The Classicizing Chicago Project researches, contextualizes, analyzes and provides digital open-access to evidence of the diversity of “classicizing” activity in metropolitan Chicago. We are particularly interested in the ways in which classical references projected diverse views of the distinctiveness of Chicago as a quintessentially American global metropolis.
ATLAS is a collection of illustrated short-form essays that offer snapshots of classicizing activity across media and time. Each one tells a story about how popular culture contributes to the transmission and reinvention of the classical past. Each one is a case study of the way classical references convey contemporary meanings.
Credits for our icon on the ATLAS home page:
Ed Paschke (American, 1939–2004). About Ed Paschke
Untitled, drawing of top of a Greco-Roman style head, date unknown
Pen and color pencil
Sheet: 14 x 17 inches; images: 13 x 15-1/2 inches
Loan from Marc Paschke and Sharon Paschke to Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University. Used with permission.
Contributors to ATLAS essays:
ATLAS authors are identified by their initials at the end of each post.
Arieyanna Davis (Northwestern ’23) completed a classics major.
Grace DeAngelis (Northwestern ’23) (GD) completed a classics major and begins doctoral study in Classics at Princeton in fall 2023.
Elzbieta Foeller-Pituch (E.F-P.) is Assistant Director of the Chabraja Center for Historical Studies, Northwestern University.
Arielle Gordon (A.G.) (Northwestern ’17) completed a double major in Radio,TV & Film and Political Science.
Katie E. Hartsock (K.E.H.) is a poet and Associate Professor of English at Oakland University.
Judith Hallett (J.H.) is Professor Emerita of Classics at the University of Maryland.
Rebecca A Lindell [R.L.] is an Editor/Writer in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University.
Greta Lunder (Northwestern ’23) completed a double major in classics and anthropology and will begin graduate study in archaeology in London in fall 2023.
S. Sara Monoson (S.S.M.) is Director of the Classicizing Chicago Project. She is Professor of Classics and Political Science, Northwestern
Ezra Olson (E.O.) (Northwestern ’14) completed a double major in English and Creative Writing.
Francesca Tataranni (F.T.) is Professor of Instruction in Classics, Northwestern University.
John Wynne (J.W.) was Associate Professor of Classics, Northwestern University and is now on the faculty at University Utah.