The African Studies Center (ASC) sponsors conferences, lectures, exhibits, film series, and cultural performances throughout the year. These events are designed to foster understanding of Africa among members of the U-M community and the public and to advance the exchange of resources and knowledge between U-M and its partners in Africa.
In addition to our yearly programming, ASC considers funding requests to cosponsor lectures, events, performances, and activities that coincide with the our mission to promote a broad and deep understanding of the region. Request to cosponsor an event»
We invite colleagues, students, and members of the community to join us in celebrating Ray Silverman’s retirement from his position as Professor of History of Art, African Studies, and Museum Studies with a two-day symposium at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Inspired by Dr. Silverman’s seminal volume, Museums as Process: Translating Local and Global Knowledges (Routledge 2014), the symposium invites discussion about methodologies, challenges, and benefits of undertaking scholarship, museum work, and creative production through collaboration and community engagement. We ask, what does it mean for the process of collaboration to be an end in itself, and how might this perspective shift values in the academy and beyond?
The program will begin on the afternoon of Friday, September 30 and end late-afternoon on Saturday, October 1, 2022. It will be an in-person event taking place in the Helmut Stern Auditorium at the U-M Museum of Art (UMMA).
Speakers:
Kelly Askew, University of Michigan
Daniel Berhanemeskel, artist
Donald Buaku, City of Houston
Geoff Emberling, University of Michigan
Robert Glew, Michigan State University
Erica Lehrer, Concordia University, Montreal
Allison Martino, Indiana University
Prita Meier, New York University
Derek Peterson, University of Michigan
Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo, University of Michigan
Heran Sereke-Brhan, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
Carla Sinopoli, University of New Mexico
Neal Sobania, Pacific Lutheran University
The program will begin on the afternoon of Friday, September 30 and end late-afternoon on Saturday, October 1, 2022. It will be an in-person event taking place in the Helmut Stern Auditorium at the U-M Museum of Art (UMMA).
Speakers:
Kelly Askew, University of Michigan
Daniel Berhanemeskel, artist
Donald Buaku, City of Houston
Geoff Emberling, University of Michigan
Robert Glew, Michigan State University
Erica Lehrer, Concordia University, Montreal
Allison Martino, Indiana University
Prita Meier, New York University
Derek Peterson, University of Michigan
Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo, University of Michigan
Heran Sereke-Brhan, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
Carla Sinopoli, University of New Mexico
Neal Sobania, Pacific Lutheran University
| Building: | Museum of Art |
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| Event Type: | Conference / Symposium |
| Tags: | african and afroamerican studies, African Studies Center, Art, History, Museum |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from History of Art, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA), Museum Studies Program, African Studies Center, Museum of Natural History, Museum Studies Minor Program |
| Upcoming Dates: |
Friday, September 30, 2022 1:00-6:00 PM
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