




CENTER FOR DISCIPLINARY INNOVATION
The Center for Disciplinary Innovation (CDI) sponsors upper-level undergraduate, mixed-enrollment undergraduate/graduate, and graduate exploratory courses designed to incubate new initiatives and programs—including undergraduate minors, Core sequences, graduate tracks, and research centers. Each CDI course is co-taught by two instructors from different departments, at least one of whom must be a tenure-track faculty member.
CDI course proposals are submitted through the Division of the Arts & Humanities’ annual call for collaborative course proposals. Final selections are made by the governing board of the Franke Institute.
Faculty teams receive a $1,500 stipend for course-related expenses. Additional funding is available upon request. Questions about CDI courses may be directed to Mai Vukcevich, Assistant Director of the CDI, at mav@uchicago.edu.
2024-25 CDI SEMINARS
Zionism and Culture, 1881 to the Present
Na’ama Rokem, Middle Eastern Studies, Comparative Literature
Kenneth Moss, History
Graduate course
Black Game Theory
Patrick Jagoda, Cinema & Media Studies, English Language & Literature
Ashlyn Sparrow, Weston Game Lab
Mixed-enrollment course
Adaptation Laboratory: Staging Berlin at Court Theatre
David Levin, Germanic Studies, Theater & Performance Studies, and Cinema & Media Studies Mickle Maher, Theater & Performance Studies
Mixed-enrollment course
Click here for a listing of previous CDI seminars