DePaul Humanities Center

09/08/2026

Welcome Back, DePaul!

We are excited to invite you to an exciting and thought-provoking early-quarter event as the DHC welcomes acclaimed author Yu Miri!

Join us for an exploration of the unique role of sound and voice in this celebrated author’s work.

Presented in partnership with the Japan Foundation, New Yorkand the Center for East Asian Studies (University of Chicago), this event features readings from Yu Miri’s new play, Obon, as well as her lauded novel, The End of August.

Free and open to everyone. We look forward to seeing you!

Thursday September 17
6:00-7:30 pm
Lincoln Park Student Center, rm 314
2250 N. Sheffield Ave.
Chicago

https://events.depaul.edu/event/sound-voice-in-yu-miris-work

08/19/2026

DHC Friends! We are excited to partner with Chicago Area Peace Action and UIC for this timely event with Democracy Now! founder Amy Goodman and enhance your Labor Day weekend for the meaningful!

See below for information and ticket link.

Join Chicago Area Peace Action for "An Afternoon with Amy Goodman: Independent Media in a Time of Elections, War, and Rising Authoritarianism."

REGISTER: https://www.tinyurl.com/Amy-Sept-6

WHEN: Sunday, Sept. 6 at 2:30 pm - Doors open at 1:50pm

WHERE: UIC, Illinois Rooms AB (3rd Floor), Student Center East 750 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607

Amy Goodman, founder of the internationally syndicated independent news organization Democracy Now!, will be in conversation with Damon Williams, award-winning co-founder of Respair Media, as they discuss independent media's role in confronting systemic injustice and championing progressive movements around the world.

After their conversation, Amy and Damon will take questions from the audience. Come join us for this riveting discussion that confronts social and political conditions today. We promise you an inspirational afternoon. Get your tickets today!

https://www.tinyurl.com/Amy-Sept-6

07/14/2026

Join Us!
DHC Fellow and Professor of History Margaret Storey has curated an exciting new exhibit at The Newberry Library as part of the America250 observations. Showcasing a rich array of political cartoons and illustrations, the show illuminates the varied ways artists have engaged with the concept of liberty during wartime, from the War of 1812 to the First World War. The exhibit is free and open to the public. See this page for the schedule of docent and curator-led tours: https://www.newberry.org/calendar/conceived-in-liberty

06/08/2026

We're proud to celebrate DHC Fellow Jeff Carter on his major solo exhibition, The Singer Pavilion Project, now on view at Hyde Park Art Center through September 20, 2026.

The exhibition explores the history and significance of the Singer Pavilion, the only remaining building from the former Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center in Bronzeville.
Congratulations, Jeff, we're glad to have you as part of the DHC community!

Learn more: hydeparkart.org/exhibitions
DePaul Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

06/04/2026

The DePaul Humanities Center is proud to announce our newest Faculty Fellows!

This cohort represents a diverse cross-section of academic disciplines, highlighting the vital connection between the humanities and fields such as digital media, education, art history, and the sciences. By supporting important projects like these, the DHC continues our tradition of fostering a robust culture of scholarship and collaborative inquiry across all colleges at DePaul. Please join us in congratulating this year's fellows on their well-deserved appointments.

For more information regarding the DHC's faculty fellows program, and to learn about the application process for full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty, please visit the DePaul Humanities Center Fellowship Program page.

05/07/2026

ONE WEEK AWAY! The DHC is proud to cosponsor two exciting events this spring presented by DePaul’s College of Education and featuring Catherine E. Walsh.

Catherine E. Walsh is an intellectual militant, socially committed pedagogue and internationally recognized scholar long involved in decolonial struggles and praxis, first in the U.S. and for over 30 years in Ecuador, where she has worked closely with Black and Indigenous movements at their request.

On Thursday, May 14th, from 5-7 PM in the Richardson Library, graduate and undergraduate students are invited to join Walsh for a conversation that engages directly with her work on decolonial praxis, re-existence, and the relational making of truth and reality. Rather than a formal lecture, this gathering will center on dialogue. It is intended for students seeking to connect theory and praxis, scholarship and activism, and phenomenological inquiry with decolonial forms of resistance and worldmaking.

On Friday, May 15th, from 3-5 PM at the DePaul Art Museum, as part of the Kopan Endowed Lecture Series, Walsh’s lecture examines how decolonial pedagogies rooted in re-existence open ethical and epistemic cracks that enable new forms of truth, meaning, and collective life. Responding to the authoritarian singularization of truth and the erasure of lived histories, Professor Walsh advances pedagogies of praxis grounded in Afro-descendant, Indigenous, and feminist struggles that cultivate dignity and relational renewal.

Mark your calendars for a month from now and register today!

👉 May 14th: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/decolonial-cracks-and-pedagogies-of-praxis-a-student-conversation-tickets-1983827644889
👉 May 15th: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/depaul-college-of-education-2026-kopan-lecture-tickets-1983268257747

DePaul Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

05/01/2026

The DHC is delighted to co-sponsor "50 Years of Being A Foreigner," an exciting event series beginning next week featuring Eiko Otake, organized and hosted by the Heritage Museum of Asian Art.

Born and raised in Japan and a resident of New York since 1976, Eiko Otake is a movement-based, interdisciplinary artist. From 1972–2013, she worked as one part of the duo of Eiko & Koma performing their own choreography. Since 2014, Eiko has been directing her own projects. Fifty years after Eiko & Koma's first performance in the United States in 1976, Eiko returns to Chicago with multiple presentations:

- "Who Do We Carry?" Asian Improv aRts Midwest, May 7, 6 - 8 p.m. | Eiko will lead a special workshop and conversation with participants. No previous movement or art-making experience necessary. Come with an open mind and willingness to share generously with others.

- "50 Years of Being a Foreigner: Special Screening and Activation" Chicago Cultural Center, May 9, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Eiko will present a multi-media event that combines dance, video projection, and storytelling.

- "Delicious Movement Workshop" Chicago Cultural Center, May 9, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. | A movement class that is designed for all people who love to move or who want to learn to move with delicious feelings.

- "50 Years of Being a Foreigner: A Conversation Between Eiko Otake and Tatsu Aoki" Heritage Museum of Asian Art, May 10, 2 - 4 p.m. | This conversation will explore the underground art scene in postwar Japan during the 1960s and 1970s. What is the role of the artist in times of profound social and cultural change, back then and now?​

We hope to see you there! More information and RSVP here: https://www.heritageasianart.org/2026eikootake

04/23/2026

THIS MONDAY! Join Northwestern University’s Kaplan Humanities Institute for “Transforming Our Futures: A Humanities for the Public Good.”

On April 27th at 4PM at Northwestern’s Scott Hall in Evanston, American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) President Joy Connolly, in conversation with Marwan Kraidy, Dean of Northwestern University in Qatar and Chair of the ACLS Board of Directors, will discuss lessons from—and for—the humanities as we move through our current challenges and shape our collective futures.

This event is free and open to the public. Don’t miss this timely conversation!

04/22/2026

NEXT WEEK! Join former DHC Fellow Dr. Jacqueline Lazú at the DePaul Art Museum on Wednesday, April 29th, from 4:30-6:30 PM for a conversation about her new book, The Young Lords Speak: Building Revolution on the Streets of Chicago.

Rooted in a Chicago-based street gang, the Young Lords grew into one of the most dynamic revolutionary community organizations of the late 1960s and early ’70s. The Young Lords Speak tells the story of Chicago's Young Lords in their own words through articles, essays, interviews, and speeches.

Dr. Lazú will be joined by Derek Potts (DePaul University Special Collections Library) and Omar López (Minister of Information, Young Lords) in a conversation moderated by Paul Mireles (DePaul Graduate student). Don't miss this insightful discussion about a key part of Chicago's history!

Register here today: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSewyiPu2k0iR_3hfN78lg0YSRF7g8Yoza-5topcRCWEezOmng/viewform

STRC DePaul Haymarket Books

04/14/2026

In a May 2017 press conference in Japan after prosecutors refused to press charges, Shiori Itō alleged that a high-profile journalist drugged and sexually assaulted her. The public revelation broke a societal inhibition that discouraged women from reporting cases of sexual assault, sparking the country’s movement. In her documentary, Itō recalls her experience coming forth and investigates her unresolved case.

This Saturday, April 18th, at 2 PM, following a screening of her documentary, Black Box Diaries, Itō herself will join DePaul Humanities Center Director Yuki Miyamoto (Religious Studies) for a conversation and Q&A about the film and her story. The screening will be held at the University of Chicago's Doc Films theater in Hyde Park; admission is free and open to the public.

More information here: https://events.uchicago.edu/event/265285-screening-conversation-with-director-shiori-ito

DePaul Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Center for East Asian Studies, University of Chicago