Constructing the New Humanist in Undergraduate Education

Friday, April 18, 2008
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Metcalf Trustee Ballroom
One Sherborn Street, Ninth Floor
Boston University

“Constructing the New Humanist in Undergraduate Education”
Metcalf Trustees Ballroom (MTA)
Boston University, 18 April 2008

9:15    Victor Coelho (Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education): “The Humanist Concept”
9:30-11:30           
Humanism, Multiculturalism, Pluralism
9:30-9:45 Richard Landes: “Self-Criticism and the Dangers of Demopathy”
9:45-10:00 David Roochnik: “Plato’s Critique of the Internet”
10:00-10:15 Barbara Gottfried: “Global Multiculturalism and the New Humanist in University Undergraduate Education”
10:15-10:30 Alicia Borinsky: “Violence and Border Crossings: Is There a New Humanism?”
10:30-10:45 Wolfgang Haase: “’Humanism’ and the Scope of the Humanities”
10:45-11:00 Maurice Lee: “Humanism as Pluralism: The WiIliam James Defense”
11:00-11:30 Discussion

11:30-12:15         
Trunks of Knowledge and Branches of Learning
11:30-11:45 Hugh O’Donnell: “Artistic Collaboration and the Tree of Knowledge”
11:45-12 Archie Burnett: “Editing Across the Disciplines”
12- 12:15 Tom Toffoli: “A Knowledge Home”

12:15-1:00            Break

1:00-2:25              
Multimedia and Technology
1:00- 1:30 Eric Kolaczyk, Azer Bestavros, Dick Hall, and Leo Reyzin: “Quantitative Reasoning/Numeracy & the "New Humanist" Conference””
1:30 -1:50:  Eric Braude, Jay Halfond: “Manipulating History”
1:50-2:10: Stan Sclaroff, Bruce Hoppe and Kathy Curley: “Promoting Community in Undergraduate Education”
2:10-2:25: Discussion

2:30 -4:00
Canons and Teaching
2:30-2:45 Joshua Cohen : “Tradition Against Habit: Teaching the Literary Canon”
2:45-3:00 Matthew Parfitt: “The Exploratory Essay”
3:00-3:15 Chris Pearce: “Cultivating the New Humanist, Reconstituting the Body of Knowledge”
3:15-3:30 Romin Koebel: “Archives and the Past”
3:30-3:45 Jeffrey Di luglio: “Teaching Pronunciation and Integrating International Students”
3:45-4:00 Discussion

4:00-5:00
Core
4:00-4:10 Jennifer Formichelli “The Difference Between Past and Present”
4:10-4:20 Christopher Martin: “Integral Humanities”
4:20-4:30 David Eckel: “On the Concept of "Core" in the Core Curriculum”
4:30-4:40 Christopher Ricks: “The Core Patient”
4:40-5:00 Discussion