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Comparative Human Development Faculty Announcements
A new book on the DeafBlind community considers communication the limits of language
Going Tactile is the product of almost 20 years of Terra Edwards’s anthropological research and engagement with the community. By Sarah Steimer ...
July 16, 2024![Illustration from “The Fight for Black Lives”](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2024-02/illustration-from-the-fight-for-black-lives.jpg?itok=GMbx3mKh)
Faculty Comparative Human Development Announcements
UChicago scholar premieres documentary on racial health disparities
“The Fight for Black Lives” selected for Santa Barbara International Film Festival In the United States, Black newborns are 2.5 times more likely t...
February 28, 2024![2023 artwork from the neubauer collegium titled archive for 57 people by Dan Peterman](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2024-02/ea4c22b2-ec9c-fa62-c5ea-da66e7f7ad89.jpg?itok=UwhQn9t5)
Announcements Faculty Anthropology Comparative Human Development History Sociology
2024-25 Neubauer Collegium Faculty Research Projects Announced
The Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society has selected eight new faculty-led research projects to launch July 1, 2024. “These new faculty rese...
February 14, 2024![Susan Goldin-Meadow](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2024-01/susan-goldin-meadow-feature.jpg?itok=uyAgkRfe)
Faculty Psychology Comparative Human Development Announcements
Big Brains: Susan Goldin-Meadow on what our hands reveal about our thoughts
Language shapes our world. But when we speak, there is actually a secret conversation happening beyond our words. It’s happening not with our mouths—b...
January 25, 2024![Precarious Protections book cover](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2023-02/precarious_protections_book_cover-crop.jpg?itok=ddL3ldDB)
Faculty Comparative Human Development Announcements
Turning a keen eye toward the tension between protected migrants and exclusionary tendencies in the West
This book has been awarded the 2024 Distinguished Scholarship Award from the Pacific Sociological Association. Chiara Galli’s forthcoming book is b...
April 13, 2024