University Symposium on
Body & Knowing
Faculty Seminars
The Institute for Advanced Study will offer two faculty seminars connected with the University Symposium on Body & Knowing. These seminars will offer faculty the opportunity of in-depth reading, discussion, and study of topics related to Body & Knowing
The second seminar, Corporeal Epistemologies: Knowing and Body Across the Disciplines, designed and led by Alan Love (Philosophy) and David Valentine (Anthropology) will be offered in Spring 2010. It will meet Tuesdays 2:30-5:00pm, starting January 19, and biweekly from January 26 on.
Participation in the seminar will be limited to approximately 10 people. Faculty who participate will get a modest research stipend. Faculty and graduate students who would like to participate in the seminar are invited to send an email to Alan Love and David Valentine with a brief statement of interest and a paragraph about their research or reading that they have done which is relevant to the topic. Please send this statement as soon as possible. Faculty must send this statement no later than September 11, 2009. Graduate students must send their statements by October 30, 2009. Please note that the seminar may fill before these deadlines.
Those selected to participate in the seminar will be expected to make a firm commitment to attend all seminar meetings. Selection of faculty participants will be made by early Fall semester, and of graduate-student participants by early November so that participants can arrange their spring schedules accordingly.
The first Body & Knowing seminar, “Beyond the Eye: Toward an understanding of non-visual theories and methodologies,” was offered in Spring 2009. The seminar was designed and led by Juliette Cherbuliez (French & Italian) and Michael Gaudio (Art History) with the participation of J.B. Shank (History). It met every other Tuesday at 2:30-5:00 p.m., starting January 27, 2009.