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Presentations in the Cultures and Knowledge Workshop Series range across historical and disciplinary boundaries, and provide a major component of SIFK's inquiry into the process of knowledge formation and transmittal from antiquity to the present day. SIFK faculty, postdocs, fellows and guests present research-in-progress for real-time feedback from a broadly cross-disciplinary community of scholars. Presentations take the form of a 45-minute presentation followed by a lively 25 minute discussion, and are open to all members of the University of Chicago community.
Noon-1:20 PM via Zoom
Please see the events calendar https://sifk.uchicago.edu/events/category/15/Workshops/ to register.
Monday, November 1
Of Types and Trees: Evolutionary Thought, Ancient DNA and Research on the Human Past
Hannah Moots
Monday, November 15
The Dog Years: A History of Beagle Science
Brad Bolman
Monday, November 29
Fact Culture: Polling and the Politics of Objectivity
Tal Arbel
News
Haun Saussy Awarded Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies
January 10, 2018
Congratulations to Professor Haun Saussy for being awarded the Modern Language Association of America's Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies.
News
Claudia Brittenham Recieves Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities
January 10, 2018
Congratulations to Professor Claudia Brittenham for being awarded a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support her research for the 2018-19 year.
In the Media
Inaugural Stevanovich Institute conference examines how knowledge is formed
December 18, 2017
For four days beginning on Nov. 16, 40 thinkers from the University of Chicago and institutions around the world debated what knowledge is, how it came to be and what its role is today.Features
Wu Hung honored for helping create field of contemporary Chinese art history
November 09, 2017
Congratulations to Professor Wu Hung for being named the College Art Association's 2018 Distinguished Scholar.In the Media
“Certain drifts cause us to reflect on the state of science in the world”
October 04, 2017
"For Mario Biagioli, historian of science and jurist, the race for publication, which has become the heart of the research evaluation system, is inciting researchers to misconduct."
The Romans, Just Wars, and Exceptionalism
September 28, 2017
Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer draws parallels between the American and Ancient Roman militaries.
Are My Microbes Making Me Fat?
September 25, 2017
Dr. Jack A Gilbert breaks down how our gut affects our weight.
Tamil Truths
September 20, 2017
In a world of "fake news," Whitney Cox analyzes truth according to the two South Asian languages with the longest classical pedigrees, Tamil and Sanskrit.
Babylonian Knowledge and the Challenge of History
September 08, 2017
Eduardo Escobar, SIFK Postdoctoral Researcher, discusses the opposition of Babylonian and Greek mathematics in current news, and why presentism is wrong.Announcements
Clifford Ando and other humanists look at a post-truth world in “Tableau”
September 01, 2017
News
Congratulations to Stuart M. McManus!
August 10, 2017
Congratulations to Stuart M. McManus, Postdoctoral Researcher, whose book manuscript has been solicited by Ideas in Context, a prestigious book series in intellectual history published by Cambridge.
Announcements
Registration is now open for Knowledge in Context: Colloquium Brockliss-Jones
August 07, 2017
A celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Medical World of Early Modern France, a landmark in the history of medicine because of its integration of social & institutional history. Sept. 22-23, 2017Announcements
Wu Hung to hold lecture on “Moving Pictures: Ancient China’s Gift to World Art” on August 27
August 02, 2017
The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has invited art historian Wu Hung to host a lecture titled “Moving Pictures: Ancient China’s Gift to World Art” on Aug. 27 at the Macau Science Center Convention Hall.
Announcements
Mario Biagioli visiting the Stevanovich Institute in Autumn 2017
August 01, 2017
Distinguished Professor of Law and Science and Technology Studies (STS) at UC-Davis, Biagioli will visit SIFK from 10/16 - 11/19, teach a 5-week core seminar, and present at the inaugural conference.