The Humanities in Action: The Future of the Humanities at Liberal Arts Colleges
Summer Institute Schedule June 7 - 10, 2021
Monday June 7
| 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM CDT | Welcome & Project Idea Introductions |
| 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM CDT | Break |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT | KEYNOTE | Eric Hayot, "Advocating for the Humanities in the Classroom and in the Curriculum" |
| 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM CDT | Small Group Discussions with Eric Hayot (Participants who wish to can sign up to participate in a small-group discussion with our keynote speaker during a half-hour time slot between 2:00 and 3:00 or 4:00 and 5:00) |
| 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM CDT | Small Group Discussion with Eric Hayot ( See above for details) |
| 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CDT | Concurrent Session | Affinity Group Work- Gateway & Community Engaged |
| 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM CDT | Small Group Discussion with Eric Hayot ( See above for details) |
| 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM CDT | Small Group Discussion with Eric Hayot ( See above for details) |
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Day 1 Reflection Questions 1. What are the challenges to humanistic education at your college? Did Eric Hayot's keynote (or comments by other institute participants) help you understand how faculty might respond to these challenges, and if so, how? OR 2. Has your approach to your project changed as a result of today's events? If so, how? |
Tuesday, June 8
| 10:30 AM - 11:30 PM CDT | KEYNOTE | Tania Mitchell, “Moving Beyond the Non-Profit: Lessons for Community Engagement from George Floyd Square” |
| 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM CDT | Q & A | Tania Mitchell with Participants |
| 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM CDT | Informal Networking & Lunch |
| 12:45 PM - 1:00 PM CDT | Break |
| 1:00 PM CDT | Presentation | Philip Ewell, “Confronting Colorblindness and the Myth of Race Neutrality in Music" |
| TBD | Break |
| 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CDT | Concurrent Session | Affinity Group Work- Gateway & Community Engaged |
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Day 2 Reflection Questions 1. How might you go about decolonizing your courses or incorporating an anti-racist perspective into your work? What lessons do you draw from Tania Mitchell's keynote or Philip Ewell's presentation? OR 2. Has your approach to your project changed as a result of today's events? If so, how? |
Wednesday, June 9
| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CDT | Panel | Curricular Innovations in the Humanities with Kerill O’Neill (Humanities Labs), Nigel Nicholson (Humanities 110), & Jen Dobe (Philosophy for Life) |
| 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM CDT | Informal Networking & Lunch |
| 12:45 PM - 1:00 PM CDT | Break |
| 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM CDT | Workshop | Tania Mitchell: Toward Just Relationships: Working toward a Critical Community Engaged Praxis |
| 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM CDT | Break |
| 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CDT | Concurrent Session | Affinity Group Work-Gateway & Community-Engaged |
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Day 3 Reflection Questions 1.What lessons do you take from this morning's panel, from the afternoon workshop with Tania Mitchell, or from your affinity group discussions that will be helpful as you work on your classes? OR 2. Has your approach to your project changed as a result of today's events? If so, how? |
Thursday, June 10
| 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CDT | Concurrent Session | Paul Hanstedt on “Creating Wicked Humanists: Thinking About Our Classes in the Contexts of a Complicated World” |
| 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CDT | Concurrent Session | Jane Turk: Campus Compact & Community-Engaged Learning Resources for Faculty |
| 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM CDT | Break |
| 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM CDT | Informal Networking & Lunch |
| 12:45 PM – 1:00 PM CDT | Break |
| 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM CDT | Concurrent Session | Affinity Group Work- Gateway & Community Engaged |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM CDT | Closing Remarks |
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Day 4 Reflection Questions 1. What are the main lessons you'll take away from this institute? OR 2. Has your approach to your project changed as a result of today's events? What's your plan for continuing to work on your project in the weeks ahead? |
Resources
Reflection Questions Day 1
Reflection Questions Day 2
Reflection Questions Day 3
Reflection Questions Day 4
Shared Resources List
