Faculty Members Honored with Named Professorships
Two faculty members within the Division of the Humanities—Darby English and Theo van den Hout—have been recognized for their service and scholarship with named professorships.
Filmmaker Agnès Varda In Residence at UChicago Oct. 8-15
Renowned French film director and visual artist Agnès Varda will spend Oct. 8 to 15 in residence at the University of Chicago as part of a major weeklong celebration of her work.
Philippe Desan Receives Honor from Académie Française
Philippe Desan, Howard L. Willett Professor in Romance Languages and Literatures, History of Culture, and the College, has been honored by the Académie Française with its Grand Prix du Rayonnement de la langue et de la littérature françaises.
Edes Prize Winner Explores Contrasts in Xilitla, Mexico
Composer, performer and multimedia artist Francisco Castillo Trigueros, PhD’13, refers to his winning proposal for the 2015 Claire Rosen & Samuel Edes Prize for Emerging Artists as a song cycle that will depict the town of Xilitla in the mountainous Huasteca region of Mexico.