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.
Collecting Oceania
University of Michigan Museum of Art, First Floor, Multi-Purpose Room 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesThis event needed to be cancelled to to COVID-19 precautions. Title: Collecting Oceania Date: Friday, March 13 Time: 12:00 pm Location: UM Museum of Art, Multi-Purpose Room (125) Presenter: Emily Cornish (PhD candidate, History of Art) Traveling along numerous intellectual, social, political and cultural...
Reception for prospective students
University of Michigan Museum of Art, First Floor, Multi-Purpose Room 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesAre you interested in museums, collections, or heritage sites? If so, consider applying for the graduate certificate in museum studies for Fall 2020. This reception is an informal opportunity to learn more about the program from faculty and students who are already affiliated with...
Online Collections and Teaching Whiteness at the University of Michigan Museum of Art
University of Michigan Museum of Art, First Floor, Multi-Purpose Room 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesDate: Friday, April 12 Time: 12:00 pm Location: UM Museum of Art, Multi-Purpose Room (125) Presenter: Christopher Mulvey (PhD, Anthropology) Online Collections and Teaching Whiteness at the University of Michigan Museum of Art Over the summer of 2018, I worked as an intern with...
Enhancing Access to Roman Ceramics at the Harvard Art Museums
University of Michigan Museum of Art, First Floor, Multi-Purpose Room 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesDate: Friday, March 29 Time: 12:00 pm Location: UM Museum of Art, Multi-Purpose Room (125) Presenter: Alison Rittershaus (PhD candidate, Interdisciplinary Program in Classical Art & Archaeology) Enhancing Access to Roman Ceramics at the Harvard Art Museums This talk discusses the tensions revealed between...
From Club to Third Space: On the Interrogation and Creation of Community at the Scarab Club, Detroit
University of Michigan Museum of Art, First Floor, Multi-Purpose Room 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesDate: Friday, March 22 Time: 12:00 pm Location: UM Museum of Art, Multi-Purpose Room (125) Presenter: Megan Berkobien (PhD candidate, Comparative Literature) From Club to Third Space: On the Interrogation and Creation of Community at the Scarab Club, Detroit For over a century, the...
Locating and Relocating Lugdunum: Collection Management at Lugdunum — Musée et théâtres romains, Lyon
University of Michigan Museum of Art, First Floor, Multi-Purpose Room 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesDate: Friday, March 15 Time: 12:00 pm Location: UM Museum of Art, Multi-Purpose Room (125) Presenter: Craig Harvey (PhD candidate, Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art & Archaeology) Locating and Relocating Lugdunum: Collection Management at Lugdunum — Musée et théâtres romains, Lyon The archaeology museum...
Dealing with Africa and African Things at the Ethnografiska Museet, Stockholm
University of Michigan Museum of Art, First Floor, Multi-Purpose Room 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesDate: Friday, February 15 Time: 12:00 pm Location: UM Museum of Art, Multi-Purpose Room (125) Presenter: James Munene (PhD, Anthropology) Dealing with Africa and African Things at the Ethnografiska Museet, Stockholm The Ethnografiska Museet (Museum of Ethnography), Stockholm became part of the Swedish Museums of World...
Museums as Sites of Healing: Empathy, Repair, and Critical Reflection
University of Michigan Museum of Art, First Floor, Multi-Purpose Room 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesWhat are the ethical responsibilities of university museums when our local communities face profound crises and occasions of injustice? How might we foster compassion and promote conversations that can build enduring community bonds, while honoring our academic commitments to promoting critical analysis and stewardship...
Museums at Noon – Postponed!
University of Michigan Museum of Art, First Floor, Multi-Purpose Room 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesPresented by Mark Auslander, Director of Michigan State University Museum co-sponsored by the UM Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Previously schedued for Friday, February 9 at 12:00 pm in the UM Museum of Art Multi-Purpose Room (125) - new date to be...
Detroit 67: Looking Back to Move Forward – Community Engagement at the Detroit Historical Society
University of Michigan Museum of Art, First Floor, Multi-Purpose Room 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesIn 2015, Detroit Historical Society began a multi-year community engagement project to commemorate the upcoming 50th anniversary of the civil unrest of July 1967. Called Detroit 67: Looking Back to Move Forward, the project’s purpose is to bring together diverse voices and communities...
