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around1948Around1948 presents
Jan Gross,
"At the Periphery of the Holocaust -- Killing and Pillage of Jews by Their Polish Neighbors"

Thursday, January 26, 2012
Lecture 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.with reception to follow
Workshop 6:00-7:15 p.m.

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The Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118, Chicago, IL 60637

Jan Gross is the Norman B. Tomlinson '16 and '48 Professor of War and Society and Professor of History at Princeton University.
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Gates in Central ParkNovember 16, 2011
Stanley Tigerman and W.J.T. Mitchell,
"Architectural Displacement"

The introduction is given by James Chandler.
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May 4, 2011
Lauren Berlant, "Media, Sensationalism, and Political Desire"
The introduction is given by Linda Zerilli.
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Project BambooProjectBamboo is a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary, andinter-organizational effort that brings together researchers in artsand humanities, computer scientists, information scientists,librarians, and campus information technologists to tackle thequestion: How can we advance arts and humanities research throughthe development of shared technology services?

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Norma FieldChicago Humanities Forum presents Norma Field, "From Stagg Field to Fukushima"
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
5:15 - 6:00 PM

The Gleacher Center
450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive, Room 621
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Please RSVP by February 3, 2012 by calling 773/702-8274 or emailing us.  You may also sign up via our website. Persons with a disability please call in advance for assistance.

Norma Field is the Robert S. Ingersoll Distinguished Service Professor in Japanese Studies, Department of East Asian Languages & Civilizations.
New at the Center for Disciplinary Innovation
Regenstein LibraryAutumn 2011
Vision and Communism offered by Robert Bird (Slavic Languages & Literatures) and Matthew Jesse Jackson (Art History)

Winter 2012
'Other-speech' and 'Visible words': Allegory, the allegorical, and allegoresis before modernity offered by Daisy Delogu (Romance Languages & Literatures) and Aden Kumler (Art History)
Suspended Between Worlds: Crisis, Displacement, and Disorientation Around 1948 offered by Deborah Nelson (English) and James Sparrow (History)

Spring 2012
Bilingualism: cognition, language, literature, and culture offered by Anastasia Giannakidou (Linguistics) and Na'ama Rokem (Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations)
Civil War in Lucan and Flaubert: Literature, History, Theology offered by Michele Lowrie (Classics) and Barbara Vinken (Ludwig-Maximilians-University)
Postcolonial Intersections: The Middle East and South Asia offered by Leela Gandhi (English) and Lisa Wedeen (Political Science)

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