Spring 2011
| Tableau, Spring 2011 Volume 12, Number 1 | Editor: Elizabeth Station Contributing Editors: Hannah Hayes; Nicholas Lopez, AB'03 Web Support: Dean Jackson; Peter Thorson, AB’08 Writers: Susie Allen, AB'09; Laura Demanski, AM'94; Carrie Golus, AB'91, AM'93; Hannah Hayes; Katherine Muhlenkamp; Elizabeth Station Photography: Dan Dry; Hannah Hayes; Michael Lutch; Jason Salavon; Travis Saul; Jason Smith; Smart Museum of Art Proofreaders: Courtney Guerra, AB'05; Ellen Credille / Tech Edit |
Martha T. Roth
A Message from the dean
In Memoriam
Miriam Hansen, James E. Miller Jr., Ian Mueller
Ancient and Modern Innovators
A new generation of scholars builds on Chicago’s strengths in Near Eastern studies.
Composing Herself
Meet Chicago’s new University Professor, composer Augusta Read Thomas.
Fragments at an Exhibition
A recent show at the Smart Museum offers lessons in art history, cultural property, and loss.
Thoroughly Thuerer
The longtime dean of students retires.
Dynamic Duos
Team teaching adds a creative spark to the humanities classroom.
A Conversation with David Wellbery
The distinguished scholar examines German language and culture in centuries past—and in a globalized world.
New Tools, Old Questions
UChicago linguists look for the building blocks of language.
The Making of an MFA
Welcome to the thesis project—a rite of passage for master of fine arts students.