College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

The model of the solitary scholar writing articles and books in the library has given way to a diverse array of approaches to humanistic research: collaborative teams, community engagement, multimedia publication, and more — as well as new questions about how the public interest can and should affect research choices. Focusing on the humanities and social sciences, speaker Joy Connolly will discuss ongoing challenges to innovation and possible implications of scholarly method and publication changes for the future organization of the American college and university.

This event is part of the Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere’s multi-year speaker series “Rethinking the Public Sphere,” which responds to current challenges to rational public debate. Following Part II of the series in 2020-2021 entitled “Data & Democracy,” and Part I in 2019-2020 “Race and the Promise of Participation,” the 2021-22 speakers series turns to the question of transforming institutions in public life. For more information about the series, visit here.

Speaker:

Joy Connolly began her service as President of the American Council of Learned Societies in July 2019. Previously, she served as provost and interim president of The Graduate Center at the City University of New York, where she was also Distinguished Professor of Classics. She has held faculty appointments at New York University (where she served as Dean for the Humanities from 2012-16), Stanford University, and the University of Washington. She has published two books with Princeton University Press on Roman political thought and rhetoric and over seventy articles, reviews, and short essays, including for media such as Bookforum and the Times Literary Supplement.

UF Series Funders and Co-Sponsors: 

Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere (Rothman Endowment); College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; UF Research; African American Studies Program; Bob Graham Center for Public Service; Center for Arts, Migration, and Entrepreneurship; Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies Research; Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center; Department of Biology; Department of Classics; Department of History; Department of Political Science; Department of Urban and Regional Planning; George A. Smathers Library; Levin College of Law; One Health Center of Excellence