The University of Michigan Papyrology Collection

10/28/2020

12/06/2019

Spotlight on our student assistant, Allison Thorsen, and her exhibit, "Literature in Fragments: Lost Greek Works at Michigan."

10/23/2019

LSA Magazine, Fall 2019: Better with Age

10/07/2019

Literature in Fragments: Lost Greek Works at Michigan, curated by student Allison Thorsen, opens tomorrow, Tuesday, October 8 and runs through Friday, December 6. The exhibit is located on the 6th floor of the Hatcher Graduate Library in the Special Collections Research Center. Please stop by and have a look!

Special Collections Research Center hours and directions can be found here: https://www.lib.umich.edu/special-collections-research-center

Detail of papyri fragments Event Information DatesOctober 8th through December 6thLocationHatcher Graduate Library, Special Collections Research Center, 6th FloorLocation InformationEvent TypeExhibitThis exhibition presents a selection of such fragmentary literary texts from the University of Michig...

08/06/2019

In case you've yet to obtain your very own copy of Arthur Verhoogt's "Discarded, Discovered, Collected"--here's your reminder!

A history of Michigan's celebrated collection of papyri offers a glimpse into the ancient world.

06/07/2019

Join us tomorrow, Saturday, June 8, at the Ann Arbor Greek Festival where archivist, Dr. Brendan Haug, will speaking about our papyri at 2:30 inside the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church of Ann Arbor!

http://www.annarborgreekfestival.org/events.html

04/08/2019

Archivist Brendan Haug in the news!

Exclusive Interview: University of Michigan’s Papyrology Collection, worth an estimated $100 million dollars, is the largest collection of papyrus in North America and run by Archivist BRENDAN HAUG!

11/27/2018

It's Giving Blueday! We hope all our friends who celebrate had a lovely Thanksgiving weekend, and after giving thanks and spending time with your families near and far (and shopping all those great deals!), we hope you'll have it in you to help support the UM Papyrology Collection! These funds help us conserve, study, and present papyri that give us insight into personal family interactions in antiquity (we're certain some of them had similar arguments around the dinner table as some of us had at Thanksgiving . . . ) and the deals they struck for the latest and best model of . . . cows. And linen! Great deals that rival our Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, we're sure. But only your donations can help us discover these treasures!

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10/26/2018

Interview with our very esteemed Associate Dean Arthur "AV" Verhoogt!

Rackham Associate Dean Arthur Verhoogt discusses the U-M papyrus collection and his book about it, which was recently honored with the University of Michigan Press Book Award.

10/01/2018

Huzzah! Congratulations to the wonderful Arthur Verhoogt (Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, professor of papyrology and Greek, LSA; associate dean for academic programs and initiatives, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies) for receiving the University of Michigan Press Book Award for his excellent new book: Discarded, Discovered, Collected: The University of Michigan Papyrus Collection. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2017

If you have yet to get your hands on this excellent book, well, here's your chance! Hurry over and purchase here (https://www.press.umich.edu/9711584/discarded_discovered_collected) for a mere $39.99 U.S.! What a deal for such a great book!

Editor’s Note: The information for this story includes excerpts from citations provided by the Office of University Development. Twenty-two faculty members are being formally recognized Wednesday at the University of Michigan Museum of Art for their teaching, scholarship, service and creative acti...