News from the School of IAS

Category: Research and Creative Practice

Yolanda Padilla presents at Casa de las Américas

IAS faculty member Yolanda Padilla presented at a colloquium hosted by Casa de las Américas in Havana, Cuba. Her paper, “Hemispheric Letradas: Gender, the Mexican Revolution, and Transnational Critique on the U.S.-Mexico Border” argues ...

October 22, 2015

Bruce Burgett speaks about interdisciplinary education at Fordham University

IAS Dean and faculty member Bruce Burgett spoke twice at Fordham University. The first discussion was focused on the development of undergraduate interdisciplinary curricula. The second, sponsored by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, focused on interdisciplinary and engaged curriculum at the Master’s level.

October 16, 2015

IAS contributes mightily to the American Studies Association

IAS faculty members contributed to six different events at the American Studies Association conference in Toronto, Canada. Bruce Burgett chaired a roundtable on “After the Misery: What Are Critical University Studies For?,” responding with the answer “Transdisciplinary Praxis.” Dan Berger ...

October 14, 2015

David Goldstein Shares Knowledge of Teaching and Learning Centers in Japan and Milwaukee

David Goldstein, IAS senior lecturer and Director of the Teaching and Learning Center, served as a Visiting Scholar at Waseda University in Tokyo for the month of July. Along with three colleagues from UW Seattle, he helped launch a Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology that will be jointly run by Waseda and the UW. Back in the U.S. ...

October 14, 2015