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Coming Up
Thomas Christensen, "Back: Musician, Mathematician, Metaphysician"The Chicago Humanities Forum Presents Thomas Christensen, “Bach: Musician, Mathematician, Metaphysician”
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
5:15–6:00 p.m.
The Gleacher Center,
450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive, Room 621, Chicago, IL

This event is open to the public. Please RSVP by January 30, 2009 by calling (773)702-8274 or emailing franke-humanities@uchicago.edu.

Coming Up
The Chicago Humanities Forum Presents Candace Vogler, “Ethical Challenges”
Wednesday, March 4, 2009

5:15–6:00 p.m.
The Gleacher Center,
450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive, Room 621, Chicago, IL

Please call (773) 702-8274 for more information, or you can send us a message.

Listen
Lisa WedeenNovember 12, 2008
Lisa Wedeen, “Peripheral Visions: Publics, Power, and Performance in Yemen”
The introduction is given by Michael Dawson.
Click here to listen to this talk.

May 7, 2008
Thomas Pavel, “Why Novels Written Long Ago Are About Us”
The introduction is given by Michael Murrin.
Click here to listen to this talk.

April 9, 2008
Julie Saville, “American Slaves and Their Properties”
The introduction is given by Norma Fields.
Click here to listen to this talk.

March 5, 2008
Robert J. Richards, “Darwin's Natural Theology”
Click here to listen to this talk.

February 6, 2008
Lawrence Zbikowski, “Birds, Spinning Wheels, Horses, and Sex: Painting Images with Music”
The introduction is given by Steven Rings.
Click here to listen to this talk.
Ongoing Exhibit
Project Bamboo is a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary, and inter-organizational effort that brings together researchers in arts and humanities, computer scientists, information scientists, librarians, and campus information technologists to tackle the question: How can we advance arts and humanities research through the development of shared technology services?
New at the Institute
Classroom PictureThe roster of classes for the 2009-2010 academic year will be announced by the end of Autumn 2008.

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Listen
The following talk is from the Every Wednesday Lunch Series for faculty.

Sarah NooterNovember 12, 2008
Sarah Nooter
on the powers of ancient Greek poetry

Introduction by Mark Payne.
Click here to listen.

November 5, 2008
Jennifer Wild
on the cinematic impression

Introduction by Tom Gunning.
Click here to listen.

October 29, 2008
Timothy Campbell
on fashion and history

Introduction by Elaine Hadley.
Click here to listen.

October 22, 2008
David Schutter
on John Constable's clouds

Introduction by Matthew Jesse Jackson.
Click here to listen.

October 15, 2008
Mark Hansen
on the context of presidential elections

Introduction by Gerald Rosenberg.
Click here to listen.

October 8, 2008
Philip Gossett
on Verdi's correspondence with his librettists about King Lear
Introduction by David Bevington.
Click here to listen.

Click here to view our archive of recordings.

Ongoing Exhibit
“Instance the determination”
An on-site installation in buildings on the main quadrangle
Helen Mirra, Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard

Instance the DeterminationMore information:
- Locations and Map
- Interactive Project Map

- Official Press Release
- Listen to Helen Mirra speak about The Disciplines and the Arts, recorded on April 29, 2006 at "The Fate of Disciplines"

As part of a three-year Mellon Project that concludes with the conference, “The Fate of Disciplines,” The Franke Institute for the Humanities at the University of Chicago is announcing a public artwork, Instance the determination, by Helen Mirra. The artwork will be up from April 27, 2006 through June 2009.

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