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Black Freedom, Religious Excitement and the Invention of a Public Health Crisis, lecture set for Oct. 29

Attend this event entitled “Black Freedom, Religious Excitement and the Invention of a Public Health Crisis” on Oct. 29, in which Judith Weisenfeld, the Agate Brown and George L. Collard Professor of Religion at Princeton University, will explore how late 19th-century mental institutions used racialized views of “religious excitement” to justify institutionalizing formerly enslaved individuals and their descendants.

Writing Center Director and Adjunct Instructor Erin Bell presented a talk titled “Rethinking Writing Center Design in the Age of AI” at the Conference on …

Dean of the College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences Jocelyn Boryczka joined Tia Graham on WDET 101.9’s The Metro to discuss Detroit Mercy’s new …

Writing Center Director and Adjunct Instructor Erin Bell presented a session titled “Posts, Profiles, and Partnerships: Growing the Writing Center’s Presence” at the Michigan Writing Center …

Writing Center Director and Adjunct Instructor Erin Bell recently published an article titled “Petit Récits of Belonging: Reading Karla Cornejo Villavicencio’s The Undocumented Americans as …

Dean of the College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences Jocelyn Boryczka was recently interviewed on MEA-TV & Radio, a media outlet that reaches all …

Professor of History and Department Co-Chair Roy Finkenbine presented a paper on “The Robert Cromwell Rescue” at the 8th annual Michigan Underground Railroad Heritage gathering …

International pre-college summit starts July 7 at Detroit Mercy

Spaces are still available for Global Leadership, Local Impact, a weeklong leadership event that will bring students from around the world to UDM’s McNichols Campus. The summit runs July 7-14 and is a collaboration between the University’s College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences and Detroit-based Young People Global Edge.

Three videos produced and directed by Associate Professor of Communications Jason Roche were named winners in the 46th annual Telly Awards, which honor excellence in …

Writing Center Director and Adjunct Instructor Erin Bell presented an essay, titled “‘I don’t want to grow up—if it’s like that’: Re-Reading Carson McCullers’ story …

Department Co-Chair and Professor of History Roy Finkenbine gave a talk on “Erasing the History of Racial Violence: A Personal Example” to the Metro Detroit …

Theatre Company presents ‘The Grown Ups,’ April 4-6 and April 11-13

All are invited to join the Detroit Mercy Theatre Company for their performance ‘The Grown Ups,’ a dark satire about a group of camp counselors thrust into a struggle to shape the leaders of tomorrow amidst looming uncertainty and fraught relationships. Performance dates are April 4-6 and April 11-13, and tickets start at $10!

Detroit Mercy’s English Department hosted its third annual Triptych virtual reading series, featuring three award-winning writers in conversation with UDM’s poet-in-residence Stacy Gnall. You can …

Webinar to discuss conflict in Sudan featuring Christopher Tounsel, April 9

Detroit Mercy’s African American Studies Program will host Christopher Tounsel, associate professor of History and director of African Studies at the University of Washington, for a Zoom webinar on April 9, where he will discuss the civil war in Sudan, its historical context and important features of the crisis and offer perspective on the country’s uncertain future.