Valerie Traub Retirement Conference - Knowledge Relations: A Conference on Historical Epistemologies, Emerging Methodologies, Contemporary Practices
in celebration of Valerie Traub
Friday, January 17, 12:00pm - 6:00pm
Saturday, January 18, 10:00am - 8:00pm
The last several years have seen a flourishing of work on historical epistemology, as scholars ask how we know what we think we know about the cultural artifacts we analyze. This work has entailed rethinking foundational methodologies like genealogy, philology, phenomenology, and humanism, as well as influential critical paradigms developed in the 1980s and 90s such as feminist and queer studies. At the same time, we have seen a flourishing of new critical methodologies, including disability studies, trans studies, environmental studies, global studies, digital humanities, and critical race studies.
Inspired by the scholarship and mentorship of Valerie Traub, this conference brings these critical trends into conversation to think about how the questioning, revising, and renewing of older critical methodologies relates to the emergence of new critical methodologies and their effect on our modes of inquiry. How, we ask, is our knowledge of the past shaped by the methods of our inquiries and the networks in which we practice them? How do we build on earlier critical efforts even as we critique them? Who has been included and excluded in our knowledge relations with various periods, specific topics, disciplines and institutions?
This conference will bring together over two dozen leading scholars and teachers alongside professionals in related fields to reflect on the past and future of our intellectual practices, including how we can and do impact contemporary culture outside of academia. The conference will feature new work from scholars in performance studies, critical race studies, empire studies, new philology, trans studies, and disability studies, among others. It will explore the opportunities for synergies both topical and professional. By bringing a diverse range of practitioners together, Knowledge Relations explores how we might make the past and the future, together.
SPEAKERS:
Misty Anderson, Abdulhamit Arvas, Amanda Bailey, Tiffany Ball, Gina Bloom, Andrew Bozio, Theresa Braunschneider, Hannah Bredar, Katherine Steele Brokaw, Lauren Eriks Cline, Amrita Dhar, Holly Dugan, Will Fisher, Ari Friedlander, Joey Gamble, Rebecca Hixon, Gavin Hollis, Sarah Linwick, Maureen McDonnell, Cecilia Morales, Amy Rodgers, Marjorie Rubright, Stephen Spiess, Aaron Stone, Chad Thomas, Kathryn Will, and Laura Williamson.
https://sites.google.com/umass.edu/knowledge-relations/home
Saturday, January 18, 10:00am - 8:00pm
The last several years have seen a flourishing of work on historical epistemology, as scholars ask how we know what we think we know about the cultural artifacts we analyze. This work has entailed rethinking foundational methodologies like genealogy, philology, phenomenology, and humanism, as well as influential critical paradigms developed in the 1980s and 90s such as feminist and queer studies. At the same time, we have seen a flourishing of new critical methodologies, including disability studies, trans studies, environmental studies, global studies, digital humanities, and critical race studies.
Inspired by the scholarship and mentorship of Valerie Traub, this conference brings these critical trends into conversation to think about how the questioning, revising, and renewing of older critical methodologies relates to the emergence of new critical methodologies and their effect on our modes of inquiry. How, we ask, is our knowledge of the past shaped by the methods of our inquiries and the networks in which we practice them? How do we build on earlier critical efforts even as we critique them? Who has been included and excluded in our knowledge relations with various periods, specific topics, disciplines and institutions?
This conference will bring together over two dozen leading scholars and teachers alongside professionals in related fields to reflect on the past and future of our intellectual practices, including how we can and do impact contemporary culture outside of academia. The conference will feature new work from scholars in performance studies, critical race studies, empire studies, new philology, trans studies, and disability studies, among others. It will explore the opportunities for synergies both topical and professional. By bringing a diverse range of practitioners together, Knowledge Relations explores how we might make the past and the future, together.
SPEAKERS:
Misty Anderson, Abdulhamit Arvas, Amanda Bailey, Tiffany Ball, Gina Bloom, Andrew Bozio, Theresa Braunschneider, Hannah Bredar, Katherine Steele Brokaw, Lauren Eriks Cline, Amrita Dhar, Holly Dugan, Will Fisher, Ari Friedlander, Joey Gamble, Rebecca Hixon, Gavin Hollis, Sarah Linwick, Maureen McDonnell, Cecilia Morales, Amy Rodgers, Marjorie Rubright, Stephen Spiess, Aaron Stone, Chad Thomas, Kathryn Will, and Laura Williamson.
https://sites.google.com/umass.edu/knowledge-relations/home
| Building: | Michigan Union |
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| Event Type: | Conference / Symposium |
| Tags: | Disability, History, Humanities, institute for the humanities, lgbtq, Queer Studies, Retirement, Trans Studies, Women's Studies |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Department of English Language and Literature, Rackham Graduate School, Women's and Gender Studies Department, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Department of History |
| Upcoming Dates: |
Friday, January 17, 2025 1:00-5:00 PM
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The Thursday Series is the core of the institute's scholarly program, hosting distinguished guests who examine methodological, analytical, and theoretical issues in the field of history.
The Friday Series consists mostly of panel-style workshops highlighting U-M graduate students. On occasion, events may include lectures, seminars, or other programs presented by visiting scholars.
The insitute also hosts other historical programming, including lectures, film screenings, author appearances, and similar events aimed at a broader public audience.
