Symposium: Thinking "Interdisciplinarity"
April 9-11, 2008

Speakers:

Robert J. Richards, Morris Fishbein Professor of the History of Science and Medicine at the University of Chicago.

Lawrence Grossberg, Morris Davis Distinguished Professor of Communication Studies and Cultural Studies and Chair of the Executive Committee of the University Program in Cultural Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Ralph Savarese, Associate Professor of English at Grinnell College.

M. Jacqui Alexander, Professor of Women’s Studies and Gender Studies at the Univesity of Toronto, and holds a Ph.D. from Tufts University.

Wednesday, April 9

4:15 p.m. Robert J. Richards, "Beyond Biology: The Sources of Racial Categories." Joe Rosenfield '25 Center, Room 101.

8:00 p.m. Ralph Savarese, "The Lobes of Autobiography: Poetry and Autism." Joe Rosenfield '25 Center, Room 101.

Thursday, April 10

11:00 a.m. Lawrence Grossberg, "Rescuing the Economy from Economists: A Challenge for Interdisciplinarity." Joe Rosenfield '25 Center, Room 101.

4:15 p.m. M. Jacqui Alexander, "Interdisciplinarity as Intellectual Biography. " Joe Rosenfield '25 Center, Room 101.

Friday, April 11

4:15 p.m. Roundtable Discussion: Forum South Lounge, M. Jacqui Alexander, Larry Grossberg, Robert J. Richards, Ralph Savarese, and other Grinnell faculty.

Fall 2007
Public Lectures
"Thinking "Interdisciplinarity"

Thursday, September 6
4:15 p.m., Joe Rosenfield '25 Center, Room 101

Darwin's Evolutionary Theology

Robert J. Richards, Morris Fishbein Professor in History of Science, University of Chicago

Thursday, October 4
4:15 p.m., Joe Rosenfield '25 Center, Room 101

Bastards of Young: is this any way to make the future?

Lawrence Grossberg, Morris Davis Distinguished Professor of Communication Studies and Cultural Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Thursday, November 8
4:15 p.m., Joe Rosenfield '25 Center, Room 101

Obsession: The Biography of a Disease

Lennard Davis, Professor of English
University of Illinois-Chicago

Tuesday, November 27
4:15 p.m., Joe Rosenfield '25 Center, Room 101

Transnational Feminism and Sexuality Studies

M. Jacqui Alexander, Professor of Women's Studies and Gender Studies, University of Toronto