Institute for the Humanities

Humanities Film Series with Hakim Bellabes The second installment of our Humanities Film Series features a screening of 7 vignettes from Moroccan auteur Hakim Belabbes' "Collapsed Walls," followed by a conversation with the filmmaker. Nov 12 at the State Theatre.

Best Used By Narsiso Martinez’s exhibition "Best Used By" draws upon his experience as a farmworker and honors the people performing the essential labor required to fill produce sections and restaurant kitchens around the country. In the Gallery Nov. 13 - Dec 19.

The Telling Join the Public Humanities Interns for an interactive storytelling night that highlights themes of identity, self-exploration, and belonging through creative self-expression, Oct. 29.

The Year in Review From poetry, banned books, and small-town America to medieval Europe, digital memories and sculptural boots, 2024-25 was a year of questioning, exploring, and understanding. Read all about it in our Annual Report.

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 latest issue!

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Rona Carter and Black Girlhood Unfolded: Reclaiming Puberty Narratives in a Digital Archive

“I believe that Black girls deserve to be seen, heard, and supported as they go through puberty.” –Rona Carter

Announcing the 2025-26 Public Humanities Interns

The Public Humanities Internship is a paid internship program that provides 8 selected undergraduate students at the University of Michigan with the unique opportunity to participate in the life of the Institute for the Humanities.

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Land Acknowledgement

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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