Events

The Institute offers many kinds of events, most free and open to the public. Our weekly Brown Bag lectures cover a wide-range of topics in the humanities and the arts. They are delivered by scholars, artists and public intellectuals from many fields, from either UM or other institutions. We also organize major conferences (funded by private donation and the Mellon Foundation) and, once a year, a leading scholar is invited to give our prestigious Mark and Constance Jacobson Lecture. Our museum quality gallery allows us to mount four or more exhibitions every year, often in concert with other units of the University. Exhibition is always connected to lecture, seminar, conference and the like, allowing us to integrate the arts and the humanities. Our profile of public outreach includes our longstanding Spring Seminars and partnership with the Chicago Humanities Festival. Our goal is to bring the humanities and arts to the wider public through having these events live a second life in our on-line video library. And you will find many of our Brown Bag, conferences and conversations with our Fellows highlighted and archived throughout this site.

Upcoming Events


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