To celebrate the Humanities Center's 30th Anniversary, we will host a symposium in McGregor room BC.

Symposium: “Why the Humanities Matter”

• 10—Opening remarks: Walter F. Edwards (English), Founding Director
• 10:10-10:45—Director’s remarks: Jaime Goodrich (English), "The Tin Man's Heart: Why the Humanities Matter"
• 11-12—Roundtable: "The Humanities as Survival"
• Alina Cherry (French), renée hoogland (English), Andrew Newman (Anthropology), Elena Past (Italian), Francesca Pernice (Education)
• 12-1—Lunch  
• 1-2:30— Panel: "What the Humanities Do"
• Lisabeth Hock (German), What the Humanities Are and Are Not, and the Gap They Fill" 
• Anne Duggan (French), "Why Early Modern French Studies Matter"
• Ken Jackson (English), “Why Humanities”
• 2:30-2:45—Coffee break
• 2:45-3:20—Roundtable: "Connecting People with Stories: The Humanities in the College History Classroom" 
• Liette Gidlow (History) and undergraduate students
• 3:30-4:30—Keynote, Stephen Best (English), Professor & Rachael Anderson Stageberg Chair in English, Director of Townsend Center for Humanities and Present of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes. "...At Risk"