Thomas ‘Tom’ Mapp, visionary arts educator and administrator at UChicago, 1936‒2024
Remembered for his commitment to students and encouragement to ‘read broadly and think connectively’
Howard Aronson, advocate for study of Slavic and non-Slavic languages, 1936‒2024
Colleagues recall the ‘linguist’s linguist’ as a remarkable scholar and amiable colleague
Lessons from the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Renowned film historian Prof. Jacqueline Stewart returns to UChicago with new insights on film scholarship and engaging diverse audiences
Prof. Philip V. Bohlman to address ‘doing good’ through music during Humanities Day keynote
Renowned ethnomusicologist looks at how people in borderlands use music to connect and gain identity
Acclaimed UChicago composer’s new orchestral composition debuts at the New York Philharmonic
University Prof. Augusta Read Thomas’s ‘Bebop Kaleidoscope’ embraces refractions of light, jazz and transformation
Robyn Schiff’s epic poem ‘Information Desk’ draws critical acclaim
UChicago poet wins Four Quartets Prize—the latest award for work inspired by her time at the Met in New York
Prof. Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer elected to the British Academy
UChicago classics scholar honored for innovative scholarship and interdisciplinary initiatives
Lewis ‘Alan’ Longino, UChicago graduate student and scholar of postwar Japanese art, 1987‒2024
Colleagues remembered art historian’s ‘intellectual spirit,’ empathy and curiosity
George Haley, acclaimed critic of the Golden Age of Spanish literature, 1927‒2024
Colleagues recall UChicago scholar’s work as ‘unique for its quality: not volcanic but everlasting’
W. Ralph Johnson, pre-eminent UChicago critic of Latin poetry, 1933‒2024
Latin scholar remembered as ‘a superb poet, raconteur and fierce intellectual’