Division of the Humanities Blogs

Individual and multi-author blogs are available to all Humanities Division faculty and staff in support of research, academic events, graduate workshops and other collaborative projects. Please consult the Blogs FAQ for more information.

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Below is a list of blogs and blog-based websites hosted by the Humanities Division, sorted by category:

Workshops:

• Please see the CAS Graduate Student Workshop site for a full list of blogs hosted for the Council on Advanced Studies (CAS) by the Humanities Division.

Conferences:

• Captive Senses and Aesthetic Habits – a joint graduate conference at the University of Chicago between English Language & Literature and Art History.
• Reflections in the Margins – Third Annual Spanish Graduate Students Conference
• Chinese Opera – Conference on Chinese Opera Films after 1949: Music, Theater, and Cinematic Arts.
• Between Text & Performance – The conference aims to investigate the multifarious relationships that emerge between texts and performances across a wide range of art forms and media. May 8-10, 2009
• Image and Site Conference – Department of Art History conference, April 17-18, 2009
• South Asia Graduate Student Conference – The aim of this conference is to encourage discussion regarding the current state and future trajectories of South Asian studies, particularly in the wake of interventions made by the Subaltern Studies group. April 17-18, 2009.
• Cinema, Nature, Ecology Conference - the sixth annual graduate student conference held by the Committee on Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago. It is a one-day academic conference accompanied by screenings and workshops, in Chicago, IL, bringing emerging scholars a variety of disciplines from around the world. April 3-4, 2009
• Tocqueville and the Frontiers of Democracy Conference - Marking the 150th anniversary of Alexis de Tocqueville’s death, this two-day, two-university event will bring together French and American scholars to address aspects of Tocqueville’s legacy that have become particularly contentious in recent years.
• Albling – Albanian Linguistics Workshop
• Anscombe’s Intention – A conference on the 50th anniversary of Anscombe’s Intention. February 24-25, 2009
• INKLIT – Interdisciplinary Workshop on North Korean Literature. June 16-17, 2008.
• NAOKOL – North American Workshop on Korean Literature. June 19-21, 2008.
• (Ce) que la poésie raconte or, (What) Poetry Narrates Conference. April 11, 2008.
• Looking at Asian Art – A Symposium in Memory of Professor Harrie Vanderstappen. April 12-13, 2008.
• Nietzsche: Style and Thought – A colloquium at the University of Chicago, Feb. 8-9th, 2008.
• The Virtual Tourist in Renaissance Rome. Printing and Collecting the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. A Symposium at the University of Chicago, November 2-3, 2007.
• Anxiety, Urgency, Outrage, Hope . . . A Conference on Political Feeling. A record and resource for the conference taking place at the Franke Institute October 19-20, 2007.
• Contradictory Selves - Contradictory Selves: Multiplicity and Conflict in Roman Representations of Character. This conference will take place October 17–19, 2008, at the University of Chicago.
• Chicago Digital Humanities/Computer Science Colloquium – An annual colloquium bringing together scholars and researchers in the Humanities and Computer Sciences to examine the current state of Digital Humanities as a field of intellectual inquiry and to identify and explore new directions and perspectives for future research.
• Myth and Muthmaking in Iberian and Luso-Hispanic Literatures is a graduate student conference hosted by the Spanish Graduate Student Committee at the University of Chicago. This conference will address the many myths that are created and discussed specifically in Iberian and Luso-Hispanic literature of all time periods and genres.
• Strange Reading: Practice, Audience, Theory – the third annual graduate conference organized by the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago.

Websites:

• WinningWords – Verbal Arts for Democratic Practice
• Odyssea/EduCon – Odyssey and The Educating Community
• Partnering for a Sustainable Chicago – A network of individuals and organizations that are working toward a more sustainable Chicago.
• Southside Arts & Humanities Network – “The Network,” is a collection of small and mid-sized arts and humanities organizations based on the south side of Chicago.
• Early China. The internet home of the Society for the Study of Early China (SSEC).
• The Scherer Center for the Study of American Culture - The Scherer Center for the Study of American Culture aims to develop a new model for graduate education in American culture, to serve as a hub for the exciting multidisciplinary study of America at the University of Chicago, and to make that study visible on a national and international level.
• Black Metropolis Research Consortium Survey

Individual Faculty Blogs:

• goldsmith. Professor John Goldsmith’s blog.

Staff and Department Blogs:

• DOVAtemporary – A storefront gallery administered by the University of Chicago’s Department of Visual Arts (DOVA).
• Choir Blog – all about Choir at the University of Chicago
• Goodspeed Notes – Music Department Newsletter
• Voices of CWAC – Art History Department blog
• CEERES Bulletin -
• Humanities News Page - The latest events, awards & accomplishments from the Humanities Division at the University of Chicago.
• South Asia Language Resource Center (SALRC) blog.
• afterMAPH is written by the staff and alumni of the Master of Arts Program in Humanities at the University of Chicago.
• The MAPH blog is a source of information and a forum for announcements and events of interest to current students in the Master of Arts Program in Humanities at the University of Chicago
• Faculty Grants & Fellowships. A blog maintained for the benefit of University of Chicago Humanities Faculty by Daniel Parisi, Director of Grants and Fellowships.
• Graduate Student Grant/Fellowship Blog. A blog with news and information about grants and fellowships for graduate students in the Humanities Division.
• gedeode. A blog with news and information from the Center for the Study of Languages (CSL).
• BLING is the official news outlet of the Department of Linguistics at the University of Chicago.
• All Things Visual. Communiqués from the Visual Resources Collection, Department of Art History.
• Goodspeed Notes – Music Department Newsletter
• Voices of CWAC – Art History Department blog