Exhibitions and Special Events
Oriental Institute
Between Heaven and Earth: Birds of Ancient Egypt
Exhibition Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Location: Oriental Institute, 1155 East 58th Street
Docent guided tours at 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Registration is required.
Smart Museum of Art
Awash in Color: French and Japanese Prints
Exhibition Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Smart Museum of Art, 5500 South Greenwood Avenue
Guided tour at 2 p.m. Registration is required.
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
Wall Text
Location: 915 East 60th Street
The Renaissance Society
Uterus and We The People
Exhibition Hours: noon to 5 p.m.
Location: Bergman Gallery, Cobb Hall 418, 5811 South Ellis Avenue
Special Collections Research Center Exhibition Gallery
Swiss Treasures: From Biblical Papyrus and Parchment to Erasmus, Zwingli, Calvin, and Barth
Exhibition Hours: 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Location: Regenstein Library, first floor, 1100 East 57th Street
The John Crerar Library
Transcending Tradition: Jewish Mathematicians in German-Speaking Academic Culture
Exhibition Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: 5730 South Ellis Avenue
Joe and Rika Mansueto Library Tour
Behind-the-Scenes Tour of New Reading Room
Location: 1100 East 57th Street
9:30 a.m. Registration is required.
The following events are not a part of Humanities Day, but will be taking place on or near campus and may be of interest to those in attendance.
Claude Debussy and the Visual Arts: A Lecture and Recital
Celebrate Claude Debussy's 150th birthday with the Smart Museum of Art and the Department of Music
7 p.m. Preconcert Lecture, Decorating at the Piano with Debussy, Faure, and Ravel, with Gurminder Bhogal, a musicologist and University of Chicago Ph.D. alumna
8 p.m. Piano Recital featuring internationally renowned French pianist Francois Chaplin
Performance Hall, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
950 East 60th Street
Visualizing Korea
A symposium sponsored by
Friday, October 19th, 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
Saturday, October 20th, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m
Keynote Address by Kyeong-Hee Choi, Department of East Asian Languages & Civilizations
9:15 am
Location: Cochrane Woods Art Center
5540 South Greenwood Avenue, Room 157
Chicago Humanities Festival – Hyde Park Day
On Sunday, October 21, the Chicago Humanities Festival comes to the Chicago campus with their 2012 program, America. Visit
