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Special Events
October 31, 2019
Art Institute Lecture
Aztec Art and the Fragility of Empire
by Claudia Brittenham, University of Chicago
6:00 PM
The Art Institute of Chicago
The Aztec people created art that drew on the Mesoamerican past, citing works from the ancient cities of Teotihuacan and Tula to give authority and legitimacy to the new empire. This provoked reflection on the inevitable end of empire and the cyclical nature of time, themes that are especially relevant this year, which is the five hundredth anniversary of the Spanish invasion of Mexico. In this illustrated lecture, Claudia Brittenham discusses how Aztec art reflects this engagement with the historical past.
November 01, 2019
Classics & Art History Workshop
Workshop on Embodiment: Texts and Objects
hosted by Seth Estrin & Sarah Nooter
CWAC157: 11:00 AM - 1:15 PM
Classics 21: 1:30 - 5:00 PM
RSVP: sestrin@uchicago or nooter@uchicago.edu
Claudia Brittenham: “Seeing Like Stone: Perspectivism, Embodiment, and
Distributed Personhood Among the Classic Maya”
Angharad Darden: “Euripides' Ion and the Acropolis”
Karin Krause: “Incarnation Symbolism: the Mandylion and Its Multiples”
Michèle Lowrie: “Securitas: Personification and Embodied Concept”
May Peterson: “Amuletic or Cosmetic? A Late-Antique Alabaster
Mirror-Plaque at the Art Institute of Chicago”
David Williams: “Comic Theory: Thinking as Embodied Activity in
Aristophanes and Plato”
With lunch & reception
November 06, 2019
OI Centennial Year Members Lecture
Celebrate the OI's return to Iraq with an evening exploring the history of the OI's archaeological involvement in the area.
by McGuire Gibson, University of Chicago
7:00 PM
November 12, 2019
OI Centennial Year Lecture
A New Iron Age Kingdom in Anatolia: King Hartapu and his Capital City
by James Osborne and Michele Massa, University of Chicago
7:00 PM
November 16, 2019
Oriental Institute Lecture
Frank Lloyd Wright's Vision for Greater Baghdad
by Tasha Vorderstrasse, University of Chicago
2:00 PM
February 05, 2020
The Marija Gimbutas Memorial Lecture
Anatolians on the Move: From Kurgans to Kanesh
by Petra Goedegebuure, University of Chicago
7:00 PM
June 03, 2020
OI Centennial Year Members Lecture
The director of Chicago House and the Epigraphic Survey looks into the OI's monumental history and current work in Egypt.
by W. Raymond Johnson
7:00 PM