NEWSLETTER - FALL 2009Director: Colleen Glenney Boggs, Associate Professor, English
Through lectures and discussions, the Humanities Forum promotes research at Dartmouth fundamentally. The Forum opens up a space for the presentation of research, the airing of new ideas, and for exchange about issues of interdisciplinary importance.
A longstanding Dartmouth institution, the Humanities Forum meets regularly to enable Dartmouth faculty members in the humanities and interdisciplinary studies to present their current work. Pre-tenure faculty members are especially encouraged to submit work, but any Dartmouth faculty member may do so.These lectures permit Dartmouth faculty to present a 30 to 40 minute lecture describing work-in-progress, followed by ca. 20 minutes of discussion. The discussion is an integral part of the format and aims at providing the speaker with substantial feedback. The event is followed by a reception, where conversation may continue in a more informal setting.
Once or twice a term, the Humanities Forum will host a lunch for Humanities faculty with the goal of fostering an on-going discussion about the role of the Humanities at Dartmouth and beyond. The discussion might focus on a particular theme.
Please contact Colleen Boggs if you would like to present your work to the Forum, have an idea for an issue to be discussed over lunch, or if you have any questions about this program.
