‘A Road Three Hundred Years Long’: A Cinema Stirring Amid an Exodus
Prof. Jacqueline Stewart calls 1941 film 'The Blood of Jesus’ a 'document of black folk culture,' drawing on Hollywood conventions
Anthony C. Yu, Translator of the Saga of a Chinese Pilgrimage, Dies at 76
Prof. Emeritus Anthony Yu remembered for epic translation of ‘The Journey to the West,’ termed ‘one of the great ventures of our time’
Anthony Yu, U. of C. prof who did landmark translation of beloved Chinese story, dead at 76
Prof. Edward Shaughnessey remembers the late Prof. Emeritus Anthony Yu and the ‘giant achievement’ of his epic translation of ‘The Journey to the West’
Life Is "Triggering." The Best Literature Should Be, Too.
In op-ed, Prof. Jerry Coyne argues that trigger warnings on Core curriculum readings are counterproductive for a diverse learning environment
New Republic
A rarity, resurrected: an all-black film from the silent era
Prof. Jacqueline Stewart comments on Logan Center screening of Bert Williams silent film, says had a ‘desire to take blackface to a higher level, strange as that sounds’
Chicago artist Theaster Gates: 'I’m hoping Swiss bankers will bail out my flooded South Side bank in the name of art'
Prof. Theaster Gates, director of Arts + Public Life, transforms aging South Side buildings into affordable housing sites and community centers
'Ghost World' artist's papers acquired by University of Chicago
University of Chicago Library receives 16 boxes of cartoonist and Hyde Park native Daniel Clowes’ work
The Object as Subject
Article cites Prof. Bill Brown, who discusses in-depth analyses of objects, or ‘Thing Theory,’ a rising trend in academia
T.H. Tsien, Scholar of Chinese Written Word, Dies at 105
Prof. Emeritus T.H. Tsien remembered as a renowned scholar of Chinese bibliography, paleography