Martha Ward on taking teaching outside of the classroom
Associate Professor Martha Ward emphasizes how bringing students to the objects of their study invigorates their research.
College classrooms inspire UChicago scholars
UChicago scholars Matthew Briones and Sara Ray Stoelinga, two of the winners of the 2015 Quantrell Awards, discuss how the curiosity of UChicago undergraduates motivates them and how teaching is at the heart of the University’s mission.
Krista Van Fleit Hang, PhD'06, on Mao & Gandhi in the Fight Against Corruption: Popular Film & Social Change in China and India
Xi Jinping’s massive anticorruption crackdown and the Aam Aadmi Party’s victory in the recent Delhi elections highlight a shared frustration with corruption as India and China enter the Asian Century. This talk examined the mobilization of state ...
U.S. - China Forum Part 3: Keynote Address and Conversation with Madame Fu Ying
On almost any major issue, how the U.S. and China work together (or don’t) will shape our global future. This inaugural U.S.-China Forum focuses on one of these major issues: climate change. What is the health and economic toll of climate change and...
U.S. - China Forum Part 2: Beyond Paris: A Conversation with Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
On almost any major issue, how the U.S. and China work together (or don’t) will shape our global future. This inaugural U.S.-China Forum focuses on one of these major issues: climate change. What is the health and economic toll of climate change and ...
U.S. - China Forum Part 1: Confronting Environment & Climate Challenges: The Human Toll and Path Forward
On almost any major issue, how the U.S. and China work together (or don’t) will shape our global future. This inaugural U.S.-China Forum focuses on one of these major issues: climate change. What is the health and economic toll of climate change and ...
Wednesday Lunch with Matthew Barber: "An Endangered Religion and a Destroyed People: The Yazidi Undoing and the Attempt to Respond"
"An Endangered Religion and a Destroyed People: The Yazidi Undoing and the Attempt to Respond." Matthew Barber is a PhD student in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, with interests in modern Syria and Iraq, and Islamic thought...
Diversifying Theological Education: A Public Lecture by Stephen Lewis
“Diversifying Theological Education" – A public lecture by Stephen Lewis, President of the Forum for Theological Exploration (formerly the Fund for Theological Education). Rev. Lewis will share with the Swift Hall community the current state of ...
Inequality, Human Capital, and Economic Growth
Robert Topel tackled the topic of income inequality in a Becker Brown Bag lecture to Chicago Booth MBA students, breaking down his research findings that interrogate the correlation between technology advancements, human capital investment, and economi...
Characterizing Astrology in the Medieval Islamic World Keynote Lecture with Reimund Leicht | Divinity School Conference
This conference uses the particular case study of astrology as a means to study the broader implications of boundary-work. It examines the intersections among science, the occult, and the religious cultures that lived in the medieval Islamic world—in...