Kestnbaum Family Cultural Activities Fund
The Kestnbaum Family Cultural Activities Fund provides support for an annual program of cultural activity in the Division of the Humanities. Past programming has included conferences, performances, lectures, and readings. For the past five years, the programming has included a writer-in-residence program through the Committee on Creative Writing at Chicago. The Kestnbaum Writer-in-Residence brings writers of national and international prominence to the University, to honor the distinguished writers who are teaching and have taught at Chicago, to showcase the University's newly formed programs in creative writing, and to provide a workshop for writings in progress.
Upcoming Lecture
| 2012 |
Michael Ondaatje 7 May 2012 5 PM, Logan Center |
Lecture Archive
| 2011 |
Joyce Carol Oates Recipient of the National Book Award and the author of over fifty novels, short stories, and volumes of poetry, Oates teaches creative writing at Princeton University. 18 May: Reading from her works. 4:30 PM, Assembly Hall, International House, 1414 East 59th Street |
| 2010 |
Jhumpa Lahiri Writer-in-Residence 10 May: Reading from her work followed by an interview |
| 2009 |
Stuart Dybeck Writer-in-Residence 19 May: Reading from his work 20 May: Lecture on his work |
| 2008 |
Performance by Edgar Meyer (bass) & Chris Thile (mandolin) University of Chicago Presents 2008-2009 Visiting Artist Series |
| 2008 |
George Saunders Writer-in-Residence Reading and panel discussion |
| 2007 |
Lydia Davis Writer-in-Residence "A Beloved Duck Gets Cooked: Writing Outside the Mainstream" |
| 2006 |
Zadie Smith Writer-in-Residence "A Reading from the Novel On Beauty" |
| 2004 |
Art Spiegelman Writer-in-Residence "Comix 101" |