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Jimmy’s Woodlawn Tap
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Oriental Institute
Pick Hall
Regenstein Library
Reynolds Club
Seminary Co-op
Smart Museum of Art
Social Sciences Building
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CAMPUS
DAYS 2015
EAST 55TH STREET
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Schedule Overview
EAST 56TH STREET
S U N D AY, 1 2 A P R I L
3:00pmWelcome
Reva and David Logan Center
for the Arts, Screening Room,
Second Floor
3:15pm Readings from Colloquium
4:00pm
Panel Discussions with MAPH
Alumni
5:00pm Open Forum with Current
MAPH Students
6:30pm
Reception and Dinner
Reva and David Logan Center
for the Arts, Performance
Penthouse, Ninth Floor
8:00pm Enjoy Hyde Park
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EAST 57TH STREET
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SOUTH UNIVERSITY AVENUE
SOUTH ELLIS AVENUE
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SOUTH GREENWOOD AVENUE
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EAST 58TH STREET
SOUTH MARYLAND AVENUE
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M O N D AY, 1 3 A P R I L
9:00amBreakfast
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Classics Building, Room 110
10:30am Welcome by Dean Roth
Panel Discussion with Faculty
Members
Noon
Departmental Luncheons
Afternoon
Campus Tours, Open Houses
for Program Options and
Areas of Study, Class Visits,
Student Loan Administration
Advising, Travel
Reimbursement Support
See Interior Pages for
Information on Luncheons and
Other Afternoon Activities
4:00pm
Closing Reception
Classics Building, Room 110
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EAST 59TH STREET
MIDWAY PLAISANCE NORTH
MIDWAY PLAISANCE SOUTH
EAST 60TH STREET
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M O N D AY, 1 3 A P R I L
9:00am
Tour of Regenstein and Mansueto Libraries
Library staff lead an optional tour of the Regenstein Library and Mansueto Library, showcasing their
holdings, automated retrieval systems, and gorgeously designed work spaces.
Tour Starting Point: Regenstein Library, Lobby
9:00amBreakfast
Classics Building, Room 110
10:30am Welcome by Dean Martha T. Roth
Panel Discussion with Faculty Members
Moderated by Deborah Nelson, Associate Professor of English and Deputy Provost for Graduate
Education. The panel will feature Hillary Chute, Associate Professor of English and Visual Arts;
Jennifer Wild, Assistant Professor in Cinema and Media Studies and Romance Languages and
Literatures; Hoyt Long, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Civlizations; and Richard
Jean So, Assistant Professor of English.
CAMPUS DAYS 2015
M O N D AY A F T E R N O O N A C T I V I T I E S
S U N D AY, 1 2 A P R I L
1:00pm
Campus Tour
Paul Durica, AM’06, PhD’13, past MAPH preceptor and owner of Pocket Guide to Hell, leads an
optional tour of the secret history of UChicago.
Tour Starting Point, Reynolds Club, Front Entrance
3:00pmWelcome
David Wray, MAPH Director and Associate Professor in Classics; Hilary Strang, PhD’09, MAPH
Deputy Director and Lecturer in English; and Malynne Sternstein, AB’87, AM’90, PhD’96, Incoming
MAPH Director and Associate Professor in Slavic Languages and Literatures
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Screening Room, Second Floor
3:15pm Readings from Colloquium
Lex Nalley, MAPH’14
Sean Campbell, Current Student
Noor Shawaf, Current Student
4:00pm
Panel Discussions with MAPH Alumni
Moderated by A-J Aronstein, MAPH’10, Associate Director of Graduate Career Development and
Employer Relations at UChicago
Bill Hutchison, MAPH’12, doctoral student at UChicago
Rick Gilbert, MAPH’13, doctoral student at Loyola University Chicago
Maria Dikcis, MAPH’13, doctoral student at Northwestern University
Miranda Swanson, MAPH’01, Dean of Students for the Physical Sciences at UChicago
Jen DerHovanesian, MAPH’14, Functional Consultant at hybris
Molly Foltyn, MAPH’13, Assistant to the Agents of Browne & Miller Literary Associates, LLC
5:00pm Open Forum with Current MAPH Students
The current students participating include Ethan Simonds, Michael Long, Jason Nebergall, Shanshan
Mai, Ann Marie McManaman, Rachel Kamins, and Amy Li.
6:30pm
Reception and Dinner
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Performanc Penthouse, Ninth Floor
8:00pm Enjoy Hyde Park
Department Luncheons
Noon–1:15pm
Art History
Cochrane-Woods Art Center, Lounge
Cinema and Media Studies
Classics Building, Room 312
English
Rosenwald Hall, Room 405
Office Hours
Noon–4:00pm
MAPH Deputy Director
Hilary Strang
Classics Building, Room 411
1:30-2:30pm
Linguistics
Alan Yu
Rosenwald Hall, Room 205
2:00–3:00pm
Comparative Literature
Thomas Pavel
Wieboldt Hall, Room 409C
Noon–2:45pm
Music
Steven Rings
Goodspeed Hall, Room 315
2:00–4:00pm
MAPH Director
David Wray
Classics Buidling, Room 228
2:30–4:00pm
Cultural Policy Center
Betty Farrell
Harris School, Suite 285
Open Houses
2:00–3:30pm
Creative Writing
Poetics
John Wilkinson
Taft House
2:00–4:00pm
Center for Gender and Sexuality
Center for Race, Politics and Culture
Sarah Tuohey
5737 South University
3:00–4:00pm
Digital Humanities
David Schloen
Searle Hall, Room 240B
1:00–2:00pm
Philosophy
Stuart Hall, Room 216
Campus Tours with MAPH Mentors
Tours start at 1:30pm and 3:30pm and will begin at the Classics Corbel Archway.
The MAPH Staff will be available all afternoon in Classics 117 to assist with travel expense reimbursement paperwork.
The Student Loan Administration will also be avaiable all afternoon on the Fourth Floor of 970 East 58th Street to
answer questions about financial aid arrangments.
4:00pm
Closing Reception
Classics Building, Room 110
1010 East 59th Street
PROGRAM OPTIONS
THE MAPH OPTION: AN (A)TYPICAL EXPERIENCE
The majority of MAPH students craft their own course of
study. MAPH students choose seven classes from across
the University—not only from the graduate divisions, but
also from the professional schools. For many, this takes
the shape of a disciplinarily-focused program of study.
For others, the year can be one of radical interdisciplinary
experimentation.
Requirements for all
MAPH Students
Foundations of Interpretive
Theory in Autumn Quarter
Elective Courses (7)
Thesis Project with Faculty
Advisor
Theses
Christine McKeon, MAPH’12
“A Fireless Muse?”: Barbara Garson’s MacBird! and Shakespeare
in the American Political Theater
Advised by David Bevington
Robert English, MAPH’09
Agency and Autonomy: Korsgaard, Kant and the Constitution
of the Self
Advised by Robert Pippin
Catalina Ospina Jimenez,
MAPH’12
The Materiality of Mourning in
Doris Salcedo’s Artwork
Advised by Christine Mehring
Possible Course Schedules
Autumn Quarter
MAPH Core: Foundations of Interpretive Theory David Wray and Hilary Strang
Writing and Gender at the Fin de Siècle Maud Ellman
George Eliot: Middlemarch Lawrence Rothfield
Winter Quarter
MAPH Thesis Workshop I Precept Group
Advanced Theories of Sex/Gender Lauren Berlant
Psychoanalytic Approaches to Literature Lisa Ruddick
Hawthorne and James Rosanna Warren and Mark Payne
Spring Quarter
MAPH Thesis Workshop II Precept Group
The 18th-Century Novel Heather Keenleyside
Documentary: Aesthetics and Evidence Hillary Chute
Autumn Quarter
MAPH Core: Foundations of Interpretive Theory David Wray and Hilary Strang
Being, Time, and Otherness Raoul Moati
Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations Irad Kimhi
Winter Quarter
MAPH Thesis Workshop I Precept Group
Oedipus Tyrannus: Thinking in and with Tragedy Laura Slatkin
Phaedo Agnes Callard
Plato: Laws Nathan Tarcov
Spring Quarter
MAPH Thesis Workshop II Precept Group
Feminist Philosophy Martha Nussbaum
Don Quixote and Its Impact Frederick de Armas and Thomas Pavel
MAPH CORE:
FOUNDATIONS OF INTERPRETIVE THEORY
The MAPH Core Course gives students a framework for thinking
about persistent and vexing questions at the heart of graduatelevel humanistic inquiry. Taught by MAPH’s directors, the Core
Course transforms the way students think, and gives them the
critical writing tools necessary to succeed in their coursework
at the University of Chicago. An intense intellectual experience
beginning two weeks before the Autumn Quarter, the Core
Course will rank among the most challenging and rewarding
courses students have ever taken.
Selected Texts from Past Core Syllabi
Lauren Berlant, “Slow Death (Obesity, Sovereignty, Lateral Agency)”
“The Core gives MAPH students
the kind of direct engagement with
theoretical texts most PhD stu-
Octavia Butler, “Bloodchild”
dents wish they had had. Former
Frantz Fanon, excerpts from Black Skin, White Masks
students of mine still talk vividly
G.W.F. Hegel, excerpts from The Phenomenology of Spirit
about specific texts we read in
Core and the conversations we
Werner Herzog, Nosferatu
had, even years later.”
Jacques Lacan, “The Mirror Stage”
Hilary Strang, PhD’09
MAPH Deputy Director
Karl Marx, excerpts from Grundrisse
Edgar Allen Poe, “The Purloined Letter”
Core and Community
The Core, and especially the Friday precept discussion groups, become the social home base for most MAPH students. Here,
students from many disciplinary backgrounds and approaches interact, all of whom bring unique perspectives to the larger
intellectual project of Core. Following discussion groups during fall quarter (and regularly throughout the rest of the year),
MAPH hosts social hours. This longstanding tradition serves a vitally important function in the program. It’s a chance to unwind
after a long week and continue the conversations begun in the classroom.
AFTER MAPH
INTERNSHIPS, MENTORSHIPS, AND FELLOWSHIPS
MAPH offers a range of paid summer internships,
three full-time, year-long mentor positions, and
a service project fellowship. Students apply for
these competitive, MAPH-only opportunities
during spring quarter.
Internships
Mentorships
Fellowships
MAPH’s summer
internships have been
an integral part of the
program for almost
two decades. These
opportunities are paid and
typically last eight to ten
weeks, beginning after
graduation.
Each year, MAPH hires
two to three graduates to
work as mentors for the
following year.
The Rafael Torch Memorial
Service Fellowship is
intended to connect
humanistic inquiry with
service work outside the
academy.
Our past internship partners
include:
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The Newberry Library
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Chicago History Museum
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Browne &
Associates
Miller
Literary
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Chicago Humanities Festival
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Smart Museum
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Illinois Humanities Council
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Adventure Stage Chicago
Mentors spend half their
time working as writing
interns in the Humanities
Core, gaining classroom
experience and teaching
first year students at the
University.
The other half of their time,
they act as advisors for
the current class of MAPH
students, and help foster
community by planning
and executing a variety of
social, cultural, and career
events.
MAPH offers one
graduating student
a stipend to fund an
otherwise unpaid position
at a service-oriented nonprofit in Chicago.
Past organizations include:
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Unity Hospice’s Music &
Memory Program
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City Farm Chicago
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Howard Brown Health
Center’s Transgender Health
Team
FINANCING YOUR MAPH YEAR
MAPH is as much a financial decision as it is an academic decision. To make things
clearer we have outlined some cost estimates for 2015–16 based on previous years.
These are only estimates and your own needs may vary.
TUITION: $51,630 (estimated for 2015–16; final costs may change)
$49,644 (2014–15 tuition) + estimated 4% tuition increase=$51,630
ADDITIONAL COSTS OF ATTENDANCE (estimates are for a 9 month period)
Books and Supplies:
$1,785
Room and Board:
$10,350–$15,750
• $10,350: 2BR apartment w/roommate
$700/month in rent; $450/month in food
• $12,150: Studio apartment
$900/month in rent; $450/month in food
• $15,750: 1BR apartment
$1300/month in rent; $450/month in food
Student Life Fee:
$1,041 (2014–15 fee; 2015–16 fee TBD)
Health Insurance:
$3,162 if purchased through UChicago
(Health insurance is required; you may continue on your own
insurance if you are already insured)
Personal/Misc.:
$1,800–$3,150 ($200/month–$350/month)
Transportation:
$1,400–$2,525
• $1,400: no car, $100/month for public transportation and
cabfare; + one $500 round-trip flight
• $2,525: w/car, insurance, gas, public transportation,
parking ($225/month); + one $500 round-trip flight
Scenario 1
Scenario 2
Scenario 3
Live in 1BR apartment, has
a car, and needs health
insurance.
Live with roommate, no car,
and does not buy
UChicago’s health
insurance.
Live in studio apartment,
no car, lives frugally, and
needs health insurance.
$21,338
$27,413
$17,726
NEXT STEPS
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Using the estimates for tuition and living expenses, determine what portion of
these costs will be unmet by your own financial contribution. The Student Loan
Administration (SLA) provides additional estimates on their website at
http://sla.uchicago.edu/page/cost-attendance.
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Apply for financial assistance through the SLA as outlined in the "Applying for
Financial Assistance" section below.
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Apply for any outside scholarship or fellowships for which you qualify. UChicago’s
Graduate Education page offers a searchable database of fellowships at
http://grad.uchicago.edu/fellowships_funding/fellowship_database/.
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Consider working part-time during the program.
Financial Assistance Resources
Who is Eligible?
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Degree-seeking students: In general, U.S. citizens, nationals, and permanent
residents who enroll at least half-time, are not in default on a Federal student loan,
and maintain satisfactory academic progress are eligible to apply for Federal loans
and work-study assistance.
International students: Ineligible for Federal assistance, international students may
apply only for an Alternative/Private loan. The Office of International Affairs (OIA)
has extensive resources for international students looking for aid.
What is Available?
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Federal Work-Study: Federally subsidized part-time work for qualified students
Federal Loans: The Federal Perkins Loan and The Federal Direct Unsubsidized
Stafford Loan
Credit-Based Loans: Federal Direct Graduate PLUS and Alternative/Private Loans
that require a credit check
Applying for Financial Assistance
1. Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) at fafsa.ed.gov.
2. Select a UChicago Network Identifier (CNetID) username and password. To claim your
CNetID, visit https://cnet.uchicago.edu/claimacct/index.jsp. This username is used to
access the University's online services and will become the prefix to your
@uchicago.edu email address. Claiming a CNetID is not an indication you have
accepted our offer of admission; however, you do need it to apply for financial aid.
3. Login to myUChicago and complete the University of Chicago Application for
Graduate Student Loans and Federal Assistance (UCAPP) at
http://sla.uchicago.edu/page/application-steps-2015-2016. The Student Loan
Administration uses this form to package financial aid offers.
4. Accept the offer of admission and scholarship award by April 30 using the online
response form.
5. If you are planning to work part-time, use the UChicago Student Employment
website at http://gradadmissions.uchicago.edu/funding to search for jobs on campus.
Positions will be posted beginning in mid-summer.
Additional Questions?
Financial planning for a graduate education involves many variables and can be daunting
at times. The University of Chicago has a number of offices dedicated to helping you find
the answers you need to make the best decision about your future.
If you have questions about your offer of admission or the resources available to finance
your degree, please contact the staff in the Master of Arts Program in the Humanities
at [email protected] or 773.834.1201.