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Chimera Rashaad Newsome's exhibition "Chimera" reflects a bold shift in his practice toward sci-fi filmmaking, layering the architecture of film, movement, and world-building to probe themes of identity, resistance, and creation. Jan 16 - Feb 28 in the gallery.

Summer Faculty Fellowships Spend a few weeks with us in June as a Summer Faculty Fellow! Open to U-M tenured/tenure-track and lecturer II/III/IV faculty. Fellows have dedicated time to pursue their research and will participate in nine cross-disciplinary seminars coordinated by the institute's director. Applications due January 31, 2025 at 5pm.

Suspicious Gifts, Skeptical Words: (Semi)Colonial Speculations in Anglo-Persian Encounters A Hear, Here: Humanities Up Close event with Niloofar Sarlati, January 14.

E-News for Humanities Students Through this montly newsletter, we aim to inform students of all things humanities happening on campus – from event announcements and fun facts to academic resources and professional opportunities. Click to read the October issue!

The Feminist Sex Wars A Hear, Here: Humanities Up Close event with Gayle Rubin, January 28.

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"It felt unnatural to touch an art exhibit. I gently reached out, and realized how much the texture of the piece added to the experience. The plastic beads and bundles of string contrast each other visually, but they contrast even more in texture."

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The University of Michigan is located on the territory of the Anishinaabe people. In 1817, the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Bodewadami Nations made the largest single land transfer to the University of Michigan, ceded in the Treaty of Fort Meigs, so that their children could be educated. We acknowledge the history of native displacement that allowed the University of Michigan to be founded. Today we reaffirm contemporary and ancestral Anishinaabek ties to the land and their profound contributions to this institution.

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