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Winter 2020 elective courses

Attached is the list of courses to be offered in Winter 2020 that are approved for museum studies elective credit.  There are likely other classes that could be used to fulfill the elective requirement as well.  If there is a course not on the...

Alumni kudos!

Kudos to… Marisa Szpytman (MSP12) was promoted to Associate Registrar at the Detroit Institute of Arts.  She is also the Development Chair for the Midwest Registrar Committee.

“U-M History in the Public Service: A Vision for the Humanities PhD in the 21st Century” conference Nov 21 & 22

Featuring PhD alumni who currently operate in non-academic contexts—media and museums, journalism and publishing, government jobs and policy centers, foundations and non-profits—and those who work on public-facing projects in academic settings, “U-M History in the Public Service: A Vision for the Humanities PhD in...

Nov 14 – film screening and panel discussion

You are invited to join fellow Museum Studies Program student, Felix Zamora-Gomez (MSP16) who will be moderating a presentation of Almudena Carracedo’s film, The Silence of Others.  The film reveals the epic struggle of victims of Spain’s 40-year dictatorship under General Franco as they...

Student kudos!

Kudos to… Lucy Smith (MSP18) who is a recent recipient of the Jack and Jeannie Thompson Humanities Internship.  The internship allowed Lucy to further develop skills outside the traditional academic arena through working at the MATRIX Digital Humanities Lab at Michigan State University.  Here...