Fall 2012
| Tableau, Fall 2012 Volume 14, Number 1 | Editor: Elizabeth Station Contributing Editors: Sarah Yatzeck Farrell, AB'01; Courtney C. W. Guerra, AB'05; Hannah Hayes; Carl Nash, AM'02; Miranda Swanson, AM'01 Photography: Edward Caldwell, Dan Dry, Chris Kirzeder, Jason Smith, Laura Letinsky, University of Chicago Center in Beijing, James Withrow Proofreader: Rhonda Smith Design: Winge Design Studio |
Martha T. Roth
A Message from the Dean
China Connections
Humanities faculty members are making the most of the Center in Beijing, with unexpected projects in fields from Jewish studies to music theory.
Life Embraces Art
A new biography chronicles the remarkable career of Peter Selz, AM’49, PhD’54, and his contributions to modern art history.
Sell Me a Story
A poet and a philosopher venture into business.
Productive Disturbance
Meet literary scholar Florian Klinger and other new hires in the Division of the Humanities.
To Collaborate Is Human
The Neubauer Family Collegium for Culture and Society will “tackle the biggest questions on their grandest scale.”
A Leader in the Humanities
Martha Roth shares her vision for keeping UChicago at the forefront of humanistic scholarship.
Global Graduate Students
What drives international students to study the humanities at UChicago?