[PAST EVENT] Universal Universities? Teaching and Research in Global Perspective

February 16, 2015
4:30pm - 6:30pm
Location
Tucker Hall, Theater
350 James Blair Dr
Williamsburg, VA 23185Map this location
The College is in the process of adopting a new curriculum, thinking about how different disciplines speak to each other (or don't), and also attempting to internationalize its teaching and research. How do we approach teaching and research at W&M and/or in other U.S. universities and how is this different from teaching and research in the rest of the world? Does this vary by discipline? How does one internationalize teaching and research? Should we do so? Do shared standards and norms lead to universal knowledge? Faculty will discuss these and other questions within the context of their own disciplines and will also explore the costs and benefits of collaboration across disciplines and across the globe.

Panelists:

Wiebke Wemheuer-Vogelaar, Principal Investigator of the TRIP Global Pathways Program and co-editor of Studying the Global Discipline: International Relations Scholarship Amidst Divides and Diversity
Eugene Tracy, Chair of the Physics Department, Chancellor Professor
David Dessler, Associate Professor of Government and Faculty Liaison for the St Andrews Joint Degree Program in International Relations
Laurie Koloski, Associate Professor of History and Faculty Liaison for the St Andrews Joint Degree Program in History
David Feldman, Professor of Economics and former Chair of the Department of Economics

Chair and Moderator:
Michael J. Tierney, Hylton Associate Professor of Government and International Relations, Director, Institute for the Theory and Practice of International Relations, Director, AidData Center for Development Policy

This event is co-sponsored by the Institute for the Theory and Practice of International Relations, The Reves Center for International Studies, The Roy R. Charles Center, and The Kolleg-Forschergruppe The Transformative Power of Europe at FU Berlin.
Contact

[[wmcampbell, Michael Campbell]]