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Linguistic Futures: Paris Workshop

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Linguistic Futures: Paris Workshop

Scholars at this workshop will share recent findings about "endangered" languages and collaborate on a forthcoming volume of essays.

At this intensive workshop, an international group of scholars will gather to review current research, drafts of case studies, and new theoretical insights about "endangered" languages. Papers developed through this collaborative process will be published in a forthcoming volume of essays that will put shifting languages at the center of sociolinguistic theory.

Please note: This event is for invited guests only and is not open to the public.

University of Chicago John W. Boyer Center in Paris

Scholars at this workshop will share recent findings about "endangered" languages and collaborate on a forthcoming volume of essays.

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Opening Reception for Pierre Bismuth: Love Bless America

Detail of a US flag with the word "love" written over it in blue
Exhibition Opening

Opening Reception for Pierre Bismuth: Love Bless America

This exhibition features new works by the Brussels-based French conceptual artist and filmmaker Pierre Bismuth.

In the fall of 2026, the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society will present Love Bless America, an exhibition of new works by the Brussels-based French conceptual artist and filmmaker Pierre Bismuth (b. 1963).

The centerpiece of the exhibition is a long-form meditative film documenting the creative meeting between two leading figures from Chicago’s jazz and improvised music scene: Joshua Abrams and Sharon Udoh. Bismuth has tasked them with composing a 21st-century spiritual based on a lyrical hymn he wrote for the project. Bismuth’s double portrait traces both the magic and the workaday practice of “inspiration,” using the commingling of religious musical traditions as a point of departure for a multi-layered reflection on love, music, and the divine.

In addition to this new film, Bismuth will also present a series of prints resembling American flags emblazoned with excerpts from the artist’s hymn.

Curated by Dieter Roelstraete.

Neubauer Collegium Gallery

This exhibition features new works by the Brussels-based French conceptual artist and filmmaker Pierre Bismuth.

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