THE COMPLEAT GARGOYLE - Graham School of General Studies ...

Spring and Summer 2012 

THE 

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GARGOYLE

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LEARN MORE 

ABOUT 

HUMANITIES, 

ARTS, 

AND SCIENCES 

Join us at an 

information session. 

Thursday 

March 8, 2012, 10 am 

March 8, 2012, 6 pm 

Wednesday 

May 23, 2012, 10 am 

May 23, 2012, 6 pm 

Wednesday 

September 12, 2012, 10 am 

September 12, 2012, 6 pm 

The University of Chicago 

Gleacher Center 

450 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive 

Chicago, IL 60611 

To reserve your place 

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please visit 

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TABLE 

OF 

CONTENTS 

2 Giving 

3 Highlights 

4 HUMANITIES 

5 Ideas & Beliefs 

5 Great Conversations 

5 Philosophy 

6 Political Science 

7 Religious Studies 

9 Texts & Contexts 

9 Classics 

9 History 

9 Literature 

14 World in Focus 

14 African & African-American Studies 

14 Chicago 

14 Know Your Chicago 

14 Global Studies 

15 Languages 

18 Oriental Institute 

19 Travel 

20 ARTS 

20 Art & Art History 

20 Artifact Collection Care 

21 Culinary Arts 

21 Drama 

21 Film Studies 

22 Music 

25 SCIENCES 

25 Environmental Studies 

25 Science & Technology 

26 CERTIFICATES, CREDIT, AND OTHER 

PROGRAMS 

26 Civic Knowledge Project 

27 Writing and Speaking for Business and the Professions 

29 Writer’s Studio 

32 Travel Study 

35 Asian Classics 

36 Basic Program of Liberal Education for Adults 

40 Master of Liberal Arts 

41 Graduate Student-at-Large and Returning Scholar 

42 GENERAL INFORMATION 

42 About the Graham School 

42 Policy Statement 

42 Teacher Recertification 

43 Registration 

44 Contact Information 

45 Calendar/Index 

49 Maps (Course Locations) 

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2 GIVING 

There are many ways to support the 

Graham School including outright 

gifts, matching gifts, life income 

gifts and bequests, and honorary and 

memorial gifts. Every gift, no matter 

the size, helps us create thoughtful, 

dynamic continuing education 

programs that meet your expectations 

for excellence. Your generosity 

and participation in the University’s 

continuing education community is 

valued and appreciated. 

To make a gift, contact Sylvia Fergus 

at sfergus@uchicago.edu or at 

773.702.1724 or visit our website 

to learn how your support can make 

a difference to the school. All gifts 

are recognized in our honor roll of 

donors published annually in the 

Autumn Gargoyle. 

2 Giving 

INCREASE YOUR 

GIVING AND 

BROADEN YOUR 

CONNECTIONS 

Join the Chicago Society 

The Chicago Society is a community 

of generous students, alumni, 

friends, and parents who have 

made aggregate gifts of $2,500 to 

any area of the University during 

the previous fiscal year. At special 

events across the globe, the Chicago 

Society brings together people 

at various stages of their professional 

and personal lives and from a 

multitude of vocations to hear from 

the faculty members, subject matter 

experts, and University leaders who 

are shaping Chicago’s future. 

Member benefits include invitations 

to special events such as the 

Chicago Insights series and Chicago 

Society celebration over Alumni 

Weekend, complimentary admission 

to University Harper Lectures, 

special University communications 

including the Inspirit newsletter, 

and recognition in the University 

Honor Roll. 

Learn more about University recognition 

societies by contacting Sylvia 

Fergus at sfergus@uchicago.edu or 

773.702.1724.

3 HIGHLIGHTS 

AXIS CHICAGO 

Gain access to the best minds from 

the University of Chicago and the 

city’s leading cultural institutions 

through specially designed courses 

at world-renowned museums. For 

more information about spring 2012 

AXIS Chicago events, visit 

grahamschool.uchicago.edu/ 

axischicago or contact Sarah Pesin 

in the Partnerships Office at culturalpartnerships@uchicago.edu 

or 

773.702.2768. 

EXPERIENCE THE 

DIVINITY SCHOOL 

AT THE GRAHAM 

SCHOOL 

Learn with some of the brightest 

up-and-coming scholars from the 

University of Chicago Divinity 

School. Each quarter, the faculty of 

the renowned Divinity School select 

some of their top graduate students 

to offer courses through the Graham 

School. Look for “A Divinity School 

and Graham School Collaboration” 

in the course description. 

KNOW YOUR 

CHICAGO 

2012 Spring Seminar 

Know Your Chicago tours often 

raise questions about issues that 

lend themselves to deeper exploration 

and study. Watch for announcements 

about a possible follow-up 

seminar this spring. 

LEADERSHIP IN 

SUSTAINABILITY 

MANAGEMENT 

For adult professionals who need 

the skills and credentials to lead 

sustainability initiatives at their 

business, we have created the Leadership 

in Sustainability Management 

Certificate Program. Is this 

certificate right for you? Find out 

more at grahamschool.uchicago. 

edu/sustainabilitymanagement. 

LEARN MORE 

ABOUT 

THE ARABIC 

LANGUAGE AND 

CULTURES 

CERTIFICATE 

PROGRAM 

Graham School Arabic students can 

earn a certificate attesting to their 

linguistic and cultural knowledge. 

Certificate students receive additional 

instruction and evaluation 

each term, leading to a credential 

from the University of Chicago. 

To learn more, join us at an 

information session. 

Monday 

May 21, 2012, 6 pm 

Thursday 

August 23, 2012, 6 pm 

Downtown 





To reserve your place at an Arabic 

Language and Cultures 

information session, please visit 

grahamschool.uchicago.edu/arabic. 

Highlights 

HOW TO USE 

THE GARGOYLE 

The Compleat Gargoyle is split into 

two sections: course listings and 

programs, viewable in the index 

on page 1. The course listings are 

arranged by category, and include 

cross-listings for courses that span 

multiple disciplines. We encourage 

you to explore the many diverse 

offerings available, including our 

certificate and credit programs, 

which are detailed in the latter half 

of this catalog. 

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HUMANITIES, 

ARTS, AND 

4 SCIENCES 

LEARNING FOR 

A LIFETIME 

Since 1892, students have come to 

the University of Chicago to meet 

their continuing education needs. 

The William B. and Catherine 

V. Graham School of Continuing 

Liberal and Professional Studies 

is proud of this legacy. We are 

your partner for lifelong learning, 

offering programs to help you face 

every challenge and opportunity 

along the way. 

Whether you are earning a master’s 

degree or certificate to further your 

career, or taking a class for the pure 

pleasure of it, you will appreciate 

the enduring value of studying the 

humanities, arts, and sciences. 

Our classes expand your problemsolving 

and analytical skills, help 

you communicate more effectively, 

deepen your understanding of 

global issues and other cultures, 

and keep your mind sharp. These 

are benefits that will serve you well 

beyond the classroom. 

Join our community and you will 

become part of the University 

of Chicago’s tradition of lifelong 

learning, because you cannot afford 

to stop learning. 

NONCREDIT 

COURSES 

In this bulletin, you will find university-level, 

noncredit courses in 

the liberal arts and sciences; these 

courses are offered by specialists 

in the academic fields in which they 

teach, from curators of contemporary 

art to experts on international 

relations. 

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CERTIFICATES 

Graham School certificate programs 

offer students the opportunity to 

thoroughly engage in a field of study 

but still benefit from the convenience 

of our noncredit courses. 

A Creative Writing certificate is 

found in the Writer’s Studio section 

of this bulletin, where you will find 

offerings that improve your skills, 

develop your creative talents, and 

enhance your professional abilities 

(see page 29). 

Film students can explore the 

Language of Film in a five-course 

program that features courses on 

the art, history, and techniques of 

the medium (see page 21). 

The Language of Music program 

provides a credential for those 

seeking an in-depth combination of 

music appreciation and analysis (see 

page 22). 

In the Asian Classics program, you 

can deepen your understanding 

of other cultures and challenge 

common assumptions about 

“Eastern” and “Western” civilizations 


Our Basic Program of Liberal 

Education for Adults dedicated 

to reading and discussing the 

cornerstone texts that are the basic 

foundations of Western civilization 


And learn more about our newest 

certificates in Arabic Language and 

Cultures, Artifact Collection Care, 

and Leadership in Sustainability 

Management (see pp. 15, 20, and 25). 

GRADUATE 

STUDY 

In addition to these noncredit 

programs, the Graham School 

offers part-time graduate programs 

leading to a Master of Liberal Arts 

degree and a Master of Science in 

Threat and Response Management 

degree. We extend opportunities for 

adults to take undergraduate and 

graduate courses at the University 

of Chicago without being enrolled 

in a degree program through our 

Graduate Student-at-Large and 

Returning Scholar programs. Every 

term, we strive to offer an array of 

new and exciting learning opportunities, 

allowing you to choose 

courses that best serve your unique 

interests and needs. 

We invite you to join our learning 

community.

5 IDEAS & BELIEFS 

GREAT 

CONVERSATIONS 

Are you interested in lively 

discussion? Thinking about the 

future? Please join us. 

Great Conversations: 

Freedom and Education 

Lecture series 

Our popular Great Conversations 

series continues, and in spring will 

be back at the Gleacher Center! Our 

theme for 2011–12 is Freedom and 

Education, and we will be featuring 

some outstanding philosophers, 

educators, and historians concerned 

with these issues. Come get to know 

these remarkable individuals in an 

intimate conversational setting. On 

select Thursdays, from 5:30 to 7:30 

pm, the Graham School and Civic 

Knowledge Project will provide 

food, drink, and the best talk in 

town. We hope that you will join the 

conversation! 

$30 per lecture; $70 for the 

three-lecture series. 

Course Code LAGCON 


Section 12S1 

3-lecture series 

March 29, April 19, and May 3 

$70 

An Evening with Alan Ryan 

A prominent public intellectual who 

publishes regularly in The New York 

Review of Books, the London Review 

of Books, and the TLS, Alan Ryan is 

one of the world’s leading social and 

political philosophers. Professor of 

politics at Princeton University, and 

formerly warden of New College, 

Oxford University, and director of 

the Rothermere American Institute, 

Ryan is a Fellow of the British 

Academy and the author of such 

books as The Philosophy of John 

Stuart Mill, Property and Political 

Theory, Russell: A Political Life, John 

Dewey and the High Tide of American 

Liberalism, and Liberal Anxieties and 

Liberal Education. He is currently 

completing a massive work, Thinking 

About Politics—Since Herodotus. 

Section 12S2 

Individual lecture on Thursday 

March 29 

5:30–7:30 pm 

$30 

An Evening with 

Geoffrey R. Stone 

Geoffrey R. Stone is Edward H. Levi 

Distinguished Service Professor at 

the University of Chicago Law 

School. He has served as dean of the 

Law School and, from 1993 to 2002, 

as provost of the University of 

Chicago. His most recent books are 

Top Secret: When Our Government 

Keeps Us in the Dark (2007) and War 

and Liberty: An American Dilemma 

(2007). Mr. Stone’s Perilous Times: 

Free Speech in Wartime from the 

Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on 

Terrorism (2004) received numerous 

national awards. 

Section 12S3 


April 19 

5:30–7:30 pm 

$30 

An Evening with 

Charles Larmore 

Charles Larmore works chiefly in the 

areas of moral and political 

philosophy. Having taught previously 

at Columbia University and the 

University of Chicago, he joined 

Brown University in 2006, where he 

is the W. Duncan MacMillan Family 

Professor in the Humanities. An 

influential philosopher, he is the 

author of seven books, one of which, 

Les Pratiques du Moi, received the 

Grand Prix de Philosophie from the 

Academie Francaise in 2004. His 

most recent book is The Autonomy of 

Morality (2008). He is a member 

of the American Academy of Arts and 

Sciences. 

Section 12S4 


May 3 

5:30–7:30 pm 

$30 

Humanities 

PHILOSOPHY 

Interfaith Dialogues: Justin’s Dialogue 

with Trypho and Halevi’s Book 

of the Khazars 

(listed under Humanities/Ideas & 

Beliefs/Religious Studies) 

Letters from Prison 

(listed under Humanities/Texts & 

Contexts/Literature) 

Little Dorrit: Finance, Society, and 

Freedom 



The Problems of Secularism 



Readings in Buddhism: Selections 

from the Flower Garland Sutra 



Residual Statements and Volatile 

Truths: Reading Thoreau’s Walden 



The Talmud 



The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 

(listed under Humanities/World in 

Focus/Global Studies) 

Renaissance Philosophy: 

Discovering Antiquity, Foreshadowing 

Modernity 

This class exposes students to the 

different strains of Renaissance 

philosophy and demonstrates the 

birth of modernity. In addition 

to reading works of Renaissance 

thinkers such as Erasmus, Giordano 

Bruno, Leonardo da Vinci, and 

others, we will also study influential 

interpretations of the Renaissance, 

including works by modern writers 

Ernst Cassirer and Alexandre 

Koyré. By examining various 

historical ideas within philosophy, 

theology, and natural science, 

participants will gain insight into 

the underlying philosophical shift 

that took place during the Renaissance 

and that continues to influence 

our understanding of the place 

of the human being within nature 

and the cosmos. 

Ideas & Beliefs 

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Adrian Guiu 

Mr. Guiu has taught in the College 

at the University of Chicago and is 

a doctoral student in the University’s 

Divinity School. His research 

focuses on the influence of theological 

traditions of late antiquity on 

medieval and modern philosophy. 

Course Code LAPHRP 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 


$345 Early registration ends March 21 

$375 Regular registration 

Mondays 

March 26–May 14 

10 am–12:30 pm 

Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20 

Hellenistic Philosophy 

What happened to ancient philosophy 

after Aristotle? The Hellenistic 

period saw the growth and diversification 

of philosophical schools 

across Greece. Some of these schools 

went on to have great influence on 

Western culture, even though they 

tend to be overlooked in surveys of 

philosophy today. This class will 

explore some of the major Hellenistic 

philosophies, including Epicureanism, 

Stoicism, Cynicism, and 

Skepticism. Readings will include 

Epicurus’s letters, selections from 

De Rerum Natura, selections from 

Seneca and Epictetus, and others. 

Zoë Eisenman 

Ms. Eisenman holds a BA in Greek 

from Vassar College and an MA 

in classics from the University of 

Chicago. Her main academic focus 

is on Greek and Roman philosophy, 

classical cultural history, and 

gender studies. 

Course Code BPUHLH 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 


$250 Early registration ends June 13 


Tuesdays 

June 19–July 24 

10 am–1:15 pm 


Heidegger’s The Principle of 

Reason 

Among the last sets of lectures 

given by Martin Heidegger was his 

treatment of Leibniz’s “principle 

of sufficient reason,” as a foundational 

principle of philosophy and 

science in the West. Heidegger aims 

to make us reflect on what it means 

for something to have a ground or 

a cause, why reason demands that 

the ground be fully available and 

articulated, and how this principle 

ultimately obscures something even 

more fundamental. His lectures 

set rigorous scientific thinking into 

a larger context that, refusing us 

ultimate grounds , opens up a new 

understanding of truth and a new 

range of human experience. 

Clare Pearson 

Ms. Pearson did graduate work 

with the University’s Committee 

on Social Thought and pursues 

interdisciplinary work centering 

especially on ethical questions and 

experiences. She chaired the Basic 

Program from 2004 to 2008 and 

codesigned and chaired the Asian 

Classics Program from 2006 to 

2009. 

Course Code BPUHPR 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Thursdays 


6–9:15 pm 


Please read lectures one and two for 

the first class. 

Reality 101: Hindu and 

Quantum Perspectives 

This is an interdisciplinary 

course on the philosophy of 

reality presented by two distinct 

yet overlapping areas of human 

knowledge: classical Hindu texts 

and quantum mechanics. We 

will contrast sections of the early 

Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita 

with fundamental ideas of quantum 

mechanics. Through lectures, 

videos, and discussions, participants 

will be encouraged to compare 

the two perspectives and to examine 

the differences and similarities they 

present regarding the nature of 

reality. Students do not need any 

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background in mathematics, 

physics, Sanskrit, or Indian religions. 

Abhishek Ghosh 

Mr. Ghosh has an MSt in the study 

of religion from Oxford and is a PhD 

student in South Asian languages 

and civilizations at the University of 

Chicago. His research includes Caitanya 

Vaisnava history and theology, 

post-colonialism, and modernity. 

Course Code ACERHQ 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Saturdays 

June 23–August 11 

10 am–12:30 pm 


POLITICAL 

SCIENCE 

Human Rights in the Contemporary 

Arab World 



Little Dorrit: Finance, Society, and 

Freedom 



The Twelve Caesars 


Contexts/History) 

Freedom Charters 

In this course, we will look critically 

at some key human rights 

documents—including Charter 08 

(China), Charter 77 (Czechoslovakia), 

the ANC Freedom Charter 

(South Africa), the Universal 

Declaration of Human Rights, the 

U.S. Constitution, and the U.S. 

Declaration of Independence. We 

will examine contemporary criticism 

of the “human rights” concept 

itself, particularly the claim that it is 

a thinly veiled excuse for “Western” 

imperialism. As background, we 

will include a generally neglected 

critique of Jefferson, David Walker’s 

Appeal, which offers important 

insight into how to read more 

contemporary documents. 

Steven Schroeder 

Mr. Schroeder holds a PhD in ethics 

and society from the University of 

Chicago. He teaches philosophy,

poetry, and peace studies at Shenzhen 

University in China. He also 

translates Chinese poetry, and is a 

published poet in his own right. 

Course Code BPOFRC 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 




Mondays 

April 2–June 18 (no class May 28) 

6–9:15 pm 


Please read the U.S. Declaration of 

Independence and Constitution for 


RELIGIOUS 

STUDIES 

Islamic Art & Architecture 

(listed under Arts/Art & Art 

History) 

Reality 101: Hindu and Quantum 

Perspectives 


Beliefs/Philosophy) 

Human Rights in the 

Contemporary Arab World 

A Divinity School and Graham 

School Collaboration 

Does a secular state ensure freedom 

and equality more than a state 

governed by shari’ah? The Arab 

world’s different legal and religious 

traditions have meant different 

approaches to human rights. This 

course examines the relationship 

between religion, law, and politics 

in the region, focusing particularly 

on the rights of minorities: women, 

Shi’ites, Christians, and Jews. 

We discuss religious freedom and 

women’s rights in Islam’s history 

through readings in Scripture, legal 

texts, and philosophical treatises, 

then examine how various understandings 

of these rights are applied 

today in countries such as Tunisia, 

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the United 

Arab Emirates. 

Shatha Almutawa 

Ms. Almutawa is Iraq country 

specialist for Amnesty International 

USA. She is a PhD candidate at the 

University of Chicago, where she 

studies Muslim and Jewish philosophy. 

She has taught at Cornell 

College and Lake Forest College. 

Course Code LARSHR 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 


$345 Early registration ends 

March 21 


Mondays 


10 am–12:30 pm 



A Divinity School and Graham 

School Collaboration 

Is the United States secularist? Is it 

secular? Should it be? In this class, 

we will look at historical documents, 

religious creeds, court cases, and 

political speeches to understand 

what secularism is, how it has been 

imagined, and what that conception 

means for our current political 

realities. Using comparative cases to 

cast light on the American situation, 

we will also ask broader questions 

about the relation of religion to the 

state: Can politics be religiously and 

theologically “neutral?” 

Stephanie Frank 

Ms. Frank is a PhD candidate 

in the history of religions at the 

University of Chicago. Her research 

centers on secularization in intellectual 

history, particularly the 

ways in which “secularity” has 

come to structure what we take as 

“knowledge.” 

Course Code LARSPS 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 



March 21 


Mondays 


6–8:30 pm 


Humanities 

Divine Trilogies: the Qur’an 

and the Aeneid 

Both the Aeneid and the Qur’an 

can be viewed as the culmination 

of divine trilogies—the Aeneid 

completes the story begun in the 

Iliad and Odyssey, and the Qur’an 

follows the Hebrew Bible and New 

Testament (or, more precisely: the 

Torah and the Gospel). This course 

will examine these “sequels,” 

both as independent works and in 

terms of their relationships to their 

precursors. In addition, we will 

also compare and contrast Virgil’s 

account of the “Trojan exodus” 

of Aeneas, which culminates in 

the foundation of Rome, with the 

Exodus from Egypt, which culminates 

in the foundation of Israel. 

Adam Rose 

Mr. Rose holds an MA from the 

Committee on General Studies in 

the Humanities at the University of 

Chicago. He has taught in the Basic 

Program since 1993, and is a former 

chair of the program. 

Course Code LARSDT 

Spring 2012 



March 21 


Section 12S1 

Mondays 


11 am–1:30 pm 

Section 12S2 

Mondays 


6–8:30 pm 


The Talmud 

This course will provide a brief 

introduction to one of the most 

important—yet one of the least 

accessible and least read—texts of 

the Jewish tradition. After a brief 

overview of the origin and history of 

this monumental work, the course 

will focus on reading and discussing 

a few important sections and 

considering their connection with 

the Hebrew Bible. No background 

knowledge of the Jewish tradition or 

texts is required. 

Adam Rose 

See bio under Divine Trilogies: the 

Qur’an and the Aeneid. 


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Course Code BPUTAL 

Summer 2012 




Section 12U1 

Wednesdays 

June 20–August 15 (no class July 4) 

10 am–1:15 pm 

Section 12U2 

Thursdays 


6–9:15 pm 


Interfaith Dialogues: Justin’s 

Dialogue with Trypho and 

Halevi’s Book of the Khazars 

In the Abrahamic traditions the 

dialogue form has often been used 

as a vehicle to argue the superiority 

of one faith over one or more others. 

In this course we will consider, 

compare, and contrast two such 

works: Justin’s Dialogue with 

Trypho, an early Christian work in 

which a Christian and a Jew discuss 

the relative merits of their religions, 

and Judah Halevi’s Book of the 

Khazars, a medieval Jewish work in 

which a pagan king converses with a 

philosopher, a Christian, a Muslim, 

and a Jew in order to select the 

proper religion for his conversion. 

Adam Rose 

See bio under Divine Trilogies: the 

Qur’an and the Aeneid. 

Course Code BPUIDJ 

Summer 2012 




Section 12U1 

Wednesdays 


6–9:15 pm 

Section 12U2 

Thursdays 


10 am–1:15 pm 


Readings in Buddhism: 

Selections from the Flower 

Garland Sutra 

The Flower Garland Sutra, in 

Sanskrit the Avatamsaka Sutra, 

is one of the foundational texts of 

Mahayana Buddhism. It is a collection 

of writings, arranged in 40 

chapters, many of which were previously 

independent, which elaborate 

on and explore the interdependency 

and interpenetration of all things 

and the path to understanding and 

enlightenment. We will read and 

discuss several of the more important 

and influential chapters. While 

prior knowledge of Buddhism is not 

required, some basic familiarity 

with the core teachings and stories 

would be helpful. 

Clare Pearson 

See bio under Heidegger’s The 

Principle of Reason. 

Course Code BPUBFG 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Tuesdays 


6–9:15 pm 


Please check the website for 

information on the recommended 

edition and the initial reading 

assignment. 

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TEXTS 

9 & CONTEXTS 

CLASSICS 

Divine Trilogies: the Qur’an and the 

Aeneid 







Dialogue with Trypho and Halevi’s 

Book of the Khazars 



The Talmud 






HISTORY 

Colette—The Invention of the Modern 

Woman 



Empires and the Art of the Ancient 

Silk Roads 


Focus/Oriental Institute) 



Beliefs/Political Science) 





(listed under Humanities/Arts/Art 

& Art History) 




Matters of Life, Death, and Afterlife: 

Burial Customs and Beliefs in the 

Ancient Middle East 



Modern India: Religion, Culture, 

Politics 


Focus/Global Studies) 

Monuments of Egypt: The Pyramids 



Renaissance Philosophy: Discovering 

Antiquity, Foreshadowing 

Modernity 






Women in Ancient Egypt 



What Jane Austen Read—“House 

Beautiful”: The Great Country Manor 

in British Literature 




In this class, we will take a look 

at the beginnings of the Roman 

Empire as told by the historian 

Suetonius. In his book The Twelve 

Caesars, Suetonius examines the 

lives and times of these amazing and 

sometimes bizarre rulers, beginning 

with Julius Caesar and ending with 

Domitian. We will explore the idea 

of the empire, examine the emperors 

as types and as people, and discuss 

questions such as: Can one be a bad 

person but a good ruler? How about 

the other way around? What is the 

best form of government? Is it worth 

losing freedom to gain security? 

Zoë Eisenman 

See bio under Hellenistic Philosophy. 

Course Code BPUTTC 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Thursdays 


10 am–1:15 pm 


Humanities 

LITERATURE 

Basic Program Spring Weekend 

Study Retreat: Anna Karenina 

(listed under Basic Program) 


Aeneid 



First Friday Lecture Series 



Dialogue with Trypho and Halevi’s 

Book of the Khazars 






Works of the Mind Lecture Series 


Spring 2012 

Balzac 

Famous as a chronicler of human 

society, folly and vice, Balzac 

delights readers and has inspired 

novelists from Dickens and 

Dostoyevsky to Flaubert and 

Faulkner. This course provides an 

introduction to his vast Human 

Comedy cycle, starting with The 

Magic Skin (La Peau de Chagrin). 

The novel follows Raphael de 

Valentin, who finds a magic skin 

that can grant its owner his every 

wish. Balzac’s fable about the gods 

of excess and greed is a powerful 

indictment of money, desire, and 

consumption and can be read as 

a fitting allegory for present-day 

accounts of excess, corruption and 

unbridled power. 

Irina Ruvinsky 

Ms. Ruvinsky received her PhD in 

philosophy from the University of 

Chicago. She studied philosophy and 

French literature at the Sorbonne 

and the Ecole Normale Supérieure 

in Paris. She currently teaches at 

the School of the Art Institute of 

Chicago. 

Texts & Contexts 

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Course Code LALIBL 

Spring 2012 



March 21 


Section 12S1 

Wednesdays 


1–3:30 pm 

Section 12S2 

Wednesdays 


6–8:30 pm 


What Jane Austen Read– 

“House Beautiful”: The Great 

Country Manor in British 

Literature 

The manor has stood at the center 

of British culture since the 18th 

century, when ancestral homesteads 

turned into emblems of social 

stability to ward off the growing 

threat of urbanization. British 

literature, from the Regency to 

the present, idealized the country 

estate as a unifying metaphor for a 

humane order; the results have been 

the best British novels and movies 

ever created. Our multimedia class 

will study country-house masterpieces 

of fiction and cinema by 

Austen, James, Forster, Sackville- 

West, Bowen, Waugh, Fellowes, 

and Altman, and examine their 

historical and cultural contexts. 

Elisabeth Lenckos 

Ms. Lenckos holds a PhD in comparative 

literature from the University 

of Michigan. She coauthored a book 

on Barbara Pym and is writing one 

on Jane Austen. A Fulbright scholar, 

Ms. Lenckos has taught in the 

United States and Europe. 

Course Code BPOWJH 

Spring 2012 



March 21 


Section 12S1 

Tuesdays 

April 3–June 12 

10 am–1:15 pm 

Section 12S2 

Wednesdays 

April 4–June 13 

10 am–1:15 pm 


Please read Mansfield Park for the 

first class. 


This course will focus on Dietrich 

Bonhoeffer’s Letters and Papers from 

Prison, written during his 1943–45 

imprisonment for participation in 

a conspiracy to overthrow Hitler. 

The prison correspondence had a 

profound influence on resistance 

to apartheid in South Africa, and 

helped shape “engaged theology” in 

the second half of the 20th century. 

In addition, we will examine work 

by Antonio Gramsci, Vaclav Havel, 

Nelson Mandela, and Martin Luther 

King Jr., all of whom made time to 

write (as Saul Alinsky suggested) 

while they did time for resistance. 

Steven Schroeder 

See bio under Freedom Charters. 

Course Code BPOLFP 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 



March 21 


Wednesdays 

March 28–June 6 

6–9:15 pm 


Summer 2012 

Colette—The Invention of the 

Modern Woman 

The French author Colette is often 

thought of as the first modern 

woman. Her frank, funny novels 

shocked belle époque France and 

became immediate bestsellers. 

We will read from her “Claudine” 

novels, written in a short 

period between 1900 and 1903 

when Colette was in her twenties. 

Sensuous, observant, charming, 

and humorous, Claudine at School 

explores the themes that make 

Colette famous to this day: the joys 

and pains of love, female sexuality 

in a male-dominated world, and the 

rapier wit of the French salon. We 

will explore Colette’s analysis of 

desire and the dynamics of power 

that shaped modern society. 

Irina Ruvinsky 

See bio under Balzac. 

Course Code LALICO 

Summer 2012 


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Section 12U1 

Tuesdays 


10 am–12:30 pm 

Section 12U2 

Tuesdays 


6–8:30 pm 


James Joyce’s Ulysses 

Ulysses incarnates the wanderings 

of Leopold Bloom and Stephen 

Dedalus about Dublin in 1904, 

but also reflects Joyce’s response 

to Homer’s Odyssey. Biographer 

Richard Ellmann quotes Joyce’s 

remark: “The most beautiful, 

all-embracing theme is that of the 

Odyssey. It is greater, more human, 

than that of Hamlet, Don Quixote, 

Dante, Faust. . . . ” Loosely patterned 

on the Odyssey, deeply resonant 

with it, Ulysses is a book of commonplaces 

and soul’s truths, a reinvention 

of language and an archaeology 

of meaning. It is readable, unforgettable, 

to be reveled in. We will 

explore it to the best of our abilities. 

Claudia Traudt 

Ms. Traudt holds a BFA in painting 

from Saint Mary’s College, Notre 

Dame, and an MA in humanities 

from the University of Chicago’s 

Committee on Social Thought. Her 

art-making, research, and teaching 

explore modes of creation and 

perception in word and image. 

Course Code BPUJJU 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Mondays 


10 am–3 pm (one-hour lunch break) 

Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 32

James Joyce’s Dubliners 

James Joyce’s 15 Dubliners short 

stories are jewels: detailed, radiant, 

edge-cut. Joyce’s capturing of 

Irish—and human—psychology; of 

nationalist, religious, and family 

webs; of nuances of language is all 

so provocative that he had to fight 

for nine years to get the Dubliners 

1914 collection published. From 

the funny—and fraught—youthful 

stories through “Araby,” the middle 

tales’ longings and dashings through 

middle life, to the senses of truth, 

loss, time, and mystery found in 

the crowning “The Dead,” Joyce’s 

epiphanies reveal great Art, and 

great Life. 


See bio under James Joyce’s Ulysses. 

Course Code BPUJJD 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Tuesdays 


10 am–1:15 pm 


Novels of Thomas Hardy I: 

Under the Greenwood Tree 

and Tess of the D’Urbervilles 

Thomas Hardy, younger contemporary 

of George Eliot, can easily be 

called the greatest British novelist 

of the end of the 19th century. 

Standing out for the depth of his 

characterizations and his powerful 

treatment of place, Hardy’s novels 

are imbued with a deep critical 

social and philosophic consciousness 

that is anti-Victorian, and, in 

the case of his later novels, provoked 

extreme controversy that eventually 

forced him to give up writing fiction. 

We will begin our study of Hardy 

by pairing one of his early novels, 

Under the Greenwood Tree, with one 

of the late masterpieces, Tess of the 

D’Urbervilles. 

Clare Pearson 

See bio under Heidegger’s The 

Principle of Reason. 

Course Code BPUNTH 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Wednesdays 

June 20–July 25 (no class July 4) 

10 am–1:15 pm 


Please read the Preface and first two 

parts of Under the Greenwood Tree 

for the first class. 

William Faulkner’s Intruder in 

the Dust and Light in August 

We will engage in Faulkner’s 

Yoknapatawpha County’s Light in 

August and Intruder in the Dust, 

intriguingly different in tone. In 

the first, we will trace the love, 

grief, hatred, grace, violence, and 

uncertainty in self-hunting Joe 

Christmas, pregnant and trusting 

Lena Grove, innocent Byron Bunch, 

Abolitionist-descended Joanna 

Burden, and the complex Reverend 

Hightower’s—and other Jefferson 

denizens’—attempts to live. In the 

latter, we will explore—often laugh, 

sometimes cringe—as a young black 

and young white boy, a salty spinster, 

and his own ramrod righteousness 

work to clear black McCaslin 

descendant Lucas Beauchamp of a 

wrongful murder charge. 



Course Code BPUWFI 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Wednesdays 


10 am–1:15 pm 


Humanities 

Before the Cemetery: Eco’s 

Early Novels 

Once upon a time, an internationally 

respected literary scholar and 

professor of semiotics “wanted to 

poison a monk,” in Umberto Eco’s 

own words explaining why he began 

a new career as a novelist. Thirty 

years later, Eco’s novels continue to 

incarnate the same philosophical 

questions as his scholarship, and 

(most recently with The Prague 

Cemetery) intrigue millions of 

readers with their testing of the 

boundaries between images and 

ideas, fantasies and realities. This 

summer we will explore the new 

worlds created in Eco’s first three 

novels: The Name of the Rose, 

Foucault’s Pendulum, and The Island 

of the Day Before. 

Michaelangelo Allocca 

Mr. Allocca has been a journalist, 

chef, classicist, linguist, and theologian. 

He has taught and traveled 

in Alabama, Greece, Italy, Poland, 

Spain, and Chicago, in disciplines 

including algebra, Sanskrit, 

Shakespeare, Santeria, and Scholastic 

philosophy. He received the 

2010 Graham School Excellence 

in Teaching Award for the Basic 

Program. 

Course Code BPUBCE 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Wednesdays 

July 11–August 8 

10 am–1:15 pm 


Please read through the end of the 

Second Day in The Name of the Rose 

for the first class. 

Residual Statements and 

Volatile Truths: Reading 

Thoreau’s Walden 

Novelist John Updike observes that 

Thoreau’s Walden is in danger of 

being as revered—and unread—as 

the Bible. This course is intended 

to rectify that deficiency. We will 

engage in a close, slow reading of 

the text, a work that Updike further 

describes as the one that, of all the 

“densely arisen” classics of the mid- 

19th century, has contributed most 

to America’s sense of self. 


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Amy Thomas Elder and 

Charles Elder 

Ms. Thomas Elder holds degrees in 

biology, classics, and the study of 

religion. She teaches in and directs 

the Odyssey Project, an Illinois 

Humanities Council program 

providing a college humanities 

course to adults living on low 

incomes. Mr. Elder holds a PhD from 

the Divinity School at the University 

of Chicago. His particular interests 

are philosophy, social and cultural 

theory, and issues of modernity. 

Course Code BPURTW 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Thursdays 


10 am–1:15 pm 


Please read the opening chapter, 

“Economy,” for the first meeting. 

(Note: we will use the Shanley 

edition, published by Princeton 

University Press, but any edition is 

acceptable.) 

The Early Sleuths: 

19th-Century Detective 

Fiction 

Many of us are avid readers of 

detective fiction, but where did this 

popular genre begin? In this class, 

we will read some of the world’s 

great pioneering detective novels, 

including such early 19th-century 

writers as Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie 

Collins (The Moonstone), and 

Charles Dickens (The Mystery 

of Edwin Drood). And we will, of 

course, also explore some of the 

best Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir 

Arthur Conan Doyle, including The 

Hound of the Baskervilles. 

Cynthia Rutz 

Ms. Rutz is pursuing a PhD at the 

University of Chicago on Shakespeare. 

Other academic interests 

include mythology, folktales, and 

ancient Greek philosophy and 

literature. She served as chair of the 

Basic Program from 1999 to 2004, 

and currently teaches at Valparaiso 

University. 

Course Code BPUTES 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Thursdays 


10 am–1:15 pm 


For the first class, please read 

Poe’s short stories “The Murders 

in the Rue Morgue,” “The 

Purloined Letter,” and “The Mystery 

of Marie Roget.” 

The Poetry of 

Emily Dickinson 

The mythos of Emily Dickinson in 

her life can sometimes soften and 

distort her greatness. In hopes of 

redressing that situation, we will 

enter the conversation of her 1,775 

works, and focus intensively on 

selected poems. We will directly 

address the range, suppleness and 

fire of her intellect and emotion, and 

the startling mastery and inventiveness 

of her poetic forms. Dickinson’s 

conjoining the Bringing-to-Be of 

artistic creation, with philosophy’s 

fierce Eros to comprehend Thatwhich-Is, 

powerfully bears out theologian 

David Tracy’s recognition of 

poetry as “embodied philosophy.” 



Course Code BPUPED 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Tuesdays 


6–9:15 pm 


The World of Fernando 

Pessoa 

We will devote the five weeks of this 

course to a selection of poetry and 

prose by one of the most fascinating 

artists of the 20th century, the 

Portuguese modernist Fernando 

Pessoa (1888–1935). Pessoa created 

70 different writing personalities 

(literary alter egos with their 

own identities and writing styles) 

and produced an immense oeuvre, 

which is becoming more and more 

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popular in English translations. 

We will focus on poems by four of 

Pessoa’s poetic incarnations, and 

the prose in his wise, imaginative 

Book of Disquietude, in which every 

second line makes the reader look 

for an occasion to quote it. 

Katia Mitova 

Ms. Mitova holds an MA in 

comparative Slavic studies from the 

University of Sofia, Bulgaria, and an 

MA and PhD from the Committee 

on Social Thought at the University 

of Chicago. She is working on a 

book on the dialogical character of 

literary creativity. Her research and 

teaching interests include storytelling 

and artistic creativity. She 

received the 2008 Graham School 

Excellence in Teaching Award for 

the Basic Program. 

Course Code BPUWFP 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Tuesdays 


6–9:15 pm 


Little Dorrit: Finance, 

Society, and Freedom 

A novel for our times, Charles 

Dickens’s Little Dorrit examines 

the effects of abstract financial and 

policy decisions on individuals, 

families, and entire neighborhoods. 

At the heart of the book 

is the infamous debtor’s prison 

from the author’s childhood, the 

Marshalsea; when coupled with an 

entire metropolis of unforgettable 

characters the result is a moving, 

comic, and incisive analysis of the 

many guises of imprisonment in 

modern life. To appreciate Dickens’s 

analysis of choice and freedom, and 

how these are linked to work, investment, 

inheritance, debt, and social 

services, we will also read excerpts 

from works by Adam Smith, Karl 

Marx, George Orwell, and others. 

Marissa Love 

Ms. Love is assistant director of 

Humanities, Arts, and Sciences 

at the Graham School and has 

taught in the Basic Program since 

1998. Her areas of interest include 

19th-century novels, Shakespeare, 

Japanese literature, and lyric 

poetry.

Course Code BPULDF 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Tuesdays 


6–8:30 pm 


For the first class please read 

Chapters 1–7 of Little Dorrit, and in 

Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations, the 

Introduction and Plan of the Work, 

and Chapters 1–4 of Book I. 

Shakespeare and His 

Sources: The Roman Plays 

Julius Caesar and Antony & 

Cleopatra are two of Shakespeare’s 

best-known works; though less 

familiar, Coriolanus has been called 

their artistic equal (notably by 

T. S. Eliot, who judged it superior to 

Hamlet). Apart from their common 

setting in ancient Rome, they also 

share a major historical source in 

Plutarch’s Lives, which Shakespeare 

not only read (in Thomas North’s 

1579 translation), but also borrowed 

quite heavily from at times. We 

will examine the transformation 

of history into legend and art 

by reading these three plays in 

comparison with the raw material 

(Caesar, Brutus, Pompey, Antony, 

Coriolanus …) that Shakespeare 

found in Plutarch. 

Michaelangelo Allocca 

See bio under Before the Cemetery: 

Eco’s Early Novels. 

Course Code BPUSSR 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Wednesdays 


6–9:15 pm 


Please read the lives of Julius Caesar 

and Marcus Brutus in Plutarch for 


To Boldly Go 

Beginning with Greek myths and 

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s 

novel Frankenstein, Or the Modern 

Prometheus, this course will explore 

the relationship between science 

fiction and innovation. What do 

authors provide and reading audiences 

seek in science fiction? What 

relationships exist among science, 

mathematics, logic, and technology? 

How does science fiction reveal 

complex attitudes about change 

and innovation? What more can 

we say about the characteristics of 

science fiction, its attraction, its 

effects, its contribution to culture? 

We will read a wide range of novels 

in the genre, including Frankenstein, 

Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game, 

and Cordwainer Smith’s Norstrilia. 

Keith Cleveland and Marissa Love 

Mr. Cleveland began teaching in 

the Basic Program in 1968. He has 

taught every part of the program’s 

reading list, and many alumni 

courses on Plato, Aristotle, political 

philosophy, history, the sciences, 

The Tale of Genji, and much else. He 

received the 2009 Graham School 

Excellence in Teaching Award for 

the Basic Program. Ms. Love is assistant 

director of Humanities, Arts, 

and Sciences at the Graham School 

and has taught in the Basic Program 

since 1998. Her areas of interest 

include 19th-century novels, Shakespeare, 

Japanese literature, and 

lyric poetry. 

Course Code BPUBGO 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Thursdays 


6–8:30 pm 


For the first class please read 

the Preface through Chapter 6 of 

Frankenstein. 

Humanities 

Classics of Children’s 

Literature 

There are certain children’s books 

whose themes resonate with adults 

as well: the pain of growing up, the 

pull of adventure versus the desire 

to stay safe with family and friends, 

clashes between parents and children. 

These classics are reinterpreted 

again and again in films and 

stage plays. In this class we will go 

down the rabbit hole again with 

Alice in Wonderland, fly with Peter 

Pan, visit an Oz that is very different 

from the famous 1939 film version, 

and explore Frances Hodgson 

Burnett’s Secret Garden. 

Cynthia Rutz 

See bio under The Early Sleuths: 

19th-Century Detective Fiction. 

Course Code BPUCCL 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Thursdays 


6–9:15 pm 


For the first class, please read Mark 

Twain’s Tom Sawyer. 


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WORLD 

14 IN FOCUS 

AFRICAN & 

AFRICAN- 

AMERICAN 

STUDIES 




CHICAGO 

A Daylong Boat Cruise on 

Chicago’s Inland Waterways—With 

a New Spring 

Option! 

This all-day cruise is an adventure! 

Learn all about one of Chicago’s 

greatest attractions, our inland 

waterways—including Calumet 

River, Lake Calumet, and Harbor; 

the Cal-Sag Channel; the Chicago 

Sanitary and Ship Canal; and the 

skyscraper-lined Chicago River. You 

will glide under beautiful bridges, 

catch a glimpse of migratory birds, 

and view indigenous flora and fauna 

with a famous geographer intimately 

familiar with the surroundings. 

Chicago’s inland waterways 

have witnessed dramatic changes 

recently, and even previous tour 

participants will learn a great deal 

on this new version of Mr. Solzman’s 

legendary course, now running in 

spring as well as late summer. 

David Solzman 

Mr. Solzman, author of The Chicago 

River, is a leading expert on 

Chicago’s inland waterway system. 

He holds a PhD in geography from 

the University of Chicago and is 

professor emeritus at the University 

of Illinois at Chicago. 

Course Code LACHBC 

Mercury Boat Dock 

$160 

Spring 2012 

Section 12S1 

Sunday 

May 20 

8:45 am–4:30 pm 

Summer 2012 

Section 12U1 

Sunday 

September 16 

8:45 am–4:30 pm 


Pack a picnic lunch and a few 

beverages. The cruise takes place 

from 9 am until approximately 

4–4:30 pm, rain or shine; bring 

sunscreen and raingear as needed. 

Lunch not included, and glass is not 

permitted on the boat, so please 

bring your beverages in plastic or 

aluminum containers. Class 

assembles at the Mercury boat dock 

near the northeast corner of 

Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive, 

south of the Chicago River. The 

cruise leaves promptly at 9 am; 

please allow sufficient time to arrive 

at the dock and board. In case of 

extreme weather conditions, please 

contact the Mercury Cruise Dock (at 

312.332.1368) to confirm that the 

cruise will run. 

CIVIC 

KNOWLEDGE 

PROJECT 

For course descriptions and more 

information, please see page 26. 

Free Public Discussions 

Community Forum: Ethics, 

Happiness, and Poverty 

Community Forum: The University of 

Chicago and Development Policy of 

Chicago’s South Side 

Teacher’s Workshop 

Chicago Violence: The Real History 

of Gangs and Organized Crime in 

Chicago 

KNOW YOUR 

CHICAGO 

Interested in learning more about 

the complexity, diversity, and richness 

of Chicago? Since 1948, this 

popular annual autumn lecture and 

tour series have explored issues 

14 Humanities World in Focus 

such as culture, the arts, technology, 

education, housing, urban renewal, 

and social change. Through access 

to places not open to the public 

and speakers expert in their fields, 

participants expand their knowledge 

and appreciation of Chicago. 

Tour topics and dates for 2012 

will be announced on the website 

in June. The season begins with 

the Symposium, on September 12. 

To add your name to the program 

mailing list, contact kyclist@ 

uchicago.edu or call 773.834.0270. 

Questions? Call 773.702.1727. Visit 

knowyourchicago.org for details 

or to download the 2012 brochure/ 

registration form (after mid-July). 

GLOBAL STUDIES 

Berlin: The Capital of the 20th 

Century 

(listed under Travel Study) 


Aeneid 



Empires and Art of the Ancient Silk 

Roads 





Beliefs/Political Science) 

A Fortnight in Oxford 


Human Rights in the Contemporary 

Arab World 



Interfaith Dialogues: 

Justin’s Dialogue with Trypho and 

Halevi’s Book of the Khazars 




(listed under Arts/Art & Art 

History) 



Contexts/Literature)

Matters of Life, Death, and Afterlife: 

Burial Customs and Beliefs in the 

Ancient Middle East 



Paris: Capital of Modernity 


Monuments of Egypt: The Pyramids 



Readings in Buddhism: Selections 

from the Flower Garden Sutra 



Vienna and Budapest: 

Dream and Reality 





Modern India: Religion, 

Culture, Politics 

This course explores the making 

of modern India from 1757 to the 

present, by studying key historical 

texts and novels, watching relevant 

movies, and reviewing contemporary 

news about India. Since the 

British East India Company won 

the critical battle of Plassey in 1757, 

the colonial period has affected the 

religions, cultures, and politics of 

the region. When the colonial period 

ended in 1947, India was a melting 

pot of tradition and modernity. 

This course will pick up the creative 

moments in the process of India’s 

transformation and try to question 

whether India is really modern—and 

what constitutes “modern India.” 


See bio under Reality 101: Hindu and 

Quantum Perspectives. 

Course Code ACCMIR 

Spring 2012 




Section 12S1 

Wednesdays 


6–8:30 pm 

Section 12S2 

Fridays 


10 am–12:30 pm 



This course offers an opportunity 

to engage deeply with the main 

philosophical text, tradition, and 

practice of yoga presented in the 

ancient Indian Classic, The Yoga 

Sutras of Patanjali. The course has 

been designed to cater to both practitioners 

and non-practitioners of 

yoga who seek to deepen and enrich 

their perspectives of yoga through 

studying this key text. Reading The 

Yoga Sutras with the aid of traditional 

Sanskrit commentaries in 

English translation, we will explore 

a variety of facets of traditional 

yoga and analyze the diverse scope 

of its reception and practice in our 

contemporary times. 


See bio under Reality 101: Hindu and 

Quantum Perspectives. 

Course Code ACCYSP 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Thursdays 


10 am–12:30 pm 


LANGUAGES 

Certificate in Arabic 

Language and Cultures 

Graham School Arabic students can 

earn a certificate attesting to their 

linguistic and cultural accomplishments. 

Certificate students 

receive additional instruction and 

evaluation each term, leading to a 

credential from the University of 

Chicago. For more information and 

to apply, please visit grahamschool. 

uchicago.edu/arabic. 

Spring 2012 

Beginning Arabic, Part 3 

This is the third course in a yearlong 

series that provides a general introduction 

to Modern Standard Arabic, 

the language of media and official 

discourse throughout the Middle 

East. This course will serve to 

familiarize beginners with the look 

and feel of the language. Emphasis 

will be placed on learning to read, 

write, and pronounce the Arabic 

characters, learning basic words 

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and key phrases for making very 

simple conversation, and surviving 

while traveling in various Arabicspeaking 

countries. This course is 

for students seeking exposure to 

the rudiments of Modern Standard 

Arabic, the literary language of the 

Middle East and North Africa. 

Dina Farag 

Ms. Farag grew up in Alexandria, 

Egypt, and has taught Arabic as a 

second language since 2007. Her 

interests include modern Arabic 

Egyptian novelists such as Ihsan 

Abd al-Quddus and Bahaa’ Taher. 

Course Code FLBARB 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 



March 21 


Mondays 


6–8:30 pm 


Certificate Course: Beginning 

Arabic, Part 3 

For this course to count toward the 

Certificate in Arabic Language and 

Cultures, participants must apply to 

the program, register for the certificate 

section of this course, attend 

both the review session and testing 

session (the final two weeks of this 

section), and pass both the oral and 

written tests. 

Dina Farag 

See bio under Beginning Arabic, 

Part 3. 

Course Code FLBA3C 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 



March 21 


Mondays 

March 26–June 4 (no class May 28) 

6–8:30 pm 


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Continuing Arabic, Part 3 

This is the third course in a yearlong 

series with a primary emphasis on 

the review and acquisition of grammatical 

structures in Modern Standard 

Arabic. Through both oral and 

written media, students will be able 

to ask questions and make comparisons 

using complex sentences and 

expressions. In addition, students 

will be introduced to short narratives, 

conversations, and media 

pieces. This course is for students 

who want a better understanding of 

Modern Standard Arabic, the official, 

literary language used in 

the media. 

Nathaniel Miller 

Mr. Miller is a PhD student in 

Arabic language and literature at 

the University of Chicago Department 

of Near Eastern Languages 

and Civilizations. In Cairo he taught 

courses on Arabic grammar, media 

Arabic, contemporary Islamic 

thought, and the Arabic novel. 

Course Code FLCARB 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 



March 21 


Saturdays 

March 24–May 1 (no class April 7) 

10 am–12:30 pm 


Certificate Course: 




Cultures, participants must apply 

to the program, register for the 

certificate section of this course, 

attend both the review session and 

testing session (the final two weeks 

of this section), and pass the oral 

and written tests. 


See bio under Continuing Arabic, 

Part 3. 

Course Code FLCA3C 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 



March 21 


Saturdays 

March 24–June 9 (no class April 7) 

10 am–12:30 pm 


Spoken Colloquial Arabic, 

Part 3 

This yearlong series is an alternate 

or additional route for students after 

the equivalent of at least one year of 

Arabic study. This course will focus 

on building the necessary vocabulary 

and expressions to hold a basic 

conversation in colloquial Arabic. 

The course will also focus on corresponding 

patterns of morphology 

and verb conjugations. Students 

will not read or write extensively, 

but rather they will have regular 

conversations, watch videos, and 

read comic strips in colloquial 

Arabic. This course is for students 

interested in acquiring basic conversational 

skills in everyday Arabic. 

Cameron Lindley Cross 

Mr. Cross has an MA in Middle 

Eastern studies and an MA in Near 

Eastern Languages and Civilizations 

from the University of Chicago. 

Course Code FLSCAR 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 



March 21 


Tuesdays 


6–8:30 pm 


Certificate Course: Spoken 

Colloquial Arabic, Part 3 










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See bio under Spoken Colloquial 

Arabic, Part 3. 

Course Code FLSA3C 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 



March 21 


Tuesdays 


6–8:30 pm 


Independent Study in 

Modern Standard Arabic 

This course is for intermediate 

Arabic students who have 

progressed beyond the regular 

Arabic series and want to read 

Arabic literature and media. It is 

also open to heritage speakers and 

those who are already familiar with 

Modern Standard Arabic. Modeled 

on independent studies at the 

graduate level, this course provides 

a rare opportunity to read and 

discuss fiction, nonfiction, poetry, 

and journal articles, depending 

on the interests of the group. The 

class meets every other week, with 

participants working independently 

between meetings. This course is for 

students who want to read Arabic 

literature and nonfiction at an intermediate 

level. 

Dina Farag 


Part 3. 

Course Code FLIAM3 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 



March 21 


Saturdays 


1:30–4 pm 


This course meets 4 times: March 

31, April 14, April 28, and May 12. 




to the program and register for the 

certificate section of this course in 

Summer Quarter 2012. There are 

no review sessions or tests for this 

course before summer 2012.

Summer 2012 


Beginning Arabic, Part 4 

This is the fourth course in a year- 

This is the fourth course in a yearlong 

series that provides a general 

introduction to Modern Standard 

Arabic, the language of media and 

official discourse throughout the 

Middle East. This course will serve to 

familiarize beginners with the look 

and feel of the language. Emphasis 

will be placed on learning to read, 

write, and pronounce the Arabic 

characters, learning basic words and 

key phrases for making very simple 

conversation, and surviving while 

traveling in various Arabic-speaking 

countries. This course is for students 

long series with a primary emphasis 

on the review and acquisition of 

grammatical structures in Modern 

Standard Arabic. Through both 

oral and written media, students 

will be able to ask questions and 

make comparisons using complex 

sentences and expressions. In addition, 

students will be introduced 

to short narratives, conversations, 

and media pieces. This course is 

for students who want a better 

understanding of Modern Standard 

Arabic, the official, literary language 

used in the media. 

seeking exposure to the rudiments of Nathaniel Miller 

Modern Standard Arabic, the literary See bio under Continuing Arabic, 

language of the Middle East and 

North Africa. 

Part 3. 

Course Code FLCARB 

Dina Farag 


Part 3. 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 



Course Code FLBARB 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 


Wednesdays 



10 am–12:30 pm 



Tuesdays 


6–8:30 pm 


Certificate Course: Beginning 

Arabic, Part 4 



Cultures participants must apply to 







Dina Farag 


Part 3. 

Course Code FLBA4C 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Tuesdays 


6–8:30 pm 



Certificate Course: 













Part 3. 

Course Code FLCA4C 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Wednesdays 


10 am–12:30 pm 



Spoken Colloquial Arabic, 

Part 4 

This yearlong series is an alternate 

or additional route for students after 

the equivalent of at least one year of 

Arabic study. This course will focus 

on building the necessary vocabulary 

and expressions to hold a basic 

conversation in colloquial Arabic. 

The course will also focus on corresponding 

patterns of morphology 

and verb conjugations. Students will 

not read or write extensively; rather 

they will have regular conversations, 

watch videos, and read comic 

strips in colloquial Arabic. This 

course is for students interested in 

acquiring basic conversational skills 

in everyday Arabic. 



Part 3. 

Course Code FLSCAR 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Tuesdays 


6–8:30 pm 


Certificate Course: Spoken 

Colloquial Arabic, Part 4 











See bio under Spoken Colloquial 

Arabic, Part 3. 

Course Code FLSA4C 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Tuesdays 


6–8:30 pm 


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Independent Study in 


This course is for intermediate 

Arabic students who have 

progressed beyond the regular 

Arabic series and want to read 

Arabic literature and media. It is 

also open to heritage speakers and 

those who are already familiar with 

Modern Standard Arabic. Modeled 

on independent studies at the 

graduate level, this course provides 

a rare opportunity to read and 

discuss fiction, nonfiction, poetry, 

and journal articles, depending 

on the interests of the group. The 

class meets every other week, with 

participants working independently 

between meetings. This course is for 

students who want to read Arabic 

literature and nonfiction at an intermediate 

level. 

Dina Farag 


Part 3. 

Course Code FLIAM4 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Wednesdays 


1:30–4 pm 


This course meets 4 times: June 27, 

July 11, July 25, and August 1. 

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Certificate Course: Independent 

Study in Modern Standard 

Arabic 




to the program and register for the 

certificate section of this course in 

Summer Quarter 2012. There are 

no review sessions or tests for this 

course before summer 2012. 

Dina Farag 


Part 3. 

Course Code FLIM4C 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Wednesdays 


1:30–4 pm 


This course meets 6 times: June 27, 

July 11, July 25, August 1, August 8, 

and August 15. 

ORIENTAL 

INSTITUTE 

Contact OI Museum Education at 

773.702.9507 for more information. 

Matters of Life, Death, and 

Afterlife: Burial Customs 

and Beliefs in the Ancient 

Middle East 

In the ancient world, death was 

not the great equalizer. How you 

were buried and your lot in the 

afterlife depended on your status 

and achievements. In this course, 

you will explore how the ancient 

cultures of the Middle East prepared 

to meet their ends—their mortuary 

customs and beliefs and their burial 

sites, which range from simple 

graves to the monumental wonders 

of the ancient world. Examining 

cases as varied as the pharaoh’s 

pyramids, Jericho’s plastered skulls, 

and the Royal Tombs of Ur, you will 

be fascinated by the many ways 

ancient people coped with life’s 

inevitable end. 

Virginia Herrmann and 

Vincent J. van Exel 

Ms. Herrmann recently received 

a PhD in Near Eastern archaeology 

from the University of 

Chicago’s Department of Near 

Eastern Languages and Civilizations. 

She studies mortuary cults 

in the Levant, Anatolia, and the 

Assyrian Empire and has excavated 

in Turkey, Syria, Israel, and Egypt. 

Mr. van Exel is a graduate student 

in Near Eastern archaeology in the 

University of Chicago’s Department 


and Civilizations. He has excavated 

extensively in Syria and Turkey. 

Course Code LAOIML 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 

Oriental Institute 


$240 for Oriental Institute members 

$290 for non-members 

Saturdays 

April 7–May 19 

10 am–12 pm 


Preregistration required. 

This course will meet at the Oriental 

Institute, 1155 E. 58th Street, 

Chicago, IL 60637.

Empires and Art of the 

Ancient Silk Roads 

The Silk Roads were a system of 

trade routes whose age and size 

are unmatched in history. At their 

peak, they connected Rome, Persia, 

India, and China as parts of the 

first global economic system. Great 

ideas, inventions, and traditions 

that shaped the world—chivalry, 

belief in the apocalypse, guns and 

gunpowder, major world religions— 

all traveled along the Silk Roads. 

Learn about the people who made 

the trade happen, the empires 

that ruled Asia’s vast interior, and 

a cultural and artistic tradition 

stretching back more than two 

thousand years that still influences 

us today. 

Kaveh Hemmat 

Mr. Hemmat is a PhD candidate in 

Islamic civilization in the University 

of Chicago’s Department of Near 

Eastern Languages and Civilizations. 

He studies relations between 

China and the Middle East during 

the Middle Ages. 

Course Code LAOIEP 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 




Wednesdays 


7–9 pm 





Chicago, IL 60637. 

Monuments of Egypt: The 

Pyramids 

Pyramids are one of the most iconic 

images from ancient Egypt, but 

what do these monuments reveal 

about the history and culture of 

this great civilization? This course 

offers an in-depth exploration of the 

pyramids, including their architectural 

development and construction, 

their religious significance 

as royal burial sites, and also their 

use by non-royals and non-Egyptians. 

Learn about the place of the 

pyramids in early archaeological 

exploration, find out about the most 

recent archaeological discoveries, 

and investigate the use of the form 

in more contemporary times. 

Jessica Henderson 

Ms. Henderson is a graduate student 

in Egyptian archaeology in the 



and Civilizations. She studies royal 

iconography as well as the archaeology 

of the Late Period. 

Course Code LAOIPY 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Saturdays 


10 am–12 pm 







From a modern perspective, women 

are seen as having few rights in the 

ancient world. In ancient Egypt, 

however, women had rights and 

privileges that were not seen again 

until nearly the modern era. This 

course provides an overview of the 

roles of women in Egypt from the 

earliest dynasties to the reign of 

Cleopatra. Women’s roles in the 

family and the household and their 

economic and social position will be 

examined, culminating in a discussion 

of women in the royal family 

and as rulers in their own right. 

Lindsey Miller 

Ms. Miller is a graduate student 

in Egyptian archaeology in the 



and Civilizations. She specializes in 

administration and has excavated in 

Egypt, Israel, and Spain. 

Course Code LAOIWN 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Mondays 


7–9 pm 






Glorious Babylon: Myth and 

Reality 

Babylon was renowned throughout 

antiquity for its massive city walls, 

towering ziggurat, and the Hanging 

Gardens that were one of the 

Seven Wonders of the World. From 

sumptuous palaces and great epics 

to simple houses and economic 

records, rich evidence paints a vivid 

picture of life in Babylon and the 

empire it ruled. Explore the history 

and archaeology of Babylon and 

the Neo-Babylonian empire—the 

rise and then eventual conquest by 

Cyrus of Persia and Alexander the 

Great. We will also consider how 

modern depictions in art, literature, 

and film have transformed our views 

of Babylon from reality to myth. 

Vincent J. van Exel 

Mr. van Exel is a graduate student 

in Near Eastern archaeology in the 



and Civilizations. He has excavated 

extensively in Syria and Turkey. 

Course Code LAOIGB 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Wednesdays 


7–9 pm 






TRAVEL 


Basic Program Weekend Study 

Retreat: Anna Karenina 


Berlin: The Capital of the 

20th Century 






Vienna and Budapest: 

Dream and Reality 


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20 ARTS 

ART & ART 

HISTORY 


This course counts toward the Asian 

Classics certificate and the Arabic 

Language and Cultures certificate. 

This new course has no prerequisites 

and continues the exploration 

of the wealth of Islamic art and 

architecture from the first shrines 

of Arabia to the contemporary 

photography of Shirin Neshat. We 

will trace the profound aesthetic 

achievements, development , and 

ruptures in the visual arts and 

architecture of the Islamic world 

from the religion’s origins in the 7th 

century through the 21st century. 

We will consider the visual culture 

of various social spheres, paying 

attention to history, religion, and 

culture as well as to contact with 

neighboring states and societies. 

Heather Grossman 

Ms. Grossman is assistant professor 

of art history at the University of 

Illinois at Chicago. Her primary 

field is the architectural history of 

the medieval Mediterranean and 

cultural exchange between East and 

West during 1000–1300 ce. 

Course Code ACAIAA 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 


$115 

Saturday 

May 5 



ARTIFACT 

COLLECTION 

CARE 

Build the skills and knowledge you 

need to care for a collection of art 

and artifacts at your organization 

or in your own personal collection. 

In a series of six courses, you 

will develop techniques that will 

help you manage a collection of 

historical objects, photographs, 

papers, textiles, art, and other items. 

For more information or to apply 

for the certificate, please email 

collectioncare@uchicago.edu or call 

773.702.2768. 

CORE COURSES 

Display, Storage, and Use I 

Handling and labeling art and artifacts 

safely are critical to preserving 

your collections. While some 

handling concepts are common 

sense, there are many issues that 

are particular to proper handling of 

art and artifacts. This course will 

make you familiar with these issues 

and prepare you to handle collections 

safely. Through the hands-on 

component of the course, you will 

also develop an understanding of 

the function of catalog numbering 

and gain experience in choosing and 

applying the appropriate labeling 

technique for different object types. 

Samples of labeling materials and 

some specialized tools will be 

provided. 

Ruth Norton 

Ms. Norton holds an MS in art 

conservation from the University 

of Delaware/Winterthur Museum. 

She has worked with ethnology, 

archaeology, historical, and decorative 

arts collections at several 

institutions, and has been head of 

conservation at the Field Museum 

in Chicago since 2001. 

Course Code OUARHL 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 


$375 

Tuesdays 


6–8:30 pm 

Display, Storage, and Use II 

Through lectures, readings and 

hands-on exercises, this course will 

explore conservation principles and 

practices relating to the housing, 

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storage, and display of museum 

collections. Students will be introduced 

to design and construction 

principles as well as to practical 

ideas and solutions for safe, effective 

storage and display of objects that 

safeguard their intrinsic and interpretive 

value. Students will consider 

material selection and use; explore 

methodologies and fabrication techniques 

for housing, enclosures, and 

supports; and learn about environmental 

concerns and factors. In the 

third part of the course use of collections 

will be discussed with reference 

to their value for the present 

and future and how interpretation 

techniques affect their use. 

Jane Foley and Holly Lundberg 

Ms. Foley is accredited by the UK 

Institute of Conservation. She holds 

a bachelor’s degree in conservation 

and an MA in heritage management. 

She divides her time between the 

United Kingdom and the United 

States, where she manages conservation 

at the Litas Liparini Restoration 

Studio. Ms. Lundberg holds a 

degree in archaeological conservation 

from the Institute of Archaeology, 

University College London. 

She works at the Chicago History 

Museum, where she specializes in 

the preservation, care, and conservation 

for the Costume, Decorative 

& Industrial Arts, and Painting & 

Sculpture collections. 

Course Code OUARDI 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 


$475 

Thursdays 


5:30–8 pm 

plus one Saturday session 

TBD 

ELECTIVE COURSES 

Look for additional listings on our 

website at grahamschool.uchicago. 

edu/artifactcollectioncare.

Digitizing of Collections 

How can you digitize your collection, 

why can’t you digitize everything, 

and where do you begin? 

These questions and others will be 

answered in this class. Through 

lectures and hands-on exercises 

this course will help you become 

familiar with planning and selecting 

material for digital projects 

including 2-D and 3-D objects. 

Lectures will include a discussion 

of copyright issues and metadata. 

During the hands-on component of 

the class students will learn how to 

examine and benchmark documents 

to determine the best resolution 

for scanning and photography, how 

to use a scanner, and how to create 

metadata. Readings and bibliography 

will be provided. 

Alyce Scott 

Ms. Scott is the coordinator of the 

digital imaging program at the Illinois 

State Library. She has provided 

digitization training for librarians 

through the Mortenson Center at 

the University of Illinois. Ms. Scott 

holds an MS in library and information 

science from UIUC. 

Course Code OUARDC 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 

Gleacher Center (in person/online 

requirement) 

$575 

Saturday 

June 2 

9 am-4:30 pm 

Plus online class sessions required 

prior to the in-person session. 


Exhibition Development and 

Design 

Learn the key steps to a great 

exhibition from idea to design to 

implementation. In this five-part 

course, we will start by examining 

the essential components of the 

exhibit medium, and how to develop 

an audience-centered interpretive 

plan, including an introduction to 

audience research. We will continue 

with an exploration of the design 

process, including bubble plans, 

floor plans, color, media, interactives, 

artifacts, photos, and graphics. 

The final session will provide valuable 

information on how to turn 

an exhibition plan into reality and 

will address project management, 

cost estimating, value engineering, 

RFPs, staffing and contracting, 

materials, and installation. 

Tamara Biggs 

Ms. Biggs has been developing 

exhibitions for over 30 years. She 

currently serves as director of 

exhibitions at the Chicago History 

Museum and is a frequent speaker 

at professional conferences. She 

holds a BA in history from Webster 

College. 

Course Code OUARED 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 


$375 

Saturdays 


9 am–12 pm 


CULINARY ARTS 

Bill St. John 

Mr. St. John, a former journalist and 

television reporter, holds an MA 

in divinity, an MA in public policy 

studies, and a PhD in theology from 

the University of Chicago. 

Course Code LACAPR 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 



March 21 


Thursdays 


6–8:30 pm 


Humanities Arts 

A Cultural and Culinary 

History of Spain 

This course will examine the 

great variety of Spanish cuisines, 

along with the cultural traditions 

that unite the country’s different 

regions. Looking at the long history 

of the regions, we will trace the path 

of Phoenicians and Greeks, Romans, 

and Moors, all of whom made their 

distinctive marks on the local food. 

We will also consider foreign foods 

that entered the Spanish diet during 

their exploration of the New World— 

from tomatoes and potatoes to 

vanilla and chocolate. 

Bill St. John 

See bio under Lessons from 

Prohibition. 

Course Code LACACS 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 


Lessons from Prohibition 



Tuesdays 

The 18th amendment to the 


Constitution was not simply a moral 6–8:30 pm 

prescription against alcohol; it was 

the tip of the iceberg in a nation 

divided over immigration, women’s 


rights, and America’s role in the 

world. Similarly, many current public 

policy issues—same-sex marriage, 

DRAMA 

health care, drug control, and the Shakespeare and His Sources: The 

death penalty, to name a few—are Roman Plays 

related to other submerged issues. (listed under Humanities/Texts & 

This course considers the culture 

of speakeasies and liquor distribu- 


tion, paying particular attention to 

Chicago, and examines the “noble 

experiment” of Prohibition, using 

it as a prism to examine national 

FILM STUDIES 

debates that continue to this day. 

Certificate in the Language 

of Film 

This Graham School certificate is 

designed for anyone who has been 

looking for a serious yet enjoyable 

exploration of the art of the cinema. 

Film buffs and novices alike will find 

the five courses required for a certificate 

accessible, challenging, and 

rewarding. Find more information at 

grahamschool.uchicago.edu/film. 

Point of View with Andrea 

Gronvall: Mobster Movies 

This course counts as a Point of View 

course toward the Language of Film 

Certificate Program. 

Mobsters, with their closed societies 

but powerful influence, have 

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long fascinated moviegoers. This 

new course examines what screen 

depictions of gangsters reveal about 

mainstream cultural, economic, and 

political climates. Why have filmmakers 

like Francis Ford Coppola 

and Martin Scorsese been drawn 

to this genre repeatedly? How did a 

hit TV series like The Sopranos add 

to conventions of the form? This 

course will explore these questions 

and analyze the allure of organized 

crime. Think of it as an offer you 

can’t refuse. 

Andrea Gronvall 

Ms. Gronvall contributes to the 

Chicago Reader and Time Out 

Chicago, and websites Movie City 

News and Stop Smiling. A multiple- 

Emmy nominee for producing 

Siskel & Ebert, she holds a BS in 

film studies from Northwestern 

University. 

Course Code FSPVAG 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 



March 21 


Wednesdays 


6–9:30 pm 


Point of View with Adam 

Kempenaar: Cinéma Vérité, 

the Documentary, and the 

Problem of Truth 

This course counts as a Point of View 

course toward the Language of Film 


We are surrounded by the cinema 

of the real, from news and reality 

shows to documentaries and 

YouTube videos. Images are often 

presented as the truth, although 

the interaction between reality and 

film is complex. This course traces 

the evolution of the documentary 

form and examines the relationship 

between cinema and truth. 

We will pay particular attention to 

the movement in the 1960s and 70s 

known as cinéma vérité, or direct 

cinema, in which new technology 

allowed filmmakers to work unobtrusively. 

Films to be screened 

include Nanook of the North, Don’t 

Look Back, The Thin Blue Line, and 

Hoop Dreams. 

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Adam Kempenaar 

Mr. Kempenaar cohosts the film 

discussion podcast Filmspotting, 

which also broadcasts weekly on 

WBEZ (91.5 FM). He holds an MA in 

journalism from the University of 

Iowa and BAs in film studies (Iowa) 

and English (Grinnell College). 

Course Code FSPVAK 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Wednesdays 


6–9:30 pm 


Ecstasy, Eccentricity, Cruelty, 

and Obsession: The Cinema 

of Extremes 

Twentieth-century directors and 

cinematographers frequently 

sought to examine the “self” in its 

most extreme manifestations. We 

will discuss pairs of films made by 

cinematographers such as Sven 

Nykvist, Conrad Hall, Haskell 

Wexler, Vilmos Zsigmond, and 

Vittorio Storaro, and consider the 

relationships between life at full tilt 

and the fear of impending death; the 

pleasures and anxieties surrounding 

sexual obsession; and the links 

between memory and the need to 

unpack significant puzzles. Films 

discussed will include Last Tango 

in Paris, Who’s Afraid of Virginia 

Woolf?, Memento, Chinatown, Death 

in Venice, and Fatal Attraction. 

Elliott Krick 

Mr. Krick holds an MA in English 

from the University of Chicago 

and has been teaching in the Basic 

Program since 1965, specializing in 

film courses. 

Course Code BPUEEC 

Summer 2012 




Section 12U1 

Tuesdays 


10 am–1:15 pm 


Section 12U2 

Wednesdays 


10 am–1:15 pm 


MUSIC 

Certificate in the 

Language of Music 

Graham School music students have 

the opportunity to earn a University 

of Chicago credential through 

this six-course certificate program. 

A mix of one-day introductory 

seminars and eight-week courses, 

the Language of Music Certificate 

Program is designed for students 

seeking understanding of music 

beyond mere appreciation. Find 

more information at grahamschool. 

uchicago.edu/music. 

The Life and Works of Mozart 

This course counts as a Focused 

Music Study course for the 

Language of Music Certificate 

Program. 

This course will examine Mozart’s 

precociousness, his impressive 

assimilation of Italianate and 

Germanic styles, and his relationship 

to the turbulent social transitions 

of his time. Divided between 

biographic study and music analysis, 

the course will discuss seminal 

masterworks, including operas, 

piano concertos, and symphonies. 

John Gibbons 

Mr. Gibbons holds a PhD from the 

University of Chicago Department 

of Music. His works have been 

performed at the Rockefeller Music 

Competition and by the Minnesota 

Chamber Symphony. He received 

the 2005 Graham School Excellence 

in Teaching Award for the Humanities, 

Arts, and Sciences. 

Course Code LAMUMO 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 




Tuesdays 


10 am–12:30 pm 


20th-Century Music 

This course counts as a Music Genre 

course for the Language of Music 


Twentieth-century music is no 

longer “contemporary” music; it 

is becoming possible to put this 

complex and multifaceted century 

into context. We can now examine 

with reasonable objectiveness the 

influence and permanence of a 

diverse range of composers, from 

the once-radical (Schoenberg, 

Varese) to the once-reactionary 

(Rachmaninov, Copland) to 

the various “isms”: primitivism 

(Prokiviev, Orff), neoclassicism 

(Stravinsky, Les Six), minimalism, 

postminimalism, and neospirituality 

(Reich, Adams, Gorecki). 

Also included will be those figures 

defying classification, such as 

Shostakovich, Britten, Bartok, and 

Hindemith. 

John Gibbons 

See bio under The Life and Works of 

Mozart. 

Course Code LAMUTC 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 



March 21 


Thursdays 


10 am–12:30 pm 


Beethoven 




Program. 

This course will examine the evolution 

of Beethoven’s music; in addition 

to the music itself, we will focus 

on the sociological, political, and 

philosophical interactions between 

Beethoven’s work and the turbulent 

events of his era, such as the French 

Revolution and the Napoleonic 

wars. Ultimately, the course aims 

to foster the acquisition of a deep 

sense of context for the listener, and 

to provide students with the skills 

and strategies needed for a deeper 

understanding of serious music. 

John Gibbons 


Mozart. 

Course Code LAMUBV 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 


$115 

Saturday 

April 28 



Wagner’s Ring, Part Two 

Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelungen 

is unparalleled in the history of 

musical art, in terms of length, 

complexity, grandeur of design, and 

sheer intensity of emotional expression. 

To understand, appreciate, 

and reflect upon the significance 

of Wagner’s grand epic opera, this 

second of two courses (which can 

be taken on its own) will examine 

how the Ring cycle influenced Verdi, 

Debussy, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mahler, 

Richard Strauss, and Philip Glass, 

to name a few. The emphasis will be 

on how the great conductors have 

succeeded in realizing these beneficiaries 

of Wagner’s genius. 

Raymond Ciacci 

Mr. Ciacci is the dean of students 

and director of the MLA program, as 

well as a lecturer in the Humanities 

Collegiate Division in the College at 

the University of Chicago. He holds a 

PhD from the University of Chicago. 

Course Code BPOWRT 

Spring 2012 



March 21 


Section 12S1 

Mondays 

April 2–June 18 (no class May 28) 

6–9:15 pm 

Section 12S2 

Wednesdays 


10 am–1:15 pm 



Brahms and the Passing of 

the Romantic Era 




Program. 

Brahms’s traditional approach 

to harmony, rhythm, and melody 

concealed an acutely progressive 

and enduring reconciliation of 

classic and modernist perspectives—no 

surprise for a figure 

who lived in both Napoleonic and 

Freudian times. Our musical 

studies will include the haunting 

and comforting Requiem, the 

celebrated ungainliness of the piano 

works, the attenuated grandeur of 

the symphonies, and the autumnal 

melancholia of the chamber works. 

We will also discuss the lively Viennese 

atmosphere, including Brahm’s 

celebrated feuds with musical peers. 

John Gibbons 


Mozart. 

Course Code LAMUBP 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Tuesdays 


10 am–12:30 pm 


Great Conductors 




This course offers an overview of 

some of the great and frequently 

notorious conductors of the 

historical and modern eras. Especially 

useful for those who collect 

recordings, this course will educate 

participants in perceiving the essential 

characteristics that distinguish 

different interpreters of symphonic 

and operatic repertory. The richly 

anecdotal and highly eccentric 

nature of the subject will not be 

ignored, but the enormous difficulties 

of producing meaningful performances 

will be examined as well. 

John Gibbons 


Mozart. 

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Course Code LAMUGC 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Thursdays 


10 am–12:30 pm 


Tchaikovsky 




Program. 

With his profound melodic gift, 

Tchaikovsky also entranced audience 

after audience and provided 

us with a living soundtrack for 

19th century Russia. This course 

will give Tchaikovsky his due as a 

Russian nationalist and reveal how 

gracefully he navigated between the 

sometimes rough-hewn Slavocentrism 

of his contemporaries and 

the technical demands of Western 

cosmopolitanism. 

John Gibbons 


Mozart. 

Course Code LAMUTY 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 


$115 

Saturday 

July 14 



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19th-Century Romantic 

Music: Beauty, Fantasy, and 

Nature 




This interdisciplinary course 

explores one of the most popular 

genres from its inception in the 

12th century through Vivaldi’s 

“Four Seasons” and Beethoven’s 

Sixth Symphony, his “Pastoral.” 

We will examine the effects of 

nationalism, social stratification, 

the Industrial Revolution, and 

literature on 19th-century music in 

Europe, Scandinavia, and the Slavic 

countries. During our journey we 

will examine, listen to, and discuss 

some of the greatest music ever 

written, moving systematically by 

country and genre, including lied, 

piano, choral, symphonic, chamber 

music, concerto, romantic opera, 

and ballet. 

Stephen Kleiman 

Mr. Kleiman holds a BS in music 

from Mannes College of Music 

and a master’s degree in music 

from the University of Michigan. 

He has conducted orchestras and 

performed his compositions around 

the world. 

Course Code LAMUNR 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 




Thursdays 


6–8:30 pm 


Humanities Arts

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ENVIRONMENTAL 

STUDIES 

A Daylong Boat Cruise on Chicago’s 

Inland Waterways 


Focus/Chicago) 

The Chicago Wilderness Tour 

Chicago Wilderness is a regional 

alliance of over 250 organizations 

devoted to working together “to 

restore local nature and improve the 

quality of life for all who live here, 

by protecting the lands and waters 

on which we all depend. Our four 

key initiatives—to restore the health 

of local nature, green infrastructure, 

combat climate change, and 

leave no child inside—reflect our 

commitment to using science and 

emerging knowledge … to benefit 

all the region’s residents.” This 

tour will inspire you by exploring 

some outstanding examples of what 

is going well with environmental 

activism in the Chicago region. 

Team Taught 

This course will be team taught by 

environmental philosophers and 

scientists affiliated with the Chicago 

Wilderness Consortium. 

Course Code LAECWT 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 

Hyde Park 

$160 

Saturday 

May 5 

9 am–5 pm 

Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 7.5 

The tour will leave promptly at 

9 am from the southeast corner 

of University Avenue and 58th 

Street. There is street parking, but 

please allow sufficient time (10–15 

minutes) to park and check in before 

boarding the bus. Walking will be 

required during the on-site visits. In 

case of extreme weather conditions, 

please contact the Graham School 

(at 312.464.8655) to confirm that 

the tour will run. 

Leadership in Sustainability 

Management 

Certificate in Leadership in 

Sustainability Management 

For adult professionals who need 

the skills and credentials to lead 

sustainability initiatives at their 

business, we have created the Leadership 

in Sustainability Management 

Certificate Program. Is this 

certificate right for you? Find out 

more at grahamschool.uchicago. 

edu/sustainabilitymanagement. 

SCIENCE AND 

TECHNOLOGY 

Reality 101: Hindu and Quantum 

Perspectives 



To Boldly Go 



Humanities Sciences 

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CIVIC 

KNOWLEDGE 

26 PROJECT 

Poverty, Promise, and 

Possibility 

This ongoing initiative from the 

University of Chicago represents 

a bold and timely effort to bring 

together the University’s scholarly 

resources on issues of poverty in 

new, more publicly accessible, and 

more socially relevant ways. The 

aim is to highlight the useable 

knowledge available through the 

University for the purpose of illuminating 

both the pressing problems of 

poverty in our area and the practical 

steps that local communities can 

take to address such problems. The 

University’s demonstrated commitment 

to working with community 

partners on urgent social issues 

such as poverty has set the stage 

for this new initiative, which is 

designed to foster the larger cooperative 

ethic of civic friendship that 

the University seeks to realize in 

its relationships with a rich array 

of Chicago neighborhoods and 

communities. 

The remaining spring/summer 2012 

program will include the following 

public discussions and courses: 

FREE PUBLIC 

DISCUSSIONS 

All the public discussions will be 

held on the Hyde Park campus of the 

University of Chicago at the School 

of Social Service Administration, 

969 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL 

60637. 

Community Forum: Ethics, 

Happiness, and Poverty 

A panel discussion chaired by Bart 

Schultz, director of the Civic Knowledge 

Project and senior lecturer 

in the humanities, and featuring 

leading theologians and philosophers 

from Chicago’s South Side. 

Thursday 

March 1, 2012, 6:30–8 pm. 

Community Forum: The 

University of Chicago and 

Development Policy on 

Chicago’s South Side 

A panel discussion takes a critical 

look at the evolution of the 

University of Chicago’s policies 

with respect to civic engagement 

and community development on 

Chicago’s South Side. 

Thursday 

May 17, 2012, 6:30–8 pm. 

CONTINUING 

EDUCATION 

COURSES 

To facilitate community participation 

throughout the program, 

discounted registration for the 

Poverty, Promise, and Possibility 

courses is available. Individuals or 

organizations needing special tuition 

assistance should contact Bart 

Schultz at 773.702.8821 or rschultz@ 

uchicago.edu, to inquire about Civic 

Knowledge Project scholarship 

opportunities. 

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TEACHERS’ 

WORKSHOP 

Chicago Violence: The Real 

History of Gangs and Organized 

Crime in Chicago 

Chicago is infamous for gang 

violence. From Capone’s Outfit, to 

the Blackstone Rangers, and down 

to the present, gang violence has 

been a major social problem. In 

this one-day workshop, you will 

have an opportunity to learn about 

this history from a uniquely wellinformed 

source. A lifelong resident 

of the South Side, with 56 years of 

law enforcement experience, Rudy 

Nimocks is former commander of 

the Homicide Section and chief of 

the Organized Crime Division of the 

Chicago Police Department, and he 

brings to this course a true insider’s 

view of how educators and ordinary 

citizens can address Chicago’s 

legacy of violence. 

Rudy Nimocks 

Mr. Nimocks, formerly deputy 

superintendent for the Chicago 

Police Department, and chief of 

the University of Chicago Police 

Department, is currently director 

of community partnerships for the 

University of Chicago. 

Course Code LACHCV 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 

Hyde Park 

$160 

Saturday 

June 16 

10 am–4:30 pm (there will be a half 

hour break for lunch, but the cost of 

lunch is not included) 


WRITING AND 

SPEAKING 

FOR BUSINESS 

AND THE 

27 PROFESSIONS 

Persuasive Communication 

Clear communication is essential. It 

is the vehicle by which we accomplish 

goals and coordinate activities. 

This course is designed to enhance 

public communication skills. You 

are assessed and given a personal 

plan for improvement. Presentations 

are videotaped and later 

viewed privately with the instructor. 

Topics include principles of communication, 

analyzing and motivating 

listeners, establishing credibility, 

and improving delivery. 

Donna Surges-Tatum 

Ms. Surges-Tatum consults with 

companies and professionals 

seeking to improve their communications. 

Her research focuses on the 

assessment of effective communication 

skills. She holds a PhD from the 

University of Chicago. 

Course Code WSPCOM 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 


$585 

Tuesdays 


5:30–8 pm 


Effective Writing in Business 

and the Professions 

In the workplace, writing succeeds 

when it is easy to read, efficient, and 

valuable. The more you know, the 

more difficult it can be to communicate 

your expertise clearly and 

persuasively. To share your expertise 

with others, you must organize 

your material, structure your 

ideas, and frame your concepts in 

language that is both precise enough 

to be accurate and direct enough to 

be clear to your reader. This course 

introduces techniques you can use 

to diagnose and revise your writing 

so it will succeed with any readers, 

from colleagues to clients to the 

general public. Tuition includes 

course materials. 

Tracy Weiner 

Ms. Weiner is a co-associate director 

of the University Writing Program 

at the University of Chicago, 

where she teaches academic and 

professional writing and supervises 

and trains a staff of writing 

instructors in the humanities and 

professional schools. 

Course Code WSEWBP 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 


$585 

Wednesdays 


5:30–8 pm 


Writing and Speaking for Business 

EXECUTIVE ESL 

Are you a non-native English 

speaker seeking to close the gap 

between yourself and native English 

speakers on the job? These courses 

will help you refine your speaking 

and writing skills, gain a firmer 

grasp on those nuances that elude 

you, and become more effective and 

successful in your professional life. 

Intensive Writing Workshop 

for Non-Native English 

Speakers 

Non-native speakers face special 

challenges when writing in English. 

In this workshop, through a series 

of guided exercises and tasks, 

students will practice principles 

and techniques designed to improve 

their professional writing, examining 

issues such as formal versus 

informal language, patterns of 

discourse in English, genre-specific 

writing, and functional vocabulary. 

Students will also focus on 

addressing paragraph and sentencelevel 

issues, with special attention 

paid to the most common errors 

made by non-native speakers of 

English. The course will conclude 

with work on specific genres of 

written communication, including 

memos, formal letters or emails, 

and business reports. 

Jason Romano 

Mr. Romano has taught a multitude 

of language skills at varying levels 

in both professional and academic 

settings. His background includes 

developing English language 

programs as a Fulbright scholar in 

Madrid as well as more recently for 

the San Diego County Library. He 

is also an instructor for the English 

Language Institute at the University 

of Chicago’s International House. 

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Course Code WSEEWW 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 


$175 

Saturday 

March 31 



Presentation Skills for 

Non-Native English Speakers 

Effective presentation skills are 

essential to professional success. 

You need to make your points 

clearly and concisely, engage your 

listeners, and sell your ideas. 

Designed for non-native English 

speaking professionals who want 

to close the communication skills 

gap between themselves and native 

speakers, this course enables participants 

to develop a relaxed and 

personable, yet professional style; 

gain confidence using appropriate 

idioms; employ speaking techniques 

beyond just words to convey your 

message; build an arsenal of survival 

language to avoid being nonplussed; 

and practice effective techniques 

for handling Q & A. Impromptu 

speaking activities and formal 

presentations will also be covered. 

Laura Demchuck 

Ms. Demchuck coaches professionals 

in the areas of accent 

reduction, interview techniques, 

and executive communication 

skills. Her background includes 

extensive international teaching for 

multinational corporations. She is 

also an instructor for the English 



Course Code WSEEPS 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 


$295 

Mondays 

March 19–April 9 

6–8:30 pm 


Professional Communication 

for Non-Native English 

Speakers 

No matter how knowledgeable and 

experienced non-native speakers of 

English may be in their professions, 

they can still face special challenges 

in situations such as expressing 

opinions, exchanging information, 

comparing differing views, and 

negotiating agreements. This lunchtime 

course will provide guided 

practice in these areas, as well 

as address how to employ appropriate 

vocabulary, speak clearly, 

and listen effectively. All students 

will receive an assessment of their 

specific difficulties and suggestions 

for remedying them. The course 

concludes with an opportunity to 

rehearse your skills in a simulated 

professional gathering. Students 

must provide their own lunches for 

all sessions except the last. 

Kathleen Maguire 

Ms. Maguire has many years of 

experience as an ESL instructor 

in both professional and academic 

settings, most recently as a 

professor in the Department of 

Language and Liberal Studies at 

Fanshawe College in Canada. She 

is also an instructor for the English 



Course Code WSEEPC 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 


$295 

Mondays 


11:30 am–1 pm 


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WRITER’S 

29 STUDIO 

TAKE YOUR 

DREAMS AS A 

WRITER FROM 

FICTION TO 

NONFICTION 

The Writer’s Studio helps dedicated 

emerging writers develop 

their visions, find their voices, and 

hone their craft. Our students have 

gone on to publish their work, win 

contests and awards, and, most 

important, become the writers they 

had long wanted to be. 

Our instructors are award-winning 

professional writers who will take 

your work seriously and give you the 

support and challenges you need 

as you work to meet your writerly 

goals. The best investment you can 

make in yourself and your writing 

is to spend some time inside the 

Writer’s Studio. 

The Writer’s Studio Has Two Types 

of Courses 

Open courses, listed in this catalog, 

do not have an admission process. 

They provide a supportive and 

challenging environment for writers 

at every level, whether you have a 

project already underway or are just 

getting started as a writer. You can 

enroll as your needs and schedule 

dictate, exploring a particular genre, 

building specific skills, or learning 

how to get your work published. 

Course listings for the entire 2011–12 

academic year can be found at 


writersstudio. 

Certificate courses are exclusively 

for students who have been 

admitted to the Certificate in 

Creative Writing program. 

Certificate students are at the 

intermediate to advanced level and 

are committed to two years of 

part-time study, during which they 

produce a substantial body of work 

in a particular genre. If you are 

interested in exploring the 

certificate program, see 


creativewriting. 

Designed with working adults in 

mind, all of our courses are offered 

during evenings and weekends at 

the University of Chicago’s Gleacher 

Center in downtown Chicago. 

For advice about course placement 

or to request a prerequisite waiver, 

please call Stephanie Friedman, 

program director, at 773.702.5012. 

Application Deadline 

The certificate program application 

deadline for spring 2012 is 

March 1, 2012. To begin in autumn 

2012, apply by August 1, 2012. More 

information about the program, 

including how to apply, can be found 

online at grahamschool.uchicago. 

edu/creativewriting. 

LEARN MORE 

ABOUT 

THE WRITER’S 

STUDIO 

Certificate in Creative 

Writing Information Sessions 

Monday, May 22, 2012 

Wednesday, July 11, 2012 

6:30 pm 

Writer’s Studio 

Downtown 





MANUSCRIPT 

CONSULTATION 

If you would like to get feedback on a 

completed book manuscript (fiction, 

nonfiction, or poetry) or screenplay, 

explore manuscript consultation at 


writersstudio/manuscript-consultation.php. 

JUMPSTART 

SESSIONS 

Jumpstart your writing with threehour 

seminars designed to address 

a particular aspect of the craft. 

Whether you are new to writing 

or more seasoned, the Jumpstart 

Sessions will help you strengthen 

your skills and stretch your abilities. 

See our website for details on each 

individual session. 

Jumpstart Sessions for 

summer 2012 include: 

Building Narrative Tension 

Creating Vivid Voices 

The World Outside the Story 

Writing with Rhythm: How to Give 

Your Language “Flow” 

New Ways/New Work 

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FOUNDATIONS 

Basic Creative Writing 

This course will introduce you to 

creative writing, from generating 

ideas to revising drafts. Find your 

voice and develop your craft through 

in-class and at-home writing 

exercises, and through discussions 

of your own and your fellow 

students’ written work. You will also 

study canonical and contemporary 

models drawn from fiction, poetry, 

and creative nonfiction, and will be 

encouraged to try your hand at each 

of these genres. 

Stephanie Friedman 

Ms. Friedman is the program 

director for the Writer’s Studio. 

She holds an MFA in writing from 

Vermont College of Fine Arts and an 

MA in English from the University 

of Chicago. 

Scott Onak 

Mr. Onak’s fiction has appeared in 

Mid-American Review and Quick 

Fiction, and he is currently at work 

on a novel. He holds an MFA in 

creative writing from the University 

of Idaho. 

Course Code WSBACW 


$575 

Spring 2012 

Section 12S1 

(Stephanie Friedman) 

Tuesdays 


6–8:30 pm 

Summer 2012 

Section 12U1 

(Scott Onak) 

Mondays 


6–8:30 pm 


FICTION 

Fiction Writing Essentials 

Explore what you can do with 

essential aspects of fiction such as 

plot, dialogue, character, setting, 

and point of view. We will focus our 

attention on reading and writing 

assignments that will help us understand 

what makes an effective story 

and how we can use these same 

building blocks in our own work. We 

will also spend about a third of our 

30 Writer’s Studio 

class time discussing drafts of each 

other’s short stories in a workshop 

format. 

Scott Onak 

See bio under Basic Creative 

Writing. 

Course Code WSFWES 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 


$575 

Mondays 


6–8:30 pm 


Strong Story Starts 

Most editors give up on a story if 

they aren’t hooked in the first few 

pages. This class is designed to help 

you make that cut. We will read each 

other’s drafts, recommend strong 

entry points, and discuss how to 

set the stage, heighten the tension, 

sharpen the language, and pique a 

reader’s curiosity in the first three 

pages. We will also discuss readings 

on craft and the openings of 

successful published stories. 

Mark Rader 

Mr. Rader’s stories have appeared in 

Glimmer Train and Epoch. His work 

has been nominated for the Pushcart 

Prize and short-listed for the 

O. Henry Award. He holds an MFA 

from Cornell University. 

Course Code WSCSSS 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 


$285 

Tuesdays 


6–8:30 pm 


Please contact writersstudio@ 

uchicago.edu for the reading 

assignment for the first class; you 

must also bring a draft of a 

completed story of no more than 

15 pages. 

Writing the Novel: 

Connecting Through 

Characters 

In the world of a novel, characters 

are the engine for movement. 

They arrive, depart, grow, shrink, 

succeed, and fail. Any novel’s 

effectiveness depends heavily on the 

connections a reader makes to its 

characters. In this course, we will 

look at the finer points of character 

establishment and development, 

determining how best to treat the 

players in your imagined world, and 

balancing the major characters with 

the minor in an organic way that 

serves your story’s purpose. 

Andrew Ewell 

Mr. Ewell’s fiction has appeared 

in Narrative, Five Chapters, and 

Opium, among others. He is an 

assistant editor for Narrative 

Magazine. He holds an MFA from 

Boston University. 

Course Code WSWNCC 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 


$285 

Wednesdays 

March 28–April 18 

6:30–9 pm 


Writing the Novel: 

Finding Voice(s) 

Here our focus turns to the issue 

of voice: Who is telling this novel’s 

story, and how? How does a writer 

determine the most effective 

distance and level of omniscience? 

That is to say: Who is your narrator, 

and how much does he or she know? 

Whether third person or first, 

spread between six characters or 

told by one omniscient narrator, a 

novel’s impact is only as effective as 

the voices that tell the story. This 

course will hone in on establishing 

the specifics of your story’s most 

effective voice(s), so it (or they) 

can be maintained and consistent 

throughout. 

Andrew Ewell 

See bio under Writing the Novel: 

Connecting Through Characters.

Course Code WSWNFV 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 


$285 

Wednesdays 


6:30–9 pm 


Submissions Workshop 

Literary agents and editors receive 

hundreds of query letters each 

week—how can yours stand out? 

This workshop focuses on submission 

techniques for in-progress 

novels, story, and essay collections. 

You’ll learn how to write 

proper query letters, by reading 

and critiquing each other’s drafts, 

and we’ll discuss approaches to 

distill your story pitch that will 

capture and retain interest, at the 

outset—and beyond. We’ll also 

explore selecting and honing your 

sample chapters, writing synopses, 

determining your work’s niche in 

the marketplace, building your 

“platform,” and everything you’ll 

need to conduct an intelligent 

search for prospective publishing 

professionals. 

Charles Blackstone 

Mr. Blackstone is the author of the 

novel The Week You Weren’t Here. 

He is also the coeditor of the literary 

anthology The Art of Friction. He 

holds an MFA from the University of 

Colorado. 

Course Code WSSBWK 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 


$575 

Wednesdays 


6–8:30 pm 


NONFICTION 

Writing the Personal Essay 

The French verb from which the 

word “essay” is derived, essayer, 

means to attempt, to try, and practitioners 

of the personal essay have 

been doing just that since its genesis 

in the 16th century. Develop your 

own style and voice and offer your 

own take on life through an exploration 

of what has been called one of 

the freest forms in all of literature. 

You will read the work of renowned 

essayists, write in-class and takehome 

exercises, and produce at 

least one complete essay that will 

be discussed in a workshop setting. 

Come prepared to make discoveries—about 

yourself and this genre. 

Paula Peterson 

Ms. Peterson is the author of Women 

in the Grove (short stories) and 

Penitent, with Roses (memoir) and 

winner of the Katherine Nason 

Bakeless Prize for Nonfiction. She 

was the recipient of the Graham 

School Excellence in Teaching 

Award in 2010. 

Course Code WSPSES 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 


$575 

Wednesdays 


6:30–9 pm 


Literary Nonfiction 

Borrowing techniques from fiction 

is at the heart of literary nonfiction 

(or literary journalism, as it 

is also called). Writers such as Gay 

Talese, Joan Didion, Sebastian 

Junger (Perfect Storm), and Laura 

Hildebrand (Seabiscuit) combine 

the discipline of reporting, the art of 

storytelling, and the craft of prose 

writing. In this course you will 

discuss works of literary nonfiction, 

as well as write your own stories. 

You will study reporting techniques, 

explore the use of scenes, 

dialogue, and observation, and have 

the opportunity to workshop your 

pieces in class. 

Writer’s Studio 

Kevin Davis 

Mr. Davis is an award-winning 

journalist who has written articles 

for USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, 

Crain’s Chicago Business, Chicago 

magazine, and many other publications. 

He is also the author of the 

nonfiction books Defending the 

Damned and The Wrong Man. 

Course Code WSNLNF 

Section 12S1 

Spring 2012 


$575 

Mondays 


6–8:30 pm 


Previous writing courses in fiction or 

nonfiction recommended, though 

not required. 

POETRY 

Poetry Workshop: Writing 

from the Outside 

We often think of poems as 

capturing the “voice” of their 

authors, but many writers create 

poems out of materials that exist 

outside of the self, such as paintings, 

newspaper stories, and movies. We 

will read some of these poems and 

students will write poems using 

collage techniques and methods 

of random generation. These 

alternative ways of thinking about 

language and subject matter provide 

a novel introduction to the art of 

poetry and are ideal for beginners 

as well as more experienced writers 

who want to push themselves in new 

directions. 

Matthias Regan 

Mr. Regan holds a PhD in English 

from the University of Chicago. He 

is the editor of “The Philosophy 

Workers: Carl Sandburg’s Writings” 

in the International Socialist Review, 

and the author of multiple chapbooks 

of poetry, including The Most 

of It and Code Book Code. 

Course Code WSPOET 

Section 12U1 

Summer 2012 


$575 

Tuesdays 

June 12-July 31 

6-8:30 pm 


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32 TRAVEL STUDY 

Each year, the Graham School offers 

opportunities for distinctive trips 

abroad, to places both well known 

and unusual. We are committed to 

offering participants an exciting and 

pleasant travel experience coupled 

with serious in-depth study not 

usually available while traveling 

alone or on a tour. Distinguished 

University faculty, scholars, and 

other experts provide intellectual 

renewal through stimulating 

lectures, lively discussions, and 

on-the-ground exploration. To 

provide an exceptional educational 

travel experience, our curriculumdriven 

programs are designed to 

deepen and broaden your understanding 

of the sites visited. We 

keep our groups small so that you 

can enjoy the richness and stimulation 

of the travel experience to the 

fullest. Please visit our website at 


travelstudy for updates. 

TO REGISTER 

For a complete itinerary, and to 

download a travel registration form, 

please visit our website. For more 

details, call 773.702.1723. 


REGISTRATION 

AND FEE 

LIABILITY 

Travel Study Program only 

Deposits are nonrefundable. Full 

tuition payment is due 90 days prior 

to the start of the trip, unless otherwise 

stated. Participants who have 

not paid the full tuition by its due 

date may forfeit their space in the 

program. No refunds will be granted 

after full tuition due date. Program 

itineraries (such as program-related 

dates, schedules, details, instructors, 

and costs) for all our Travel 

Study programs, although provided 

in good faith based on information 

available at the time of publication, 

are subject to change and revision. 

In the event that a program 

is canceled in its entirety by the 

Graham School, a full tuition refund 

will be granted. 

CANCELLATIONS 

If you must cancel your enrollment, 

up to 90 days before the beginning 

of the trip, the deposit may be transferred 

to another trip of your choice. 

Transfers of deposits are valid for up 

to 12 months from date of cancellation. 

If you cancel your enrollment 

90 days or fewer before the program 

begins, no refund or transfer credit 

will be given. In the event that a 

program is canceled, the University 

of Chicago Graham School shall 

not be responsible for any expense 

incurred by registrants, including 

but not limited to travel expenses. 

Vienna & Budapest: Dream 

and Reality 

Course Code TSVBDR 

April 16–23, 2012 

Registration deadline: March 1, 2012 

Come explore the culture, history, 

and mythology of the last days of the 

Austro-Hungarian Empire, whose 

legacy remains tangible today. We 

will walk the streets of Vienna, 

whose roots go back to Roman 

days, and study the art, music, and 

literature that once made it the 

cultural capital of Europe. Students 

will also visit nearby Budapest, the 

other “capital” of the empire and a 

jewel on the Danube. In both cities, 

students will enjoy free time for 

museums, shopping, and exploring 

the rich culinary heritage of two of 

Europe’s most spectacular cities. 

Tour Leader 

Cary Nathenson is associate dean 

for Humanities, Arts, and Sciences 

and Summer Session at the University 

of Chicago’s Graham School. He 

has taught German literature and 

culture at Northwestern University, 

University of Houston, Grinnell 

College, and Duke University 

and has published on German 

film, German-Jewish topics, and 

contemporary German society. Mr. 

Nathenson studied at the University 

of Vienna, the Pedagogical Academy 

of Lower-Austria, and the Free 

University of Berlin. He received a 

PhD in German from Washington 

University in St. Louis.

Some of the Program Highlights 

include: 

Accommodations in four-star, 

centrally located hotels (five nights 

in Vienna, two nights in Budapest) 

Breakfast buffet in hotel each 

morning and several additional 

group meals 

Public transit passes that include 

discounted admission to many of 

Vienna’s cultural venues 

Extensive Tourguide course pack 

with cultural and historical 

background materials 

Seminar-style discussions on select 

works of Austro-Hungarian culture 

Daily sightseeing of important 

historical and cultural sites 

Excursion to Vienna Woods wine 

region of Lower-Austria 

Select evening cultural 

performances 

Fees 

$3,095 per person, double 

occupancy. Single room 

supplement: $300. Price does not 

include airfare to and from 

destination. 


Course Code TSOXFN 

June 10–23, 2012 

Oxford in early June—the lush 

college gardens are at their most 

inviting, classes are still in session, 

and life fills the quadrangles. For 

the past nine years, we have invited 

alumni and friends to become a 

part of Oxford for a June fortnight 

to study a topic in depth in small 

classes led by Oxford faculty, to visit 

historic landmarks throughout the 

district, and to enjoy a series on 

medieval and renaissance drama 

led by Chicago’s noted Shakespeare 

scholar David Bevington. David and 

his wife Peggy serve as informal 

hosts, a boundless source of information 

and good cheer, around 

whom our group forms its congenial 

company each year. 

This year’s program in Oxford will 

offer you a choice between two 

courses: Royalty, Rivalry & Revolt: 

Georgian England 1714–1837 and 

The Barsetshire Chronicles. In 

addition, we will travel to Stratford-upon-Avon 

for an exemplary 

performance of Richard III by the 

Royal Shakespeare Company. In 

recent years, participants have 

enjoyed Ian McKellen in the title 

role of King Lear and Patrick 

Stewart’s performance as Antony in 

Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra. 

Oxford is Christ Church, Merton, 

Queen’s, and Magdalen—38 colleges 

in all, some of which trace their 

origins to the 12th century. The 

small city that is their home affords 

a wealth of bookstores, pubs, 

museums, theater groups, and 

musical societies, yet everything 

is suitably in scale for exploring at 

leisure. The libraries contain books 

and manuscripts available nowhere 

else in the world. The individual 

college gardens are splendid. The 

fields and meadows behind them 

provide a setting that is nearly rural, 

even with the bustling city nearby. 

Accommodations 

Participants will stay in the Rewley 

House Residential Centre in Oxford. 

Accommodations are similar to 

those of a conference center, and 

include comfortable bedrooms with 

private bathrooms, a dining room, 

library, classrooms, and common 

rooms. 

Fees 




include airfare or ground 

transportation to and from Oxford. 

Please note that this program fills 

quickly. We recommend prompt 

registration for those interested in 

participating. To receive a program 

brochure, call 773.702.1722. 


Course Code TSFNPS 

June 14–22, 2012 

Join us for a study-tour that revisits 

the history and the myths that 

made Paris’ reputation as “capital 

of modernity” throughout the 19th 

century. Our program will offer a 

scholarly and inquisitive approach 

to a city too often reduced to clichéd 

pictures on a tourist brochure. 

Combining readings, discussions, 

and onsite visits to famous landmarks 

and lesser-known cultural 

sites, we will discover afresh many 

Parisian neighborhoods, historical 

landmarks, and cultural sites. A 

special highlight includes a day trip 

to the medieval town of Vezelay and 

the Cistercian abbey of Fontenay, 

both UNESCO world heritage sites. 

Travel Study 

You will discover the beautiful 

Burgundy countryside and its rich 

gastronomical traditions in this 

exclusive outing. 

Tour leader 

Thomas Dodman received his 

PhD in history from the University 

of Chicago, where he was a 

William Rainey Harper Fellow, 

and is currently assistant professor 

of modern European history at 

George Mason University in Washington, 

DC. An adopted Parisian 

from across the English Channel, 

Dodman also studied at the 

Sorbonne and the Paris School of 

Economics. He has taught modern 

French history at the University 

of Chicago, the Institut d’Études 

Politiques (“Sciences-Po”) in Paris, 

and the University of Chicago Paris 

Center. 

Some of the program highlights 

include: 

Accommodations at the four-star 

hotel Pullman Paris Bercy Hotel 

Breakfast each day, a welcome 

dinner, several lunches, wine and 

cheese farewell gathering 

Public transportation pass 

Tour course packet with readings 

and background information 

Daily seminars and discussion 

sessions 

Daily walking tour of Parisian 

neighborhoods, historical 

landmarks, and cultural sites 

Guided tours of museums and 

landmarks including the Musée 

d’Orsay, the Musée de la vie 

romantique, the Opéra Garnier, the 

Grand Palais, and many more. 

Fees 



supplement: $500. Price does 

not include airfare or ground 

transportation to and from 

the hotel. 

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Berlin: The Capital of the 

20th Century 

Course Code TSBERL 

September 30–October 7, 2012 

Join us for an exploration of Berlin’s 

cultural landscape, one that has 

inspired some of Europe’s greatest 

minds from the Enlightenment to 

the present. Our focus will be on 

the culture and history of modern 

(and modernist) Berlin. We will 

walk on the “wild side” of Berlin as 

described by Christopher Isherwood 

in Goodbye to Berlin (basis 

for the movie Cabaret), explore the 

revolutionary theater of Bertolt 

Brecht, and stroll the streets of the 

Weimar Republic through the essays 

of Joseph Roth and Alfred Döblin’s 

modernist classic Berlin Alexanderplatz. 

We will trace the history 

of Jewish Berlin, its destruction by 

the Nazis, and surprising revitalization 

in this vibrant, multicultural 

city. Together, we will also discover 

the cultural legacy of 40 years of 

division between East and West, 

a history that continues to mark 

Berlin even more than 20 years after 

unification. 

Cary Nathenson 

See bio under Vienna & Budapest: 

Dream and Reality. 

Some of the Program Highlights 

include: 

Accommodations in a four-star hotel 

in central Berlin 

Breakfast buffet in hotel each 

morning and several other meals in 

restaurants that highlight Berlin’s 

flair and style 

Extensive Tourguide course packet 

with orientation texts, literary 

readings, and films for seminar-style 

discussion 

Public transit passes that include 

discounted admission to dozens of 

Berlin cultural venues 

Guided walking tours of historic, 

cultural, and architectural 

landmarks, including: 

The Brandenburg Gate and Unter 

den Linden, Berlin’s historic 

parkway 

The Reichstag, Germany’s old and 

new parliament building 

The Nikolai Quarter, Berlin’s 

reconstructed Medieval district 


The Museum Island, home to the 

Pergamon Museum’s collection of 

antiquities 

The Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin’s 

most elegant, French-inspired 

square 

The Kurfürstendamm, the 

“Magnificent Mile” of West Berlin 

Charlottenburg Palace and 

gardens 

Historical and contemporary sites 

of Jewish Berlin, including Daniel 

Libeskind’s acclaimed Jewish 

Museum 

Berlin of the Cold War: 

Checkpoint Charlie and the Berlin 

Wall memorial 

The Berliner Ensemble, Bertolt 

Brecht’s revolutionary theater 

The trendy Prenzlauer Berg and 

the multicultural Kreuzberg 

neighborhoods 

Fees 




include airfare to and from Berlin. 

For complete information, visit the 

Travel-Study webpage at grahamschool.uchicago.edu/tsp, 

call 

773.702.1723, or email dabuzato@ 

uchicago.edu.

35 ASIAN CLASSICS 

EXPLORE THE 

EAST 

Go behind the news stories to 

discover cultures from the inside 

out—everything from countries 

such as China, India, and Japan to 

the religion and cultures of Islam, to 

classic civilizations throughout the 

East. Designed for adults who want 

to make use of the analytic power of 

a great university in a flexible and 

affordable noncredit setting, this 

program is the only one of its kind in 

the United States. 

In the Asian Classics program 

you can: 

Deepen your understanding of other 

cultures 

Challenge common assumptions 

about Eastern and Western 

civilizations 

Build your awareness of civilizations 

that have existed for centuries or 

millennia, along with the complexity 

of their interactions with the world 

Broaden your horizons by studying 

with instructors who are immersed 

in other cultures, speak other 

languages, and have completed 

years of research in their fields 

Engage in conversations with 

instructors and fellow students who 

value civil discourse and critical 

thinking 

Become a better citizen of the world 

through all of the above 

THE PROGRAM 

The program is composed of core 

and elective courses. Participants 

earn a University of Chicago Graham 

School certificate upon completion 

of the following requirements: 

12 courses (285 contact hours), 

including at least 9 core courses (225 

contact hours). Hours for previously 

completed courses will be carried 

over to the new program. 

Not interested in pursuing the 

certificate? 

Each course in the program may 

also be taken individually. 

CORE AND 

ELECTIVE 

COURSES 

Each course in the program may also 

be taken individually. 

Core courses study foundational 

texts or eras. Examples of core 

courses: Comparative Religions of 

Asia, Eastern and Western Tales. 

Elective courses focus on contemporary 

texts or eras, and may include 

a wider range of media such as films 

or works of art. Examples of elective 

courses: The Cultural Revolution: 

Contemporary Chinese Literature 

and Islamic Art & Architecture. 

Together, the courses are designed 

to lead students to a deeper understanding 

of Asia, its past and present. 

To view additional Asian Classics 

courses for spring and summer, 

visit grahamschool.uchicago.edu/ 

asianclassics. 

Spring 2012 

Core Course 

Modern India: Religion, 

Culture, Politics 

Abhishek Ghosh, see page 15 for 

course description and dates. 

Asian Classics 

Elective Course 


Heather Grossman, see page 20 for 


Summer 2012 

Core Courses 




Reality 101: Hindu and 

Quantum Perspectives 



LEARN MORE 

ABOUT THE 

ASIAN CLASSICS 

PROGRAM 

Join us at an information session. 

Downtown 





Tuesday 

May 22, 2012, 10 am 

Thursday 

May 24, 2012, 6 pm 

To reserve your place at an information 

session or for additional 

information, please visit 


asianclassics. 

35

THE BASIC 

PROGRAM OF 

LIBERAL 

EDUCATION 

36 FOR ADULTS 

WHAT’S “BASIC” 


BASIC PROGRAM? 

The liberal arts provide a solid 

base—a starting point for becoming 

a better, more effective, wellrounded 

citizen of the world. 

The Basic Program of Liberal 

Education for Adults is modeled 

on the original Common Core, the 

backbone of an undergraduate 

education at the University of 

Chicago. The Core trains students 

to reach beyond easy answers and 

narrow disciplines and provides a 

foundation of readings and 

conversations that enable students 

to think critically about the world. 

Since the program was founded in 

1946, its name has reflected this 

commitment to the fundamental 

importance of precise thinking and 

civil discourse. 

LIBERAL ARTS 

FOR ADULTS 

In an era of sound bites and 

Wikipedia articles, the University 

of Chicago remains committed to 

the notion that there is no substitute 

for reading and discussing important 

texts. 

Learn how the greatest minds of 

Western culture analyze human 

behavior and why people act the 

way they do. Enter into conversation 

with Plato, Machiavelli, 

Freud, Shakespeare, Woolf, Kant, 

Darwin, Adam Smith, and a host 

of other influential, provocative 

thinkers. The liberal arts hone 

your capacity to read and think 

critically, and to articulate what is 

important and why. 

36 Basic Program 

The Basic Program brings the rigor 

and discipline of the liberal arts 

at the University of Chicago to 

adults—without the tests, papers, 

or grades. The program is staffed 

by experienced instructors and has 

affordable tuitions that are a tiny 

fraction of the cost of most liberal 

arts educations. Best of all, because 

our noncredit courses are designed 

for grown-ups, classroom conversations 

take place among intelligent 

adults who know a lot more about 

life than they did during their 

undergraduate years. 

LEARN MORE 


BASIC PROGRAM 

Join us at an information session. 

Downtown 





Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 10 am 

Thursday, March 15, 2012, 6 pm 

Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 6 pm 

Thursday, May 24, 2012, 10 am 

Saturdays in Hyde Park 

The University of Chicago campus 

Cobb Hall (Third Floor) 

5811 S. Ellis Avenue 


Saturday, March 17, 2012, 10 am 

Saturday, May 19, 2012, 10 am 

To reserve your place at an information 

session, please visit: 


basicprogram. 

If you have additional questions, 

please visit: 


basicprogram. 

COMING SOON 

Basic Program Autumn Symposium 

Open To All 

Statesmanship in Crisis: 

Pericles, Lincoln, Churchill 

Saturday, October 27 

Join us for a daylong symposium at 

the University of Chicago campus, 

with free round-trip shuttle bus 

service from the Gleacher Center.

BASIC 

37 PROGRAM 

“The great books 

do not yield up 

their secrets to 

the immature. . . . 

Most of the 

important things 

that human 

beings ought to 

understand 

cannot be 

comprehended 

in youth. . . . 

To read the great 

books, if we 

read them at all, 

in childhood 

and youth 

and never read 

them again is 

never to 

understand 

them.” 

Robert Maynard Hutchins 

“The Basic 

Program and 

alumni courses 

represent 

the finest, most 

enriching part 

of my education, 

which includes 

two postgraduate 

degrees. I intend 

to be a student 

here as long as 

possible.” 

Basic Program Student 

Spring 2012 

See the main course listings to find 

Basic Program open-to-all spring 

courses—look for course codes 

beginning with BPO. 

YEAR ONE 

Open to all. 

Course Code BPYR01 


March 21 


Section 12S1 


Tuesdays 


10 am–1:15 pm 

Section 12S2 


Wednesdays 


10 am–1:15 pm 

Section 12S3 


Wednesdays 


6–9:15 pm 

Section 12S4 

Cobb Hall, Hyde Park Campus 

Saturdays 


9:30 am–12:45 pm 


To view section information for 

Years 2–4, please visit grahamschool. 

uchicago.edu/basicprogram. 

Basic Program 

Summer 2012 

See the main course listings to find 

Basic Program open-to-all summer 

courses—look for course codes 

beginning with BPU. 

YEAR 1 AUTUMN 

CURRICULUM: 

SUMMER MAKE- 

UP COURSE 

10 weeks 

For students who missed the 

Autumn Quarter, and for current or 

past students who wish to revisit 

that quarter. 

This course explores the theme of 

virtue: what is it, who has it, and 

what happens when an individual’s 

sense of right and wrong clashes 

with that of society? The tutorial 

is devoted to a close reading of 

Plato’s dialogue, the Meno, which 

explores what virtue is and how it is 

acquired. The seminar begins with 

Sophocles’ Antigone, which shows 

the clash between Creon’s decree 

punishing a traitor and Antigone’s 

determination to uphold the traitor’s 

humanity. Sophocles’ play is 

followed by two Platonic dialogues, 

the Apology and the Crito, which 

relate the dramatic trial of Socrates, 

his death sentence, and his refusal 

to escape even though he has been 

wrongfully condemned to death. 

The final work of the seminar is 

Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, 

which examines whether the claims 

of law and morality are absolute or 

whether rare individuals can live 

outside the law and beyond morality. 

Course Code BPYR01 

Section 12U1 




Mondays, 6–9:15 pm 



37

CURRICULUM 

YEAR ONE 

Autumn 

Seminar 

Introduction 

Sophocles, Antigone 

Plato, Apology and Crito 

Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment 

Tutorial 

Plato, Meno 

YEAR TWO 

Autumn 

Seminar 

Sophocles, Oedipus the King 

Aristotle, Poetics 

Euripides, The Bacchae 

Shakespeare, Antony and 

Cleopatra 

Tutorial 

Homer, The Iliad 

YEAR THREE 

Autumn 

Seminar 

Aristotle, Physics (Bk. I, Ch.1; Bk. II) 

Lucretius, The Nature of Things 

Newton, Principia (selections) 

Darwin, The Origin of Species 

(selections) 

Tutorial 

Novel* (Moby Dick in 2012) 

YEAR FOUR 

Autumn 

Seminar 

Plato, Symposium 

Plutarch, Lives of the 

Noble Greeks and Romans (selections) 

Swift, Gulliver’s Travels 

Austen, Pride and Prejudice 

Tutorial 

Thucydides, 

The Peloponnesian War 

38 

Winter 

Seminar 

Herodotus, The History (Bks. I, VII, 

VIII) 

Aeschylus, Oresteia 

Tutorial 

Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 

Winter 

Seminar 

Homer, The Odyssey 

Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a 

Young Man 

Woolf, A Room of One’s Own 

Tutorial 

Plato, The Republic 

Winter 

Seminar 

Virgil, The Aeneid 

Augustine, Confessions 

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales 

(selections) 

Tutorial 

Euclid, Elements (Bk. I) 

Descartes, Meditations 

Winter 

Seminar 

Aristotle, Politics (Bks. I and III) 

Smith, Wealth of Nations (selections) 

Marx, Capital (Bk. I, selections) 

and The Communist Manifesto 

Tutorial 

Shakespeare Tragedy † 

(Hamlet in 2013) 

* Year 3 Novels follow this order 

of rotation: Don Quixote, 

War and Peace, Tom Jones, 

Middlemarch, Moby Dick 

Basic Program 

Spring 

Seminar 

Machiavelli, The Prince 

Hobbes, Leviathan (selections) 

Kant, Grounding for the Metaphysics 

of Morals 

Conrad, Heart of Darkness 

Tutorial 

Bible: Genesis, Job, Matthew 

Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling 

Spring 

Seminar 

Aquinas, Treatise on Law 

Locke, Second Treatise 

on Government 

Rousseau, Discourse on 

the Origin and Foundations 

of Inequality Among Men 

Shakespeare, The Tempest 

Tutorial 

Lyric Poetry 

Spring 

Seminar 

Montaigne, Essays (selections) 

Pascal, Pensées (selections) 

Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals 

Freud, The Interpretation 

of Dreams (selections) 

Tutorial 

Dante, Inferno 

Spring 

Seminar 

U.S. Founding Documents 

Lincoln, Gettysburg Address 

and Second Inaugural Address 

Tocqueville, Democracy 

in America 

Tutorial 

Plato, Phaedo 

† Year 4 Shakespeare Tragedies 

follow this order of rotation: 

King Lear, Macbeth, Othello, 

Hamlet

EVENTS 

39 OPEN TO ALL 

RSVP for these popular talks by 

visiting grahamschool.uchicago.edu/ 

basicprogram. 

FIRST FRIDAY 

LECTURES 

These lectures are offered on the 

first Friday of every month except 

July. Lectures take place in the 

Claudia Cassidy Theater of the 

Chicago Cultural Center (Michigan 

Avenue and Randolph Street). The 

lectures begin at 12:15 pm and last 

about one hour. 

What Did Plutarch Really 

Think of his Roman Masters? 

April 6, 2012 

George Anastaplo 

Instructor, Basic Program, the 

University of Chicago 

“did you ever see me running 

…”: James Joyce’s Ulysses, a 

Human Work for Humans 

May 4, 2012 




Humility, Introspection, and 

Honesty: Why Augustine’s 

Confessions Speaks to Us in 

the 21st Century 

June 1, 2012 




Mythology in the Cradle 

of Civilization: Gilgamesh, 

Ishtar, Hammurabi et al 

August 3, 2012 

Stephen Hall 



Fighting Theater with 

Theater: Plato’s Dialogues as 

Philosophical Dramas 

September 7, 2012 

Adam Rose 



WORKS OF THE 

MIND LECTURES 

These lectures are offered on 

Sundays at 1 pm October through 

May at the Chicago Cultural Center 

in the Claudia Cassidy Theater. 

Reading Freud’s Interpretation 

of Dreams: The Problem 

of the Personal and the 

Public 

Sunday, April 15, 2012 

Bertram J. Cohler 

William Rainey Harper Professor, 

Departments of Comparative 

Human Development, Psychology, 

Psychiatry and the College, the 


Drama and Sovereignty: 

Shakespeare’s The Tempest 

Sunday. May 13, 2012 

Bradin Cormack 

Associate Professor, Department 

of English Language and Literature; 

Director,Nicholson Center for 

British Studies, the University of 

Chicago 

BASIC PROGRAM 

WEEKEND STUDY 

RETREAT 

Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina 

Often called one of the greatest 

novels ever written, Tolstoy’s story 

is about life and death; desire, 

passion, love, lust, and jealousy; 

happy and unhappy marriages; the 

existence of the subconscious (more 

than 20 years before Freud); and 

Russia’s path and how it is different 

from that of the West. The bridge 

between the traditional realistic 

novel and the modern novel, Anna 

Karenina is Tolstoy’s metaphysical 

quest for certitude. It is also the 

inspiration for ballets, operas, and 

feature film adaptations; it has had 

Basic Program 

more than 700 published editions in 

at least 50 languages, including 30 

English translations. 

The weekend will include talks by 

William Nickell of the Department 

of Slavic Languages and Literatures 

at the University of Chicago, author 

of The Death of Tolstoy; and by Basic 

Program instructors Katia Mitova, 

Claudia Traudt, and Amy Thomas 

Elder; small-group discussions and 

free time to enjoy the resort. 

We recommend the Pevear- 

Volokhonsky translation (Penquin; 

ISBN 978-0143035008). 

Course Code BWTAKA 

Section 12S1 

The Abbey Resort and Spa, 

Fontana, WI 

Friday, April 27, 6:30 pm–Sunday, 

April 29, 12 pm 

$275 Early registration ends April 5. 


Tuition includes lectures and 

discussions, coffee/tea service at 

lectures, and two catered meals. 

Accommodations 

Participants are responsible for 

their accommodations and meals 

unless otherwise noted. For room 

reservations contact, The Abbey 

Resort (800.709.1323, then press 

2) and request the University of 

Chicago Graham School group rate 

of $100 per night. The group rate is 

available through April 5, 2012. 

More Information 

For resort information and driving 

directions, please visit 

theabbeyresort.com. 

For program updates, please visit 

our website, grahamschool.uchicago.edu/basicprogram. 

Cancellations 

Registrations cancelled within 10 

business days of start of event are 

subject to a $100 cancellation fee. 

39

MASTER 

OF LIBERAL 

40 ARTS 

Have you ever wanted to study the 

works of Shakespeare, Aristotle, or 

Machiavelli? Read about the politics 

behind the Kamasutra? Uncover the 

genius of Freud and Einstein? Gain 

insights such as seeingthe ways 

contemporary American rituals 

shape our ideas of citizenship, and 

public and family life? Maybe you 

yearn to grapple with scientific 

controversies—some as large as 

the universe, others as small as a 

microbe. The Master of Liberal Arts 

(MLA) program will give you these 

opportunities and more! 

Learn to draw connections that you 

had never imagined possible. Build 

career-enhancing credentials and a 

context for further graduate work. 

Join and network with a community 

of students and alumni with a 

passion for learning. 

Apply today. The MLA will open 

new doors for you and take you to 

places you have never been. 

IT’S THE NEXT 

GREAT THING 

TO DO WITH 

YOUR LIFE 

Earning a Master of Liberal Arts 

degree from the University of 

Chicago Graham School is 

the perfect next step for you. This 

evening or weekend program 

is offered part-time or at a more 

accelerated pace. You will study 

the greatest works in the humanities 

and the natural, social, and 

biological sciences in courses 

taught by renowned University of 

Chicago faculty. 

The MLA program will allow you to: 

Differentiate yourself with a 

University of Chicago approach 

Hone critical thinking skills to help 

you understand and resolve 

big-picture issues 

Challenge yourself, surprise yourself, 

and see the world in new ways 

Gain credentials and context for your 

career, life, or future graduate work 

Join others who share a passion for 

learning 

DOWNTOWN, 

FLEXIBLE 

MASTERS 

PROGRAM 

The MLA program is designed to 

fit into a busy lifestyle. Courses are 

offered at the downtown Gleacher 

Center on weekday evenings and/or 

Saturday mornings. 

Take three courses a quarter, earn 

your MLA in a year. 

Take two courses a quarter, earn 

your MLA in two years. 

Want a less accelerated option? Take 

up to five years. 

OUTSTANDING 

FACULTY 

The University of Chicago MLA 

faculty is a community of exceptional 

teachers at the top of their 

disciplines, who are generous with 

their time and thoughts. They 

teach courses including Greek 

Tragedy, The Renaissance as an Age 

of Discovery, Darwinian Medicine, 

and The Kamasutra and Ritual in 

American Life. Visit grahamschool. 

uchicago.edu/mla for details. 

40 Master of Liberal Arts 

FASCINATING 

STUDENTS 

Artists, police officers, physicians, 

detectives, homemakers, retirees, 

translators, scientists, accountants, 

writers, teachers, and many 

more all have contributed their 

thoughts and perceptions as 

students in the program. 

TRI-ANNUAL 

ADMISSIONS 

PROCESS 

Start this program in autumn, 

winter, or spring. 

Visit 

grahamschool.uchicago.edu/mla 

for details. 

AFFORDABLE 

TUITION 

Tuition for the 2011–12 academic 

year is $2,595 per course. 

LEARN MORE 

To learn more about the program, 

please contact Vanessa Georg at 

vgeorg@uchicago.edu or 

773.834.0159. You can also visit the 

Master of Liberal Arts website at 

grahamschool.uchicago.edu/mla.

GRADUATE 

STUDENT-AT- 

LARGE AND 

RETURNING 

41 SCHOLAR 

SIT IN WITH 

SOME OF THE 

WORLD’S FINEST 

PROFESSORS AT 

THE UNIVERSITY 

OF CHICAGO 

(without becoming part of a degree 

program). 

The Graduate Student-at-Large 

(GSAL) and Returning Scholar (RS) 

programs offer unique opportunities 

for you to join the University 

of Chicago community without 

seeking a degree. 

Are you in the business world? 

Take day, evening, or weekend 

courses at the Chicago Booth 

School of Business, known for its 

Nobel Prize-winning faculty. GSAL 

students who matriculate to the 

Chicago Booth School of Business 

are able to transfer up to three 

courses for credit to their MBA 

program. Because these courses 

earn credit, and can be applied to 

a degree, many organizations will 

allow their employees to pay for 

GSAL courses through employer 

tuition-benefit programs; please 

check with your employer 

for details. 

Are you planning to pursue a 

graduate degree? 

Take graduate or undergraduate 

courses at a world-class university 

with globally recognized faculty. 

Are you a civic or government 

leader? 

Take courses at the Harris School 

of Public Policy Studies, the Law 

School, the School of Social Service 

Administration, or the Committee 

on International Relations. Become 

a better decision-maker, broaden 

your perspectives, and sharpen 

existing skills through advanced 

studies. 

Are you looking to broaden or 

deepen your knowledge? 

Learn from many of the best and 

brightest minds in the world. Participate 

in the University of Chicago’s 

vibrant intellectual environment. 

Are you interested in building science 

credits for medical school? 

Take undergraduate science courses 

to fill gaps in your requirements. 

Take up to three courses a quarter. 

GRADUATE 

STUDENT-AT- 

LARGE 

NON-DEGREE 

CREDIT 

PROGRAM 

The Graduate Student-at-Large 

program allows you to take courses 

for grades and credit throughout the 

University. The GSAL program is an 

ideal way to define your academic 

focus, to preview graduate school, 

and to build a transferable record 

of study. You will also get to know 

professors and fellow students, and 

will experience what it means to be 

a part of the University of Chicago 

community. 

Graduate Student-At-Large/Returning Scholar 

INTERNATIONAL 

STUDENTS 

International students are strongly 

encouraged to apply to the Graduate 

Student-at-Large program. The flexible 

nature of the program makes 

it particularly suited to the needs 

of international students who may 

have limited experience with higher 

education in the United States. 

Through GSAL, international 

students are able to gain exposure 

to academia, graduate disciplines, 

pedagogical methods, and faculty 

expectations in the U.S. GSAL 

is an ideal platform for eventual 

applications to U.S. graduate degree 

programs. 

RETURNING 

SCHOLAR NON- 

DEGREE AUDIT 

PROGRAM 

The Returning Scholar (RS) 

Program enables you to audit 

graduate or undergrad uate courses 

throughout the University. Students 

have chosen to be Returning 

Scholars in order to hone language 

or math skills, sample new areas 

of interest, explore new fields and 

professions, and more while experiencing 

world-class faculty in a 

classroom setting. 

LEARN MORE 

Visit 

grahamschool.uchicago.edu/gsal 

Email 

gsalinfo@uchicago.edu 

Call 

773.702.1058 

41

GENERAL 

42 INFORMATION 

ABOUT 

The University of Chicago is one 

of the world’s leading universities. 

From its inception in 1892, 

it has been at the cutting edge of 

graduate education in the United 

States. Always strong in individual 

areas—anthropology, chemistry, 

economics, English, linguistics, 

physics, and sociology—the 

University community includes six 

professional schools, each recognized 

as being in the forefront of its 

discipline. William Rainey Harper, 

the University’s first president, and 

John D. Rockefeller, its founder, 

envisioned a university that would 

defy tradition, set new standards 

in teaching and research, and 

revolutionize university study in 

the United States. In many fields 

and intellectual discussions, such 

as economics, law, business, literary 

criticism, sociology, and religious 

studies, “Chicago” designates not 

a city, not even a university, but a 

school of thought with distinctive 

approaches and emphases. 

More than 80 Nobel laureates have 

been students, researchers, or 

faculty members at the University, 

including Enrico Fermi, Milton 

Friedman, and Saul Bellow. Paul 

Samuelson, David Broder, Katharine 

Graham, John Paul Stevens, Susan 

Sontag, Kurt Vonnegut, Ed Asner, 

Philip Glass, and Mike Nichols are 

but a few of the Chicago alumni who 

have successfully pushed the boundaries 

of their respective fields. 

Since 1892, the Graham School of 

Continuing Liberal and Professional 

Studies has extended the 

University’s teaching and research 

to more than 6,000 adult learners 

with 10,000 enrollments each year 

and to professional and institutional 

leaders from the United States and 

around the world. 

42 

POLICY 

STATEMENT 

In keeping with its long-standing 

tradition and policies, the University 

of Chicago considers students, 

employees, applicants for admission 

or employment, and those seeking 

access to programs on the basis of 

individual merit. The University, 

therefore, does not discriminate 

on the basis of race, color, religion, 

sex, sexual orientation, gender 

identity, national or ethnic origin, 

age, disability, or veteran status, 

and does not discriminate against 

members of protected classes under 

the law. 

Persons who have been formally 

accepted into a Graham School 

program or have registered for a 

course who have a disability and 

believe that they may need assistance 

should contact Vanessa 

Georg at 773.834.0159 in advance 

of the first class meeting. Persons 

who have questions regarding the 

University’s Policy Statement also 

may contact Vanessa Georg. 

The University of Chicago Graham 

School of Continuing Liberal and 

Professional Studies reserves the 

right to refuse to retain any student 

in any program at any time. 

The content in this brochure is 

subject to change; please visit 

grahamschool.uchicago.edu for 

the most up-to-date information. 

General Information 

TEACHER 

RECERTIFICA- 

TION 

Many Graham School courses have 

been approved by the Illinois State 

Board of Education for teacher 

recertification. For these courses, 

the CPDU or Lane Credit value 

is noted at the end of each course 

description.

HOW 

43 TO REGISTER 

ONLINE 

Visit grahamschool.uchicago.edu to 

register online for most noncredit 

courses with a VISA or MasterCard. 

BY PHONE 

Call 800.997.9689 or 773.702.1722 

to register with a VISA, MasterCard, 

American Express, or Discover. 

BY MAIL 

Please include the below information 

and send it with your full 

tuition payment to: Registrar, 

University of Chicago, Graham 

School of Continuing Liberal and 

Professional Studies, 1427 E. 60th 

Street, Chicago, IL 60637. 

first and last name 

mailing address 

home phone 

business or cellular phone 

email address 

course title(s) 

course code(s) 

course section(s) 

course tuition(s) 

payment method (check or credit) 

If paying by credit card, please 

include: 

card type (VISA, MasterCard, 

American Express, and Discover 

accepted) 

card number 

cardholder’s full name (if different 

than student) 

security code 

expiration date 

BY FAX 

Please include all information 

listed under By Mail and fax to 

773.702.6814. 

IN-PERSON 

REGISTRATION 

In-person registration is available at 

our administrative offices, 

1427 E. 60th Street, on the University 

of Chicago’s main campus in 

Hyde Park, 8:30 am–4 pm, Monday– 

Friday. You may pay with a check, 

money order, VISA, MasterCard, 

American Express, or Discover. 

In-person registration is also available 

at the University of Chicago 

Gleacher Center, 450 N. Cityfront 

Plaza Drive, 9 am–9 pm, Monday– 

Thursday, and 9 am–4 pm on Fridays 

and Saturdays (hours may vary). 

TUITION 

REMISSION 

The registrar must receive your 

full tuition payment, or signed 

documentation from your company 

regarding tuition remission, prior 

to the start of all noncredit courses, 

programs, and seminars. 

GRADUATE 

STUDIES 

REGISTRATION 

Degree and Credit Programs: See 

application requirements and procedures 

on the Graham School website 

at grahamschool.uchicago.edu. 

WITHDRAWAL 

AND 

CANCELLATION 

POLICY 

Unless otherwise noted in specific 

program content. 

Full Refund 

To obtain a full refund, registrants 

need to notify the Graham School 

of cancellation five business days or 

more prior to the first class meeting. 

A full refund will also be given if 

the course has been canceled by 

the University of Chicago Graham 

School. 


Partial Refund 

To obtain a full refund minus a 

cancellation fee, registrants need to 

notify the Graham School of cancellation 

fewer than five business days 

before the first class meeting (or the 

start date of an online course) and 

at least 24 hours before the meeting 

of the second class (or the beginning 

of the second week of an online 

course). Students must confirm 

cancellation in writing. 

No Refund 

No refund will be given to registrants 

if they notify the Graham 

School of a course cancellation less 

than 24 hours before the meeting 

of the second class (or the beginning 

of the second week of an online 

course), unless the course has 

been canceled by the University of 

Chicago Graham School. 

If payment has not been received 

at the time of the cancellation, a 

separate invoice will be sent to the 

registrant for the cancellation fee or 

course tuition, as applicable. Failure 

to attend a course does not entitle a 

registrant to a refund. Students 

can call 800.997.9689 for initial 

cancellation, but must confirm all 

cancellations in writing to: The 

University of Chicago, Graham 

School Registrar, Cancellation 

Notification, 1427 E.60th Street, 

Chicago, IL 60637. Please include 

your name, course code, course 

name, and course dates. 

How to Register 

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CONTACT 

44 INFORMATION 

Humanities, Arts, and Sciences Pamela Wickliffe, 773.702.1729 

Logistical Information pwicklif@uchicago.edu 

Language of Film, Language of Music 

Leadership in Sustainability Management 

44 

Humanities, Arts, and Sciences Marissa Love, 773.834.2786 

Asian Classics mvlove@uchicago.edu 

Basic Program of 

Liberal Education for Adults 

African-American Studies, Chicago, Bart Schultz, 773.702.8821 

Civic Knowledge, Education, rschultz@uchicago.edu 

Environmental Studies, and 

Great Conversations 

Artifact Collection Care Sarah Pesin, 773.702.2768 

spesin@uchicago.edu 

Know Your Chicago Judith McCue, 773.702.1727 

jmccue@uchicago.edu 

Writer’s Studio Stephanie Friedman, 

Certificate in Creative Writing 773.702.5012 

sfriedmn@uchicago.edu 

Travel Study Daniela Abuzatoaie, 

773.702.1723 

dabuzato@uchicago.edu 

Asian Classics Jan Watson, 773.834.0157 

Basic Program of janwatson@uchicago.edu 

Liberal Education for Adults 

Master of Liberal Arts Vanessa Georg, 773.834.0159 

vgeorg@uchicago.edu 

Graduate Student-at-Large Andy Leahy, 773.702.1722 

Returning Scholar andyleahy@uchicago.edu 

Custom on-site courses Steve Laymon, 773.702.0467 

slaymon@uchicago.edu 

Humanities, Arts, and Sciences Cary Nathenson, 773.702.1725 

The University of Chicago cnathenson@uchicago.edu 

Summer Session 


GRAHAM 

SCHOOL 

ADMINISTRATION 

Dean’s Office 

Daniel W. Shannon 

dean 

Christopher L. Guymon 

associate dean for administration 

Teri Kelley 

manager 

finance and administration 

Development office 

Sylvia Fergus 

development director 

Registration for noncredit/ 

Certificate Programs 

800.997.9689 or 773.702.1722 

Amanda Buell 

assistant registrar 

Nancy Dzialakiewicz 

assistant registrar 

Graduate Studies Admissions 

Andy Leahy, 773.834.4855 

admissions coordinator 

Dean of Students 

Raymond Ciacci, 773.702.2047 

Gleacher Center Administration 

Duke Yoon 

Marketing Services 

Allison Pay Crawford 

director of marketing services 

Master of Liberal Arts 


program director 

Vanessa Georg 

assistant director 

Bonni Van Eck, 773.834.2964 

administrative assistant 

Graduate Student-at-Large and 

Returning Scholar Programs 

Mary Daniels, 773.702.1058 

associate director 

Randi Rosenbluth 

admissions coordinator 

Contact Information

CALENDAR/INDEX 

March 

Page Course Title Day of the Week Start and End Date Time of day 

26 Civic Knowledge Project—Community Forum: Thursday March 1 evening 

Ethics, Happiness, and Poverty (panel discussion) 

36 Basic Program Information Session Tuesday March 13 day 

36 Basic Program Information Session Thursday March 15 evening 

36 Basic Program Information Session Saturday March 17 day 

28 Presentation Skills for Non-native English Speakers Mondays March 19–April 9 evenings 

9 Balzac Wednesdays March 21–May 9 days 

9 Balzac Wednesdays March 21–May 9 evenings 

16 Continuing Arabic, Part 3 Saturdays March 24–May 1 days 

16 Certificate Course: Continuing Arabic, Part 3 Saturdays March 24–June 9 days 

15 Beginning Arabic, Part 3 Mondays March 26–May 14 evenings 

7 Divine Trilogies: The Qur’an and the Aeneid Mondays March 26–May 14 days 

7 Divine Trilogies: The Qur’an and the Aeneid Mondays March 26–May 14 evenings 

7 Human Rights in the Contemporary Arab World Mondays March 26–May 14 days 

7 The Problems of Secularism Mondays March 26–May 14 evenings 

5 Renaissance Philosophy: Discovering Antiquity, Mondays March 26–May 14 days 

Foreshadowing Modernity 

30 Fiction Writing Essentials Mondays March 26–May 14 evenings 

31 Literary Nonfiction Mondays March 26–May 14 evenings 

15 Certificate Course: Beginning Arabic, Part 3 Mondays March 26–June 4 evenings 

20 Display, Storage, and Use I Tuesdays March 27–May 1 evenings 

30 Basic Creative Writing Tuesdays March 27–May 15 evenings 

22 The Life and Works of Mozart Tuesdays March 27–May 15 days 

27 Persuasive Communication Tuesdays March 27–May 15 evenings 

16 Spoken Colloquial Arabic, Part 3 Tuesdays March 27–May 15 evenings 

16 Certificate Course: Spoken Colloquial Arabic, Part 3 Tuesdays March 27–May 29 evenings 

37 Basic Program, Year One Tuesdays March 27–June 5 days 

23 Wagner’s Ring, Part Two Wednesdays March 28–June 6 days 

30 Writing the Novel: Connecting Through Characters Wednesdays March 28–April 18 evenings 

27 Effective Writing in Business and the Professions Wednesdays March 28–May 16 evenings 

21 Point of View with Andrea Gronvall: Mobster Movies Wednesdays March 28–May 16 evenings 

31 Writing the Personal Essay Wednesdays March 28–May 16 evenings 

15 Modern India: Religion, Culture, Politics Wednesday March 28–May 30 evenings 

37 Basic Program, Year One Wednesdays March 28–June 6 days 

37 Basic Program, Year One Wednesdays March 28–June 6 evenings 

10 Letters from Prison Wednesdays March 28–June 6 evenings 

5 Great Conversations: Freedom and Education— Thursday March 29 evening 

An Evening with Alan Ryan 

23 20th-Century Music Thursdays March 29–May 17 days 

20 Display, Storage, and Use II Thursdays March 29–May 17 evenings 

21 Lessons from Prohibition Thursdays March 29–May 17 evenings 

27 Intensive Writing Workshop for Non-Native Speakers Saturday March 31 day 

16 Independent Study in Modern Standard Arabic Saturdays March 31–May 5 days 

37 Basic Program, Year One Saturdays March 31–June 9 days 

15 Modern India: Religion, Culture, Politics Fridays March 30–June 1 days 

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April 


6 Freedom Charters Mondays April 2–June 18 evenings 

23 Wagner’s Ring, Part Two Mondays April 2–June 18 evenings 

10 What Jane Austen Read—“House Beautiful”: Tuesdays April 3–June 12 days 

The Great Country Manor in British Literature 

10 What Jane Austen Read—“House Beautiful”: Wednesdays April 4–June 13 days 

The Great Country Manor in British Literature 

39 First Friday Lecture—What Did Plutarch Really Friday April 6 day 

Think of His Roman Masters? 

18 Matters of Life, Death, and Afterlife: Saturdays April 7–May 19 days 

Burial Customs and Beliefs in the Ancient Middle East 

18 Empires and Art of the Ancient Silk Roads Wednesdays April 11–May 16 evenings 

39 Works of the Mind Lecture—Reading Freud’s Sunday April 15 day 

Interpretation of Dreams: The Problem of the 

Personal and the Public 

32 Travel Study—Vienna & Budapest: Dream and Reality 8 days April 16–April 23 days and 

evenings 

28 Professional Communication for Mondays April 16–May 7 days 

Non-Native English Speakers 

5 Great Conversations: Freedom and Education— Thursday April 19 evening 

An Evening with Geoffrey R. Stone 

30 Writing the Novel: Finding Voice(s) Wednesdays April 25–May 16 evenings 

39 Basic Program Weekend Study Retreat— Friday–Sunday April 27–29 days and 

Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina evenings 

23 Beethoven Saturday April 28 day 

May 


5 Great Conversations: An Evening with Thursday May 3 evening 

Charles Larmore 

39 First Friday Lecture—“did you ever see me Friday May 4 day 

running …”: James Joyce’s Ulysses, a Human Work 

for Humans (Claudia Traudt) 

25 The Chicago Wilderness Tour Saturday May 5 day 

20 Islamic Art & Architecture Saturday May 5 day 

39 Works of the Mind Lecture—Drama and Sovereignty: Sunday May 13 day 

Shakespeare’s The Tempest 

26 Civic Knowledge Project—Community Forum: Thursday May 17 evening 

The University of Chicago and Development Policy 

on Chicago’s South Side 

36 Basic Program Information Session Saturday May 19 day 

14 A Daylong Boat Cruise on Chicago’s Sunday May 20 day 

Inland Waterways (new spring date) 

3 Arabic Languages and Culture Certificate Monday May 21 evening 

Program Information Session 

35 Asian Classics Information Session Tuesday May 22 day 

36 Basic Program Information Session Tuesday May 22 evening 

29 Certificate in Creative Writing Information Session Monday May 22 evening 

36 Basic Program Information Session Thursday May 24 day 

35 Asian Classics Information Session Thursday May 24 evening 

June 


39 First Friday Lecture—Humility, Introspection, and Friday June 1 day 

Honesty: Why Augustine’s Confessions Speaks to 

Use in the 21st Century 

21 Digitizing of Collections Saturday June 2 day 

33 Travel Study—A Fortnight in Oxford 13 days June 10–23 days and 

evenings 

30 Basic Creative Writing Mondays June 11–July 30 evenings 

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30 Strong Story Starts Tuesdays June 12–July 3 evenings 

31 Poetry Workshop: Writing from the Outside Tuesdays June 12–July 31 evenings 

31 Submissions Workshop Wednesdays June 13–August 8 evenings 

33 Travel Study—Paris: Capital of Modernity 8 days June 14–22 days and 

evenings 

26 Chicago Violence: The Real History of Gangs and Saturday June 16 day 

Organized Crime in Chicago 

12 The World of Fernando Pessoa Tuesdays June 19–July 17 evenings 

6 Hellenistic Philosophy Tuesdays June 19–July 24 days 

8 Readings in Buddhism: Selections from the Tuesdays June 19–July 24 evenings 

Flower Garland Sutra 

23 Brahms and the Passing of the Romantic Era Tuesdays June 19–August 7 days 

10 Colette—The Invention of the Modern Woman Tuesdays June 19–August 7 days 

22 Ecstasy, Eccentricity, Cruelty, and Obsession: Tuesdays June 19–August 7 days 

The Cinema of Extremes 

11 James Joyce’s Dubliners Tuesdays June 19–August 7 days 

17 Beginning Arabic, Part 4 Tuesdays June 19–August 7 evenings 

10 Colette—The Invention of the Modern Woman Tuesdays June 19–August 7 evenings 

21 A Cultural and Culinary History of Spain Tuesdays June 19–August 7 evenings 

12 Little Dorrit: Finance, Society, and Freedom Tuesdays June 19–August 7 evenings 

12 The Poetry of Emily Dickinson Tuesdays June 19–August 7 evenings 

17 Spoken Colloquial Arabic, Part 4 Tuesdays June 19–August 7 evenings 

17 Certificate Course: Beginning Arabic, Part 4 Tuesdays June 19–August 21 evenings 

17 Certificate Course: Spoken Colloquial Arabic, Part 4 Tuesdays June 19–August 21 evenings 

11 Novels of Thomas Hardy I: Under the Greenwood Wednesdays June 20–July 25 days 

Tree and Tess of the D’Urbervilles 

17 Continuing Arabic, Part 4 Wednesdays June 20–August 15 days 

22 Ecstasy, Eccentricity, Cruelty, and Obsession: Wednesdays June 20–August 15 days 

The Cinema of Extremes 

7 The Talmud Wednesdays June 20–August 15 days 

11 William Faulkner’s Intruder in the Dust and Wednesdays June 20–August 15 days 

Light in August 

8 Interfaith Dialogues: Justin’s Dialogue with Trypho Wednesdays June 20–August 15 evenings 

and Halevi’s Book of the Khazars 

22 Point of View with Adam Kempenaar: Cinéma Vérité, Wednesdays June 20–August 15 evenings 

the Documentary, and the Problem of Truth 

17 Certificate Course: Continuing Arabic, Part 4 Wednesdays June 20–August 29 days 

11 Residual Statements and Volatile Truths: Thursdays June 21–July 12 days 

Reading Thoreau’s Walden 

6 Heidegger’s The Principles of Reason Thursdays June 21–July 26 evenings 

23 Great Conductors Thursdays June 21–August 9 days 

24 19th-Century Romantic Music: Beauty, Thursdays June 21–August 9 evenings 

Fantasy, and Nature 

8 Interfaith Dialogues: Justin’s Dialogue with Trypho Thursdays June 21–August 16 days 

and Halevi’s Book of the Khazars 

7 The Talmud Thursdays June 21–August 16 evenings 

9 The Twelve Caesars Thursdays June 21–July 26 days 

15 The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Thursdays June 21–August 9 days 

6 Reality 101: Hindu and Quantum Perspectives Saturdays June 23–August 11 evenings 

10 James Joyce’s Ulysses Mondays June 25–August 13 days 

37 Basic Program Year One Autumn Mondays June 25–August 27 evenings 

Curriculum Makeup Course 

18 Independent Study in Modern Standard Arabic Wednesdays June 27–August 1 days 

18 Certificate Course: Independent Study in Wednesday June 27–August 15 days 


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July 


13 To Boldly Go Thursdays July 5–August 23 evenings 

18 Monuments of Egypt: The Pyramids Saturdays July 7–August 11 days 

19 Women in Ancient Egypt Mondays July 9–August 13 evenings 

11 Before the Cemetery: Eco’s Early Novels Wednesdays July 11–August 8 days 

29 Certificate in Creative Writing Information Session Wednesday July 11 evening 

13 Shakespeare and His Sources: The Roman Plays Wednesdays July 11–August 8 evenings 

19 Glorious Babylon: Myth and Reality Wednesdays July 11–August 15 evenings 

12 The Early Sleuths: 19th-Century Detective Fiction Thursdays July 12–August 16 days 

13 Classics of Children’s Literature Thursdays July 12–August 16 evenings 

21 Exhibition Development and Design Saturdays July 14–August 11 days 

24 Tchaikovsky Saturday July 14 day 

August 


39 First Friday Lecture—Mythology in the Friday August 3 day 

Cradle of Civilization: Gilgamesh, Ishtar, 

Hammurabi et al 

3 Arabic Languages and Culture Certificate Thursday August 23 evening 

Program Information Session 

September 


39 First Friday Lecture—Fighting Theater with Theater: Friday September 7 day 

Plato’s Dialogues as Philosophical Dramas 

14 A Daylong Boat Cruise on Chicago’s Sunday September 16 day 

Inland Waterways 

34 Travel Study—Berlin: The Capital of the 20th Century 8 days September 30–October 7 days and 

evenings 

October 

Page Course Title Days of the Week Start and End Date Time of Day 

36 Statesmanship in Crisis: Pericles, Lincoln, Churchill Saturday October 27 day 

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MAPS 

Course Locations 

Most courses in this catalog are held at the Graham School’s downtown location, the Gleacher Center (below), 

450 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive, just east of Michigan Avenue, on the north bank of the Chicago River. Courses designated 

in the course description as Gleacher Center are held downtown. See grahamschool.uchicago.edu/locations for 

directions and discounted weeknight and Saturday parking information. 

Courses designated as Hyde Park are held at the University of Chicago campus in Hyde Park with plentiful and free 

parking. Exact classroom locations in Hyde Park will be noted with your registration confirmation. Other courses are 

located at specific sites throughout the city. Please check individual course descriptions for details. 

Driving Directions 

From Interstate 90/94 

To entrance 

Heading either north or south on I-90/94, exit at Ohio Street. Follow Ohio east to Michigan Avenue. 

Turn right. At the second light, turn left on Illinois Street. At stop sign, turn right. Gleacher Center is on the right. 

To area parking 

Heading either north or south on I-90/94, exit at Ohio Street. Follow Ohio Street east across Michigan 

Avenue to St. Clair. Turn right. Follow St. Clair across Grand Avenue. See map below for access to parking. 

From Lake Shore Drive 

To entrance 

Heading either north or south on Lake Shore Drive, exit at Grand Avenue. Follow Grand west to Columbus Drive/ 

Fairbanks Court; turn left. At second light, turn right on Lower North Water Street. Gleacher Center is straight ahead. 

To area parking 

Heading either north or south on Lake Shore Drive, exit at Grand Avenue. Follow Grand west to 

St. Clair. See map below for access to parking. 

Gleacher Center (450 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive) and Surrounding Area 

Wabash Ave. 

TO 90/94 

FROM 90/94 

Kinzie 

Rush St. 

Upper N. Michigan Ave. 

Michigan Ave. 

P1 

St. Clair. 

South Water St. 

Ontario St. 

Ohio St. 

Grand Ave. 

Illinois St. 

Stetson Ave. 

P3 

P2 

Gleacher 

Center 

N. Columbus Dr. N. Fairbanks Ct. 

Columbus 

McClurg Ct. 

Lower North Water St. 

To University of Chicago 

Hyde Park Campus 

Detail: Pick-up, Drop-off, Pedestrian Access and Parking 

Upper E. Illinois St. S 

E. Illinois St. 

Tribune 

Tower 

P1 

401 N. 

Michigan 

Ave. 

N. St. Clair St. 

S 

Chicago River 

Gleacher 

Center 

N. Cityfront Plaza Dr. 

N. Cityfront Plaza Dr. 

S 

P3 

P2 

NBC 

Tower 

N. Columbus Dr. 

N. Fairbanks Ct. 

Upper E. North Water St. 

Lake Shore Drive 

Sheraton 

Hotel 

Lake Michigan 

N 

E. Grand Ave. 

P4 

AMC 

Self-Park 

Lower North Water St. 

Map Key 

Parking lot entrance 

P 

Parking lots 

S 

Stairs 

Parking Lots 

Lower Ground Level 

P1 401 N. Michigan 

Building Parking (indoor) 

From parking area follow signs 

to pedestrian walkway along 

the south side of the building. 

Turn left and walk to the end 

of the pedway. Go up one floor to 

Gleacher Center lobby. 

P2 200 E. Lower North Water 

(NBC Tower Garage) 

Take elevator in garage to main 

floor, Gleacher Center is across 

the street (west). 

P3 201 E. Illinois 

(Enter lot at ground level) 

Exit building at Cityfront 

Plaza Drive and Upper East 

Illinois. Walk directly 

across Cityfront Plaza to 

Gleacher Center (southwest). 

P4 300 E. Illinois Self-Park 

Exit building at Illinois Street. 

Walk west, over Columbus 

Drive and go up the stairs to 

Upper East Illinois. Walk across 

Cityfront Plaza to the Gleacher 

Center entrance (southwest). 

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