The exhibit displays numerous books, caricatures and other materials which originated during or focus on the 1905 Russian Revolution, an event which captivated world-wide attention as an early major "human rights" struggle. During the revolution, hundreds of caricature journals emerged, often with extraordinary graphics, as tsarist censorship controls broke down. The 1905 events also attracted the attention of caricaturists throughout Europe and left a legacy of powerful illustrations.

Associated Talks
April 1, 7:00 pm Margaret Betz, professor of Art History at the Savannah School of Art and Design, will speak on "Russian Caricatures of Tsar Nicholas II and the 1905 Revolution: Coded Messages."

April 2, 3:00 pm Robert Justin Goldstein, emeritus professor of political science at Oakland University and currently CREES Research Associate, will speak on "Political Caricature and International Complications in Russia and Nineteenth-Century Europe." Professor Goldstein, the exhibit's curator, has published and lectured widely on caricature and political censorship in Europe between 1815 and 1914.

Both events will take place in the Hatcher Library Gallery For more information, visit www.lib.umich.edu

A University News Service Press Release including a podcast of an interview with Professor Goldstein is also available.

Tintern Abbey in Monmouthshire, Wales is best known through William Wordsworth's famous ode "Lines, Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey". Yet the site was established as a tourist locale decades before William and Dorothy Wordsworth undertook their walking tour of the district in 1798.

"Enchanting Ruin: Tintern Abbey and Romantic Tourism in Wales" is an exhibition exploring the richness and complexity of Tintern Abbey as a symbol and destination in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the golden age of picturesque tourism in Britain. Drawing upon a wealth of accounts by travelers, poets, guides, cartographers, artists, antiquarians and (even) locals, a lively and contradictory picture of this iconic Romantic site emerges.

The exhibition contains 18th and early 19th century books, engraved plates from books, maps, including two enormous county maps from the early 1800s, separate colored prints and ephemera in the form of a guide sold at Tintern for people to take through the ruins with them.

The exhibition, curated by Suzanne Matheson of the University of Windsor, includes a section devoted to the Claude mirror - an 18th century optical device people took with them on tours of the Wye Valley. It was used to look at landscape, to help frame and compose a view, and was also a handy device for sketching a scene - especially for amateur artists. Some reproduction mirrors are included along with 18th century books that discuss the mirrors, or record their use by Romantic tourists. A digital slideshow of sights throughout the Wye Valley region of Wales and Tintern Abbey through the Claude mirror by contemporary artist Alex McKay is a feature the exhibition.

Special Collections Library located on the 7th floor of U-M's Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library
Mon-Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sat. 10 a.m. - noon.

This is a very special opportunity to hear Bacon talk about how Bo achieved his great success both on and off the football field. In the book, Bo describes the timeless values that led him to become not only the winningest football coach at the most successful program in the nation, but also a beloved leader far beyond the gridiron.

The public is welcome. Light refreshments and an opportunity to talk with the author will follow. ]]> Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:56:11 EST Exhibits/Events http://www.lib.umich.edu//news/stories/diversity_in_the_desert_daily_life_in_greek_and_roman_egypt_podcast_245.html http://www.lib.umich.edu//news/stories/diversity_in_the_desert_daily_life_in_greek_and_roman_egypt_podcast_245.html Podcast

11 June to 17 August 2007 Special Collections Library, 7th floor Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library University of Michigan

Hours: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to noon

What would it be like to look over the shoulders of people who lived two thousand years ago? What did they read? What did they write? More importantly, who could read and write, and in what language? Questions like these are illustrated in this exhibit that opened June 11, 2007, in the Special Collections Library of the University of Michigan. Meet the person who was appointed village secretary in the second century A.D., although he could not write, and see him practice his handwriting. See a wonderful papyrus roll with a passage from Homer's Iliad that once formed part of somebody's library. Read private letters from a son who just enlisted in the Roman army to his mother, and from a pregnant woman to another woman, asking her to become her wet-nurse.

This exhibit brings together 26 original papyri, three wooden tablets, and one potsherd with writing, all from the Papyrus Collection of the University of Michigan. The texts date from the second century B.C.E. to the eighth century C.E. and were written in Greek, Latin, Demotic Egyptian and Coptic. All texts have explanatory labels describing their content, and numerous texts have English translations allowing the visitor look over the shoulders of the ancients herself.

In addition the exhibit gives information about the history of the Papyrus Collection of the University of Michigan, and about the conservation of these fragile documents. Numerous examples from the actual conservation process here at the University of Michigan show the great difference conservation makes for the readability and accessibility of papyri.

For more information about the UM Papyrus Collection, see our website. For more information about the exhibit please contact: Prof. Arthur Verhoogt, verhoogt@umich.edu (tel. 734 936 6101). ]]> Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:02:20 EDT Exhibits/Events