Steven Rings on the Many Voices of Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is the ultimate musical shape-shifter. In his five-decade career, he has refused to stay in the same place for long, moving fluidly between genres, voices and performance styles.
To some, that elusive quality makes Dylan almost maddening. To others, it makes him fascinating. But to musicologist Steven Rings, it makes Dylan's work a perfect object of scholarly analysis.
Neubauer Collegium Selects New Interdisciplinary Projects
The Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society at the University of Chicago has selected 10 new faculty research projects to join the 32 interdisciplinary projects that are already under way.
Ptaszynska to Serve as Artistic Director of Contempo
Exploring the Life and Legacy of Susan Sontag at UChicago and Beyond
“She was kind of the last rock star intellectual,” said Deborah Nelson, associate professor of English and deputy provost for Graduate Education, and an interviewee in the film.