Public Scholarship and the Future of the Humanities
Gregory Jay
Thursday, 13 Nov 2008 at 8:00 pm – Campanile Room, Memorial Union
Gregory Jay is the Director of the Cultures and Communities Program and Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Jay's research focuses on issues of multiculturalism and curriculum reform in literature and American Studies. His publications include American Literature and the Culture Wars and America the Scrivener: Deconstruction and the Subject of Literary History. Jay is a founding member of Teachers for a Democratic Culture, a coalition of academics committed to preserving education as a force for social change and cultural pluralism. He has a Ph.D. in English from SUNY-Buffalo. Part of the Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities Series: Sustaining the Earth.Cosponsored By:
- Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
Stay for the entire event, including the brief question-and-answer session that follows the formal presentation. Most events run 75 minutes.
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Lecture Etiquette
- Stay for the entire lecture and the brief audience Q&A. If a student needs to leave early, he or she should sit near the back and exit discreetly.
- Do not bring food or uncovered drinks into the lecture.
- Check with Lectures staff before taking photographs or recording any portion of the event. There are often restrictions. Cell phones, tablets and laptops may be used to take notes or for class assignments.
- Keep questions or comments brief and concise to allow as many as possible.