Public programs facilitate dialogue between academics and professionals, informing scholarship and strengthening practice.
Multiple day conferences, year-long colloquia, individual lectures, “conversations” between individuals, hands-on workshops, and Museums at Noon talks featuring our graduate students all contribute to the remarkable richness of MSP offerings.
Video recordings of some MSP lectures are archived for viewing in our Media Gallery.
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2025 Charles F. Fraker Conference – “Capitalism and Desire”
October 17, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
The biannual Charles F. Fraker Conference is organized by doctoral students in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor in honor of Professor Emeritus of Spanish Charles F. Fraker. Originally a venue for graduate students of Hispanic Studies to meet and discuss the subjects of their research, the conference has grown to include the work of students of many other fields and disciplines. In previous years, the Charles F. Fraker Conference has featured as its keynote speakers intellectuals such as Jacques Lezra, Alberto Moreiras, Jacques Rancière, Bill Brown, Michael Taussig, WJT Mitchell, and Robert T. Tally Jr.
In 2025, the conference will welcome Professor Anna Kornbluh (University of Illinois, Chicago) who will deliver the keynote lecture and workshop. The event will take place on October 17-18 at the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor.
Our 2025 edition of the conference is generously co-sponsored by the following departments and units at the University of Michigan:
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
Museum Studies Program
Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies
Department of Comparative Literature
Institute for the Humanities
Additional information can be found here.
