March Highlights

	Franco Moretti

Division of the Humanities
“Quantitative Data, Formal Analysis: Reflections on 7,000 titles (British Novels, 1740-1850)”
4:30 p.m. Friday, March 7
Franco Moretti, a professor of English and comparative language at Stanford University, will deliver the last of the 2008 Frederick Ives Carpenter Lectures. The most prominent theoretician and historian of the novel in the English-speaking world, Moretti’s work focuses on modern European fiction and blends sociological and literary insights in a tremendously creative way. Moretti is a fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, a scientific advisor to the French Ministry of Research and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Swift Hall, 1025 E. 58th St., third floor

	Sans Soleil (1983)

Film Studies Center
Experimental Film Club programs
Friday, March 7 and Friday, March 14
The Experimental Film Club will present three programs over the course of four separate showings, exploring the topics of artistic musings, personal histories and alternate viewpoints. From Godzilla meeting the “Mona Lisa” to graffiti removal, to the smell of burning ants, the programs take the audience from Paris to childhood homes to Senegal. A highlight is Chris Marker’s 1983 film “Sans Soleil” (7 p.m. March 14)—a travelogue in the essay film genre that takes a trip through contemporary global society. Free. For film listings and show times, call (773) 702-8596 or visit http://filmstudiescenter.uchicago.edu.
Cobb Hall, 5811 S. Ellis Ave, Room 307

Department of Music
Iolanthe
8 p.m. Friday, March 14, 8 p.m. Saturday, March 15 and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 16
The Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company, Inc. and the University Chamber Orchestra present Iolanthe, subtitled The Peer and the Peri. The fairy-tale love story begins as Iolanthe returns home to the fairies after being banished for marrying a mortal. She is welcomed back with forgiveness and unexpectedly enchants England’s House of Lords. Thrisa Hodits will direct the 24th annual benefit, and the proceeds will go to the Department of Music Performance Program. Tickets are $50 donor, $15 adults and $5 for students and are available by calling (773) 702-9075.
Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St.

Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
Haydn’s “The Seven Last Words of Christ”
8 p.m. Tuesday, March 18
A string quartet will play the Holy Week concert, which will include brief spoken meditations prefacing each movement. Speakers will include: Rev. T.L. Barrett, pastor of Life Center Church of God in Christ; Rev. Willie Barrow, co-chairperson of Rainbow-PUSH Coalition; Rev. John Buchanan, pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago; Jean Bethke Elshtain, the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor in the Divinity School; Martin Marty, the Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Divinity School; David Neff, editor of Christianity Today; Rebecca Pallmeyer, judge for the U.S. District Court; David Tracy, Professor Emeritus in the Divinity School; and Michael Zedek, senior rabbi of Emanuel Congregation. There will be a pre-performance discussion at 7 p.m. in the chapel. Tickets will be available at the door for $10—free for ages 17 and under—or by calling (773) 702-7059.
5850 S. Woodlawn Ave.