Meeting Schedule

All events will be held at the University Club unless otherwise noted.

Thursday, October 29

1:30-2:00pm
Registration

2:00-3:30 pm
Welcome and Open Discussion: The Humanities in Hard Times

4:00-6:00 pm
Keynote Address

Introduction: Robert Irwin, Associate Professor, Spanish, UC Davis
Speaker: Catherine Walsh, Director, Cultural Studies Program, Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar in Quito

"Thinking With: Intellectual Engagements, (De)Colonial Entanglements, and Epistemic Interculturality" 

Catherine Walsh is senior professor and director of the Latin American Cultural Studies Doctoral Program at the Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar in Quito, Ecuador, as well as a leading proponent of publicly engaged scholarship and indigenous knowledge production in Ecuador. [more]

6:30-8:00 pm
Reception at Pence Gallery, 212 D Street, downtown Davis

8:00 pm
Dinner on your own

Friday, October 30

8:30-10:00 am
WHA Business Meeting/Breakfast

10:00 am-12:00 pm
Panel 1: Digital Technologies and the Humanities

Chair: Caren Kaplan, Professor, Cultural Studies / Women and Gender Studies, UC Davis

“Visual Art/Visual Science: Technology, Aesthetics, Investigation” 
Michael Zimmerman, Director, Center for the Humanities and Arts, University of Colorado

“The Townsend Humanities Lab: Web 2.0 and Collaborative Research”
Teresa Stojkov, Associate Director,Townsend Humanities Lab, University of California, Berkeley
Angela Veomett, Site Administrator, Townsend Humanities Lab, University of California, Berkeley
Colin Dingler, Outreach Coordinator, Townsend Humanities Lab, University of California, Berkeley

" Working across Boundaries: Divisional, Disciplinary, and Technical"
Jorge Hankamer, Director, Institute for Humanities Research, UC Santa Cruz

12:00-1:00 Lunch on University Club Patio

1:00-3:00 pm
Panel 2: Engaged Scholarship and the Humanities

Chair: Carolyn De La Peña, Director, Davis Humanities Institute, UC Davis

“Annual Humanities Week: Challenges and Successes”
Mary Wildner-Bassett, Dean, College of Humanities, University of Arizona

“Beyond Public Programming: Socially Engaged Research as a Humanities Mission”
Sally Kitch, Director, Institute for Humanities Research, Arizona State University

 “Engaged Scholarship: The Humanities as Praxis”
Miriam Bartha, Assistant Director, Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington

"Telling Stories: Making Change"
jesikah maria ross, Director, The Art of Regional Change, UC Davis

3:30-5:00 pm
Closing Session: Working with State Humanities Councils

Introduction: Ralph Lewin, Director, California Council for the Humanities
Speaker: Esther Mackintosh, President, Federation of State Humanities Councils

"Engaged Scholarship 101: What Happens When the Academic Meets the Public?"

Esther Mackintosh, the President of the Federation of State Humanities Councils, will draw upon her decades of experience with humanities-council programs to show scholars how their engagement with the broader community will not only enhance public discussions and debates but will also sharpen their understanding of their own work. [more]

5:00-5:30 pm
Reception, University Club

5:30-7:30 pm
WHA Meeting Dinner, University Club Patio
(this event is open to WHA members only)