Works of the Mind Lectures – Spring/Summer 2010
December 16, 2009 by admin
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Free and Open to All
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These lectures are offered on Sundays at 1 pm from October through May at the Chicago Cultural Center. These lectures will now take place in the Claudia Cassidy Theatre and precede the
Cultural Center’s afternoon Sunday Salon Series of free concerts.
Sunday, March 14
A Line, A Cave, and A Beautiful City in Plato’s Republic
Herman Sinaiko
Professor, Humanities, the College, the University of Chicago
Sunday, April 18
Princess of Kenwood Marries Prince of Hyde Park: Chretien de Troyes,
Courtly Love, and the Birth of the Novel
Peter Dembowski
Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of French Literature, Departments of Romance Languages and Literatures, Linguistics, Committee on Medieval Studies, and the College, the University of
Chicago
Sunday, May 16
Egyptomania! James Henry Breasted and the Birth of American Egyptology
Emily Teeter
Research Associate and Special Exhibits Coordinator, The Oriental Institute, the University of Chicago
