Division of the Humanities

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

Humanities Day on Oct. 21 celebrates scholarship with the public

Gift from Joyce Z. Greenberg, AB’52, supports Jewish Studies at UChicago

philip gossett

Philip Gossett, scholar of 19th-century Italian opera, 1941–2017

Mario Vargas Llosa

Nobel-winning novelist Mario Vargas Llosa delivers Berlin Family Lectures