CLA Time Past, Time Present, Time Future
OPENING KEYNOTE
Tuesday, October 9
Best Buy Theater, Northrop
150th Anniversary of CLA: A Challenge to the Archive
3:00pm | Reception to follow
This talk focuses on the history of CLA traced through the commemorative objects; on the critique of experience as shaped by state of the college addresses; and on the critical reflection about our intellectual and pedagogical activities.
PRESENTATIONS
Wednesday, October 10
Northrop, Best Buy Theater
The Amazing Decade or When the Students Changed the Mission of the CLA
10:00am – 12:00pm
What have we learned from the period, fifty years ago when, as a result of student activism, CLA’s mission was challenged and changed? Could student activism have a similar impact in the years ahead and how?
Neuroscience and the Human Condition
1:30pm – 3:00pm
Since its creation, CLA has been dedicated to understanding the human condition in its many facets. How do advances in neuro and cognitive sciences enhance CLAs mission, if at all?
Thursday, October 10
Wilson Library, Collaboration Studio
Big Data and the Future of Social Research
10:00am – 12:00pm
Will the production of “Big Data” lead to major scientific advances in the study of social, economic, political and other facets of the human experience? Will big data help quantify uncertainty in social science research? How does “Big Tech” fit in this vision?
The Visibility of Gender, New Designs of Invisibilities
1:00 – 3:00pm
This session would include several ten-minute presentations. It will address the centrality of gender, aesthetically and politically, in the design of new knowledges in the academy and in the communities. We are proposing to discuss the visibility of gender as well as the battles of vision that challenge dominant understandings of gender.
Digital Humanities and the Future of Liberal Arts
3:30 – 5:00pm
A survey of some of the most exciting applications of digitization in our college along with a discussion of the potential of digital humanities for advancing and enriching our understanding of the human condition.
West Bank Arts Quarter
Arts Quarter Festival & VIP Reception
5:30 - 8:00pm
This year’s festival kicks off with special performances and presentations from CLA faculty. All celebration guests are invited to attend a 5:30pm VIP Reception in Barker Center for Dance.
Friday, October 12
McNamara Alumni Center
Memory, Human Rights, and Post Coloniality
10:00am – 12:00pm
This session, organized as a round-table with brief presentations and time for discussion, will address some of the challenges posed to human rights from the perspective of postcoloniality and vice versa (that is, the challenges to post-colonial perspectives in light of critical human rights issues). This session will specifically explore several themes, including the construction of memory in relation to human rights struggles, the art and practice of human rights, and post-colonial imagination, especially as these subjects intersect with ideas regarding race, indigeneity, gender, and sexuality in the context of globalization.
Space, Land, and Environmental Humanities
1:30 – 3:00pm
How over the course of the last 150 years has the study of space, land, and environment changed? This session will explore twenty-first-century environmental humanities perspectives regarding human interactions with the places we inhabit, environmental justice questions, and relationships between the local and global.
Looking Forward: CLA in 2068
3:30 – 5:00pm
What is the current state of the liberal arts in the modern research university? What challenges does the CLA face in the next ten years? How could liberal arts be conceived and studied fifty years from now?
150th Anniversary Faculty Party
CLA faculty members and their guest are invited to attend this exclusive closing celebration.
5:00 - 8:00pm
This event will feature hearty hors d'oeuvres, cash bar (first drink's on CLA), trivia, and prizes. Celebrate with faculty bands showcasing colleagues from across the college: