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Winter Dean's Salon: February 25, 2025
Dreaming Home: The Cultural Imagination and Racial Realities of Home Ownership
Video and resources coming soon.
Owning a home is one of the most...
Thomas ‘Tom’ Mapp, visionary arts educator and administrator at UChicago, 1936‒2024
Remembered for his commitment to students and encouragement to ‘read broadly and think connectively’
Thomas “Tom” Mapp, a transformative leader i...
Humanities Day, in brief
The following was published in the Winter/25 issue of the University of Chicago Magazine.
The Division of the Humanities’ annual celebration of its...
Meet the Staff: Anna Hornsby
More than 100 staff members work in the Division of the Humanities. We’ll introduce you to our staff in this continuing series.
Anna Hornsby
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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 ...
Theaster Gates's House Museum Gone Wild
The following was published in Hyperallergic on December 31, 2024.
CHICAGO — Theaster Gates’s latest exhibition, When Clouds Roll Away: Reflect...
International scholars recognize UChicago professor's original thinking
UChicago Prof. Eric Santner does not belong to one discipline. Instead, he has explored different fields, which has led him to develop diverse concept...
Welcome to Haven Academy
The following was published on the University of Chicago College website on December 18, 2024.
Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, you've just been a...
UChicago students engage their senses outside the classroom
The following was published in UChicago News on December 12, 2024.
by Tori Lee
Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called UChicago Class Vi...
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...