Division of the Social Sciences

Michael Silverstein, groundbreaking anthropologist and linguist, 1945-2020 Prof. Michael Silverstein

Michael Silverstein, groundbreaking anthropologist and linguist, 1945-2020

In half-century at UChicago, scholar made ‘foundational’ contributions to understanding of language

UChicago historian Alice Goff receives 2020 Berlin Prize UChicago Campus

UChicago historian Alice Goff receives 2020 Berlin Prize

Scholar of modern German history will use fellowship to work on new book

Why quarantines are so difficult to implement: Lessons from the 1800s Paul Emmert, View of a Smallpox Hospital, Waikiki (1853)

Why quarantines are so difficult to implement: Lessons from the 1800s

History shows why quarantines are so difficult to implement

Why a 1925 book is still relevant to urban sociology Chicago street

Why a 1925 book is still relevant to urban sociology

Amanda Woodward named dean of the Division of the Social Sciences Amanda Woodward

Amanda Woodward named dean of the Division of the Social Sciences

Center for Spatial Data Science opens at UChicago Line illustration over map of Manhattan

Center for Spatial Data Science opens at UChicago

Social science researchers partner with Illinois town on civic challenge People writing on post-it notes and placing them on a wall

Social science researchers partner with Illinois town on civic challenge

CivX program in Okawville, Ill.
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CivX - Will Gossin

CivX program in Okawville, Ill.

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Prof. Amanda Woodward appointed Deputy Dean of the Division of Social Sciences

Prof. Amanda Woodward appointed Deputy Dean of the Division of Social Sciences

Open house at Saieh Hall for Economics on Oct. 21

Open house at Saieh Hall for Economics on Oct. 21