PressNotes: Army Manuals and Calamity Culture

News from Chicago's academic presses, and other intellectual developments.

1. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

Off the presses
* The U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Manual: The U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps. . With a foreword by John A. Nagl, James F. Amos and David H. Petraeus, and an introduction by Sarah Sewall.

* The Culture of Calamity: Disaster and the Making of Modern America. By Kevin Rozario.

* Inclusion: The Politics of Difference in Medical Research. By Steven Epstein.

See/Do
* Exhibit: Majestic Nature/Golden History: German Romantic Art.
Through: 10/21/2007.
At: Smart Museum of Art, 5550 S. Greenwood Ave.

* Listen: German Composers of the Romantic Period.
On: 8/5/2007, at 2 p.m.
At: Smart Museum of Art, 5550 S. Greenwood Ave.

2. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Off the presses
* Guy Davenport: Postmodernism and After. By Andre Furlani.

See/Do
* Theater: Perfect Relationship: A Salute to Comden and Green.
On: July 20. 21, 26, 27 and 28 at 8 pm, July 21, 22 and 28 at 2 p.m.
At: Hal and Martha Hyer Wallis Theater, 1949 Campus Drive, Evanston.
Cost: $25.00.

* Listen: Northwestern University Summer Orchestra and Summer Chorus.
On: July 24, at 7 p.m.
At: Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston.
Cost: $6

*

Previously in PressNotes.