FRANKE FORUM LECTURE SERIES
One afternoon each quarter during the academic year, University alumni and friends gather downtown at the Gleacher Center for a public lecture by a distinguished member of the faculty, with discussion and reception following. These signature events have been supported for over twenty years by the generosity of the Humanities Council of the University of Chicago.
To sign-up for the Franke Forum email list or to reserve a seat for an upcoming event, please email franke-humanities@uchicago.edu.
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2019-20 SCHEDULE
NOVEMBER 13, 2019
Anne Walters Robertson
Claire Dux Swift Distinguished Service Professor in Music and the College;
Dean, Division of the Humanities
“Beads, Books, Armor, and Coins: Sacred Music and the Material Culture of the Late Middle Ages”
MARCH 11, 2020
Mauricio Tenorio
Samuel N. Harper Professor in History, Romance Languages & Literatures, and the College
Cancelled
MAY 13, 2020
Bill Brown
Karla Scherer Distinguished Service Professor in American Culture, Departments of English Language & Literature and Visual Arts and the College
Cancelled