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Post-punk
David Grubbs on balancing academia and a music career
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New faculty fall 2022
This year the Division of the Humanities welcomes seven new faculty members.
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ideas
Two perspectives on the epic
When we think of the epic poem, we think of battles and heroes—almost always men—on ships. But what constitutes a literary epic? How do you write, or teach, an epic? A classicist and a poet offer their takes on the genre.
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humanities at work
From dig sites to websites
Three alumni use humanistic tools in the tech industry.
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humanities in the world
Ghost writer
As a graduate student, Isabel Lachenauer, PhD’22, drafted five novels. Now she has one in print.
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on campus
There’s a German word for that
Maeve Hooper on collaboration and a communicative approach to language instruction
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Guilty pleasure
Historian Isabel Lachenauer, PhD’22, on the fear and freedom of writing historical fiction
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From the Dean
The dean reflects on the distinctive UChicago Program in Paleography and the Book.
graduate students
Showing emotion
From written punctuation to online comments, a scholar of modern China studies the signs.
