News & Publications

Alumni kudos!

Kudos to…  After a period of time at Penn State College of Liberal Arts as an Assistant Professor of French and African Studies, Abigail Celis (MSP11) moved to Canada to accept a position as Assistant Professor in decolonial Art History and Museum Studies at...

Jan 24 at noon – Museums and their Communities: Curatorial Practices in Germany and the US

Museums and their Communities: Curatorial Practices in Germany and the US Panelists: Angela Jannelli, Historical Museum of Frankfurt Adam Levine, Toledo Museum of Art Samir Meghelli, Smithsonian Institution, Anacostia Community Museum How do museums engage with local communities? This panel offers first-hand experience with different models of...

Alumni kudos!

Kudos to… Caitlin Clerkin (MSP14) had an article published in the American Journal of Archaeology.  Co-authored with former MSP Associate Director, Brad Taylor, “Online Encounters with Museum Antiquities” explores museums’ online initiatives for ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern collections.

Alumni kudos!

Kudos to… Anna Topolska (MSP11) who has published two recent essays: “Reflections on the Visual Truth and War Photography – A Historian’s Perspective” [Alex Grech (ed.), Media, Technology and Education in a Post-Truth Society. From Fake News, Datafication and Mass Surveillance to the Death of...

Alumni kudos!

Kudos to…  KT Lowe (MSP11) was a contestant on Jeopardy this past spring.  Alas, there were no museum-related questions on the show.  When she is not competing on game shows, KT is the assistant librarian for instruction at Indiana University East, where in Spring...

Holiday greetings and annual update

Dear MSP colleagues, students, and friends, As the year comes to a close and we prepare for yet another holiday season in the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic, I am writing to you to share my continued excitement about Museum Studies at Michigan and...