Spring 2025

PAGE ARTICLE TOPICS
From the Dean
1 From the dean The dean discusses the role of the arts and humanities in challenging times.
Alumnus Profile
2 Fugitive records A UChicago English PhD brings a forgotten emancipation narrative back to life.
Ideas
4 Two perspectives on representing climate change A historian–postcolonial theorist and a literature scholar make sense of a global crisis.
On Campus
6 “Wrong and strong” CAMPAIGN, a two-day event, celebrated the lasting influence of artist and scholar Pope.L.
Humanities at Work
8 Working for sustainability How two Humanities alumnae built careers that confront climate change
Junior Faculty Focus
10 Out of the cave Philosophy junior faculty explore knowledge, freedom, and human action.
Graduate Students
12 Humanities and STEM New DIGS master’s program upgrades Humanities students’ digital tools.
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Tableau (Spring 2025, Volume 26, Number 2) is published biannually by the Division of the Arts & Humanities at the University of Chicago for alumni and friends.

Editor: Lucas McGranahan

Contributing Editors: Maria Carrasquilla; Laura Demanski, AM’91; Courtney C. W. Guerra, AB’05; Joyce Kuechler; Sara Patterson; and Kelley Tatro

Proofreader: Ellen Hornor

Designers: Guido Mendez and Joanne Chappell

Contact: Division of the Arts & Humanities, 1115 East 58th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, tableau.uchicago.edu