SAVE THE DATES FOR AUTUMN QUARTER WORKSHOPS

Presentations in the Cultures and Knowledge Workshop Series range across historical and disciplinary boundaries, and provide a major component of SIFK's inquiry into the process of knowledge formation and transmittal from antiquity to the present day. SIFK faculty, postdocs, fellows and guests present research-in-progress for real-time feedback from a broadly cross-disciplinary community of scholars. Presentations take the form of a 45-minute presentation followed by a lively 25 minute discussion, and are open to all members of the University of Chicago community.

Noon-1:20 PM via Zoom

Please see the events calendar https://sifk.uchicago.edu/events/category/15/Workshops/ to register. 

Monday, November 1

Of Types and Trees: Evolutionary Thought, Ancient DNA and Research on the Human Past

Hannah Moots 

Watch the Recording

 

Monday, November 15

The Dog Years: A History of Beagle Science

Brad Bolman

Recording Coming Soon

 

Monday, November 29

Fact Culture: Polling and the Politics of Objectivity

Tal Arbel

Register Here

Features

Dario Maestriperi features in Quillete’s article, Johann Blumenbach: The First Race Scientist

March 25, 2024

The accepted view is that the scientists of the European Enlightenment got the issue of race badly wrong. In fact, some of them got more right than they are usually given credit for.
Features

IFK’s Genevieve Lakier features in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s article, “Private Colleges Hope New Speech Policies Will Keep the Peace”

February 29, 2024

American University’s requirement that posters be “welcoming and build community” is vague and could shut out speech that may or may not clearly fit that standard, said Genevieve Lakier
Features

Ada Palmer writes article in the Reactor titled “Tools for Thinking about Censorship”

February 24, 2024

"The majority of censorship is self-censorship, but the majority of self-censorship is intentionally cultivated by an outside power" Ada palmer states. Explore us she delves into the censorship
Features

Jen Ludwig features in City Club of Chicago’s event, “The Economic Ripple of Learning Loss and its Impact on Chicago’s Future”

February 24, 2024

This event focuses on the economic impact of learning loss, particularly exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, on the future of Chicago
Features

Prof Dan Holz features in the New York Times article, “A Voracious Black Hole at the Dawn of Time?”

February 24, 2024

In this article, Dan Holz is part of a team of scientists who debate whether this black hole is the brightest in the visible universe, as a new study suggests.
Features

Prof. Dan Holz features in New York Times article, How to Create a Black Hole Out of Thin Air

January 19, 2024

Prof. Daniel Holz discusses new research that shows black holes may form in different ways than expected
Features

Sarah Fredericks features in the Orlando Sentinel’s article, At ‘Climate Cafés,’ mental health experts and environmentalists create a community to tackle climate anxiety

January 11, 2024

Sarah Fredericks said deep shame can cause people to hide or retreat and become paralyzed, unable to act.
Features

Jordan Bimm features in CBC New’s article, SpaceX’s second launch of massive Starship postponed until Saturday

November 20, 2023

The attempt we saw last time back in April, the Starship failed to separate from the Super Heavy booster," said Jordan Bimm
Features

Kristine Palmieri Highlights Women Astronomers in New Article for Physics Today

November 06, 2023

In “They were astronomers,” IFK postdoctoral researcher Kristine Palmieri presents the vibrant history of women workers at UChicago’s Yerkes Observatory in the early twentieth century.
Features

Big Brains Podcast: What Ripples in Space-Time Tell Us About the Universe with Daniel Holz

October 10, 2023

UChicago cosmologist discusses discovery of gravitational waves and colliding black holes.