Innovative Interdisciplinary Directions in French, Italian, Francophone and Italophone Studies - Lecture Series
The heuristic value of interdisciplinarity has evolved during the past decades: interdisciplinary work is a quasi-professional imperative in order to obtain academic positions and grants. In the working group, six scholars from the Arts & Humanities at Ohio State who have developed a compelling interdisciplinary research agenda will give short, accessible presentations (5-6 minutes maximum) about the theory and practice of interdisciplinarity and address their personal experience with interdisciplinary work in the arts and humanities.
Arts & Humanities Scholars
Frederick Aldama (English, Spanish, and Portuguese), "Looking Back to the Future of Education: LASER, Humanities and Cognitive Sciences High School Summer Institute, and Aristotle's Lyceum"
Dorothy Noyes (Comparative Studies, English), "Front- and Backstage in Interdisciplinary Interactions"
Michael Mercil (Art), "The near, the low, the common; or performing the land-grant university"
Andrew Carrington Shelton (History of Art), "Towards a History of the Consumption of Popular Imagery in Romantic-Era Paris: Imaging Audiences for the Lithographic Works of Achille Deveira"
Shannon Winnubst (Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies), "Queering Philosophy: An Impossible Project?"
Lesley Ferris (Theater), "Voices of Afghan Women: The Challenges and Strategies of Practice-Based Research"
Richard Fletcher (Classics), "Our Dissonant Stream: A Minus Plato Mix-tape"
This series aims to reconsider Francophone, French, and Italian Studies outside of traditional disciplinary boundaries. Visiting scholars are innovators in fields such as global, medical, digital, and environmental humanities, disability studies, animal studies, and ecocritical studies.
Events will be collaborative, accessible, and open to all.
Visit GO.OSU.EDU/FRITlectures2018 for information and full schedule.
