Seminar series on unintended consequences and solutions from the humanities
Monday, January 30, 2012 (All day)
The Faculty Seminar Series, “Unintended Consequences: What the Humanities Could Have Told You (If Only You Had Asked),” presented by the Institute for Humanities Research, draws faculty, students and community members together to discuss the concerns and methodologies that characterize and distinguish humanities research.
The next event, “Stolen Rhetoric,” is the third and final installment of the series. It will be held at 12 p.m., Monday, January 30 at the Tempe campus’ Social Sciences building, room 109. It is free and open to the public.
It features keynote speakers Matthew Whitaker, professor of history with the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, and his presentation, “One Nation Under a Groove: How Black Culture Makes America Cool.” and Keith Miller, professor in the Department of English and his topic, “Mangling Martin Luther King: How to Oppress the Poor While Hijacking Affirmative Action,”
The first event in the series, “The Limits of Reason,” was held Wednesday, October 5 at the Tempe campus’ Social Sciences.
Presenters included Joel Gereboff, Associate Professor of religious studies in the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, who spoke on “Emotions and Reason,” and Patricia Huntington, Professor of philosophy in the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, who presented “Decentering the ‘Rational Man’ in Philosophy.”
The second event in the series, “Literary Insight,” as held Monday, November 14 at the Tempe campus’ Social Sciences building.
Presenters included Deb Clarke, Professor in the Department of English, who spoke on, “Reading Faulkner in Sichuan” and Ian Moulton, Associate Professor with the School of Letters and Sciences, who presented “Love, Sex, and Mechanical Reproduction: Print and the History of an Emotion.”
The Institute for Humanities Research in ASU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences was established in 2005. It has taken the lead in promoting excellence and innovation in humanities scholarship by contributing to scholarly research that addresses socially significant issues and engaging the community. More information is available at http://ihr.asu.edu or 480-965-3000.