Franke Institute for the Humanities
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The Franke Institute for the Humanities is located in Regenstein Library
at the University of Chicago
. It promotes sharp, rigorous scholarship in the humanities and social sciences by sponsoring research fellows, organizing talks, workshops, and conferences, and attracting participants from the university, the city of Chicago, and a global community of artists, academics, and other interested audiences.
The institute is named for Barbara E. and Richard J. Franke, who have supported it financially since its founding in 1990.
The current director is Professor James Chandler
.
The Franke Institute for the Humanities is a member of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI)
.
Regenstein Library
The Joseph Regenstein Library is the main library of the University of Chicago, named after industrialist and philanthropist Joseph Regenstein. Holding over 7.9 million volumes, it is one of the largest repositories of books in the world, and is noted for its brutalist architecture.-History:The...
at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
. It promotes sharp, rigorous scholarship in the humanities and social sciences by sponsoring research fellows, organizing talks, workshops, and conferences, and attracting participants from the university, the city of Chicago, and a global community of artists, academics, and other interested audiences.
The institute is named for Barbara E. and Richard J. Franke, who have supported it financially since its founding in 1990.
The current director is Professor James Chandler
James Chandler
James Chandler is the director of the Franke Institute for the Humanities and holds the Barbara E. & Richard J. Franke Professorship in English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago....
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The Franke Institute for the Humanities is a member of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI)
Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI)
Established in 1988, the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes serves as a site for the discussion of issues germane to the fostering of crossdisciplinary activity and as a network for the circulation of information and the sharing of resources within the humanities and interpretive...
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