Institute For the Humanities, Visiting Fellows

This program brings to the University of Illinois at Chicago community a scholar whose innovative work has played a crucial role in reconceptualizing the disciplines of the humanities. Seminars are open to faculty and advanced graduate students.

The 2010-2011 Institute for the Humanities Visiting Fellow is Linda Gordon, Professor of History, New York University. A scholar of twentieth-century U.S. social and political history, Linda Gordon has specialized in examining the historical roots of contemporary social policy debates, particularly as they concern gender and family issues. Her publications include Woman's Body, Woman's Right :The History of Birth Control in America (1976); Heroes of Their Own Lives: The History and Politics of Family Violence (1988); and Pitied But Not Entitled: Single Mothers and the History of Welfare (1994), among others. Most recently she authored Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits (2009).

Linda Gordon will be in residence at UIC from November 1-5, 2010, offering a seminar and a public lecture. The seminar is open to faculty and advanced graduate students. Preregistration is not required but it is highly recommended. The lecture is open to the public.

The lecture and seminar will take place in the Institute of Humanities, lower level, Stevenson Hall.

Seminar readings announced

Lecture: Monday, November 1, 2010 at 4:00 p.m.
"Visual Democracy: Dorothea Lange's Photography and the Limitations of the New Deal."

Seminar: Wednesday, November 3, 2010 from 2 - 5:00 p.m.
This seminar will explore problems about negotiating the present with the past that historians confront when writing biography, particularly the biography of an artist. Professor Gordon will discuss these issues in relation to her writing about Dorothea Lange.

The seminar is open to faculty and advanced graduate students. Preregistration is highly recommended. To preregister, please contact Linda Vavra, 996-6354, lvavra@uic.edu.

This program brings to the University of Illinois at Chicago community a scholar whose innovative work has played a crucial role in reconceptualizing the disciplines of the humanities. Seminars are open to faculty and advanced graduate students. The 2010-2011 Institute for the Humanities Visiting Fellow is Linda Gordon, Professor of History, New York University. A scholar of twentieth-century U.S. social and political history, Linda Gordon has specialized in examining the historical roots of contemporary social policy debates, particularly as they concern gender and family issues. Her publications include Woman's Body, Woman's Right :The History of Birth Control in America (1976); Heroes of Their Own Lives: The History and Politics of Family Violence (1988); and Pitied But Not Entitled: Single Mothers and the History of Welfare (1994), among others. Most recently she authored Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits (2009). Linda Gordon will be in residence at UIC from November 1-5, 2010, offering a seminar and a public lecture. The seminar is open to faculty and advanced graduate students. Preregistration is not required but it is highly recommended. The lecture is open to the public. The lecture and seminar will take place in the Institute of Humanities, lower level, Stevenson Hall. Seminar readings announced Lecture: Monday, November 1, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. "Visual Democracy: Dorothea Lange's Photography and the Limitations of the New Deal." Seminar: Wednesday, November 3, 2010 from 2 - 5:00 p.m. This seminar will explore problems about negotiating the present with the past that historians confront when writing biography, particularly the biography of an artist. Professor Gordon will discuss these issues in relation to her writing about Dorothea Lange. The seminar is open to faculty and advanced graduate students. Preregistration is highly recommended. To preregister, please contact Linda Vavra, 996-6354, lvavra@uic.edu. Click here to see a complete list of Visiting Fellows: 2000-2001: Barbara Herrnstein Smith, Braxton Craven Professor of Comparative Literature and English, Duke University. 2001-2002: Natalie Zemon Davis, Henry Charles Lea Professor Emerita, Princeton University; Adjunct Professor of History and Senior Fellow in Comparative Literature, University of Toronto. 2002-2003: Lawrence Levine, Margaret Byrne Professor of History, Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley; Professor of History and Cultural Studies, George Mason University. 2003-2004: Carlo Ginzburg, Franklin D. Murphy Professor of Italian Renaissance Studies, UCLA. 2004-2005: Michael Fried, J. R. Herbert Boone Chair in the Humanities (History of Art); Director, The Humanities Center, Johns Hopkins University. 2005-2006: Mary Louise Pratt, Silver Professor, Departments of Spanish and Portuguese, and of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University. 2006-2007: Manthia Diawara, University Professor, Comparative Literature and Film, Director of the Institute of African American Affairs, New York University. 2007-2008: Cathy N. Davidson, Ruth F. DeVarney Professor of English and John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Duke University; and co-founder of HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory. 2008-2009: Houston A Baker, Jr.,, Distinguished University Professor, Vanderbilt University. 2009-2010: Adolph L. Reed, Jr.,, Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania. 2010-2011: Linda Gordon, Professor of History, New York University.
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