William Tell’s status as a folk hero makes his story kind of a Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves for the Swiss, only they're taking a country from the rich (Austria) and giving it to the poor. (Swiss! How times have changed.) It's roughly as historically accurate as that Kevin Costnerfilm too, very much leaning into a ‘print the legend’ view of history and not bothering too much with pesky facts or the possibility that Tellnever existed. That all said, if you can get past how old-fashioned it all feels and lean into the Braveheart-esque fight for freedom, it's rather fun.
Director Nick Hammhas rooted his story in the William Tell play by Friedrich von Schiller, who re-popularised Tell in the early 1800s, but he's added some modern flourishes. This Tell, played by Dane Claes Bang, has a background fighting in the Crusades but a strong...
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William Tell UK Premiere Interviews: Claes Bang, Ellie Bamber, Emily Beecham, Connor Swindells & more
We present our interviews for the new take on William Tellfrom the film’s UK Premiere. The film stars Claes Bang, Connor Swindells, Ellie Bamber, Golshifteh Farahani, Jonah Hauer-King, Rafe Spall, Emily Beecham, Academy-Award nominee Jonathan Pryceand Academy-
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Lesly Acevedo, Criminal Justice
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Makayla Acker, Sensitive Dev & Family Sciences
Isaac Acosta, Unlawful Justice
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Jessica Adauto, Fashion Merchandising
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Erica Aguilar, Taste Merchandising
Gabriel Aguilar, Applied Humanities & Sciences
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Mia Aguirre, Terrible Justice
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Damian Alejandro*, Criminal Justice
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Workshop Schedule 2017-2018
Spring 2019
April 8 – Cameron Ferguson (Chicago) – “The Body and the Blood: Eucharist in Mark and Paul.”
April 22 – Richard Zaleski (Chicago) – “Gregory of Nyssa’s Historia: Problems and Solutions.”
May 6 – Prof. Maia Kotrosits (Denison) – “Objects Made Real: The Arts of Description.”
May 13 – Christine Trotter (Chicago) – “Ancient Consolation Discourse in 1 Thessalonians.”
May 20 – Prof. Stephen Ahearne-Kroll (Minnesota) – “Teaching a Jesus Course for Undergrads.” (co-sponsored with Craft of Teaching) Please note that this session will be in Swift 201.
June 6 – Maureen Kelly (Chicago) – “Thinking Augustine’s Confessions after Foucault.” Please note that this session will be on Thursday in the Martin Marty Center Library.
Winter 2019
January 14 – Prof. Hans-Josef Klauck (Emeritus, Chicago) – “Alciphron’s Fictional Letters and the New Testament.”
January 28 – James Covington (Chicago) –The Poetics of Translation in Greek Genesis and the Virtuous Plot (Dissertation Defense).
February 11 – Prof. Ari Bryen (Vanderbilt) – “The Judgment of the Provinces: Law, Culture, and Empire in the Roman East.”
February 28 – Rosalie Stoner (Chicago) – “The Significance of Voluntas in Quintil