News & Publications

Oct 22 event: “The Unvarnished Truth”: Reframing the National Narrative at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

“The Unvarnished Truth”: Reframing the National Narrative at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture William S. Pretzer, Senior Curator of History, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture This presentation will explore the American story through the lens...

student kudos – museum studies minor

Kudos to…   Hannah Thoms, an undergraduate student in Anthropology, History, and Museum Studies, received the Terrence McDonald Award.  Terrence McDonald was the former Dean of LSA and is the current Director of the Bentley Historical Library.  The award was established by Honors alumnus, John...

Sept 20 – “Take Your Pick” exhibition selection – UM Museum of Art

UMMA invites Museum Studies Program students to an exclusive meet and greet with collector Peter Cohen, whose photographs are the subject of UMMA’s upcoming interactive exhibition Take Your Pick.  Take Your Pick invites you—the Museum’s visitors—to select photographs for our permanent collection.   What belongs in a permanent...

FAST Lecture Sept 12 – IPCAA in the Field

September’s FAST Lecture is entitled “IPCAA in the Field,” where three current IPCAA PhD students and candidates give short presentations on their own research from the past summer. This research is either separate or in conjunction with their summer excavation fieldwork and representative of...

student kudos!

Kudos to…  Anna Minnebo, Anthropology major and museum studies minor student.  Anna was the recipient of this year’s Museum Studies Minor Award given by the Department of the History of Art.  Anna has worked in two campus museums, the Natural History Museum and the...

Alumni kudos!

Kudos to…  John Low (MSP05), Associate Professor in the Department of Comparative Studies at Ohio State University at Newark, has just accepted an offer to serve as Director of the Newark Earthworks Center (NEC).  The NEC is an interdisciplinary academic center of The Ohio...