Science, Scientism, & Anti-Science in the Humanities

Science, Scientism, & Anti-Science in the Humanities

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One-day symposium in honor Barbara Herrnstein Smith, Braxton Craven Professor of Comparative Literature and English at Duke. Spring 2011 is Prof. Smith's final semester on Duke's teaching faculty. Her work has been vital in fostering discussions of the critical and institutional exchanges between th…

Franklin Humanities Institute Co-sponsored by the Department of English and Program in Literature


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    Panel 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2011 112:23


    Chair: Jane Tompkins, Emerita, Duke "What Was Nature? Revisiting the Nexus of Science and Religion," Andrew Janiak, Duke "Contingencies of Science and Culture: Some Inspirations from Barbara Herrnstein Smith," Casper Bruun Jensen, IT University of Copenhagen "Reflections on Natural Reflections," Kate Hayles, Literature, Duke

    Remarks from Barbara Herrnstein Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2011 22:38


    Panel 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2011 107:10


    Chair: Ian Baucom "Mutuality, Incommensurablity, and Credulity," Elizabeth Wilson, Emory "Science and the Lyric," Jonathan Culler, Cornell "Common Sense," Mark Hansen, Duke

    Welcoming Remarks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2011 10:37


    Welcome - Ian Baucom, Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke Introduction - Fredric Jameson, Duke

    Roundtable

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2011 45:36


    Moderator: Nancy Armstrong, English, Duke Stanley Fish, Florida International University College of Law Susan Hegeman, English, University of Florida Tim Lenoir, Jenkins , Duke Rob Mitchell, English, Duke

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