How 3,000-year-old poems landed in a top literary magazine
With new translations from the long-extinct Hittite language, UChicago Ph.D. student Naomi Harris brought verses from clay tablets to "The Paris Review"
Werewolf books and movies that make us more human
UChicago course examines the transformation trope across literature and film—from repressed desire to outsider identities
UChicago students share “life-changing” experiences as Fulbright scholars
Three Humanities graduate students discuss professional and personal benefits of their time abroad
W. Ralph Johnson, pre-eminent UChicago critic of Latin poetry, 1933‒2024
Latin scholar remembered as ‘a superb poet, raconteur and fierce intellectual’
Experimental UChicago course compares Maya, European stories of creation
Students, professors create energetic dialog between “Popol Vuh” and “Paradise Lost”
Michael Murrin, leading scholar of allegory and ‘dracologist,’ 1938–2021
Scholar remembered for personal kindness, expertise on interpretation of European legends
Students' book transforms classics into 'tweets'
Alex Aciman and Emmett Rensin, now second years in the College, satirize great literature and modern culture in their new book, Twitterature.
Susan Soric