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If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. This Chicago Humanities Forum talk is given by Haun Saussy, University Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature. Professor Saussy’s interests include Classical Chinese poetry and commentary, literary theory, comparative study of oral traditions, problems with translation, and pre-20th-century media history. This talk explores oral literature. Oral literature—songs, stories, poems, jokes, epics—is presumably almost as old as human language, but interest in it is far younger. Saussy will examine when the nature of oral recitation and transmission becomes an important problem for philologists. Sponsored by the University of Chicago’s Franke Institute for the Humanities, the Chicago Humanities Forum is a series of free public talks by renowned University scholars.

Humanities: Academy Discourse - Maria Edgeworth, Edmund Burke & the First Irish Ulysses Professor James Chandler, University of Chicago Friday, 22 June 2012, 6pm, Academy House James Chandler is the director of the Franke Institute for the Humanities and holds the Barbara E. & Richard J. Franke Professorship in English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago. He is the author of two books on English Romanticism: Wordsworth's Second Nature (1994) and England in 1819: The Politics of Literary Culture and the Case of Romantic Historicism, which won the 2000 Gordon J. Laing Award for distinction in academic publishing. www.ria.ie Disclaimer: The Royal Irish Academy has prepared the content of this website responsibly and carefully, but disclaims all warranties, express or implied, as to the accuracy of the information contained in any of the materials. The views expressed are the authors' own and not those of the Royal Irish Academy.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Chicago Humanities Forum presented a public event at the Gleacher Center on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, from 5:15 to 6:00 PM by Elaine Hadley entitled “A Matter of Opinion: Why Victorian Liberalism Lingers.” Hadley is Chair and Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature and the College. Her current projects concern war, war literature, and war journalism in the Victorian period. Her latest book, Living Liberalism, addresses Victorian political culture through political theory, theories of embodiment, and the material practices of citizenship. Sponsored by the Franke Institute for the Humanities at the University of Chicago, the Chicago Humanities Forum is a series of free public lectures conducted by University of Chicago faculty. For more information on the Franke Institute for the Humanities, please see franke.uchicago.edu.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Chicago Humanities Forum presented a public event at the Gleacher Center on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, from 5:15 to 6:00 PM by Elaine Hadley entitled “A Matter of Opinion: Why Victorian Liberalism Lingers.” Hadley is Chair and Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature and the College. Her current projects concern war, war literature, and war journalism in the Victorian period. Her latest book, Living Liberalism, addresses Victorian political culture through political theory, theories of embodiment, and the material practices of citizenship. Sponsored by the Franke Institute for the Humanities at the University of Chicago, the Chicago Humanities Forum is a series of free public lectures conducted by University of Chicago faculty. For more information on the Franke Institute for the Humanities, please see franke.uchicago.edu.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. “Earth Echoes,” a Franke Institute for the Humanities talk by Augusta Read Thomas, took place at the University of Chicago’s Gleacher Center on February 13, 2013. Thomas, a renowned Grammy-winning composer, is the sixteenth person to hold a University Professorship at the University of Chicago. Widely considered to be among the world’s most accomplished and original composers, she has won acclaim for the dramatic, spontaneous quality of her work and her masterful use of instrumental color. During her talk, Thomas discussed her creative process, examining fundamental qualities inherent to her musical compositions. Topics included rhythm, counterpoint, harmony, text setting, motivic development, organic transformation, nuance, color, improvisation, spirit, and gestalt. The discussion explored how music shares these qualities and processes with many other forms of human endeavor and creativity. Sponsored by the University of Chicago’s Franke Institute for the Humanities, the Chicago Humanities Forum is a series of free public talks by renowned University scholars. For more information on the Franke Institute, please visit: http://franke.uchicago.edu.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. “Earth Echoes,” a Franke Institute for the Humanities talk by Augusta Read Thomas, took place at the University of Chicago’s Gleacher Center on February 13, 2013. Thomas, a renowned Grammy-winning composer, is the sixteenth person to hold a University Professorship at the University of Chicago. Widely considered to be among the world’s most accomplished and original composers, she has won acclaim for the dramatic, spontaneous quality of her work and her masterful use of instrumental color. During her talk, Thomas discussed her creative process, examining fundamental qualities inherent to her musical compositions. Topics included rhythm, counterpoint, harmony, text setting, motivic development, organic transformation, nuance, color, improvisation, spirit, and gestalt. The discussion explored how music shares these qualities and processes with many other forms of human endeavor and creativity. Sponsored by the University of Chicago’s Franke Institute for the Humanities, the Chicago Humanities Forum is a series of free public talks by renowned University scholars. For more information on the Franke Institute, please visit: http://franke.uchicago.edu.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. On October 10, 2012, Adrian Johns gave the lecture “The Politics of Media Piracy.” Johns is the Allan Grant Maclear Professor in History and Chair of the Committee on Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science at the University of Chicago. He received the 2012 Gordon J. Laing Prize for his book, Piracy: The Intellectual Property Wars from Gutenberg to Gates. The lecture was presented by the Chicago Humanities Forum, a series of free public lectures conducted by University of Chicago faculty, sponsored by the Franke Institute for the Humanities. For more information on the Franke Institute for the Humanities, visit franke.uchicago.edu.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Yuki Miyamoto, Associate Professor in Religious Studies at DePaul University, leads a roundtable discussion in which audience members directed questions to a panel of speakers. The panelists included: Norma Field, Robert S. Ingersoll Distinguished Service Professor in Japanese Studies at the University of Chicago Hiroaki Koide, nuclear reactor specialist and Assistant Professor at Kyoto University's Nuclear Research Institute Ruiko Muto, anti-nuclear activist at Hair Action Fukushima Bobbie Paul, executive director at Georgia Women's Action for New Directions Jeffrey Patterson, board member of Physicians for Social Responsibility Dean Wilkie, retired nuclear plant operator involved with SimplyInfo Nancy Foust, online media expert at SimplyInfo This symposium was sponsored by the Committee on Japanese Studies, the Center for East Asian Studies, the Franke Institute for the Humanities, the Human Rights Program, and the Program on the Global Environment at the University of Chicago, and DePaul University.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Yuki Miyamoto, Associate Professor in Religious Studies at DePaul University, leads a roundtable discussion in which audience members directed questions to a panel of speakers. The panelists included: Norma Field, Robert S. Ingersoll Distinguished Service Professor in Japanese Studies at the University of Chicago Hiroaki Koide, nuclear reactor specialist and Assistant Professor at Kyoto University's Nuclear Research Institute Ruiko Muto, anti-nuclear activist at Hair Action Fukushima Bobbie Paul, executive director at Georgia Women's Action for New Directions Jeffrey Patterson, board member of Physicians for Social Responsibility Dean Wilkie, retired nuclear plant operator involved with SimplyInfo Nancy Foust, online media expert at SimplyInfo This symposium was sponsored by the Committee on Japanese Studies, the Center for East Asian Studies, the Franke Institute for the Humanities, the Human Rights Program, and the Program on the Global Environment at the University of Chicago, and DePaul University.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Jeffrey Patterson, Professor in Family Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, WI and former president of Physicians for Social Responsibility, delivered a lecture on the health effects of radiation and the power of the nuclear industrial complex in controlling information. Patterson was introduced by Hoyt Long, Assistant Professor of Japanese Literature at the University of Chicago. This symposium was sponsored by the Committee on Japanese Studies, the Center for East Asian Studies, the Franke Institute for the Humanities, the Human Rights Program, and the Program on the Global Environment at the University of Chicago, and DePaul University.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. At the Atomic Age Symposium II: Fukushima on May 5, 2012, UChicago professor Robert Rosner offers his thoughts on the Fukushima disaster and the safety and communications issues related to the management of nuclear power. Rosner is the William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor in Astronomy & Astrophysics and Physics and the director of the Energy Policy Institute at Chicago (EPIC). Rosner previously served as Director of Argonne National Laboratory and is actively involved in efforts to promote nonproliferation. Hiroaki Koide, nuclear reactor specialist and Assistant Professor at Kyoto University's Nuclear Research Institute, responds to Rosner's talk with his own arguments. The event was introduced by Michael Fisch, Assistant Professor in Anthropology. This symposium was sponsored by the Committee on Japanese Studies, the Center for East Asian Studies, the Franke Institute for the Humanities, the Human Rights Program, and the Program on the Global Environment at the University of Chicago, and DePaul University.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. At the Atomic Age Symposium II: Fukushima on May 5, 2012, keynote speaker Hiroaki Koide, nuclear reactor specialist and Assistant Professor at Kyoto University's Nuclear Research Institute, provides an overview of the development of the atomic bomb during World War II and highlights the destructive nature of nuclear power. UChicago professors Norma Field, Robert S. Ingersoll Distinguished Service Professor in Japanese Studies, and Michael Fisch, Assistant Professor in Anthropology, set the stage with opening remarks. This symposium was sponsored by the Committee on Japanese Studies, the Center for East Asian Studies, the Franke Institute for the Humanities, the Human Rights Program, and the Program on the Global Environment at the University of Chicago, and DePaul University.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. At the Atomic Age Symposium II: Fukushima on May 5, 2012, keynote speaker Hiroaki Koide, nuclear reactor specialist and Assistant Professor at Kyoto University's Nuclear Research Institute, provides an overview of the development of the atomic bomb during World War II and highlights the destructive nature of nuclear power. UChicago professors Norma Field, Robert S. Ingersoll Distinguished Service Professor in Japanese Studies, and Michael Fisch, Assistant Professor in Anthropology, set the stage with opening remarks. This symposium was sponsored by the Committee on Japanese Studies, the Center for East Asian Studies, the Franke Institute for the Humanities, the Human Rights Program, and the Program on the Global Environment at the University of Chicago, and DePaul University.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Chiara Formichi, Assistant Professor at City University of Hong Kong, presents a paper titled “Reshaping Shi’i Identities in Southeast Asia: Between Local Tradition and Foreign Orthodoxy" on Friday, February 10, 2012, at the Franke Institute for the Humanities. Her current research projects examine Islam and politics in 20th century Indonesia, Shi’a Islam in Southeast Asia, and the impact of Mustafa Kemal’s secularization of Turkey on Indonesian nationalism.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Alexander Arifianto, PhD candidate in Arizona State University’s School of Politics and Global Studies, gives a presentation titled “The Making of Progressive Islam in Indonesia and Turkey” on Friday, February 10, 2012, at the Franke Institute for the Humanities. His research interests include Islamic politics, Islam, democracy and globalization, and Islamic social movements in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. An evening at the International House Assembly Hall on February 9, 2012, opened the conference “From the Adriatic to the Sulu Sea: Islam and Identity in Southeast Europe and Southeast Asia” held at the Franke Institute for the Humanities February 10-12, 2012. Victor Friedman, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Balkan and Slavic Linguistics and Director of CEERES, offers opening remarks and introduces James Collins, senior adviser to the dean for international engagement at Northern Illinois University. Collins introduces keynote speaker Shamsul Amri Baharrudin, distinguished professor at Malaysian National University. Professor Baharrudin presented his thoughts on the study of Islam and Southeast Asia, drawing upon 25 years of work in the field. This conference is the third in a series comparing two edges of the Islamic world. The first conference entitled “Islam at the Edges: Southeast Europe and Southeast Asia” was held at Northern Illinois University on March 30, 2009, and the second conference entitled “Southeast Europe and Southeast Asia: Islam, Mergers, and Margins” was held at Malaysian National University January 4-5, 2011. The event was cosponsored by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University, the Norman Wait Harris Fund of the Center for International Studies, the Franke Institute for the Humanities, International House Global Voices Lecture Series, and the Center for East European and Russian Eurasian Studies at the University of Chicago.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Svanibor Pettan, Professor in the Department of Musicology at the University of Ljubljana, delivers a presentation titled “Musical Perceptions of the Turks in Slovenia, Croatia, and Kosovo” on Friday, February 10, 2012, at the Franke Institute for the Humanities. His research interests include applied ethnomusicology, interculturalism, and music and politics.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Trude Jacobsen, Assistant Professor at Northern Illinois University, presents on the topic “Ascribing ‘Pomakness’ in Rural Muslim Communities of the Greek Rhodope Mountains” on Friday, February 10, 2012, at the Franke Institute for the Humanities. She is currently working on a new monograph that will examine the historical and cultural explanations for the prevalence of sexual exploitation and sex trafficking within the countries of and across the porous borders of mainland Southeast Asia.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Steven Fink, Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, gives a presentation titled “Towards a Dynamic Vision of Muslim Identity: Progressive Muslims in Malaysia and Indonesia” on Friday, February 10, 2012, at the Franke Institute for the Humanities. His research areas include Islam in North America, Christian theology and practice, hermeneutics, and religion and the arts.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Lives in Linguistics: an interview with Lila Gleitman, May 11, 2009. Funded in Part by The Franke Institute for the Humanities at the University of Chicago, and The University of North Texas. Interviewed by John R. Ross and John A. Goldsmith.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Lives in Linguistics: an interview with Catherine V. Chvany,May 5, 2009.Funded in part by The Franke Institute for the Humanitiesat the University of Chicago, The University of North Texas, The Department of Slavic Languages & Literaturesat the University of Chicago, and The University of Chicago Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies.Interviewed by John R. Ross and John A. Goldsmith

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Lives in Linguistics: an interview with Lila Gleitman,May 11, 2009.Funded in Part by The Franke Institute for the Humanitiesat the University of Chicago, and The University of North Texas.Interviewed by John R. Ross and John A. Goldsmith.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Lives in Linguistics: an interview with Catherine V. Chvany,May 5, 2009.Funded in part by The Franke Institute for the Humanitiesat the University of Chicago, The University of North Texas, The Department of Slavic Languages & Literaturesat the University of Chicago, and The University of Chicago Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies.Interviewed by John R. Ross and John A. Goldsmith

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Lives in Linguistics: an interview with Lila Gleitman,May 11, 2009.Funded in Part by The Franke Institute for the Humanitiesat the University of Chicago, and The University of North Texas.Interviewed by John R. Ross and John A. Goldsmith.

A keynote address by Carlo Ginzburg, Scuola Normale di Pisa (partial recording). From the conference 'After Europe: Postcolonial Knowledge in the Age of Globalization'. Co-sponsored by the Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory (3CT), the Franke Institute for the Humanities, and the Nicholson Center for British Studies.

Panel 1: Sandro Mezzadra, University of Bologna; Sanjay Seth, Goldsmiths, University of London; Faisal Devji, St. Anthony's College, University of Oxford. Co-sponsored by the Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory (3CT), the Franke Institute for the Humanities, and the Nicholson Center for British Studies.

Panel 2: Miranda Johnson, University of MIchigan; Bain Attwood, Monash University; Ajay Skaria, University of MInnesota. Co-sponsored by the Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory (3CT), the Franke Institute for the Humanities, and the Nicholson Center for British Studies.

Panel 3: Uday Singh Mehta, Amherst College; Arjun Appadurai, New York University; Sheldon Pollock, Columbia University. Co-sponsored by the Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory (3CT), the Franke Institute for the Humanities, and the Nicholson Center for British Studies.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Readings of original poetry and fiction by two leading South Slavic authors, Igor Stiks from Croatia and Ales Debeljak from Slovenia, both of whom currently reside in Chicago. The readings are followed by a discussion of the creative atmosphere and trends in contemporary literature in Southeast Europe, with time devoted to the experience of writing away from ones home country. Sponsored by the Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies, the Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures, the Franke Institute for the Humanities, International House, and the Arts Planning Council.

The Norman Cutler Conference on South Asian Literature (COSAL) honors the life and work of the late Norman Cutler, former Professor of Tamil in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations. Roundtable featuring all participants. Co-sponsored by the University of Chicago Committee on Southern Asian Studies, Division of the Humanities, Franke Institute for the Humanities, South Asia Language and Area Center, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, and Center for Gender Studies.

The Norman Cutler Conference on South Asian Literature (COSAL) honors the life and work of the late Norman Cutler, former Professor of Tamil in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations. Roundtable featuring all participants. Co-sponsored by the University of Chicago Committee on Southern Asian Studies, Division of the Humanities, Franke Institute for the Humanities, South Asia Language and Area Center, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, and Center for Gender Studies.

The Norman Cutler Conference on South Asian Literature (COSAL) honors the life and work of the late Norman Cutler, former Professor of Tamil in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations. Keynote Address by A.R. Venkatachalapathy, History and Literary Historiography, Madras Institute of Development Studies. Co-sponsored by the University of Chicago Committee on Southern Asian Studies, Division of the Humanities, Franke Institute for the Humanities, South Asia Language and Area Center, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, and Center for Gender Studies.

This one-day symposium was convened to compare the controversies surrounding historical texts that emerged during the last fifteen to twenty years with the onset of the post-Cold War era and the acceleration of globalization, multi-culturalism and the neo-liberal order. Sponsored by the Department of History, Center for East Asian Studies, Center for International Studies, South Asia Language and Area Center, Morris Fishbein Center for the Study of History and Medicine, and the Franke Institute for the Humanities.

The Norman Cutler Conference on South Asian Literature (COSAL) honors the life and work of the late Norman Cutler, former Professor of Tamil in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations. Keynote Address by A.R. Venkatachalapathy, History and Literary Historiography, Madras Institute of Development Studies. Co-sponsored by the University of Chicago Committee on Southern Asian Studies, Division of the Humanities, Franke Institute for the Humanities, South Asia Language and Area Center, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, and Center for Gender Studies.

The Norman Cutler Conference on South Asian Literature (COSAL) honors the life and work of the late Norman Cutler, former Professor of Tamil in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations. Presentations in this recording include: Bernard Bate, "Naaladiyar in the Bajaar: Protestant Textuality and the Tamil Public Sphere"; Lakshmi Holmström, "The Tiger in the Picture: A Reading of Salma's Novel Irandaam Jaamangalin Kadai"; and David Shulman, "Beyond the Margin: On G. Nagarajan and Tomorrow is One More Day." Co-sponsored by the University of Chicago Committee on Southern Asian Studies, Division of the Humanities, Franke Institute for the Humanities, South Asia Language and Area Center, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, and Center for Gender Studies.

A symposium panel featuring the following papers: "Textbook Controversies and the Limits of American History" — Thomas Bender (New York University); "Testing the limits of historical imagination: Mexico’s history-textbook controversies and the U.S. question (circa 1957-2000)" — Mauricio Tenorio Trillo (University of Chicago); Discussant: Simone Laessig, Georg-Eckert-Institut für Internationale Schulbuchforschung (Braunschweig, Germany). This one-day symposium was convened to compare the controversies surrounding historical texts that emerged during the last fifteen to twenty years with the onset of the post-Cold War era and the acceleration of globalization, multi-culturalism and the neo-liberal order. Sponsored by the Department of History, Center for East Asian Studies, Center for International Studies, South Asia Language and Area Center, Morris Fishbein Center for the Study of History and Medicine, and the Franke Institute for the Humanities.

A symposium panel featuring the following papers: "School Textbooks as Collective Memory and Social Design: Some Thoughts on Developing a World Consciousness" — Hanna Schissler (Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research, Braunschweig, Germany); "Historical Reconciliation: A Tool for Conflict Resolution" — Elazar Barkan (Columbia University); Discussant: Dipesh Chakrabarty, University of Chicago. This one-day symposium was convened to compare the controversies surrounding historical texts that emerged during the last fifteen to twenty years with the onset of the post-Cold War era and the acceleration of globalization, multi-culturalism and the neo-liberal order. Sponsored by the Department of History, Center for East Asian Studies, Center for International Studies, South Asia Language and Area Center, Morris Fishbein Center for the Study of History and Medicine, and the Franke Institute for the Humanities.

This one-day symposium was convened to compare the controversies surrounding historical texts that emerged during the last fifteen to twenty years with the onset of the post-Cold War era and the acceleration of globalization, multi-culturalism and the neo-liberal order. Sponsored by the Department of History, Center for East Asian Studies, Center for International Studies, South Asia Language and Area Center, Morris Fishbein Center for the Study of History and Medicine, and the Franke Institute for the Humanities.

The Norman Cutler Conference on South Asian Literature (COSAL) honors the life and work of the late Norman Cutler, former Professor of Tamil in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations. Presentations in this recording include: Bernard Bate, "Naaladiyar in the Bajaar: Protestant Textuality and the Tamil Public Sphere"; Lakshmi Holmström, "The Tiger in the Picture: A Reading of Salma's Novel Irandaam Jaamangalin Kadai"; and David Shulman, "Beyond the Margin: On G. Nagarajan and Tomorrow is One More Day." Co-sponsored by the University of Chicago Committee on Southern Asian Studies, Division of the Humanities, Franke Institute for the Humanities, South Asia Language and Area Center, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, and Center for Gender Studies.

A symposium panel featuring the following papers: "Textbook Controversies and the Limits of American History" — Thomas Bender (New York University); "Testing the limits of historical imagination: Mexico’s history-textbook controversies and the U.S. question (circa 1957-2000)" — Mauricio Tenorio Trillo (University of Chicago); Discussant: Simone Laessig, Georg-Eckert-Institut für Internationale Schulbuchforschung (Braunschweig, Germany). This one-day symposium was convened to compare the controversies surrounding historical texts that emerged during the last fifteen to twenty years with the onset of the post-Cold War era and the acceleration of globalization, multi-culturalism and the neo-liberal order. Sponsored by the Department of History, Center for East Asian Studies, Center for International Studies, South Asia Language and Area Center, Morris Fishbein Center for the Study of History and Medicine, and the Franke Institute for the Humanities.

This talk by Keith Brown of Brown University was the keynote address of "Rethinking Crossroads: Macedonia in Global Context." The conference assembled both young and established scholars whose social-scientifically and humanistically informed work speaks to the contemporary realities of the Republic of Macedonia as they continue to be reshaped by actors and processes from both within and without. Sponsored by the University of Chicago Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies, the Franke Institute for the Humanities, the Center for International Studies Norman Wait Harris Fund, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Anthropology of Europe Workshop, Anthropology Students Association, Anthropology Department, and Student Government.

This talk by Keith Brown of Brown University was the keynote address of "Rethinking Crossroads: Macedonia in Global Context." The conference assembled both young and established scholars whose social-scientifically and humanistically informed work speaks to the contemporary realities of the Republic of Macedonia as they continue to be reshaped by actors and processes from both within and without. The metaphor of "crossroads", of course, has long been applied to Macedonia, but too often in a manner that called up problematic dichotomies between East and West, Muslim and Christian worlds, center and periphery, tradition and modernity, etc., which were then used to ground analyses of the region. The aim of this conference was to challenge such understandings precisely by centering Macedonia within the global processes that intersect the country, from the economic and political restructurings indicative of a growing and deepening European Union to the obstacles faced by nation-states worldwide in a environment wrought by local identity politics and supernational political agendas. Through papers themselves rooted in ethnographic detail, the conference explored how such processes inform everyday practices in Macedonia, which in turn articulate, comment on, and contest the conditions of such political and social experiences. Sponsored by the University of Chicago Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies, the Franke Institute for the Humanities, the Center for International Studies Norman Wait Harris Fund, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Anthropology of Europe Workshop, Anthropology Students Association, Anthropology Department, and Student Government.

Readings of original poetry and fiction by two leading South Slavic authors, Igor Štiks from Croatia and Aleš Debeljak from Slovenia, both of whom currently reside in Chicago. The readings are followed by a discussion of the creative atmosphere and trends in contemporary literature in Southeast Europe, with time devoted to the experience of writing away from one’s home country. Sponsored by the Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies, the Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures, the Franke Institute for the Humanities, International House, and the Arts Planning Council.

Readings of original poetry and fiction by two leading South Slavic authors, Igor Štiks from Croatia and Aleš Debeljak from Slovenia, both of whom currently reside in Chicago. The readings are followed by a discussion of the creative atmosphere and trends in contemporary literature in Southeast Europe, with time devoted to the experience of writing away from one’s home country. Sponsored by the Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies, the Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures, the Franke Institute for the Humanities, International House, and the Arts Planning Council.