June 3 at 12:00 pm – Flash Talk:  In Search of Hamzeh Carr In 1925, the University of Michigan’s archaeological expedition to Egypt commissioned artist Hamzeh Carr to make facsimiles of the colorful murals they were discovering, and these images have been widely reproduced...

Kudos to… Kate Donovan (MSP09) has been appointed Director of the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley and Associate University Librarian for Special Collections. 

Kudos to….  Kerstin Barndt (MSP Director) and David Michener (MSP Steering Committee), and Tony Kolenic (MSP Steering Committee) for being part of a project team that was recently awarded funding from the LSA Research Initiative.  The grants are part of the Meet the Moment...

Kudos to…  Chad Machinski (MSP21) was featured in the summer 2022 edition of LSA Magazine where, as a caretaker at Nichols Arboretum, Chad shares his thoughts about conservation.  Chad was also one of 8 students in Michigan sponsored by the Michigan Botanical Foundation to...

Kudos to…  Christina DiFabio (MSP16) who graduated with her PhD this past April and will begin as a Graduate Intern in Public Programs at the Getty Villa in September.  Christina has also accepted a Postdoctoral Fellowship with the Loeb Classical Library Foundation for 2023-2024.

The Eisenberg Institute for the Historical Studies (EIHS) workshop, “Beyond the Written Record: Exploring Past Sounds, Tastes, Smells, Vistas, and Touches” (December 2, 2022), invites Rackham students to reflect on the possibilities and limitations of multisensorial histories. An inconspicuous hole in a permanent exhibition panel of...