President and provost of The University of Chicago announced the renaming of our division to the Division of the Arts & Humanities. This is an exciting new chapter in the history of the University. Read the announcement here: bit.ly/42h2EIh Learn more at artshumanities.uchicago.edu

Visionary opera director Yuval Sharon will present this year's Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin Family Lectures—three public talks beginning May 6, which will culminate with a performance of John Cage’s 'Europera 5' on May 20. Learn more and register: ms.spr.ly/6014qAjd6

Opera director Yuval Sharon to deliver Berlin Family lectures beginning May 6 | University of Chicago News news.uchicago.edu/story/opera-di…

Three UChicago scholars and several alumni have been named 2025 GuggenheimFoundation. Prof. Theaster Gates, Lect. Richie Hofmann and Prof. Marcus Kronforst join the 100th class of fellows in recognition of their “career achievement and exceptional promise.” news.uchicago.edu/story/three-uc…

Join UChicago Arts for South Side Night as part of the city-wide EXPO CHICAGO. Visit exhibits, see performances and enjoy extended hours at multiple arts spaces across the university, Hyde Park and neighboring communities. Learn more: ms.spr.ly/6017S12sR

"Berlin," the play adapted from Jason Lutes's graphic novel and directed by Charles Newell, follows Berliners facing tough choices in 1928 as fascism rises. See it through May 18 at Court Theatre, tickets available here: ms.spr.ly/6012SRdNi

"Each and every project is its own balancing act between tradition and innovation... You have to approach each work on its own terms." Night Two - Berlin Family Lecture Series: Anarchy at the Opera featuring director Yuval Sharon on May 13. Register: berlinfamilylectures.uchicago.edu

Our graduates this year will receive diplomas from the Division of the Humanities; starting 2025-26, students will graduate from the expanded Division of the Arts & Humanities. Learn more bit.ly/3ZdWKFM & visit [email protected]. news.uchicago.edu/story/uchicago…

26 UChicago faculty have received distinguished service professorships or named professorships, including AHD's Hoyt Long who was named the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and the College. Learn More: ms.spr.ly/6014S2s1K

A nearly forgotten blue pigment patented by George Washington Carver in 1927 has been recreated, thanks to a team of UChicago chemists and artist Amanda Williams, LAB’92. Learn more about how their work brought "Carver blue" back to life. Learn more: ms.spr.ly/6012S7I5n

Missed this year’s Berlin Family Lectures with Yuval Sharon? Relive the enlightening experience with recordings of all three lectures and the concluding performance of John Cage’s Europera 5. Watch now: ms.spr.ly/6017S7kHT

With two College alumni singers, an editor at the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists behind the drums, and a UChicago linguistics professor on the bass, Do the Needful pays tribute to classic Bollywood. mag.uchicago.edu/arts-humanitie…

"As in the world of wrestling, the trumped-up spectacle of justice on display in today’s Washington is a stage-managed show of retribution and retaliation." Professor James Chandler, PhD '78, uses Barthes’s wrestling essay to examine Trump’s Washington. lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-trum…

Need a new summer read? This list has the answer, including recommendations from some of our award-winning faculty. news.uchicago.edu/story/what-rea…

We are pleased to support the Arts Labs research team in the next phase of their project, as they continue to identify and explore new frontiers of artistic collaboration in opera, musical theater, literary publishing, dance, and movement theory. More: neubauercollegium.uchicago.edu/research/arts-…

Get lost in the Berlin Family Lectures Archive! For more than a decade, this series has featured some of the world’s leading scholars, writers, and creative artists and all their knowledge and expertise is just waiting for you to explore. ms.spr.ly/6015sB5OD

Avery Willis Hoffman has been appointed Court Theatre's new Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director. An accomplished theatre producer and artistic director, Hoffman was most recently the artistic director of the Brown Arts Institute. Learn more:ms.spr.ly/6018sEXga

As book bans spread nationwide, a creative writing professor, an author, and UChicago’s library system defend the freedom to read. ms.spr.ly/6011sB5V1 UChicago Magazine UChicago Library UChicago Creative Writing

In the UChicago Library archives, UChicago College students are rediscovering the unexpected: Treasures include a missionary professor’s art slides, a 1794 German almanac with dance instructions and the inspiration for a digital Chinese dictionary. ms.spr.ly/6011s1D9L

A new exhibition at the Logan Center for the Arts celebrates South Side Home Movie Project 20 years of community-driven archiving and storytelling. For two decades, the archive has preserved over 1,200 reels of film shot by South Siders from 1930-1980. NBC Chicago ms.spr.ly/6017sBedW