Monday, Nov. 24 Keynoters:

Peter Godfrey-Smith (Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University): “Models and Fictions in Science.”

Arthur Zajonc (Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Physics, Amherst College) “Toward an Integrative Understanding of Science.”

Brian Boyd (Distinguished Professor of English, U. of Auckland, New Zealand): “Telling Advantages: Storytelling as Adaptation.”

Pierre Laszlo (Professor of Chemistry, University of Liège, Belgium, and the École Polytechnique in Paris—Emeritus) “The Circulation of Concepts.” (The epistemological foundations of a science; the subjective role in concept-building).

The complete 2007-2008 Annual Report is now available. Some highlights include:

...Results of a productive Steering Committee Retreat on May 5, 2008

...The selection of Dr. Stephen Blackwell as the 2007-2008 recipient of the University Studies' Annual Award for “Distinguished Contributions to Interdisciplinary Scholarship. The Award will be presented to Dr. Blackwell by the Chancellor at the Overtures Reception in the Fall.

...A rise in enrollment numbers in University Studies courses and an increase in attendees at the Centripetals Luncheons

...Planning for an Overture Reception and a Salon in the fall

The complete report can be reached here

An undertaking of the University Studies Interdisciplinary Colloquy of SPIRITUALITY and CRITICAL INQUIRY:

Professor Stanley Hauerwas will visit UT faculty and students Jan 18, 2008

You may not be familiar with the work of Beauvais Lyons. That’s because he doesn’t actually want you to know his creations are “works” per se. The UT professor and curator of The Hokes Archives specializes in fabricating fragments of reality—which is to say, he’s a hoax artist of the first order. Relics of lost civilizations, collections of illusionary folk art, and evidence of zoological creationism are his stock in trade. Kevin Crowe discovers the myth behind the man.
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