Humanities
By Andrew Bauld
June 14, 2017
Residents to discuss research during Aug. 4-6 conference
April 28, 2017
Webcast of ‘Powerlessness and the Politics of Blame’ begins at 6:30 p.m. CDT
By Andrew Bauld
April 14, 2017
A Divinity School scholar at UChicago will partner with colleagues from three other universities to better understand the impact of climate change from a humanities perspective among other theological, philosophical...Read more
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March 2, 2017
At the UChicago Center in Delhi, doctors & professors from UChicago and various Indian institutes gathered for three days conference on Reviving Humanities in Medical Education.Read more
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March 2, 2017
At the UChicago Center in Delhi, doctors & professors from UChicago and various Indian institutes gathered for three days conference on Reviving Humanities in Medical Education.Read more
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March 2, 2017
At the UChicago Center in Delhi, doctors & professors from UChicago and various Indian institutes gathered for three days conference on Reviving Humanities in Medical Education.Read more
By Becky Beaupre Gillespie
January 18, 2017
World-renowned philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum, the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, will deliver the 2017 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities on May 1 at the John...Read more
December 10, 2015
A $5 million gift from Bruce C. Lindsay, MBA’65, and Suzanne Glover Lindsay will establish the first professorship in economics and public policy at the University of Chicago Booth School...Read more
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July 15, 2015
The Division of the Humanities Diploma and Hooding Ceremony was held in Mandel Hall on June 13, 2015, as part of the University of Chicago's 523rd Convocation.Read more
By Mary Abowd
June 18, 2015
As a young writer during the late 1920s and 1930s, author Richard Wright was a denizen of Chicago’s “Black Belt,” a narrow strip of South Side neighborhoods that became the...Read more
April 6, 2015
$10 million gift from University Trustee Steve G. Stevanovich to support new research institute
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October 24, 2014
It starts with a question: What difference can one idea, one person, one university make? We will find answers—and discover new questions—together. Join the campaign at campaign.uchicago.edu . The University...Read more
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July 1, 2014
The Division of the Humanities Diploma and Hooding Ceremony was held in Mandel Hall on June 14, 2014, as part of the University of Chicago’s 519th Convocation.Read more
By Susie Allen
April 7, 2014
Chicago audiences will have a rare opportunity to see one of China’s most celebrated opera companies perform highlights from its repertory on Saturday, April 12. Rising star Ling Ke will...Read more
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March 3, 2014
This Chicago Humanities Forum talk is given by Haun Saussy, University Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature. Professor Saussy’s interests include Classical Chinese poetry and commentary, literary theory, comparative...Read more
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January 30, 2014
Paul Kiparsky, Robert M. and Anne T. Bass Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University in conversation with John A. Goldsmith, University of Chicago, and John...Read more
By Susie Allen
September 5, 2013
South African artist William Kentridge, who has earned international acclaim for a versatile body of work that includes animated films, prints, drawings and opera, will deliver a lecture to launch...Read more
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November 15, 2012
On October 10, 2012, Adrian Johns gave the lecture “The Politics of Media Piracy.” Johns is the Allan Grant Maclear Professor in History and Chair of the Committee on Conceptual...Read more
By Susie Allen
June 27, 2012
Neubauer Collegium, supported by $26.5 million gift, to promote collaboration on big questions
By Steve Kloehn
May 25, 2012
Martha T. Roth , the Chauncey S. Boucher Distinguished Service Professor of Assyriology, has been appointed to a second five-year term as dean of the Humanities Division , President Robert...Read more