Events
Events, 2009-2010
For a listing of all Nicholson Center events by date rather than subject, please visit our Calendar page.
2009-2010 Lecture Series
James Simpson
Douglas P. and Katherin B. Loker Professor
Harvard University, Department of English
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Lecture: "Statues of Liberty: Iconoclasm and Idolatry in the English Revolution"
4:30pm, Classics 110
Opening reception to follow
Friday, October 30, 2009
Workshop: "History as Error"
12:00pm, Rosenwald 405
Co-sponsored by the Renaissance, Early Modern, and Theology workshops
Download "Introduction," from Burning to Read
Download Ch.6 "History as Error," from Burning to Read
Download Ch. 7 "Thomas More and Textual Trust," from Burning to Read (Optional)
Nicholson Distinguised Faculty Lecturer
James Chandler
Barbara E. & Richard J. Franke Distinguished Service Professor
University of Chicago, Departments of English, Cinema and Media Studies
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Lecture: Title TBD
4:30pm, Classics 110
Reception to follow
Thomas Pink
Professor
King's College London, Department of Philosophy
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Lecture: Title TBD
4:30pm, Classics 110
Reception to follow
Friday, February 19, 2010
Workshop: Paper TBD
3:30pm, Rosenwald 405
Co-sponsored by the Political Theory and Practical Philosophy Workshops
Ruth Solie
Smith College, Department of Music
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Lecture: Title TBD
4:30pm, Classics 110
Reception to follow
Friday, April 30, 2010
Workshop: Paper TBD
3:30pm, Fulton Recital Hall
Co-sponsored by the Music Department and the Gender and Sexuality and 18th & 19th Century Workshops
Schaffner Visiting Professor
Laura Mulvey
Professor
Birkbeck, University of London, Department of Cinema and Media Studies
Spring, Date and Time TBD
Lecture: Title TBD
Reception to follow
Graduate Initiative Events
Bruce Hindmarsh (Professor of Spiritual Theology, Regent College)
Organized by Debra Erickson (Divinity) and Philippa Koch (Divinity)
October 13, 2009
Workshop: "After Christendom: Evangelical Conversion Narrative and Its Alternatives"
12:00pm, Swift 201
Lecture: "Wesley Agonistes and the Calvinist Sublime: The Early Evangelical Movement as a Devotional School"
4:30pm, Swift Hall Common Room
Co-sponsored with the History of Christianity Club, the Theology Workshop, and the American Religious History Workshop
Co-Sponsored Events
Brad Gregory (University of Notre Dame)
The Lumen Christi Institute presents an Yves Simon Lecture
October 6, 2009
POSTPONED
Liam Gillick
Contemporary Arts Workshop Artist Talk
October 7, 2009
4:30pm, Franke Institute
Co-sponsored by the Nicholson Center for British Studies, The Center for Interdisciplinary Research on German Literature and Culture, and the Open Practice Committee
Department of English Graduate Student Conference:
"Captive Senses and Aesthetic Habits"
October 8 - 9, 2009
Rosenwald 405
http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/captivesenses/
Keynote Speaker: Michael Taussig, Columbia University
The conference is generously supported by the Departments of English Language & Literature and Art History, the Division of the Humanities, the Franke Institute for the Humanities, the Nicholson Center for British Studies, the Karla Scherer Center for the Study of American Culture, and the Center for Gender Studies.
Fellowships & Competitions
Graduate Fellowship Application, Fall Deadline
Applications due: Friday, November 13, 2009
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Graduate Fellowship Application, Spring Deadline
Applications due: Friday, April 16, 2010
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Graduate Student Initiative Competition
Letters of Intent due: Friday, April 23, 2010
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Undergraduate Travel Grant Competition
Application due: Friday, April 30, 2010
BA Thesis Competition
Application due: Friday, April 30, 2010
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