Date: Thursday, January 9, 2014
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 
Location: The Gratz Center at Fourth Presbyterian Church in downtown Chicago

Event is free but registration is required. Click here for more information and to register.

Convened by the Modern Language Association, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Chicago Humanities Festival

Are you looking for strategies to magnify the vibrancy and relevance of the humanities? Join us at the Chicago Humanities Summit to learn from, brainstorm with, and roll up your sleeves alongside trailblazing colleagues. Expanding on the conversation started by “The Heart of the Matter,” the official report from the Academy’s Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences, this event homes in on our success stories, from idea generation to practical realization. At the heart of the Summit is a series of concurrently running "How-To" sessions. Facilitated by leading humanities scholars, they will showcase and workshop innovative programs, projects, and initiatives that take the humanities well beyond the academy.

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.            Intro: The Heart of the Matter        

9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.            Coffee & Conversation                        

9:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.          How-To Sessions                                      

11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.        Coffee & Conversation                         

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.        Outro: Furthering Matters  

Facilitators: Nancy Abelmann, Michael Bérubé, Cathy Davidson, Sara Guyer, Dianne Harris, Gregg Lambert, Esther Mackintosh, and Teresa Mangum as well as Commissioners Richard Brodhead, John Rowe, and the Honorable Diane Wood.

Co-sponsored by: Franke Institute for the Humanities at the University of Chicago, Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities at Northwestern University, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Center for the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and Oberman Center for Advanced Studies at the University of Iowa.

PLEASE NOTE: Seating is limited. While attendance is free, registration is required. Click here for more information and to register.