Dates: October 5-8, 2006
Location/Institution: Westin/Atlanta North Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia; hosted by Emory University and Oxford College of Emory University and co-hosted by the University of West Georgia
Theme: "Bridge-Building: Connecting Hearts and Minds, Arts and Sciences, Teaching and Research, Academy and Community."
Keynote: Louis Dupré, T.L. Riggs Professor Emeritus of Philosophy of Religion at Yale University, speaking on "Symbolic Variety, Philosophical Unity." He is the author of The Enlightenment and the Intellectual Foundations of Modern Culture (Yale University Press).
Special Conference Workshops: "Integrating Hearts and Minds: The Cognitive-Affective Connection in Teaching and Learning," Dr. Patti Owen-Smith, Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies, Oxford College of Emory University; "The Nuts and Bolts of Integrative Syllabus Design,"AIS board members, Pauline D. Gagnon, Professor of Theatre, University of West Georgia, Carolyn Haynes, Director of the Honors and Scholars Program, Miami University, and Tanya Augsburg, Senior Lecturer, Arizona State University.
Plenary Book Conversation: Session with Julie Thompson Klein, relating to her recently published work, Humanities, Culture and Interdisciplinarity: The Changing American Academy, and moderated by Carolyn Haynes, former AIS President.
Other special sessions: A keynote panel on "Bridging the Gap"; and opportunities for consultations with AIS Board members serving as GUIDEs or G(uides) to an U(nderstanding) of I(nter)D(isciplinary) E(ducation) in six areas: Teaching IDS Courses, Administering IDS Programs, Assessing IDS Learning, Publishing in IDS, Faculty Development in IDS, and Fundraising for IDS Programs.
Registration Fees: $315, member; $365, non-member; $200, students.
Conference Coordinators: Gretchen Schulz, Associate Professor of English/Humanities, Oxford College of Emory University; and Kevin Corrigan, Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Director of Medieval Studies in the Institute of Liberal Arts, Emory University.
Approximate number of attendees: 200