WBEZ | UIC Forum

Good Food Festival & Conference

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:23:00 -0600

Your choices matter! Join individuals, leaders, and businesses that sustain the locally-driven Good Food Movement as we celebrate the joys of food at our family-friendly Festival and be inspired at our industry-driven conference.

Festival highlights include artisan and farmer exhibitors and nationally significant speakers such as Sandor Katz on the Art of Fermentation and Fred Kirschenmann of Stone Barns on Grassroots Biodiversity. The day also offers Do-It-Yourself workshops on growing, making, and preserving food, chef demos with Rick Bayless, Paul Virant and Carrie Nahabedian, Urban Ag and bus tours, and an interactive Kids’ Corner. And don't miss Steve Dolinsky MC'ing the Kimchi Challenge where Chicago chefs put their best kimchi forward hoping to be crowned the Kimchi Champion! Stop by the Good Food Commons for quick access to knowledgeable farmers and experts to learn more about keeping backyard chickens, canning and composting.

Localicious is the good food party of the season, pairing top chefs with farmers for a food, craft beer and local spirits tasting event you don't want to miss.

If you're a trade, school food or policy stakeholder, join us Thursday and Friday for the Tradeshow, Policy Summit, and Financing Farm to Fork Conference. There’s
something for everyone. Join us and experience the movement that’s transforming the way we eat.

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UIC Urban Forum: Metropolitan Resilience in a Time of Economic Turmoil

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:49:00 -0600

Not since the Great Depression have cities, counties and states suffered such a long-lasting period of fiscal challenges. The quality of urban life depends upon the capacity of cities and metropolitan regions to respond to the environmental, infrastructural, organizational, and human challenges of the global era.

Cities and urban regions that are resilient enough to cope with the challenges posed both by unexpected shocks and longer-term trends will be positioned to adequately provide for the health, safety and well being of their citizens. Addressing these challenges will require human and financial capital, innovation and entrepreneurship, a vital private sector and the involvement of government and non-profit institutions in governance and service-delivery.

The 2012 UIC Urban Forum will bring together civic and community leaders to address the issues metropolitan areas have been experiencing, their responses and strategies to address those challenges and improve quality of life.

WBEZ’s Niala Boodhoo will be on stage with Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Governor Pat Quinn, and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, as moderator for the day's opening panel. WBEZ’s Natalie Moore will then follow, moderating a panel with mayors from Columbus, OH, Pittsburgh, PA, and Las Vegas, NV to continue the conversation exploring how American cities thriving during challenging economic times.

Just announced: "A Conversation with U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood: MAP-21 and What’s Next for Urban Transportation Funding" will take place at 3pm, including Stephen Schlickman, Executive Director, Urban Transportation Center, University of Illinois at Chicago; Former Executive Director, Regional Transportation Authority.

Click here for the full agenda of the day's events.

Four white papers, drafted by academic and policy experts, will be used to inform discussions throughout the Forum, with afternoon panels specifically focused on each white paper theme. Click here to review white paper topics and download the papers themselves in advance of the event.

Click here to register for this event.

University of Illinois at Chicago
As a major research university in the heart of one of the world's greatest cities, the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is truly a global institution. As such, UIC has taken a lead role in convening scholars, public intellectuals, policymakers and elected officials to discuss, analyze and propose pragmatic and innovative solutions that will enhance the lives of city-dwellers around the globe.

Off-Air Events: 6th Annual Global Activism Expo

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:05:00 -0500

“The Expo is an opportunity for people to see their community and their world as a caring, thoughtful, and generous place,” says emcee Jerome McDonnell. “Join us as we make a difference with our love, respect, and compassion.”

The struggles we face are bigger than any one person, but we can each take a step to make a difference. Join Worldview host Jerome McDonnell and meet lots of engaged, world-focused people. You'll learn about all the work that folks who've been featured on Worldview's long-running series, Global Activism, have been up to, and they'll show you how you can get involved.

UIC Social Justice Initiative’s topic of conversation this year is Restorative Justice. Gender Justice. Global Justice. and will feature nationally known activists, scholars and journalists. They will be asking discussants difficult questions: “What does it mean to make amends? How do we not only diagnose and “treat” injustice when we see it, but how do we “repair” a situation when harm is done. Is this always possible?” Break-out sessions and discussions will be hosted all day.

12:30-2:00pm

After Hadiya and "Nirbhaya": From Chicago to Delhi What Does Justice Look Like?

Here in the United States, Chicago in particular, street crime has taken the lives of far too many of our youth. In India, the issue of sexual violence has captured headlines. The tragic deaths of Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old girl who was shot and killed just a few blocks away from her school, and "Nirbhaya," the 23-year-old woman who was gang-raped by six men in a moving bus in Delhi, raise the question: what does justice for victims and survivors look like?

2:30-4:00pm

Peace in an Age of Violence: Reparations, Reconciliation, Renewal

Brutal war has engulfed villages and cities in Mali. Violence in Colombia has forced people out of their homes and left anger, fear and poverty in its wake. Does post-apartheid South Africa offer a vision and a model for war-torn societies? Many countries that have been torn apart by civil war ask: how do we rebuild, how can we make amends, or does accountability trump reconciliation?

Come out to eat, drink, dance and learn at WBEZ's largest event of the year!
If you RSVP today, we will have a special prize for you at the door!

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New this year! Peace On Earth Film Festival will show select titles from their 2013 festival and invite the audience to discuss and reflect on these short films.

JUST ANNOUNCED: Featured Films
Amazon Gold (USA, 53 min)
Narrated by Academy Award winners Sissy Spacek and Herbie Hancock, Amazon Gold is the disturbing account of a clandestine journey into the Amazon rainforest. Ron Haviv and Donovan Webster, two war journalists led by a Peruvian biologist, uncover the savage unravelling of pristine rainforest.

TRUST Alaska (USA, 8 min)

Stories of TRUST: Calling for Climate Recovery, is about the perfect trifecta of youth, law and justice. This series of short documentaries features the voices of daring youth from across the country who went to court to compel the government to protect our atmosphere, in trust, for future generations.

Child 31 (UK, 31 min)

In a time of unprecedented technological achievements and luxuries, close to one billion people still go to sleep hungry; but there's an organization attempting to change that. This powerful new documentary captures the life-changing work of Mary’s Meals in action throughout Malawi, Kenya and India and its mission to help millions of children around the world realize their dreams.

Children of Kabul (Afghanistan, 25 min)

Children of Kabul provides rare access to the war-torn streets of Kabul, Afghanistan, documenting the unfolding tragedy of child labor. Taking you into the lives of four young Afghan children - Omid, Sanabar, Yasamin and Fayaz.

Hidden In Time (USA, 16:20 min)

New York City. An Iraqi born taxi driver receives a mysterious box and then with-out warning kidnaps his passenger on the way to the airport. Mistaken intentions, cultural stereotypes and revealed losses compel these two men to confront their personal realities and question their values.

Ronan's Escape (Australia, 16 min)

A 14 year old school boy growing up in a rural West Australian town is the social outcast of the school and has been bullied for years. The film follows the last few hours of Ronan’s day at school before he makes his “escape” under a beautiful, Australian gum free.

The Activist Organizations Included:

34 Million Friends of the United Nations Population Fund
AACTION Autism
Aid Africa's Children
Alternative Gifts International
American Friends Service Committee
AMIM Congo
Asha for Education, Chicago Chapter
Awassa Children's Project
Bookfriends International, NFP
Bookwallah Organization
Bosco
buildOn Schurz high school
Causes for Change International
Center for Global Initiatives
CHICAGO+acumen
CircEsteem
Colombia Vive Chicago
Community Cloud Forest Conservation
CROSO (Child Restoration Outreach Support Organization)
Development In Gardening (DIG)
EdPowerment
Education and Hope
El Fuego del Sol
Engineers Without Borders-Chicago
Fabretto Children's Foundation
Fair Earth
FEED THE DREAM
five ACCESSORIES
Fr John Kolkman Sickle Cell Foundation
GirlForward
Global Alliance for Africa
GREENOLA Style + Solidarity Bridge
Hagar International
Heartland Alliance Marjorie Kovler Center
HELPSudan
Heshima Kenya
His Wheels International
Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach
ICAS/Juntos Adelante
India Development Coalition of America
Indian Development Service
International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)
Invisible Conlicts
Just Haiti
Kulsoom Foundation
La Isla Foundation
LemonAid Fund
LIFT USA
Little by Little
Living Water International
Malawi Matters Inc.
Malia Designs
Mata Traders
Matanya's Hope
MayaWorks
Meal Sharing
Medical Ministry International
Mindful Medicine Worldwide
Music for Lombok
My Grandmother's River Project
New Trier India Project and Me to We
NICARAGUA-DIRECT
Nonviolent Peaceforce
One Acre Fund
One Heart For Congo
Operation ASHA
Pan-African Rural Health and & Social Services ( PRHeSS)
Peace Care
Play for Peace
Project HARAMBEE
Radios Populares and La Voz de los de Abajo
School of Choice Education Organization (Haiti)
Schools for the Children of the World
Share Your Soles
South Sudan Hope
Spark Ventures
SSQ Liason
Sun Ovens Internationl
Sustainable Sharing with Guatemala
SwaziKids International
Tanzania Development Support
The Citizens Foundation, USA
The Light and Leadership Initiative
The Through Her Eyes Project
Tikondane Community Centre
Vumila CBO
Women's Global Education Project
Working Bikes
World Action Collective (Frmly: Rainforest Rescue Coalition)
Youth Technology Corps NFP, Inc
Zakat Foundation of America

More Interaction and Activity:
• The Vocalo Music Stage outdoors on the plaza will feature an array of local artists and bands with an international influence

• Working Bikes will bring an array of demonstration bikes (power a phonograph or your cell phone) as well as mini bikes for us to ride inside

• CircEsteem will entertain kids and adults, encouraging participants to learn juggling, balance feathers and have fun

• International Food Court will feature tasty treats from around the world, with vendors including Raj Dashan, Swim Café, Café Marbella and more

Speakers Participating in UIC discussions:

Joaquín M. Chávez is an assistant professor at the Department of History at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Chávez’s research focuses on popular politics, revolution, Catholic social thought, and the Cold War in Latin America. Chávez joined the peace negotiations that put an end to El Salvador’s civil war (1980-1992) and contributed to the processes of reconciliation and reconstruction in that country. He has published studies on El Salvador’s peace process and has served as an expert on peace negotiations in Nepal and other hot spots.

Cheryl Graves is the Founder and Co-Director of the Community Justice for Youth Institute, a nonprofit organization committed to building a movement of peacemakers. She has more than 15 years of experience in training and implementing restorative justice practices in Chicago communities, schools and the juvenile justice system. Her work focuses on developing capacity to facilitate peacemaking circles and restorative approaches that keep youth in school and out of court, build community, address conflict, prevent violence and support healing

Ali Issa is based in New York City and is the national field organizer for War Resisters League. He earned a Master's Degree in Arabic studies from the University of Texas at Austin in 2008. He is a contributor to the e-zine Jadaliyya on Iraqi social movements and his translations have appeared in Banipal and the PEN World Atlas Blog. He is a contributor and co-founder of the independent online magazine about everything Iraqi, shakomakoNET. His father is from Baghdad, Iraq.

Mariame Kaba is an organizer, educator, and writer who lives in Chicago. She is the founder and director of Project NIA, a grassroots organization with a mission to end youth incarceration using a transformative justice approach. Mariame has also co-founded several other organizations including the Chicago Freedom School, the Rogers Park Young Women's Action Team (YWAT) and the Chicago Taskforce on Violence against Girls and Young Women.

Born on Chicago's West Side, "Prexy"(Rozell W.) Nesbitt has spent more than five decades as an educator, activist, and speaker on Africa, foreign policy, and racism. Prexy's career has also included extensive consulting and training on race, multiculturalism and diversity. A teacher and lecturer for many years all over the USA, he additionally has worked as a “red cap,” social worker, union organizer, special assistant to Chicago’s Mayor, the late Harold Washington, and a senior program officer with the MacArthur Foundation in Chicago. Today, he teaches African history courses at Chicago’s Columbia College and takes people on educational, cultural and political tours to various ‘Third World’ countries, regions and situations, both abroad and in the United States.

Barbara Ransby is an historian, writer and longtime activist. She is a Professor of African American Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, and History at UIC where she directs both the campus-wide Social Justice Initiative and the Gender and Women’s Studies Program. She previously served as Interim Vice Provost for Planning and Programs (2011-2012) at UIC. Prof. Ransby is author of the highly acclaimed biography, Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision. Her most recent book is Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson (Yale University Press, January 2013).Ransby has also published in numerous scholarly and popular publications and lectures widely.

Astrid E. Suarez is the founder of Colombia vive Chicago which is focused on supporting Internally Displaced Women in Colombia as well as supporting the Colombian immigrant women in Chicago. Her academic interests have been focused on understanding the current global policies and their implications in local communities, global education policies, and global youth violence issues. She has organized and trained parents and educational leaders to advocate for policy reforms to support and increase parent participation in public schools.

The UIC Social Justice Initiative
The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is engaged in a major initiative which will, in the coming year, launch several exciting new projects linking scholars and activists in Chicago and beyond. The UIC Social Justice Initiative includes a new Student Summer Institute on Social Justice, Democracy and Human Rights; active community engagement projects; and collaborations that connect the UIC community to work that is creating positive change and providing needed services from Haiti to Mexico to India. The Social Justice Initiative reflects UIC’s mission to “create knowledge that transforms our views of the world and, through sharing and application, transforms the world.”

Post-Race? Trayvon and Racial Violence in the 21st Century

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:40:00 -0500

The shooting of Trayvon Martin has prompted weeks of public protest. What does this fatal shooting -- and the multi-faceted responses of Americans -- reflect about the politics of race and racial violence in the 21st century? How can we decriminalize Black youth in America? What is the conversation on race that we should be having?

This event is taking place as part of WBEZ's Global Activism Expo 2012, which gathers literally hundreds of Chicago-area global activists - all featured guests of Worldview's Global Activism Series - each providing ways you can immediately get involved and join their efforts.

Panelists will include:

Gary Younge, journalist for The Nation and The Guardian and author of Who We Are: And Should It Matter in the 21st Century

Kevin Coval, poet, co-founder of Louder Than A Bomb teen poetry festival, and author of L-Vis Lives!: Racemusic Poems

David Stovall, Associate Professor of Educational Policy Studies and African American History at UIC and volunteer social studies teacher at the Greater Lawndale/Little Village School of Social Justice High School

Alice Kim, director of The Public Square

Hunger Games and Real World Economic Injustice

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:39:00 -0500

Some critics see the Hunger Games as an allegory for today: staggering world poverty amidst growing economic inequality. This panel will explore real world economic injustices and possibilities for creating a more equitable and fair system locally and globally. Join us to take a closer look at globalism, militarism and the impact of the economic crisis.

Panelists will include:

Mark Weisbrot, Co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, columnist for The Guardina Unlimited (U.K.) and Brazil's largest newspaper, Folha de Sao Paulo, and president of Just Foreign Policy

Kathy Kelly, Co-coordinator of Creative Voices for Non-violence and author of Other Lands Have Dreams: from Baghdad to Pekin Prison

Toussaint Losier, a doctoral candidate in history at the University of Chicago and a Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign organizer

Kony 2012 and Beyond: Transnational Solidarities

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:38:00 -0500

The Kony 2012 controversy raised important questions about activism at home and abroad. How can those in the United States building meaningful transnational solidarities in Africa and around the globe? What should informed activism look like? How can we can act as citizens of the world?

Panelists will include:

Barbara Ransby, historian, writer and long-time political activist, author of Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement

Nicholas De Genova, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of London and author of Working the Boundaries: Race, Space, and "Illegality" in Mexican Chicago

Anna Guevarra, interdisciplinary scholar and author of Marketing Dreams, Manufacturing Heroes: The Transnational Labor Brokering of Filipino Workers

Prexy Nesbitt, activist, educator and founder of Making the Road Tours to Africa

Andy Clarno, Assistant Professor in Sociology at UIC

The Breakup 2.0

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:20:58 -0500

“Breaking up is hard to do,” the old song goes, but is that still the case in a world of text messaging and Facebook? Of course new technologies are changing our behaviors, but how exactly, and with what consequences? Indiana University anthropologist and communications professor Ilana Gershon researches how new media affect our intimate relationships. Join her as she discusses the findings of her new book, The Breakup 2.0, the first academic study of heartbreak in the digital age, with Madeline Nusser of TimeOut Chicago.

This program is presented in partnership with the College Arts & Humanities Institute at Indiana University. The 2011 CHF programs at the UIC Forum are sponsored in part by the Chicago Community Trust.

Global Activism Expo 2012

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:20:00 -0500

Derived from WBEZ's Global Activism Series hosted by Worldview’s Jerome McDonnell, Global Activism Expo has become our largest event of the year and we are thrilled to again present this remarkable celebration – complete with music & food – hosted this year by the UIC Social Justice Initiative. This event gathers literally hundreds of Chicago-area global activists each providing ways you can immediately get involved and join their efforts.

JUST ANNOUNCED! Join us for an afternoon of bold conversations about transnational activism, global wealth disparity, and the politics of race:
12:30pm: "Post-Race? Trayvon and Racial Violence in the 21st Century"
2:30pm: "Hunger Games and Real World Economic Injustice"
4:30pm: "Kony 2012 and Beyond: Transnational Solidarities"

Doors open at NOON on Saturday and stay open until 6 pm; it’s FREE – so bring your classes, your children, your neighbors, your friends and family. Read on to learn more about the organizations attending, donation items being requested, on-site activities and additional presentations, participating food vendors and the 2012 world music stage line-up!

Representing work taking place in over 100 countries, the services they provide range from teaching neonatal resuscitation in Tanzania to building libraries in Haiti, assisting survivors of sexual violence in Congo to helping victims of human trafficking in Vietnam, to shipping bicycles, shoes, backpacks, books, medicines, and even bridges to people all over the world. In addition to learning about these incredible organizations, event attendees will also have the unique opportunity to attend presentations, network with other Chicagoans interested in this work, as well as shop for interesting art, fair-trade jewelry and apparel (where proceeds go to fund organizational efforts).

2012 Participating organizations will include:

AACTION Autism
Aid Africa's Children
AFSC-Chicago
Architecture for Humanity - Chicago
Art Creation Foundation for Children
ART WORKS Projects
Asha For Education
Blind Foundation for India (BFI)
Bookwallah Organization
BOSCO, Inc.
buildOn
Cameroon America AIDS Alliance
Causes for Change International
Center for Global Initiatives
CircEsteem
Colombia Vive Chicago
Common Hope
COPERMA Congo Survivors
CROSO
Dalit Solidarity, Inc.
Education and Hope
El Fuego del Sol
Engineer's Without Borders
Every Person Has A Story
Fabretto Children's Foundation
five ACCESSORIES
Fr John Kolkman Sickle Cell Foundation
Ghar Sita Mutu
Global Alliance for Africa
GREENOLA Style/Solidarity Bridge
Hagar USA
Heartland International
Heartland Alliance Marjorie Kovler Center
HELPSudan
Heshima Kenya
Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach
India Development Service
International Aid Services
Invisible Conflicts
Ivory Coast Mothers and Children
Juntos Adelante
Just Haiti
Landmines Blow!

Leading India's Future Today (LIFT)
Light and Leadership Initiative
Little by Little
Mailisita Foundation
Malawi Matters Inc.
Malia Designs
Matanya's Hope
MayaWorks
Mindful Medicine Worldwide NFP
My Grandmother's River Project
Nicaragua-Direct
One Acre Fund
One Heart for Congo
Peace Care
Peace Journey Project
PRHeSS
Project FOCUS
Rebuilding Haiti's Libraries: Rebuilding Dreams
Riders for Health
Share Your Soles Foundation
Small Planet Big Plans
SOUTH SUDAN HOPE N.F.P
Spark Ventures
SwaziKids International
Tanzania Development Support
Ten Thousand Villages
The Citizens Foundation
The GEANCO Foundation
The Human Development Foundation
The Through Her Eyes Project
Tibet Girls School
Tikondane Community Center
Tillers International
Vamos Adelante
Vanavevhu
Vumilia
Women's Global Education Project
Working Bikes Cooperative
Youth Labor Committee
Young Africa-USA
Zakat Foundation of America

Organizations also collecting materials on-site include Aid Africa's Children requesting toothbrushes (kids and adults) and small samples of toothpaste; Matanya’s Hope collecting gently used book bags and school shoes, soccer balls, air pumps, and fleece blankets for children in Kenya; Fr John Kolkman Sickle Cell Foundation collecting blood pressure cuffs/monitors and stethoscopes for their work in Cameroon; Solidarity Bridge collecting crayons, children's books (Spanish preferred), Band-Aids, or any household medical supplies for distribution in Bolivia; Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach collecting items to be assembled into a standard hygiene kit: hand towels, wash cloths, fingernail clippers, bath bar soap, tooth brush, toothpaste, Band-Aids, combs, and a one gallon Ziploc bags; Causes for Change International collecting sunglasses (both kid and adult sizes); and Working Bikes Cooperative collecting bicycles and wheelchairs.

Additionally, some organizations will be presenting on-site demonstrations and activities including: Working Bikes Cooperative who will have an on-site demonstration of “bike machines” showing how they are using bicycles for UV water sterilization, water pumping, or charging phones and laptops in communities around the world; LIFT Foundation (Leading India’s Future Today) hosting the opportunity to live video chat with children in India for a transnational game of “Simon Says”; CircEsteem displaying circus skills and teaching guests how to juggle, spin a plate, or balance a feather; Project FOCUS presenting the opportunity for attendees to contribute to a community mural; a solar Sun Oven will be on display, courtesy of El Fuego del Sol; and Matanya's Hope will be facilitating "BLANKETS OF HOPE" which allows volunteers to assemble simple blankets for delivery to impoverished children and their families in Kenya.

Click here to download the list of 24 additional presentations, scheduled from 1-5pm.

2012 food vendors:
Ras Dashen
Semiramis
Currents on the River
Ste Martaen
Arya Bhavan
Café Marbella

JUST ANNOUNCED! Global Activism Expo 2012 World Music Stage line-up:
1:00pm: Charlie Universe and the Little Star Music Box
1:30pm: In the Spirit with Special Guests Avreeayl Ra and Aquilla Sadalla
2:15pm: AfriCaribe
3:00pm: Members of Clinard Dance Theatre performing traditional flamenco in collaboration wtih Amaia Gabantxo, Marty Metzger, and Bob Garrett
3:30pm: Golosá
4:15pm: Jarochicanos Xicago

TRAVEL INFORMATION:
If you're coming by CTA, take the Halsted (8) bus south to Roosevelt Road.
If by car, parking is $8.00 in Lot 5 (located at 1135 W. Morgan) - once that lot is full, attendants will divert cars to additional lots.

This event is being hosted by:

This event is sponsored in-part by:

Ourselves as Others See Us: International Journalists on Obama’s America

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:39:16 -0500

A collapsing economy, two wars, rising health-care costs, a ballooning budget deficit, and a major ecological disaster . . . no US president in decades has encountered the breadth of difficulties confronting Barack Obama. In a discussion moderated by Washington Post political writer Peter Slevin, correspondents from China, Mexico, and Russia gather to recount their reporting about Obama’s vision for America and the complex realities of today.

Panelists include Tan Yingzi, chief correspondent for China Daily’s Washington Bureau; José Díaz- Briseño, Washington, DC correspondent for Mexico City’s daily newspaper Reforma, and Maria Lipman, editor in chief of Pro et Contra, a policy journal of the Carnegie Moscow Center.

This program is generously underwritten by the McCormick Foundation.

For more information and tickets, go to the Chicago Humanities Festival website.

History of the Condom

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:23:23 -0500

We’re betting that you don’t spend much of your time pondering the history of the condom. But University of Illinois cultural historian Paula Treichler does, and her ongoing research has led her in fascinating directions. Her research on condoms grew out of her work on AIDS and its meanings, work that established her as a leading thinker on the body. Much more than an account of technological advancements, this program invites us, together with Treichler, to use the condom as a prism to reconsider the history of sexuality and its representations, including cartoons, jokes, lore, legends, and references to pop culture.

This program is presented in partnership with the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

For more information and tickets, go to the Chicago Humanities Festival website.