Autumn 2023

Discussions will take place Thursdays at 5pm in Foster 505. 


October 26
“Reading Job through Rosenzweig: God’s Poetic Response as Revelation in The Book of Job”
Alicia Badea, PhD Student in Comparative Literature at Yale University and Visiting Student in the Committee on Social Thought
Respondent: Adam Katwan, PhD Student, Committee on Social Thought

November 2
“Artists, Antiquaries and the Career of John Brown”
Sarah Carter, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Art History
Respondent: Andrei Pop, Allan and Jean Frumkin Professor in the Committee on Social Thought, Art History, and in the College

November 16
“Airy Nothing:  Epistemology in A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
Richard Strier, Sulzberger Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Department of English
Respondent: Ben Jeffery, Collegiate Assistant Professor and Harper-Schmidt Fellow, UChicago

November 30
“Operatic Reflection. For example: Britten’s Billy Budd”
Karl von der Luft, PhD Student, Committee on Social Thought
Respondent: Matthew Zipf, Phd Student, Committee on Social Thought

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Please contact Benjamin Salman (bsalman@uchicago.edu) or Stefanos Jones (stefanosjones@uchicago.edu) with any questions.

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