2014–2015 Neubauer Collegium Projects Announced
The Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society announced its support for fourteen interdisciplinary projects in 2014-2015, ten of which feature Division of the Humanities faculty members.
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Gift from Emmanuel Roman, MBA'87, to support Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
The collaborative, interdisciplinary work of the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society at the University of Chicago will be bolstered by a major gift to the University from philanthropist Emmanuel Roman.
The University has named the directorship of the Neubauer Collegium for the Roman family in recognition of his support. David Nirenberg, who has led the program since its establishment in 2012, will be named the Roman Family Director of the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society.
Visit by William Kentridge Celebrates Launch of Neubauer Collegium
In honor of the launch of the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society at the University of Chicago, internationally acclaimed South African artist William Kentridge will deliver a public lecture exploring the relationship between sound and image in a talk titled "Listening to the Image." The Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society is an ambitious initiative launched by the Division of the Humanities and the Division of the Social Sciences designed to expand the boundaries of humanistic inquiry and focus resources on questions that transcend any single individual, discipline, or methodology.
Humanities Faculty Members Well-Represented in Inaugural Neubauer Collegium Research Projects
The Neubauer Family Collegium for Culture and Society announced eighteen inaugural faculty research projects to begin in the 2013-2014 academic year, creating teams of faculty members with the goal of fostering and sustaining collaborative interdisciplinary research. Many of the large-scale, seed, and faculty fellows projects have principal investigators from the Division of the Humanities.