About CAS
The Council on Advanced Studies sponsors graduate research workshops in the humanities and social sciences. These interdisciplinary workshops are designed to bring together faculty and graduate students from the University of Chicago and the wider Chicago area to create scholarly dialogue, to encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration, and to foster exchange of ideas. The main emphasis of these workshops is the presentation of graduate student dissertation work in progress. For 2011-2012, there are a total of seventy-three workshops, ranging across a wide spectrum of interests and disciplines, many with interdisciplinary aims, including performance studies, cultural studies, philosophy, political science, Latin American, American and European history, and art and politics of East Asia. Individuals interested in participating should contact the workshop coordinator, the faculty sponsor, or visit the workshop’s blog. Read the full Council Overview here.
Workshops
This section contains workshop descriptions, contact information, and blogs. Most workshops maintain individual blogs that contain a wealth of information: statement of purpose, calendar of events, and related links. If you are interested in participating in a workshop please contact the workshop coordinator for more information.
For Coordinators
The aim of this section is to supply all workshop coordinators with quick access to much of the information and materials needed in to run their workshops.
Contact
Julianne Gorny
Administrative Director for the Council
Judd Hall 443/444
5835 South Kimbark Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: (773) 702-8540
Fax: (773) 702-8540
cas@uchicago.edu
Council Members
Chair
Martha T. Roth
Dean of Humanities
John Mark Hansen
Dean of Social Sciences
Margaret Mitchell
Dean of the Divinity School
Shadi Bartsch
Dain Borges
Susan Burns
Darby English
Andreas Glaeser
Dwight Hopkins
Travis Jackson
John Kelly
Gabriel Richardson Lear
Dario Maestripieri
Sankar Muthu