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January, 2013 Events

The Author's Forum Presents: The Selvage

Book cover: The Selvage
Discussion

The Author's Forum presents "The Selvage: A Conversation with Linda Gregerson and Daniel Herwitz," where U-M Professors Gregerson and Herwitz discuss Gregerson's new collection of poetry. In eloquent poems about Ariadne, Theseus, and Dido, the death of a father, a bombing raid in Lebanon, and in a magnificent series detaili

Third Thursday at the Clark Library: The Geography of Colorants

Open House

Please join us for the opening celebration for our exhibit "The Geography of Colorants: An exhibit based on and inspired by the thesis The Geography of Significant Colorants: Antiquity to the Twentieth Century by Melissa Zagorski and maps from the Stephen S.

U-M 3D Lab Open House

Open House

The UM3D Lab Open House will feature demonstrations of 3D Scanning, Rapid Prototyping, Virtual Reality, Motion Capture and more. Join us to see all of the amazing technology and services available.

Impediments to the Dream: The Prison Industrial Complex and the Dream

Photo of Angela Davis by Trey Byron
Lecture

Dr. Angela Davis will speak on "Impediments to the Dream: The Prison Industrial Complex and the Dream." Davis, Distinguished Professor Emerita from the University of California Santa Cruz, is internationally known for her decades of work fighting oppression of all forms.

Martha Graham in Retrospect: Legacies and Innovations

"Desperation; Who holds your heart?"
Panel Discussion

Peter Sparling and Clare Croft (U-M Department of Dance) and Martha Graham Dance Company artistic director Janet Eilber participate in a panel discussion exploring Graham's legacy, vital voice, and the frames for looking at, understanding, and interpreting her work.

The Accidental Archive

Lecture

Finn Brunton, U-M Assistant Professor of Information, will present "The Accidental Archive." Brunton's talk, with the alternative title "Researching criminals, otherkin, cipher anarchists, spammers and the online history that doesn't want to be kept," kicks off a new series of monthly events addressing emergent research.