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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Latest Past Events
EIHS Symposium: Museum Stories: The Ethics of Collecting
Tisch Hall 435 State Street, Ann ArborWhat constitutes rightful ownership of cultural objects? The unprecedented looting of modern wars as well as various protest movements have spawned international regulations, declarations, and efforts that offer guidance in this regard. The extant framework, however, falls short of exhausting the ethical problems raised...
Beyond Borders: Global Africa
More than ever in the era of globalization, ideas traverse geographic, generational, and cultural boundaries, even as national borders seem to be closing. Beyond Borders: Global Africa reflects on this moment by considering how Africa and its artists have been at the center of complex histories...
Curator Talk – Excavating Archaeology at UM: 1817 – 2017
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology 434 South State Street, Ann ArborJoin the curators of "Excavating Archaeology @ UM: 1817-2017," Terry Wilfong and Carla Sinopoli, for a public tour of the exhibition at the University of Michigan's Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. This exhibition explores the history of archaeology and museums at the University of Michigan...
