Inscribed text references medieval and early modern Christianity from the first and second world war, and archival texts, produced in the 1870’s in the now extinct Bushman language “ |xam.” The exhibition maps out the imaginary boundaries and landmarks of the miraculous history of the book, what it might look like, and where it might lead us in an ongoing journey. "Book of Iterations," an exhibit by Pippa Skotnes, through Jan. 22. Artist's reception December 3, 6:00-8:00pm. This provocative exhibition is comprised of two “bone books” made of horse skeletons and covered in hand-written texts, burnished in gold leaf, and shod in silver shoes.

Inscribed text references medieval and early modern Christianity from the first and second world war, and archival texts, produced in the 1870’s in the now extinct Bushman language “ |xam.” The exhibition maps out the imaginary boundaries and landmarks of the miraculous history of the book, what it might look like, and where it might lead us in an ongoing journey. This provocative exhibition is comprised of two “bone books” made of horse skeletons and covered in hand-written texts, burnished in gold leaf, and shod in silver shoes.

Fellows

Former Fellow Uwem Akpan to Speak on Campus Dec. 4

The Institute for the Humanities' former Career-in-the-Making Fellow Uwem Akpan has just been chosen for Oprah's Book Club. See him in Ann Arbor Dec. 4 at Say You're One of Them, A Conversation with Fr. Uwem Akpan.

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Archive, Museum, and the Safe House of Language


An exploration of the issue of the colonial archive in relation to that of the colonial museum. Click here for details.

Barnes & Bones

Artist Richard Barnes, the 2009 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts, talks with Curator Amanda Krugliak about their work together and the meaning of his exhibition PASTPERFECT/FUTURE TENSE at the Institute for the Humanities Gallery.

Watch artist Richard Barnes as he escorts the whale across campus.

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Events

  • Book of Iterations

    November 16, 2009 - January 22, 2010 (9 AM - 5 PM)

    An exhibit by Pippa Skotnes. Reception December 3, 2009, 6:00-8:00pm.Gallery hours M-F 9:00am-5:00pm.

    202 S. Thayer St, Ann Arbor, MI
    Gallery is Room 1010

  • Interpreting a Colonial Scandal: The Deployment of Communication in Eighteenth-Century French India

    December 01, 2009 (12 - 1:30 PM)

    Brown Bag Lecture: Featuring our Fellows series

    Danna Agmon is a doctoral student in the Program in Anthropology and History.  Last year she was the Mary Ives Hunting and David D. Hunting, Sr., Graduate Student Fellow in the Institute.

    202 S. Thayer St., Room 2022 Ann Arbor, MI

  • Archive, Museum, and the Safe House of Language

    December 03, 2009 (8:30 AM - 4:30 PM)

    The University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities explores the issue of the colonial archive in relation to that of the colonial museum in the conference “Archive, Museum, and the Safe House of Language.”

    202 S. Thayer, room 2022

  • Say You’re One of Them: A Conversation with Fr. Uwem Akpan

    December 04, 2009 (4 - 5:30 PM)

    A conversation with Fr. Uwem Akpan, a Nigerian priest whose book of short stories Say You're One of Them is a 2009 Oprah Book Club selection. Akpan received his MFA from the University of Michigan in 2006 and is a former Career-in-the-Making Fellow at the U-M Institute for the Humanities. Each story in this jubilantly acclaimed collection pays testament to the wisdom and resilience of children, even in the face of the most agonizing circumstances.

    Library Gallery, Room 100, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, 920 N. University, Ann Arbor, Michigan

  • Shift(s) in(g) the Humanities: The Future of a Futuristic Dissertation

    December 08, 2009 (12 - 1:30 PM)

    Brown Bag Lecture: Emerging Scholar series

    Bulbul Tiwari currently holds a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University.

    202 S. Thayer St., Room 2022 Ann Arbor, MI

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