Third Annual Brown University
Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference
“Intellectuals and the Academy in Public Life”
May 4 – 5, 2007
Registration: Friday, May 4, 11:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.
Smith-Buonanno Hall, First Floor Lobby
Session 1: Friday, May 4, 12:45 P.M. – 3:00 P.M.
Smith-Buonanno, Room 101:
Rethinking Liberal Education
Smith-Buonanno, Room TBD
In the Wake of War: Post-1945 Re-formulations of the Intellectual
Session 2: Friday, May 4, 3:15 P.M. – 5:00 P.M.
Smith-Buonanno, Room 101:
Founding Ideas: Nation-Building and the State
Smith-Buonanno, Room G01:
Philosophical Perspectives on the Role of the Intellectual
Smith-Buonanno, Room G12:
Intellectuals as Politicians, Politicians as Intellectuals
Keynote Address: Friday, May 4, 5:30 P.M. – 7:00 P.M.
Smith-Buonanno, Room 106:
Linda Gordon
Distinguished Professor of History
New York University
Reception: Friday, May 4, 7:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.
Alumnae Hall, Crystal Room
Session 3: Saturday, May 5, 9:15 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.
Smith-Buonanno, Room 101:
Breaking the Divide Between Public and Intellectual Work
Smith-Buonanno, Room G01:
Societal Change: Intellectuals in Action
Smith-Buonanno, Room G12:
Peace, Patriotism, and the “Other:” The Intellectual and the Nation
Lunch Break: Saturday, May 5, 11:30 A.M. -1:00 P.M.
Session 4: Saturday, May 5, 1:00 P.M – 2:45 P.M.
Smith-Buonanno, Room 101:
Thunder on the Right: Intellectuals and Postwar U.S. Politics
Smith-Buonanno, Room G01:
The Intellectual in Society: Contemporary Debates
Smith-Buonanno, Room G12:
Form, Body, and Reality: Artists and Architects as Public Intellectuals
Session 5: Saturday, May 5, 3:15 P.M. – 5:00 P.M.
Smith-Buonanno, Room 101:
Academic Transformation: Intellectual Freedom, Politics, and the Law
Smith-Buonanno, Room G01:
Students and the University: Learning Values, Practicing Politics
Smith-Buonanno, Room G12:
The Intellectual’s Role: The Enlightenment Precedence