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.
Museums at Noon
Global Interns: museum practice in Israel & Uganda
Haven Hall, Eldersveld Room 505 S. State Street, Ann ArborGlobal Interns: museum practice in Israel & Uganda September 29 from 12:00 - 1:00 pm Eldersveld Room, 5670 Haven Hall Alexandra Norwood, PhD candidate, Anthropology The Apes of Uganda: An Exhibit and Outreach Program at the Uganda Museum Uganda is often called the...
Competing Interests: Examining Identity Politics in the Display of Ancient Egypt
Haven Hall, Eldersveld Room 505 S. State Street, Ann ArborCompeting Interests: Examining Identity Politics in the Display of Ancient Egypt Heidi Hilliker, PhD student in Middle Eastern Studies November 30 from 12:00 - 1:00 pm Eldersveld Room, 5670 Haven Hall In recent years, there has been a movement to decolonize Western museums, calling...
Hopi R2-D2 and the Return of the Force: Star Wars and indigenous art
Haven Hall, Eldersveld Room 505 S. State Street, Ann ArborHopi R2-D2 and the Return of the Force: Star Wars & indigenous art Speakers: Duane Koyawena (Artist, Curator) & Samantha Honanie (Visitor Experience Manager, Museum of Northern Arizona) Friday, February 16 at 12:00 pm Eldersveld Room, 5670 Haven Hall Join the Museum Studies Program...
Exhibit tour at UMMA – “A Gathering”
Join MSP for a guided tour of “A Gathering,” currently on display at UMMA. The works on view in this exhibition, all brought into the Museum between 2019 and the present, shows how institutions like UMMA are becoming more permeable to societal challenges, and more...
We Need to HEAR Them Out: Addressing the Issue of Nazi Expropriated Art Through the Lens of Recent Policies and Practices
Online via ZoomWe Need to HEAR Them Out: Addressing the Issue of Nazi Expropriated Art Through the Lens of Recent Policies and Practices Emily Finch (MSP18) April 12 from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm While the Washington Principles, which turned twenty-five in 2023, are admired for...
This is Rome, Too: Decolonial Practices in the Eternal City
Haven Hall, Eldersveld Room 505 S. State Street, Ann ArborThis is Rome, Too: Decolonial Practices in the Eternal City Gala Patenkovic, PhD Candidate, Romance Languages and Literatures September 27 from 12:00 - 1:00 pm Eldersveld Room, 5670 Haven Hall How can we reimagine the future of museums? How do we make museums decolonial?...
A Museum Fit for a President
Tisch Hall 435 State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesA Museum Fit for a President Albert Cavallaro, PhD Candidate, History October 25 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm 1014 Tisch Hall This talk reflects on the State Museum of the History of Uzbekistan’s response to a planned presidential visit by Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the current...
Traces of Memory at the Galicia Jewish Museum
Hatcher Gallery Lab 913 S. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MITraces of Memory at the Galicia Jewish Museum Ekaterina Olson Shipyatsky (MSP 22; PhD Candidate, Political Science; Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Dissertation Fellow 2024-25) November 1 from 12:00 - 1:00 pm Hatcher Gallery Lab, Room 100H Before the Holocaust, Poland was home to...
