Society of Fellows Calendar of Events
Fall Quarter 2021
Friday, Oct 1
5:00-7:00pm
Welcome Reception
Join us for beer and wine on the Gates-Blake Quad to celebrate the new quarter
Friday, Oct 15
Society of Fellows Fall Celebration
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Friday October 29
Weissbourd Fall Symposium
11:00 - 3:00
Stevanovich Institute for the Formation of Knowledge
rm 104
Come hear about the new fellows' research
Friday, November 5th
Society of Fellows Practice Job Talk
John Clegg, Collegiate Fellow in the Social Sciences
From Slavery to Mass Incarceration
Friday, November 19th
Society of Fellows Workshop
Jonny Bunning, Collegiate Fellow in the Social Sciences
Title: TBA
Harper Memorial Library
Room 284-86
Friday, December 3rd
Society of Fellows Workshop
John Harpham, Collegiate Fellow in the Social Sciences
Title: From Freedom to Slavery
Harper Memorial Library
Room 284-86
Winter Quarter 2022
Friday, January 14th
4:00-5:30pm
Society of Fellows Practice Job Talk
Natasha Piano
Collegiate Fellow in the Social Sciences, Political Science
"Democratic Elitism: The Secret History of American Political Science."
Friday, January 21st
3:15 -4:15
Society of Fellows Professionalization: Advice for the Campus Visit
A Discussion of what to expect and how to prepare for your campus visit, including the virtual version.
Participants include: Sophia Azeb, Assistant Professor, Department of English; Elisabeth Clemens, William Rainey Harper Professor, Department of Sociology; Jennifer Pitts, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science; Steve Rings, Associate Professor, Department of Music; Emma Saunders-Hastings, Department of Political Science, Ohio State University
via zoom
4:30-6:00pm
Society of Fellows Practice Job Talk
Nicole Whelan
Collegiate Fellow in the Social Sciences, Political Philosophy
"Republicanism Against the Free Market: Richard Price and the Agrarian Tradition"
via zoom
Friday, January 28th
Society of Fellows Professionalization: Mock Job Talk
Gus Law, Collegiate Fellow in the Humanities, Philosophy
"Walking without Touching the Ground -- Detached Engagement in the Zhuangzi"
Via Zoom
12:30-2:00
CANCELLEDFriday, February 11th
Society of Fellows Workshop
Blake Smith, Collegiate Fellow in the Social Sciences
Title: Durkheim as reader of Hobbes
Harper Memorial Library
Room 284-86
12:30-2:00pm
Friday, February 18
Weissbourd Series: Poetics in Practice
Lyric Technologies and the Body
A Conversation on Poetry, Sound, and Contemporary Medical Practice with Laura Kolbe, MD and Ailsa Lipscombe, moderated by Jennifer Iverson, Associate Professor Department of Music
Stevanovich Institute on the Formation of Knowledge
1:00-2:00pm
New date!!!
March 4
Dario Donetti, Collegiate Fellow in Art History
"Planning Obsolescence: Bramante at St. Peter’s"
Niall Atkinson, Associate Professor, Department of Art History, respondent
Harper Memorial Library
Room 284-86
12:30-2:00pm
SPRING QUARTER 2022
Thursday, April 17
12:30 -2:00pm
Franke Institute
Weissbourd Series: Poetics in Practice
Paper Bells and Collaborative Translation
Phan Nhien Hao and Hai-Dang Phan in Conversation
Friday, April 29th
12:30-2:00pm
Society of Fellows Workshop
Lisa Hedrick, Collegiate Fellow in the Social Sciences
Title TBA
Respondent: Alireza Doostdar
Date tba
Society of Fellows Professionalization Workshop
Publishing Workshop with Alumni Fellows
Friday, May 20
time tba
Weissbourd Series: Poetics in Practice
Remembering Etel Adnan: Brandon Shimoda, Dot Devota, and Quinn Latimer
virtual event (on Zoom)
10:00-4:30pm
Virtual
Book Manuscript Workshop
Natasha Piano, Democratic Elitism: The Secret History of American Political Science
Full Schedule available email dneibel@uchicago.edu
Friday, June 3rd
12:30-2:00
Society of Fellows Workshop
Ali Feser, Current Fellow in the Social Sciences
Title: TBA
Respondent: TBA