“The Utility of the Arts and Humanities” – A Brunch Seminar
Saturday, October 17th, 11am-1pm
Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities Seminar Room, Kresge Centennial Hall, 2-370
Readings:
- Stanley Fish, “Conspiracy Theories 101,” New York Times, 23 July 2006, on the 9/11 Truthers and academic freedom
- Michael Bérubé, “Embrace Your Urge,” a response at the time.
- And a very recent, very brief sally in the Times Higher Education Supplement: Michael Bérubé, “From where I sit – Measuring the unmeasurable,” 30 July 2009.
Brunch served.
More about Michael Bérubé
Michael Bérubé is Paterno Family Professor in Literature and Science, Technology, and Society at Pennsylvania State University, and is the author of several books, including What’s Liberal about the Liberal Arts, Rhetorical Occasions: Essays on Humans and the Humanities, The Employment of English, and Life As We Know It, which was a New York Times notable book and NPR book of the year. He is general editor of NYU Press’s Cultural Front series, has contributed to numerous magazines and newspapers, and writes a popular blog, American Airspace, at michaelberube.com. He is the former director of the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities at the University of Illinois and the author of the forthcoming The Left at War (NYU Press, November 2009).
This events is cosponsored by:
The Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
The Center for Civic Engagement
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