Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 12:59:42 -0400 From: "Alice D. Dreger" <[log in to unmask]> Dear colleagues, Will you please spread this position announcement to those who might be interested? I teach in this program and love it! Many thanks. -- Alice Dreger *** Michigan State University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position as an assistant professor in Lyman Briggs School, an undergraduate, residential science program in the College of Natural Science, beginning Fall 1999 (or Spring 1999). Candidates must have a PhD with a specialization in the social study of science, medicine, or technology. Teaching experience and a research program expected. The successful candidate will work closely with undergraduates, teaching four courses per year which may include an introduction to Science and Technology Studies (STS) with an emphasis on freshman composition, upper level courses in sociology of science, medicine, or technology, and a senior seminar. Possibility exists of a joint or adjunct appointment with the Department of Sociology. Salary commensurate with experience, but in the range of $40,000 to $45,000. Underrepresented minorities and women are especially encouraged to apply. Letters of application, accompanied by a curriculum vitae, writing sample, and letters from three references, should be sent by July 31, 1998 to Director, Lyman Briggs School, E-27 Holmes Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48825-1107. ---------------- Message TWO ------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 10:38:57 -0500 (EST) From: Lillian Isacks <[log in to unmask]> Subject: S&TS Conference at Cornell The Department of Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University, announces a workshop entitled "Making People: The Normal and Abnormal in Constructions of Personhood," to be held in Ithaca on April 24-26, 1998. Scholars in the fields of science and technology studies, history, literature, and psychology will examine how the concepts of normality and pathology are generated out of and in turn regulate science and its social relations. Panels include "Our Genes, Our Selves?"; "Myths of the Normal"; "(M)othering"; "Blood, Brains, Bodies"; and "Deviance Under Law." Further information about the conference is available from the Cornell Science & Technology Studies website at <http://www.sts.cornell.edu/Workshop.html>. ---------------------- MESSAGE THREE ----------------- The program for the CIRLA conference called Generating Surprises: The Post/Disciplinary University is included below. This conference will be held in Banff, Alberta. We are still looking for some session chairs and commentators; if you are interested, please let us know as soon as possible. For more information on this conference, see the WWW site at http://www.augustana.ab.ca/cirla/cirla98 Bruce Janz [log in to unmask] CIRLA'98 Generating Surprises: The Post/Disciplinary University Conference Schedule Thursday Thursday, 3:00 - 8:00: Registration Thursday, 8:00 - 10:00: Reception Friday Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Session 1 Room A: Internet as Context, Internet as Model Paper: Elizabeth Hodge (Gavilan College). Is the Internet better than the classroom? No, but it looks like we're stuck with it anyway. Paper: Wendy Pearson (Trent University). Our Texts, Ourselves: Writing/Teaching "Community Standards" of Grammar and Style in the World of Internet Fan Fiction. Room B: The University and the Political Paper: Marilyn Myerson & Michael Mann (U. of South Florida). Feminists as Intellectuals: The Social and Political Responsibility of Feminism to Academia and Community. Paper: Leticia Heras (Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico). University and Politics. Room C: The New Liberal Arts University Speaker: David Strangway (fmr. president of UBC, founder of liberal arts university, BC) Speaker: *Arjo Klamer (Erasmus University) Friday, 10:00 - 10:30: Coffee Break Friday, 10:30 - 12:30: Session 2 Room A: Developing an Interdisciplinary Curriculum. Speaker: Robert Newman, et. al. (U. of South Carolina). Room B: The Future of Liberal Education Paper: Deborah Bowen (Redeemer College). Is the Tradition of Liberal Education Viable Today? - A Personal Narrative, Concerning Pedagogy Beyond Formulas and Trends. Paper: Peter Brown (Mercer University). The Motley University and a New Liberal Education. Paper: Marilyn Myerson & Michael Mann (U. of South Florida). The Necessity of Liberal Arts Pedagogy as Political Practice. Room C: De/Re/Constructing the Social Sciences Paper: Kieran Bonner (Augustana University College). Reflexivity and Interpretive Theory: The Problem of Nihilism Paper: James Horley (Augustana University College). W(H)ither Psychology? Does Increasing Specialization Spell the End of the Parent Discipline? Paper: Patrick Colfer (Ontario Social Services). Deconstruction or Reconstruction? Disciplines and the In-Between. Friday, 12:30 - 2:00: Lunch Friday, 2:00 - 4:00: Session 3 Room A: Education for What? Paper: Dale Breitkreutz (Gardiner College). Religious Pluralism and Post-Disciplinarity. Paper: James Kow (King's College, London, ON). No More Surprises Please! Paper: Peg Tittle (Nippising University). How Many Specialists Does It Take To Change A Light Bulb? Room B: At the Cusp Paper: Bruce Janz (Augustana University College). Transdisciplinarity as a Model of Post/Disciplinarity. Paper: Stanley Raffel (Edinburgh University). The Need for (a) Discipline. Paper: Rick Szostak (U. of Alberta). Toward a Unified Human Science. Commentator(s): Peter Caws (George Washington U.) Room C: Models and Sources for Interdisciplinarity Paper: Anna Bernhardt (York University). Discerning the Space Between Disciplines and How Interdisciplinarity Work Means Through an Analogy with Hypertext. Paper: Susan Knabe (Trent University). (Re)Presenting AIDS: A Case Study of Interdisciplinarity between the Humanities and Sciences. Paper: Larry Vandervert (American Nonlinear Systems). Evolutionary Mechanisms Underlying Information Growth in General Education. Friday 4:00 - 4:30: Coffee Break Friday, 4:30 - 6:00: Keynote Lecture 1 Chair: Bruce Janz (AUC) Speaker: Julie Thompson Klein (Wayne State University): Tensions and Complementarities: "Interdisciplinarity" and "Liberal Education" in a Post-disciplinary University Friday, 6:00 - 7:30: Dinner Friday, 8:00 - 9:30: Lecture/Recital Artist: Milton Schlosser (Augustana University College): De Profundis: For Speaking Pianist. Music: Frederick Rzewski; Text: Oscar Wilde Saturday Saturday, 8:30 - 10:00: Keynote Lecture 2 Chair: Kieran Bonner, Editor, Dianoia (AUC) Speaker: Gregory Baum (McGill University): The Flight of Ethics from the University Saturday, 10:00 - 10:30: Coffee Break Saturday, 10:30 - 12:30: Session 4 Room A: Learning in the Sciences. Speakers: Margaret Ann Armour & Dorothy Tovell (U. of Alberta). Room B: Interdisciplinarity: Discourse and Theory Paper: Dave O'Reilly (University of East London). Undisciplining Ourselves. Paper: Mike Emme (Central Washington University). Peeking Over Fences: Visuality and Interdisciplinarity. Room C: Corporatism and the Academy Paper: Bruce Krajewski (Texas A & M). Postponing the Post/disciplinary: Interdisciplinary's Capitalist Vacation. Paper: Claire Polster (U. of Regina). Nasty Surprises: The Impact of Emerging Intellectual Property Regimes on University Teaching, Research, and Service. Saturday, 12:30 - 2:00: Banquet Saturday, 2:00 - 3:30: Session 5 Room A: Is there a useful future for economics (in the post/disciplinary university)? Speakers: Ross Emmett (Augustana University College), Michael Veseth (University of Puget Sound), *Arjo Klamer (Erasmus University) Room B: The Colonization of a Native Woman Scholar Speaker: *Emma LaRocque (University of Manitoba) Room C: Rhetoric and Reality: Action Research and Interdisciplinarity in the Restructured University Paper: Jan Clarke (Augustana University College). Connecting Universities and Communities: Action Research as Study and Practice Paper: Anne Gatensby (York University). Rhetoric, Reality and the Future of Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies in the Restructured University. Saturday, 3:30 - 4:00: Coffee Break Saturday, 4:00 - 5:30: Session 6 Room A: Pedagogical Models for the Post-Disciplinary University. Speaker: Frank B. Hawkinshire (New York University). Room B: The Disciplinary and the Post-Disciplinary. Speaker: *David Shumway (Carnegie-Mellon) Room C: Ethics in the Intellectual World Paper: Mohammed Dore & C. Hayes (Brock). The Logical Derivation of Deontic Judgements and Intellectual Responsibility. Paper: Murray Smith (Brock) Marxist Intellectuals Today: Dilemmas, Challenges and Ethics. Sunday Sunday, 9:30 - 11:00: Round Table: Is There Anything After Disciplinarity? Moderator: Richard Husfloen Panel: Gregory Baum, Julie Thompson Klein, *Arjo Klamer, *Emma LaRocque, *David Shumway, David Strangway. *: To be confirmed Bruce B. Janz Associate Professor, Philosophy Director, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in the Liberal Arts (CIRLA) Augustana University College 4901-46 Avenue Voice: (403)679-1524 Camrose, Alberta Fax: (403)679-1129 CANADA T4V 2R3 Email: [log in to unmask] Home Page: http://www.augustana.ab.ca/~janzb/home.htm