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Autumn and Winter 2012-2013
THE COMPLEAT
GARGOYLE

NEW FOR
2012-2013:
ANNOUNCING
THE AUTUMN-
WINTER
GARGOYLE
To help you plan ahead, we have
combined our autumn and winter
catalogs. Courses for both quarters
are listed under subject headings,
with subheaders for each season.
You can browse for courses
by subject area, using the table of
contents on page 1, or by month,
using the index that begins on page
48. Feel free to register for two
quarters at once. If you would prefer
to wait to register for Winter,
please save this copy for future use.
Ready to register?
Visit
grahamschool.uchicago.edu
Call
773.702.1722
Fax registration information to
773.702.6814
See page 46 for more details.
Need more information?
See page 47 for contact information.
Terry Evans, Chicago Marathon, October 12, 2003,
Gift of Jeanne and Richard S. Press, 2005.515, The Art Institute of Chicago.
LEARN MORE
ABOUT
HUMANITIES,
ARTS,
AND SCIENCES
Join us at an
information session.
Wednesday
September 12, 2012
10 am and 6 pm
Tuesday
December 4, 2012
10 am and 6 pm
Downtown
The University of Chicago
Gleacher Center
450 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive
Chicago, IL 60611
To reserve your place
at an information session,
please visit
grahamschool.uchicago.edu/has.

TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
3 HUMANITIES, ARTS, AND SCIENCES
4 African and African-American Studies
5 Arabic Language and Cultures
5 Art and Art History
6 Artifact Collection Care
7 Chicago
7 Classics
8 Culinary Arts
9 Education
9 Environmental Studies
9 Film Studies
10 Great Conversations
11 History
12 Interview Series
12 Know Your Chicago
12 Languages
15 Literature
17 Music
19 Oriental Institute
21 Philosophy
22 Religious Studies
22 Science and Technology
23 CERTIFICATES, CREDIT, AND OTHER
PROGRAMS
23 Civic Knowledge Project
26 Writing and Speaking for Business and the Professions
28 Writer’s Studio
33 Travel Study
36 Asian Classics
37 Basic Program of Liberal Education for Adults
42 Master of Liberal Arts
43 Graduate Student-at-Large and Returning Scholar
44 GENERAL INFORMATION
44 About the Graham School
44 Policy Statement
44 Teacher Recertification
45 Giving
46 Registration
47 Contact Information
48 Calendar/Index
53 Maps (Course Locations)
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2 HIGHLIGHTS
THE UNIVERSITY
OF CHICAGO
GRAHAM
SCHOOL’S
INTERVIEW
SERIES
The Graham School Interview
Series combines the University’s
rigor and research with the appeal
of genuine dialogue. These interviews
will bring you behind the
scenes, beyond the headlines, and
into the minds of experts, artists,
and academics who are changing the
way we see the world. This autumn’s
interviews feature University of
Chicago Press authors, such as Neil
Steinberg and Dominic Pacyga. See
p. 12 for more information.
FESTIVAL DAY IN
HYDE PARK
October 21, 2012
The University of Chicago partners
with the 2012 Chicago Humanities
Festival: AMERICA to bring a day
of programming to the University’s
Hyde Park campus. Events will
include musical performances,
lectures, and panel discussions. For
more information please contact
Sarah Pesin in the Graham School
Partnership Office at culturalpartnerships@uchicago.edu
or
773.702.2768. To order tickets,
please visit www.chicagohumanities.
org. Tickets go on sale on Tuesday,
September 4, 2012.
2 Highlights
GREAT
CONVERSATIONS
For over a decade, the Graham
School’s prestigious Great Conversations
lecture series has featured
the superstars of the academic
world. Join us on select Thursday
evenings for brilliant discussions in
an intimate setting, where you can
meet and engage with University
presidents and provosts, MacArthur
“genius grant” fellows, National
Humanities medalists, Pulitzer
Prize winners, and more. You
can be part of a Great Conversation!
See p. 10.
EXPERIENCE
THE DIVINITY
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/
Graham School Collaboration”
in the course description.
JEWISH STUDIES
SERIES
In collaboration with the University
of Chicago Center for Jewish
Studies, this occasional series of
courses offers you the opportunity
to study with emerging scholars,
exploring a wide range of cultural,
historic, and religious topics. These
courses are open to all. Look for “A
Chicago Jewish Studies/Graham
School Collaboration” in the course
description.
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.
Thursday
August 23, 2012, 6 pm
Tuesday
December 11, 2012, 6 pm
Downtown
The University of Chicago
Gleacher Center
450 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive
Chicago, IL 60611
To reserve your place at an Arabic
Language and Cultures
information session, please visit
grahamschool.uchicago.edu/arabic.
SOUTH SIDE
PUBLIC LECTURE
SERIES
The University’s Civic Knowledge
Project and the AKArama Foundation
are turning the Woodlawn
neighborhood on Chicago’s South
Side into a hub of intellectual
activity! And now, the University’s
Poverty, Promise, and Possibility
initiative will be taking its provocative
public lecture series to the
beautiful community center at 6220
S. Ingleside, home to the AKArama
Foundation and the place to be for
serious, challenging discussions of
poverty and social justice. See p. 24.

HUMANITIES,
ARTS, AND
3 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 simply 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
problem-solving 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 commitment
to 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.
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 28).
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 9).
The Music program provides a
credential for those seeking an
in-depth combination of music
appreciation and analysis (see
page 17).
In the Asian Classics program,
you can deepen your understanding
of other cultures and challenge
common assumptions about
“Eastern” and “Western” civilizations
(see page 36).
Our Basic Program of Liberal
Education for Adults is a four-year
program dedicated to reading and
discussing the cornerstone texts
that are the basic foundations of
Western civilization (see page 37).
And learn more about our newest
certificates in Arabic Language and
Cultures, Artifact Collection Care,
and Leadership in Sustainability
Management (see pp. 2, 6, 3).
Humanities, Arts, and Sciences
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.
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. See pages 42 and 43 for
more information.
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AFRICAN AND
AFRICAN-AMERI-
CAN STUDIES
See also Chicago and Civic Knowledge
Project.
Autumn 2012
The Bronzeville Experience
Half-day seminar and bus tour
In collaboration with the University
of Chicago Civic Knowledge Project
This is the tour of Chicago’s famous
South Side Bronzeville neighborhood.
Led by the great civil rights
activist and oral historian of
Bronzeville, Timuel D. Black, who
has lived in the area for nine decades
and known just about everyone
there, the tour provides a wealth
of information on and firsthand
experience of the place that outdid
Harlem in becoming the African-
American cultural capital of the
United States. Learn why everyone
from Pulitzer Prize–winning poet
Gwendolyn Brooks, to artist and
DuSable Museum founder Margaret
Burroughs, to the current President
of the United States Barack Obama
loved Bronzeville.
Timuel D. Black
Mr. Black, who worked with Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., is professor
emeritus at City Colleges of Chicago,
author of the Bronzeville oral
history Bridges of Memory, and the
recipient of the Benton Medal for
Distinguished Public Service, one
of the University of Chicago’s most
revered honors.
Course Code LAAFBE
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Thursday
September 27
1–5 pm
Hyde Park
$65 Early registration ends
September 6
$80 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 4
The tour will leave promptly at 1 pm
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 773.702.1722) to confirm that the
tour will run.
The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was an
intellectual flowering that fostered
a new black cultural identity in
the 1920s and 1930s. Black media,
jazz, art, and literature flourished.
Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen,
and Zora Neale Hurston are some of
the best known writers of the movement,
but visual artists were also
crucial in creating depictions of the
“New Negro.” The white establishment
became fascinated with the
Harlem Renaissance, but for the
artists themselves, acceptance by
the white world was less important
than, as Hughes put it, the “expression
of our individual dark-skinned
selves.” This class will explore all
aspects of the Harlem Renaissance.
Beatriz Badikian-Gartler
Ms. Badikian-Gartler holds a PhD in
English/women’s studies from the
University of Illinois at Chicago. She
has taught at the Newberry Library,
Loyola University, and Roosevelt
University, and has published
widely. Her most recent book is Old
Gloves: A 20th Century Saga.
Course Code LAATHR
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Tuesdays
October 2–November 20
6–8:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$350 Early registration ends
September 6
$380 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
American Ideologies and
Social Action Dialogue
Workshop
This dialogue-based workshop will
explore the intersectionality of
social identities and its connection
to power, privilege, and oppression
in America. American ideologies
will be deconstructed and analyzed
in light of social oppressions and
social stratification. Experiential
activities, current legislation,
current policy, and current events
will be the main vehicles for
dialogue and critique of institutional
and structural oppression and
discrimination. A large portion
4 Humanities, Arts, and Sciences
of this course will focus on social
action and empowerment on an
individual and community level.
Janine Franklin
Ms. Franklin is a PhD candidate,
research assistant, and teaching
assistant in educational policy organization
and leadership, and educational
psychology, at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Course Code LAASAD
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Saturday
October 27
10 am–4:30 pm (half-hour lunch
break)
Hyde Park
$75
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 6
Winter 2013
The Legacy of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr.
Half-day seminar and bus tour
In collaboration with the University
of Chicago Civic Knowledge Project
Led by the great civil rights activist
and oral historian of Bronzeville,
Timuel D. Black, who has lived
on Chicago’s South Side for nine
decades, this tour affords special
insights into the legacy of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. and the nonviolent
civil rights movement in Chicago.
Learn how the stage was set for
Dr. King by the founding of the
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
in Chicago in the early 1940s, how
Dr. King organized his 1966 protests
in Chicago, and how the legacy of Dr.
King has been kept alive in Chicago,
through such figures as Rev. Jesse
Jackson.
Timuel D. Black
See bio under The Bronzeville
Experience.
Course Code LAALMK
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Saturday
January 19
1–5 pm
Hyde Park
$65 Early registration ends
January 3
$80 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 4

The tour will leave promptly at 1 pm
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.
The Discipline Gap and the
School-to-Prison Pipeline
Data from the Advancement Project
and Chicago Public Schools will be
used to set a foundation for understanding
the intersection of race
and class in the perpetuation of the
discipline gap and its implications
in the school-to-prison pipeline, as
well as the contact that students of
color have with the criminal justice
system, which is disproportionate
to the contact experienced by other
segments of the student population.
Reasons underlying the issue of the
school-to-prison pipeline vary, but
this course will focus on teacher
cultural competency, the criminalization
of black students, and zero
tolerance policies.
Janine Franklin
See bio under American Ideologies
and Social Action Dialogue
Workshop.
Course Code LAASPP
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Saturday
January 26
10 am–4:30 pm (half-hour break for
lunch)
Hyde Park
$75
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 6
ARABIC LAN-
GUAGE AND
CULTURES
See Languages.
ART AND ART
HISTORY
See also Asian Classics.
Autumn 2012
Introduction to Art History
This art history course examines
key issues related to the study of
visual art, beginning with Greek and
Roman art, and studying Medieval,
African, and Chinese art, then
finally concluding with modern art
and cubism. We will practice close
analysis of visual materials and
explore a range of questions and
methods appropriate to works of
art produced in specific historical
and cultural environments. The
course will hone participants’ skills
of perception, comprehension, and
expression, and it will also embed
well-known periods of art history
within their historical contexts.
Catharine Stuer
Ms. Stuer studied Chinese painting
at the National Taiwan University,
and received her doctoral degree
in Chinese art from the University
of Chicago in June 2012. Her dissertation
studies maps, landscape
paintings, and photographs of the
city of Nanjing.
Course Code LAAHIN
Autumn 2012
Mondays
September 24–November 12
Gleacher Center
$350 Early registration ends
September 6
$380 Regular registration
Section 12A1
10 am–12:30 pm
Section 12A2
6–8:30 pm
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
Downton Abbey and Great
Houses of England
One-day seminar
Take thousands of green, rolling
acres of English countryside, divide
according to Parliamentary Enclosure
Acts, and sell to aristocratic
families. Then, hire a landscape
architect named Capability Brown
to design these vast properties. Let
ferment for 125 years. Add King
Edward VII, electricity, telephones,
and changing times, and you have
Downton Abbey. Using Downton as
Humanities, Arts, and Sciences
the main case study, this daylong
seminar will illuminate the intricacies
of developing these enormous
holdings; how the land was served
by the rules of primogeniture and
entail; and why, by 1912, even those
laws weren’t enough to keep ancestral
estates intact.
Barbara Geiger
Ms. Geiger is a landscape historian
who specializes in late Victorian
and Edwardian era landscape
design and change. She teaches at
the Illinois Institute of Technology
and the Chicago Botanic Garden
and published a biography of O.C.
Simonds last year.
Course Code LAAHDA
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Saturday
November 3
10 am–5 pm (one-hour lunch break)
Gleacher Center
$115
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 5
Winter 2013
Neoclassical and
Romantic Art
Although Neoclassical and
Romantic art are often thought of as
opposites, recent study has emphasized
the connections, complexities,
and historical context of both
genres. European culture had long
been entranced by Greco-Roman
antiquity, but this passion increased
dramatically from the middle of the
18th century for a host of philosophical,
aesthetic, and even moral
reasons. At the same time, stirrings
of revolutionary politics, nationalism,
and a subjective emphasis
on emotion heralded a new movement
in the arts: Romanticism. This
course will examine how the visual
arts function as both a mirror of and
an escape from political and social
upheaval.
Jeffrey Nigro
Mr. Nigro received his BA from
Oberlin College and his MA in
art history from the University of
Virginia. He is currently an adjunct
lecturer at the Art Institute of
Chicago, where he previously served
as director of adult programs.
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Course Code LAAHNR
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Mondays
January 14–March 11 (no class
January 21)
6–8:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$350 Early registration ends
January 3
$380 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
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. Courses are offered as part
of the six-course certificate or
can be registered for individually.
For more information or to apply
for the certificate, please email
collectioncare@uchicago.edu or call
773.702.2768.
Core Courses
Autumn 2012
Protecting the Collection:
Environmental Factors
Learn the basic principles underlying
the care and protection of
collections from environmental
damage. In this course, risk assessment
and emergency preparedness
will be covered in depth. In
classroom and hands-on sessions,
you will learn critical information
on how to protect your collection
from the damaging effects of light,
temperature, relative humidity,
pollutants, and pests. At the end
of the course you will have not
only valuable experience, but also
a library of resources for further
information and a network of
colleagues addressing the same
issues.
Alison Whyte
Ms. Whyte has an MA in art conservation
from Queen’s University. She
is a professional associate of the
American Institute for Conservation
and has worked as an objects
conservator at the Oriental Institute
Museum in Chicago since 2001.
Course Code OUAREF
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Wednesdays
September 5–November 14 (No class
September 26)
6–8:30 pm
and one Saturday
November 17
10 am–12:30 pm
Oriental Institute
$575
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 25
This course will meet at the Oriental
Institute, 1155 E. 58th Street,
Chicago, IL 60637.
Winter 2013
Collections Policy and
Procedure
Are there procedures and policies
that are fundamental to managing
a museum collection? What is a
mission statement for a museum
and why is it important? In addition
to learning about collections policies
and procedures (specifically for
accessions, deaccessions, loans, and
collection documentation), students
will examine the differences
between policies and procedures
and spend a workshop learning how
to catalogue an object. By the end
of the course, students will have the
building blocks to design and implement
basic collections policies and
procedures and will be able to take
with them new resources for the
improvement of their registration
practices.
Instructor TBD
Please check website for
information.
6 Humanities, Arts, and Sciences
Course Code OUARCP
Section 13W1
Winter 2013
Wednesdays
January 9–February 27
6–8:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$475
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
Elective Courses
Autumn 2012
Basics of Materials: Paper
and Book Collections
Do you know how to properly
preserve the collection of letters and
papers inherited from your grandfather?
Students will learn the fundamentals
of caring for paper and book
collections through a combination
of classroom sessions and handson
workshops at the Newberry
Library Conservation Department.
The preservation of collections
begins with an understanding of
the materials. Students will take a
brief look at historical papermaking
and bookmaking processes and
examine various types of materials
and structures found in paper and
book collections. We will focus on
best practices for housing, storing,
and handling materials—whether an
archival collection or your personal
library.
Barbara Korbel
Ms. Korbel is a collections conservator
at the Newberry Library.
She has taught many bookbinding
and book conservation classes at
Columbia College and the Newberry
Library and has an MA in fine arts
from Northern Illinois University.
Course Code OUARBK
Section 12A1
Autumn 2012
Tuesdays
October 16–30
6–8 pm
Saturdays
October 20–November 3
9:30 am–12:30 pm
Newberry Library
$375
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 15
This course will meet at the
Newberry Library, 60 West Walton
Street, Chicago, IL 60610.

Winter 2013
Basics of Materials:
Photography
This course introduces students to
the cultural and technological histories
of photography and provides
insight into the management of
collections in archival repositories,
art museums, or your own collection.
Students will discuss preservation
and conservation issues related
to historic and contemporary
photographic materials, collections
management strategies, and the
appraisal, acquisition, arrangement,
and description of photographs
for museums with diverse audiences.
Students will visit two local
museums for behind-the-scenes
tours and presentations related to
donor relationships, exhibitions,
collections management, conservation,
and the administration of
research facilities.
Leigh Moran Armstrong
Ms. Armstrong is a principal of
Armstrong-Johnston, a Chicago
image research and archival
services firm. She worked for the
Chicago History Museum’s extensive
prints and photographs collection
and has an MA in art history
from the University of Illinois at
Chicago.
Course Code OUARPH
Section 13W1
Winter 2013
Saturdays
February 2–March 9
10 am–12:30 pm
Gleacher
$375
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 15
CHICAGO
See also African and African-
American Studies, Civic Knowledge
Project, Environmental Studies, and
Interview Series.
Autumn 2012
A Daylong Boat Cruise on
Chicago’s Inland Waterways
One-day seminar and cruise
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.
During this scenic all-day seminar,
you will cruise Chicago’s inland
waterways, glide under beautiful
bridges, catch a glimpse of migratory
birds, and view indigenous
flora and fauna with a legendary
geographer intimately familiar with
the surroundings. Chicago’s inland
waterways have witnessed dramatic
changes in recent years—including
an Asian Carp crisis—and even
previous tour participants will learn
a great deal on this new version of
Mr. Solzman’s famous course.
David Solzman
Mr. Solzman is an expert on
Chicago’s inland waterway system.
He holds a PhD in geography from
the University of Chicago and is
associate professor emeritus of
geography at the University of Illinois
at Chicago.
Course Code LACHBC
Autumn 2012
Section 12U1
Sunday
September 16
8:45 am–4:30 pm
Mercury Boat Dock
$160
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 7
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 is 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;
Humanities, Arts, and Sciences
please allow sufficient time to arrive
at the dock and board. In case of
extreme weather conditions, please
contact Mercury Cruise Dock (at
312.332.1368) to confirm that the
cruise will run.
A People’s History of
Chicago
The “City of the Big Shoulders” has
been vital to the history of the labor
movement and working people.
From the times of the Haymarket
anarchists, the Pullman strike,
the stockyards “Jungle,” the Great
Depression’s “Memorial Day
Massacre,” and down to the present,
Chicago has repeatedly been
Ground Zero for labor activism, an
activism producing a rich literary
history, from Upton Sinclair to
Studs Terkel. Explore the deeper
narrative of this aspect of Chicago’s
history with Paul Durica, whose
popular “hidden history” tours have
included “The Secret History of
the University of Chicago” and “A
Working Man’s Guide to the World’s
Columbian Exposition.”
Paul Durica
Mr. Durica, a PhD candidate in the
Department of English Language
& Literature at the University of
Chicago, is founder of Pocket Guide
to Hell, a series of tours and reenactments
that draw upon his scholarly
work to tackle issues of social justice
and illuminate the hidden past.
Course Code LACPHC
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Thursdays
October 11–December 6
6:30–9 pm
Hyde Park
$350 Early registration ends
September 6
$380 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
CLASSICS
See also Languages.
Autumn 2012
The Odyssey, Book 3
“A man, for me—sing, Muse, a
many-wayed . . . ” So begins the epic
return of Odysseus—a veteran of the
war at Troy, devotee of the goddess
Athena, husband of Penelope, father
of Telemachus, but current object
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of Poseidon’s wrath and detainee
of the demi-goddess Calypso. This
course covers the third book of the
Odyssey, in which Telemachus journeys
forth to find his father, speaks
with Nestor, and hears about what
has happened to Agamemnon. We’ll
make our way through this poem
in Greek, with careful attention to
grammar and language as a means
to uncovering its richness.
At least one year of Greek is
required, but students are welcome
to prepare the Greek at their own
pace. Please read as much of the first
100 lines of Book 3 in Greek as you
can before the first class.
Paul Mathai
Mr. Mathai is a PhD student at the
University of Chicago Committee
on Social Thought; his research
focuses on Greek literature,
philosophy, and history, as well as
on Russian language and literature.
He has taught classical Greek at the
Graham School.
Course Code LACLO3
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1—Book 3
Saturdays
September 22–December 1 (no class
November 24)
10 am–12:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$395 Early registration ends
September 6
$425 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 25
Three Works that Enlighten
and Inform, Part 1: Virgil’s
Aeneid
Long acknowledged as one of the
great works of literature , exercising
great influence on later writers such
as Dante, Chaucer, Milton, Pope,
Hugo, and Tennyson, the Aeneid is a
splendid example of Virgil’s absolute
mastery of epic writing. The course
is devoted to a careful reading of the
text, with special attention to how
Virgil represents the unique qualities
of the Roman world. The Roman
virtues, which emphasized man’s
relationship to his family and to his
religion, and the work’s influence on
art and music will also be examined.
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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 BPOTWV
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Mondays
October 1–December 3
6–9:15 pm
Section 12A2
Wednesdays
October 3–December 12 (no class
November 21)
10 am–1:15 pm
Gleacher Center
$415 Early registration ends
September 18
$445 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 30
Winter 2013
The Odyssey, Book 4
“A man, for me – sing, Muse, a
many-wayed…” So begins the epic
return of Odysseus—a veteran of the
war at Troy, devotee of the goddess
Athena, husband of Penelope, father
of Telemachus, but current object
of Poseidon’s wrath and detainee
of the demi-goddess Calypso. This
course covers the fourth book of
the Odyssey, in which Telemachus
hears Memelaus and Helen recount
Odysseus’s daring and cunning at
Troy—including the famous Trojan
horse—as suitors back in Ithaca
plot to ambush Telemachus when
he returns. We will read this poem
in Greek, with careful attention to
grammar and language as a means
to uncovering its richness.
At least one year of Greek is
required, but students are welcome
to prepare the Greek at their own
pace. Please read as much of the first
100 lines of Book 4 in Greek as you
can before the first class.
Paul Mathai
See bio under The Odyssey, Book 3.
Humanities, Arts, and Sciences
Course Code LACLO4
Winter 2013
Section 13W1—Book 4
Saturdays
January 19–March 9
10 am–12:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$395 Early registration ends
January 3
$425 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 25
CULINARY ARTS
Autumn 2012
Wine and God in the West
During the Middle Ages, the church
was the largest producer of wine
in Europe. This interdisciplinary
course traces the relationship
between religion and wine over
the centuries, beginning with the
Benedictine vineyards in Bordeaux,
Burgundy, and Champagne. Just
as the history of Europe is closely
linked with religion, so too is the
history of wine; we will trace the
influence of the church on history
and viniculture alike.
Bill St. John
Mr. St. John, a former journalist
and television reporter, has an MA
in divinity, an MA in public policy
studies, and a PhD in theology, all
from the University of Chicago.
Course Code LACAWW
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Mondays
September 24–November 12
6–8:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$350 Early registration ends
September 6
$380 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
Winter 2013
Monks and Ale
Trappist and Abbey beers are
increasingly popular; this course
provides a history of the relationship
between Belgian and Dutch
monks and beer. From the monastery
of La Trappe in France, through
the perils of the French Revolution
and two World Wars, and down to
the present day, we will study Euro-

pean history and Trappist observances
for a richer understanding
of how Trappist beers are produced
and the distinctions among monastery
breweries. We will also look
at a variety of “Abbey beers,” which
emulate the style of acclaimed Trappist
ales.
Bill St. John
See bio under Wine and God in the
West.
Course Code LACAMA
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Mondays
January 14–March 11(no class
January 21)
6–8:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$350 Early registration ends
January 3
$380 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
EDUCATION
See also Civic Knowledge Project.
Autumn 2012
Teachers’ Workshop: Young
People and Philosophy
The Philosophy Learning and
Teaching Organization claims that
the “reasons most often given for
engaging young children in philosophy
have to do with strengthening
their cognitive and communicative
skills, and introducing them
to formative ethical and political
ideas.” But these “valuable objectives
. . . all derive from a more
primary reason to do philosophy
with young children: that it is meaningful
for them.” The same point
applies to high-school students, and
this workshop will demonstrate just
how meaningful philosophy in high
school can be, making the case for
why such pre-collegiate philosophy
is important and how it is best done.
Steve Goldberg
Mr. Goldberg has over 20 years of
experience teaching history and
philosophy at Oak Park and River
Forest High School, and has
become a recognized leader in the
precollegiate philosophy movement
with the American Philosophical
Association.
Course Code LASYPP
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Saturdays
October 6–November 17
10 am–12:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$175 Early registration ends
September 6
$190 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 10
ENVIRONMENTAL
STUDIES
Autumn 2012
All Our Relations: Native
Americans and Their Environments
This course will introduce the
history of Native American peoples
and their lands. We will examine the
conflicting ways in which Europeans
and Native Americans lived
on the land, how native peoples
came to live on reservations, and the
status of Indian tribes within our
federal system of government (there
are 500 federally recognized Indian
tribes in the United States). We will
analyze the rich variety of tribal
environments and environmental
conflicts over sacred sites, such as
Devil’s Tower in Wyoming. Participants
will gain an appreciation for
the history of native peoples in the
United States and an understanding
of the environmental issues that
they currently face.
Rodger Field
Mr. Field is a graduate of Indiana
University School of Law and
worked in the Office of Regional
Counsel in U.S. EPA’s Chicago Office
from 1984 until retiring. He has
worked with all of the major environmental
statutes, with a special
interest in Native American issues.
Course Code LAANAE
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Tuesdays
October 2–November 20
6:30–9 pm
Hyde Park
$350 Early registration ends
September 6
$380 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
Humanities, Arts, and Sciences
Winter 2013
Apocalypse Soon: Worst-
Case Scenarios in Environmentalism
What is the evidence for thinking
that the world’s environmental
crises have reached the point where
disaster can no longer be averted?
Are most people in denial about
these environmental crises? Do too
many environmentalists simply
try to keep their spirits up one way
or another? This course offers an
experiment in confronting these
possibilities—a frank confrontation
with some very bleak assessments,
conducted in the spirit of the most
rigorous scientific inquiry by a team
of leading Chicago environmental
scientists.
Team-Taught
This course will be team-taught by
environmental scholars and activists
affiliated with the University of
Chicago Civic Knowledge Project’s
Sustainability Partners Network.
Course Code LAANAN
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Saturdays
January 12–26
10 am–12:30 pm
Hyde Park
$120
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 7.5
FILM STUDIES
Autumn 2012
Point of View with Jonathan
Rosenbaum
This course will explore World
Cinema of the 1960s, including
important but neglected features
and a few selected short films from
Europe, Asia, and North America.
We will study commercial genre
films as well as independent art
films—including several French
New Wave films by Jean-Luc Godard
and François Truffaut, along with
films from Czechoslovakia, Iran,
Italy, Japan, Russia, Senegal, and
the United States. All films will
be placed in historic and aesthetic
contexts, and readings will be
drawn chiefly from Mr. Rosenbaum’s
own writings, most of them
available online.
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Jonathan Rosenbaum
Mr. Rosenbaum was head critic for
the Chicago Reader for over 20 years
until his retirement in 2008. He has
worked with Jacques Tati, written
a dozen books on film, and been
named one of the best film critics by
Jean-Luc Godard.
Course Code FSPVJR
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Wednesdays
September 19–November 14 (no
class September 26)
6–9:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$350 Early registration ends
September 6
$380 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 28
The Language of Film
Discuss movies beyond the level
of plot summaries and become
conversant in the basic vocabulary
of film criticism and analysis in this
introduction to the foundational
language of film. Learn about miseen-scène,
cinematography, editing,
sound, narrative, and how such
devices can dramatically change
the way audiences “read” a film. We
will discuss these concepts through
examples from different national
cinemas, genres, and directorial
styles. This course is recommended
as an introduction to other film
analysis courses that will be offered
in the following terms.
Andrea Gronvall
Ms. Gronvall contributes to the
Chicago Reader and Time Out
Chicago, and the websites Movie
City News and Stop Smiling. A
multiple-Emmy nominee for
producing Siskel & Ebert, she
holds a bachelor of science degree
in film studies from Northwestern
University.
Course Code FSLANG
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Thursdays
September 20–November 8
6–9:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$350 Early registration ends
September 6
$380 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 28
Winter 2013
Point of View with Michael
Wilmington: Sidney Lumet
Master of the psychological drama,
Sidney Lumet acted on Broadway in
the 1930s and directed plays during
the heyday of live television in the
1950s before launching into film
with the famous courtroom drama
12 Angry Men. From the beginning
his films examined the power of
complex characters coming to grips
with difficult moral conflicts. His
characters often found themselves
compelled to defy social institutions,
at great cost to themselves.
We will screen many of Lumet’s
films, including A View from the
Bridge, Fail Safe, The Pawnbroker,
Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon,
Network, The Verdict, and Night
Falls on Manhattan.
Michael Wilmington
Mr. Wilmington has been movie
critic for L.A. Weekly, the Los
Angeles Times, and the Chicago
Tribune. He currently reviews for
the websites Movie City News and
Isthmus, and the Chicago Daily
Herald and the Chicago Jewish Star.
Course Code FSPVMW
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Wednesdays
January 16–March 6
6–9:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$400 Early registration ends
January 3
$430 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 35
The History of Film
This course will provide students
with an introduction to the history
of film from its beginnings to
the present by covering its major
national and international movements.
It will explore the historical
context and critical ideas accompanying
the development of film as a
medium and an industry. Through
weekly in-class screenings and
discussions, students will become
knowledgeable about a wide range
of film movements, styles, and
practices (film noir, New Wave, neorealism,
etc.), and will learn to trace
the development of these trends
over the course of film history.
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Andrea Gronvall
See bio under The Language of Film.
Course Code FSHIST
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Mondays
January 14–March 11 (no class
January 21)
6–9:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$350 Early registration ends
January 3
$380 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 28
GREAT
CONVERSATIONS
Are you interested in live thought?
Thinking about the future? Please
join us.
Great Conversations: The
Freedom Series
Our prestigious, popular, and
venerable Great Conversations
series continues, with another
line up of intellectual superstars!
Our theme for 2012–13 is simply
Freedom, be it political, academic,
economic, or social. As usual, we
will be featuring some outstanding
world-class thinkers 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 us
for the conversation!
$30 per lecture, $70 for the
three-lecture series
Course Code LAGCON
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Three-lecture series
October 11 and 25, and November 8
5:30–7:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$70

Benjamin Ginsberg on
Democracy and the Fall of
the Faculty
Benjamin Ginsberg is the David
Bernstein Professor of Political
Science and Chair of Governmental
Studies and the Center for Advanced
Governmental Studies of Advanced
Academic Programs at Johns
Hopkins University. A brilliant and
provocative libertarian thinker, he
is the author of numerous books on
American government and politics
including: Downsizing Democracy:
How America Sidelined Its Citizens
and Privatized Its Public (with
Matthew Crenson), Embattled
Democracy (with Theodore J. Lowi),
The American Lie: Government by the
People and other Political Fables, and
The Fall of the Faculty: The Rise of
the All-Administrative University and
Why It Matters.
Section 12A2
Individual lecture on Thursday
October 11
5:30–7:30 pm
$30
John Roemer on Ideology
and Inequality in the U.S.
John Roemer is the Elizabeth
S. and A. Varick Professor of
Political Science and Economics
at Yale University, and one of the
outstanding radical political economists
of our time. A Fellow of the
Econometric Society, who has also
been a Fellow of the Guggenheim
Foundation and the Russell Sage
Foundation, he is a sharp critic of
the “Chicago School” of libertarian
economics. His research concerns
political economy and distributive
justice, and his books include
Political Competition, Equality of
Opportunity, Theories of Distributive
Justice, and Free to Lose.
Section 12A3
Individual lecture on Thursday
October 25
5:30–7:30 pm
$30
Bill Ayers on Educating for
Freedom
Bill Ayers is a retired professor
in the College of Education at the
University of Illinois at Chicago,
where he held the titles of Distinguished
Professor of Education
and Senior University Scholar.
A specialist in early childhood
education, he worked closely with
Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley on
the Chicago Annenberg Challenge
school reform project, for which
he won the 1997 Chicago Citizen of
the Year award. His recent books
include Teaching Toward Freedom:
Moral Commitment and Ethical
Action in the Classroom, On the Side
of the Child: Summerhill Revisited,
Fugitive Days: A Memoir, and Handbook
of Social Justice in Education.
A former leader of the Students for a
Democratic Society and its offshoot,
The Weather Underground, Ayers’s
radicalism has often led to heated
public controversy, particularly in
the 2008 presidential election.
Section 12A4
Individual lecture on Thursday
November 8
5:30–7:30 pm
$30
HISTORY
See also Asian Classics, Literature,
and Religious Studies.
Autumn 2012
17th-Century France and the
Court of the Sun King
The reign of Louis XIV was the
longest in European history. This
72-year period encompassed an
extraordinary flowering of French
culture; the consolidation of
absolute monarchy in an attempt to
overcome feudal power in France;
numerous wars and conflicts,
including the Franco-Dutch War
and the War of the Spanish
Succession; and a series of famous
ministers and mistresses, from
Cardinal Mazarin to Madame de
Maintenon. We will explore the
history, politics, and art of 17th-
and early 18th-century France,
gaining insight into the rise, zenith,
and decline of one the most
extraordinary rulers the world
has ever known.
Humanities, Arts, and Sciences
Jeanine Teodorescu
Ms. Teodorescu has a PhD in
modern languages and literatures
from the University of Nebraska-
Lincoln. She has studied at the
Sorbonne and the University of
Bucharest, and has taught French
history, literature, language, and
gastronomy since 2000.
Course Code LAHISK
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Tuesdays
September 18–November 13 (no
class September 25)
6–8:30 pm
Section 12A2
Fridays
September 21–November 9
10 am–12:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$350 Early registration ends
September 6
$380 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
Winter 2013
The French Revolution
One of the most exciting and controversial
ages in history, the French
Revolution’s causes and effects
are still under debate. This course
will investigate a variety of factors,
including the contrast between the
economic and intellectual progress
associated with the Enlightenment
and the political structures of
the Ancien Régime; the huge debt
France incurred in order to fund
its contributions to the American
Revolution; and role of the Estates
General. We will also consider how
the enthusiasm and passion of the
Enlightenment (Voltaire, Diderot,
and Rousseau) were followed by
radicalism, terror, and civil war
(Danton, Robespierre, and Marat).
Jeanine Teodorescu
See bio under 17th-Century France
and the Court of the Sun King.
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Course Code LAHIFR
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Tuesdays
January 15–March 5
6–8:30 pm
Section 13W2
Fridays
January 18–March 8
10 am–12:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$350 Early registration ends
January 3
$380 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
INTERVIEW
SERIES
New!
The University of Chicago Graham
School’s Interview Series combines
the University’s rigor and research
with the appeal of genuine dialogue.
These interviews will bring you
behind the scenes, beyond the headlines,
and into the minds of experts,
artists, and academics who are
changing the way we see the world.
The autumn interviews highlight
great writing about Chicago with
authors from the University of
Chicago Press. In winter the focus
shifts to the cinema, as film critics
talk with writers and directors of
films that have captured national
attention. Please visit grahamschool.uchicago.edu
for detailed
schedule.
Autumn Interviews: Chicago
by the Book
In the context of a unique urban
history and a rich literary legacy,
Chicago’s best authors have long
brought the city into sharp relief
for their readers. See Chicago
through their eyes and find out how
their personal and professional
perspectives shaped their writing
in interviews with Chicago artists,
journalists, and academics.
Bill Savage
Mr. Savage, series moderator, is
Distinguished Senior Lecturer of
English at Northwestern University
and a series editor of Chicago:
Visions and Revisions for the University
of Chicago Press. Savage is an
expert on Chicago literature and
culture, Nelson Algren, and baseball
writing.
Books will be available for purchase
and signing.
Course Code LAINTS
Dmitry Samarov, Hack: Stories From
a Chicago Cab
Section 12A1
Tuesday
September 18
Liam Ford, Soldier Field: A Stadium
and Its City
Section 12A2
Tuesday
October 2
Dominic Pacyga, Chicago: A
Biography
Section 12A3
Tuesday
October 16
Larry Bennett, The Third City
Section 12A4
Tuesday
October 30
Neil Steinberg, You Were Never in
Chicago
Section 12A5
Tuesday
November 13
Gleacher Center
$10 each session
6:30–8 pm
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 1.5
KNOW YOUR
CHICAGO
Know Your Chicago offers access to
the fascinating underpinnings of
Chicago—its culture, arts, business,
technology, education, urban
development, political climate, and
social change. Participants explore
the city from corner to corner
learning about its complexity and
diversity from renowned leaders in
their fields and at venues typically
unavailable to the general public.
Five tours addressing issues that
are current and relevant to Chicago
today are offered during the fall.
The season begins with a daylong
symposium showcasing each tour
through stimulating presentations
by experts on the topics to
be explored on the tours. It is an
extraordinary day of education
and insight. Since 1949, Know Your
Chicago enthusiasts have experienced
well-developed, behind-the-
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scenes educational opportunities.
Please visit the Know Your Chicago
website at knowyourchicago.org
for upcoming tour information
and registration details, or call
773.702.1727 if you would like to
receive the Know Your Chicago tour
brochure.
LANGUAGES
See also Classics.
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.
Certificate Courses: for certificate
courses to count toward the
Certificate in Arabic Language and
Cultures, participants must apply to
the program, register for the certificate
section of the course, attend
both the review session and testing
session (the final two weeks of the
section), and pass both the oral and
written tests.
Autumn 2012/Winter 2013
Beginning Arabic,
Parts 1 and 2
This is the first 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
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 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 FLBA1C
(certificate course)
Autumn 2012—Part 1
Section 12A1
Saturdays
September 22–December 1 (no class
November 24)
10 am–12:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$560 Early registration ends
September 6
$590 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 25
Course Code FLBARB
(non-certificate)
Autumn 2012—Part 1
Section 12A1
Saturdays
September 22–November 10
10 am–12:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$360 Early registration ends
September 6
$390 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
Course Code FLBA2C
(certificate course)
Winter 2013—Part 2
Section 13W1
Saturdays
January 19–March 9
10 am–12:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$560 Early registration ends
January 3
$590 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 25
Course Code FLBARB
(non-certificate)
Winter 2013—Part 2
Section 13W1
Saturdays
January 19–February 22
10 am–12:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$360 Early registration ends
January 3
$390 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
Continuing Arabic,
Parts 1 and 2
This is the first 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. He was awarded four
Department of Education fellowships
to study Arabic in the United
States and Cairo.
Course Code FLCA1C
(certificate course)
Autumn 2012—Part 1
Section 12A1
Saturdays
September 22–December 1 (no class
November 24)
10 am–12:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$560 Early registration ends
September 6
$590 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 25
Course Code FLCARB
(non-certificate)
Autumn 2012—Part 1
Section 12A1
Saturdays
September 22–November 10
10 am–12:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$360 Early registration ends
September 6
$390 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
Humanities, Arts, and Sciences
Course Code FLCA2C
(certificate)
Winter 2013—Part 2
Section 13W1
Saturdays
January 19–March 9
1:30–4 pm
Gleacher Center
$560 Early registration ends
January 3
$590 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 25
Course Code FLCARB
(non-certificate)
Winter 2013—Part 2
Section 13W1
Saturdays
January 19–February 22
1:30–4 pm
Gleacher Center
$360 Early registration ends
January 3
$390 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
Spoken Colloquial Arabic,
Parts 1 and 2
This yearlong series is an alternate
or additional route for students who
have completed two years of Arabic
study. The next step is to build the
necessary vocabulary and expressions
to hold a basic conversation
in colloquial Egyptian Arabic.
Focusing 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 Egyptian
Arabic.
Cameron Cross
Mr. Cross holds master’s degrees in
Middle Eastern studies and Near
Eastern languages and civilizations
from the University of Chicago.
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Course Code FLSA1C
(certificate)
Autumn 2012—Part 1
Section 12A1
Saturdays
September 22–December 1 (no class
November 24)
1:30–4 pm
Gleacher Center
$560 Early registration ends
September 6
$590 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 25
Course Code FLSCAR
(non-certificate)
Autumn 2012—Part 1
Section 12A1
Saturdays
September 22–November 10
1:30–4 pm
Gleacher Center
$360 Early registration ends
September 6
$390 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
Course Code FLSA2C
(certificate)
Winter 2013—Part 2
Section 13W1
Saturdays
January 19–February 22
1:30–4 pm
Gleacher Center
$560 Early registration ends
January 3
$590 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 25
Course Code FLSCAR
(non-certificate)
Winter 2013—Part 2
Section 13W1
Saturdays
January 19–February 22
1:30–4 pm
Gleacher Center
$360 Early registration ends
January 3
$390 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
Independent Study in
Modern Arabic, Parts 1 and 2
This course is for intermediate
Arabic students who have
progressed beyond the regular
Arabic series and want to read
Arabic literature and media pieces.
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 interest 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
See bio under Beginning Arabic,
Parts 1 and 2.
Course Code FLIAM1
Autumn 2012—Part 1
Section 12A1
Mondays
September 24–November 5
6–8:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$360 Early registration ends
September 6
$390 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 10
This course meets 4 times:
September 24, October 8 and 22,
and November 5.
Course Code FLIAM2
Winter 2013—Part 2
Section 13W1
Mondays
January 14–February 25
6–8:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$360 Early registration ends
January 3
$390 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 10
This course will meet on January 14
and 28, and February 11 and 25.
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Introduction to Classical
Greek, Parts 1 and 2
This course will explore the
grammar, syntax, and vocabulary
of classical Greek in preparation
for reading the ancient authors in
their original language. Useful to
all students, whether one wishes to
begin the study of Greek or to return
to Greek after a long hiatus, this
class begins with the alphabet and
proceeds to cover the tools and skills
needed to read ancient Greek and
to understand the nuances of the
original text. This is the first part of
a three-term sequence. There are no
prerequisites for this course.
Paul Mathai
Mr. Mathai is a PhD student at the
University of Chicago Committee
on Social Thought; his research
focuses on Greek literature,
philosophy, and history, as well as
on Russian language and literature.
He has taught classical Greek at the
Graham School.
Course Code FLGRE1
Autumn 2012—Part 1
Section 12A1
Thursdays
September 20–November 8
6–8:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$360 Early registration ends
September 6
$390 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
Course Code FLGRE2
Winter 2013—Part 2
Section 13W1
Thursdays
January 17–March 7
6–8:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$350 Early registration ends
January 3
$380 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20

LITERATURE
See also Asian Classics and
Religious Studies.
Autumn 2012
The Strangeness of Beauty
Japanese literature centers on
beauty—the ephemeral bliss of the
moment that is at its best just as it
passes into nothingness. The loveliness
of women and nature, of men
and culture, takes center stage in
novels that possess poetic perfection
and breathtaking imagery
that engages all the senses. But
there is a night side to the singleminded
appreciation of pleasure:
the uncanny obsession that prefers
eerie charm to lively grace, polished
appearance to complex essence.
Please read Tanizaki, In Praise of
Shadows and Donald Ritchie, Tractate
on Japanese Aesthetics for the
first class.
Elisabeth Lenckos
Ms. Lenckos holds a PhD in comparative
literature from the University
of Michigan. She coauthored a book
on Barbara Pym and is working
on two books on Jane Austen. A
Fulbright scholar, Ms. Lenckos has
taught in the United States and
Europe. She received the Graham
School 2006 Excellence in Teaching
Award in the Humanities, Arts, and
Sciences.
Course Code LALISB
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Thursdays
September 20–November 8
6–8:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$350 Early registration ends
September 6
$380 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
Analyze This: Edward Albee
and Harold Pinter
Team-taught by a psychoanalyst and
psychologist, this course delves into
the complexities of human relationships,
the struggle for power,
and the difficulty of interpreting
the world around us. The course
will read plays by two of the most
influential modern dramatists,
Edward Albee and Harold Pinter,
interpreting unconscious meanings,
and exploring the effects of solitude,
loss, death, and the vagaries of
memory.
Course Code LALIAN
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Tuesdays
September 18–November 13 (no
class September 25)
6–8:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$190 Early registration ends
September 6
$220 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 10
Kafka and Beyond: German-
Jewish Literature Then and
Now
A Chicago Jewish Studies/Graham
School Collaboration
The course provides an overview
of a century of German-Jewish
literature, focusing on the ways
in which select authors negotiate
their hybrid identity. Students
are encouraged to consider a wide
array of German-Jewish writing,
which takes into account canonical
authors like Franz Kafka and Paul
Celan, as well as the current generation
of Jews writing in German. The
class will introduce examples from
a variety of genres and a diversity of
perspectives on what it means to be
German, Jewish, and a writer from
the early 20th century to today.
Joela Zeller
Ms. Zeller is a PhD candidate in the
Department of Germanic Studies
at the University of Chicago who
is writing her dissertation about
modernist grotesques by Franz
Kafka and others. Her interests
include German-Jewish literature,
animal studies, migration literature,
and monstrosity theories.
Humanities, Arts, and Sciences
Course Code LALIJL
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Mondays
September 24–November 12
10 am–12:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$350 Early registration ends
September 6
$380 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
Proust, In Search of Lost
Time, The Guermantes Way
Marcel Proust’s monumental work,
In Search of Lost Time, originates
with a cup of tea and a madeleine
that launch the unnamed narrator
on his journey of involuntary
memory. In the process of its slow
emergence, Proust’s novel would
ultimately grow into a seven-volume
text. It opens with Swann’s Way
and contains an entire repertoire
of themes: childhood, memory,
art, love, jealousy. The first volume
functions as a cipher for the entire
work. This course will begin with an
overview of Swann’s Way and then
read volume three, The Guermantes
Way.
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 Superieure
in Paris. She currently teaches at
the School of the Art Institute of
Chicago.
Course Code LALIPT
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Wednesdays
September 19–November 14 (no
class September 26)
6–8:30 pm
Section 12A2
Fridays
September 21–November 9
1:30–4 pm
Gleacher Center
$350 Early registration ends
September 6
$380 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
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Literary Cityscapes: Berlin—
Come to the Cabaret!
With the most marvelous and
atrocious history of any European
capital, Berlin has undergone a
number of fascinating transformations.
Although its origins as an
intellectual powerhouse date back
to the Enlightenment, it housed the
vilest fascist government of modern
times. But after World War II, Berlin
turned itself into one of the world’s
most culturally diverse urban civilizations,
home to an international
community of writers and artists.
We will read books by Berlin’s finest
authors and poets from Fontane to
Fallada, who chart the chronicles
of this intriguing metamorphosing
metropolis, and augment our readings
with theater, cinema, music,
and art.
Please read Fallada, Little Man,
What Now? for the first class.
Elisabeth Lenckos
See bio under The Strangeness of
Beauty.
Course Code BPOBCC
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Tuesdays
October 2–December 11 (no class
November 20)
10 am–1:15 pm
Section 12A2
Wednesdays
October 3–December 12 (no class
November 21)
10 am–1:15 pm
Gleacher Center
$415 Early registration ends
September 18
$445 Regular registration
Registration by phone only will open
at 10 am on August 10. Call
773.702.1722.
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 30
Three Great Novels
What do Stendhal’s The Red and
the Black (1830), Ivan Turgenev’s
Fathers and Sons (1862), and Franz
Kafka’s The Trial (1925) have in
common? In all three, a young
male character is being put to the
test by personal, social, or political
circumstances and, ultimately, by
the author’s aesthetic, ethical, and
philosophical understanding of the
meaning of life. The three novels
represent the best fiction written
in French, Russian, and German,
and provide material for exploring
the development of the genre from
the early psychological novel to the
modernist narrative.
For our first class, please read chapters
1–20 of The Red and the Black.
Katia Mitova
Ms. Mitova has 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. She received the Graham
School 2008 Excellence in Teaching
Award for the Basic Program.
Course Code BPOTGN
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Wednesdays
October 3–December 12 (no class on
November 21)
6–9:15 pm
Gleacher Center
$415 Early registration ends
September 18
$445 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 30
Bleak House: Property,
Society, and the Law
Often ranked as Dickens’s finest
novel, Bleak House examines
two pillars of the modern world:
property and law. At its center is the
Court of Chancery and an endless
lawsuit, Jarndyce v. Jarndyce,
concerning multiple wills and a
disputed fortune. The suit has
its own field of gravity, sucking
careers, incomes, and lives into its
orbit—then extinguishing them.
Dickens uses humor, pathos, and an
extraordinary range of characters
in his analysis of the relationship
between individuals and the institutions
that permeate society. Works
by Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx,
Edmund Wilson, Nabokov, Lionel
Trilling, and others will enrich our
discussions.
For the first class please read Chapters
1–6 of Bleak House and Chapters
13 and 14 of Hobbes’s Leviathan.
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
16 Humanities, Arts, and Sciences
19th-century novels, Shakespeare,
Japanese literature, and lyric poetry.
Course Code BPOPSL
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Thursdays
October 4–December 13 (no class on
November 22)
6–8:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$415 Early registration ends
September 18
$445 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 25
This course includes a presentation
on English law and the Court
of Chancery by Graham School
instructor and legal historian
John Acevedo.
Winter 2013
Proust, In Search of Lost
Time, Sodom and Gomorrah
Marcel Proust’s monumental work,
In Search of Lost Time, originates
with a cup of tea and a madeleine
that launch the unnamed narrator
on his journey of involuntary
memory. In the process of its slow
emergence, Proust’s novel would
ultimately grow into a seven-volume
text. It opens with Swann’s Way
and contains an entire repertoire
of themes: childhood, memory, art,
love, jealousy. The first volume functions
as a cipher for the entire work.
This course will begin with an overview
of Swann’s Way and then read
volume four, Sodom and Gomorrah.
Irina Ruvinsky
See bio under Proust, In Search of
Lost Time, The Guermantes Way.
Course Code LALIKV
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Wednesdays
January 16–March 6
1:30–4 pm
Section 13W2
Fridays
January 18–March 8
1:30–4 pm
Gleacher Center
$350 Early registration ends
January 3
$380 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20

Literary Cityscapes: Paris—La
Vie Moderne
Paris is the intellectual and cultural
capital of the 20th century. Without
Paris, it would be impossible to
imagine the literature, philosophy,
and art of Europe, North America,
and the world. The Enlightenment,
Romanticism, Realism, and finally,
decadence, originated in Paris, and
we will read the finest writers and
poets these movements inspired,
including Laclos, Flaubert, Zola,
Colette, Aragon, and others. Opera,
cinema, and the pictorial arts will
supplement our readings.
Please read Hampton, Dangerous
Liaisons for the first class.
Elisabeth Lenckos
See bio under The Strangeness of
Beauty.
Course Code BPOPLV
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Tuesdays
January 8–March 12
10 am–1:15 pm
Section 13W2
Wednesdays
January 9–March 13
10 am–1:15 pm
Gleacher Center
$415 Early registration ends
January 3
$445 Regular registration
Registration by phone only will open
at 10 am on August 10. Call
773.702.1722.
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 30
Austria: The Fall of the
Habsburgs and Wiener
Moderne
In this interdisciplinary course
we will examine texts, paintings,
and film versions of works from
the waning days of the Habsburg
Empire—what Carl Schorske, in his
seminal work, called “Vienna in the
fin-de-siècle, with its acutely felt
tremors of social and political disintegration.”
We will also examine
roles and perceptions of women,
theories of gender and sexuality, and
social phenomena such as prostitution,
as they figured in Viennese
society. This course will cover works
by Joseph Roth, Arthur Schnitzler,
Robert Musil, as well as artists and
thinkers such as Freud, Mahler,
Richard Strauss, and Klimt.
Amanda Norton
Ms. Norton holds a PhD from the
Department of Germanic Studies at
the University of Chicago, and has
taught German language and literature
at the University of Chicago, at
Williams College, and in Vienna.
Course Code LALIFH
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Wednesdays
January 16–March 6
6–8:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$350 Early registration ends
January 3
$380 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
MUSIC
Autumn 2012
History of the Symphony
This course counts as a Music Genre
course for the Language of Music
Certificate Program.
This course will examine some of
the greatest symphonic works from
the Classical period through the
early 20th century. Joseph Haydn’s
humorous “Surprise Symphony,”
No. 94; Beethoven’s masterwork
Symphony No. 9, and the monumental
“Symphony of a Thousand,”
No. 8 by Gustav Mahler are some of
the iconic works to be studied along
with other outstanding examples of
the genre by Mozart, Schubert ,and
Brahms, as well as the Symphonie
Fantastique by Hector Berlioz. As we
unveil details that make each work
special, we will trace the evolution of
the genre over more than 100 years.
Francy Acosta
Ms. Acosta has a PhD in music from
Case Western Reserve University.
She has extensive experience
conducting and singing in choirs
from Bogotá, Colombia, to Bloomington,
Indiana.
Humanities, Arts, and Sciences
Course Code LAMUHS
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Tuesdays
September 18–November 13 (no
class September 25)
6–8:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$350 Early registration ends
September 6
$380 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
Verdi and Puccini
This course counts as a Focused
Music Study course for the
Language of Music Certificate
Program.
The essential embodiment of Italian
Romantic nationalism, Verdi’s 27
operas form the cornerstone of the
international repertory. Seminal
early works such as Nabucco and
Macbeth as well as epochal mature
masterpieces such as Rigoletto,
Aida, and Othello will be examined.
Generally considered Verdi’s
heir, Puccini possessed an acute,
uncanny theatrical sense. Works
such as Tosca and Turandot are
among the most viscerally effective
stage works in history. Sessions
will include listening, watching (on
DVD), and musical and textural
analysis.
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 Graham School 2005 Excellence
in Teaching Award for the Humanities,
Arts, and Sciences.
Course Code LAMUPC
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Tuesdays
September 18– November 13 (no
class September 25)
10 am–12:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$350 Early registration ends
September 6
$380 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
17

History of the Concerto,
Part 2
This course counts as a Music Genre
course for the Language of Music
Certificate Program.
Changing social conditions of the
Romantic period encouraged the
birth of the solo virtuoso. We will
explore the Romantic concerto and
the emergence of virtuoso solo parts
in the works of Franz Liszt, Robert
Schumann, Felix Mendelssohn,
and Johannes Brahms. We will also
study examples such as Liszt’s E-flat
Piano Concerto, the virtuoso violin
concertos of Mendelssohn and
Paganini. We will conclude with a
study of the 20th century approach
to the virtuoso concerto as seen in
the works of Sergei Prokofiev, Bela
Bartok, and Maurice Ravel.
John Gibbons
See bio under Verdi and Puccini.
Course Code LAMUC2
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Thursdays
September 20–November 8
10 am–12:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$350 Early registration ends
September 6
$380 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
What to Listen for in
Classical Music
One-day seminar
This course is a requirement for the
Language of Music Certificate.
This lively combination of lecture,
analysis, and listening explores the
evolution of Western music from
the Baroque era through the 20th
century. Different parameters such
as harmony, rhythm, and melody are
concisely explained and examined
in representative masterpieces
drawn from eras, genres, and styles,
including the works of Bach, Mozart,
Beethoven, Chopin, and Stravinsky,
among others. Rich historic context
will be provided.
John Gibbons
See bio under Verdi and Puccini.
Course Code LAMULI
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Saturday
November 10 (one-hour lunch
break)
10 am–5 pm
Gleacher Center
$115
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 5
Winter 2013
History of the Concerto
This course counts as a Music Genre
course for the Language of Music
Certificate Program.
Contrasting the virtuosity of the
soloist and the magnificent sound
of an orchestra, the concerto has
been a vital musical form for more
than 400 years. This course will
trace the development of the genre
through the Baroque, Classical and
Romantic eras, with some attention
also paid to the 20th century.
We will analyze and appreciate
concertos by Vivaldi, Bach, Handel,
Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky,
and others.
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 played his
compositions around the world.
Course Code LAMUHC
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Tuesdays
January 15–March 5
10 am–12:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$350 Early registration ends
September 6
$380 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
18 Humanities, Arts, and Sciences
Bach and Handel
This course counts as a Focused
Music Study course for the
Language of Music Certificate
Program.
Exact contemporaries, Johan
Sebastian Bach and George Frederick
Handel (both born in 1685)
represent the pinnacle of Baroque
art. The intensity, poetry, and intellectual
rigor of Bach’s art is represented
by such secular masterpieces
as the “Brandenburg” concertos,
and Bach’s towering spiritual
attainments are represented by the
St. Matthew Passion, selections from
cantatas, and the Mass in B Minor.
Handel’s art, much more ostentatiously
grandiose and yet remarkably
direct and communicative, is
represented by orchestral concertos
and his inimitable oratorios, such
as Messiah and Israel in Egypt.
Taken together, Bach and Handel
offer a fascinating, comprehensive
panorama of an era.
John Gibbons
See bio under Verdi and Puccini.
Course Code LAMUBH
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Thursdays
January 17–March 7
10 am–12:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$350 Early registration ends
September 6
$380 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
The History of the Symphony
in the 19th Century
This course counts as a Music Genre
course for the Language of Music
Certificate Program.
This course examines the transition
from Beethoven to the explosive
renaissance of symphonic composition
in the second generation of
Romanticism. Brahm’s unique
combination of classically conceived
structure with Romantic rhetoric,
Bruckner’s grandiose sublimity,
Mahler’s agonized introspection,
and the egocentric gargantuanism of
Richard Strauss form the framework
of an era that saw the destruction of
European culture and civilization
in the modern era. Works studied
include Beethoven’s third, sixth,
and ninth symphonies, Bruckner’s
seventh and ninth symphonies,

Mahler’s “Wunderhorn” symphonies
and symphonic trilogy, and
Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben.
John Gibbons
See bio under Verdi and Puccini.
Course Code LAMUSN
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Tuesdays
January 15–March 5
10 am–12:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$350 Early registration ends
September 6
$380 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
What to Listen for in Opera
This course counts as a Focused
Music Study course for the
Language of Music Certificate
Program.
This course examines the evolution
of Western opera from the
18th through the 20th century.
Masterpieces of Italian, French,
and German opera will be studied,
and operatic terminology concisely
explained. We will examine
representative masterpieces drawn
from various eras, genres, and
styles, including the works of Verdi,
Puccini, Bizet, Mozart, Wagner,
and others.
Rich historical context will be
provided. This class will be a lively
combination of lecture, analysis,
and listening; works will be critically
analyzed using DVDs, CDs, and
piano illustrations.
John Gibbons
See bio under Verdi and Puccini.
Course Code LAMUWO
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Saturday
March 2
10 am–4 pm (one-hour lunch break)
Gleacher Center
$115
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 5
Three Works that Enlighten
and Inform, Part 2:
Beaumarchais’s The Barber
of Seville and The Marriage
of Figaro
This course counts as a Focused
Music Study course for the
Language of Music Certificate
Program.
Beaumarchais’s bitter satire, sharp
logic, and biting social commentary
are well represented in his two great
comedies, The Barber of Seville and
The Marriage of Figaro. To better
understand how these works influenced
Rossini (Il Barbiere di Siviglia)
and Mozart (Le Nozze di Figaro), we
will use Beaumarchais’s comedies
as a starting point, observing closely
how a librettist and great composer
are able to integrate works of genius.
Most important, time will be spent
understanding why Mozart’s great
opera is referred to as the most
perfect opera in the Western music
tradition.
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 BPOTWB
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Mondays
January 7–March 18 (no class
January 21)
6–9:15 pm
Section 13W2
Wednesdays
January 9–March 13
10 am–1:15 pm
Gleacher Center
$415 Early registration ends
January 3
$445 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 30
Humanities, Arts, and Sciences
ORIENTAL
INSTITUTE
Contact OI Museum Education at
773.702.9507 to register for the
following programs.
Autumn 2012
Medicine and Magic in the
Ancient World: A Search for
the Cure
This series counts as an elective for
the Graham School noncredit
Certificate in Arabic Languages and
Cultures.
Join us for this exciting free miniseries
on ancient medicine sponsored
by the Oriental Institute Volunteer
Program. The four-session series
will feature lectures and discussions
with Oriental Institute faculty
as well as professors from other
departments at the University of
Chicago. Speakers currently include
the following Oriental Institute
professors: Robert D. Biggs,
professor emeritus of Assyriology;
Walter T. Farber, professor of Assyriology;
and Robert Ritner, professor
of Egyptology.
Autumn 2012
Wednesdays
October 10: Robert Ritner
October 17: Christopher Faraone,
Classics Professor
October 24: Walter Farber and
Robert Biggs
Saturday
October 27: panel discussions with
all the speakers
10 am–noon
Oriental Institute
Free, but preregistration through
the Oriental Institute is required
(see below)
Teacher Recertification CPDUs:
2 per session, 10 for the entire series
The final session includes a lecture,
lunch on your own, and a panel
discussion with all the miniseries
speakers. All sessions take place at
the Oriental Institute. This program
is free, but preregistration is
required. Registration deadline is
Wednesday, October 3. To register,
or for more information, contact the
Oriental Institute at 773.702.9507 or
email oi-education@uchicago.edu.
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The Dawn of History: Society
and Culture in Ancient Mesopotamia
Online Course
This course counts as an elective for
the Graham School noncredit
Certificate in Arabic Language and
Cultures.
Mesopotamia—the land between
the rivers, heartland of cities, cradle
of civilization. Along the banks of
the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
the world’s first cities developed,
writing was invented, and a series
of powerful empires flourished and
died. This eight–week, online course
provides an accessible introduction
to the archaeology and history
of Mesopotamia—the region that
includes modern-day Iraq and Syria.
Through in-depth online tutorials,
readings, and web-based discussions,
students will learn about
the economy, politics, religion, and
social life of one of the world’s great
early civilizations.
Kate Grossman
Ms. Grossman is a PhD candidate in
Mesopotamian archaeology in the
University of Chicago’s Department
of Near Eastern Languages and
Civilizations. She has excavated in
Syria, Egypt, and Cyprus.
Monday, October 15–Sunday,
December 9
Online
$295 for Oriental Institute members
$345 for non-members
Recertification CPDUs: 16
This asynchronous eight-week
online course will begin on Monday,
October 15, and continue through
Sunday, December 9, 2012.
Preregistration is required. The
registration deadline is Friday,
September 28. Course participants
must have a reliable Internet
connection, a technical facility
with computers and downloading
software, as well as the ability to
navigate the Internet as a learning
tool. To register or to learn more
about this online opportunity
and its technical requirements,
please contact the Oriental Public
Education Office at 773.702.9507 or
oi-education@uchicago.edu.
Winter 2013
Real or Imagined: The Role
of Gender in the Ancient
Middle East
This course counts as an elective for
the Graham School noncredit
Certificate in Arabic Language and
Cultures.
What are the origins of patriarchy?
What were the real and imagined
limits of gender identity in the
lives of ancient men, women, and
children? How have modern scholars
revealed, repressed, or misused
historical evidence related to sex and
gender? Investigate these and other
questions to discover how sex and
gender identities were created, crystallized,
and communicated, and
how these developments shed light
not only on ancient times, but on our
modern day as well. Examine theories
exploring gender identity and
see how these theories relate to the
historical and archeological traditions
of the ancient Middle East.
Malayna Evans Williams
Ms. Evans Williams earned her
PhD in Near Eastern languages and
civilizations from the University
of Chicago, specializing in ancient
Egyptian history, and has an MA
in ancient history of the Mediterranean
world from the University of
Illinois at Chicago.
Course Code LAOIRI
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Thursdays
January 17–February 7
7–9 pm
Oriental Institute
$130 for Oriental Institute members;
$165 for non-members
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 8
Preregistration required.
This course will meet at the Oriental
Institute, 1155 E. 58th Street,
Chicago, IL 60637.
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The Art and Architecture of
Ancient Egypt
Online Course
This course counts as an elective for
the Graham School noncredit
certificate in Arabic Language and
Cultures.
The beauty and distinctiveness of
ancient Egyptian art and architecture
are among this great civilization’s
most lasting legacies. Join
us for an eight-week online course
that provides an introduction to the
history and development of ancient
Egyptian art and architecture over
a time span of 4,000 years. Use
in-depth online tutorials, readings,
and online discussions to explore
a wide range of resources—from
royal monuments to private art. We
will investigate iconography, style,
materials, and techniques within
the broader context of their cultural
significance in ancient Egyptian
society.
Megaera Lorenz
Ms. Lorenz is a PhD candidate in
Egyptology at the University of
Chicago. She has excavated in Egypt
and Sudan and has taught classes
about ancient Egyptian language
and history at the University of
Chicago and Loyola University,
Chicago.
Online
$295 for Oriental Institute members,
$345 for non-members
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 16
This asynchronous eight-week
online course will begin on Sunday,
January 13, 2013, and continue
through Sunday, March 10, 2013.
Preregistration is required. The
registration deadline is Friday,
January 4, 2013. Course participants
must have a reliable Internet
connection, a technical facility
with computers and downloading
software, as well as the ability to
navigate the Internet as a learning
tool. To register or to learn more
about this online opportunity
and its technical requirements,
please contact the Oriental Public
Education Office at 773.702.9507 or
oi-education@uchicago.edu.

PHILOSOPHY
Autumn 2012
History of Modern Philosophy
This course explores the development
of early modern philosophy,
from Hobbes through Kant. We will
construct a nuanced understanding
of the main currents of European
thought during the Enlightenment,
beginning with Hobbes and
Locke, continuing through Rousseau,
and touching on Hume before
concluding with Kant. We will
examine the arguments of each
philosopher concerting the nature
of reality and of human nature, and
will also spend time understanding
the split between empiricists and
rationalists.
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 LAPHOP
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Mondays
September 24–November 12
10 am–12:30 pm
Section 12A2
Wednesdays
September 26–November 14
6–8:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$350 Early registration ends
September 6
$380 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 5
Winter 2013
History of Continental
Philosophy
Arguably the most important
intellectual tradition of the past
200 years, Continental Philosophy
departed from the Enlightenment
conviction that the natural sciences
can adequately capture the range of
human experience. This course will
provide an overview of important
philosophers in the 19th and 20th
centuries, including Nietzsche,
Husserl, and Heidegger. We will
also engage in a close reading of
Paul Ricoeur’s monumental work,
Memory, History, Forgetting,
paying particular attention to: the
meaning and sense of memory and
the problem of recollection, and the
problem of history as it relates to
theories of knowledge.
Adrian Guiu
See bio under History of Modern
Philosophy.
Course Code LAPHCP
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Mondays
January 14–March 11 (no class
January 21)
10 am–12:30 pm
Section 13W2
Wednesdays
January 16–March 6
6–8:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$350 Early registration ends
January 3
$380 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
Humanities, Arts, and Sciences
Plato’s Myths
Plato sparks questions: What are
the origins of the myths in the
dialogues? How do they fit within
the Socratic pursuit of knowledge?
What is their function in the
dialogue’s dramatic structure? How
does this philosophical mythology
compare to other ancient accounts
of gods and heroes? This course
will acquaint you with the existing
answers and speculations on these
questions, and our class discussions
will scrutinize the myths in eight
Platonic dialogues, including the
eschatological myths in Gorgias,
Republic, and Phaedo, as well as the
myth of the nature of the soul in
Phaedrus and the myths of Eros in
Symposium.
Katia Mitova
See bio under Three Great Novels.
Course Code BPOPLM
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Wednesdays
January 9–March 6
6–9:15 pm
Gleacher Center
$415 Early registration ends
January 3
$445 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 30
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RELIGIOUS
STUDIES
See also Asian Classics.
Winter 2013
Islam in America through
Literature
A Divinity School/Graham School
Collaboration
The media in the United States
often portray Islam as an absolutist,
puritanical, and monolithic “civilization.”
The aim of this course is to
give students a tour through the rich
field of Muslim-American literature,
including novels, poems and theater,
and at the same time challenge
participants to confront the stereotypes
of popular portrayals of Islam
in the 21st-century United States.
The history of Islam in America,
as seen through the literature and
art of Muslim-American cultures,
will allow us to rethink Islam, not
as a monolith, but as a diverse and
contested tradition.
Alexander Rocklin
Alex Rocklin is a PhD candidate
in the history of religions at the
University of Chicago. He studies
the South Asian diaspora in the
Caribbean, and spent last year on a
Mellon Foundation research fellowship
in Trinidad and the United
Kingdom.
Course Code LARSIA
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Mondays
January 14–March 4 (no class
January 21)
10 am–12:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$350 Early registration ends
January 3
$380 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
Jewish Migration and
Displacement, 1881–1945
A Chicago Jewish Studies/Graham
School Collaboration
Between 1881 and 1945, the demographic
character and geographic
distribution of the Jewish community
changed in dramatic ways.
Millions of East European Jews left
their homes to seek their fortunes
elsewhere. In this history course, we
will explore the Jewish migration
experience by examining migrants’
letters and personal accounts. What
compelled people to leave their
homes? How did they choose their
destinations? What challenges did
they face during their journey?
How did they adapt to their new
environments? How did they create
new communities? Moreover, we
will think about what makes this a
particularly Jewish story.
Natalie Belsky
Ms. Belsky is a PhD candidate in the
history department at the University
of Chicago. Her specialization
is in Soviet Jewish history, and she
is working on a dissertation project
examining the evacuee experience
in the Soviet Union during World
War II.
Course Code LARSJM
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Mondays
January 14–March 4 (no class
January 21)
6–8:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$350 Early registration ends
January 3
$380 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
See Environmental Studies.
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CIVIC
KNOWLEDGE
23 PROJECT
The Civic Knowledge Project is the
community connections branch
of the Humanities Division at the
University of Chicago—see
civicknowledge.uchicago.edu for
more information.
Autumn 2012
New course!
Progressive Conversations
with Food, Art, and the
Humanities on the South Side
of Chicago
Half-day bus tour
Erika Dudley and Joanie Friedman
are passionate about art, food, and
the South Side. Highlighting off-thebeaten
path arts organizations and
unique foods that complement the
day’s journey, they have crafted a
progressive tour—you will eat your
way through the South Side arts and
humanities communities. The cost
of tuition includes breakfast, lunch,
dinner, and dessert, each hosted at
a different cultural gem. Join us and
enjoy two unforgettable Saturdays
discovering history, philosophy,
art, and food from cultural leaders
throughout Chicago’s diverse South
Side. Feast your eyes, feast your
mind, and just feast!
Erika Dudley and Joanie Friedman
Erika Dudley is the senior program
manager of the CKP’s Odyssey
Project, professional chef, and
former community organizer.
Most recently, Ms. Dudley has
collaborated on a series of projects
with artist Theaster Gates
and Dorchester Projects. Joanie
Friedman is the senior program
manager of the CKP’s Southside
Arts & Humanities Network, a
teaching artist, and community arts
organizer. She worked for six
years with the Redmoon Theater
running Dramagirls, a community
arts program.
Course Code LAHSSC
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Saturdays
October 6 (9 am–2 pm )
and October 13 (12:30–7 pm)
Hyde Park
$165 Early registration ends
September 6
$185 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 8
The tour will leave promptly at 1 pm
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.
Civic Knowledge Project
Poverty, Promise, and
Possibility—A University of
Chicago Convening
on Poverty and How to
Combat It
A collaboration between the
University of Chicago Office of Civic
Engagement, Graham School of
Continuing Liberal and Professional
Studies, Urban Education Institute,
School of Social Service
Administration, Neighborhood
Schools Program, Civic Knowledge
Project, and many participating
community organizations
This 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. For
updates on our events and activities,
including our schedule of free public
discussions, please visit: povertyinitiative.uchicago.edu.
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The 2012–13 program will include
the following public discussions and
courses:
THE AKARAMA
GREAT
CONVERSATIONS
SERIES:
SOCIAL JUSTICE,
LOCAL POVERTY,
AND GLOBAL
POVERTY
The South Side version of our
popular Great Conversations
series has a new theme! Starting in
2012–13, we will be rolling together
the Poverty, Promise, and Possibility
initiative and the South Side
Great Conversations to feature some
outstanding African-American
public intellectuals expressly
concerned with urgent issues of
social justice and global poverty.
Come get to know these remarkable
individuals in an intimate conversational
setting at the AKArama
Foundation. On select Wednesday
evenings, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm, the
Graham School and Civic Knowledge
Project will demonstrate that
the Woodlawn neighborhood is one
vibrant intellectual community.
We hope that you will join us for the
conversation!
For the winter lecture series, please
visit grahamschool.uchicago.edu/
php/ckp.
Course Code LAHAKA
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
$25
Three-lecture series
September 19, October 3, and
November 7
5:30–7:30 pm
AKArama Foundation, 6220-28
South Ingleside, Chicago
$10 per lecture, $25 for the threelecture
series
Doriane Miller on Disparities
in Health Care in the African-
American Community
Dr. Miller holds an MD from the
University of Chicago Pritzker
School of Medicine, and is associate
professor of medicine in the Department
of Medicine and the director
of the Center for Community Health
and Vitality at the University of
Chicago Medical Center. Under
her leadership, physicians, educators,
and community members
work to improve population health
outcomes for residents on the South
Side of Chicago through community-engaged
research, demonstration,
and service models.
Section 12A2
Individual lecture on Wednesday
September 19
5:30–7:30 pm
$10
Lori Baptista on Social
Justice and Food Justice
Ms. Barcliff Baptista holds a PhD
from Northwestern University
(performance studies) and is the
director of the African American
Cultural Center at the University
of Illinois at Chicago. Some of her
recent research has concerned
urban agriculture movements in
Chicago’s Roseland community,
and she has also been working (with
Candice Eloby) on a video documentary
about the civil rights leader
Bayard Rustin.
Section 12A3
Individual lecture on Wednesday
October 3
5:30–7:30 pm
$10
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The Civic Knowledge Project
on the “Right to the City”:
Local v. Global Perspectives
on Community, Social
Justice, and Poverty
The Civic Knowledge Project
(CKP) is the community connections
branch of the Division of the
Humanities at the University of
Chicago. The CKP’s mission is to
develop and strengthen community
connections through top quality,
humanities-based educational
programming, helping to overcome
the social, economic, and racial divisions
among the various knowledge
communities on the South Side
of Chicago. The leadership of the
CKP has set a new standard for the
creative rethinking of the meaning
of “civic engagement” and the roles
that urban universities and communities
can play in advancing a social
justice agenda.
Section 12A4
Individual lecture on Wednesday
November 7
5:30–7:30 pm
$10

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.
Autumn 2012
Poverty and Promise in
Chicago
This urban sociology and public
policy course will examine urban
poverty in Chicago in the context
of the city’s rich social history and
recent economic transformation.
We will consider both promising
efforts—on the model of the Harlem
Children’s Zone, a widely admired
antipoverty initiative in New York
City—to address concentrated
poverty and the barriers to such
initiatives, with particular attention
to social isolation, gangs, and public
schools.
Chad Broughton
Mr. Broughton is senior lecturer
in public policy studies and faculty
director of Chicago studies at the
University of Chicago. His research
seeks to identify areas in Chicago
that could become “Promise
Neighborhoods” on the model of the
Harlem Children’s Zone.
Course Code LAHPPP
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Saturdays
September 8–October 6
10 am–12 pm
Hyde Park
$165 Early registration ends
September 6
$185 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 8
Winter 2013
Poverty and Education in
Chicago
This course looks at the intersection
of poverty and education. We will
begin with a consideration of the
history of school reform in Chicago,
exploring the relationship between
poverty, education and student
outcomes. We will then focus on
Chicago school reform policies and
initiatives, highlighting work from
the Urban Education Institute,
including research on Chicago
Public Schools, models of increasing
the quality of urban teachers, and
innovative approaches to schooling.
The strengths and shortcomings of
current school reform policies will
be considered, with an emphasis on
understanding the process of policymaking
and the complexity of the
change implied in reform policy.
Sara Stoelinga
Ms. Stoelinga is senior research
analyst at the Consortium on
Chicago School Research at the
Urban Education Institute at the
University of Chicago.
Course Code LAHPPP
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Thursdays
January 10–March 7
4–6 pm
Hyde Park
$285 Early registration ends
January 3
$310 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 18
Civic Knowledge Project
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WRITING AND
SPEAKING
FOR BUSINESS
AND THE
26 PROFESSIONS
Effective Writing for Business
and the Professions
In the workplace, writing succeeds
when it is simultaneously 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 ideas 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.
Linda Smith and Tracy Weiner
Ms. Smith is assistant director and
Ms. Weiner is co-associate director
of the University Writing Program
at the University of Chicago, where
they teach academic and professional
writing and supervise and
train a staff of writing instructors
in the humanities and professional
schools.
Course Code WSEWBP
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Wednesdays
September 19–November 14 (no
class September 26)
5:30–8 pm
Gleacher Center
$585
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
Persuasive Communication:
Business and Professional
Speaking
Clear communication is essential,
the vehicle by which we coordinate
activities and accomplish goals.
This course is designed to enhance
public communication skills. After
an assessment you will receive 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
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Tuesdays
September 18–November 13 (no
class September 25)
5:30–8 pm
Gleacher Center
$585
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
26 Writing and Speaking for Business
Communication Skills 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
course will provide guided practice
in these areas, as well as employing
appropriate vocabulary, speaking
clearly, and listening effectively. All
students will receive an assessment
of their specific difficulties and
suggestions for remedying them.
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
Language Institute at the University
of Chicago’s International House.
Course Code WSEECS
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Wednesdays
September 19-October 17 (no class
September 26)
6:30-9 pm
Gleacher Center
$295
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 10

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.
Kathleen Maguire and
Pamela Lavigne
See bio for Ms. Maguire under
Communication Skills for Nonnative
English Speakers.
Ms. Lavigne has taught English as
a second language to adult international
students and scholars at many
schools and non-governmental
organizations, most recently
at Santa Barbara City College
Continuing Education Department.
She also has extensive experience as
a writer and editor at the University
of Minnesota, where she earned
several national awards.
Course Code WSEEWW
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Saturday
November 17
9 am–4 pm (one-hour lunch break)
Gleacher Center
$175
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 6
Writing and Speaking for Business
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WRITING AND SPEAKING
FOR BUSINESS AND
28 THE PROFESSIONS
WRITER’S
28 STUDIO
TAKE YOUR
DREAMS AS A
WRITER FROM
FICTION TO
NONFICTION
The Writer’s Studio now offers
more options than ever for writers
at all levels. The vital constant
is our commitment to academic
excellence:
Personalized attention from
high-quality instructors
Inspiring interaction with other
serious writers
Learning opportunities designed for
adult students
Convenient downtown location
Our students have gone on to
publish books, stories, poems, essays,
and articles; win awards for their
writing; gain admission to highly
competitive MFA programs, conferences,
and residencies; and, most
importantly, become the writers
they have always wanted to be.
Your writing matters. Get to
work on it.
THE WRITER’S
STUDIO HAS
TWO TYPES OF
COURSES
Open courses, listed in this catalog,
do not have an admission process.
You can take courses whenever you
like, on whatever topic interests
you. Course listings for the entire
2012–13 academic year can be found
at grahamschool.uchicago.edu/
writersstudio.
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Certificate courses are not listed
in this catalog. The Certificate in
Creative Writing program is by
admission only, for students at the
intermediate to advanced level who
have committed to two years of
part-time study, during which they
develop a substantial body of work
in a particular genre. The application
deadlines for 2012–13 are:
August 1, 2012 to start in
autumn 2012
December 3, 2012 to start in
winter 2013
March 1, 2013 to start in spring 2013
More information about the
certificate program, including how
to apply, can be found at grahamschool.uchicago.edu/php/creativewriting.
LEARN MORE
ABOUT
THE WRITER’S
STUDIO
Writer’s Studio Open House
Celebrate with our 2012 student
prizewinners when they read from
their work. Stay afterward to talk
with students and instructors, and
learn more about our open courses.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
6–7:30 pm
Downtown
The University of Chicago
Gleacher Center
450 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive
Chicago, IL 60611
Writer’s Studio
CERTIFICATE IN
CREATIVE
WRITING
INFORMATION
SESSIONS
Meet instructors and learn about
program requirements, admissions,
and more.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Monday, February 4, 2013
6–7:30 pm
Downtown
The University of Chicago
Gleacher Center
450 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive
Chicago, IL 60611
To RSVP for any of these events,
visit grahamschool.uchicago.edu/
writersstudio or call 773.702.6033.
ONLINE AND
ONE-ON-ONE
INSTRUCTION
Can’t make it to the Gleacher Center
for class this term, but have a workin-progress
and looking for feedback
on it? No problem! Sign up for one
of our Online Workshop Groups, or
get one-on-one instruction through
Manuscript Consultation.
For more information, visit grahamschool.uchicago.edu/writersstudio.
Questions?
Need advice about course placement,
want to request a prerequisite
waiver, or have other concerns?
Contact Stephanie Friedman,
program director, at 773.702.5012
or sfriedmn@uchicago.edu.

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.
Scott Onak
Mr. Onak’s fiction has appeared
in Mid-American Review and
Quick Fiction. He has an MFA in
creative writing from the
University of Idaho.
Course Code WSBACW
Gleacher Center
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Mondays
September 24–November 12
6–8:30 pm
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Tuesdays
January 15–March 5
6–8:30 pm
$550 Early registration ends
September 6 for Autumn, January 3
for Winter
$575 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
What’s a Writing Practice
and How Do I Get One?
Many of us want to write, love to
write, intend to write x but so many
of us struggle to create a “writing
practice”—a reliable discipline
and structure that will support
our growth as writers. This class
will help you jumpstart, maintain,
and enrich just such a practice. We
will read essays and do a variety
of cross-genre writing exercises,
exploring ways of generating and
improving our writing. We will also
look to other creative disciplines to
borrow methods. Each student will
complete the course having created
their own “writing primer”— a
how-to that will sustain them
moving forward.
Alice George
Ms. George’s publications include
the poetry collection This Must
Be the Place. She received the 2011
Paladin Award for “extraordinary
long-term contributions to the
quality and progress of poetry in
Illinois” from the editors of RHINO.
Course Code WSWWHD
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Wednesdays
September 19–November 14 (no
class September 26)
6:30–9 pm
Gleacher Center
$550 Early registration ends
September 6
$575 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
The Power of Intention
A story’s intent can serve as a
compass, a way to guide the writer
(and reader). But every story presents
a conundrum: you can’t really
know what a piece of writing is
about until you write it, but to write
it, you need some idea of what it’s
about. We will examine the various
ways that writers use intent to shape
and focus seemingly vast, unwieldy
material, and why a successful focus
actually shifts and changes. Then,
turning to our own writing, we
will explore how to find and clarify
focus and avoid the pitfalls that can
misdirect us.
Writer’s Studio
Lauren Cowen
Ms. Cowen is the author of three
bestselling essay collections and
a host of articles and features in
publications such as the Philadelphia
Inquirer and Chicago Magazine. Her
work has also been featured on NPR.
Course Code WSTPOI
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Saturday
November 17
10 am–4 pm (one-hour lunch break)
Gleacher Center
$175
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 5
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 building
blocks in our own work. We will also
spend about a third of our class time
discussing drafts of each other’s
short stories in a workshop format.
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.
Course Code WSFWES
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Wednesdays
September 19–November 14 (no
class September 26)
6:30–9 pm
Gleacher Center
$550 Early registration ends
September 6
$575 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
Writing the Novel: Getting
Started
Gain the skills and insight you need
to make a strong start on your novel
and keep going. Through a series of
generative exercises and practices
designed to help you get the necessary
words on the page, you will
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learn to identify the most promising
and compelling characters, relationships,
plot-points, and language,
and how to build on these strengths
as you move forward. We will also
discuss work habits, how to prepare
yourself to undertake a large writing
project, and how to maintain your
confidence so that you can make
your dreamed-of novel a reality.
Benjamin Lytal
Mr. Lytal’s novel, The City I Wanted,
is due to be published by Penguin
Books in spring 2013. He is a former
editorial assistant for The New
Yorker.
Course Code WSWNGS
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Thursdays
September 20–November 8
6–8:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$550 Early registration ends
September 6
$575 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
Publishing Your Book for
Children and Young Adults
Thanks to the success of Harry
Potter, a growing young adult population,
and the crossing of borders
between adult and children’s
literature, today’s ever-changing
children’s book world offers writers
surprising publishing opportunities
to tell their stories. If you are
thinking about writing a children’s
book, either fiction or nonfiction,
this seminar will ground you and
point you in the right direction.
Bring a proposal, or an idea, a
character description, a synopsis, or
even a first chapter to help determine
your story’s format possibilities,
audience, and marketability
in today’s diverse children’s book
world.
Esther Hershenhorn
Ms. Hershenhorn serves on the
board of advisors of the Society of
Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
Her publications include
Chicken Soup by Heart (winner of
the Sydney Taylor Award) and The
Confe$$ion$ and $ecret$ of Howard
J. Fingerhut.
Course Code WSPCBK
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Thursday
November 15
6–9 pm
Gleacher Center
$85
30 Writer’s Studio
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 3
Intermediate Fiction Writing:
Developing Your Story
Prerequisite: Fiction Writing
Essentials or consent of program
director
Learn how to develop and polish
your stories, so that you can bring
out their unique qualities and
captivate your reader. Most of our
time will be spent discussing your
work, helping you make your stories
the best they can be. We will also
explore various techniques for
revision, as well as new themes and
perspectives through our discussion
of published stories. Please email
writersstudio@uchicago.edu for
the reading assignment for the first
class.
Cecilia Pinto
Ms. Pinto has had her poetry and
prose published in a variety of
journals, including Quarter After
Eight, Fence, The Seneca Review,
Triquarterly, and RHINO. She has
been nominated for a Pushcart Prize
for poetry and has won the Esquire
short fiction contest. She is a 2009
CAAP grant recipient.
Course Code WSIFWR
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Wednesdays
January 16–March 6
6–8:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$550 Early registration ends
January 3
$575 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
Writing the Novel: Building
Scenes
Every story moves, but rarely at a
consistent, steady pace. Some material
is best summarized while other
points demand to be shown in a
scene: a balance of dialogue, action,
and description. This workshopbased
course will explore scenes as
a gateway to narrative, training our
eyes to find the best departure and
return points and the best ways to
integrate information into action,
and our ears for the rhythms of
dialogue. Using scenes as our lens
will help us bring characterization,
pacing, and other aspects of
our work into focus as we further
develop our novels-in-progress.
Benjamin Lytal
See bio under Writing the Novel:
Getting Started.
Course Code WSWNBS
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Thursdays
January 17–March 7
6–8:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$550 Early registration ends
January 3
$575 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
Flash Fiction
A story doesn’t need to be long to
have a lasting effect. In this course,
we will explore the world of flash
fiction, tiny stories that can break
our hearts, make us laugh, and leave
us to pause and wonder—all within
1,000 words and often fewer. We will
read samples of the best flash fiction,
practice the elements that make
them successful, and try our hands
at telling these concentrated tales.
We will workshop and revise our
stories, and also talk about places to
publish them.
Scott Onak
See bio under Basic Creative
Writing.
Course Code WSFWFF
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Thursdays
January 17–February 7
6–8:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$260 Early registration ends
January 3
$285 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 10

Experimental Fiction
An introduction to a range of
experimental approaches for generating
and structuring material,
this course questions the constant
tension between form and content.
The techniques we will consider
and explore will clarify the uses
and implications of fiction’s many
assumed conventions. Topics will
include the formal systems of
Oulipo, the meta-fictions of Borges,
flash-fiction versus prose poetry,
the mystical flights of the Beats,
and contemporary resistance to
classification as exemplified by
Shields and Markson. Daring and
open-mindedness are required.
Students should expect to surprise
themselves with the work they will
write in this course.
Tim Kinsella
Mr. Kinsella is the author of The
Karaoke Singer’s Guide to Self-
Defense (Featherproof Books, 2011)
and the maker of much genretroubling
music with his band Joan
of Arc.
Course Code WSFWEF
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Thursdays
February 14–March 7
6–8:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$260 Early registration ends
January 3
$285 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 10
Writing Novels for Children
and Young Adults
Begin the process of crafting an
early chapter book or a middle
grade or young adult novel for
young readers. Suggested readings
will highlight the structure
and demands of the various format
possibilities. Writing exercises
and workshop discussions will
focus on the writing process,
elements of narrative, revision,
and a story’s marketability, with
special emphasis on the connection
between plot and character.
The workshop will keep writers on
their respective plot lines, offering
measured assignments, projectrelated
goals, models to study,
suggestions, and encouragement.
Particular needs will be assessed
and determined in the first session
and addressed in the remaining
weeks.
Esther Hershenhorn
See bio under Publishing Your Book
for Children and Young Adults.
Course Code WSWNCY
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Tuesdays
January 15–March 5
6–8:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$550 Early registration ends
January 3
$575 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
NONFICTION
Introduction to Creative
Nonfiction
This course will introduce you to
the art of writing creative nonfiction,
a wonderfully flexible and
diverse genre. Try your hand at
writing literary journalism, memoir,
and the personal essay. We will
study the intricacies of craft, with
special emphasis on the importance
of narrative voice and the myriad
ways creative nonfiction can be
structured. You will read the work of
master practitioners, write in-class
and take-home exercises, and
produce one complete essay that will
be discussed in a workshop setting.
Paula W. Peterson
Ms. Peterson is the author of Women
in the Grove (short stories) and Penitent,
with Roses (memoir), winner of
the Katherine Nason Bakeless Prize
for Nonfiction. She received the
Graham School 2010 Excellence in
Teaching Award for the Humanities,
Arts, and Sciences.
Course Code WSINCN
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Tuesdays
September 18–November 13
6–8:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$550 Early registration ends
September 6
$575 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
Writer’s Studio
Memoir Writing
In this introductory course, we will
explore the art and craft of writing
memoir. Students will draw upon
their life experiences to create
works that will explore both individual
lives and the human condition.
In-class writing exercises will
be aimed at beginning larger pieces
of writing. In a workshop format
led by the instructor, students will
critique the more finished work of
their peers. We will also read and
discuss works by contemporary
memoirists as we explore the limits
and possibilities of this burgeoning
form of creative nonfiction.
Dina Elenbogen
Ms. Elenbogen has been nominated
for a Pushcart Prize in poetry and
has won two Illinois Arts Council
Fellowships in creative nonfiction.
Her publications include a poetry
collection, Apples of the Earth, and
poems, essays, and short stories in
many journals and anthologies.
Course Code WSMMWR
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Mondays
September 24–November 12
10 am–12:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$550 Early registration ends
September 6
$575 Regular registration
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Wednesdays
January 16–March 6
6–8:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$550 Early registration ends
January 3
$575 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
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Intermediate Memoir Writing
Prerequisite: Memoir Writing or
consent of program director
In this course we will continue our
exploration of the art and craft of
memoir writing. We will begin new
pieces of writing, deepen works-inprogress,
and experiment with form.
In a workshop format, your worksin-progress
will be critiqued by your
instructor and classmates. We will
discuss both essay and book-length
memoirs by established writers, as
well as the ethical, artistic, and societal
issues surrounding this genre.
Dina Elenbogen
See bio under Memoir Writing.
Course Code WSMMIM
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Mondays
January 14–March 11 (no class
January 21)
10 am–12:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$550 Early registration ends
January 3
$575 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
The Art of Travel Writing
Travel writing is more about journeys
than destinations. The trip
may be to an exotic land or to a close
but unfamiliar place; it is almost
always a journey of self-discovery.
Travel writing stretches your power
of observation and perception, as
you search for the language to help
others see, hear, and smell what
you have experienced. Explore
this genre as you write about your
own experiences and discover
the different cultures and ethnic
communities closer to home, and as
you consider great examples ranging
from Pico Iyer and Frances Mayes to
Charles Dickens and Marco Polo.
Timothy J. McNulty
Mr. McNulty is a former public
editor, foreign correspondent, and
Washington correspondent for the
Chicago Tribune. He has won the
Tribune’s Beck Award three times,
and shared the Robert F. Kennedy
Journalism Award and the Sidney
Hillman Foundation Award.
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Course Code WSTRWR
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Mondays
January 14–March 11 (no class
January 21)
6–8:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$550 Early registration ends
January 3
$575 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20
DRAMA
Hitting it Hollywood:
Keeping the Reader Reading
Hollywood readers put scripts down
fast if they don’t hit key points that
draw them in, pay them off, and keep
them reading. In this workshop
writers will measure their new and
continuing screenplays against
Hollywood standards for idea, character,
structure, tension, intensity,
catharsis, scenes, and dialogue.
Writers should come to class having
read two designated screenplays
available on the Internet and be
prepared to read, critique, and
support each others’ work.
Susan Hubbard
Ms. Hubbard is an award-winning
screenwriter whose work has
screened at home and abroad. She
cowrote Realization, a produced
feature film, and has experience
pitching to Hollywood executives in
L.A. She holds an MFA in film and
video from Columbia College.
Course Code WSHHRR
Autumn 2012
Section 12A1
Saturdays
September 22–November 10
10 am – 12:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$550 Early registration ends
September 6
$575 Regular registration
Screenwriting: The First Draft
Shape and refine your screenplay
ideas through the lens of writing
for film, discovering and applying
how and why it is different from
other forms of creative writing.
Develop your story ideas through
an exploration of the foundations of
film writing—genre, audience, story
and character development, threeact
structure, plot points, and scene
construction—and leave the class
with a more fully realized script for a
movie destined for the silver screen.
Participants should come to class
having read two designated screenplays
available on the Internet and
be prepared to read, critique, and
support each other’s work.
Susan Hubbard
See bio under Hitting It Hollywood:
Keeping the Reader Reading.
Course Code WSSCWR
Winter 2013
Section 13W1
Saturdays
January 19–March 9
10 am–12:30 pm
Gleacher Center
$550 Early registration ends
January 3
$575 Regular registration
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 20

33 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 provocative
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 grahamschool.uchicago.edu/travelstudy
for
updates.
TO REGISTER
For a complete itinerary, and to
download a travel registration form,
please visit our website at grahamschool.uchicago.edu/travelstudy.
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.
Travel Study
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.
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Berlin: The Capital of the
20th Century
Course Code TSBERL
September 30–October 7, 2012
Sold out! Contact us to be added to
the wait list.
Berlin is not your typical European
tourist destination, but this is not
your typical tour. Berlin was the
stage upon which the drama of
the turbulent 20th century played
out. In the 1920s, Berlin defined
what it meant to be modern: it
was the intellectual fulcrum of a
liberal republic and a glamorous
café society. But that republic was
unstable, and soon a fascist government
destroyed this atmosphere
of tolerance and many of the great
works of art and literature created
by its talented freethinkers. After
1945, the bombed-out city became
a frontline of the Cold War, but
with the fall of the Wall in 1989,
Berlin began a new era as a center
of creativity. Berlin’s fascinating
and turbulent past make it the
perfect place to study 20th-century
modernity, but the city’s recent
stunning transformations make it
the most interesting city in Europe
today. Join us for a cultural, literary
journey through the many layers of
this great metropolis.
Tuition
$3,095 per person, double
occupancy. Single room supplement:
$300. Tuition includes daily
breakfast in hotel, some lunches and
dinners, all course materials, public
transportation pass, and several
museum admissions. Airfare to and
from Berlin is not included.
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A Fortnight in Oxford
Course Code TSOXFN
June 9–22, 2013
Oxford in early June—the lush
college gardens are at their most
inviting, classes are still in session,
and life fills the quadrangles. For
over a decade, 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.
Each year’s program in Oxford
offers a choice between two courses,
announced in August. In addition,
we will travel to Stratford-upon-
Avon for an exemplary performance
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.
Tuition
Final tuition to be determined. Price
does not include airfare or ground
transportation to and from Oxford.
Tour Leader
David Bevington is the Phyllis
Fay Horton Distinguished Service
Professor Emeritus in the Humanities
at the University of Chicago,
where he has taught since 1967. A
renowned scholar of medieval and
Renaissance drama, he is author
of From “Mankind” to Marlowe,
Tudor Drama and Politics, Action is
Eloquence: Shakespeare’s Language
of Gesture, and Shakespeare. He has
edited several editions of Shakespeare’s
plays as well as the Norton
Anthology of Renaissance Drama and
a forthcoming edition of the works
of Ben Jonson.
Please note that this program fills
quickly. We recommend prompt
registration for those interested in
participating. To receive a program
brochure, call 773.702.1730.
Vienna and Budapest: Dream
and Reality
Course Code: TSVBDR
Spring, 2013
April 14–22, 2013
Come explore the culture, history,
and mythology of the last days of the
Austro-Hungarian Empire, whose
legacy is tangible still today. Tour
the cities of Freud, Klimt, Schnitzler,
and Mahler. We will stroll the
streets of Vienna, whose roots go
back to Roman days, and experience
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.
Program Highlights include:
Accommodations in four-star,
centrally located hotels
Breakfast buffet in hotel each
morning and several additional
group meals
Public transit passes
Seminar-style discussions on select
Austro-Hungarian cultural
landmarks
Daily sightseeing of important
historical and cultural sites and
museums

Excursion to Vienna Woods wine
region of Lower Austria
Select evening cultural
performances
Tuition
$3,295 per person, double
occupancy. Single room supplement:
$300. Tuition includes first-class rail
between Vienna and Budapest.
Transatlantic airfare not included.
Tour Leader
Cary Nathenson is associate dean
for Humanities, Arts, and Sciences
and Summer Session at the University
of Chicago Graham School of
Continuing Liberal and Professional
Studies. 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
with a dissertation on the Austrian
writer Joseph Roth.
War and Memory in France
Course Code TSFNPS
June 23–30, 2013
Course content will be forthcoming
on website.
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 at
Boston College. 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 will
include:
Accommodations at a four-star
hotel
Breakfast each day, a welcome
dinner, several lunches
Public transportation pass
Tour course packet with readings
and background information
Daily seminars and discussion
sessions
Transportation to and from the
selected historical sites and
landmarks outside of Paris
Daily walking tour of Parisian
neighborhoods, historical
landmarks, and cultural sites
Fees
Final tuition to be determined. Price
does not include airfare or ground
transportation to and from the hotel
in Paris.
For more updated information
about our current programs, please
visit the Travel-Study webpage
at grahamschool.uchicago.edu/
php/tsp/current-offerings.php, call
773.702.1723, or email dabuzato@
uchicago.edu.
Travel Study
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36 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.
36 Asian Classics
THE PROGRAM
The program is composed of core
and elective courses. Participants
earn a University of Chicago
Graham School certificate upon
completion of 12 courses (285 course
hours), including at least 9 core
courses (225 course hours). Courses
completed prior to autumn 2011
count as core courses.
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.
NOT INTERESTED
IN PURSUING THE
CERTIFICATE?
Each course in the program may
also be taken individually.
LEARN MORE
ABOUT THE
ASIAN CLASSICS
PROGRAM
Join us at an information session.
Downtown
The University of Chicago
Gleacher Center
450 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive
Chicago, IL 60611
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
10 am and 6 pm
Thursday, December 6, 2012
10 am and 6 pm
Wednesday, May 29, 2013,
10 am and 6 pm
To reserve your place at an information
session, please visit grahamschool.uchicago.edu/asianclassics.
If you have additional questions,
please visit
grahamschool.uchicago.edu.
ASIAN CLASSICS
COURSES
Please see Graham School website
for autumn and winter courses.

THE BASIC
PROGRAM OF
LIBERAL
EDUCATION
37 FOR ADULTS
WHAT’S “BASIC” LIBERAL ARTS
ABOUT THE
BASIC PROGRAM?
FOR ADULTS
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.
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.
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.
Basic Program
LEARN MORE
ABOUT THE
BASIC PROGRAM
Join us at an information session.
Downtown
The University of Chicago
Gleacher Center
450 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive
Chicago, IL 60611
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
10 am
Thursday, September 13, 2012
6 pm
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
10 am
Thursday, December 6, 2012
6 pm
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
10 am
Thursday, March 14, 2013
6 pm
Saturday in Hyde Park
(Autumn only)
The University of Chicago campus
Cobb Hall (Third Floor)
5811 S. Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
Saturday, September 8, 2012
10 am
To reserve your place at an information
session, please visit grahamschool.uchicago.edu.
If you have additional questions,
please visit grahamschool.uchicago.
edu/basicprogram.
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BASIC
38 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
Autumn 2012
38 Basic Program
YEAR ONE
Open to all.
Course Code BPYR01
$415 Early registration ends
Tuesday, September 18
$445 Regular registration
Section 12A1
Gleacher Center
10 Tuesdays
October 2–December 11
(no class November 20)
10 am–1:15 pm
Section 12A2
Gleacher Center
10 Wednesdays
October 3–December 12
(no class November 21)
10 am–1:15 pm
Section 12A3
Gleacher Center
10 Wednesdays
October 3–December 12
(no class November 21)
6–9:15 pm
Section 12A4
Cobb Hall, Hyde Park Campus
10 Saturdays
September 29–December 15 (no
class October 27 and November 24)
9:30 am–12:45 pm
Teacher Recertification CPDUs: 30
To view section information for
Years 2–4, please visit grahamschool.
uchicago.edu/basicprogram.
See the main course listings to find
Basic Program open-to-all autumn
and winter courses—look for course
codes beginning with BPO.
“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

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
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, Book 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
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EVENTS
40 OPEN TO ALL
RSVP for these popular talks by
visiting grahamschool.uchicago.edu/
basicprogram.
FIRST FRIDAY
LECTURES
These free 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.
The Power of the Powerless
October 5, 2012
Steven Schroeder, Instructor, Basic
Program, the University of Chicago
Jane Austen in Berlin
November 2, 2012
Elisabeth Lenckos, Instructor, Basic
Program, the University of Chicago
What’s in a Childhood?
December 7, 2012
Katia Mitova, Instructor, Basic
Program, the University of Chicago
Aristotle on Happiness
January 4, 2013
Raymond Ciacci, Instructor, Basic
Program, the University of Chicago
Heidegger and Meaning
February 1, 2013
Clare Pearson, Instructor, Basic
Program, the University of Chicago
On Bull: Truth/Art/Lying
March 1, 2013
Michaelangelo Allocca, Instructor
and Chair of the Basic Program, the
University of Chicago
40 Basic Program
WORKS OF THE
MIND LECTURES
These free lectures are offered on
Sundays at 1 pm October through
May at the Chicago Cultural Center
in the Claudia Cassidy Theater.
Briseis
October 21, 2012
James Redfield
Edward Olson Distinguished
Service Professor of Classical
Languages and Literatures;
Committees on Social Thought, on
the Ancient Mediterranean World,
and the College, the University of
Chicago
The Anastaplo Lecture
How Reasonable Is John
Locke’s “The Reasonableness
of Christianity”?
November 11, 2012
William Braithwaite
Tutor, St. John’s College, Annapolis,
MD; former Associate Professor,
Loyola University Law School,
Chicago
The Chinese Classics in
the Modern Era: A Cycle of
Interpretations
December 2, 2012
Haun Saussy
University Professor, Department
of Comparative Literature and
Committee on Social Thought, the
University of Chicago
The New Religious
Intolerance
January 13, 2013
Martha Nussbaum
Ernst Freund Distinguished Service
Professor of Law and Ethics, the
Philosophy Department, Law
School, and the Divinity School, the
University of Chicago
On the Socratic Xenophon
February 17, 2013
George Anastaplo
Professor, Loyola University
School of Law and Instructor, Basic
Program, the University of Chicago
Philosophy in Hell:
Dante’s First Love
March 17, 2013
David Wray
Associate Professor, Department of
Classics and the College; Director
of the Master of Arts Program in
the Humanities, the University of
Chicago

AUTUMN
SYMPOSIUM
Free shuttle bus from the Gleacher
Center.
Statesmanship and Crisis:
Pericles, Lincoln, Churchill
Saturday, October 27, 2012
At critical times in history—the
Peloponnesian War, the American
Civil War, World War II—the world’s
greatest statesmen have proved
their ability to lead and inspire
their nations in powerful ways. This
daylong symposium will examine
how three such leaders, Pericles,
Abraham Lincoln, and Winston
Churchill, used their mastery of
rhetoric to steer their people toward
success over great odds.
Speakers will include Professor
Ralph Lerner of the College and
the Committee on Social Thought
at the University of Chicago; and
Adam Rose, instructor in the
Basic Program, on “Words at War:
Rhetoric as a Weapon of Mass
Destruction.”
State Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie, of
the 25th District and majority leader
will also recite and discuss excerpts
from Lincoln’s speeches.
Course Code BWSCRI
Section 12A1
Saturday,
October 27, 2012
9 am - 3:30 pm
Gordon Center for Integrative
Science, 929 E. 57th Street
on the University of Chicago Hyde
Park campus
$185 Early registration ends
October 15
$215 Regular registration
Continental breakfast, lunch, and
all-day beverage service is
included in tuition.
SAVE THE DATE
Basic Program Weekend Study
Retreat
Homer’s The Iliad
April 26–28, 2013
The Abbey Resort, Fontana,
Wisconsin
Open to all
Basic Program
PROGRAM
UPDATES
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.
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MASTER
OF LIBERAL
42 ARTS
IT’S THE NEXT
GREAT THING
TO DO WITH
YOUR LIFE
Build critical-thinking skills, hone
writing skills, and engage in
dialogue with other adults looking
for their next challenge
Learn from the greatest works in
the humanities and the natural,
social, and biological sciences from
world-renowned University of
Chicago professors
Earn a University of Chicago degree
in an evening and weekend
program designed for busy adults
like you
Academic support is available to
help you succeed, and financial
assistance may be available to
qualifying students
We welcome international
candidates
42
The MLA program will allow you to
Differentiate yourself with a
University of Chicago degree
Challenge yourself with new
disciplines, and be guided by our
world-class University of Chicago
faculty
Gain credentials and context for your
career, life, or future graduate work.
Join others who share a passion for
learning
DOWNTOWN,
FLEXIBLE,
EVENING OR
WEEKEND
PROGRAM
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.
Master of Liberal Arts
FASCINATING
STUDENTS
Artists, police officers, physicians,
detectives, homemakers, retirees,
translators, scientists, accountants,
writers, teachers, and so many
more all have contributed their
thoughts and perceptions as
students in the program.
ADMISSIONS
Apply to the program in autumn,
winter, or spring. Visit grahamschool.uchicago.edu/mla
for details.
AFFORDABLE
TUITION
Tuition for the 2012–13 academic
year is approximately $2,695 per
course.
LEARN MORE
Visit
grahamschool.uchicago.edu/mla
Email
mlainfo@uchicago.edu
Call
773.834.0159

GRADUATE
STUDENT-AT-
LARGE AND
RETURNING
43 SCHOLAR
SIT IN WITH
SOME OF THE
WORLD’S FINEST
PROFESSORS AT
THE UNIVERSITY
OF CHICAGO
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 GSAL 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 United States.
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
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44 HUMANITIES,
GENERAL ARTS &
44 SCIENCES
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 85 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.
44
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,
citizenship, 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 Gregory
Moorehead, Director of Student
Disability Services, at 773.702.7776
or gmoorehead@uchicago.edu in
advance of the first class meeting.
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
RECERTIFICATION
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.

45 IDEAS & BELIEFS
45 GIVING
CRESCAT
SCIENTIA;
VITA
EXCOLATUR
Let knowledge grow from
more to more; and so be human life
enriched.
For Graham School students,
instructors, and supporters, the
University’s motto is validation
that learning can, and should be,
a lifelong pursuit. Your gift to
the Graham School supports the
University’s commitment to share
its intellectual resources with
a broad community of students
who seek an intellectually rigorous
approach to learning and
scholarship.
There are many ways to support
the school including outright
gifts, matching gifts, life income
gifts and bequests, and honorary
and memorial gifts.
Recognition societies honor
donors whose aggregate gifts begin
at the $2,500 level. These
organizations include the Chicago
Society, the Harper Society, and
the Founders Circle. The
Phoenix Society honors individuals
who make estate commitments or
life-income arrangements to benefit
the Graham School.
Every gift, no matter the size, helps
current and future students experience
the many intellectual and
professional benefits of a University
of Chicago education.
TO MAKE A
GIFT
Call Sylvia Fergus at 773.702.1724 or
visit grahamschool.uchicago.edu/
giving to make a donation online
and to learn how your support can
make a difference to the school.
Giving
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HOW
46 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.
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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 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, unless
otherwise noted in specific program
content.
GRADUATE
STUDIES
REGISTRATION
Degree and Credit Programs: See
application requirements and procedures
on the Graham School website
at grahamschool.uchicago.edu.
General Information
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

CONTACT
47 INFORMATION
Humanities, Arts, and Sciences Pamela Wickliffe, 773.702.1729
Logistical Information pwicklif@uchicago.edu
(parking, books, schedules, etc.)
Language of Film, Language of Music,
Leadership in Sustainability Management
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 Kineret Jaffe, 773.834.2831
kjaffe@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
General Information
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 Sadowski
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
Master of Liberal Arts
Raymond Ciacci
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
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CALENDAR/INDEX
2012
August
Page Course Title Days of the Week Start and End Date Time of Day
28 Writer’s Studio Open House Tuesday August 21 evening
2 Arabic Language and Cultures Information Session Thursday August 23 evening
September
Page Course Title Days of the Week Start and End Date Time of Day
6 Protecting the Collection: Environmental Factors Wednesdays, September 5–November 17 days and
one Saturday evenings
37 Basic Program Information Session Saturday September 8 day
25 Poverty and Promise in Chicago Saturdays September 8–October 6 days
36 Asian Classics Information Session Tuesday September 11 day
37 Basic Program Information Session Tuesday September 11 day
36 Asian Classics Information Session Tuesday September 11 evening
IFC* Humanities, Arts, and Sciences Information Session Wednesday September 12 day
IFC* Humanities, Arts, and Sciences Information Session Wednesday September 12 evening
37 Basic Program Information Session Thursday September 13 evening
7 Daylong Boat Cruise on Chicago’s Inland Waterways Sunday September 16 day
12 Autumn Interviews: Chicago by the Book— Tuesday September 18 evening
Dmitry Samarov, Hack: Stories From a Chicago Cab
17 Verdi and Puccini Tuesdays September 18–November 13 days
15 Analyze This: Albee and Pinter Tuesdays September 18–November 13 evenings
17 History of the Symphony Tuesdays September 18–November 13 evenings
31 Introduction to Creative Nonfiction Tuesdays September 18–November 13 evenings
26 Persuasive Communication: Tuesdays September 18–November 13 evenings
Business and Professional Speaking
11 17th-Century France and the Court of the Sun King Tuesdays September 18–November 13 evenings
24 The AKArama Great Conversations Series: Wednesday September 19 evening
Social Justice, Local Poverty, and Global Poverty—
Doriane Miller on Disparities in Health Care in the
African-American Community
26 Communication Skills for Non-native English Speakers Wednesdays September 19–October 17 evenings
26 Effective Writing for Business and the Professions Wednesdays September 19–November 14 evenings
29 Fiction Writing Essentials Wednesdays September 19–November 14 evenings
9 Point of View with Jonathan Rosenbaum Wednesdays September 19–November 14 evenings
15 Proust, In Search of Lost Time, The Guermantes Way Wednesdays September 19–November 14 evenings
29 What’s a Writing Practice and How Do I Get One? Wednesdays September 19–November 14 evenings
18 History of the Concerto, Part 2 Thursdays September 20–November 8 days
14 Introduction to Classical Greek, Part 1 Thursdays September 20–November 8 evenings
10 The Language of Film Thursdays September 20–November 8 evenings
15 The Strangeness of Beauty Thursdays September 20–November 8 evenings
29 Writing the Novel: Getting Started Thursdays September 20–November 8 evenings
15 Proust, In Search of Lost Time, The Guermantes Way Fridays September 21–November 9 days
11 17th-Century France and the Court of the Sun King Fridays September 21–November 9 days
13 Beginning Arabic, Part 1 (non-certificate) Saturdays September 22–November 10 days
13 Continuing Arabic, Part 1 (non-certificate) Saturdays September 22–November 10 days
14 Spoken Colloquial Arabic, Part 1 (non-certificate) Saturdays September 22–November 10 days
32 Hitting it Hollywood: Keeping the Reader Reading Saturdays September 22–November 10 days
7 The Odyssey, Book 3 Saturdays September 22–December 1 days
* inside front cover
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13 Beginning Arabic, Part 1 (certificate) Saturdays September 22–December 1 days
13 Continuing Arabic, Part 1 (certificate) Saturdays September 22–December 1 days
14 Spoken Colloquial Arabic, Part 1 (certificate) Saturdays September 22–December 1 days
14 Independent Study in Modern Arabic, Part 1 Mondays September 24–November 5 evenings
21 History of Modern Philosophy Mondays September 24–November 12 days
5 Introduction to Art History Mondays September 24–November 12 days
15 Kafka and Beyond: German- Mondays September 24–November 12 days
Jewish Literature Then and Now
31 Memoir Writing Mondays September 24–November 12 days
29 Basic Creative Writing Mondays September 24–November 12 evenings
5 Introduction to Art History Mondays September 24–November 12 evenings
8 Wine and God in the West Mondays September 24–November 12 evenings
21 History of Modern Philosophy Wednesdays September 26–November 14 evenings
4 The Bronzeville Experience Thursday September 27 day
38 Basic Program, Year One Saturdays September 29–December 15 days
34 Travel Study—Berlin: The Capital One week of September 30–October 7 days and
of the 20th Century travel abroad nights
October
Page Course Title Days of the Week Start and End Date Time of Day
8 Three Works that Enlighten and Inform, Part 1: Mondays October 1–December 3 evenings
Virgil’s Aeneid
12 Autumn Interviews: Chicago by the Book— Tuesday October 2 evening
Liam Ford, Soldier Field: A Stadium and Its City
9 All Our Relations: Native Americans and Tuesdays October 2–November 20 evenings
Their Environments
4 The Harlem Renaissance Tuesdays October 2–November 20 evenings
38 Basic Program, Year One Tuesdays October 2–December 11 days
16 Literary Cityscapes: Berlin—Come to the Cabaret! Tuesdays October 2–December 11 days
24 The AKArama Great Conversations Series: Wednesday October 3 evening
Social Justice, Local Poverty, and Global Poverty—
Lori Baptista on Social Justice and Food Justice
38 Basic Program, Year One Wednesdays October 3–December 12 days
16 Literary Cityscapes: Berlin—Come to the Cabaret! Wednesdays October 3–December 12 days
8 Three Works that Enlighten and Inform, Part 1: Wednesdays October 3–December 12 days
Virgil’s Aeneid
16 Three Great Novels Wednesdays October 3–December 12 evenings
38 Basic Program, Year One Wednesdays October 3–December 12 evenings
16 Bleak House: Property, Society, and the Law Thursdays October 4–December 13 evenings
40 First Friday Lecture: Steven Schroeder, Friday October 5 day
The Power of the Powerless
23 Progressive Conversations with Food, Art, and the Saturdays October 6–13 days and
Humanities on the South Side of Chicago evening
9 Teachers’ Workshop: Young People and Philosophy Saturdays October 6–November 17 days
19 Medicine and Magic in the Ancient World: Wednesdays, October 10–27 day and
A Search for the Cure Saturday evenings
11 Great Conversations: The Freedom Series— Thursday October 11 evenings
Benjamin Ginsberg on Democracy and the
Fall of the Faculty
7 A People’s History of Chicago Thursdays October 11–December 6 evenings
20 The Dawn of History: Society and Culture in eight weeks October 15–December 9 online
Ancient Mesopotamia course
12 Autumn Interviews: Chicago by the Book— Tuesday October 16 evening
Dominic Paeyga, Chicago: A Biography
6 Basics of Materials: Paper and Book Collections Tuesdays and October 16–November 3 day and
Saturday evenings
2 Chicago Humanities Festival: Festival Day in Sunday October 21 Various
Hyde Park programs
40 Works of the Mind Lecture: James Redfield, Briseis Sunday October 21 day
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11 Great Conversations: The Freedom Series— Thursday October 25 evening
John Roemer on Ideology and Inequality in the U.S.
4 American Ideologies and Social Action Saturday October 27 day
Dialogue Workshop
41 Basic Program Autumn Symposium—Statesmanship Saturday October 27 day
and Crisis: Pericles, Lincoln, Churchill
12 Autumn Interviews: Chicago by the Book— Tuesday October 30 evening
Larry Bennett, The Third City
November 2012
Page Course Title Days of the Week Start and End Date Time of Day
40 First Friday Lecture: Elizabeth Lenckos, Friday November 2 day
Jane Austen in Berlin
5 Downton Abbey and Great Houses of England Saturday November 3 day
24 The AKArama Great Conversations Series: Social Wednesday November 7 evening
Justice, Local Poverty, and Global Poverty—
The Civic Knowledge Project on the “Right to
the City”
11 Great Conversations: The Freedom Series— Thursday November 8 evening
Bill Ayers on Educating for Freedom
18 What to Listen for in Classical Music Saturday November 10 day
40 Works of the Mind Lecture: William Braithwaite, Sunday November 11 day
How Reasonable Is John Locke’s
“The Reasonableness of Christianity”?
12 Autumn Interviews: Chicago by the Book— Tuesday November 13 evening
Neil Steinberg, You Were Never in Chicago
28 Certificate in Creative Writing Information Session Tuesday November 13 evening
30 Publishing Your Book for Children and Young Adults Thursday November 15 evening
26 Intensive Writing Workshop for Non-Native Saturday November 17 day
English Speakers
29 The Power of Intention Saturday November 17 day
December 2012
Page Course Title Days of the Week Start and End Date Time of Day
40 Works of the Mind Lecture: Haun Saussy, Sunday December 2 day
The Chinese Classics in the Modern Era:
A Cycle of Interpretations
IFC* Humanities, Arts, and Sciences Information Session Tuesday December 4 day
IFC* Humanities, Arts, and Sciences Information Session Tuesday December 4 evening
37 Basic Program Information Session Tuesday December 4 day
36 Asian Classics Information Session Thursday December 6 day
36 Asian Classics Information Session Thursday December 6 evening
37 Basic Program Information Session Thursday December 6 evening
40 First Friday Lecture: Katia Mitova, Friday December 7 day
What’s in a Childhood?
2 Arabic Language and Cultures Certificate Program Tuesday December 11 evening
Information Session
* inside front cover
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2013
January 2013
Page Course Title Days of the Week Start and End Date Time of Day
40 First Friday Lecture: Raymond Ciacci, Friday January 4 day
Aristotle on Happiness
19 Three Works that Enlighten and Inform, Part 2: Mondays January 7–March 18 evenings
Beaumarchais’s The Barber of Seville and
The Marriage of Figaro
17 Literary Cityscapes: Paris—La Vie Moderne Tuesdays January 8–March 12 days
6 Collections Policy and Procedure Wednesdays January 9–February 27 evenings
21 Plato’s Myths Wednesdays January 9–March 6 evenings
17 Literary Cityscapes: Paris—La Vie Moderne Wednesdays January 9–March 13 days
19 Three Works that Enlighten and Inform, Part 2: Wednesdays January 9–March 13 days
Beaumarchais’s The Barber of Seville and
The Marriage of Figaro
25 Poverty and Education in Chicago Thursdays January 10–March 7 days
9 Apocalypse Soon: Worst-Case Scenarios in Saturdays January 12–26 days
Environmentalism
40 Works of the Mind Lecture: Martha Nussbaum, Sunday January 13 day
The New Religious Intolerance
20 The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt eight weeks January 13–March 10 online
course
21 History of Continental Philosophy Mondays January 14–March 11 days
14 Independent Study in Modern Arabic, Part 2 Mondays January 14–February 25 evenings
22 Islam in America through Literature Mondays January 14–March 4 days
22 Jewish Migration and Displacement, 1881–1945 Mondays January 14–March 4 evenings
32 Intermediate Memoir Writing Mondays January 14–March 11 days
32 The Art of Travel Writing Mondays January 14–March 11 evenings
10 The History of Film Mondays January 14–March 11 evenings
8 Monks and Ale Mondays January 14–March 11 evenings
5 Neoclassical and Romantic Art Mondays January 14–March 11 evenings
18 History of the Concerto Tuesdays January 15–March 5 days
18 History of the Symphony in the 19th Century Tuesdays January 15–March 5 days
29 Basic Creative Writing Tuesdays January 15–March 5 evenings
11 The French Revolution Tuesdays January 15–March 5 evenings
31 Writing Novels for Children and Young Adults Tuesdays January 15–March 5 evenings
17 Austria: The Fall of the Hapsburgs and Wiener Modern Wednesdays January 16–March 6 evenings
21 History of Continental Philosophy Wednesdays January 16–March 6 evenings
30 Intermediate Fiction Writing: Developing Your Story Wednesdays January 16–March 6 evenings
31 Memoir Writing Wednesdays January 16–March 6 evenings
10 Point of View with Michael Wilmington: Sidney Lumet Wednesdays January 16–March 6 evenings
16 Proust, In Search of Lost Time, Sodom and Gomorrah Wednesdays January 16–March 6 days
30 Flash Fiction Thursdays January 17–February 7 evenings
20 Real or Imagined: The Role of Gender in the Thursdays January 17–February 7 evenings
Ancient Middle East
18 Bach and Handel Thursdays January 17–March 7 days
14 Introduction to Classical Greek, Part 2 Thursdays January 17–March 7 evenings
30 Writing the Novel: Building Scenes Thursdays January 17–March 7 evenings
11 The French Revolution Fridays January 18–March 8 days
16 Proust, In Search of Lost Time, Sodom and Gomorrah Fridays January 18–March 8 days
4 The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Saturday January 19 day
14 Spoken Colloquial Arabic, Part 2 (non-certificate) Saturdays January 19–February 22 days
13 Beginning Arabic, Part 2 (non-certificate) Saturdays January 19–February 22 days
13 Continuing Arabic, Part 2 (non-certificate) Saturdays January 19–February 22 days
8 The Odyssey, Book 4 Saturdays January 19–March 9 days
32 Screenwriting: The First Draft Saturdays January 19–March 9 days
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13 Beginning Arabic, Part 2 (certificate) Saturdays January 19–March 9 days
13 Continuing Arabic, Part 2 (certificate) Saturdays January 19–March 9 days
14 Spoken Colloquial Arabic, Part 2 (certificate) Saturdays January 19–March 9 days
5 The Discipline Gap and the School-to-Prison Pipeline Saturday January 26 day
February 2013
Page Course Title Days of the Week Start and End Date Time of Day
40 First Friday Lecture: Clare Pearson, Friday February 1 day
Heidegger and Meaning
7 Basics of Materials: Photography Saturdays February 2–March 9 days
28 Certificate in Creative Writing Information Session Monday February 4 evening
31 Experimental Fiction Thursdays February 14–March 7 evenings
40 Works of the Mind Lecture: George Anastaplo, Sunday February 17 day
On the Socratic Xenophon
March 2013
Page Course Title Days of the Week Start and End Date Time of Day
40 First Friday Lecture: Michaelangelo Allocca, Friday March 1 day
On Bull: Truth/Art/Lying
19 What to Listen for in Opera Saturday March 2 day
37 Basic Program Information Session Tuesday March 12 day
37 Basic Program Information Session Thursday March 14 day
40 Works of the Mind Lecture: Sunday March 17 day
David Wray, Philosophy in Hell: Dante’s First Love
April 2013
Page Course Title Days of the Week Start and End Date Time of Day
34 Travel Study: Vienna and Budapest: One week of April 14–22, 2013 days and
Dream and Reality travel abroad nights
May 2013
Page Course Title Days of the Week Start and End Date Time of Day
36 Asian Classics Information Session Wednesday May 29 day
36 Asian Classics Information Session Wednesday May 29 evening
June 2013
Page Course Title Days of the Week Start and End Date Time of Day
34 Travel Study: A Fortnight in Oxford Two weeks of June 9–22 days and
travel abroad nights
35 War and Memory in France One week of June 23–30 days and
travel abroad nights
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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 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
the Gleacher Center lobby.
P2 200 E. Lower North Water
(NBC Tower Garage)
Take elevator in garage to main
floor, the 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 St. Walk directly
across Cityfront Plaza to
Gleacher Center (southwest).
P4 300 E. Illinois Self-Park
Exit building at Illinois St. Walk
west, over Columbus Dr. and
go up the stairs to Upper East
Illinois St. Walk across Cityfront
Plaza to the Gleacher Center
entrance (southwest).
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