Where Objects are Placed: reflections on Aa-ashaachi as a guardian of sovereignty and Holisso as a threshold to community Veronica Williamson (MSP20; PhD candidate, Germanic Language & Literature) September 12 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm Hatcher Gallery Lab, Room 100H When the Chickasaw Cultural...
Kudos to… Lisa Cakmak (MSP03) and Katharine Raff (MSP05) who co-curated the Art Institute of Chicago’s recent major exhibition, Myth & Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection. This exhibition marked the North American debut of 58 ancient Roman sculptures from the largest...
Kudos to MSP Director, Dr. Ricky Punzalan, who in late August 2025 will be receiving a Society of American Archivists Council Exemplary Service Award for his work with the University of Michigan’s “ReConnect/ReCollect: Reparative Connections to Philippine Collections at the University of Michigan” Project. ...
Kudos to… Estrella Salgado (MSP21) who has been offered a prestigious 2025-26 J. Paul Getty Trust Internship. As a graduate intern in the President’s Office, Estrella will be working on strategic initiatives across the institution and, especially, with the VX Initiative and the Getty...
The 2025 General Conference of WORKLAB – International Association of Labor Museums – will take place in Hamburg, hosted by the Museum der Arbeit from November 5-7. This year’s theme is: Workers’ Culture In an era of growing social and economic inequality, the...
Predictably, the first quarter of the 21st century has seen museums significantly transformed by media technology and networked society, yet often this has been viewed as institutions reacting to, rather than leading change. Institutions are now deeply enmeshed in complex technological systems, platforms, and...
