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.
Fall 2015
Latest Past Events
The God behind the Marble: Transcending the Object in the German Museum of Art
University of Michigan Museum of Art, First Floor, Multi-Purpose Room 525 South State Street, Ann ArborAlice Goff (PhD post-doc, Michigan Society of Fellows) This presentation explores the relationship between aesthetic philosophy and art objects in public museums of art in German states in the first half of the nineteenth century. It argues that during this revolutionary period a conflict...
Crisistunity: Re-imagining Historic Sites at the National Trust
U-M Museum of Art, Helmut Stern Auditorium 525 S. State St., Ann ArborGlobal Heritage at Risk University of Michigan Museum Studies Program Fall 2015 Lecture Series Speaker: Katherine Malone-France, Vice President for Historic Sites, National Trust for Historic Preservation Terrorism. Looting. Financial crisis. Political factionalism. Unregulated development. Neglect. The news is full of ongoing threats to...
Translating the Museum: Multicultural Accessibility at the National Museum of Japanese History
University of Michigan Museum of Art, First Floor, Multi-Purpose Room 525 South State Street, Ann ArborEsther Ladkau (PhD, History) The National Museum of Japanese History (known as Rekihaku), founded in 1983, is the only national history museum in Japan with government sponsorship. Its purpose is to represent the whole of the Japanese archipelago’s history and folk cultures. Since its...
