Unfortunately, Mara Mills: The History of Impairment, has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience. How to Participate: Details to come as they become available. More information can be found here: https://lsa.umich.edu/comm/news-events/all-events.detail.html/102183-21803656.html Speaker: Mara Mills is Associate Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University with expertise in sound studies, disability studies, business […]

HOW TO PARTICIPATE Participants are invited to attend in-person at North Quad (105 S. State St, Ann Arbor Michigan 48109), Space 2435. ABSTRACT Astronaut Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) is nearing the end of his three year contract of harvesting Helium-3, a precious energy source, from the far side of the moon. His only communication with […]

How to Attend: This event will be held on May 16th, 2023 9:00am-5:00 pm. Participants are invited to attend in-person at the Lurie Engineering Center Johnson Rooms, 3rd Floor. Advance registration required. Registration, full schedule, and more information can be found here: https://midas.umich.edu/building-ethical-ai/.   About: Every day, whether we realize it or not, we are […]

  Join us for conversation, appetizers, and drinks: Monday, October 9 4:00 - 6:00 PM Bløm Meadworks 100 S 4th Ave STE 110, A2 48104 (map) UM Faculty and Graduate Students RSVP by Wednesday, October 4 ESC is generously supported by the School of Information; the Center for Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research; […]

HOW TO PARTICIPATE Participants are invited to attend in-person at Ehrlicher Room, 3100 North Quad (Map and Directions).   About Join us for an event with academic and performance artist Allucquére Rosanne "Sandy" Stone, who is commonly credited with founding the field of transgender studies, and Cassius Adair, who studies the intersection of digital media […]

How to Participate: Participants are invited to attend in-person at 1014 Tisch Hall. Advance registration is not required. Title: Count Me In: How Quantification Shapes Knowledge Politics in Contemporary Higher Education Abstract: How is knowledge organized in higher education? In recent decades, the adoption of market-oriented logics within institutions of research and higher education had […]

How to Participate: Participants are invited to attend a live, multimedia performance in-person at Stern Auditorium or virtually. Registration for required. About: "Asian futures, without Asians" is a multimedia presentation by artist and curator Astria Suparak, which asks: “What does it mean when so many white filmmakers envision futures inflected by Asian culture, but devoid […]

How to Participate: Participants are invited to attend in-person at 1014 Tisch Hall. Advance registration is not required. Title: The History of ‘Impairment’   Abstract: “Impairment” is a key term in Anglophone disability studies and medical discourse, referring to physical difference, limitation, or injury. When disability scholars and activists critique the definition of impairment, they […]

HOW TO PARTICIPATE Participants are invited to attend in-person at the 10th Floor Event Space in Weiser Hall or virtually. Advance registration is encouraged. Register here for virtual attendance: https://bit.ly/3sBoiay Register here for in-person attendance: https://myumi.ch/73xq1 TITLE Indistinguishability/Inscrutability - Facial Recognition Technologies and the Logics of Asian American Faciality SPEAKER Wendy Sung is assistant professor […]

HOW TO PARTICIPATE Participants are invited to attend in-person in the LSA Building Room 1040 or virtually. Advance registration is encouraged. Register here to attend in-person: https://myumi.ch/PrVPV Register here to attend virtually: https://bit.ly/46TsaCc TITLE Predictions Without Futures / Of Cosmograms and Clockwork SPEAKER Sun-ha Hong is an Assistant Professor of Communication at Simon Fraser University. ABSTRACT Our […]