Music

University of Chicago Presents:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
Fri, Oct. 5, 2007, 7:30, Mandel Hall
Kenneth Sillito, leader
Dvorak: String Sextet, op. 48 Shostakovich: Two Pieces for String Octet, op. 11
Mendelssohn: Octet, op. 20

Chicago Chorale Concert: "A Cappella Music for All Saints"
November 3, 2007
Hyde Park Union Church
5600 S. Woodlawn Ave., 8:00pm
Herbert Howells: Requiem
J.S. Bach: "Jesu, meine Freude,"
Henry Purcell: "Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our Hearts." Professor David Bevington will discuss the historical background of the pieces before the concert.

University of Chicago Presents:
Alice Coote, mezzo-soprano
Julius Drake, piano
Fri, Feb. 15, 2008, Mandel Hall
6:30: Pre-concert conversation between U of C Assoc. Prof. of Music Berthold Hoeckner and Julius Drake
7:30: Concert featuring works by Roger Quilter, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Sir Edward Elgar

University of Chicago Presents:
Belcea Quartet
Fri, April 11, 2008, 7:30, Mandel Hall
Haydn Quartet in D maj, op. 20 no. 4
Britten: Quartet No. 3
Britten: Quartet No. 2 in C major

Art:

Jessica Morgan Lecture
Curator, Tate Museum, London
Feb 22, 2008, 4:30pm, CWAC 157
Co-sponsored with the Department of Visual Arts (title TBA)

Spring Quarter Nicholson
Center Academic Events

Stanley Wells Lecture
Chair, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
"The Limitations of the First Folio"
April 1, 2008, 4:30pm, Rosenwald 405
Co-sponsored with the Renaissance Workshop

Myles Burnyeat Lecture/Workshop Prof., Robinson College, Cambridge

Wed, April 9, 4:30pm, Classics 26
Workshop: "How Far is it Important to Know in What Order Plato and Aristotle Wrote Their Many Works?"
Co-sponsored by the Ancient Philosophy workshop

Thurs, April 10, 4:30pm, Classics 110
Lecture: "Justice Writ Large and Small in Republic IV" (reception to follow)
The second of a 2-lecture series co-sponsored by the Nicholson Center and the Philosophy Department.

Lesley Stern Lecture/Workshop:
Professor of Visual Arts, UCSD

Wed, May 14, 4:30pm, Classics 110
Lecture: "The Garden (Ian Hamilton Finlay's Little Sparta): Memory, History, Writing" (reception to follow)

Thurs, May 15, 10:30-12:30, Cobb 310
Mass Culture workshop: "How Movies Move: Between Hong Kong and Bulawayo, Between Screen and Stage" (pre-circulated paper).

Sharon Marcus Lecture/Workshop:
Prof. of English & Comp Lit, Columbia

Wed, May 28, 4:30pm, Classics 110
Lecture: "At Home with the Other Victorians" (reception to follow)

Thurs, May 29, 10:30a-12:00p, Ro 405
18th/19th Century workshop: "The Novel and Provincial Life" (pre-circulated paper).

Course: ENGL 63810
'The Collision of Mind with Mind': Conversation, Controversy, and Literature 1780-1822
Taught by Schaffner Visiting Professor Jon Mee, this PhD seminar will meet various Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout winter and spring quarters. Click here for more information.