The Global Studies Center and the Humanities Center invite applications from faculty to participate in this year’s faculty development seminar: Empire and Imperialism. The purpose of this seminar is to bring colleagues from the humanities and the social sciences (as well as cognate professional schools) together for a series of lectures and workshops in which they will jointly explore questions that highlight the urgency of thinking globally about the humanities and humanistically about globalization. (Advanced Ph.D. students who are ABD and writing on related topics may also apply.)
Throughout the year, we bring internationally-renowned scholars to campus to speak to our theme from their own (inter)disciplinary perspectives. Each of our guests presents a public lecture on Thursday afternoon at 5pm. In addition, each will lead a workshop with seminar participants on the Friday morning (from 9-11am; coffee and pastry provided). This year’s seminar features four visitors:
Nov. 17/18: Jeanne Morefield, Whitman College
Public lecture: Imperial Amnesia: Reparations, Global Justice, and Why History Matters
Jan. 26/27: Fred Cooper, NYU
Public Lecture: Political Rights, Social Rights, and the Decolonization of Africa
Feb. 16/17: Sumathi Ramaswamy, Duke University
Public Lecture: Salt Assault: Towards an Aesthetic of the Ambulatory
Mar. 23/4: Laura Doyle, UMass (Amherst)
Public Lecture: Reframing Political Subjectivity: Inter-imperial World, Interdisciplinary Method
Everyone is welcome to attend the public lectures, but we ask that seminar participants commit to attending all four lectures and workshops. Seminar participants will also have the chance to join dinner groups with speakers.
To apply: please send a current cv and a very brief (maximum one-page) statement explaining why you would like to participate in the seminar to Veronica Dristas, Associate Director of the Global Studies Center (dristas@pitt.edu) by October 10, 2016. A GSC committee will select up to 15 faculty members to participate in the seminar and will attempt to balance participation from various schools and disciplines.