This event is in the past.It took place on April 17, 2026 at Hatcher Graduate Library.

Museum Studies Program, Museums at Noon 1
Educational Talk
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Museum Studies Program, Museums at Noon

April 17 at 12pm

At Hatcher Graduate Library

Burns Park, Ann Arbor

🄪Brown bag lunch welcome
šŸŽ“Open to public, no registration
šŸ¤”Expect challenging ideas, not consensus

This lunch-hour talk tackles an uncomfortable question: why have Holocaust museums largely escaped the decolonization movement? Scholar Erica Lehrer examines how these institutions, despite their social justice missions, remain entangled with state power and inherited biases. Expect rigorous debate, not easy answers.

Academic lecture
Museum studies
Critical theory
Social justice focus