CALL FOR PAPERS:
5th Annual Schuylkill Interdisciplinary Conference:
"The Liberal Arts in Transition: Harmony and Discord Across
Disciplines."
Location: Temple University, Tuttleman Learning Center, Philadelphia, PA
Date: Saturday, April 7, 2001.
Deadline for Proposals: February 1, 2001.
As we in academia march dutifully into the new millennium, the boundaries
that once divided our areas of study have begun to fade
noticeably. Universities frequently conflate once-separate History,
Literature, and Philosophy courses into semester-long seminars in "The
Humanities." English departments have co-opted numerous other
disciplines, including psychology, sociology, linguistics, and
ecology; some claim English departments have even abandoned
literature. This conference will address both the problems and benefits
of blurring the boundaries among the liberal arts. The liberal arts have
much to offer each other, but at what cost?
Papers and panels illuminating any aspect of this theme are invited to be
delivered at the fifth annual conference of Schuylkill, a scholarly
organization dedicated to bringing together graduate students from a
variety of regional institutions and departments. (Presenters from as far
a field as Princeton, Rutgers, UMass, CUNY, Pittsburgh, Louisiana State,
and NYU have participated with Temple grad students at previous Schuylkill
conferences; departments have included Dance, Philosophy, Religion,
Anthropology, Theatre, Education, as well as English.)
Possible areas of inquiry include:
The "vanishing" text
Pedagogical approaches to the liberal arts
Pop culture and artistic expression
Differing approaches to race, gender, class and nation among the
liberal arts
The relationship between "hard science" and the liberal arts
The conference will take place on Saturday, April 7, 2001 at Temple
University's Tuttleman Learning Center. Registration and admission are
free for conference participants and the general public.
Email abstracts (maximum 500 words, double-spaced) to:
gradmag@astro.temple.edu
Mail abstracts to:
Schuylkill
Attn: Conference Proposal
Anderson Hall, 10th Floor
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA 19122
For more information, see the Schuylkill web site:
http://www.temple.edu/gradmag
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