News Archives
What’s Next for Europe’s Internet Censorship Plan?
October 7, 2018
Cory Doctorow, a member of the research team on the Censorship, Information Control, and Information Revolutions from Printing Press to Internet project, considers the impact of an important European Union vote on copyright issues.
Nobel-winning Author J. M. Coetzee to Give Talk at UChicago
October 5, 2018
This UChicago News article previews the former faculty member’s first return to campus since receiving the Nobel Prize in 2003.
The Things They Carried
September 26, 2018
This critical essay in the Los Angeles Review of Books considers Objects of War, a new volume on migration and material culture that began as a series of papers presented at workshops for the Neubauer Collegium's People and Things on the Move project.
Mark Kingwell Named Fellow of Royal Society of Canada
September 12, 2018
The professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto, a 2015–16 Neubauer Collegium Visiting Fellow, was recognized for significant contributions to social and political theory.
Jessica Stockholder and Robert Davidson Collaborate in Austin
September 7, 2018
The two renowned artists, who collaborated on the Neubauer Collegium Open Fields project, are extending their partnership this fall with interrelated exhibitions in Austin, Texas.
Is Facebook a “Surveillance System”?
August 16, 2018
Cory Doctorow, a collaborator on our Censorship, Information Control, and Information Revolutions research project, joins the Yahoo News podcast "Bots and Ballots" to discuss Facebook's approach to politics.
University of Chicago Plays Key Role in Trying to Save Niger’s Heritage
August 1, 2018
Paleontologist Paul Sereno and Nigerien Minister of Cultural Renaissance Assoumana Mallam Issa joined Chicago Tonight host Phil Ponce to discuss the NigerHeritage project. Watch the interview.
UChicago Partners with Scholars, Political Leaders to Preserve Niger’s Heritage
July 27, 2018
In a Q&A with UChicago News, Paleontologist Paul Sereno shares his thoughts on the NigerHeritage project and why it represents such a unique and valuable opportunity.
Pakistan Heads Into Its Most Controversial Election in Years
July 25, 2018
Paul Staniland, a Faculty Fellow on the State, Violence, and Social Control in the Contemporary World project, discusses the upcoming Pakistani elections with Bloomberg News.
Anna Daučíková Wins Prestigious Art Award
July 16, 2018
Anna Daučíková, whose work is currently on view in the Neubauer Collegium gallery, has received the 2018 Schering Stiftung Art Award for her series of video works that reflect on modernism and identity in Eastern Europe.