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The Institute for the Humanities at the University of Illinois Chicago seeks to foster an intellectually vital, interdisciplinary community of scholars working at one of the nation’s most exciting urban research centers. As the hub of humanities scholarship on campus, the Institute provides a forum for intellectual exchange among faculty and students at UIC and other colleges and universities in the region. At its base, the Institute for the Humanities highlights the importance of public higher education. It provides a space for vigorous debate and exchange, so crucial in a democratic society.

The UIC Institute for the Humanities celebrated its forty years of operation in 2022. It is one of the oldest humanities centers in the United States. Over the years, the Institute has become the major hub for all humanities activities on campus, creating an intellectual space in which faculty and graduate students can broaden their perspectives, conduct original research, and engage with scholars and communities both in and outside the university.

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Nov 7 2024

Faculty Fellow Lecture Series: Lynn Hudson, History, "Troubled Waters: Segregated Swimming in American Cities, 1914-1954"

Thursday, 4:00 pm–5:30 pm
Institute for the Humanities, 153 Behavioral Sciences Building
Nov 8 2024

UIC Program for Writers Graduate Student Fall Reading

Friday, 4:00 pm–5:30 pm
Institute for the Humanities, 153 Behavioral Sciences Building
Nov 12 2024

Queer & Trans Studies Working Group Meeting

Tuesday, 2:00 pm–3:00 pm
Institute for the Humanities, 153 Behavioral Sciences Building
Nov 12 2024

Nadi al-Cinema Film Series: "A Feeling Greater than Love"

Tuesday, 5:00 pm–7:00 pm
UIC Institute for Humanities
Nov 13 2024

Resident Graduate Scholar Seminar: Themal Ellawala, Anthropology “Buying strap-ons as the world burns: The Sri Lankan crisis"

Wednesday, 2:00 pm–4:00 pm
Institute for the Humanities, 153 Behavioral Sciences Building
Nov 14 2024

Rewriting Literary History with Algorithms

Thursday 14th, 2:00 pm–Friday 15th, 4:00 pm
Institute for the Humanities, 153 Behavioral Sciences Building
Nov 18 2024

Mute (in) Histories: Іn Search of Women's Voices from Below in Fin de Siècle Habsburg Galicia" by Ivanna Cherchovych

Monday, 6:00 pm–8:00 pm
1501 UH
Nov 19 2024

Revolutions and History

Tuesday, 11:00 am–4:30 pm
Institute for the Humanities, 153 Behavioral Sciences Building
Nov 22 2024

Just Write! Workshop

Friday, 10:00 am–3:30 pm
UIC Institute for Humanities
Nov 26 2024

Queer & Trans Studies Working Group Meeting

Tuesday, 2:00 pm–3:00 pm
Institute for the Humanities, 153 Behavioral Sciences Building

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