Publications + Presentations
December 01, 2015
Thomas Hart Benton captured early- to mid-20th century America with a style and swagger uniquely his own. Capturing what made the painter tick—and tick-off so many people—has been a career-long pursuit of art historian Henry Adams. In fact, Adams was one of the first scholars to take Benton…
November 17, 2015
New book from Mandel School faculty says no
A $3.2 billion (and counting) transformation of Chicago’s notorious high-rise public housing has dramatically changed the urban landscape there, attracting affluent residents to segregated areas and catalyzing revitalization in long-marginalized…
October 30, 2015
Michael W. Clune, professor of English, has received rave reviews for his new memoir, Gamelife. The New York Times, The New Republic, The New York Review of Books and other outlets have recognized Clune’s memoir. Gamelife touches on the way in which video games shaped Clune’s childhood and…
October 30, 2015
Erin Benay, assistant professor of Italian Renaissance and baroque art, recently published her first monograph, Faith, Gender, and the Senses in Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art: Interpreting the Noli me tangere and Doubting Thomas (Burlington: Ashgate, 2015). The book is co-authored with Lisa…
October 30, 2015
Linda Ehrlich, associate professor of Japanese, is guest curator of the film series to accompany the “Where Rivers Meet” theatrical event in San Antonio, Austin and Houston. The event is a performance and educational project featuring Japanese theater art (Noh theatre, the play Sumidagawa) and a…
October 30, 2015
Arnold Hirshon, associate provost and university librarian, will begin a round-the-world speaking tour in November. Hirshon is an internationally recognized speaker who has presented in nearly 50 countries on six continents. Hirshon will start his tour in Malaysia, Singapore and Chendu, China, in…
October 16, 2015
Martha Woodmansee, professor of English and law, participated in a panel discussion at the International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property’s seventh annual workshop this summer. The University of Pennsylvania School of Law hosted the workshop. Other panel participants…
October 16, 2015
Chris Laszlo, professor of organizational behavior and faculty director for research and outreach at the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit, gave a keynote address at the Milan World Expo Oct. 14. His talk was titled "Sustainable Value: Is Integration the Trick?" After his…
October 16, 2015
A recognized leader in diversity and inclusion in higher education, Marilyn Sanders Mobley often is approached for insight and perspective on the issue. On Oct. 26, Mobley, vice president for inclusion, diversity and equal opportunity and a professor of English, will deliver the opening keynote…
September 25, 2015
Cassandra Burke Robertson, professor of law, the Laura B. Chisolm Distinguished Research Scholar and director of the Center for Professional Ethics, recently has had numerous works published, including: “Low Sanctions, High Costs: The Risk to Democratic Liberty,” 66 Florida Law Review Forum31…