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  • Pablo Alvarez
We are very pleased to invite you all to the fourth session of the Virtual Encounters on Book History, a series organized by Pablo Alvarez (University of Michigan) and Benito Rial Costas (Universidad Complutense de Madrid). Our fourth webinar is a celebration of two landmark publications based on the extensive collection of Greek manuscripts at the University of Michigan Library: Nadezhda Kavrus-Hoffmann, Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Vol. 1. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2021; and Julia Miller, Tradition and Individuality: Bindings from the University of Michigan Greek Manuscript Collection. Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2021. Our speakers will focus on various aspects of this important collection of manuscripts, presenting case studies that illustrate their historical, textual, and artistic relevance.
  • Bruna Carolina Iunessanches
Microbial Masterpieces is a continuously evolving project devoted to helping people understand the importance of the microbial world, let's know more!
Detail of graphic describing a parade formation of a battalion consisting of four companies, from Articles of War for Francesco I (1708-1765) Holy Roman Emperor, Grand Duke of Tuscany (Florence, 1739)
  • Pablo Alvarez
On behalf of the University of Michigan Library, we would like to express our gratitude to Samuel L. Chappell (B.S. 1969) and Roberta J. Chappell (B.S. 1967) for their generous gift that allowed us to acquire a manuscript and an early printed book for our military history collection. Since their graduation from the U-M, Sam and Bobbie have kept in touch with the Library in various ways, including generous donations to advance our academic mission.
  • Anne Cong-Huyen
On Friday, February 12th, the U-M Library hosted its third annual Douglass Day celebration in honor of Frederick Douglass, 19th century American abolitionist, author, and orator. This year the event highlighted the life, legacy and work of Mary Church Terrell with a lecture from Dr. Shelley Haley followed by transcription, digital art-making, and socializing over baked goods!
Open Access Publishing in Asian Studies poster, with U-M Press and LSA logos
  • Dawn Lawson
Several centers at the U-M International Institute have collaborated with University of Michigan Press and the U-M Asia Library received a Humanities Open Book program grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, enabling them to make 100 important backlist books broadly available again.
Black and white film still showing a Black woman from the chest up, looking directly at the camera. Also within the frame is the back of her head as shown in a mirror behind her.
  • Autumn Wetli
As part of Black History Month this year, check out some of the Library's streaming access to films by Black directors.
Left: a broadside with the text of Harold G. Lawrece's poem, "Black Madonna" below a sepia-toned depiction of a Black woman as the Virgin Mary gazing lovingly at a Black infant. Right: A broadside with the text of Naomi Long Madgett's "A Mandate for Remembrance" laid over a watermark illustration of a stylized human figure sitting cross-legged and lifting their arms. A fire or sunburst appears in their left hand.
  • Juli McLoone
Join the Special Collections Research Center on February 9, at 4:00pm, for the second of our Winter 2021 After Hours events: "Broadside and Lotus: Black-Owned Presses in Detroit." Please register at the link provided in the blog post below.
Color illustration showing a Black boy jumping through the air into a body of water. Two Black boys watch, sitting on a rock by the water.
  • Autumn Wetli
February is Black History Month and the first week of February is designated as Children's Authors & Illustrators Week. Celebrate by checking out some of the work by Black children's authors and/or illustrators held in the Library's Children's Literature Collection.
Poster for film Last Train Home
  • Dawn Lawson
The next entry in the CHOP Film Series is Last Train Home, a 2009 film that documents a couple embarking on a journey home for Chinese new year along with 130 million other migrant workers.