"Public Humanities: Best Practices/Worst-Case
Contradictions"
11:00 am
Roundtable Discussion
Mark Rose (moderator), Louise Fradenburg, Giles Gunn,
David Simpson, Kathleen Woodward
12:00 pm
Buffet Lunch
1:00 pm
Open Planning Forum: "Building
a Public Humanities Agenda"
(Louise Fradenburg, Alan Liu, Denee Pescarmona,
Mark Rose, David Simpson, Kathleen Woodward)
[See meeting
minutes for the issues discussed and tentative conclusions]
David Simpson and Kathleen Woodward will serve as external
consultants in a planning meeting for the Public Humanities
Initiative. The floor will be open for discussion (both
practical and philosophical) about the proper goals
of such an event series, innovative formats and events,
ways to involve different communities of the "public,"
precedents at other institutions, etc. The meeting is
open to the public.
The
first event in the UCSB English Department's Public
Humanities Initiative marks an inaugural phase of
the project in which leading scholars who have thought
about the relation between the humanities and society
serve as consultants on planning an innovative public
humanities agenda. Professors David Simpson and Kathleen
Woodward are the inaugural speakers and consultants.
(Professor John Guillory will follow in Oct. 2000.)
After this initial planning stage, the Public Humanities
Initiative will feature a variety of events and formats
designed to bridge between the academy and the public.
The Public Humanities is one of the UCSB English Department's three
main, collective research and teaching initiatives. The others are "Historicity
and Historical Studies" and "Contemporary Theory and Culture."
(See UCSB English Department: Introduction)
Public Humanities Organizers: L. O.
Aranye Fradenburg, Alan Liu,
Eric Weitzel (Contact for this page: Alan
Liu)
