At a time when the arts face unprecedented pressure from shifting economics, cultural polarization, and changes in audience behavior, what is the case for the arts and how can arts practice thrive into the future?
Join us for a special Enduring Excellence conversation with one of the most iconic voices in sports broadcasting: Al Michaels.
Join us for a special lunch with distinguished University of Chicago classicist Michèle Lowrie.
This First Friday Lecture is supported by the Anastaplo Lecture Series Fund in memory of Basic Program Instructor George Anastaplo.
Join us for a compelling in-person discussion with Michael Rossi’s account on how surfing legend Duke Kahanamoku became the target of a eugenicist’s obsession in 1920s America.
Gain valuable insights about how you can leverage the GSAL program to explore fields of academic study and preview graduate and undergraduate level for-credit courses at UChicago.
Join us for a compelling virtual discussion with Michael Rossi’s account on how surfing legend Duke Kahanamoku became the target of a eugenicist’s obsession in 1920s America.
Join us to learn more about the Returning Scholar program.
Gain valuable insights about how you can leverage the GSAL program to explore fields of academic study and preview graduate and undergraduate level for-credit courses at UChicago.
What does it take to live well, not just longer? How can we make healthy longevity accessible to all?
Human lives are getting longer, more varied, and less linear. As careers stretch across multiple chapters and individuals navigate reinvention, transition, and renewal, a central question emerges: How do people continue to grow, contribute, and find purpose across an extended lifespan?
In this conversation, journalist, author, and educator Lucy Kellaway discussed midlife transition, lifelong learning, and her book Re-Educated. Kellaway reflected on her decision to leave a 30-year career at the Financial Times to retrain as a secondary school teacher and cofound NowTeach, a charity supporting older professionals entering the classroom. The conversation explored what it……
This lecture examines how reading Great Books can help us think clearly amid crisis.
In this conversation with Lin Atnip, tutor at St. John’s College and incoming Basic Program instructor at the Graham School, we explored one of today’s most pressing questions: what is intelligence in the age of AI? We examined the fundamental differences between human and machine thinking, focusing on concepts like embodiment, desire, and tacit knowledge……