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NEH Recognizes Three UChicago Humanities Scholars
The following was published in UChicago News on September 6, 2023.
Allyson Nadia Field is writing a transformative book about Black love in ear...
A Generous Gift Expands the Reach of Translation Studies
By María Carrasquilla
The literary translation that has long flourished at UChicago is now being recognized and expanded. In UChicago’s Humanities ...
Humanities and History Scholar Elected Fellow of the British Academy
Renowned historian and Humanities scholar Dipesh Chakrabarty was elected as a Corresponding Fellow to the British Academy—the highest honor for an aca...
Two Humanities Faculty Receive Named Professorships
The following was published in UChicago News on July 5, 2023.
Sixteen University of Chicago faculty members have received distinguished service pro...
UChicago Teaching Award Winners Share their Summer Reading Recommendations
The following was published in UChicago News on June 20, 2023.
Looking for your next summer read? Look no further. Here's the books the University ...
David Wellbery to Receive the Golden Goethe Medal
Through his interdisciplinary approach to analyzing the work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, David E. Wellbery has transformed scholarly understanding ...
Scholarly Associations for Middle East Studies Laud NELC Researchers for Illuminating Recent and Ancient History
Scholars in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations have discovered and excavated new archaeological sites and uncovered new perspe...
UChicago Professor To Receive the MLA's William Sanders Scarborough Prize for His Transformative Scholarship
In writing a book that develops a new vocabulary for black and trans life, C. Riley Snorton delves into the past 150 years of American history. Recogn...
UChicago Professor to Receive the MLA's Prestigious James Russell Lowell Prize
Selecting six distinctive 20th-century women for her book Tough Enough: Arbus, Arendt, Didion, McCarthy, Sontag, Weil (University of Chicago Press, 20...
Digging Deep
Stuart Tave fellows’ courses address video games, ISIS headlines, and physiognomy
Each year, up to five Stuart Tave Teaching fellowships are awarded ...