Spring 2019
| Tableau, Spring 2019 Volume 20, Number 2 | Editor: Jeanie Chung Contributing editors: Denice Contag; Courtney C.W. Guerra, AB'05; Julianna Joyce; Joyce Kuechler; Sara Patterson; Kevin Robbins |
Anne Walters Robertson
Scholars in the Division of the Humanities have recently received accolades from around the world for their work.
Beyond Black and White
UChicago alum Joshua Yumibe shows early film's true colors. Before feature-length Hollywood films, most early films were fiction and nonfiction shorts, and many used color.
Artist at Work
Three MFAs are making their way in the art world. John Preus, Sara Black, and Danny Volk are all pursuing dramatically different careers in the art world.
Migration, Belonging, and Design
The US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale examines citizenship and borders. Niall Atkinson, associate professor of Art History at UChicago, was one of three curators of the US Pavilion.
Two Perspectives on Ancient Climate Change
In the past 30 years, much has been written about climate's effect on ancient civilizations, but paleoclimatology has driven the narrative. Humanists wonder: what if we put the focus on people rather than their environment?
The Written Word
New Creative Writing faculty grow to meet popular demand. These new professors are teaching notable courses and writing significant works of fiction and nonfiction outside of the classroom.
Lauren Michele Jackson Doesn't Do Hot Takes
A prolific writer, Lauren Michele Jackson has published stories in the New Yorker, the Atlantic, and Vulture. The English graduate student's collection of essays, White Negroes, is forthcoming in the fall.
Giving Voice
Faculty book explores the many dimensions of voice. UChicago Professors Martha Feldman and Judith Zeitlin coedited a new book about the elusive and confounding human voice.