January 2021

Byline: By Lauren LoveRead the Full Press Release The Midwest, to many Americans, is either “fly-over country” where not much of interest happens, or “the heartland,” nostalgically framed as an ideal, homogenous America. A group of U-M scholars has secured a $225,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to explore the Midwest instead as […]

2:00-3:00 PM EST || February 1, 2021 We are excited to announce the launch of our two-year Mellon Sawyer Seminar: Sites of Translation in the Multilingual Midwest. Funded by the Mellon Foundation, this seminar series draws on interdisciplinary resources within and beyond the University of Michigan to explore diverse midwestern histories and cultures of translation.