Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Family Secrets: Uncovering Identity in 19th-Century America (March 27, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103055 103055-21805806@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 27, 2023 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This student-curated exhibit focuses on the theme of secrecy and how it has shaped our inquiry into how the family, as an institution and an ideal at the heart of debates about American identity and national belonging, has changed over time.

The materials gathered here represented various ways in which cultural concepts of family evolved in both public and private ways.

Please enter through the North Entrance (glass vestibule) that faces the Hatcher Graduate Library.

Curated by: Grace Argo and the Students of History 195, Fall 2022, with Maggie Vanderfold and Julie Fremuth at the Clements Library.

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Exhibition Fri, 20 Jan 2023 10:18:15 -0500 2023-03-27T10:00:00-04:00 2023-03-27T14:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Family Secrets: Uncovering Identity in 19th-Century America Image
Family Secrets: Uncovering Identity in 19th-Century America (March 31, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103055 103055-21805821@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 31, 2023 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This student-curated exhibit focuses on the theme of secrecy and how it has shaped our inquiry into how the family, as an institution and an ideal at the heart of debates about American identity and national belonging, has changed over time.

The materials gathered here represented various ways in which cultural concepts of family evolved in both public and private ways.

Please enter through the North Entrance (glass vestibule) that faces the Hatcher Graduate Library.

Curated by: Grace Argo and the Students of History 195, Fall 2022, with Maggie Vanderfold and Julie Fremuth at the Clements Library.

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Exhibition Fri, 20 Jan 2023 10:18:15 -0500 2023-03-31T10:00:00-04:00 2023-03-31T14:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Family Secrets: Uncovering Identity in 19th-Century America Image
Family Secrets: Uncovering Identity in 19th-Century America (April 3, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103055 103055-21805807@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 3, 2023 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This student-curated exhibit focuses on the theme of secrecy and how it has shaped our inquiry into how the family, as an institution and an ideal at the heart of debates about American identity and national belonging, has changed over time.

The materials gathered here represented various ways in which cultural concepts of family evolved in both public and private ways.

Please enter through the North Entrance (glass vestibule) that faces the Hatcher Graduate Library.

Curated by: Grace Argo and the Students of History 195, Fall 2022, with Maggie Vanderfold and Julie Fremuth at the Clements Library.

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Exhibition Fri, 20 Jan 2023 10:18:15 -0500 2023-04-03T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-03T14:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Family Secrets: Uncovering Identity in 19th-Century America Image
Family Secrets: Uncovering Identity in 19th-Century America (April 7, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103055 103055-21805822@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 7, 2023 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This student-curated exhibit focuses on the theme of secrecy and how it has shaped our inquiry into how the family, as an institution and an ideal at the heart of debates about American identity and national belonging, has changed over time.

The materials gathered here represented various ways in which cultural concepts of family evolved in both public and private ways.

Please enter through the North Entrance (glass vestibule) that faces the Hatcher Graduate Library.

Curated by: Grace Argo and the Students of History 195, Fall 2022, with Maggie Vanderfold and Julie Fremuth at the Clements Library.

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Exhibition Fri, 20 Jan 2023 10:18:15 -0500 2023-04-07T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-07T14:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Family Secrets: Uncovering Identity in 19th-Century America Image
The Villa of Mysteries (April 7, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107070 107070-21815256@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 7, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Interdepartmental Program in Ancient History

Please join us for the next lecture in the Vitruvius Series:
The Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii, Italy
Friday, April 7, 2:00 p.m.
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, Room 125
Presented by Professor Elaine Gazda


Professor and Curator Emerita Elaine Gazda will share her work and lead a discussion regarding the possible Vitruvian influences on the Villa of Mysteries at Pompeii. The lecture will be followed by a visit to the Roman gallery to view the Barosso watercolors.

The Villa of Mysteries is located outside Pompeii, where it sat undiscovered between AD 79 when Mount Vesuvius erupted, and 1909 when it was discovered by the then-owner of the land. The beautiful frescos in the Villa of Mysteries are a sequence of images, taking up the whole space of the room.

If you would like to read some Vitruvius in advance, Professor talk will
be linked with VI. ii. 1, 2, 5.; VI. iii. 8; VI. iv. 1, 2; VI. v. 1-2 and VI.vii.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 31 Mar 2023 11:38:14 -0400 2023-04-07T14:00:00-04:00 2023-04-07T16:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Interdepartmental Program in Ancient History Lecture / Discussion The Villa of Mysteries
Family Secrets: Uncovering Identity in 19th-Century America (April 10, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103055 103055-21805808@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 10, 2023 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This student-curated exhibit focuses on the theme of secrecy and how it has shaped our inquiry into how the family, as an institution and an ideal at the heart of debates about American identity and national belonging, has changed over time.

The materials gathered here represented various ways in which cultural concepts of family evolved in both public and private ways.

Please enter through the North Entrance (glass vestibule) that faces the Hatcher Graduate Library.

Curated by: Grace Argo and the Students of History 195, Fall 2022, with Maggie Vanderfold and Julie Fremuth at the Clements Library.

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Exhibition Fri, 20 Jan 2023 10:18:15 -0500 2023-04-10T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-10T14:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Family Secrets: Uncovering Identity in 19th-Century America Image
Family Secrets: Uncovering Identity in 19th-Century America (April 14, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103055 103055-21805823@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 14, 2023 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This student-curated exhibit focuses on the theme of secrecy and how it has shaped our inquiry into how the family, as an institution and an ideal at the heart of debates about American identity and national belonging, has changed over time.

The materials gathered here represented various ways in which cultural concepts of family evolved in both public and private ways.

Please enter through the North Entrance (glass vestibule) that faces the Hatcher Graduate Library.

Curated by: Grace Argo and the Students of History 195, Fall 2022, with Maggie Vanderfold and Julie Fremuth at the Clements Library.

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Exhibition Fri, 20 Jan 2023 10:18:15 -0500 2023-04-14T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-14T14:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Family Secrets: Uncovering Identity in 19th-Century America Image
The Premodern Colloquium. Erhard Ratdolt: The Manipulation of Light in Fifteenth Century Mathematical and Astronomical Treatises (April 16, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101636 101636-21801623@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 16, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

In his editio princeps of Euclid’s Elements, German-expatriate publisher Erhard Ratdolt included a dedicatory letter to the Venetian Doge entirely printed in gold leaf. The technological feat forces the viewer to participate with a light source in order to read the luminous text. Taking this notion of embodied reading further, I propose that both in his Euclid and later, in his astronomical compilation Sphaera Mundi, Ratdolt aligned diagrams on either side of a single folio. In the course of turning the page, light transmitted through the thin paper support illuminates both diagrams at once. This allowed viewers to compare related geometric proofs or to visualize overlaps in the orbits of celestial bodies.

Through an investigation of translucency and luminosity in late fifteenth-century Venetian visual and material culture, I consider how publishers mobilized technologies of print to exploit the material properties of paper. Similarly, I examine how contemporary epistemologies may have led viewers to look through the folio. I argue that producers of Venetian material culture were particularly skilled in the creation of these effects between translucency and opacity and that savvy Venetian viewers were attuned to the movement of light within and through familiar objects.

To receive a registration link, please contact Terre Fisher telf@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 10 Apr 2023 13:35:14 -0400 2023-04-16T16:00:00-04:00 2023-04-16T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Workshop / Seminar Portrait of Luca Pacioli, Attributed to Jacopo de’ Barbari, 1495-1500, Tempera on Panel, Museo Capodimonte, Naples, Italy (99 cm x 120 cm).
Family Secrets: Uncovering Identity in 19th-Century America (April 17, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103055 103055-21805809@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 17, 2023 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This student-curated exhibit focuses on the theme of secrecy and how it has shaped our inquiry into how the family, as an institution and an ideal at the heart of debates about American identity and national belonging, has changed over time.

The materials gathered here represented various ways in which cultural concepts of family evolved in both public and private ways.

Please enter through the North Entrance (glass vestibule) that faces the Hatcher Graduate Library.

Curated by: Grace Argo and the Students of History 195, Fall 2022, with Maggie Vanderfold and Julie Fremuth at the Clements Library.

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Exhibition Fri, 20 Jan 2023 10:18:15 -0500 2023-04-17T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-17T14:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Family Secrets: Uncovering Identity in 19th-Century America Image
PROFESSOR HELMUT PUFF, THE ELIZABETH L. EISENSTEIN COLLEGIATE PROFESSORSHIP IN HISTORY AND GERMANIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES, INAUGURAL LECTURE (April 19, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103674 103674-21807631@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Waiting is one temporal modality among others that makes time experiential. Waiting portions out the flow of time as waiters anticipate what is to come. Yet is there a history of waiting? This talk proposes to anchor such a history in the spaces where people waited, especially the early modern antechamber. By doing so, it draws attention to the significance of waiting and letting others wait when studying society and culture.

If you are unable to attend this lecture in person please see below.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 21 Mar 2023 10:28:55 -0400 2023-04-19T16:00:00-04:00 2023-04-19T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Lecture / Discussion Poster Image
Star Lore from Babylonia to Brahe (May 12, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107882 107882-21818339@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 12, 2023 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Classical Studies

People have looked up to the night sky at the stars for timekeeping and navigation for thousands of years. Join us for a series of lectures by world-renowned scholars discussing the star lore of ancient and early modern cultures.

Friday, May 12, 2023
9:30 am - Babylonian Astronomy, Chair: Joachim Quack
Presentations by: John Steele (Brown University) and Mathieu Ossendrijver (Freie Universität Berlin
11:30 am - Greek Astronomy, Chair: James Evans
Presentations by: Gonzalo Recio (Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Buenos Aires) and Francesca Schironi (University of Michigan)
2:30 pm - Greek Astronomy, Chair: Marina Escolano-Poveda
Presentations by: Alexander Jones (ISAW, New York University) and Stamatina Mastorakou (MPIWG, Berlin)

Saturday, May 13, 2023
10:00 am - Chinese Astronomy, Chair: Gonzalo Recio
Presentation by: Marc Chapuis (Brown University)
10:45 am - Egyptian Astronomy, Chair: John Steele
Presentations by: Joachim Quack (Universität Heidelberg) and Marina Escolano-Poveda (University of Liverpool)
1:45 pm - Islamic Astronomy, Chair: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Presentations by: Sonja Brentjes (MPIWG, Berlin) and Rana Brentjes (MPIWG, Berlin)
3:45 pm - Early Modern Astronomy, Chair: Alexander Jones
Presentations by: James Evans (University of Puget Sound, Tacoma WA) and Christián Carman (Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Buenos Aires)

This is a hybrid event, and some presentations will be delivered via Zoom.
Join us on Zoom if you can't attend in person:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/96425915807
Webinar ID: 964 2591 5807
International numbers available: https://umich.zoom.u/u/ad6M4Z75am

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 01 May 2023 15:08:58 -0400 2023-05-12T09:00:00-04:00 2023-05-12T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Classical Studies Lecture / Discussion Star Lore Conference from Babylonia to Brahe
Star Lore from Babylonia to Brahe (May 13, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107882 107882-21818340@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, May 13, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Classical Studies

People have looked up to the night sky at the stars for timekeeping and navigation for thousands of years. Join us for a series of lectures by world-renowned scholars discussing the star lore of ancient and early modern cultures.

Friday, May 12, 2023
9:30 am - Babylonian Astronomy, Chair: Joachim Quack
Presentations by: John Steele (Brown University) and Mathieu Ossendrijver (Freie Universität Berlin
11:30 am - Greek Astronomy, Chair: James Evans
Presentations by: Gonzalo Recio (Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Buenos Aires) and Francesca Schironi (University of Michigan)
2:30 pm - Greek Astronomy, Chair: Marina Escolano-Poveda
Presentations by: Alexander Jones (ISAW, New York University) and Stamatina Mastorakou (MPIWG, Berlin)

Saturday, May 13, 2023
10:00 am - Chinese Astronomy, Chair: Gonzalo Recio
Presentation by: Marc Chapuis (Brown University)
10:45 am - Egyptian Astronomy, Chair: John Steele
Presentations by: Joachim Quack (Universität Heidelberg) and Marina Escolano-Poveda (University of Liverpool)
1:45 pm - Islamic Astronomy, Chair: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Presentations by: Sonja Brentjes (MPIWG, Berlin) and Rana Brentjes (MPIWG, Berlin)
3:45 pm - Early Modern Astronomy, Chair: Alexander Jones
Presentations by: James Evans (University of Puget Sound, Tacoma WA) and Christián Carman (Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Buenos Aires)

This is a hybrid event, and some presentations will be delivered via Zoom.
Join us on Zoom if you can't attend in person:
https://umich.zoom.us/j/96425915807
Webinar ID: 964 2591 5807
International numbers available: https://umich.zoom.u/u/ad6M4Z75am

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 01 May 2023 15:08:58 -0400 2023-05-13T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-13T17:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Classical Studies Lecture / Discussion Star Lore Conference from Babylonia to Brahe
Guided Tour of the Clements Library (July 12, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108902 108902-21820533@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 4:00pm
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

We invite you to join us on a guided tour where you can delve deeper into the rich tapestry of Clements' early American history and culture collections. Experience the allure of our esteemed treasures, including the legendary painting "Death of General Wolfe" by Benjamin West, a remarkable trunk from the Revolutionary War era that once safeguarded General Gage's papers, and much more!

You will also have the opportunity to explore the Clements' Centennial exhibit titled "Building on a Century of Collecting at the Clements Library." This extraordinary exhibition aims to address a question frequently posed by our visitors: How does the Clements Library determine which materials to acquire and include in its cherished collections?

Please register at myumi.ch/Aw9Zb.

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Tours Tue, 27 Jun 2023 16:51:55 -0400 2023-07-12T16:00:00-04:00 2023-07-12T17:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Tours Clements Library
Guided Tour of the Clements Library (August 24, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109041 109041-21820778@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 24, 2023 4:00pm
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

We invite you to join us on a guided tour where you can delve deeper into the rich tapestry of Clements' early American history and culture collections. Experience the allure of our esteemed treasures, including the legendary painting "Death of General Wolfe" by Benjamin West, a remarkable trunk from the Revolutionary War era that once safeguarded General Gage's papers, and much more!

You will also have the opportunity to explore the Clements' Centennial exhibit titled "Building on a Century of Collecting at the Clements Library." This extraordinary exhibition aims to address a question frequently posed by our visitors: How does the Clements Library determine which materials to acquire and include in its cherished collections?

Please register at myumi.ch/Aw9Zb.

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Tours Mon, 10 Jul 2023 11:34:22 -0400 2023-08-24T16:00:00-04:00 2023-08-24T17:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Tours Image of Clements Library
Guided Tour of the Clements Library (August 25, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109041 109041-21820779@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 25, 2023 4:00pm
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

We invite you to join us on a guided tour where you can delve deeper into the rich tapestry of Clements' early American history and culture collections. Experience the allure of our esteemed treasures, including the legendary painting "Death of General Wolfe" by Benjamin West, a remarkable trunk from the Revolutionary War era that once safeguarded General Gage's papers, and much more!

You will also have the opportunity to explore the Clements' Centennial exhibit titled "Building on a Century of Collecting at the Clements Library." This extraordinary exhibition aims to address a question frequently posed by our visitors: How does the Clements Library determine which materials to acquire and include in its cherished collections?

Please register at myumi.ch/Aw9Zb.

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Tours Mon, 10 Jul 2023 11:34:22 -0400 2023-08-25T16:00:00-04:00 2023-08-25T17:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Tours Image of Clements Library
Guided Tour of the Clements Library (September 22, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109472 109472-21822060@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 22, 2023 1:00pm
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

We invite you to join us on a guided tour where you can delve deeper into the rich tapestry of Clements' early American history and culture collections. Experience the allure of our esteemed treasures, including the legendary painting "Death of General Wolfe" by Benjamin West, a remarkable trunk from the Revolutionary War era that once safeguarded General Gage's papers, and much more!

You will also have the opportunity to explore the Clements' Centennial exhibit titled "Building on a Century of Collecting at the Clements Library." This extraordinary exhibition aims to address a question frequently posed by our visitors: How does the Clements Library determine which materials to acquire and include in its cherished collections?

Please register at myumi.ch/Aw9Zb.

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Tours Wed, 26 Jul 2023 16:12:35 -0400 2023-09-22T13:00:00-04:00 2023-09-22T14:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Tours Exterior image of Clements Library
Guided Tour of the Clements Library (September 22, 2023 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109472 109472-21822061@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 22, 2023 5:00pm
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

We invite you to join us on a guided tour where you can delve deeper into the rich tapestry of Clements' early American history and culture collections. Experience the allure of our esteemed treasures, including the legendary painting "Death of General Wolfe" by Benjamin West, a remarkable trunk from the Revolutionary War era that once safeguarded General Gage's papers, and much more!

You will also have the opportunity to explore the Clements' Centennial exhibit titled "Building on a Century of Collecting at the Clements Library." This extraordinary exhibition aims to address a question frequently posed by our visitors: How does the Clements Library determine which materials to acquire and include in its cherished collections?

Please register at myumi.ch/Aw9Zb.

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Tours Wed, 26 Jul 2023 16:12:35 -0400 2023-09-22T17:00:00-04:00 2023-09-22T18:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Tours Exterior image of Clements Library
Guided Tour of the Clements Library (October 13, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109472 109472-21822062@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 13, 2023 4:00pm
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

We invite you to join us on a guided tour where you can delve deeper into the rich tapestry of Clements' early American history and culture collections. Experience the allure of our esteemed treasures, including the legendary painting "Death of General Wolfe" by Benjamin West, a remarkable trunk from the Revolutionary War era that once safeguarded General Gage's papers, and much more!

You will also have the opportunity to explore the Clements' Centennial exhibit titled "Building on a Century of Collecting at the Clements Library." This extraordinary exhibition aims to address a question frequently posed by our visitors: How does the Clements Library determine which materials to acquire and include in its cherished collections?

Please register at myumi.ch/Aw9Zb.

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Tours Wed, 26 Jul 2023 16:12:35 -0400 2023-10-13T16:00:00-04:00 2023-10-13T17:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Tours Exterior image of Clements Library
The Clements Bookworm: A Library Looks at Audubon, Both His Birds and His Background (October 20, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113130 113130-21830127@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 20, 2023 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

John James Audubon (1785-1851) was arguably the most famous artist/naturalist of the nineteenth century, and his massive, four-volume work, The Birds of America (1827-1838), remains an exceptional achievement of avian art, a rare and exceedingly valuable book now found mostly in major scholarly institutions and libraries, including the University of Michigan.

By the twentieth century, the name Audubon had become emblematic of bird appreciation and, more broadly, natural history, and the National Audubon Society emerged as one of the most significant environmental organizations in the United States.

In recent years, however--certainly since 2020--John James Audubon's personal background as a slaveholder and opponent of abolition has come to taint his reputation and create a problem of identity for the organization that bears his name. This talk discusses Audubon's legacy, as both artist and racist, inviting us to explore the connection between a brilliant but flawed figure and the continuing impact of his remarkable art.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 04 Oct 2023 09:48:50 -0400 2023-10-20T10:00:00-04:00 2023-10-20T23:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion Bookworm Graphic
Making Art in Prison (October 22, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110811 110811-21825563@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 22, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Prison Creative Arts Project, The

Free and open to the public. No pre-registration required.

Janie Paul, co-founder of the *Annual Exhibitions of Artists in Michigan Prisons*, a project of the Prison Creative Arts Project, along with formerly incarcerated artists will discuss the significance of making visual art in prison in connection with Paul’s recently published book, *Making Art in Prison: Survival and Resistance*. Using philosophical, aesthetic, and political lenses, they will share and explore various modes of resistance employed by imprisoned artists that combat the dehumanization of prison and create paths toward meaning and purpose. They will reflect on ways to be in solidarity with those who are incarcerated.

Janie Paul is a painter, curator, writer, and an Arthur F. Thurnau professor emerita of the Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan. For 27 years, she has traveled throughout Michigan to meet artists and select work for the project she co-founded: *The Annual Exhibitions of Artists in Michigan Prisons*, an initiative of the Prison Creative Arts Project at U-M.

In *Making Art in Prison: Survival and Resistance*, Janie Paul introduces readers to the culture and aesthetics of prison art communities featuring over 200 images of extraordinary work. These powerful stories and images upend the manufactured stereotypes of those living in prison, imparting a real human dimension—a critical step in the movement to end mass incarceration.

This afternoon’s program is presented by UMMA in partnership with Janie Paul, the Prison Creative Arts Project, and the Stamps School of Art and Design on the occasion of the U-M LSA Theme Semester Arts & Resistance.

The Arts & Resistance Theme Semester, organized by UMMA and the U-M Arts Initiative, is generously supported by the U-M Office of the Provost, the U-M College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, and Erica Gervais Pappendick and Ted Pappendick.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Aug 2023 12:44:44 -0400 2023-10-22T15:00:00-04:00 2023-10-22T16:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art Prison Creative Arts Project, The Lecture / Discussion DeJesus, R., Orange Nation, 2016
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Bauhaus and Contemporary China (October 24, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111709 111709-21827486@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 24, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Attend in person or via Zoom. Zoom registration at https://myumi.ch/n7Wed

In this travelogue slide lecture, Professor Endi Poskovic will discuss his creative inquiry into present day China by examining the work of architect Wang Shu, specifically his Ningbo Yinzhou Museum, China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, the first art and design university and first graduate school in Chinese history, and the newly opened China Design Museum in Hangzhou, which hosts Asia's largest art collection of Bauhaus objects and artifacts, the 20th century's most important school of architecture, design and art.

Born and raised in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Endi Poskovic was educated in Yugoslavia, Norway, and the United States. His works have been exhibited worldwide in numerous international biennials and triennials, and have brought him many notable awards and honors, including grants and fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the United States Fulbright Commission, the John D. Rockefeller Foundation, the Bellagio Center, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the Norwegian Government, the Camargo Foundation, the Flemish Ministry of Culture, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Macdowell, and the Art Matters Foundation, among others. Museum collections which hold works by the artist include the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University; the Detroit Institute of Arts; the Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn; Fondation Fernet Branca, France; Alive Jincheon Printmaking Museum, South Korea; the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, and many others. Endi Poskovic is Professor of Art and Design at the University of Michigan.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 06 Sep 2023 15:49:23 -0400 2023-10-24T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-24T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Endi Poskovic, Professor of Art and Design, University of Michigan
F23 MEMS Lecture. Sufi Lovers, Safavid Silks, and Early Modern Identity (October 25, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111212 111212-21826245@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 25, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

The height of fashion at the sixteenth century Safavid court was an ensemble of shimmering gold and silk, interwoven with the tales of legendary lovers from the Khamsa (Quintet) of epic Persian poetry. As Persian poetry was adopted in court circles from Iran to South Asia, Sufi behavior codes embodied by the characters were adapted and propagated by early modern rulers and incorporated into the visual arts, including textiles, as an expression of mystic practice.

Examining textiles alongside Khamsa poetry, manuscript paintings, and primary accounts, the silks reveal cross-cultural expressions of piety and allegiance in a world unified by language and behavior codes, while fragmented by religion and politics. This interdisciplinary study presents new evidence for reattribution of silks based on the migration of textile specialists from the Safavid to the Mughal court, where expert designers produced luxury goods for a sophisticated and educated elite.

Nazanin Hedayat Munroe is Associate Professor and Director of Textiles at City University of New York. An artist and art historian, she received her Ph.D. in art history from University of Bern, Switzerland, specializing in early modern silks, and her M.F.A. in Fiber from Cranbrook Academy of Art.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 31 Aug 2023 09:13:05 -0400 2023-10-25T16:00:00-04:00 2023-10-25T18:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Lecture / Discussion Portrait of Naqd ‘Ali Beg. Richard Greenbury. 1626. Oil on canvas. L: 83 7/8 in. (213 cm), W: 51 in. (129.5 cm). London, British Library (F 23)
Guided Tour of the Clements Library (November 3, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/109041 109041-21820780@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 3, 2023 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

We invite you to join us on a guided tour where you can delve deeper into the rich tapestry of Clements' early American history and culture collections. Experience the allure of our esteemed treasures, including the legendary painting "Death of General Wolfe" by Benjamin West, a remarkable trunk from the Revolutionary War era that once safeguarded General Gage's papers, and much more!

You will also have the opportunity to explore the Clements' Centennial exhibit titled "Building on a Century of Collecting at the Clements Library." This extraordinary exhibition aims to address a question frequently posed by our visitors: How does the Clements Library determine which materials to acquire and include in its cherished collections?

Please register at myumi.ch/Aw9Zb.

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Tours Mon, 10 Jul 2023 11:34:22 -0400 2023-11-03T10:00:00-04:00 2023-11-03T11:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Tours Image of Clements Library
Guided Tour of the Clements Library (November 3, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109041 109041-21820781@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 3, 2023 2:00pm
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

We invite you to join us on a guided tour where you can delve deeper into the rich tapestry of Clements' early American history and culture collections. Experience the allure of our esteemed treasures, including the legendary painting "Death of General Wolfe" by Benjamin West, a remarkable trunk from the Revolutionary War era that once safeguarded General Gage's papers, and much more!

You will also have the opportunity to explore the Clements' Centennial exhibit titled "Building on a Century of Collecting at the Clements Library." This extraordinary exhibition aims to address a question frequently posed by our visitors: How does the Clements Library determine which materials to acquire and include in its cherished collections?

Please register at myumi.ch/Aw9Zb.

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Tours Mon, 10 Jul 2023 11:34:22 -0400 2023-11-03T14:00:00-04:00 2023-11-03T15:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Tours Image of Clements Library
Guided Tour of the Clements Library (November 3, 2023 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109041 109041-21820783@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 3, 2023 5:30pm
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

We invite you to join us on a guided tour where you can delve deeper into the rich tapestry of Clements' early American history and culture collections. Experience the allure of our esteemed treasures, including the legendary painting "Death of General Wolfe" by Benjamin West, a remarkable trunk from the Revolutionary War era that once safeguarded General Gage's papers, and much more!

You will also have the opportunity to explore the Clements' Centennial exhibit titled "Building on a Century of Collecting at the Clements Library." This extraordinary exhibition aims to address a question frequently posed by our visitors: How does the Clements Library determine which materials to acquire and include in its cherished collections?

Please register at myumi.ch/Aw9Zb.

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Tours Mon, 10 Jul 2023 11:34:22 -0400 2023-11-03T17:30:00-04:00 2023-11-03T18:30:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Tours Image of Clements Library
Adopt a Piece of History (November 15, 2023 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113831 113831-21831800@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 4:30pm
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

In celebration of the Clements Library Centennial, join us for a lovely tea party showcasing Clements Library collection items and programs. You will learn more about acquisitions at the Clements and see items that are ready to be "adopted" by you! Your sponsorships can also be directed toward conservation projects and class visits. This is also your last chance to see our exhibit "Building on a Century of Collecting at the Clements Library."

A variety of teas, savory tea sandwiches, and a delectable array of sweets will make this an extra special event!

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 01 Nov 2023 16:52:28 -0400 2023-11-15T16:30:00-05:00 2023-11-15T18:30:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Social / Informal Gathering Adopt a Piece of History Graphic
The Premodern Colloquium. Bokuseki as Bodily Relic: Embodying Lineage and Enlightenment through Ink Traces in Medieval Japanese Zen (November 19, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111272 111272-21826597@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 19, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

The Chinese monks who emigrated to Japan in the thirteenth century witnessed many ruptures in their personal, institutional, and spiritual lives. They sought and performed continuity and connection with sources of spiritual authority by marshaling a combination of written and oral texts, material objects, embodied practices, and institutional structures. Among these, the function and significance of their written traces (J. bokuseki 墨蹟) as embodied relics in themselves have yet to be fully assessed. Focusing on the case study of two abbots of Engakuji in Kamakura, Wuxue Zuyuan 無學祖元 (J. Mugaku Sogen, 1226–1286) and Daxiu Zhengnian 大休正念 (J. Daikyū Shōnen, 1215–1289), this study explores how they and their circles employed brushed texts to supplement and even replace the legitimizing and ritual roles of portraits, relics, and master-disciple relationships. Through close analysis of the creation and reception of specific works in their broader cultural and religious contexts, this study considers the ontologies of writer and the written word, pointing to how the medium was used to perform embodied enlightenment while enabling spiritual and personal connections across time and space.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 06 Nov 2023 13:35:25 -0500 2023-11-19T16:00:00-05:00 2023-11-19T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Workshop / Seminar Daxiu Zhengnian calligraphy
Weapons for Minds: Visual Thought in Muhammad Speaks (February 5, 2024 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117037 117037-21838497@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 5, 2024 4:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: History of Art

In the late 1960s, Muhammad Speaks was the most circulated Black newspaper in America. It was often associated with the fiery images and ominous messaging of its front pages. Far more than a sensationalist tabloid, the paper stood out in Black communities for its grassroots investigative journalism and critique of structural racism. It also served as an important source of information for racial justice organizations, like CORE and the NAACP, as well as those surveilling Black communities such as the FBI and the KKK. (Illustration by Eugene Majied, Muhammad Speaks, April 12, 1968, p. 7.)

This event is offered as an in-person event in the Pond Room in the Michigan Union. It will also be available virtually on Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/98413159103, meeting ID number 984 1315 9103, passcode 322598.

Khuram Hussain is Vice President for Equity and Inclusion and Associate Professor of Education Studies at Middlebury College. He holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Foundations of Education from Syracuse University, where he was awarded the All-University Dissertation Prize. In addition to his DEI work, he teaches classes that explore social movements for racial justice in schools and the pedagogy of democratic, multicultural classrooms.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 12 Jan 2024 08:25:43 -0500 2024-02-05T16:00:00-05:00 2024-02-05T17:30:00-05:00 Michigan Union History of Art Lecture / Discussion Illustration by Eugene Majied, Muhammad Speaks, April 12, 1968, p. 7.
Manuscript Studies Interest Group (February 22, 2024 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/116753 116753-21837900@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 22, 2024 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

The Manuscript Studies Interest Group aims to bring together faculty, graduate students, librarians/curators, fellows/visiting scholars, and anyone else at U-M interested in manuscript studies or engaged in research on manuscripts. Manuscript cultures are central to premodern societies. Different manuscript formats and material substrates connect texts, images, languages, reading practices, and ritual performances, which in a university setting are often split across multiple departments and fields. Having this broad framework will enable the interest group to explore collaboration across disciplines and facilitate research among different manuscript traditions through an object-centered approach.

In monthly meetings during the Fall and Winter terms, participants will present on current research interests as well as give more general overviews of particular manuscript cultures for informal discussion and exchange. They will also occasionally discuss key readings which have shaped manuscript studies in specific areas or in broader ways. In addition, the interest group hopes to be able to explore manuscript collections in person together, both in and around Ann Arbor as well as further afield. Inviting an external speaker once a year (potentially funded through the History of Art Department) would be a great way to connect the interest group with scholars beyond U-M.

Organized by Tina Bawden (History of Art) and Trent Walker (Asian Languages & Cultures)

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 09 Jan 2024 11:11:52 -0500 2024-02-22T16:00:00-05:00 2024-02-22T17:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Workshop / Seminar MSG poster
Curatorial Webinar | The She-Demon Killer of Pregnant Women and Infants: Puerperant Amulets at the Crossroads of Culture (March 6, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/118759 118759-21841574@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 6, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

A bronze circular amulet is currently on display in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology’s latest Object Spotlight exploring the “Crossroads of Culture” of the ancient and medieval Middle East, Northeast Africa, and Mediterranean after the fall of Rome. Possibly dating to the 6th century CE, this Christian protective object—perforated at the top and thus meant to be suspended around the neck or on a wall—depicts a saint on horseback spearing a quadruped with a female face and long hair. This hybrid creature most likely depicts the Byzantine she-demon Gello, the attacker of pregnant women and newborns.

Gello, however, has a long history both before and after the 6th century. Her precursors include the Jewish she-demon Lilith, who likewise appears in talismans that were worn by puerperant women, and her most widespread successor in Islamic lands is the she-demon Tabi‘a or Umm Sibyan (“The Mother of Children”), a figure that is often invoked in Islamic apotropaic incantations (*ruqya*), as well as depicted in printed talismans and treatises on demonology. This talk aims to explore and pinpoint the she-demon’s trajectory in the three Abrahamic faiths, along with their associated amuletic cultures during the premodern era.

To register for this event, visit https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9BOcybA-SAqiUCHo-EZx6g.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 15 Feb 2024 11:15:20 -0500 2024-03-06T12:00:00-05:00 2024-03-06T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Livestream / Virtual Page from the Arabic manuscript “Kitāb al-Bulhān” (“Book of Wonders”) showing the she-demon Tabi‘a assisting with childbirth, surrounded by animal-faced figures.
“Camera as a Passport” Photography Exhibit Opening + Curator Panel (March 11, 2024 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/119159 119159-21842282@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 11, 2024 3:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Judaic Studies

Join us to celebrate this exhibit's grand opening on March 11 at 3:30 pm in Weiser Hall Room 547 on the University of Michigan's Central Campus!

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have the means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

"Camera as a Passport" is open for public viewing from 8 am - 5 pm, Monday through Friday. The University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts greatly values inclusion and access for all. We are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations to enable full participation in this event. Please contact js-event-coord@umich.edu to request disability accommodations or with any questions or concerns. Please provide advance notice to ensure sufficient time to meet the requested accommodations.

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Exhibition Tue, 05 Mar 2024 12:20:00 -0500 2024-03-11T15:30:00-04:00 2024-03-11T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Judaic Studies Exhibition Credit: Fred Stein Epicerie Volailles Antwerp 1937
34 David W. Belin Lecture - Toward a Jewish American Art History (March 14, 2024 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/116097 116097-21836160@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2024 5:30pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Judaic Studies

5:30 PM Reception | 6:00 PM Lecture | 7:30 PM Book Signing

The Frankel Center's 34 Annual Davin W. Belin Lecture with Dr. Samantha Baskind (Cleveland State University) traces the opportunities and challenges of working in a young field––Jewish American art––through a handful of case studies, with special emphasis on painter Raphael Soyer and sculptor Moses Jacob Ezekiel. More broadly, the canon of twentieth-century American art boasts a disproportionate number of Jewish artists as compared to the country’s population, a phenomenon only recently addressed. Artists as diverse as Abstract Expressionist Barnett Newman, fashion photographer Richard Avedon, and Photorealist Audrey Flack, among dozens of others, adopted Jewish subject matter. They sometimes did so overtly and at times that Jewishness was encoded, yet those Jewish dimensions have been largely overlooked. Simultaneously an excavation of unfairly neglected artists and an investigation of the understudied religio-cultural dimension of celebrated artists––and even an effort to accord legitimacy to a subfield of art history––Jewish American art is a subject rich in material and long overdue for exploration.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 26 Feb 2024 14:17:37 -0500 2024-03-14T17:30:00-04:00 2024-03-14T20:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Judaic Studies Lecture / Discussion Artist: Raphael Soyer
Mid-Day Morsel | Curatorial Tour (March 15, 2024 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/118770 118770-21841584@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2024 12:30pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Join us for a look at the Kelsey Museum’s latest “Crossroads of Culture” Object Spotlight with curator and professor Christiane Gruber. During this Mid-Day Morsel tour, Dr. Gruber will provide attendees with a general introduction to the objects and themes highlighted in the display. Learn about the ways in which bread has served as both a symbol and sustainer of life across various cultures and religions in the ancient and medieval Mediterranean; consider how the spheres of faith and popular practices overlapped in the use and collection of religious texts and objects, especially manuscripts and amulets; and contemplate the various ways that individuals derived meaning from their personal possessions in centuries past.

This event is free and open to all visitors. If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing this event, please visit our accessibility page at https://myumi.ch/zwPkd or contact the education office by calling (734) 647-4167. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Tours Thu, 15 Feb 2024 11:15:56 -0500 2024-03-15T12:30:00-04:00 2024-03-15T13:00:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Tours A graphic with an illustration of Athena in her helm holding food near her mouth. White text reads “Mid-Day Morsels.”
The Resonant Power of (Con)texts: (March 17, 2024 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/119704 119704-21843430@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 17, 2024 5:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

Through both pathbreaking scholarship and mentorship of generations of students around the world, Nancy K. Florida’s work has reimagined diverse fields ranging from Islamic and gender studies to Javanology and philology. This symposium will give colleagues who have engaged with Florida’s work across a variety of fields and disciplines, including many of her former students, the opportunity to present papers in her honor. Join us as we celebrate Professor Florida and her work!

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 05 Mar 2024 12:01:22 -0500 2024-03-17T17:00:00-04:00 2024-03-17T21:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Asian Languages and Cultures Conference / Symposium Nancy Florida Poster
The Resonant Power of (Con)texts: (March 18, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/119704 119704-21843431@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2024 8:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

Through both pathbreaking scholarship and mentorship of generations of students around the world, Nancy K. Florida’s work has reimagined diverse fields ranging from Islamic and gender studies to Javanology and philology. This symposium will give colleagues who have engaged with Florida’s work across a variety of fields and disciplines, including many of her former students, the opportunity to present papers in her honor. Join us as we celebrate Professor Florida and her work!

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 05 Mar 2024 12:01:22 -0500 2024-03-18T08:00:00-04:00 2024-03-18T18:30:00-04:00 Michigan League Asian Languages and Cultures Conference / Symposium Nancy Florida Poster
"Too Jewish or not Jewish Enough" Book Launch (March 19, 2024 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117625 117625-21839716@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Judaic Studies

Join Larry Silver (University of Pennsylvania) and Deirdre Hennebury (Michigan Museum Studies) as they discuss Too Jewish or Not Jewish Enough: Ritual Objects and Avant-Garde Art at the Jewish Museum of New York with author Jeffrey Abt (Frankel Institute). An exploration of the museum’s origins and early history, this book focuses on the period when it evolved from displaying Jewish ritual objects, to Jewish art, to avant-garde art devoid of Jewish content, created by non-Jews. Established within a rabbinic seminary, the museum’s story reflects changes in Jewish society over the twentieth century as it struggled to balance competing values of religion and secularism, particularism and universalism, and ethnic pride and assimilation.

Jeffrey Abt is a Professor Emeritus at Wayne State University. He earned BFA and MFA degrees in painting at Drake University, working primarily with Jules Kirschenbaum; and he subsequently studied at the Jerusalem campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Prior to Wayne State, he worked at the Wichita Art Museum; the Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago; and Chicago’s Smart Museum of Art. An artist and writer, he has exhibited widely in the United States and abroad; and his artwork is in several museum and corporate collections. His books include American Egyptologist: The Life of James Henry Breasted and the Creation of His Oriental Institute (University of Chicago Press), Valuing Detroit's Art Museum: A History of Fiscal Abandonment and Rescue (Palgrave Macmillan), and Too Jewish or Not Jewish Enough: Ritual Objects and Avant-Garde Art at the Jewish Museum of New York (Berghahn).

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 22 Feb 2024 14:27:47 -0500 2024-03-19T16:00:00-04:00 2024-03-19T17:00:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Judaic Studies Lecture / Discussion Too Jewish or Not Jewish Enough: Ritual Objects and Avant-Garde Art at the Jewish Museum of New York
Manuscript Studies Interest Group (March 21, 2024 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/116754 116754-21837902@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2024 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

The Manuscript Studies Interest Group aims to bring together faculty, graduate students, librarians/curators, fellows/visiting scholars, and anyone else at U-M interested in manuscript studies or engaged in research on manuscripts. Manuscript cultures are central to premodern societies. Different manuscript formats and material substrates connect texts, images, languages, reading practices, and ritual performances, which in a university setting are often split across multiple departments and fields. Having this broad framework will enable the interest group to explore collaboration across disciplines and facilitate research among different manuscript traditions through an object-centered approach.

In monthly meetings during the Fall and Winter terms, participants will present on current research interests as well as give more general overviews of particular manuscript cultures for informal discussion and exchange. They will also occasionally discuss key readings which have shaped manuscript studies in specific areas or in broader ways. In addition, the interest group hopes to be able to explore manuscript collections in person together, both in and around Ann Arbor as well as further afield. Inviting an external speaker once a year (potentially funded through the History of Art Department) would be a great way to connect the interest group with scholars beyond U-M.

Organized by Tina Bawden (History of Art) and Trent Walker (Asian Languages & Cultures)

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 09 Jan 2024 11:18:10 -0500 2024-03-21T16:00:00-04:00 2024-03-21T17:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Workshop / Seminar MSG poster
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Retelling the Story of Dunhuang Buddhist Art: A Spatial Approach (March 26, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117590 117590-21839557@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Attend in person or via Zoom. Zoom registration at https://myumi.ch/bykee

This lecture retells the story of Dunhuang art through the perspective of space. Although there are countless overviews of the art of Dunhuang, the framework is generally temporal. Guided by the dynasties of China’s past, these overviews present a linear history of the Mogao Caves, supplanting the actual place with an abstract temporal sequence. This lecture presents an alternative narrative based on visitors’ experience and discusses some representative caves to demonstrate a new methodology in studying Dunhuang art Mogao.

Wu Hung holds the Harrie A. Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professorship at the Department of Art History and the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago, and is also the director of the Center for the Art of East Asia at the same university. An elected member of the American Academy of Art and Science and the American Philosophic Society, he has received many awards for his publications and academic services, including the Distinguished Teaching Award (2008) and Distinguished Scholar Award (2018) from the College of Art Association (CAA), an Honorary Degree in Arts from Harvard University (2019), and the Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award for Writing on Art from CAA (2022). Wu Hung’s research interests include both traditional and contemporary Chinese art, and he has published many books and curated many exhibitions in these two fields. His interdisciplinary interest has led him to experiment with different ways to tell stories about Chinese art, as exemplified by his "Monumentality in Early Chinese Art and Architecture" (1995), "The Double Screen: Medium and Representation of Chinese Pictorial Art" (1996), "Remaking Beijing: Tiananmen Square: the Creation of a Political Space" (2005), "The Art of the Yellow Springs: Understanding Chinese Tombs" (2010), "A Story of Ruins: Presence and Absence in Chinese Art and Visual Culture" (2012), "Zooming In: Histories of Photography in China" (2016), and "Space in Art History" (2018). His three newest books from 2022 and 2023 include "Chinese and Dynastic Time" (Princeton University Press), "Spatial Dunhuang: Experiencing the Mogao Caves" (Washington University Press), and "The Full Length Mirror: A Global Visual History" (Reaktion Books).

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 20 Jan 2024 13:29:35 -0500 2024-03-26T12:00:00-04:00 2024-03-26T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Wu Hung, Harrie A. Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professorship in Chinese Art History, University of Chicago