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Exhibition focuses on Japanese artists’ depictions of foreigners
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Art Institute of Chicago and a University of Illinois historian have teamed up to create an unusual exhibition focusing on the idea of “otherness.” The exhibition, titled “Foreign Faces in Japanese Prints,” is guest-curated by Ronald Toby, a historian of premodern and early modern Japan. The exhibit runs from Jan. 20 […]
Chronicle of Higher Education now free online to U. of I. campus
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Lapsed or pricey subscriptions and lost passwords are problems of the past. Now students and faculty and staff members at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have free access to the online edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education. Most campus computers will be able to directly access the Chronicle of Higher […]
Study finds gender differences related to eating and body image
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Researchers have discovered a subtle new difference between men and women – this one occurring in the realm of eating. In the new study of observed eating behavior in a social setting, young men and women who perceived their bodies as being less than “ideal” ate differing amounts of food after they […]
Strindberg frustrated by 19th-century gender conventions, scholar says
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Misunderstood genius or misogynist? Playwright or novelist? Alchemist or artist? Beyond being the unquestioned father of modern prose drama, who was the real August Strindberg and what was he really trying to communicate? A young professor of Germanic languages and literatures at the University of Illinois who grew up reading Strindberg in […]
U. of I. guide offers help in choosing gift books for the young
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – If children’s books are on your holiday shopping list, but you’re already snowed under with shopping, or worse yet, paralyzed by the avalanche of books out there, professional help is on the way. The 2006 Guide Book to Gift Books is now available – and for the first time in its short […]
Publisher specializing in translations moving to University of Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The leading independent publisher specializing in literary translations of contemporary international titles, mostly fiction, will make its new home at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dalkey Archive Press, which has been in Normal, Ill., since 1992, will take up residence on the Illinois campus in mid-December. Dalkey recently cancelled its plans […]
U. of I.’s Richard Powers wins National Book Award for ‘The Echo Maker’
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A University of Illinois novelist and writer-in-residence has won the 2006 National Book Award for fiction. Richard Powers, the author of eight previous novels and a MacArthur Fellowship recipient, has won the literary award for his new novel, “The Echo Maker.” The award was announced Wednesday night at a dinner in New […]
Son of renowned guitarist to perform and talk about father’s work
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – If you’ve never seen – let alone heard – an Eharp Hawaiian guitar before, or a “Mighty Mo,” a “Mini-Surfer,” or a “Super Axe,” your opportunity has arrived. The son of one of the world’s greatest Hawaiian guitarists and pioneer in the field of experimental guitars will talk about his father’s work […]
Assets of recent Mexican immigrants to Chicago detailed in study
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A new study finds that recent Mexican immigrants in Chicago possess a wealth of artistic, cultural, and networking assets and that those assets contribute to the social, cultural and economic well being of many Chicagoland neighborhoods, organizations and institutions. In fact, the artistic and cultural activities of Mexican immigrants who arrived in […]
U. of I. historian to be honored by king of Morocco
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A history professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will receive Morocco’s oldest and most prestigious decoration. John A. Lynn, who specializes in French and military history, will receive the Moroccan Order, the Ouissam Al Alaoui, the highest order granted by the Moroccan monarchy, at the rank of commander. The Order […]
U. of I. poetry professor Tyehimba Jess wins Whiting Writers’ Award
CHAMPAIGN, Ill.- A young poet and professor of poetry at the University of Illinois has won a prestigious literary award. Tyehimba Jess was one of 10 U.S. writers to win the 2006 Whiting Writers’ Award. The award, given annually to “emerging writers of exceptional talent and promise,” includes a cash prize of $40,000 to each […]
U. of I. conference to examine ‘departmentalization’ of former colonies
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – On the 60th anniversary of the “departmentalization” of four of France’s overseas colonies, scholars from across the United States and from abroad are coming to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to explore the consequences of this rare form of colonialization. The conference, “Departmentalization at the Crossroads: Sixty Years On,” will take […]