Death of Joel Rich, Basic Program instructor since 1968

Joel Rich taught literature, philosophy, and history at the Basic Program of Liberal Education for Adults for more than 40 years. At one time he also served as the program’s administrative director. He is remembered by students and colleagues for his deep commitment to the liberal arts and the Basic Program, for his generosity and [...]

Ulysses Bloomsday Celebration – Chicago 2011

Join Basic Program Instructor Claudia Traudt and other reader/performers at the Cliff Dwellers for this year’s celebration of Bloomsday: June 16th, 1904 is the date on which the action of James Joyce’s Ulysses takes place, and “Bloomsday” — named after Leopold Bloom, one of the novel’s main characters — celebrations of Joyce lore, legend, and [...]

Filmspotting: Movies about Movies

The Filmspotting guys are offering a summer film course on Movies about Movies. This course crosses genres, continents, and centuries to examine the fascination of power and celebrity – A Star is Born (1937), the hidden aspects of filmmaking – Singin’ in the Rain (1952), and the contrast of creating a film and living a [...]

Illuminating the Shadows: Film Criticism in Focus conference

Through panel discussions and conversations with leading film critics from across the US (including Graham School film instructors Michael Phillips, Jonathan Rosenbaum, and Andrea Gronvall), and guest-curated screenings, Illuminating the Shadows: Film Criticism in Focus conference explores the state of film criticism at a potentially transformative moment. Technology, journalism, criticism, and cinephilia are always in [...]

Roger Ebert’s TED Talk – Quotes from Roger Ebert TED Speech – Esquire

About a year ago, Chris Jones wrote a profile for Esquire on Roger Ebert, the film critic who has and continues to inspire people everywhere. Further evidence of this man’s power to captivate us, beyond the Twitter and his blog and his reviews and his new show: Reports of his speech this weekend that closed [...]

2010 Excellence in Teaching Awards

Congratulations to instructors Michaelangelo Allocca and Paula W. Peterson for receiving University of Chicago Graham School of General Studies 2010 Excellence in Teaching Awards for the Humanities, Arts, and Sciences. 2010 Excellence in Teaching Awards – Michaelangelo Allocca’s acceptance speech 2010 Excellence in Teaching Awards – Paula W. Peterson’s acceptance speech

Rasheed Hosein, PhD

Congratulations to Graham School instructor Rasheed Hosein upon his successful November 11, 2010 doctoral defense. Rasheed now holds a PhD from the University of Chicago Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, concentration: Early Islamic History. His dissertation title is: Tribal Alliance Formations and Power Structures in the Jahiliyah and Early Islamic Periods: Quraysh and [...]

Why France matters: 5 Reasons Why France Matters in World of Wine

by Bill St. John Which pinot noir do winemakers the world over want to, pine to — but, by and large, merely attempt to — emulate? French red Burgundy. Same story with the grape syrah and the northern Rhone — or cabernet sauvignon mixed with merlot in Bordeaux, or — wait a second, is there [...]

Babes with Blades picks up where Sophocles left off

So whatever happened to Ismene, daughter [ok, and sister] of Oedipus, after he was dead, and so was her mother, and her sister, and her two brothers, and her sister’s fiancé, and… (you get the idea)??? And what larger consequences for the general populations of Thebes (and of Athens, for that matter) resulted from the [...]

Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies

Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies, a weekly half-hour film review program, was announced today by its producers, Chaz and Roger Ebert. The program continues the 35-year-old run of a reviewing format first introduced by Gene Siskel and Ebert and later by Ebert and Richard Roeper. It will return to its birthplace, launching nationally on [...]

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