Summer Institutes
Each summer, the Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning (CITL) hosts one or two summer institutes for lifelong learners. These programs take a topic of general interest and explore it through multi-disciplinary lectures, discussions, films, museum outings and other excursions. Encouraged by alumni and parents of current students who have frequently said how much they would enjoy studying a subject using the interdisciplinary team approach we employ at CGS, we have decided to make such opportunities possible for them and for anyone who might be interested in participating.
This summer (2012) we offer “Baseball: an Interdisciplinary Summer Institute,” July 20-22, in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park, home of the Red Sox and Babe Ruth. The weekend will include lectures and discussions on Red Sox history, baseball statistics, baseball film and baseball as religion, plus a tour of the former Braves Field where the Red Sox played World Series games in 1915 and 1916, and an optional tour and Red Sox game at Fenway Park. The weekend also includes an optional dinner in an 18th floor lounge in the new Student Village with one of the best views in all of Boston, where you can look out at the winding Charles River, the sparkling city skyline and bustling Fenway Park itself from on high. Lectures and discussions will be offered by historian Tom Whalen, author of When the Red Sox Ruled, Andy Andres, MLB.com Datacaster at Fenway Park, Chris Fahy, Co-Editor of Framing Films, and Joshua Pederson, Co-author of Making the Stage: Essays on the Changing Concept of Theater, Drama and Performance, all of whom are professors at the College of General Studies.
With regard to lodging for the “BU Baseball Summer Institute,” you can stay in a dorm room in the Student Village (click link below for registration form) OR you can stay in one of the two hotels below. Blocks of rooms have been reserved until June 20, 2012.
Boston University Dorm Room has single rooms available in suites of four that share two baths and a common area for $62.00 per person per night. We will make those reservations for you.
Hotel Commonwealth has Fenway view rooms available for $249.00 per night not including taxes. You are responsible for making your own reservation. The phone number to make your reservation is 866-784-4000 or 617-532-5019. In order to get the rate above, you will need to mention “BU Baseball Summer Institute.”
Hotel Buckminster has Deluxe Queen rooms and Deluxe Double Twin rooms available for $170.00 per night not including taxes. You are responsible for making your own reservation. The phone number to make your reservation is 800-727-2825. In order to get the rate above, you will need to mention the “BU Baseball Summer Institute.”
Experience baseball in all its interdisciplinary glory! Join us for a memorable weekend of fun, friends and exploration of America’s favorite pastime. Please find the full schedule below. If you have any questions, please contact njmck@bu.edu.
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Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Print Department
BASEBALL: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SUMMER INSTITUTE
IN CELEBRATION of THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF FENWAY PARK
(THE OLDEST BALLPARK IN THE U.S.)
July 20, 21, & 22, 2012
Friday, July 20, 2012
3:30 – 4:00 p.m. Registration and coffee/cookies
4:00 p.m. Welcome and overview of weekend
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. “When the Red Sox Ruled: Baseball’s First Dynasty, 1912-18.” Professor Tom Whalen, author of When the Red Sox Ruled, 2011. Lecture, followed by discussion on baseball then and now.
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Reception and dinner – Student Village 18th floor
8:15 – 10:00 p.m. Baseball film –The Natural
Saturday, July 21, 2012
8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Continental breakfast, CGS lobby
9:30 – 10:20 a.m. “Baseball and Myth,” Lecture/Discussion of The Natural. Professor Christopher Fahy, Co-editor of Framing Films
10:30 – 11:30 a.m. “The Science of Baseball: A Discussion of Statistics, Sabermetrics, Physics and Biology,” Professor Andy Andres, MLB.com Datacaster at Fenway Park
Lunch: On your own – nearby restaurants: Chipotle, Panera, Upper Crust Pizzeria, all right across the street or T’s Pub 2 blocks to your right on Commonwealth Ave.
Afternoon: Fenway tour and Red Sox/Blue Jays game (time TBA) at Fenway park or at T’s Pub.
Evening: Go out and enjoy Boston! Pick from one of Boston’s fantastic restaurants at http://www.boston.com/ae/restaurants/
Sunday, July 22, 2012
8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Continental breakfast, CGS lobby
9:30 – 10:30 a.m. “The True Church Universal: Baseball as the American Religion” lecture and discussion by Professor Joshua Pederson, Co-author of Making the Stage: Essays on the Changing Concept of Theater, Drama and Performance.
11:00 a.m. Visit to Nickerson Field, former base of the Boston Braves, site of the Red Sox World Series games in 1915 & 1916, and inaugural playing field of the Boston Redskins, now Washington Redskins
12:00 p.m. Wrap up discussion in CGS