First Friday lecture series
August 20, 2009 by admin
Filed under Basic Program
These lectures are offered on the first Friday of every month except July. Lectures take place in the Claudia Cassidy Theater of the Chicago Cultural Center (Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street). The lectures begin at 12:15 pm and last about one hour.
Free and Open to All
Registration is required for these popular talks.
September 4
A CITY OUT OF THIN AIR: POLITICS, PLACE, POETRY
Steven Schroeder
Instructor, Basic Program, the University of Chicago
October 2
SIT DOWN, YOU’RE ROCKING THE BARGE: CLEOPATRA IN HISTORY AND LEGEND
Michaelangelo Allocca
Chair, Basic Program, the University of Chicago
November 6
A BRIEF HISTORY OF TRUTH (WITH APOLOGIES TO STEPHEN HAWKING)
Clare Pearson
Instructor, Basic Program, the University of Chicago
December 4
ON WEATHERING PROUST (AND PROUST ON WEATHER)
Joel Rich
Instructor, Basic Program, the University of Chicago
