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Reflections on Interdisciplinarity
Sarah Banet-Weiser, Editor of the interdisciplinary journal American Quarterly and Professor in the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and the Department of American Studies at the University of Southern California, headlined the Humanities Institute Annual Interdisciplinary Faculty Seminars Symposium on Friday, April 27, 2012.
The event culminated in a talk given by Banet-Weiser, “Reflections on Interdisciplinarity.” Banet-Weiser tackled the dangers of interdisciplinarity as “crisis and brand,” followed by an examination of interdisciplinarity as “inspiration and necessity.” She said, “Interdisciplinarity enables us to speculate, to think, with inspiration and unpredictability.”
Read more about the Humanities Institute Annual Interdisciplinary Faculty Seminars Symposium.
