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SUMMARY:Do We Need to Decolonize Holocaust Museums?
DESCRIPTION:Presentation by Erica Lehrer\, PhD\, MSP04; Professor of History at Concordia University (Montreal\, Canada); Winter 2026 Institute Fellow\, UM Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies \nHatcher Library Gallery Lab\, Room 100H \nA central issue animating and transforming the museum sector today is the call to decolonize. This appeal began with Indigenous activists\, whose communities have been overwhelmingly hurt by the museum sector’s history and status quo. Museums of mass violence – Holocaust museums\, paradigmatic among them – have been largely exempt from decolonial critiques. As products of 20th and 21st-century social justice mandates and often created at the behest of survivor communities\, they seem at first glance not to be obvious targets for such scrutiny. Yet\, Holocaust museums are not free from entanglements with state power nor from inherited traditions and infrastructures of museum practice with their attendant biases\, exclusions\, and silences. This talk explores the potential value of decolonial museum theories and practices for Holocaust museums to renew and expand their social justice mandates. \n  \n \nEvent flyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/do-we-need-to-decolonize-holocaust-museums/
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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SUMMARY:MSP25 Capstone Presentations
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 15 from 4:00 – 8:00 pm \nEldersveld Room\, 5670 Haven Hall \nPresentations for the evening are as follows: \n4:00 pm – “A Conservation and Collections Management Plan for the Howell Opera House” \nPresented by Lisandri Kola\, Ali Mohsin\, Dana Salama \nHost institution: Howell Opera House (Livingston Arts Council) \n  \n5:00 pm – “Recovering McDougall-Hunt: Memories\, Oral Histories\, and Community-Building in Bailey Park\, Detroit” \nPresented by Jamal Dillman-Hasso\, Ashton Rodgers\, Vivian Vega \nHost institution: Bailey Park Neighborhood Development Corporation (with UM’s Ginsberg Center) \n  \n6:00 pm – “Exhibiting 150 Years of Doctoral Research at Michigan” \nPresented by Deborah Pomeranz\, Naomi Yu \nHost institution: UM’s Rackham Graduate School \n  \n7:00 pm – “Putting the Freer House Back on the Map: Recentering Michigan in Charles Lang Freer’s Global Network” \nPresented by Ying Cui\, Madeline Hennessey\, Volkan Topal \nHost institution: Charles Lang Freer House (Wayne State University) \n  \nThese Capstone Projects are sponsored by the Bailey Park Neighborhood Development Corporation (with UM’s Ginsberg Center)\, the Charles Lang Freer House (Wayne State University)\, the Howell Opera House (Livingston Arts Council)\, and UM’s Rackham Graduate School.  \nThank you for your support of the UM Museum Studies Program. \n  \nMSP25 Capstone Flyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/msp25-capstone-presentations-2/
LOCATION:Haven Hall\, Eldersveld Room\, 505 S. State Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109
CATEGORIES:Student Presentation
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SUMMARY:America at 250: a Conversation with Lonnie G. Bunch III\, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
DESCRIPTION:America at 250: History\, Memory\, and Truth \nA Conversation with Lonnie G. Bunch III\, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution\nTuesday\, March 31\, 6pm (doors open at 5:15pm)\nRackham Auditorium\, 915 E. Washington St.\nFree & open to the public \nMuseums are the classrooms of our country. They play a crucial role in helping us understand the nation’s complex past. Join us for a dynamic conversation with Lonnie G. Bunch III\, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution\, and Lynette Clemetson\, director of Wallace House Center for Journalists\, as they reflect on the significance of the 250th anniversary of the United States. At a moment in which discussions about our shared past and collective future feel especially urgent\, this event offers an opportunity to learn from a leader who has devoted his career to informing and inspiring Americans to strive for the public good. \nQ&A will follow and copies of Secretary Bunch’s book “A Fool’s Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush\, Obama\, and Trump” will be available for purchase. \nLonnie G. Bunch III is the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian. He assumed his position June 16\, 2019. As Secretary\, he oversees 21 museums\, 21 libraries\, the National Zoo\, numerous research centers\, and several education units and centers. Two new museums—the National Museum of the American Latino and the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum—are in development. Bunch was the founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. Bunch chronicled the creation of the museum in his book A Fool’s Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush\, Obama\, and Trump and is the first historian to be Secretary of the Institution. Since 2024\, Bunch has been Honorary Professor of Practice at Queen’s University Belfast. A member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences\, Bunch received France’s highest award\, The Legion of Honor\, in 2021. \nLynette Clemetson is Director of Wallace House Center for Journalists\, home of the Knight-Wallace Fellowships for Journalists and the Livingston Awards for Young Journalists at the University of Michigan. She came to the university from NPR where she was Senior Director of Strategy and Content Initiatives. Her career in journalism spans newspapers\, magazines and audio across a range of platforms. As a reporter\, she was a Washington-based correspondent for The New York Times and Newsweek. Prior to her domestic correspondent work\, she was an international correspondent for Newsweek based in Hong Kong\, where she covered the former British colony’s return to Chinese rule in 1997. She moved into digital strategy and leadership in 2008 as the founding managing editor of TheRoot.com\, launched for The Washington Post Company with Henry Louis Gates Jr. She is also the former Director of Content Strategy at Pew Center on the States. \nThis 2026 Marc and Constance Jacobson Lecture is presented by the Institute for the Humanities in partnership with Wallace House Center for Journalists. Additional support provided by the Initiative for Democracy & Civic Empowerment\, Life-Changing Education\, Museum Studies Program\, U-M Library\, and the U-M Museum of Art.
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/america-at-250-a-conversation-with-lonnie-g-bunch-iii-secretary-of-the-smithsonian-institution/
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School\, 915 E. Washington Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Museums@Noon presentation by History of Art students
DESCRIPTION:Traversing Mountains and Waters: Visits to the Centennial Exhibition at the National Palace Museum of Taipei \nSpeakers: History of Art PhD students – Qi Zheng\, Meichen Liu\, Yueling Li\, Star Song \nMarch 23 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm \nTappan Room 180 and online via Zoom. \nAt the conclusion of 2025\, the National Palace Museum of Taipei celebrated its centennial with displays highlighting a hundred years of collection\, preservation\, exhibition\, and education. This landmark exhibition series\, “Enduring Legacy\,” is recognized globally as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to view more than a hundred masterpieces: exceptional treasures and artworks housed in this prestigious museum’s collection. Many of the objects have never been on public display\, and others have appeared only rarely due to conservation restrictions. \nIn this presentation\, four graduate students from the Department of History of Art will share their experiences visiting the museum. Addressing the artworks and the exhibits\, the presenters will discuss their impressions and the potential trajectories of another century of museology.
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/art-historians-presentation-of-visit-to-their-visits-to-the-100th-anniversary-grand-exhibition-of-the-national-palace-museums-in-taipei-and-the-palace-museum-in-beijing/
LOCATION:Tappan Hall\, 913 S. University\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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SUMMARY:Tour of  “Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World” exhibit
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, March 9 at 12:00 pm \nHatcher Library North\, First Floor\, Room 100J \nJoin Abigail Staub (MSP22 and PhD Candidate\, Interdepartmental Program in Mediterranean Art & Archaeology) for a tour of an exhibit she curated in the Hatcher Gallery “Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World.” \nA half hour tour will be led by Abigail Staub (MSP22\, PhD Candidate in Interdepartmental Program in Mediterranean Art & Archaeology).  The exhibit is a collaboration and displays items from several University of Michigan units: the library’s Special Collections Research Center and Papyrology Collection\, the Museum of Natural History\, and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.  Artifacts include a diverse array of items which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen\, supernatural forces for aid and protection. While the objects on display are disparate at first glance\, ranging from lead tablets and amulets to papyrus and parchment leaves\, they all share a common thread: they have long been labeled as “magical” in traditional Western scholarship.  However\, each of these artifacts is better understood on a broad spectrum of ancient ritual\, from subversive and transgressive acts to highly social and visible ones. The exhibit highlights the objects’ oft-overlooked material dimensions\, asking us to consider how qualities like color\, texture\, and weight shaped an object’s perceived efficacy and meaning. \nThe tour is limited to 10 attendees\, so please sign up as soon as possible!
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/tour-of-materia-magica-materiality-and-ritual-in-the-greco-roman-world/
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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SUMMARY:Museums@Noon - Internship experiences at Museum of Natural History of Bern\, Switzerland and the Museum of West African Art
DESCRIPTION:Internship experiences at Museum of Natural History of Bern\, Switzerland and the Museum of West African Art\nFebruary 23 from 12:00 – 1:00\nOnline via Zoom.\n\n  \nPatricia Torres-Pineda – MSP24; PhD student\, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology\nFrom the Field to the Museum: Experiences at the Museum of Natural History of Bern\nMore than 60 million natural history specimens are housed in Swiss museums\, universities\, botanical gardens\, and other heritage institutions. Nationwide investment in storage\, databasing\, and policy development actively advances museomics\, digitization\, anti-racism initiatives\, and provenance research. As a result\, these collections are increasingly recognized as dynamic archives for phylogenetic and global change research\, rather than as static displays. Join me to reflect on my experiences in one of the most important natural history museums and collections of Switzerland. \n  \nTimilehin Ayelagbe – MS24; PhD student\, Anthropology\nArt\, Labor\, and Landscape at MOWAA: Centering Production\, Environmental Knowledge\, & Community in Museum Interpretation \nThis presentation reflects on my internship at the Museum of West African Art Edo (MOWAA)\, where I contributed to research\, interpretation\, and the curation of an exhibition. Drawing on both my MOWAA experience and my UM Museum Studies training\, I discuss exhibition-making by centering production processes\, environmental knowledge\, and community context rather than focusing only on finished objects. The talk highlights how archaeological and ecological perspectives shaped my curatorial decisions and how this experience deepened my understanding of emerging museum practice in West Africa. \n  \n \n  \nMuseums@Noon flyer \n 
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/museumsnoon-internship-experiences-at-the-museum-of-west-african-art-and-the-museum-of-natural-history-of-bern-switzerland/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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SUMMARY:Museo Moderno: A Values-driven Model that Positions Art and Artists as Central to Human\, Economic and Democratic Development
DESCRIPTION:Presentation by Victoria Noorthoorn\, Director\, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires and the Museum Studies Program’s 2026 Visiting Scholar \nUM Museum of Art – Helmut Stern Auditorium \nHow does art lead the way in creating our possible futures? How do the human imagination and the agency and actions of art free the potential for wonder\, for hope\, optimism and joy\, to confront times of agony\, trauma and fear? In what ways do artists of all disciplines from around the world dare still to dream of different\, alternative futures for humanity\, to envision previously unimagined paths forward? How does art furnish humanity with the means to mourn\, mitigate\, overcome and bring solace and healing to the world’s deep antagonisms and conflicts? \nIn this lecture\, Museo Moderno´s Director Victoria Noorthoorn will describe the values-driven transformation of this vibrant museum of modern and contemporary art in Buenos Aires throughout her leadership over the past 12 years. Noorthoorn has persistently worked towards creating a new model for a public museum in Argentina – and in doing so\, she has created a new museum model – that positions art and artists as drivers of educational\, social\, economic and civic development. \nCo-sponsored by the UM Museum of Art\, Arts Initiative\, and History of Art \n \nVictoria Noorthoorn is the Director of the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires since 2013. She holds a Licentiate in Art History from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA\, 1996) and an MA in Curatorial Studies from the Center for Curatorial Studies\, Bard College\, New York (1998). She has acted as Projects Coordinator for the International Program at MoMA\, New York; Assistant Curator of Contemporary Exhibitions at The Drawing Center\, New York; and Curator at Malba in Buenos Aires. Between 2004 and 2013\, she worked independently and curated the 29th Bienal de Arte de Pontevedra\, in Pontevedra\, Spain (2006); the 41 Salón Nacional de Artistas\, in Cali\, Colombia (2008); the 7a Bienal do Mercosul\, in Porto Alegre\, Brazil (2009); the 11ème Biennale de Lyon: A Terrible Beauty Is Born\, in Lyon\, France (2011); and The Circle Walked Casually\, Deutsche Bank KunstHalle\, in Berlin\, Germany (2013)\, among many other exhibitions. In 2012\, she was honoured with the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. In 2014\, she was selected to attend the Global Museum Leaders Colloquium organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art\, New York. During her tenure leading the Moderno\, the museum has undergone a deep process of development that has involved doubling its exhibition spaces\, presenting +120 exhibitions\, publishing +70 bilingual publications\, escalating its various education programs to involve +20.000 teachers a year and achieving recognition for its mental health and accessibility programs. At the Moderno\, Noorthoorn has curated exhibitions of León Ferrari\, Marta Minujín\, Marina De Caro\, Ana Gallardo\, Tracey Rose\, Zanele Muholi\, Bernardo Ortiz\, Delcy Morelos\, and Sergio De Loof\, among many others\, and group exhibitions such as A Tale of Two Worlds (2017-2018) presented first at the MMK in Frankfurt and later at Museo Moderno. During the last few years\, the Moderno has presented the yearly programs One Day on Earth (2022-2023)\, Art Is Education (2024) and Art Is Theater (2025)\, each of which has articulated a narrative of +10 exhibitions. During 2020-2025\, Noorthoorn was an active Board member of CIMAM (International Committee of Museums and Collections of Modern Art)\, and in this capacity Museo Moderno hosted the 55th CIMAM Annual Conference (2023) which focused on the educational and social dimensions of museums of modern and contemporary art and was attended by +240 museum professionals from +80 countries. Today\, Museo Moderno prepares for its 70th Anniversary Program Our Home\, The Future to be launched on April 26\, 2026.
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/museo-moderno-a-values-driven-model-that-positions-art-and-artists-as-central-to-human-economic-and-democratic-development/
LOCATION:University of Michigan Museum of Art
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Virtual Open House for prospective students
DESCRIPTION:The Museum Studies Program invites students enrolled in any graduate program at the University of Michigan to apply for the Fall 2026 cohort. This multidisciplinary graduate certificate program draws on ideas from the arts\, humanities\, natural and social sciences\, and technology and provides countless opportunities to apply theories in a vast array of museums and cultural institutions on campus\, in the region\, nationally and around the world. \nThe MSP curriculum examines the role of museums in society as sites of memory\, learning\, research\, cultural production\, public scholarship\, civic engagement\, and entertainment. The 12-credit certificate program consists of the Museum Studies Seminar (Fall and Winter terms\, 6 credits)\, approved electives (6 credits)\, and a funded internship. It prepares students for academic and professional careers in museums\, heritage sites\, arboretums\, botanical gardens\, zoos and other living collections\, and universities. \nApplication Deadline: February 27\, 2026 \nApplication information can be found here. \nLearn more at our upcoming virtual open house! \nZoom meeting ID 986 4283 3159
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/virtual-open-house-for-prospective-students-3/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260127T180000
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SUMMARY:Museums in Time of Polycrisis: The Promise of Cultural Institutions
DESCRIPTION:Presentation by Dr. Porchia Moore \nJanuary 27 at 5:00 pm \nEldersveld Room\, 5670 Haven Hall (505 S. State Street\, Ann Arbor) \nAs a global polycrisis continues to impact modern day life\, perhaps no other institution is experiencing the impact of rapid change more than the American museum. In this talk\, Dr. Moore will identify and name the challenges to museums and the impact on visitors\, communities\, and museum professionals. What is the value of the museum in the 21st century? How can those who love museums fight back to preserve the positive benefits of museums as these institutions work hard to preserve memory\, archive human activity\, and work to tell inclusive\, truthful\, and powerful stories? Dr. Moore will outline the promise of cultural institutions and discuss how we need museums now more than ever to help us make meaning of our lives\, create places of respite and refuge\, and foster welcoming for all communities; especially those with histories of oppression and marginalization. \nDr. Porchia Moore is the Associate Director of the Center for Arts\, Migration\, and Entrepreneurship and Associate Professor and Director of Museum Studies at the University of Florida. She is the Co-Director of the international collaboratory\, The Incluseum\, and the co-founder of the Visitors of Color Project. Her scholarship examines the relationship between digital technologies\, race\, identity\, and communities. \n  \nDr. Porchia Moore’s visit to Ann Arbor has been coordinated by the Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum in collaboration with the Museum Studies Program and the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan.
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/museums-in-time-of-polycrisis-the-promise-of-cultural-institutions/
LOCATION:Haven Hall\, Eldersveld Room\, 505 S. State Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Museums@Noon presentation by Gala Patenkovic
DESCRIPTION:Exhibiting fun: Comics museums in France  \nGala Patenkovic (MSP 21; PhD candidate\, Romance Languages & Literatures) \nNovember 21 from 12:00 – 1:00 \nHatcher Gallery Lab\, Room 100H or online via Zoom \nComics\, in France\, are serious business. 1 in 4 books sold today is in the form of a comic book\, and ever since 1974\, the country has hosted one of the world’s largest international comics festivals. Having long recognized the medium as the “9th art”\, France prides itself in being one of the rare countries that has championed the potential of the medium early on\, and it’s not an overstatement to say that some of its comics authors and artists are considered national heroes. \nIn this presentation\, I will share the findings from my time spent in France researching an important cultural recognition of the medium: its museification. This talk will highlight my experience in comics museums in Angoulême and Blois. By paying close attention to the exhibition choices of these institutions\, I will question our understanding of what a museum space “should” be\, what it is\, and what potential it holds for the future. \nFlyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/museumsnoon-presentation-by-gala-patenkovic/
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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SUMMARY:The GEM of Giza: The Grand Egyptian Museum Gala Livestream
DESCRIPTION:On November 1\, 2025\, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) will hold a gala opening attended by queens\, kings\, and presidents from around the world. The long-awaited GEM will showcase the splendors of Egypt’s deep history\, including the complete collection from the tomb of King Tutankhamun\, in a $1 billion state-of-the-art facility. If you can’t be there in person\, please join us for an exclusive livestream of the festivities\, including tours of the museum’s as-yet unseen galleries. Be among the first people in the world to experience the splendors of the GEM at the region’s only official livestream event. \nThis free\, public event takes place in Auditorium C of Angell Hall (435 S. State Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109). Space is limited\, so please register here to reserve your seat: https://myumi.ch/y1j5y. \nThe GEM livestream is sponsored by the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology\, the Department of Middle East Studies\, the U-M Museum of Anthropological Archaeology\, the Museum Studies Program\, and the North African Students Association. \nComplete details can be found here. \nFlyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/the-gem-of-giza-the-grand-egyptian-museum-gala-livestream/
LOCATION:Angell Hall\, 435 S. State Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251025T091500
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SUMMARY:Balikan: Shared Stewardship and Ethical Returns for Philippine Collections
DESCRIPTION:On October 24-25\, 2025\, join the Inclusive History Project for Balikan: Shared Stewardship and Ethical Returns for Philippine Collections\, a two-day symposium at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. This symposium brings together scholars\, archivists\, cultural heritage workers\, and community activists from across the globe who are collaborating and advocating to better represent and activate Philippine collections in libraries\, archives\, and museums. \nThe central question that will be explored throughout the two-day symposium is: What are the current and future directions of shared stewardship of Philippine colonial collections? The symposium will be a space to share resources and insights\, further explore and develop best practices for caring for Philippine collections across institutions\, and continue building networks amongst those pursuing reparative work related to Philippine collections. Speakers will discuss their efforts to rethink and intervene in institutional practices and bring Philippine collections closer to communities by pursuing outright repatriation\, knowledge sharing using digital tools\, and/or shared stewardship arrangements. \nThe Balikan: Shared Stewardship and Ethical Returns for Philippine Collections symposium is part of ReConnect/ReCollect: Reparative Connections to Philippine Collections at the University of Michigan led by Deirdre de la Cruz and Ricky Punzalan and operating in partnership with the Inclusive History Project at the University of Michigan. Learn more about the project. \nBalikan: Shared Stewardship & Ethical Returns for Philippine Collections is presented by the Inclusive History Project in partnership with the Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Program\, the Museum Studies Program\, the Bentley Historical Library\, the Clements Library\, the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan\, the U-M Department of American Culture\, the U-M Department of Asian Languages and Cultures\, the U-M Department of History\, the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology (UMMAA)\, the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)\, and the University of Michigan Library. \nSaturday\, October 25\nAll events will be held at the Michigan Union\, First Floor\, Anderson Room\, 530 S State St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109 \nPanel: Sound Returns\n9:15am – 10:45am \nPanel: Human and Ancestral Remains\n11:00am – 12:30pm \nPanel: Materialities and Modalities of Return\n1:30pm – 3:00pm \nPanel: Archives Remembered and Remade\n3:15pm – 4:45pm \nClosing Keynote\n4:45pm – 6:00pm \nComplete program details can be found here.
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/balikan-shared-stewardship-and-ethical-returns-for-philippine-collections-2/
LOCATION:Michigan League\, Ann Arbor\, MI
CATEGORIES:Other
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SUMMARY:Balikan: Shared Stewardship and Ethical Returns for Philippine Collections
DESCRIPTION:On October 24-25\, 2025\, join the Inclusive History Project for Balikan: Shared Stewardship and Ethical Returns for Philippine Collections\, a two-day symposium at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. This symposium brings together scholars\, archivists\, cultural heritage workers\, and community activists from across the globe who are collaborating and advocating to better represent and activate Philippine collections in libraries\, archives\, and museums. \nThe central question that will be explored throughout the two-day symposium is: What are the current and future directions of shared stewardship of Philippine colonial collections? The symposium will be a space to share resources and insights\, further explore and develop best practices for caring for Philippine collections across institutions\, and continue building networks amongst those pursuing reparative work related to Philippine collections. Speakers will discuss their efforts to rethink and intervene in institutional practices and bring Philippine collections closer to communities by pursuing outright repatriation\, knowledge sharing using digital tools\, and/or shared stewardship arrangements. \nThe Balikan: Shared Stewardship and Ethical Returns for Philippine Collections symposium is part of ReConnect/ReCollect: Reparative Connections to Philippine Collections at the University of Michigan led by Deirdre de la Cruz and Ricky Punzalan and operating in partnership with the Inclusive History Project at the University of Michigan. Learn more about the project. \nBalikan: Shared Stewardship & Ethical Returns for Philippine Collections is presented by the Inclusive History Project in partnership with the Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Program\, the Museum Studies Program\, the Bentley Historical Library\, the Clements Library\, the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan\, the U-M Department of American Culture\, the U-M Department of Asian Languages and Cultures\, the U-M Department of History\, the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology (UMMAA)\, the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)\, and the University of Michigan Library. \nFriday\, October 24\, 2025\nAll events will be held at the Rackham Graduate School\, Fourth Floor\, Assembly Hall\, 915 E Washington St.\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48109 \nWelcome and Keynote\n2:00pm – 3:45pm \nPanel: Shared Stewardship / Co-Curation\n4:00pm – 5:30pm \nOpening Reception\nBegins at 6:00pm \nComplete program details can be found here.
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/balikan-shared-stewardship-and-ethical-returns-for-philippine-collections/
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School\, 915 E. Washington Street\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other
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SUMMARY:Flexing the Museum: The Global Museum in the 21st Century?
DESCRIPTION:Presentation by Christina Olsen (Director\, UM Museum of Art) \nOctober 23 at 5:30 pm \nUM Museum of Art\, Helmut Stern Auditorium \nExploring museums across Argentina\, the UK\, Belgium and Portugal visited on a recent sabbatical\, museum director Christina Olsen wrestles with museums’ changing shapes and missions\, ethics and publics in a wide-ranging conversation about why and how art museums matter in the world today. \nChristina Olsen is the director of the University of Michigan’s Museum of Art. Olsen has more than 25 years of leadership experience in museums\, and lectures and writes frequently on the future and changing role of art museums. She received her PhD in art history from the University of Pennsylvania. \nFlyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/flexing-the-museum/
LOCATION:University of Michigan Museum of Art
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251018T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251018T170000
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SUMMARY:2025 Charles F. Fraker Conference – “Capitalism and Desire”
DESCRIPTION: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. \nIn 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. \nOur 2025 edition of the conference is generously co-sponsored by the following departments and units at the University of Michigan: \nDepartment of Germanic Languages and Literatures\nMuseum Studies Program\nEisenberg Institute for Historical Studies\nDepartment of Comparative Literature\nInstitute for the Humanities \nAdditional information can be found here.
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/2025-charles-f-fraker-conference-capitalism-and-desire-2/
LOCATION:Michigan League\, Ann Arbor\, MI
CATEGORIES:Other
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SUMMARY:2025 Charles F. Fraker Conference - “Capitalism and Desire”
DESCRIPTION: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. \nIn 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. \nOur 2025 edition of the conference is generously co-sponsored by the following departments and units at the University of Michigan: \nDepartment of Germanic Languages and Literatures\nMuseum Studies Program\nEisenberg Institute for Historical Studies\nDepartment of Comparative Literature\nInstitute for the Humanities \nAdditional information can be found here.
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/2025-charles-f-fraker-conference-capitalism-and-desire/
LOCATION:Michigan League\, Ann Arbor\, MI
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251009T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251009T150000
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SUMMARY:Museums@Two presentation by Alexandria Rayburn
DESCRIPTION:Women in museum computing: a brief history of data entry & skilled labor  \nAlexandria Rayburn (MSP 19; PhD\, Information) \nOctober 9 from 2:00 – 3:00 pm \nOnline via Zoom \nMuseum collections are many things\, but primarily they function as repositories of information\, where data-intensive work has been conducted for decades. Like other knowledge infrastructures\, the information in museum collections is built on installed bases and require highly skilled technicians to maintain these long-lasting digital systems. However\, in representations of this computing work\, women’s voices and perspectives are under-appreciated\, even though they have significant labor contributions in this area. \nMy dissertation examines the experiences of women working in computing roles within museum collections and seeks to understand their unique approaches to data management. Drawing from this research\, this talk will explore some of the early gendered data practices at both the Smithsonian Institution and the Metropolitan Museum of Art— two highly regarded institutions whose leadership in early museum computing has had lasting implications on museum best practices\, and the value given to computing tasks like data entry. \nFlyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/museumsnoon-presentation-by-alexandria-rayburn/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250912T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250912T130000
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SUMMARY:Museums@Noon presentation by Veronica Williamson
DESCRIPTION:Where Objects are Placed: reflections on Aa-ashaachi as a guardian of sovereignty and Holisso as a threshold to community \nVeronica Williamson (MSP20; PhD candidate\, Germanic Language & Literature) \nSeptember 12 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm \nHatcher Gallery Lab\, Room 100H \nWhen the Chickasaw Cultural Center’s 184-acre campus opened just outside of downtown Sulphur\, Oklahoma in 2010\, several shifts happened simultaneously: Sulphur—known for its healing waters—re-emerged as a geographically-central cultural site for the tribe; the Cultural Center itself also became administratively separate from a series of other tribal museums\, including the Chickasaw Capitol Building\, Old Council House Museum\, and Chickasaw White House (all located to the southwest in the Nation’s capital\, Tishomingo). Connected yet doubly separate from its peer institutions\, the Cultural Center has come to serve a series of unique and vital functions within the tribe. \nIn this talk\, I’ll draw on my Collections Management Intern experiences to examine two of the Cultural Center’s most impactful purposes: serving as an active guardian of tribal sovereignty by stewarding the tribe’s material history and providing a space that functions as a threshold to community for tribal individuals.  In doing so\, I hope to elucidate the role that the Cultural Center plays in comparison to the Chickasaw Nation’s other cultural initiatives and to consider the unrelenting importance of material history for tribal sovereignty. \nFlyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/museumsnoon-presentation-by-veronica-williamson/
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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SUMMARY:MSP24 Capstone Presentations
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, April 14 from 5:00 – 8:00 pm \nEldersveld Room\, 5670 Haven Hall \n  \nPresentations for the evening are as follows: \n5:00 pm “(Re)accrediting the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology: Plans for Marketing\, Development\, and Interpretive efforts” \nPresented by Madeleine Harris\, Anwar Monamed\, Patricia Torres-Pineda \nChallenge statement:  To develop the first marketing\, development\, and interpretation plans for the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology (KMA). These plans align with the KMA’s strategic planning for the 2025-2029 period and provide a roadmap for continued commitment to excellence in interpretation\, marketing\, and development strategies at the Kelsey. \nHost institution: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology \n  \n6:00 pm “My Doors are Widely Swung”: Imagining the Stone House as a Multi-purpose Community Space for the Theodore Roethke Foundation \nPresented by Timilehin Ayelagbe\, Justin Chun-Yin Cheng\, Ana Santory Rodríguez\, Natasha Stepanova \nChallenge statement: To develop resources and best practice recommendations for transforming the historic Stone House into a multi-purpose\, multi-generational space for cultural and educational opportunities for the Friends of Theodore Roethke Foundation. \nHost institution: Friends of Theordore Roethke Foundation \n  \n7:00 pm “Advancing Collection Management at the Secunda Museum“ \nPresented by Marthe Djilo Kamga\, Georgia Oppenheim\, Rukmini Swaminathan \nChallenge statement: To identify best practices for the management of the Secunda Collection at Cleary University through the lens of collections scope\, governance\, and storage. \nHost institutions:  Cleary University\, Arthur Secunda Museum \n  \nMSP24 Capstone Presentations flyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/msp24-capstone-presentations/
LOCATION:Haven Hall\, Eldersveld Room\, 505 S. State Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109
CATEGORIES:Student Presentation
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SUMMARY:DISCO Network Presents: Building the Indigenous Internet
DESCRIPTION:Date:  April 14 \nTime:  2:00 – 3:30 pm \nLocation:  10th Floor Weiser Hall & Zoom \nThis panel brings together key voices in infrastructure as broadly imagined\, data sovereignty and decolonial perspectives to critically explore the history\, present\, and future of the indigenous Internet. The conversation will showcase how Indigenous knowledge has and will continue to shape data worlds by bringing together interdisciplinary perspectives on emerging technologies—ranging from computer science\, artificial intelligence\, social media\, online activism\, the work of infrastructure and circuit building\, and beyond. By centering Indigenous voices\, the discussion aims to create transformative visions for a sustainable\, equitable\, and inclusive digital future while inviting speculative thinking about post-settler digital worlds. \nFree copies of Indigenous Currencies: Leaving Some for the Rest in the Digital Age by Ashley Cordes will be provided to the first 50 attendees. All are welcome and we strongly encourage undergraduate and graduate students to attend. Advance registration is recommended: \n\nRegister to attend in person: https://myumi.ch/N6wx9\nRegister to attend on Zoom: https://myumi.ch/egDpX\n\n \nMeet the Panelists \nAshley Cordes (Coquille/KōKwel) is an Assistant Professor of Indigenous Media in ENVS and Data Science at the University of Oregon and a recent American Council of Learned Societies Fellow. Her research lies at the intersection of Indigenous science and technology studies\, digital media\, and environmental/place-based studies. She is interested in how Indigenous culture and technology producers leverage discursive\, technological\, and media forms of “digital Indigeneity” toward Tribal economic independence\, representational and data sovereignty\, Indigenous cultural revitalization\, and the resurgence of Indigenous knowledge systems. Her research in AI has been published in the Indigenous Protocols Artificial Intelligence position paper and her other works on representation\, digital humanities\, and Indigenous methods have been published in journals such as Cultural Studies >Critical Methodologies\, Journal of International and Intercultural Communication\, and Feminist Media Studies. She is the author of the book\, Indigenous Currencies: Leaving Some for the Rest in the Digital Age in production with MIT Press. \nMajerle Lister is a Diné student whose research interest ranges from Indigenous geography\, Native American Studies\, and Critical Agrarian Studies. Focusing on land regimes in the Navajo Nation\, he is interested in how land relations are shaped by development projects and historical Diné land relations and practices. His research explores the development discourses and practices within the Former Bennett Freeze Area in Western Navajo Nation. \nLisa Nakamura is the Gwendolyn Calvert Baker Collegiate Professor in the Department of American Culture\, and the founding Director of the Digital Studies Institute at the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor. Since 1994\, Nakamura has written books and articles on digital bodies\, race\, and gender in online environments\, on toxicity in video game culture\, and the many reasons that Internet research needs ethnic and gender studies. These books include\, Race After the Internet (co-edited with Peter Chow-White\, Routledge\, 2011); Digitizing Race: Visual Cultures of the Internet (Minnesota\, 2007); Cybertypes: Race\, Ethnicity\, and Identity on the Internet (Routledge\, 2002); and Race in Cyberspace (co-edited with Beth Kolko and Gil Rodman\, Routledge\, 2000). In November 2019\, Nakamura gave a TED NYC talk about her research called “The Internet is a Trash Fire. Here’s How to Fix It.” \n  \nCo-Sponsors:\nCenter for Ethics\, Society\, and Computing\nComputer Science and Engineering\nDepartment of American Culture\nDepartment of Comparative Literature\nDepartment of Film\, Television\, and Media\nDepartment of History\nMuseum Studies Program\nNative American Studies\nProgram in Computing for the Arts and Sciences\nScience\, Technology & Society Program\nScience\, Technology\, and Public Policy Program\nSchool of Information \n  \nAdditional information can be found here.
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/disco-network-presents-building-the-indigenous-internet/
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250404T130000
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SUMMARY:Visiting Fulbright Fellow\, Alan Rice
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Alan Rice\, PhD\, Fulbright Scholar; Professor of English and American Studies; Director of the Research Centre in Migration\, Diaspora & Exile; Co-Director of the Institute for Black Atlantic Research\, University of Central Lancashire\, United Kingdom \nWhen: 12:00 pm on April 4 \nWhere: Eldersveld Room\, 5670 Haven Hall \n  \nFrom Lubaina Himid to the Battle of Bamber Bridge: Curating and Narrating Black Atlantic Stories in British Museums and Communities \nVisiting Fulbright Scholar Professor Alan Rice (DAAS\, UMICH) will discuss a range of his work as curator\, academic and activist in Lancashire\, Great Britain. As a scholar of the Black Atlantic he has curated and co-curated exhibitions with Black British artists including the Turner Prize winner\, Lubaina Himid\, Godfried Donkor\, textile artist Althea McNish and rising stars Jade de Montserrat and Lela Harris. This talk will showcase these curatorial interventions including work with the Whitworth on their Trade and Empire exhibition where together with his co-curators he used extant objects to tell new stories about slavery and exploitation. \nMore recent work in Lancaster focuses on its history as the fourth largest slave port and uses the work of Black British artists to challenge the elision of difficult histories. He will discuss how he\, together with Lancaster Black History Group\, uses the work of Himid\, de Montserrat and Harris to get African Atlantic representation into the heart of the museum. His final short case study will show how together with Preston Black History Group he has worked with the community in Bamber Bridge to memorialise the widely forgotten story of a mutiny against Jim Crow segregation by African American troops in a small village in Lancashire. Overall\, he will discuss the importance of activist interventions as an academic and curator. \nPresentation flyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/visiting-fulbright-fellow-alan-rice/
LOCATION:Haven Hall\, Eldersveld Room\, 505 S. State Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250319T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250319T193000
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SUMMARY:Museums\, Technologies and Civic Transformations
DESCRIPTION:Presentation by Seb Chan\, Director & CEO of ACMI (formerly Australian Centre for the Moving Image) in Melbourne\, Australia and the Museum Studies Program’s 2025 Visiting Scholar \nUM Museum of Art – Helmut Stern Auditorium \nPredictably\, the first quarter of the 21st century has seen museums significantly transformed by media technology and networked society\, yet often this has been viewed as institutions reacting to\, rather than leading change. Institutions are now deeply enmeshed in complex technological systems\, platforms\, and services across all parts of a museum’s operations and practices. Today\, the nature of collections themselves is implicated as they are increasingly ‘born digital.’ These shifts all require highly skilled labor\, new strategies\, policies\, and debate to ensure that the transformations serve the museum’s community and long-term interests. \nThis talk will explore trust\, attention\, digital memory\, ephemerality\, and the fragility of new cultural artefacts\, and conversely\, maintenance\, longevity\, and the need for bold pan-institutional and sector-wide initiatives\, new skills\, and literacies. \n \nSeb Chan is the Director & CEO of ACMI\, guiding ACMI as a museum focused on screen culture and the intersection of media\, technology\, worldbuilding and storytelling. Prior to his appointment to this role\, Seb was ACMI’s and the museum field’s first Chief Experience Officer (2015-22)\, and was a key part of the team behind ACMI’s expansion into a multi-award winning\, multiplatform museum. \nPrior his time with ACMI\, Seb led the digital transformation of the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York from its award-winning interactive Pen with Local Projects\, to the acquisition of important software-based works for the Smithsonian’s collection (2011–15). Beginning his museum career in Sydney he led the Powerhouse Museum’s pioneering work in open access\, mass collaboration and digital experience during the 2000s in Sydney. His work has won awards internationally in the museum\, media and design spheres. Before becoming known in the museum world\, Seb had a successful life in electronic and experimental music as a performer\, publisher and producer. \nSeb is the current National President of the Australian Museums and Galleries Association (AMaGA)\, serves on the international advisory board member of Art Science Museum (Singapore) and is a Board member of the non-profit Tessitura Network (US). He previously served on the boards of the National Communication Museum\, Diversity Arts Australia\, ICE Parramatta\, and Music NSW; and has been an advisor to the National Museum of Australia\, National Heritage Board of Singapore\, Mellon Foundation’s Artstor\, and was a member of the Australian Government’s Gov2.0 Taskforce. \nSeb is Adjunct Professor\, School of Media and Communication\, in the College of Design and Social Context at RMIT. He has been Partner Investigator on Australian Research Council Linkage projects that have contributed to new museum practices in communicating climate change\, digital preservation\, interactive design\, and audience research\, and has extended his contribution to these themes through papers\, book chapters and presentations to over 100 museum\, media and design conferences and symposia across the globe. \nHe is an alumnus of the Getty Leadership Institute\, Salzburg Global Seminar\, UNSW\, and was awarded the UNSW Alumni Award for Art & Culture in 2024. \nThe Museum Studies Program thanks the following for their co-sponsorship of this presentation:  University of Michigan Arts Initiative\, the Bentley Library\, the College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts\, the Digital Studies Institute\, History of Art\, LSA DEI\, the Museum of Art\, Office of Research\, the Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop\, and the School of Information \nPresentation flyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/museums-technologies-and-civic-transformations/
LOCATION:University of Michigan Museum of Art
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Inaugural Conference on Community Archaeology & Heritage
DESCRIPTION:Michigan League\, Michigan Room\nFriday–Saturday\, March 14–15\, 2025\nRecognizing the importance of collaboration with local communities in archaeological research and heritage practice\, the University of Michigan is launching a new Center for Community Archaeology and Heritage. In this inaugural conference\, we will highlight the work of teams based at U-M and in Southeast Michigan\, along with their local and international colleagues\, to show how this collaborative approach energizes our fields. \nWe will welcome two outstanding keynote speakers who are well known for their innovative work in community archaeology and heritage: \nSonya Atalay\, University of Massachusetts Amherst \nCommunity-Based Research at the\nNSF Center for Braiding Indigenous\nKnowledges and Science \n  \nRichard M. Leventhal\, University of Pennsylvania \nThoughts on the Future of Community\nProjects and University Centers \n  \nSession details and registration can be found here. \nThis conference is generously sponsored by the University of Michigan’s Kelsey Museum of Archaeology\, Museum of Anthropological Archaeology\, Department of Classical Studies\, Department of the History of Art\, Office of Research\, LSA Research Office\, and Museum Studies Program. Founding support was graciously provided by Sharon Herbert.
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/inaugural-conference-on-community-archaeology-heritage-2/
LOCATION:Michigan League\, Ann Arbor\, MI
CATEGORIES:Other
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SUMMARY:Inaugural Conference on Community Archaeology & Heritage
DESCRIPTION:Michigan League\, Michigan Room\nFriday–Saturday\, March 14–15\, 2025\nRecognizing the importance of collaboration with local communities in archaeological research and heritage practice\, the University of Michigan is launching a new Center for Community Archaeology and Heritage. In this inaugural conference\, we will highlight the work of teams based at U-M and in Southeast Michigan\, along with their local and international colleagues\, to show how this collaborative approach energizes our fields. \nWe will welcome two outstanding keynote speakers who are well known for their innovative work in community archaeology and heritage: \nSonya Atalay\, University of Massachusetts Amherst \nCommunity-Based Research at the\nNSF Center for Braiding Indigenous\nKnowledges and Science \n  \nRichard M. Leventhal\, University of Pennsylvania \nThoughts on the Future of Community\nProjects and University Centers \n  \nSession details and registration can be found here. \nThis conference is generously sponsored by the University of Michigan’s Kelsey Museum of Archaeology\, Museum of Anthropological Archaeology\, Department of Classical Studies\, Department of the History of Art\, Office of Research\, LSA Research Office\, and Museum Studies Program. Founding support was graciously provided by Sharon Herbert.
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/inaugural-conference-on-community-archaeology-heritage/
LOCATION:Michigan League\, Ann Arbor\, MI
CATEGORIES:Other
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SUMMARY:Virtual Open House for prospective students
DESCRIPTION:February 7\, 2025 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm \nThe Museum Studies Program invites students enrolled in any graduate program at the University of Michigan to apply for the Fall 2025 cohort. This multidisciplinary graduate certificate program draws on ideas from the arts\, humanities\, natural and social sciences\, and technology and provides countless opportunities to apply theories in a vast array of museums and cultural institutions on campus\, in the region\, nationally and around the world. \nThe MSP curriculum examines the role of museums in society as sites of memory\, learning\, research\, cultural production\, public scholarship\, civic engagement\, and entertainment. The 12-credit certificate program consists of the Museum Studies Seminar (Fall and Winter terms\, 6 credits)\, approved electives (6 credits)\, and a funded internship. It prepares students for academic and professional careers in museums\, heritage sites\, arboretums\, botanical gardens\, zoos and other living collections\, and universities. \nApplication Deadline: February 28\, 2025 \nApplication information can be found here. \nLearn more at our upcoming virtual open house! \nZoom meeting ID 924 1473 6307
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/virtual-open-house-for-prospective-students-2/
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250206T170000
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SUMMARY:Reinventing the Museum: A Discussion of the Continuing Paradigm Shift
DESCRIPTION:Presentation and conversation with Gail Anderson\, museum consultant and author. \nFebruary 6 at 5:00 pm \nEldersveld Room\, 5670 Haven Hall (505 S. State Street\, Ann Arbor) \nGail Anderson\, museum consultant\, thinker\, and author\, will share her perspectives on the changes in museum practice highlighted in  the 3rd edition of her seminal volume\, Reinventing the Museum: Relevance\, Inclusion\, and Global Responsibilities (2023) \nPresentation flyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/reinventing-the-museum-a-discussion-of-evolution-innovation/
LOCATION:Haven Hall\, Eldersveld Room\, 505 S. State Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250203T120000
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SUMMARY:Feb 3 exhibit tour - "Frosted Memories: Exploring the Life and Works of Robert Frost”
DESCRIPTION:Exhibit tour:  “Frosted Memories: Exploring the Life and Works of Robert Frost” \nMonday\, February 3 at 12:00 pm \nSpecial Collections Exhibit Space (6th Floor\, Hatcher Graduate Library-South\, Room 660J) \nJoin your Museum Studies colleagues on February 3 at noon for a guided tour of “Frosted Memories: Exploring the Life and Works of Robert Frost” currently on exhibit in the Hatcher Graduate Library Special Collections Exhibit Space. \nThe tour will be led by special collections library assistant and museum studies minor student\, Elizabeth Zomeri (UM ’25). \nRegister in advance for the tour (space is limited). \n“Frosted Memories: Exploring the Life and Works of Robert Frost” runs 12/9/24 – 2/20/25 \nStep into the world of one of America’s most beloved poets\, Robert Frost. This captivating showcase delves into the rich tapestry of Robert Frost’s life and literary legacy. Explore the milestones and personal moments that shaped his journey from modest beginnings to literary icon. Discover the dual roles he navigated as both an inspiring educator and a profound poet\, influencing countless minds in the classroom and through his verses. Experience the magic of winter and the warmth of Christmas through Frost’s evocative poems\, capturing the natural beauty and insightful reflections that these seasons brought to his work. Celebrate Robert Frost’s status as a national treasure\, a poet whose words resonated across the United States\, earning admiration from presidents\, scholars\, and everyday readers alike. \nFlyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/feb-3-exhibit-tour-frosted-memories-exploring-the-life-and-works-of-robert-frost/
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library
CATEGORIES:Other
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SUMMARY:Museums@Noon presentation by Hayley Crowell
DESCRIPTION:How Specimens Change from Curiosities to Scientific Collections [and Other Stories from a 400-Year-Old Natural History Museum] \nHayley Crowell (MSP 22; PhD Candidate\, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology) \nJanuary 24 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm \nHatcher Gallery Lab\, Room 100H or online via Zoom \nNatural history museums occupy a unique space in the world of museology\, often facing challenges from both a humanities and scientific perspective. Much of their controversy stems from the very fact that the primary “items” stored and displayed in these museums were once living organisms. Because most natural history museums are associated with large research collections and universities\, they often house thousands (if not millions) of specimens. Tasked with the burden of accurately representing biodiversity\, history\, climate\, evolution\, and humanity’s role in all of these\, natural history collections are continuously undergoing physical and organizational changes to meet these ever-changing fields. \nHowever\, the wealth of knowledge and recent advances in museum-based scientific techniques (CT-scanning\, museomics\, etc.) provide a world of inspiring and innovative new ways to use these collections. These methods are especially important when examining historically-significant and rare museum specimens\, as each organism in these collections represent a unique snapshot of a place and time that cannot be replicated. \nIn this talk\, I will use the Natural History Museum of Denmark as a case study to discuss these issues from both a historic and modern perspective\, starting from its early origins as one of Europe’s first Kunstkammer (“Cabinet of Curiosities”) to its current role as a leading research institute in Europe. Along the way\, I will also share a series of anecdotes about the bizarre and surprising adventures that come with working in an early zoological collection. \nHayley is a 6th year PhD student in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department. Her main dissertation focuses on the evolution of ultraviolet coloration in reptiles and the use of museum specimens in scientific research. Prior to coming to the University of Michigan\, Hayley obtained a bachelor’s degree in biology from Shippensburg State University of Pennsylvania and a Master’s working on rattlesnake thermal ecology from California Polytechnic State University. She also worked as a biologist for the U.S. Geological Survey and National Park service for six years on invasive Burmese Pythons in Florida and sea turtles throughout the southeast and Caribbean. \nFlyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/museumsnoon-presentation-by-hayley-crowell/
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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SUMMARY:Navigating a Professional and Academic Career in Anthropology
DESCRIPTION:Date:  December 4\, 2024 \nSpeaker:  Dr. William Parkinson\, Field Museum Curator & Associate Director of Anthropology; Professor at University of Illinois\, Chicago \nTime:  6:00 – 7:30 pm \nLocation:  School of Education Building\, Room 1315 \nThe University of Michigan Archaeology Club is excited to host Dr. William Parkinson for a workshop on navigating careers in both professional and academic anthropology.  The workshop will include a formal presentation on his experiences\, insights from his work at the museum\, and advice from both career paths. \nDr. Parkinson\, an alumnus of the University of Michigan\, is currently a curator and associate director of anthropology at the Field Museum\, as well as a professor at the University of Illinois Chicago.  His research focuses on European and Eastern Mediterranean prehistory\, with extensive fieldwork in Hungary\, Bulgaria\, and Greece\, exploring the social dynamics of early village societies and the development of early states. \nCo-sponsored by the Museum Studies Program \nFlyer here.
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/navigating-a-professional-and-academic-career-in-anthropology-2/
LOCATION:School of Education Building\, 610 E. University Ave\, Ann Arbor\, 481009\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20241101T130000
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SUMMARY:Traces of Memory at the Galicia Jewish Museum
DESCRIPTION:Traces of Memory at the Galicia Jewish Museum \nEkaterina Olson Shipyatsky (MSP 22; PhD Candidate\, Political Science; Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Dissertation Fellow 2024-25) \nNovember 1 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm \nHatcher Gallery Lab\, Room 100H \nBefore the Holocaust\, Poland was home to approximately 3.3 million Jews – making it the world’s second-largest Jewish community. By the end of World War II\, Nazis and collaborators had succeeded in killing over 90% of Poland’s Jewish population\, about three million people. Most survivors emigrated\, but an estimated 90\,000 remained – only to be expelled in large numbers through an antisemitic\, government-run campaign in 1968. \nTraces of both the vibrant Jewish community that once lived in Poland – and the violence that killed and expelled so many of them – are visible in today’s contemporary Polish landscape: synagogues that are now furniture stores\, doorframes that once held mezuzot\, overgrown Jewish cemeteries. The Galicia Jewish Museum\, located in Kazimierz\, the pre-Holocaust heart of the Kraków Jewish Community\, exhibits photographs of these traces. In doing so\, the museum aims to complicate a narrative of Polish Jewish history that usually begins and ends solely with Auschwitz. \nIn this talk\, I share some of my experiences interning at the Galicia Jewish Museum this summer. Drawing on my experience giving tours of the museum’s permanent exhibition and working in the museum’s education department\, I’ll discuss the tangles of remembering the Holocaust in Poland and the complex landscape of Jewish institutions in Kraków. Institutions like the Galicia Jewish Museum\, I’ll argue\, offer us an opportunity to reflect on the politics of memory museums\, urban museology\, and the decisions that face those who live among traces of genocidal violence. \n  \nEkaterina Olson Shipyatsky is a PhD Candidate in Political Science (Political Theory) and the Museum Studies Certificate Program. She is also a Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Dissertation Fellow 2024-25.  Her research focuses on the politics of memory in museums\, memorials\, and archives of violence in Poland and North America. Ekaterina received her A.B. in Philosophy\, Politics\, Economics from Bryn Mawr College in 2019 and was a 2019-2020 Fulbright Fellow in Russia. \nPresentation flyer
URL:https://ummsp.rackham.umich.edu/tribe-event/the-galicia-jewish-museum/
LOCATION:Hatcher Gallery Lab\, 913 S. University Avenue\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109
CATEGORIES:Museums at Noon
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