The Dresher Center’s CURRENTS: Humanities Work Now lunchtime series showcases exciting new faculty work in the humanities in a dynamic and inter-disciplinary setting. Designed to promote ongoing conversation and multi-disciplinary investigation, these works-in-progress meetings offer faculty and advanced graduate students an informal venue for presentation, conversation, and ongoing collaborative exchange. In general, two speakers will share the free hour with 2 short, informal presentations (10 min. ea.) and time for discussion. Since conversation is at the heart of all CURRENTS events, faculty are encouraged to pre-circulate materials but not to present formal papers.
CURRENTS presentations can take many forms:
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- discussion of a key research question at the heart of an article or major project
- conversation about methodological issues surrounding multi- or trans-disciplinary work
- presentation of key ideas in a working draft of a new paper
- exploration of opportunities and challenges surrounding digital and multi-modal scholarship
- consultation with other scholars about a grant or other major project proposal.
For suggested sessions, other ideas, or questions please email dreshercenter@umbc.edu.
For a list of previous CURRENTS sessions, please visit the Archives page.