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Stand Fast, Chicago: Archival Video from 1991

Celebrating the University's centennial, this video was produced in 1991 for the Alumni Association. With a runtime of 16 minutes, it's chock-full of history, humor, and nostalgia. Take a few minutes to reminisce…

On Documentary Filmmaking

Errol Morris, innovative director of 'Gates of Heaven,' 'The Thin Blue Line' and 'Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control,' visited the University of Chicago as the first in the Nuveen Visiting Filmmakers series. With his portraits of the everyday, bizarre and...

Student Use of the Library

On November 17, 2005, The Provost's Task Force on the Library and The University of Chicago Library hosted a one-day conference remembering the past and planning for the future of the Library. Speakers presented historical and current library perspecti...

Historical Reflections on Regenstein

On November 17, 2005, The Provost's Task Force on the Library and The University of Chicago Library hosted a one-day conference remembering the past and planning for the future of the Library. Speakers presented historical and current library perspecti...

The Library of the Future: An Information Technologist's Perspective

On November 17, 2005, The Provost's Task Force on the Library and The University of Chicago Library hosted a one-day conference remembering the past and planning for the future of the Library. Speakers presented historical and current library perspecti...

All Love Told: Barthes and the Novel

The Erotikon symposium brought together a stellar group of intellectuals to discuss, debate, and celebrate the nature, history, and power of eros through its manifold embodiments in the cultural arts. The symposium inspired the book Erotikon: Essays o...

A Conversation with Eric Fischl

A conversation with painter and sculptor Eric Fischl.

The Erotic Nietzsche: Philosophers without Philosophy

The Erotikon symposium brought together a stellar group of intellectuals to discuss, debate, and celebrate the nature, history, and power of eros through its manifold embodiments in the cultural arts. The symposium inspired the book Erotikon: Essays o...

The Couple

The Erotikon symposium brought together a stellar group of intellectuals to discuss, debate, and celebrate the nature, history, and power of eros through its manifold embodiments in the cultural arts. The symposium inspired the book Erotikon: Essays o...

People as Fictions: Proust and the Ladder of Love

The Erotikon symposium brought together a stellar group of intellectuals to discuss, debate, and celebrate the nature, history, and power of eros through its manifold embodiments in the cultural arts. The symposium inspired the book Erotikon: Essays o...