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We are very pleased to announce the Faculty Fellowship awards at the Franke Institute for the Humanities for 2009-2010. Click here for more >>

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Jonathan HallMay 6, 2009
Jonathan Hall, “The Tyranny of the Athenian Democracy”

The introduction is given by James Redfield.
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March 4, 2009
Candace Vogler, “Ethical Challenges”

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February 4, 2009
Thomas Christensen, “Bach: Musician, Mathematician, Metaphysician”

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November 12, 2008
Lisa Wedeen, “Peripheral Visions: Publics, Power, and Performance in Yemen”
The introduction is given by Michael Dawson.
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May 7, 2008
Thomas Pavel, “Why Novels Written Long Ago Are About Us”
The introduction is given by Michael Murrin.
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April 9, 2008
Julie Saville, “American Slaves and Their Properties”
The introduction is given by Norma Fields.
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March 5, 2008
Robert J. Richards, “Darwin's Natural Theology”
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February 6, 2008
Lawrence Zbikowski, “Birds, Spinning Wheels, Horses, and Sex: Painting Images with Music”
The introduction is given by Steven Rings.
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Click here to view an archive of past recordings.
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 PictureAnnouncing the following new courses for the 2009-2010 roster:

Autumn 2009
Race, Media, and Visual Culture offered by W.J.T. Mitchell (English & Art History) and Darby English (Art History)
Perception and Understanding of Multimedia offered by Berthold Hoeckner (Music) and Howard Nusbaum (Psychology)

Winter 2010
Growth and institutions in the Economy of the ancient World offered by Alain Bresson (Classics) and François Velde (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Arabesque Narrative: A Hybrid Form of the Imaginary offered by David Wellbery (Germanic Studies) and Ralph Ubl  (Visual Arts & Social Thought)
Perception and Understanding of Multimedia offered by Berthold Hoeckner (Music) and Howard Nusbaum (Psychology)

Spring 2010
Cultural Consequences of Colonization offered by Salikoko Mufwene (Linguistics) and Dain Borges (History)
Seeing / Writing the Everyday in 20th-Century France offered by Alison James (Romance Languages & Literatures) and Jennifer Wild (Cinema & Media Studies)
Perception and Understanding of Multimedia offered by Berthold Hoeckner (Music) and Howard Nusbaum (Psychology)

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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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