CENTER FOR DISCIPLINARY INNOVATION
The Center for Disciplinary Innovation (CDI) hosts and sponsors exploratory courses as a way to incubate new initiatives and programs, from undergraduate minors and Core sequences to graduate tracks to research centers. Each course is co-taught by two faculty and each faculty member receives full credit for teaching the course. Past seminars have been exclusively at the graduate level but starting in AY22-23 offerings may also be at the undergraduate or mixed grad/undergrad levels. Teams receive a $1,250 stipend for course-related purposes; if needed, supplementary funds are available on application.
Teaching in the CDI is restricted to UChicago faculty. At least one faculty member from each proposed team must have affiliation with the Humanities Division.
2024-25 CDI SEMINARS
How to Apply
Proposals to teach in the CDI are due in eighth week of Autumn quarter for the following academic year. Proposals should include a description of the seminar and its goals, along with a provisional syllabus. The rationale for the course should address larger disciplinary and/or programmatic contexts as well as local or specific topics. Please provide a short C.V. (5 pages or less) for each faculty member.
Applicants to teach at the undergraduate or mixed undergraduate/graduate levels are asked to consult with the Chicago Center for Teaching while developing their syllabi as part of the application.
Click here for the CDI Course Proposal Cover Sheet. On the cover sheet, please indicate the quarter(s) in which you would like the seminar to be offered and the level (graduate, undergraduate or mixed). Please contact Mai Vukcevich (mav@uchicago.edu), Assistant Director of the CDI, for additional information.
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