Autumn Quarter

Tom Raworth
Poetry Reading

October 12
Venue: Performance Penthouse, The Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
Time: 6:00pm

This reading is being organized by the Chicago Review, with support from the Nicholson Center for British Studies.

Winter Quarter

Court Theatre Student Night

"Skylight"
By David Hare

Friday, January 11
Time: 8:00pm

Read more about the Court Theatre Student Night.
 

The Nicholson Center, in collaboration with the Court Theatre, would like to invite UC students to join us for an evening of theater featuring the work of David Hare, one of the most celebrated British playwrights of our time.  The Nicholson Center will cover the cost of your student ticket for the performance, a reception (including pizza & soda) , and a post-play discussion. 

Catherine Masud
Director/Producer Audiovision Productions, Bangladesh

The work of Tareque and Catherine Masud speaks eloquently to the post-imperial conditions of Bangladesh.

Wednesday, March 13
Venue: Foster 103
4:00pm

"Muktir Kotha" ("Words of Freedom")
70 mins, 1999
Oral history documentary on ordinary people’s participation in ’71 War and their struggle and frustration post liberation.
"Naroshundor" ("The Barbershop")
15 mins, 2009
A short “political thriller” that tells the story of a fleeing Freedom Fighter who takes refuge in a Bihari-run barbershop during the Pakistan Army crackdown in '71.  
Two screenings and discussion with the director
Venue: Foster 103
4:00pm

Thursday, March 14
"Runway"
90 mins, 2010
A feature film about a boy’s descent into radical Islam. 
Film Screening and discussion with the director
Venue: Foster 103
4:00pm

These events are being organized by the Nicholson Center for British Studies and the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations.

Spring Quarter

Susan Hiller

Monday, April 8

"An Evening with Susan Hiller"
Artist Talk & screening her short film The Last Silent Movie
Venue: Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Rm. 201
Time: 7:00pm

This event  is being organized by the Open Practice Committee and the Department of Visual Arts, with support from the Nicholson Center for British Studies.

Kate Lilley
Associate Professor of English
University of Sydney

Thursday April 25
Poetry Reading
Venue: Midway Studios 108, 929 E. 60th St.
Time: 6:00pm

This event is being organized by the Program in Poetry and Poetics, with support from the Nicholson Center for British Studies.

Merlin James
Glasgow School of Art

Monday, May 6

Lecture: on Franco Russsian artist, Serge Charchoune
In conjunction with the exhibition at the Smart Museum, "Other Modernisms: Serge Charchoune (1889-1975)"
Venue: Performance Hall, Logan Center
Time: 5:30pm

Tuesday, May 7
Gallery Talk
A conversation between co-curators James Merlin and David Schutter (Department of Visual Arts, University of Chicago)
Venue: Bernstein Gallery, Smart Museum
Time: 12:30pm

For more details and information about the exhibit, please visit the Smart Museum web page:
http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/exhibitions/other-modernisms-serge-charchoune/.

These events are being organized by the Department of Visual Arts, with support from the Nicholson Center for British Studies.