Lost Land

Really. John Malkovitch at Steppenwolf. And we were in the third row.

Bike the Drive

A great day.

Romeo and Juliet

At Chicago Shakes. The highlight (OK, for me at least) was seeing Matt, my personal trainer, and famed Matty-Fu of House Theatre, as a walk on.

Addams Family meets Ansel Adams?

Went to the Museum of Science and Industry with Ms. S's workmates to see Bodyworks, which uses real human cadavers for the exhibition. The PTs were way into it.

The Dean on the Polarization of American Politics

Did a great trip to Boston with my Dean for a Harper lecture on why the two parties have become so polarized.

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Judith Farquhar, new on the Anthro faculty, gave a great salon on her work in Beijing.

Chicago Convenes

The annual gathering of alums. Helped with a panel--

Reading between the Genes: Nature and Nurture across Disciplines

How do genes and environment interact to create various human behaviors (e.g., child abuse, language-learning) and what are the ethical implications of finding out?

Conrad Gilliam
Susan Goldin-Meadow
Dario Maestripieri
Martha Nussbaum

Chariots of Fire

Went to hear Allen Sanderson (who has taken me under his wing to help me understand econ in general and the nuances of this department of econ and its personalities) speak about the economics of sports. A fun dinner after with alums.

More SF Trip Photos

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A Great SF Trip

OK, it's always good to have the Golden Gate for a Crown.

Stars of Chicago Economics

On work portion of CA trip, saw both George Shultz and Milton Friedman. Rock stars of Chicago Economics, oh my!

I Do Love Tom Stoppard

A very satisfying production of Travesties at the Court...following their earlier production of Importance of Being Earnest.

Ring Cycle at Lyric

K. and J. came to Chicago for the Ring Cycle. A good time was had by all!  

JHF in DC for my B day

Attended an event in DC in honor of John Hope Franklin. Always great to see this amazing person, any occasion. Kris and Jace were in town, so a little weird to pop out, and come back.

Ready for Intelligent Design?

Bob Richard gave the Ryerson lecture. He is the Morris Fishbein Professor in the History of Science and Medicine. The topic “The Narrative Structure of Moral Judgments in History: Evolution and Nazi Biology,” an examination of the work of the 19th-century German scholar Ernst Haeckel. Haeckel was widely regarded by historians as an intellectual force in Nazism because the theory of the races he developed had been interpreted to justify German superiority. Richards explored how historians use grammatical techniques to construct narratives, such as using different ideas of time and causal structure.