2009-2010

"Trail through 'Deep Time' - The Web (Not the Tree) of Life in Earth"
Thursday, June 3, 2010, 4 – 5:30 pm
Lynn Margulis, Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Natural Science. She received a National Medal of Science from President Clinton in 2000.
Biological Sciences Learning Center, 924 East 57th Street, BSLC 109

2008-2009

"The Jungle is Neutral: Newcomer Languages Face New Media"
Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 4 – 5:30 pm
Nicholas Ostler, President of the Foundation for Endangered Languages, Visiting Fellow at Lancaster University, Honorary Fellow at the University of Bath
The Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118

"Tolstoy in Love: The Writing and Reception of Anna Karenina"
Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 4 – 5:30pm
Katia Mitova, Assistant Professor at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology; Instructor in the Basic Program of Liberal Education for Adults, Graham School, University of Chicago
The Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118

2007-2008

"Experiences in Policy and Science Policy: A Conversation"
Wednesday, October 31, 2007 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Steve Fetter, Professor and Dean, School of Public Policy University of Maryland
The Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118

"Science Policy at The University of Chicago: A Conversation"
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 11:30 - 1:00PM
Bernard Bulkin, former Chief Scientist, BP and developer of BP's Climate Change and Clean Fuels positions (2000-2003)
Room E-123, Gordon Center for Integrative Science, 929 East 57th Street

“Rape & HIV: Weapons of War, Tools of Torture”
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Mary Fabri, Psy.D. Director of the Marjorie Kovler Center for the Treatment of Survivors of Torture
Click here to listen.
Also see: Students, faculty utilize Darfur Action, Education Fund (The University of Chicago Chronicle. February 21, 2008, Vol. 27 No. 10)
The Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118

"HIV/AIDS in 2008: Much Accomplished, Much to Do"
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008, 3:00 - 4:30 p.m
Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
Biological Sciences Learning Center (BSLC) 115, 924 East 57th Street, Chicago

2006-2007

"Globalization, Technology, and Language"
Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
William Marling, Case Western Reserve University
Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118

"How Empowering Women Can Help the Environment: 34 Millon Friends of Women"
Jane Roberts, 34 Million Friends of the United Nations Population Fund
Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118

"Health, Human Capital and Development: Learning About Causal Relationships"
Wednesday, May 16, 4:30-6:00pm
T. Paul Schultz, Yale University
Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118

"Inventing Historical Truth on the Silver Screen"
Wednesday, May 16, 4:30-6:00pm
Robert Rosenstone, Calinfornia Insitute of Technology
Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118

2005-2006

"What the Experts Got Wrong about the Global Economy"
Wednesday, April 20, 3:00-4:30
Mark Weisbrot, Center for Economic and Policy Research
Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118

"Changing Terminals: Globalization, Media and Speed"
Monday, April 25, 4:00-5:30 p.m. with reception to follow
John Tomlinson, Professor of Cultural Sociology, Nottingham Trent University
Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118

"Our Place in the Expanding Universe"
Wednesday, May 18, 5:00-6:30 p.m. with reception to follow
Sean Carroll, Assistant Professor, Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, and the College, University of Chicago
Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118

"Now Insert Utopia Here"
Friday, May 20, 1:00-2:30 p.m. with reception to follow
Claire Pentecost, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Photography, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118

"Should We Reverence Life? Reflections at the Intersection of Ecology, Religion and Ethics"
Wednesday, May 25, 4:00-5:30
William Schweiker, Professor of Theological Ethics in the Divinity School and the College, University of Chicago
Co-sponsored by the Religion and Environment Initiative
Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118

2004-2005

"Challenging the Status Quo: The Misunderstood Role of Nutrition in Health, Medicine, and Society"
Tuesday, February 8, 4:00-5:30 p.m. with reception to follow
T. Colin Campbell, Nutritional Biochemistry, Cornell University
Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118

"All About the Brothers" Retro-Seriality in Almodovar's Bad Education"
Friday, February 11, 1:30-3:00 p.m. with reception to follow
Marsha Kinder, Professor of Cinema, Comparative Literature, and Spanish, University of Southern California
Harper Memorial Library, 1116 East 59th Street, HM 130

"Planning for Biodiversity: Conservation and Restoration"
Tuesday, February 22, 4:00-5:30 p.m. with reception to follow
Sahotra Sarkar, Professor of Philosophy and Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin
Co-sponsored with the Fishbein Center for the History of Science and Medicine
Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118

"The Poverty of Design: Evolution and Its Discontents"
Wednesday, February 23, 4:00-5:30 p.m. with reception to follow
Sahotra Sarkar, Professor of Philosophy and Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin
Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118

"The Politics of Anti-Naturalism"
Thursday, February 24, 4:00-5:30 p.m. with reception to follow
Sahotra Sarkar, Professor of Philosophy and Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin
Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118

"Cognition Against Interpretation"
Wednesday, November 17, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Joseph Tabbi, Professor of English, University of Illinois, Chicago,
Author, Cognitive Fictions; Editor, Electronic Book Review www.altx.com/ebr
Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118

2003-2004

"Celebrating 100 Years of Diplomatic Relations between Ethiopia and the USA"
Monday, April 5, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Brook Hailu, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Ethiopia
Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118

"Sustainable Cities through Science, Engineering and Urban Planning"
Thursday, April 15, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Julian Hunt, Professor of Climate Modelling,
Department of Space & Climate Physics and Geological Sciences, University College London
Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118

"Reflections on the Effectiveness of Development Aid to Africa"
Thursday, April 22, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Berhanu Abegaz, Professor of Economics, College of William and Mary
Harper 130, 1116 East 59th Street

"From Market Globalism to Imperial Globalism: Ideology and U.S. Power After 9/11"
Monday, April 26, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Manfred Steger, Professor of Politics and Government, Illinois State University
Social Sciences 122, 1126 East 59th Street

"The Causal Organization of Knowledge in Aristotle's Poetics"
Thursday, April 29, 4:30-5:45 p.m.
William H. Sterner, Lecturer, Conceptual & Historical Studies of Science and
Computer Science, The University of Chicago
Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118

"The Effects of Prior Beliefs and Learning on Consumers' Acceptance of
Genetically Modified Foods"
Monday, May 17, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Wallace Huffman, Professor of Agriculture and Economics, Iowa State University
Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118

"Africa's Green Revolution: A Mirage?"
Thursday, May 20, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Gebisa Ejeta, Professor of Agronomy, Purdue University
Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118

"After Capitalism? How About Democracy?"
Monday, May 20, 4:30-6:00 p.m.
David Schweickart, Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University, Chicago
Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118

"The Evolution of Everything, Revised -- What You Knew Wasn't Wrong, Just Misguided"
Tuesday, May 25, 4:30-6:00 p.m.
Michael LaBarbera, Professor, Departments of Organismal Biology & Anatomy and Geophysical Sciences,
Committee on Evolutionary Biology, and the College, The University of Chicago
Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 East 57th Street, JRL S-118

"Plato's Symposium: The Uninvited Guests"
Monday, January 19, 4:30-6:00 p.m.
Herman Sinaiko, Humanities Division, The University of Chicago

"Atheism and Contemplation"
Friday, February 20, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Michael J. Buckley, S.J., Santa Clara University

Autumn, 2003"Religions Enter Their Ecological Phase"
Friday, October 3, 2:30 p.m.
Mary Evelyn Tucker, Co-Coordinator of the Forum on Religion and Ecology

"Gender Inequality and Environmental Change: Lessons from Community Forestry in South Asia"
Thursday, November 20, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Bina Agarwal, University of Delhi
Classics 10, 1010 E. 59th Street

2002-2003

Screenings:

The Deer Hunter
Michael Cimino, 1978, 183 minutes
Saturday, January 11 at 2:00 pm
Speaker: Professors Milton Ehre and Herman Sinaiko (course on "War," spring 2003) Winner of Best Picture and Best Director at the 1979 Academy Awards, The Deer Hunter is renowned for its tough portrayal of the Vietnam War's effect on American working class steel workers. Using Russian roulette scenes that create an indelible metaphor for warfareÍs sudden, random violence, The Deer HunterÍs combination of ambivalence, brutality, and controversy echoed AmericansÍ cultural experience of Vietnam, making it a popular hit and an even more telling cultural artifact. This movie will be presented in video projection in the Ida Noyes Cloister Club. Admission is free.

Monsoon Wedding
Mira Nair, 2001, 114 minutes
Sunday, January 19 at 4:15 pm
Speaker: Professor William Wimsatt (course on "Biological & Cultural Evolution," winter 2003) Winner of the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival, Monsoon Wedding honestly captures the spirit of modern Delhi„the mix of languages (English, Hindi, and Punjabi), the blend of traditional culture and modern technology, the proximity of upper and lower classes, and the influence of Bollywood movies on everyday life. It's not just a touching, funny, multi-layered drama, it's an exuberant love poem to a city and a culture in transition.

Microcosmos
Nuridsany & Pzrennou, 1996, 80 minutes
Sunday, January 26 at 4:20 pm
Speaker: Professor Ted Steck (course on "Is Development Sustainable?" spring 2003) A multiple prize winner at the 1996 French Academy of Cinema Awards, Microcosmos uses special macroscopic photographic techniques to create this fascinating and visually spectacular look at the hidden worlds in the life cycle of an ordinary meadow in France. Finding humor, drama, and beauty in the lives of tiny flora and fauna, this visual and aural odyssey tranforms the mundane into the epic, accompanied by a gripping score as well as scant yet elegantly poetic narration.

My Night at Maud's
Eric Rohmer, 1969, 105 minutes
Sunday, February 2 at 4:25 pm
Speaker: Professor Herman Sinaiko (course on "On Love: Text and Context," spring 2003) The "my" in My Night At Maud's belongs to the protagonist, a Catholic engineer whose struggle with his faith is renewed when he falls instantly in love with a woman he's never met while attending mass. A chance meeting with an amoral old friend the same night places him in a potentially compromising situation when he's forced to spend the night with Maud, a sophisticated and alluring woman who challenges the protagonist's belief through intellectual and fleshly means.

Red
Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994, 99 minutes
Sunday, February 9 at 4:40 pm
Speaker: Professor Peter Homans (course on "Rewriting the Past," spring 2003) With an intricately structured narrative that plays off connections missed, accidental and intended, Red explores the mysterious connections - the possibility of fraternity - among isolated lives (a model, a retired judge, and a young jurist). With its composition and cinematography steeped in the title color, from orange-amber lighting to the judge's red-brown study, Red is infused with a redemptive warmth that belies its melancholy concerns with loss and loneliness.

"Building Alternatives for People in an Era of Globalization"
David Barkin, Economics, Xochimilco Campus of the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City

"A False Hypothesis? What If It's True? (Reflections on how we are maintaining our place in nature)"
Wes Jackson, The Land Institute

"Beyond Genes, Neurons, and Individual Minds"
Evelyn Fox Keller, MIT

"The Predicament of Aftermath: Oklahoma City and September 11th"
Edward Linenthal, University of Wisconsin

"Collectively Seeing the Whole: Problems and Prospects for Systemic Environmental Understanding"
Richard B. Norgaard, University of California, Berkeley

"Did Climate Deterioration Play Major Roles in Human Evolution?"
Peter Richerson, UC-Davis

2001-2002

"Environmental Justice and Minority Communities: Misusing Science to Violate Fairness"
Kristin Shrader-Frechette, Notre Dame

"Psychological Influences on Immune Function"
"Stress Associated Immune Dysregulation: Implications for Health"
Jan Kiecolt-Glaser and Ron Glaser, Ohio State University

"Economic Strategy, Markets, and Alternative Paths of Globalization"
Arthur MacEwan, Massachusetts University

"Liberty, Order, and War"
Abner Mikva, University of Chicago

"American Values: American Action, What's the Difference? Does it Matter?"
Adele Simmons, Chicago Metropolis 20/20

2000-2001

"Psychoneuroimmunology"
Robert Ader, University of Rochester

"Design and the Organization of Learning"
Richard Buchanan, Carnegie Mellon

"Human Natures: Genes, Cultures, and the Human Prospect"
Paul Ehrlich, Stanford University

"Can International Emissions Trading Work?"
Joseph Goffman, Environmental Defense; Adam Rose, Penn State

"Ptolemy's Celestial Science Greco-Roman Culture"
Bernard Goldstein, University of Pittsburgh

"Estrogen Regulation of Human Physiology"
Geoffrey Green, University of Chicago

"Evolution as a Christian Theme"
Ernan McMullin, Notre Dame

"AIDS and the Brain"
Richard Miller, University of Chicago

"Hot Money, Global Markets, Local Winners and Losers"
Edward Nell, New School

"Neuroendocrine Regulation of the Immune Response"
John Sheridan, Ohio State University

1999-2000

"Wicked Problems and the World We Make"
Richard Buchanan, Carnegie Mellon

"On the Origin of Cultures"
William Durham, Stanford University

"Globalization and the Environment"
Daniel Esty, Yale University; Durwood Zaelke, International Law; Alan Skyes, University of Chicago

"Global Warming"
Eban Goodstein, Lewis & Clark; Alan Sanderson, University of Chicago

"Global Vision"
John Grimes, IIT

"Does Culture Evolve?"
Richard Lewontin, Harvard University

"Human Language and the Reptilian Brain"
Philip Lieberman, Brown University

For more information please contact Margot Browning, Executive Director, by emailing mb31@uchicago.edu or calling 773-702-5657.