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caucasian presenting man with tan shirt and headphones in profile with stone wall visible behind
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  • Philip A Hallman
Next week : John Sayles on Welles and Altman
Join us next Friday 14 April 3-5 pm in the Hatcher Gallery for an event with writer and director John Sayles! Sayles will kick off the Bilmes Visiting Filmmaker series by sharing items of interest he discovered while looking through the archives of fellow maverick directors Orson Welles and Robert Altman.
partially open book with red and black structure folding out from it
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  • Jamie Lausch Vander Broek
  • Amy Crist
Special Collections After Hours | Books in Motion
Join the Special Collections Research Center in Hatcher next Tuesday (11 April) at 4 pm for our final After Hours open house of the Winter term, exploring a selection of moveable books!
Mich. Ms. 30, full illumination depicting John the Evangelist, fol. 306v. Gospels and biblical and patristic commentaries. [Northern Greece], May 31, 1430.
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  • Pablo Alvarez
A Lecture and Two Workshops on Greek Paleography
You are all cordially invited to attend the public lecture, "The Place of Greek Paleography in the Cultural and Literary History of Byzantium." Professor Elena Velkovska (University of Siena, Italy) will help us understand the international significance of the many treasured and valuable Byzantine Greek liturgical manuscripts held in the U-M Library's Special Collections Research Center.
printed page of latin text with large initial A and border of vines and leaves in black with green and gold accents
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  • Pablo Alvarez
  • Shannon Zachary
Coffee with the Curators | Openings: Title Pages in the History of Printed Books
Join us this Wednesday, 8 March, at 4 pm for refreshments, viewing, and casual conversation with the student curators of "Openings: Title Pages in the History of Printed Books"!
architectural scene of cityscape in black and beige
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  • Pablo Alvarez
Special Collections After Hours | Illustrations in Rare Books and Prints in Western Europe: A Very Brief History
Join the Special Collections Research Center in Hatcher next Tuesday (14 March) at 4 pm for our third After Hours open house of the Winter term, exploring a selection of early rare books and prints containing images printed with the technique of relief (woodcuts) and intaglio (copperplate engravings).
cluster of flowers in yellow and white with green leaves and brown stems against a yellow background
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  • Juli McLoone
Special Collections After Hours | Love in the Stacks
Join the Special Collections Research Center in Hatcher next Tuesday (14 February) at 4 pm for our second After Hours open house of the Winter term, exploring materials related to love and romance.
well-dressed spanish and visayan men women and children seated in chairs or on floor, some standing, in a fine room with polished floors
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  • Martha O'Hara Conway
  • Fe Susan T Go
Special Collections After Hours | We Collect and We Connect: Philippine Collections in the U-M Library
Join the Special Collections Research Center in Hatcher next Tuesday (10 January) at 4 pm for our first After Hours open house of the Winter term, exploring our extensive collection of letters, diaries, photographs, maps, books, and other material documenting early 20th century Philippine history!
An arm labeled "Fig 4" with letter annotations.
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  • Pablo Alvarez
Special Collections After Hours | Treasures from our History of Medicine Collections
Join the Special Collections Research Center in Hatcher next Tuesday (13 December) at 4 pm for our final After Hours open house of the term exploring a selection of artifacts illustrating the early history of western medicine.
image of man-presenting person with pregnant belly
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  • Julie Herrada
Special Collections After Hours | Women's Reproductive Rights
Join the Special Collections Research Center in Hatcher next Tuesday (8 November) at 4 pm for our third After Hours open house of the term exploring Labadie Collection materials on women's reproductive rights.
open book with arabic script in gold and colors
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  • Evyn Kropf
Special Collections After Hours | Reading Blessings on the Prophet
Join the Special Collections Research Center in Hatcher next Tuesday (11 October) at 4 pm for our second After Hours open house of the term exploring the Arabic devotional compendium Dalāʼil al-khayrāt!