Past Events
Distinguished Guest Speaker: Dr. Julia Alexander
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On March 4th, Dr. Alexander gave a lecture titled “The Museum as Cenotaph or Time-Machine? Thoughts on Art, History, and Institutions in Our Nearsighted Moment” followed by a reception in the Robert Earl Paige bedecked lobby. On March 5th, Dr. Alexander spoke with Dr. Andrei Pop (Allan and Jean Frumkin Professor of Art History and the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago), moderated by Dr. Steve Pincus (Interim Director of the Nicholson Center and Thomas E. Donnelly Professor of History at the University of Chicago), in the Smart Museum’s Study Room.
Chicago British Studies Symposium
On January 24-25, 2025, the Nicholson Center for British Studies hosted our inaugural Chicago British Studies Symposium in the Social Science Tea Room.
Kaneesha Parsard and Nikhita Obeegadoo – Afterlives of Indenture in the Caribbean and Indian Ocean, 1/16, 4pm
RDI Diasporas Workshop “Afterlives of Indenture in the Caribbean and Indian Ocean” Thursday, January 16, 2025, 4:-5:30pm Kelly Hall Room 108 https://events.uchicago.edu/event/242214-rdi-diasporas-workshop-kaneesha-parsard-and
Kashaf Qureshi – Pain without Pathos, 1/17, 11:30am
Kashaf Qureshi at the Medieval Studies Workshop “Pain without Pathos: Affective Detachment in the Lyric Dialogue Stond Wel, Moder, Ounder Rode” Kashaf Qureshi PhD Candidate, English, UChicago Friday, January 17th, 11:30-1:00pm CST Rosenwald 405 With a response from...
Boone Ayala – The Cedars and the Shrub, 1/24, 3pm
British Studies Seminar, Jan 24, 2025, 3:00pm–5:00pm At the Newberry – Classroom B-84 https://www.newberry.org/calendar/christopher-montague-northwestern-university The Cedars and the Shrub: The Political Theory of Corporations and the Demise of the Massachusetts Bay...
Anand Venkatkrishnan in Conversation with Kirsten Macfarlane – 2/17, 12pm
February 17, 2025 12:00pm - 1:20pm CST Hyde Park Campus Swift Hall, Common Room The Dean’s Forum puts Divinity School faculty members from across disciplines into conversation with each other to discuss their colleagues’ new works. The Divinity School warmly welcomes...
Glover Conducts English Classics, 2/20-2/22
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Feb 20-22, 2025 https://cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/glover-and-english-classics/ Mixing ceremonial pomp with pastoral splendor, this survey of British classics features Haydn’s last and grandest symphonic statement, the London...
Tyler Talbott – Channel 4 Workshops and the Death of the Director, 2/21, 3pm
February 21, 2025 at 3pm https://www.newberry.org/calendar/tyler-talbott Channel 4 Workshops and the Death of the Director Tyler Talbott, Assistant Professor of 20th/21st-century British Literature, Creighton University Aimed at providing integrated film educational,...
Julia Alexander – The Museum as Cenotaph or Time-Machine? 3/4, 4pm
The Museum as Cenotaph or Time-Machine? Thoughts on Art, History, and Institutions in Our Nearsighted Moment Co-Presented by the Nicholson Center for British Studies and the Smart Museum of Art, UChicago Public Lecture on Tuesday, March 4th at 4pm, with reception to...
Art and Historicity: Julia Alexander in Conversation with Andrei Pop, 3/6, 4:30pm
Art and Historicity: Julia Alexander in conversation with Andrei Pop Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 4:30pm Organized by the Nicholson Center for British Studies, in partnership with the Smart Museum and the Art History Department. Join us in the Smart Museum's Education...
Chicago British Studies Symposium, 1/24-1/25
The Nicholson Center for British Studies presents CHICAGO BRITISH STUDIES SYMPOSIUM Friday, January 24 - Saturday, January 25, 2025 Social Science Research Building, Tea Room (201) The goal of our first inaugural symposium is to stimulate cross-departmental and...