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Author events

from the University of Chicago Press

 

February

[jacket image] December 12, 2009—February 13, 2010
“Picturing the Studio”
Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
33 S. State, 7th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60603

“Picturing the Studio” is an exhibit related to The Studio Reader: On the Space of Artists edited by Mary Jane Jacob and Michelle Grabner.
For more information, please contact Kristi McGuire at 773.702.2548.

 

[jacket image] [jacket image] February 10, 2010, 12:15û1:00 pm
Gail Fenske and Joanna Merwood-Salisbury
at the Chicago Architecture Foundation
Lecture Hall Gallery
224 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60604
312.922.3432

Gail Fenske, author of The Skyscraper and the City: The Woolworth Building and the Making of Modern New York, and Joanna Merwood-Salisbury, author of Chicago 1890: The Skyscraper and the Modern City will speak and sign books as apart of the Chicago Architecture Foundation's Wednesday Lunchtime Lecture Series.
For more information, please contact Kristi McGuire at 773.702.2548.

 

[jacket image] February 11, 2010, 6:00 pm
Dominic A. Pacyga
at the Chicago Architecture Foundation
224 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60604
312.922.3432

Dominic A. Pacyga, author of Chicago: A Biography, will speak and sign books.
For more information, please contact Lindsay Dawson at 773.702.0890.

 

[jacket image] February 13, 2010, 11:00 am
Carol Fisher Saller
at Centuries and Sleuths Bookstore
7419 W. Madison St.
Forest Park, IL 60130
(708)771-7243

Carol Fisher Saller, author of The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago (or, How to Negotiate Good Relationships with Your Writers, Your Colleagues, and Yourself), will give a talk titled "The Scoop on Editing Your MSS."
For more information, please contact Ellen Gibson at 773.702.3233.

 

[jacket image] February 16, 2010, 7:00-8:30 pm
Katherine Cramer Walsh
at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Lecture Hall
227 State Street
Madison, WI 53703
608.257.0158

Katherine Cramer Walsh, author of Talking about Race: Community Dialogues and the Politics of Difference, will participate in a panel discussion titled Guess Who's Coming to Dinner: The Nature of Tolerance in 2050.
For more information, please contact Kristi McGuire at 773.702.2548.

 

[jacket image] February 17, 2010, 5:30 pm
Gail Fenske
lectures for the Society of Architectural Historians, Turpin Bannister Chapter
Channing Hall, First Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany
405 Washington Avenue
Albany, New York
518.590.0405

Gail Fenske, author of The Skyscraper and the City: The Woolworth Building and the Making of Modern New York, will speak. Reception: 5:30; Talk: 6:00 pm
For more information, please contact Kristi McGuire at 773.702.2548.

 

[jacket image] February 23, 2010, 6:30 pm
Glenda Dawn Goss
at the Scandinavia House
58 Park Avenue at 38th Street
New York, NY
212.879.9779

Glenda Dawn Goss, author of Sibelius: A Composer's Life and the Awakening of Finland, will deliver a talk on Sibelius and his Nordic cultural context.
For more information, please contact Kristi McGuire at 773.702.2548.

 

March

[jacket image] March 1, 2010, 7:00 pm
Glenda Dawn Goss
at Carnegie Hall
57th Street and Seventh Avenue
New York, NY
212.247.7800

Glenda Dawn Goss, author of Sibelius: A Composer's Life and the Awakening of Finland, will deliver a pre-concert talk before the Minnesota Orchestra performs works by Sibelius.
For more information, please contact Kristi McGuire at 773.702.2548.

 

[jacket image] March 4, 2010, 12:00 pm
Lee Alan Dugatkin
at the University of Louisville
University Club and Alumni Center
Cardinal Blvd, (North Entrance Belknap Campus)
Louisville, KY 40208
502.852.2247

Lee Alan Dugatkin, author of Mr. Jefferson and the Giant Moose: Natural History in Early America, will speak as part of the University of Louisville's Meet the Prof. Luncheon series. $14 per person (check or cash only), includes lunch.
For more information, please contact Stephanie Hlywak at 773.702.0376.

 

[jacket image] March 24, 2009, 7:00 pm
Dietmar Elger
at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Jackman Hall
317 Dundas Street
West Toronto Ontario Canada M5T 1G4
1.877.225.4246

Dietmar Elger, author of Gerhard Richter: A Life in Painting, will speak. (Members $15 / Public $18 / Students $12)
For more information, please contact Mark Heineke at 773.702.3714.

 

April

May

[jacket image] May 26, 2010, 5:30 pm
Eric A. Posner
sponsored by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Venue to be determined

Eric A. Posner, author of The Perils of Global Legalism, will discuss his views on international law and the perils of an idealistic approach to international legal relations. Fee for non-members $30.00. Navigate to the website of The Chicago Council for Global Affairs for more info.
For more information, please contact Levi Stahl at 773.702.0289.