2004 - 2005
- Title: Public Outreach Test 1
- Host Department: Institute for the Humanities
- Date: 03/01/2005 - 04/01/2005
- Time: 10:00 PM - 11:00 AM
- Location: 4th Floor Conference Rooms, Rackham Building, 915 E Washington, Ann Arbor and the Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 1109 Geddes Ave, Ann Arbor
- Contact Information: Nicola Kiver 734 936 3518 nkiver@umich.edu
- Description: A spring weekend retreat for exploring the humanities and arts in a convivial University of Michigan setting
- Detailed Information:
The Epic is a defining source of human tradition. Larger than life, enormous in its panoply of battle and quest, dilemma and decision, the epic sets the stage for a society’s mythical self-understanding. Spanning time and geography, audience and medium, the epic is endlessly recited, endlessly varied, yet endlessly the same, a virtual road map of human diversity and human continuity. For this seminar we have recruited Michigan’s finest faculty to speak to—and illustrate—its variegated presence in dance, literature, architecture, music and other media. In revisiting the epic the Institute for the Humanities is returning to the most venerable traditions of humanistic scholarship: to the study of time-immemorial cultural stories and what they tell of life to their audiences and participants within, and between, cultures. SAVE THE DATES, May 6-8, and plan to join us! Brochures with registration materials are now available. Look for your copy in the mail, or call (or email) us to request a copy. We hope to see you in May. Join celebrated UM faculty in the Institute for the Humanities’ Spring Seminar: Frank Beaver, Film and Video Studies Judith Becker, Musicology William Glover, Architecture Michael Schoenfeldt, English Language and Literature Bright Sheng, Music To reserve your place in the 2005 Humanities Spring Seminar, please call 734-936-3518 or email nkiver@umich.edu. Fees for the weekend include meals, receptions, presentations and advance materials. Reservations are $300 per person, until April 8; after that date, $350 per person. If you must cancel, please do so by April 29. Lodging for seminar participants has been reserved. Make your arrangements directly by contacting the Campus Inn (615 E Huron, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, 1-800-666-8693) or the Bell Tower Hotel (300 S Thayer, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, 1-800-562-3559). Be sure to indicate that you are requesting a room within the Humanities Spring Seminar block. This is a busy time on campus, so please make your reservations early. Rooms will be held until April 8; thereafter, they will be available only on a first-come first-served basis. View the Registration Brochure Print out the Registration Card
