Holly Hughes Eileen Myles Lisa Kron WATCH LIVE ON YOUTUBE Eileen Myles is an award-winning American poet and writer who has produced more than twenty volumes of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, libretti, plays, and performance pieces over the last three decades. Novelist Dennis Cooper has described Myles as “one of the savviest and most restless intellects … Read more
This conference focuses on the curation of music of the African Diaspora for future research and performance. Through a series of lectures, panels, and performances by leading scholars, composers, and performers, attendees will discuss rediscovered operas (Harry Lawrence Freeman, Julia Perry, Edward Boatner, and Clarence Cameron White); have conversations on newly created operas on African … Read more
This conference focuses on the curation of music of the African Diaspora for future research and performance. Through a series of lectures, panels, and performances by leading scholars, composers, and performers, attendees will discuss rediscovered operas (Harry Lawrence Freeman, Julia Perry, Edward Boatner, and Clarence Cameron White); have conversations on newly created operas on African … Read more
This conference focuses on the curation of music of the African Diaspora for future research and performance. Through a series of lectures, panels, and performances by leading scholars, composers, and performers, attendees will discuss rediscovered operas (Harry Lawrence Freeman, Julia Perry, Edward Boatner, and Clarence Cameron White); have conversations on newly created operas on African … Read more
This conference focuses on the curation of music of the African Diaspora for future research and performance. Through a series of lectures, panels, and performances by leading scholars, composers, and performers, attendees will discuss rediscovered operas (Harry Lawrence Freeman, Julia Perry, Edward Boatner, and Clarence Cameron White); have conversations on newly created operas on African … Read more
Robin Wall Kimmerer, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, founder of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment The Native American Studies program at the University of Michigan requests sponsorship for the sixth annual Berkhofer Lecture on Native American Studies to be given virtually by Robin Kimmerer. The past five Berkhofer Lectures, … Read more
Author: Jocelyn Fenton Stitt, Division Chair of Social Sciences, Associate Professor of Women’s Studies, St. Catherine University; past Program Director of Faculty Research Development at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG), University of Michigan Aliyah Khan, Associate Professor of English Literature and Languages & Afroamerican and African Studies; Director of the Global … Read more
Join us in the Lane Hall Exhibit Space (first floor) to celebrate Sarah Buckius’ innovative exhibition !!!techn010ffspring!!! Refreshments, community, and conversation will be available starting at 4pm. At 5pm the artist will give a talk on the exhibition, its origins, and her process in Lane Hall 2239. There will be time for Q&A. About the exhibit: … Read more
Iranian artist Orkideh Torabi’s work is a captivating exploration of the intersection of personal narratives, cultural heritage, and societal norms. Through her vibrant and intricate paintings, Torabi challenges traditional notions of femininity, power dynamics, and identity. Her unique artistic style blends elements of Persian miniature painting with contemporary imagery, blurring the boundaries between the … Read more
This interactive performance stems from artist Sarah Buckius’s Arts & Resistance exhibit !!!techn010ffspring!!!, which is on view in Lane Hall during Fall semester. Bringing together her perspectives as an artist, mechanical engineer, and mother, Buckius developed a female-coded-robot-persona who is a bit of a provocateur, an inventor of absurd mischievous interactions with the live audience … Read more
In this workshop, lead by artist Sarah Buckius, we will use Patents by Women (from the late 1800s to 1940) as starting points to investigate creativity strategies that range from improvisation to blue-sky-brainstorming to problem solving. Investigating problems solved by patents reveals DEI considerations related to their inventors. Inventions can be points of departure for … Read more