WHAT: |
The Center for Public Scholarship presents the 35th Social Research conference, The Future of Scholarly Knowledge: Principles, Pressures, and Prospects.
What is twenty-first-century “scholarly knowledge”—and why do we care? Is there a place in contemporary society for pure research and intellectual investigation or must all research and education prove its worth?
Times have changed. Trust in the academy has eroded. Private gain wrestles with public good, and demands for accountability—cost-benefit analysis in the form of jobs, products, and competition on an international scale—are now the norm.
What does the future hold for scholarly knowledge and the people and institutions that traditionally produced it? |
WHO: |
David Bromwich, Sterling Professor of English at Yale University, speaks on Thursday, October 13.
A panel of experts including Rosalind Morris, Akeel Bilgrami and Arthur Lupia speak Friday, October 14.
Additional speakers include: Alan Ryan (University of Oxford), Rosalind Morris (Columbia), Steven Brint (University of California, Riverside), Arthur Lupia (University of Michagan), Richard Shweder (University of Chicago), Jeremiah Ostriker (Columbia), Wolfgang Rohe (Stiftung Mercator), Josh Greenberg (Sloan Foundation), and Daniel Kevles (Yale)
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WHEN |
Thursday, October 13, 6-7:30 pm; Friday, October 14, 10 am-6 pm
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WHERE |
October 13: University Center, Tishman Auditorium, 63 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
October 14: Theresa Lang Center, 55 West 13th Street, New York, NY
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| TICKETS |
For more information including a schedule of events and to purchase tickets, visit the conference website: http://www.centerforpublicscholarship.org/
Members of the media must rsvp with Scott Gargan at [email protected] or 212.229.5667 x 3794. |
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