Division of the Humanities

Prof. Lauren Berlant

Lauren Berlant, preeminent literary scholar and cultural theorist, 1957–2021

Portable video pioneers Wendy Appel and Rita Ogden, c. 1972.

The hidden history of ‘guerrilla television’: UChicago scholars preserve decades-old videos

Ian Bostridge

Vocalist Ian Bostridge to deliver lecture series on music and identity

Prof. Martha C. Nussbaum

Martha Nussbaum awarded 2021 Holberg Prize

Norman Golb sitting at his desk

Norman Golb, renowned scholar of medieval Jewish history, 1928‒2020

Magnifying glass looking at dictionary

UChicago scholars expand digital dictionaries of South Asia, Middle East

Prof. Martha C. Nussbaum

Prof. Martha C. Nussbaum to address animal rights in Humanities Day keynote

Kennedy-Truth

UChicago linguist to examine nature of truth in Humanities Day keynote

Steven Collins, world-renowned scholar of Buddhism, 1951-2018

Jonathan Z. Smith, celebrated historian of religion, 1938-2017