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African American U-M students pickieting in support of the Black Action Movement.

Making Michigan

Radical Roots, Contested Place: African American and African Studies at U-M with Stephen Ward

  • Thursday, October 15, 2020
  • 7:00 – 8:30 pm
  • Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory
  • In-Person
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Jewish students celebrating Passover Seder in 1942.

Making Michigan

The Boundaries of Pluralism: The World of the University of Michigan’s Jewish Students from 1897 – 1945 with Andrei Markovits and Kenneth Garner

  • Thursday, September 24, 2020
  • 7:00 – 8:30 pm
  • Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory
  • In-Person
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Nineteenth century male and female students reading in class.

Making Michigan

Coeducation for Democracy: The Changing Moral Vision for Educating the Sexes at U-M, 1870-1920 with Andrea Turpin

  • Thursday, February 13, 2020
  • 7:00 – 8:30 pm
  • Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory
  • In-Person
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Angell Hall seen from the southwest.

Making Michigan

Telling the Truth About the Liberal Arts: Histories and Futures with Terry McDonald

  • Thursday, January 23, 2020
  • 7:00 – 8:30 pm
  • Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory
  • In-Person
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Formal protrait of the U-M football team in 1890.

Making Michigan

“We must work off our surplus animal spirits”: 19th-Century Origins of Athletic Competition at the University of Michigan with Greg Kinney and Brian Williams

  • Thursday, December 19, 2019
  • 7:00 – 8:30 pm
  • Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory
  • In-Person
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Three female cafeteria workers serving food in the West Quad dormitory cafeteria.

Making Michigan

Lilly Stalks, Pounded Murphies and Caramel Ice Cream: Investigating the Food System that Fed U-M Students a Century Ago with Lisa Young

  • Thursday, November 14, 2019
  • 7:00 – 8:30 pm
  • Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory
  • In-Person
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The Detroit Observatory at twilight.

Making Michigan

Stars Rising: Why U-M’s Detroit Observatory Matters — and Where It’s Going with Gary Krenz

  • Friday, October 11, 2019
  • 7:00 – 8:30 pm
  • Ann Arbor District Library
  • In-Person
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