DePaul Humanities Center

10/07/2026

Join the DePaul Humanities Center and filmmakers Ben Loeterman and Gaia De Simoni for a screening and Q&A of their PBS American Experience Documentary, BOMBSHELL. This is a great opportunity to learn about journalistic integrity in the face of government overreach–from industry professionals who can speak about filmmaking techniques and the broader experience of crafting a documentary.

Event Details:
Tuesday, October 20, 6pm
Schmitt Academic Center rm 161, 2320 N. Kenmore Ave.
RSVP today via QR code or https://web.cvent.com/event/74aebdd1-2baa-463c-ac37-a1771233f351/summary.
las DePaul Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Medill - Northwestern University

09/25/2026

•What: WAITING: A community demonstration
•Where: Begins at the closed doors of the DePaul Art Museum (935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614) and extends east toward Lake Shore Drive
•When: Thursday, October 8th, 2026, from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
•Who: Open to all Chicago residents, artists, and cultural supporters

Local residents, artists, and culture advocates will stage a bold, peaceful civic demonstration titled WAITING to protest the closure of the DePaul Art Museum (DPAM). Participants are invited to gather to form a massive queue starting from the museum's currently closed doors and extending down Fullerton Avenue toward Lake Shore Drive.

Attendees are encouraged to dress comfortably for the weather, bring friends, and take part in this historic community-led statement.

Media Contact: Organizers prefer to remain anonymous and request that no names be published in coverage. For inquiries, please call 810-824-7270.
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Safety and Legal Guidelines for Attendees
To ensure a safe and successful demonstration; participants are asked to keep the following legal guidelines in mind:
• Sidewalk Access: While protesters have a protected right to use public sidewalks, they must not block pedestrian flow, building entrances, or property access.

09/16/2026

TOMORROW (Thursday, 9/17)!

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 York, and 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

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