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.
Dunedin Consort – In Concert, 11/15, 7:30pm
Dunedin Consort Friday, November 15 // 7:30PM Mandel Hall (Reynolds Club) “The Dunedins approach the score with a scholarly angle…but it’s the heart rather than the head that informs their music making.” – BBC Music Magazine Bearing the ancient Celtic...
Early Global Caribbean Conference: Convergences – 10/18, 10am-4:30pm
Early Global Caribbean Conference: Convergences Friday, October 18, 2024–Saturday, October 19, 2024 10:00 am PDT – 4:30 pm PDT The Conference will be available for Livestream on the Center’s Youtube channel.
Timothy Harrison – Privation and Incapacity in the Anthropology of John Milton, 10/25, 12pm
October 25th (FRIDAY) | Timothy Harrison at the History and Philosophy of Science Workshop Timothy Harrison is Associate Professor of English at the University of Chicago presenting the paper “Privation and Incapacity in the Anthropology of John Milton” Friday at...
Laurie Shannon – From Eden to the Anthropocene, 10/28, 4pm
Abigail Swingen – The Specter of Jacobitism and the Securing of Britain’s Financial Revolution, 11/8, 3pm
November 8th (FRIDAY) | AbigailSwingen at the Newberry Library British Studies Seminar Abigail Swingen is an Associate Professor in History at Texas Tech University presenting the paper “The Specter of Jacobitism and the Securing of Britain’s Financial Revolution”...
Sarah-Gray Lesley – Falstaff’s Fat Suit, 11/18, 5pm
November 18th (MONDAY) | Sarah-Gray Lesley at the Renaissance Workshop Sarah-Gray Lesley is a Teaching Fellow in English at the University of Chicago presenting the paper “Falstaff’s Fat Suit” Monday at 5:00pm, Rosenwald 405
Moritz Neugebauer – From ‘Masterless’ Vagrants to the Birth of Radicalized Chattel Slavery, 11/20, 4:30 PM
November 20th (WEDNESDAY) | Moritz Neugebauer at the History and Theory of Capitalism Workshop Moritz Neugebauer is an Post-Doctoral Fellow at Humboldt University of Berlin and University of Chicago presenting the paper “From ‘Masterless’ Vagrants to the Birth of...
Christophe Jaffrelot – Gujarat to Delhi: Modi’s Strategies to Win and Retain Power, 11/19, 5pm
Fall Research Fellowship Applications are Open!
The Nicholson Center is pleased to announce that applications are now open for our Fall research grants! Both graduate and undergraduate students may apply. The deadline for applications is Friday, November 22nd. The Nicholson center has sponsored a wide range of...