Engaged Humanities @UP and the NEH-funded Civic Humanities Working Group invite all interested UP faculty to join a discussion (and lunch on us) on cultivating genuine conversation, and even disagreements, in our classrooms. We’ll invite attendees to read a brief recent Washington Post article on how other campuses are encouraging spaces for open discussion prior to the event. Then we’ll talk over lunch about what conversation at UP looks like right now, our approaches to creating good conversation, and how we might import new ideas for fostering civil discourse on our campus from the article and elsewhere. We’ll also consider the limits of these approaches and the thorny question of how to determine the boundaries of what we talk about in our classrooms.
Event Details: Tuesday, October 1, 12:30-1:45 p.m. – Location TBA
This lunch is sponsored by UP’s 3-year NEH Humanities Connections Grant, by the Civic Humanities Working Group (CHWG—convening this year), and by UP’s College of Arts and Sciences. We’ll share more about the grant and what the working group is up to at the lunch as well.
Faculty from all disciplines are welcome to join, but limited seating is available. Please email Molly Hiro (hiro@up.edu) to reserve your spot by September 20. Location TBA and will be shared after you RSVP.