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Beginning this month, Elmhurst College will launch a new lecture series called Fixing Illinois: A Great State’s Problems and Promise.

Keith Koeneman writes about Chicago history, politics and culture.  His recently released book on the retired mayor of Chicago, "First Son: The Biography of Richard M.

The capture of Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann in 1960 in Argentina, and his subsequent trial by an Israeli court, electrified the world and sparked an international debate over how and by whom Nazi war criminals should be brought to justice.Award-winning historian Deborah E.

In an age when any blockbuster or indie film can be summoned up to your computer, TV or smart phone, are we witnessing the end of a favorite American pastime—going to the movies?On Thursday, April 25, "Chicago Tribune" film critic Michael Phillips will explo

Laura Kipnis is an author, teacher, cultural critic and former video artist whose work focuses on sexual politics, emotion, acting out and generally bad behavior.Kipnis will present Narcissism: A Defense, the annual Genevieve Staudt Intercultural Lecture, on Tuesday, March 5, at Elm

 The first woman to preside over the Iowa Supreme Court, Marsha Ternus joined her six colleagues in a unanimous ruling in 2009 striking down an Iowa statute banning same-sex marriage.

Seyyed Hossein Nasr is a professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University, as well as an Islamic philosopher, poet and prominent scholar of Islamic, religious and comparative studies.On Friday, February 22, he will present The Future and Promise of Interfaith Dialogue, t