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Two perspectives on medicine and the humanities
A literature scholar and a linguist engage with biomedical science.
Julie Orlemanski is an associate professor in the Department of English Language ...
English faculty Kaneesha Parsard traces an alternative ending to Minty Alley by C.L.R. James
C.L.R. James—historian, Marxist theorist, cricket commentator, and one of the twentieth century’s most prolific writers—wrote only one novel in his li...
Josephine McDonagh, Professor of English, elected to the British Academy
facuJosephine McDonagh, Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin Chair of the Development of the Novel in English and Distinguished Service Professor, has been e...
Fugitive records
A UChicago English PhD brings a forgotten emancipation narrative back to life.
In 1855 the Australian newspaper The Empire published a 20,000-word ar...
Five UChicago Humanities Faculty Members Receive Named, Distinguished Service Professorships
The following was published in UChicago News on January 6, 2025.
Five University of Chicago Humanities faculty members have received distinguished ...
Humanities scholar analyzes racial perceptions through architecture and home ownership
Assoc. Prof. Adrienne Brown’s groundbreaking research connects the architecture of skyscrapers and the propaganda of home ownership to key transformat...
UChicago writer Ling Ma received 2024 MacArthur Fellowship
The following was published in UChicago News on October 1, 2024.
Ling Ma, AB’05, an award-winning University of Chicago fiction writer renowned...
Robyn Schiff's epic poem 'Information Desk' draws critical acclaim
The following was published in UChicago News on August 27, 2024.By Sara PattersonWhen Prof. Robyn Schiff sat at the information desk at the Metropolit...
Humanities scholar elected as an honorary member of the Royal Irish Academy
For many years, Prof. James K. Chandler studied, researched, and taught the English side of literature, politics, and history. About 30 years ago, he ...
UChicago scholar wins National Book Critics Circle Award
The following was published in UChicago News on April 25, 2024.
By Sara Patterson
Asst. Prof. Tina Post’s scholarship delves into racial perfor...