Kali Charan Bahl, a pioneer in South Asian scholarship, 1917-2018
Associate Professor Emeritus Kali Charan Bahl, a world-renowned linguistics and literature South Asian scholar, passed away at the end of March 2018.
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Steven Collins, world-renowned scholar of Buddhism, 1951-2018
Prof. Steven Collins, a world-renowned scholar of Buddhism and its associated Pali language, passed away from natural causes Feb. 15, while leading a seminar in New Zealand. He was 66.
Michèle Lowrie and Claudia Brittenham Receive NEH Fellowships
Two scholars from the Division of the Humanities, Michèle Lowrie and Claudia Brittenham, have been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support their research in the 2018–19 academic year.
UChicago Appointed Co-commissioner of U.S. Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago jointly announced their selection by the U.S. Department of State to serve as co-commissioners of the United States Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale.