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SUMMARY:The Arts and Humanities: Endangered Species? - Various
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CONTACT:Ruth Rushworth
DESCRIPTION:Placing value beyond the fiscal in the arts and humanities\n\n
 Open to all but pre-registration required for numbers for catering\nThe de
 adline for Registration (£5 to cover the cost of lunch only) is 22 Februa
 ry.  \n\nSpeakers and respondents include:\n\nPeter de Bolla (Professor of
  English Literature\, University of Cambridge)\nGeorgina Born (Professor o
 f Music and Anthropology\, University of Oxford)\nFenella Cannell (Reader 
 in  Social Anthropology\, London School of Economics)\nStefan Collini (Pro
 fessor of English Literature and Intellectual History\, University of Camb
 ridge)\nMartin Crowley (Reader in Modern French Thought and Culture\, Univ
 ersity of Cambridge)\nRichard Drayton (Professor of Imperial History\, Kin
 g’s College London)\nRaymond Geuss (Professor of Philosophy\, University
  of Cambridge)\nJen Harvie (Professor of Contemporary Theatre and Performa
 nce\, Queen Mary University of London)\nAlan Hughes (Professor of Enterpri
 se Studies and Director of the Centre for Business Research\, University o
 f Cambridge)\nMary Jacobus (Professor of English and Director of CRASSH\, 
 University of Cambridge)\nMichael Kenny (Professor of Politics\, Universit
 y of Sheffield)\nSimon Szreter  (Professor of History and Public Policy\, 
 University of Cambridge)\nErica Whyman (Artistic Director of Northern Stag
 e\, Newcastle)\n\nThe [Browne] report proposes a huge\, almost unimaginabl
 e\, de facto cut in investment in higher education […] What is at stake 
 is whether universities in the future are to be thought of as having a pub
 lic cultural role partly sustained by public support\, or whether we move 
 further towards redefining them in terms of a purely economistic calculati
 on of value and a wholly individualistic conception of ‘consumer satisfa
 ction’. Stefan Collini\, LRB\n\nThe current reforms to education suggest
  that it is no longer self-evident that universities should be funded on t
 he basis of being significant cultural institutions\, existing for the pub
 lic good. This event seeks to articulate why and how the arts and humaniti
 es have been historically understood to matter\, and how the symbiotic str
 ucture of teaching\, research and practice enable universities to have an 
 extraordinary cultural reach.\n\nOver the course of one morning\, ten emin
 ent speakers from across the Arts and Humanities will each offer a seven-m
 inute perspective on their relationship to the Arts and Humanities\, both 
 professionally and personally. The event will be introduced by Professor M
 ichael Kenny\, recent Visiting Fellow at CRASSH\, whose research - What ar
 e Universities for? Interrogating the Assumptions of Current and Future Hi
 gher Education Policy in the UK - will inform our debate.\n\nBy encouragin
 g broad-scale discussion from a wide range of speakers\, this event aims t
 o build a picture of a cultural system – university research and arts pr
 actice – from the inside. This event will raise awareness of the diversi
 ty and quality of human endeavour enabled by the Arts and Humanities\, tog
 ether with the exceptional innovations in this field and the consequences 
 that reach far outside it. The cumulative picture built up by each of the 
 seven-minute talks will explore the relationship between the activities of
  the Arts and Humanities and other areas of understanding\, knowledge and 
 interaction in human life. Ultimately the event aims to produce a map of v
 alues\, equipping us to understand more clearly what will happen if these 
 subjects become subject to the market.\n\nThe Programme and Registration f
 orm are available by clicking on the link on the right.
LOCATION:CRASSH 17\, Mill Lane
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