Cross-Disciplinary Graduate Student Workshops
The University of Chicago supports a vast array of graduate student workshops. The workshops generally meet once every two weeks, and center on presentations of work by current students, faculty, or distinguished visitors. All workshops are open to all graduate students and faculty at Chicago.
The Council on Advanced Studies sponsors graduate research workshops in the humanities and the social sciences. These interdisciplinary workshops are designed to bring together faculty and graduate students within the University of Chicago and the wider Chicago area to create scholarly dialogue, to encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration, and to foster exchange of ideas. The emphasis of these workshops is the presentation of graduate student dissertation work in progress. Since each workshop reflects the research interests of different groups of faculty members and graduate students, the workshops vary in organization and administration. Individuals interested in participating should contact the workshop coordinator, the faculty advisor or visit the workshop’s website. -From the Council on Advanced Studies
There are workshops in all manner of fields, from American Literatures and Cultures to Sex Panics; from Renaissance to New Media. Each workshop administers its own website, listserv, blog, etc. These are most commonly how papers are disseminated before each meeting. Becoming attached to these distribution tools is essential for a productive engagement with any of the workshops. For a complete list of the workshops, a little bit about each, and a link to each one’s website, visit Graduate Workshops in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
