Research Speaks provides opportunities for UChicago graduate students and postdocs to share their findings with the university community and wider public. Participants refine their communication skills and gain experience in articulating complex problems and arguments through brief, accessible talks. By communicating their work beyond their intellectual communities, participants make a lasting impact on the world around us.
This year, Research Speaks will take place at the Art Institute of Chicago on February 5 at 5:00 p.m. Twelve doctoral students and postdocs will share their research and incorporate an object from the museum’s collections in short gallery talks. UChicagoGRAD will lead tours through the galleries ranging from “Arts of Asia” and “Modern Art” to “Architecture and Design,” “Painting and Sculpture of Europe,” and more.”
2026 Research Speaks at the Art Institute of Chicago
Will Burke, PhD in Molecular Engineering: Festival in Montmartre, Gino Severini
Sadia Chowdhury, Postdoc in the Department of Pediatrics: Judith, Jan Sanders van Hemessen
Larura Hunter, PhD in Integrative Biology: Adam, Auguste Rodin
Julia Kulon, PhD in Slavic Languages and Literatures: Small Town by Day (Badische Kleinstadt bei Tage), Georg Scholz
Kari Martin, PhD in Divinity, A Peasant Woman Digging in Front of Her Cottage, Vincent Van Gogh
Kirah Nelson, PhD in Anthropology: Conjure Memory – Things Fall Apart, Robell Awake
Will Okendon, PhD in Anthropology: Cotton Pickers, Thomas Hart Benton
Kashaf Qureshi, PhD in English Language and Literature: Triptych of the Crucifixion with Saints Anthony, Christopher, James and George
Abhiraj Singh, PhD in Philosophy: Nehan: Death of the Buddha
JoAnn Tinker, PhD in Chemistry: Water Double, v. 4, Roni Horn
Hang Wu, PhD in Cinema and Media Studies: Rectangular Pillow with Mandarin Ducks in a Lily Pond
Yuwei Zhou, PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations: Goblet (jia)
PREVIOUS EVENTS
Past partners include The Field Museum and the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center. Please see a select list of events below.
The Field Museum, April 5, 2024
A Night at the Art Institute, November 17, 2022
A Night at the Art Institute, April 18, 2019
The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, April 13, 2017
The Art Institute of Chicago, November 10, 2016
The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, March 11, 2015