{"id":13953,"date":"2020-04-08T16:45:55","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T20:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/?page_id=13953"},"modified":"2020-11-10T15:10:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T20:10:27","slug":"forum-2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/community\/public-programs\/fall-forum\/forum-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Forum 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forum 2019, Can We Talk? Dialogue and Debate in the Contemporary Academy<\/strong>, opened up lines of communication across the University. Faculty, staff, administration, and graduate students came together to investigate subjects of concern for everyone at the University, including studying controversial texts; the corporate aspects of university life; and negotiating the different perspectives afforded by different roles and statuses.<\/p>\n

Below, we have outlined next steps and we have posted videos, audio recordings, and photos from Forum 2019 in order to document the conversations among people from across the University. We have also included the reading list all speakers shared prior to the event. We hope that by making the day\u2019s discussions widely available these conversations can continue and deepen.<\/p>\n

Follow Up Events<\/h3>
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We are currently forming both undergraduate and graduate working groups to explore some of the problems that were highlighted at the Forum and to devise productive strategies for redressing them. Our hope is that these student working groups will take concrete steps to further the potential of the university as a collectively realized institution. We will post more information about these follow-up events here as information becomes available.<\/p>\n

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Panel Videos<\/h3>
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INTRODUCTION<\/p>\n

Introducer: Susan Mizruchi<\/strong>, William Arrowsmith Professor in the Humanities, Director of the Center for the Humanities, and Professor of English, Boston University<\/p>\n