Christopher Woods Appointed Director of Oriental Institute
Christopher Woods, a leading scholar of Sumerian language and writing, has been appointed director of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.
Faculty
Visual Arts Faculty and Alumni Selected to Participate in documenta 14
Visual Arts faculty members William Pope.L and David Schutter, along with alumnus Dan Peterman (MFA'86), are among the 160+ international artists showcasing work at the 163-day exhibition of contemporary art.
Curating Classicisms
Classicisms co-curators Larry Norman and Anne Leonard answered a few questions about the exhibition and the curatorial process. Classicisms is on display through June 11, 2017 at the Smart Museum of Art.
Three Faculty Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Three faculty members of the University of Chicago Division of the Humanities are among the 228 members elected to the 2017 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Profs. Lenore Grenoble, Jonathan Lear, and W. J. T. Mitchell.