the role of internal/essential characteristics in representations of social kinds. Drawing upon an emerging literature in philosophy, I introduce an alternative to internalist thinking, called "structural thinking", in which observed correlations between social categories and their properties are explained through stable external constraints, rather than derived from the inherent nature of the categories. In a series of studies with children and adults, I examine how people acknowledge dependence of categorical relationships on background variables, and recognize confounds between category membership and social positions. Structural thinking emerges as a distinct, early-developing mode of thought with a unique cognitive, linguistic and behavioral profile which distinguishes it from other types of reasoning focused either on internal or external but non-structural factors. For example, structural thinking promotes an expectation that properties of social kinds are mutable rather than stable; fosters rectification of inequality in resource allocation decisions; and supports formal explanations (“category member has property P due to category membership C”), generic claims (“Cs have P”), and some forms of generalization. This evidence highlights important connections between causal and categorical representations, and invites us to rethink dominant theories of categorical representations and generic language.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 27 Feb 2019 16:18:37 -0500 2019-03-14T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T13:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion Nadya Vasilyeva
A Bioethical Lunch on Mathematical Biology (March 14, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54453 54453-13585504@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 12:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A lunchtime discussion on mind-numbing numbers and the biography of our biology.

Please note the location of the event is now at NCRC B10 G065. Sorry about any confusion.

RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/BoWDofDjF9sYJDrv1

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Mar 2019 16:09:59 -0500 2019-03-14T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T13:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Mathematical biology
Sexual Modernities Conference (March 14, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52291 52291-12590267@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Modernist Studies Workshop

This three-day interdisciplinary conference, featuring invited scholars and graduate student panels, aims to generate collegial scholarly conversation around the intersections of sexuality and modernity. The conference is being organized by the U-M Modernist Studies Workshop. Attendance is free and open to the public.

Invited speakers will include: Benjamin Kahan (Lousiana State University) and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz).

***Please note the following change from the original conference schedule: Heather Love is no longer able to attend the event, and her keynote on Thursday has been cancelled.***


Thursday, March 14 featured events:

2:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: Roundtable on "Queer Temporalities, Histories, and Futures" with Ingrid Diran (U-M), Sarah Ensor (U-M), and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz)


Friday, March 15 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: roundtable on "Foucault's Impact on Sexuality Studies" with David Halperin (U-M), Benjamin Kahan (Louisiana State University), and Helmut Puff (U-M)

4:30 p.m., Angell Hall 3154: keynote by Benjamin Kahan: "The Sexuality of Philosophy"


Saturday, March 16 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: keynote by Marcia Ochoa: "Ungrateful Citizenship: On Translatinas, Participation, and Belonging in the Absence of Recognition"

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:54:29 -0400 2019-03-14T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Modernist Studies Workshop Conference / Symposium sexual modernities
Sexual Modernities Conference (March 15, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52291 52291-12590268@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 9:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Modernist Studies Workshop

This three-day interdisciplinary conference, featuring invited scholars and graduate student panels, aims to generate collegial scholarly conversation around the intersections of sexuality and modernity. The conference is being organized by the U-M Modernist Studies Workshop. Attendance is free and open to the public.

Invited speakers will include: Benjamin Kahan (Lousiana State University) and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz).

***Please note the following change from the original conference schedule: Heather Love is no longer able to attend the event, and her keynote on Thursday has been cancelled.***


Thursday, March 14 featured events:

2:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: Roundtable on "Queer Temporalities, Histories, and Futures" with Ingrid Diran (U-M), Sarah Ensor (U-M), and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz)


Friday, March 15 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: roundtable on "Foucault's Impact on Sexuality Studies" with David Halperin (U-M), Benjamin Kahan (Louisiana State University), and Helmut Puff (U-M)

4:30 p.m., Angell Hall 3154: keynote by Benjamin Kahan: "The Sexuality of Philosophy"


Saturday, March 16 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: keynote by Marcia Ochoa: "Ungrateful Citizenship: On Translatinas, Participation, and Belonging in the Absence of Recognition"

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:54:29 -0400 2019-03-15T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Modernist Studies Workshop Conference / Symposium sexual modernities
Department Colloquium (March 15, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52367 52367-12650137@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

"Undoing the True Fetish: The Normative Path to Pragmatism"

Pragmatists are famous for advancing several striking theses about meaning, truth, and inquiry. These include (i) that the aim of inquiry is not to uncover truth but to serve our practical interests, (ii) that truth is nothing other than that which rational inquiry converges on in the long run, (iii) that the meaning of a statement is given by its practical consequences, and (iv) that any inflationary notion of truth or representation should be rejected as philosophically idle. These are all rejected by contemporary realists, for whom truth plays a central role in a theory of meaning and inquiry. I will argue that a normative assumption widespread amongst contemporary realists in fact leads straight to these four pragmatist theses.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Mar 2019 09:36:55 -0500 2019-03-15T15:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion Shamik Dasgupta Colloquium
Sexual Modernities Conference (March 16, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52291 52291-12590269@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 16, 2019 9:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Modernist Studies Workshop

This three-day interdisciplinary conference, featuring invited scholars and graduate student panels, aims to generate collegial scholarly conversation around the intersections of sexuality and modernity. The conference is being organized by the U-M Modernist Studies Workshop. Attendance is free and open to the public.

Invited speakers will include: Benjamin Kahan (Lousiana State University) and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz).

***Please note the following change from the original conference schedule: Heather Love is no longer able to attend the event, and her keynote on Thursday has been cancelled.***


Thursday, March 14 featured events:

2:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: Roundtable on "Queer Temporalities, Histories, and Futures" with Ingrid Diran (U-M), Sarah Ensor (U-M), and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz)


Friday, March 15 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: roundtable on "Foucault's Impact on Sexuality Studies" with David Halperin (U-M), Benjamin Kahan (Louisiana State University), and Helmut Puff (U-M)

4:30 p.m., Angell Hall 3154: keynote by Benjamin Kahan: "The Sexuality of Philosophy"


Saturday, March 16 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: keynote by Marcia Ochoa: "Ungrateful Citizenship: On Translatinas, Participation, and Belonging in the Absence of Recognition"

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:54:29 -0400 2019-03-16T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-16T12:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Modernist Studies Workshop Conference / Symposium sexual modernities
Living a Digital Life winter symposium: Environments (March 22, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59519 59519-14748078@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

This event will be live streamed on the Facebook page of the Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning: https://www.facebook.com/taubmancollege.

  Today, we live inside the digital. Increasingly, our public and private lives are conducted online and in digital space where our relationships are forged, nurtured, or deleted, where our bills are paid and finances tracked, and where our ideologies are fed and our politics balkanized by our respective media bubbles. And while the digital now constitutes more and more of our daily routines, it can also offer a distorting abstraction of “external life.” Swiping left is easier than breaking up, and even the most civil among us can become an entitled consumer on Yelp. At once, our digital environments offer new grounds for engagement and interaction, and immersive venues for escape from the exigencies of the outside world. This session will discuss this dialectic.   Panelists will include Aubrey Anable (Carleton University), Amy Kulper (Rhode Island School of Design), and Jose Sanchez (University of Southern California). Join us for presentations and a discussion about the digital as both a totalizing environment unto itself – a bubble apart from the external lifeworld – and a new venue for social organization and engagement.

 

2:00-2:15 Introduction 2:15-3:30 Presentations by panelists 3:30-4:10 Discussion 4:15-4:30 Intermission 4:30-5:15 Guided tour of Art In the Age of the Internet, 1990 to Today 5:15-6:00 Discussion & Closing  Aubrey Anable

Aubrey Anable is an Assistant Professor in the School for Studies in Art and Culture at Carleton University in Ottawa. Aubrey’s research examines digital aesthetics, video games, and virtual reality in conversation with feminist and queer theory. Her book Playing with Feelings: Video Games and Affect (University of Minnesota Press, 2018) provides an account of how video games compel us to play and why they constitute a contemporary structure of feeling emerging alongside the last sixty years of computerized living. She’s an advisory editor for the journal Camera Obscura and is currently co-editing The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Visual Culture.

Jose Sanchez

Jose Sanchez is an Architect / Programmer / Game Designer based in Los Angeles, California. He is the director of the Plethora Project, a research and learning project investing in the future of on-line open-source knowledge. He is also the creator of Block’hood, an award-winning city building video game exploring notions of crowdsourced urbanism. He has taught and guest lectured in several renowned institutions across the world, including the Architectural Association in London, The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London.

Today, he is an Assistant Professor at USC School of Architecture in Los Angeles. His research ‘Gamescapes’, explores generative interfaces in the form of video games, speculating in modes of intelligence augmentation, combinatorics and open systems as a design medium.

Amy Kulper

Amy Catania Kulper is an architectural educator whose teaching and research focus on the intersections of history, theory, and criticism with design. Throughout her career, Kulper has taught at Cambridge University, the University of Pennsylvania, UCLA, SCI_Arc, the University of Michigan, and RISD where she is currently an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Architecture. In her time in Ann Arbor, she was a four-time recipient of the Donna M. Salzer Award for teaching excellence.

Kulper’s writings are published in Log, The Journal of Architecture, arq: Architectural Research Quarterly, Candide, The Journal of Architectural Education, and numerous edited volumes. Kulper has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Architectural Education where she has acted as the Design Editor for six years. In March of 2017 she received the Distinguished Service Award from the ACSA for her work on the journal. Kulper holds master’s degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and Cambridge University and a Ph.D. in the History and Philosophy of Architecture from Cambridge University.

 

Organized by LSA Digital Studies, Rackham Graduate School, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, and UMMA. This program is part of the 2019 Michigan Meeting: Living a Digital Life: Objects, Environment, Power.

Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today is organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston and curated by Eva Respini, Barbara Lee Chief Curator, with Jeffrey De Blois, Assistant Curator.

Major support is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

​UMMA gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support:

Lead Exhibition Sponsors:
Candy and Michael Barasch, University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Ross School of Business, Michigan Medicine, and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs

Individual and Family Foundation Donors:
William Susman and Emily Glasser; The Applebaum Family Compass Fund: Pamela Applebaum and Gaal Karp, Lisa Applebaum; P.J. and Julie Solit; Vicky and Ned Hurley; Ann and Mel Schaffer; Mark and Cecilia Vonderheide; and Jay Ptashek and Karen Elizaga  

University of Michigan Funding Partners:
School of Information; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Michigan Engineering; Institute for Research on Women and Gender; Institute for the Humanities; Department of History of Art; Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning; Department of American Culture; School of Education; Department of Film, Television, and Media; Digital Studies Program; and Department of Communication Studies
 

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Other Fri, 22 Mar 2019 12:16:33 -0400 2019-03-22T14:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T18:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Other Museum of Art
3rd Annual Cognitive Science Colloquium (March 23, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62236 62236-15335281@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 23, 2019 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

The third annual Cognitive Science Colloquium, hosted by the Cognitive Science Community student organization, will take place on Saturday March 23, from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the 10th floor of Weiser Hall. The colloquium features an undergraduate research showcase, a graduate and professional panel session, and presentations by guest speakers Jonathan Brennan (Linguistics), Nick Ellis (Psychology/Linguistics) and Nia Dowell (School of Information). The event is a great opportunity to learn about a variety of new ideas in cognitive science, opportunities in research, and career pathways, as well as a great way to engage with people in cognitive science from a wide range of different backgrounds. Lunch provided. Please RSVP.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 19 Mar 2019 15:48:57 -0400 2019-03-23T10:30:00-04:00 2019-03-23T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Conference / Symposium CogSci Colloquium flyer
Dialogues in Contemporary Thought V | On Reading (March 25, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62193 62193-15311067@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Dialogues in Contemporary Thought V | On Reading, will consist of two lectures. "Alphabetographies," by Prof. Cadava, will consider the photographic work of Susan Meiselas in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Kurdistan, and investigate her claim of being "attracted like a magnet to mass graves, destroyed villages, the missing." Prof. Cadava will then consider why photography is a privileged means of documenting violence, and the forms of resistance made available by it. "We have been misreading the camps," by Prof. Paloff, will re-evaluate the moral claims attached to camp literature, and propose an alternative ethics that embraces the reader's individual experience, and the community's memory of the past. The lectures are open to everyone. Questions - email: srdjan@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 21 Mar 2019 19:10:15 -0400 2019-03-25T14:00:00-04:00 2019-03-25T16:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion Dialogues in Contemporary Thought | On Reading
Workshop | Erasures (March 26, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62195 62195-15311066@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Prof. Cadava will lead a workshop on the Introduction of an unpublished book manuscript, which focuses on Fazal Sheikh's "The Erasure Trilogy," a three-volume photographic project on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Introduction, and two further texts, will be pre-circulated to all who sign up for the workshop. If you are interested, please contact srdjan@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 21 Mar 2019 18:25:33 -0400 2019-03-26T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-26T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of English Language and Literature Workshop / Seminar Workshop | Erasures
Bioethics Discussion: Eugenics (March 26, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49435 49435-11456548@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on who ought to be here.

Readings to consider:
"Eugenics: its definition, scope, and aims"
"The second international congress of eugenics"
"CC Little renaming resolution"
"Buck v. Bell Supreme Court opinion"
"Moderate eugenics and human enhancement"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont (belmont@umich.edu) or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/028-eugenics/.

Also, feel free to swing by the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Mar 2019 16:10:19 -0500 2019-03-26T19:00:00-04:00 2019-03-26T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Eugenics
Ancient Philosophy: Mariska Leunissen (UNC Chapel Hill) (March 28, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60926 60926-14988683@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

Aristotle’s political naturalism, as introduced in the first book of his Politics, rests on three claims about the relation between nature and the city-state: first, that the city exists by nature; second, that human beings are by nature more political than any other political animal; and third, that the city as a whole is naturally prior to the household and the individual. He argues for this latter claim by treating the city as analogous to the natural, organic body of a human being: since natural wholes such human bodies are prior to parts and since their parts can no longer perform their function when separated from the functionally complex whole to which they belong, the same must be true for cities and their parts. And while Aristotle seems to resist the view that cities are themselves natural substances (ultimately, cities that exist for the sake of living well are the product of the art of lawgiving), he frequently naturalizes the city and resorts to analogies between cities and human/animal bodies in order to draw out and explain important features about the city or its constitution, which he designates as ‘a kind of life of the city’. My purpose in this paper to specify the heuristic and explanatory uses of these analogies between cities and natural, living bodies. I will first discuss a few relatively innocent uses of this kind of analogy before attempting to offer an interpretation of a more complicated passage in Politics IV 4 in which Aristotle suggests that one can determine the species of cities in exactly the same way as one would compile a complete list of species of animals.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 26 Mar 2019 08:12:56 -0400 2019-03-28T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-28T18:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion Mariska Leunissen
Ancient Philosophy: Mariska Leunissen (UNC Chapel Hill) (March 29, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60924 60924-14988682@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

For Aristotle, every scientific investigation starts with the collection and organization of facts: only once we have established the 'hotis' - the 'thats' - of any given scientific domain, we can then proceed to investigate their causes and provide explanations or demonstrations of those facts. The fact collecting stage in Aristotle's natural sciences is thoroughly empirical: Aristotle stresses the importance of acquiring observational experience, of observing phenomena for the sake of knowledge, and of giving credence to observations over theory in cases where the facts have not yet been sufficiently grasped. My aim in this paper is to reconstruct and critically discuss (1) Aristotle's strategies for establishing facts in his natural sciences in those cases where observations are altogether lacking or insufficient to determine with any certainty whether the facts are such or so (e.g. 'whether the universe is spherical or lentil-shaped' in his cosmology, or 'whether the gestation period of elephants is one years or two years long' in his biology) and (2) also his strategies for evaluating putative empirical facts as reported by others in those cases where Aristotle would not have been able to verify those facts himself through observation. I will argue that in empirically underdetermined domains, Aristotle's epistemic goal in establishing facts is not knowledge but credence, and that he relies heavily on circumstantial empirical evidence; on arguments based on 'what can reasonably be expected to be the case', given observations of other, related phenomena; and on ingenious methods of 'weighing' the evidential force of competing sets of inconclusive observations in an attempt to establish and evaluate natural facts in a scientific way.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 26 Mar 2019 08:13:56 -0400 2019-03-29T15:00:00-04:00 2019-03-29T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion Mariska Leunissen
MES Lecture Series - Heads and Horror: Men's Severed Heads from the Bible to Netflix (April 1, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61115 61115-15036265@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 1, 2019 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

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

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 13 Mar 2019 11:40:41 -0400 2019-04-01T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-01T17:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Department of Middle East Studies Lecture / Discussion Event Poster
Department Colloquium: Catrin Campbell-Moore (Bristol University) (April 5, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52152 52152-12483092@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

In some unfortunate situations, rationality doesn't allow you to settle on a stable opinion. These are cases where becoming more confident that things will go one way gives you evidence that they'll go the other way; and vice versa. In these cases, any belief you adopt undermines itself. I suggest that in such scenarios you should adopt imprecise probabilities. This connects to accounts for the liar paradox, in particular a supervaluational version of Kripke's account of truth.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 26 Mar 2019 08:11:41 -0400 2019-04-05T15:00:00-04:00 2019-04-05T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion Catrin Campbell-Moore
"Challenges of Beneficence: Revising the Terms" (April 8, 2019 11:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62576 62576-15405815@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 8, 2019 11:45am
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: University of Michigan Law School

Please join the Law & Ethics Program as we welcome Professor Barbara Herman to deliver the 2019 Law & Ethics Lecture. Professor Herman will speak about "Challenges of Beneficence: Revising the Terms."

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Professor Barbara Herman has appointments in both the law and philosophy departments at UCLA. She is the Griffin Professor of Philosophy at the UCLA Department of Philosophy and is teaching in the new Law and Philosophy Specialization at the law school. She teaches and writes on moral philosophy, Kant's ethics, and the history of ethics, as well as social and political philosophy. She has published widely in moral philosophy, including The Practice of Moral Judgment, (Harvard University Press, 1993); "The Scope of Moral Requirement," Philosophy and Public Affairs, Summer 2001; "Rethinking Kant's Hedonism," in Facts and Values: Essays for Judith Thomson, eds. R. Stalnaker, R. Wedgwood, & A. Byrne (MIT Press, 2001); and "Morality and Everyday Life," in Proceedings of the American Philosophical Association, Nov. 2000.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 26 Mar 2019 10:44:04 -0400 2019-04-08T11:45:00-04:00 2019-04-08T13:15:00-04:00 Jeffries Hall University of Michigan Law School Lecture / Discussion Law & Ethics 2019
Bioethics Discussion: Replicability of Medical Studies (April 9, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49436 49436-11456549@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A roundtable discussion on the significance of our results.

Readings to consider:
"Reproducibility in science"
"Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science"
"How many scientists fabricate and falsify research?"
"Is the replicability crisis overblown?"

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings, please contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/029-replicability-of-medical-studies/.

Or feel free to swing by the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:36:18 -0400 2019-04-09T19:00:00-04:00 2019-04-09T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Replicability of medical studies
TempoRealities (April 12, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58680 58680-14542716@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 2019 9:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Science, Technology & Society

It is time for science and technology studies (STS). The meaning of the past and threats to the future are hotly contested. Scientists simultaneously proclaim epochal ruptures and extrapolate present trends into the next millennium. New technologies promise to help us “be present” even as they stretch our attentions to the breaking point. The nature of time is of central importance to modern intellectual, cultural, and political life, and STS is well-positioned to address how divergent temporalities structure our public and private lives, environmental imaginaries, and embodied experiences. Recent work on the sciences of prediction and forecasting, the vital politics of science fiction, and the Anthropocene suggest some of the many ways scholars of STS can and should intervene in broader debates that trouble the present moment.

Panels: Experiencing Time, Embodying Time; Apocalyse Now?; Scholarship NOW; Is Ancient Science Studies an Anachronism?

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 20 Mar 2019 11:24:33 -0400 2019-04-12T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-12T17:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Science, Technology & Society Conference / Symposium
Department Colloquium: Equivalence from a Metaphysical Point of View (April 12, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52607 52607-12899826@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

"Equivalent" theories represent the very same state of the world; any differences are merely conventional or notational. According to one view of the metaphysics of equivalence - of what equivalence consists in - equivalent theories say the same thing about fundamental reality, understood in a certain fine-grained way. According a second view, which I call "quotienting" (short for "quotienting-out conventional content by hand"), theories may be equivalent even when we cannot state, in an intrinsic or "artifact-free" way, the content that the theories have in common. These two views are in a sense the extremes. The first view (which I accept) leads to uncomfortable conclusions about the kinds of questions that are genuine (e.g., whether negation and conjunction, as opposed to negation and disjunction, form the metaphysically correct basis for propositional logic). The second is dizzying, but sheds light on various otherwise perplexing viewpoints in metaphysics, philosophy of physics, and philosophy of mathematics.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 03 Apr 2019 11:52:56 -0400 2019-04-12T15:00:00-04:00 2019-04-12T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion ted sider
Race, Gender and Feminist Philosophy: Commentary Panel (April 15, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61058 61058-15027191@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 15, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

SPEAKERS
Mercy Corredor (UM, Philosophy)
Sara Chadwick (UM, Psychology & Women's Studies)
Valerie Kutchko (UM, Psychology & Women's Studies)

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 11 Feb 2019 12:18:12 -0500 2019-04-15T14:30:00-04:00 2019-04-15T16:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion
The Threat of Fascism and How to Fight It (April 15, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62736 62736-15453645@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 15, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Youth and Students for Social Equality

Across the world, the far-right occupies positions of power it has not held since World War Two. With social inequality reaching astronomical proportions, the ruling elites are resurrecting all the political filth responsible for the worst crimes of the 20th century.

In Germany, the scene of the holocaust and Hitler’s Nazi movement, fascism is once again rearing its ugly head. A neo-Nazi party, the Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD), is now the main opposition party with high-level support from within the state and academia. Building a mass movement capable of defeating fascism requires learning the lessons of history.

The lessons of the 1930s show that the fight against fascism requires the independent mobilization of the working class against the capitalist system. Learning these critical lessons is the only way to prevent the disaster of Nazism on an even greater scale today.

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Speaker: Christoph Vandreier, German Trotskyist, prominent leader of the fight against fascism and author of “Why Are They Back? Historical Falsification, Political Conspiracy, and the Return of Fascism in Germany.”

Vandreier is Deputy National secretary of the Sozialistiche Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party, SGP) in Germany, which was placed under state surveillance on advise of the neo-Nazi AfD for its “anti-fascist” and “anti-capitalist” politics.

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Presentation Sun, 31 Mar 2019 22:36:21 -0400 2019-04-15T19:00:00-04:00 2019-04-15T21:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Youth and Students for Social Equality Presentation Public meeting: The Threat of Fascism and How to Fight It – Speaker: Christoph Vandreier, author of Why Are They Back?
Winter 2020 Walk-in Advising! (April 17, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63011 63011-15534811@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Don’t wait until the September 15th deadline, join CGIS & Newnan Advising Center for a walk-in advising event to discuss Winter 2020 CGIS applications.

Before you leave for the summer, come and find out how studying abroad can fit into your degree plan, learn about scholarships and financial aid, and more!

Popcorn & punch will be provided!

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Meeting Wed, 10 Apr 2019 11:21:24 -0400 2019-04-17T13:00:00-04:00 2019-04-17T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Global and Intercultural Study Meeting PHOTO
A Bioethical Lunch on Game of Thrones (April 18, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54454 54454-13585505@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 18, 2019 12:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A lunchtime discussion on the bioethics of Westeros and beyond for this lunch and all the lunches to come.

Please note the location of the event is now at NCRC B10 G065. Sorry about any confusion.

RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/scE3aM6M5vr1DWbA2

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:21:34 -0500 2019-04-18T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-18T13:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Game of Thrones
Race, Gender and Feminist Philosophy: Chike Jeffers (Dalhousie) (April 19, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58122 58122-14426747@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 19, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

In recent work, I have argued that, when thinking about race as a social construction, it is important to distinguish between political constructionism, according to which differential relations of power are what is fundamental to the social construction of race, and cultural constructionism, acccording to which socialization into distinct identities and ways of life is what is fundamental. In this paper, I will argue that we find in W.E.B. Du Bois' 1940 book, Dusk of Dawn, the fascinating drama of one of history's greatest theorists of race experiencing and displaying the pull of both types of social constructionism. Focusing especially on the sixth and then the fifth chapters, I will argue that this pulling in different directions is, on the one hand, meant to lead us to confront the complexity and mysteriousness of race but also, on the other hand, ultimately able to suggest to us the path toward properly balancing political and cultural dimensions in our theorization of race.

Sponsored by the Race, Gender, and Feminist Philosophy reading group (a Rackham interdisciplinary working group), the Philosophy Department, and the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 03 Apr 2019 11:50:21 -0400 2019-04-19T15:00:00-04:00 2019-04-19T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion chike jeffers
Panel: Viewpoint Diversity and the Future of Intellectual Discourse (April 23, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62901 62901-15492418@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

We live in increasingly polarized times, and partisan animosity is at a high. Against this backdrop, it is tempting to sort ourselves into echo-chambers. What effects might this have on future discourse about important scientific, ethical, and policy matters? How does polarization affect the academy? Can viewpoint diversity increase the quality of research in politically relevant fields like social psychology, sociology, or political philosophy? Join us for a panel discussion with Lee Jussim, Professor of Psychology at Rutgers, and Hrishikesh Joshi, Postdoctoral Fellow at Michigan. All are welcome. Coffee and snacks will be provided!

Hosted by the Freedom and Flourishing Project.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 17 Apr 2019 08:29:14 -0400 2019-04-23T17:00:00-04:00 2019-04-23T19:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion F&F Panel
Making Art Public: A conversation with Mark di Suvero and Christina Olsen (April 24, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63024 63024-15536918@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Public art on a university campus plays a significant role in creating an environment that supports the development of the mind and spirit of students, faculty, and staff. The University of Michigan has an historic and longstanding commitment to public art. The campus is full of icons that evoke the Michigan spirit, but none capture the vital importance of public art on campus like Mark di Suvero’s Orion.

Please join us on Wednesday, April 24 for an opportunity to hear from one of the greatest living sculptors and creators of public art.

Born in Shanghai, China, in 1933, di Suvero immigrated to the United States in 1941 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley. An internationally renowned sculptor and pioneer in the use of steel, he began showing his sculptures in the 1950s. Di Suvero is the sculptor of two iconic works on the U-M Ann Arbor campus: Shang, a kinetic sculpture that features a suspended platform that swings, and Orion, a brightly painted, orange-red sculpture made of hand-cut, painted steel. His architectural-scale sculptures have been exhibited in the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Germany, Australia, Japan, France, the United Kingdom and the United States. di Suvero is the first living artist to exhibit in the Jardin des Tuileries and the Esplanade des Invalides in Paris and at Millennium Park in Chicago. His work is featured in more than 100 museums and public collections, including the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. An activist for peace and social justice, di Suvero co-founded Park Place Gallery, an artists’ cooperative, in New York City in 1962. In 1977, he established the Athena Foundation to assist artists to fulfill their ambitions. He established Socrates Sculpture Park in 1986 at the site of a landfill in Queens, New York. Di Suvero has received several honors, including the Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award from the International Sculpture Center and the National Medal of Arts.

Christina Olsen is the Director of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and Chair of the University of Michigan President's Advisory Committee on Public Art. Before coming to Michigan she served as the Class of 1956 Director at the Williams College Museum of Art. Olsen has more than 25 years of leadership experience in museums and foundations, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum and Getty Foundation, and the Portland Art Museum. She is a national leader in debates about the changing role of campus art museums and their relationships with the public and campus, and has lectured frequently on the topic. Olsen has curated and produced many exhibitions and programs, including most recently Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s, currently on view at the University of Michigan’s Museum of Art. Olsen is on the board of the Association of Art Museum Directors and has taught at the University of Pennsylvania and Williams College. She received a BA in history of art, with honors, from the University of Chicago, and an MA and PhD in art history from the University of Pennsylvania.

This program is co-sponsored by the University of Michigan President's Advisory Committee on Public Art.

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Presentation Sat, 20 Apr 2019 18:15:39 -0400 2019-04-24T17:00:00-04:00 2019-04-24T18:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
Principles of Mindfulness Part II (April 29, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59035 59035-14659267@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 29, 2019 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This course is meant to deepen your experience of mindfulness meditation and enhance the qualities of a mindful life; expand your understanding and guidance in the nine attitudes of mindfulness; and expand your capacity of meditation. This will be done by cultivating mindful awareness in everyday life. This Study Group led by Bernadette Beach is for those 50 and over and will meet Mondays, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m., April 29 - June 3.

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Class / Instruction Mon, 31 Dec 2018 11:21:02 -0500 2019-04-29T10:00:00-04:00 2019-04-29T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
A Bioethical Lunch on Star Wars (May 2, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54455 54455-13585506@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 2, 2019 12:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A lunchtime discussion in which the Empire strikes back in this follow-on to our lunch from last year.

Please note the location of the event is now at NCRC B10 G065. Sorry about any confusion.

RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/7B6T0XSaovYVuJEz1

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:20:36 -0500 2019-05-02T12:00:00-04:00 2019-05-02T13:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Star Wars
Philosophy Graduation (May 3, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59366 59366-14734935@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 3, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

Congratulate our students on their graduation!

3:00 PM | Ceremony & Reception (Hussey Room, The Michigan League)

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Reception / Open House Mon, 15 Apr 2019 15:38:22 -0400 2019-05-03T15:00:00-04:00 2019-05-03T17:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Department of Philosophy Reception / Open House
Philosophy Alumni Conference (May 10, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59201 59201-14717498@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 10, 2019 9:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

The schedule for the conference is as follows:

FRIDAY, MAY 10
9:30AM-10:00AM: Breakfast
10:00AM-12:00PM: "Vague Existence, Metaphysical Vagueness, and Ontological Deflationism" - Rohan Sud (Ryerson), comments by Glenn Zhou
12:00PM-1:30 PM: Lunch
1:30PM-3:30 PM: "Integrity, Truth, and Value" - Sigrún Svavarsdóttir (Tufts), comments by Mercy Corredor
3:30PM-4:00PM: Break
4:00PM-6:00PM: "Aggregating Imprecise Probability Using Epistemic Utilities" - Jason Konek (Bristol), comments by Elise Woodard and Calum McNamara
6:00PM-8:00PM: Dinner

SATURDAY, MAY 11
9:30AM-10:00AM: Breakfast
10:00AM-12:00PM: "Against Convergence: A Feminist Critique" - Christie Hartley (Georgia State), comments by Eduardo Martinez
12:00PM-1:30PM: Lunch
1:30PM-3:30PM: "Competing(?) Formulations of Newtonian Gravitation: Some Reflections on Equivalence and Interpretation" - Kevin Coffey (NYU Abu Dhabi), comments by Josh Hunt
3:30PM-4:00PM: Break
4:00PM-5:30PM: Panel - featuring all 5 speakers
6:15PM-8:15PM: Dinner

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 10 Apr 2019 10:40:22 -0400 2019-05-10T09:00:00-04:00 2019-05-10T17:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Philosophy Conference / Symposium Alumni Conference
Philosophy Alumni Conference (May 11, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59201 59201-14717499@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, May 11, 2019 9:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

The schedule for the conference is as follows:

FRIDAY, MAY 10
9:30AM-10:00AM: Breakfast
10:00AM-12:00PM: "Vague Existence, Metaphysical Vagueness, and Ontological Deflationism" - Rohan Sud (Ryerson), comments by Glenn Zhou
12:00PM-1:30 PM: Lunch
1:30PM-3:30 PM: "Integrity, Truth, and Value" - Sigrún Svavarsdóttir (Tufts), comments by Mercy Corredor
3:30PM-4:00PM: Break
4:00PM-6:00PM: "Aggregating Imprecise Probability Using Epistemic Utilities" - Jason Konek (Bristol), comments by Elise Woodard and Calum McNamara
6:00PM-8:00PM: Dinner

SATURDAY, MAY 11
9:30AM-10:00AM: Breakfast
10:00AM-12:00PM: "Against Convergence: A Feminist Critique" - Christie Hartley (Georgia State), comments by Eduardo Martinez
12:00PM-1:30PM: Lunch
1:30PM-3:30PM: "Competing(?) Formulations of Newtonian Gravitation: Some Reflections on Equivalence and Interpretation" - Kevin Coffey (NYU Abu Dhabi), comments by Josh Hunt
3:30PM-4:00PM: Break
4:00PM-5:30PM: Panel - featuring all 5 speakers
6:15PM-8:15PM: Dinner

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 10 Apr 2019 10:40:22 -0400 2019-05-11T09:00:00-04:00 2019-05-11T17:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Philosophy Conference / Symposium Alumni Conference
Foundations of Modern Physics Workshop (May 14, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63498 63498-15757453@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 14, 2019 11:30am
Location: Mason Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

11:30 AM: AJ Kuhr, "On the explanatory (in?)adequacy of lattice QCD"
12:20 PM: Lunch (catered)
01:10 PM: Dave Baker, "On symmetries"
02:15 PM: Anthony Della Pella, "Partition functions in Stat Mech and Comp Sci"
03:05 PM: Coffee break
03:25 PM: Gabriele Carcassi, "On the role of math in scientific theories"
04:15 PM: Josh Hunt, "Modern methods for scattering amplitudes"

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 07 May 2019 13:31:26 -0400 2019-05-14T11:30:00-04:00 2019-05-14T17:00:00-04:00 Mason Hall Department of Philosophy Workshop / Seminar Mason Hall
Dialogues in Contemporary Thought VI | On Life (May 30, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63805 63805-15888321@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 30, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Prof. Branka Arsic (Columbia University) will be giving a public lecture on Thursday May 30th, at 4 p.m. QA to follow.

Description: My talk starts out from remarks Melville left in his Encantadas concerning the Galapagos tortoises and goes on to examine the scientific and historical archives to which he had recourse, from Cuvier and Broderip to Porter and Delano. On that basis I seek to reconstruct exactly what, in the early 19th century, prompted scientists, doctors, and naturalists, as well as traders and ordinary seamen, to obsess about the tortoise as a life form, one that was brought to the brink of extinction by the middle of the century. I argue that the reason why both physiologists in Continental scientific laboratories, and whalers traversing Antillean waters in trade ships, chose this particular animal to answer the question of what life is, derived from their ideas about what constituted pain, suffering, and cruelty. By rehearsing such debates over the presumed expressions of suffering, apathy and indifference on the part of the tortoise, I work to suggest that what scientists understood as apathy towards pain licensed the production of a bizarre taxonomy of life forms based on a creaturely capacity to resist violence. I, therefore, pay significant attention to the differences that science advanced between biologically - as opposed to psychologically - rational and irrational life forms, which leads to my concluding analysis of why, as a consequence, the irrational was designated as available for experimentation and vivisection.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 28 May 2019 08:31:00 -0400 2019-05-30T16:00:00-04:00 2019-05-30T17:30:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion Dialogues in Contemporary Thought | On Life