The Future University: Recent Episodes
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Catherine Porter: Theory and Practice in the Modern Language Department
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Catherine Porter - (Modern Languages; President, MLA, 2009) Theory and Practice in the Modern Language Department
Bernard Stiegler: The Pharmacology of Mind: Digital Technologies and the Conditional University
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Bernard Stiegler (Philosophy, Centre Pompidou) The Pharmacology of Mind: Digital Technologies and the Conditional University
Eric Clarke: Thinking/Doing/Making Music
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Eric Clarke (Music, Oxford) Thinking/Doing/Making Music
Improvisation in the Round: 'Faint'
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Improvisation in the Round
'Faint': Franziska Schroeder, saxophone Pedro Rebelo, piano Steve Davis, drums (Queen's University Belfast)
Improvisation in the Round: Stevie Wishart
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Improvisation in the Round
Stevie Wishart: hurdy-gurdy and violin
Nicholas Cook: Music as Creative Practice
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Nicholas Cook (Music, Cambridge) Music as Creative Practice
William Brown and Simon Franklin: The Humanities Now
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Welcome and introduction: The Humanities Now
Chair: Mary Jacobus (English, Director, CRASSH)
Simon Franklin (Slavonic Studies, Head of School, Arts & Humanities)
William Brown (Economics, Head of School, Humanities & Social Sciences)
Michael Kenny: Higher Education Policy in the UK: What can we Learn from the Longer View?
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Michael Kenny (Politics, University of Sheffield) Higher Education Policy in the UK: What can we Learn from the Longer View?
Simon Schaffer: Disciplines and Disorientation
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Simon Schaffer (HPS, Cambridge) Disciplines and Disorientation
Sir Adam Roberts: The Impact of International History
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Sir Adam Roberts (International Relations, President, British Academy) The Impact of International History
Panel Discussion: The Fate of the Humanities
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Chair: Geoffrey Crossick (Vice-Chancellor, University of London)
Sir Leszek Borysiewicz (Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge) Mary Margaret McCabe (Philosophy, King's College London) Nicola Miller (History, UCL) Don Randel (President, Mellon Foundation) Sir Adam Roberts (President, British Academy) Richard Sennett (NYU, LSE)
Debjani Ganguly: What is the 'World' in World Literature?
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Debjani Ganguly (Post-Colonial Studies, Director, Humanities Research Centre, ANU) What is the 'World' in World Literature?
Joseph Slaughter: Pathetic Fallacies: the Human, Human Rights, and the Humanities
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Joseph Slaughter (English and Comparative Literature, Columbia) Pathetic Fallacies: the Human, Human Rights, and the Humanities
Cathy Davidson: Digital Literacies and the Future of the Humanities
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Cathy Davidson (English, Digital Futures, Duke University) Digital Literacies and the Future of the Humanities
Alan Liu: The State of the Digital Humanities: A Report and a Critique
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Alan Liu (English, UC Santa Barbara) The State of the Digital Humanities: A Report and a Critique
Panel Discussion: The University Art Museum - What Difference Does it Make?
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Panel Discussion: The University Art Museum - What Difference Does it Make?
Chair: Timothy Potts (Director, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge)
Joseph Koerner (Art History, Harvard) Deborah Swallow (Director, Courtauld Institute) Mariët Westermann (Vice-President, Mellon Foundation) Sir Nicholas Serota (Director, Tate Museums)
Chris Newfield: Refunding the Humanities: the Case for Succession
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Chris Newfield (English, UC Santa Barbara) Refunding the Humanities: the Case for Succession