Initiatives Archive
This interdisciplinary initiative is coordinated by Janet Smarr, Program in Comparative Literature and the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory. Running for ten consecutive Wednesdays, this series addresses how computer technologies are affecting the way we think about the arts.
Supported by: Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and Center for Advanced Study in conjunction with: College of Fine and Applied Arts Computing and Communications Services Office (CCSO), Department of Computer Science, Department of Educational Psychology, Department of English, Creative…
Fall 2000-Spring 2001
Major universities have been called the “engines of economic growth” in the world’s new knowledge-based economy, a status that has spawned a new era of research parks and “industry-university” partnerships. Does this new status weaken or strengthen the incentives of research universities to address the basic needs of humankind?What does this new status mean for the arts and humanities? What values should drive research at major universities? Who should “own” the discoveries of publicly-funded universities?
Fall 2014-Spring 2016
A two-year interdisciplinary initiative beginning Fall 2014 organized by CAS Resident Associates William Kinderman (Musicology) and Harry Liebersohn (History)
This CAS Initiative examines the many ways in which globalization has reshaped musical life since the late nineteenth century, including the growth of the phonograph industry, the migration of musicians, and the transformation of performance practices. Dissonance, chosen as a key concept, is a challenging feature of some non-Western music to Western ears; the term also links changes in the meaning of music to social, cultural and…
2002-2006
The phenomenon of transnational connectedness, involving all social domains – from the cultural through the economic, political, legal, military, and environmental – is a topic of intense scrutiny for many people, even entire units, of our campus and throughout our community.
This on-going initiative has several components. First, we hope to serve as a clearing-house for the many on-going campus projects on globalization. We are currently investigating the most efficient ways to enable researchers across campus to communicate with one another, as well as to publicize lectures, symposia and…
Fall 2007-Spring 2008
This initiative brings together scholars in the social sciences, law, computer science, engineering and humanities to explore new approaches to immigration and its controversies.
Supporting Units: Center for Advanced Study; College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Department of History; School of Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics; Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program
Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership; Bureau of Economic and Business Research; Center for Global Studies; Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society; College of…