We encourage you to attend "What Does Lauren Berlant Teach Us About X?" this Friday, November 5, at 3pm. This virtual symposium honors the life and work of Professor Lauren Berlant (1957-2021). Register at: bit.ly/CSGSBerlant

The Franke Institute congratulates its longtime friend and colleague Arnold I. Davidson on his elevation to the rank of Commandeur in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques—the highest honor that the French Republic can bestow upon a scholar!

We mourn the loss of Richard J. Franke, visionary, supporter of humanistic research, teaching and engagement at every level—and, with his wife Barbara, the warmest of friends. We are honored to bear his name and inspired to carry forward his ideals, now more than ever.

Mr. Franke's obituary in the New York Times. legacy.com/us/obituaries/…

The Franke Institute heartily congratulates Franke Dissertation Completion Residential Fellow Amy Skjerseth. Amy has accepted a position at the University of Liverpool as Lecturer in Audiovisual Media, and will be Co-Director of their MA Music and Audiovisual Media Program.

We are very pleased to announce the 2022-23 Franke Residential Fellowship recipients. Please see franke.uchicago.edu/news for more information.

Our heartiest congratulations go to 2021-22 Franke Faculty Residential Fellow, Agnes Lugo-Ortiz, who has won the 2022 Best Article Award in the Latin American Studies Association's Nineteenth Century section. sections.lasaweb.org/sections/ninet…

Kudos to 2021-22 Franke Dissertation Completion Residential Fellow, Isabela Fraga, who is a 2022-23 recipient of the Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in the Humanities at Stanford University. Isabela will also be Assistant Professor of Spanish at Tufts University starting in 2024.

Congratulations to 2021-22 Franke Dissertation Completion Residential Fellow, Jon Bullock, who has accepted a position as Postdoctoral Associate at The Yale Institute of Sacred Music.

Congratulations to 2022-23 Franke Residential Fellow, Julie Orlemanski (English Language and Literature), on winning the University of Chicago’s Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. news.uchicago.edu/story/universi…

We celebrate Ashley Truehart, Cinema & Media Studies graduate student, as she takes part in this summer's Career Diversity Workshop with Humanities Without Walls as its University of Chicago fellow. humanitieswithoutwalls.illinois.edu/career-diversi…

Congratulations to 2022-23 Franke Residential Fellow Philip Bohlman (Music). He has been awarded a prestigious Balzan Prize, which is given to scholars and scientists who have distinguished themselves in their fields on an international level. balzan.org/en/prizewinner…

We are delighted to feature the Interpretive Gaze of Françoise Meltzer. This conference takes place Thursday and Friday, April 13 and 14, in Swift Lecture Hall (3rd floor). divinity.uchicago.edu/closerlookconf…

Explore new research methods that can bridge the conventional premodern/modern divide in Chinese literary studies in the upcoming conference, "Historicism Beyond Periodization: Transhistorical Methods in Chinese Literary Studies, " UChicago Franke Inst MORE: bit.ly/3MxjTNL

@UChicagoTableau features 2023-24 Franke Faculty Residential Fellow Eric Zyman's groundbreaking research exploring generative models, paving the way for AI advancements and innovative applications. 🤖🌟 #AI #Innovation #Research tableau.uchicago.edu/articles/2023/…

The #HumanitiesDay2023 session “Afterlives of Joan of Arc” will explore Joan of Arc’s extraordinary life and her cultural afterlives, from symbol of France, to figure of resistance, to model of personal integrity and courage. >> bit.ly/3rhPlHO

On November 3-4, the Global Shapes of Knowledge Conference will explore some of the most fundamental questions of method and knowing in the history of research. The conference is free and open to the public. Register here: sifk.wufoo.com/forms/s1r6soxk…

🎉 Congratulations to our 2022-23 Franke Dissertation Completion Residential Fellow, Laura Colaneri, for receiving the Distinguished Dissertation Award at the 2024 Humanities Division Graduate Student Awards! 🌟 #FrankeInstitute #Humanities #AwardWinner #CongratsLaura

#HumanitiesDay2024, Oct. 26: Join music scholar Steven Rings for a deep dive into the structural nuances of Bob Dylan's music, focusing on the role of bridges in shaping genre, tone, and lyrical meaning. >> humanitiesday.uchicago.edu