New Faculty Fall 2024
Gray Center launches Portable Gray issue honoring artist Pope.L’s “Chicago Years”
Pope.L’s impact at UChicago extended far beyond the classroom—through his groundbreaking performances, scholarship, and deep ties to Chicago’s art scene. On Aug. 27, the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry honors his legacy with a launch event for Portable Gray: The Chicago Years, featuring Theaster Gates, Mami Takahashi, and a DJ set in his honor.
Five gems from the South Side Home Movie Project
The South Side Home Movie Project exhibition at the Logan Center for the Arts runs through August 24. Explore five surprising gems from the 20-year-old archive dedicated to preserving and digitizing the rich tapestry of home movies created by Chicago's South Side residents.
Arts & Humanities faculty member Hoyt Long receives named professorship
Twenty-six members of the University of Chicago faculty have received distinguished service professorships or named professorships, including Hoyt Long who has been named the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and the College.
Grant funds Smart Museum-Divinity School partnership to research religious objects
The University of Chicago has received a $2.45 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative. The grant will support the four-year project, Afterlives: Engaging Objects of Religious Origin in Museum Collections, a collaboration between the Smart Museum of Art and the Divinity School’s Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion.
