Advocacy, Objectivity and Method

The Center for the Humanities invites you to join us for 6 faculty lightning talks on the “Special Commission Report on the State of Scholarship in the Humanities and the Humanistic Social Sciences,” followed by discussion.

Opening remarks by Mark D. West, Provost, Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Visiting Professor of Law.

All members of the WashU community — students, faculty and staff — are invited (must register with WashU email address).

Speakers

Adrienne Davis 
William M. Van Cleve Professor of Law

Rebecca Lester 
Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology
Assistant Vice Provost of Faculty Affairs

Dwight McBride
Gerald Early Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies
Professor of English and of Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity
Senior Advisor to the Chancellor

Diana O'Brien 
Bela Kornitzer Distinguished Professor
Chair of the Department of Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Professor of Political Science

Corinna Treitel 
William Eliot Smith Endowed Professor
Chair of the Department of History
Professor of History, of Performing Arts (Affiliate) and of Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies (Affiliate)

Abram Van Engen 
Stanley Elkin Professor in the Humanities
Director of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics
Professor of English and of Religion and Politics (By Courtesy)

Stephanie Kirk, moderator
Director of the Center for the Humanities
Professor of Spanish, of Comparative Literature (Affiliate), and of Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies (Affiliate)