Newsletter Index - Volume 12

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Volume 12, Number 1, March, 1990

Call for Papers-The AIS to hold 12th annual conference in November, 1990 with the theme "Knowledge, Value, and Belief: Interdisciplinary Perspectives."
Study in Depth in Integrative Studies, three position statements. One by Anne Brooks, and one by Un-chol Shin, Eastern Kentucky University, another by William Newell, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. Responses to the three position statements are encouraged. Connie Ramirez, Coordinator.
Review of the JIS(Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies: an International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Interfaith Dialogue ) the official journal of the International Christian Studies Association, co-sponsored and published by the Instit ute for Interdisciplinary research. Volume I (1989) No. 1 "23001: The Future of Interdisciplinary Research;" No. 2 "Orwell and Huxley: Beyond Twentieth Century Totalitarianism? Review by Paul Ciholis, Director, Institute for Liberal Studies at Kentuck y State University
Up-coming conferences.
News in Brief-
  • AIS thanks Fred Rider, Lu Mattson, and the staff of the Hutchins School of Liberal Studies at Sonoma State University for organizing last fall's conference.
  • Guy Beckwith member of the AIS Board of Directors published two lead articles on interdisciplinary topics: "Science, Technology, and Society: Considerations of Method," Science, Technology & Human Values and "Technology and Civilization".
  • The Arts and sciences Unit at Arizona State University West Campus is recruiting 24 faculty and administrators.
  • the National Society for Internships and Experiential Education released its new edition of the National Director of Internships.
  • The EFL Foundation (established by Prof. C. van Eesteren, the founder of modern Dutch town planning) is sponsoring an essay competition on "New Models in Conducting and Applying Research for Design, planning, and Policy Making."
  • The Arts and Sciences Unit at Arizona State University West Campus is recruiting 24 faculty and administrators effective August 1990
Boundary Work,-Poem by Maggie McFadden, Appalachian State University

Volume 12, Number 2, May, 1990

Boulding, AIS Keynoter -Kenneth E. Boulding, distinguished Professor of economics Emeritus, and Research Program on Research on Political and Economic Change in the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado, is keynoter for the 12th annual AIS Conference in November 1990, hosted by St. Anselm College at the Sheraton Tara Wayfarer Inn in Manchester, NH -theme "Knowledge, Values, and Belief: Interdisciplinary Perspectives."
Study in Depth, a response to the three position statements on "study in depth in integrative studies" by members of the AID Philosophy Network in the AIS Newsletter, Volume 12, Number 1 (March, 1990). Article by Richard Jacobs and John Hatfield, C alifornia State Polytechnic University Pomona.
Review of Rethinking Patterns of Knowledge, edited by Richard Bjornson and Marilyn Waldman-represents the proceedings of a conference on "The Educated Citizen and the University of the Future". Article by Sharon Scholl
Job Wanted by someone highly experienced and qualified in developing integrative undergraduate Programs.
Systems Guide-Education in the Systems Sciences: An Annotated Guide to Educational and Research Opportunities in the Sciences of Complexity which covers the broad spectrum of educational and research opportunities currently available in the scienc es of complexity. Compiled by Baline A. Snow (with Fritjof Capra and Heinz Von Foerster).
Up-Coming Conferences-
  • The tenth annual international conference on Critical Thinking and Educational Moral Critique, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA.
  • The School of Continuing and Alternative Learning at George Mason University sponsoring the 8th annual conference on NonTraditional/Interdisciplinary Programs, Virginia Beach Resort and Conference Center.
  • The third annual conference on the Reform of Curriculum in Higher Education October, 1990 at the Keystone Resort Conference Center In Keystone, CO.
Integrative Pedagogy-A feature of the AIS conference in Arlington, Texas was a room where participants were encouraged to post their favorite integrative teaching strategy. One was presented earlier in the March, 1989 AIS Newsletter.

Volume 12 #3 October, 1990

International Council For Innovation In Higher Education(ICIE)-an international network of universities, administrators, scholars and organizations concerned with new development in higher education. Founded in 1980 as the University Without Walls International Council.
Integrative Arts at Penn State-July 1, 1990, the Department of Integrative Arts was officially established in the College of Arts and Architecture at Penn State.
Review of Klein's Interdisciplinarity, : History, Theory and Practice- by Julie Thompson Klein, Wayne State University-The strength of the book, in short, is its virtually encyclopedic scope and completeness. Review by Thomas Murray, Center for Biomedical Ethics, Case Western Reserve University
Up-Coming conferences-
  • Crossing the Disciplines: Culture Studies in the 1990s-October at University of Oklahoma.
  • The 30th Annual meeting of the Association for General and Liberal Studies October 1990 at the Lord Biltmore Hotel in Baltimore, MD-theme, "Learning Communities and the Nature of the Liberal Conversation."
  • The annual meeting of the Society for Heath and Human Values November 1990 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Chicago.
  • The 10th annual Common Boundary conference November 1990 in Crystal City, VA -them-Compassionate Living: Integrating Healthy Narcissism and Social Responsibility."
  • The Far West Philosophy of Education Society's 39th annual meeting in December 1990 at the Howard Johnson Hotel.
  • The 21st Century Project at Arizona State University West in Phoenix sponsoring a conference on "Culture and Diversity: Teaching, Learning, and the Curriculum, in the 21st Century University".
  • The Global Humanities: Unity in Diversity" the theme of the National Association for Humanities Education, April 1990 at University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette.
  • The Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society to hold its 3rd annual conference May 1991 at Asilomar Conference Center near Monterey, CA on "Varieties of Sustainability: Culture, Society, and Ecology."
  • The 16th annual meeting of the International Association for Philosophy and Literature May 1991, in Montreal on "Art/Politics/Sciences."
  • The first international symposium on Godel's Theorem to be held May, 1991 at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris, France.
  • The International Council for Innovation in Higher education to hold 9th international conference on new concepts in higher education June, 1991 at Technical University of Budapest on "Internationalization of Higher Education--Focus on changing Global Priorities."
  • The Department of Religious Studies at Lancaster University to sponsor an interreligious and interdisciplinary conference on "religion and the Resurgence of Capitalism" July 1991.
Klein Wins Essay Competition-Sponsored by the van Eesteren-Fluck and van Lohuizen Foundation in the Netherlands. The title of Klein's winning essay is "Applying Interdisciplinary Models of Design, Planning, and Policy Making".
Books of Interest-Learning Communities: Creating Connections Among Students, Faculty, and Disciplines, co-authored by Faith Gabelnich, Jean MacGregor, Roberta S. Matthews, and Barbara Leigh Smith.
Knowledge: Disciplinarity and Beyond, edited by Ellen Messer-Davidow, David R. Shumway, and David J. Sylvan.
Freedom and History and Other Essays and a study of McKeon written by George Kimball Plochmann. McKeon is the philosopher who sees interdisciplinary/integrative studies as essentially a modern variant of metaphysics. Request for manuscripts and manuscript proposals for a new series in Race and Ethnic Relations by Sage Publications.
Program Excellence Award to "Western"-, Miami's School o f Interdisciplinary Studies (Western College Program) received second Program Excellence Award form the Ohio Board of Regents.
Robert Coles' Portraits, - Cole provides the readers with portraits and introduces us to people who then take over, speak for themselves, talk to us person to person. review by Ivan Kovaks, Department of Human Development, SCU-Hayward

Volume 12, Number 4, December, 1990

1990-91 AIS Officers-Installation of the new AIS Board of Directors at the Manchester conference.
The Liberal Art of Science, :Agenda for Action. The Report of the Project on Liberal Education and the Sciences. (Washington, D.C.: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1990). Review by Rivers Singleton
Masks of the Spirit, : Image and Metaphor in Mesoamerica, Roberta H. and Peter T. Markman, with Introduction by Joseph Campbell (University of California Press: Berkeley, 1990) Review by Richard Carp, Kansas City Art Institute
News in Brief:

  • The AIS Board of Directors thank brother Philip Valley and staff for putting together such a smoothly run conference.
  • The sixth annual symposium on World Trends in Science and Technology Education to be held August, 1991 at the Wyndham Hotel in Palm Springs, CA on the theme of "Science and Technology Education: Responsible Change for the 21st Century."
  • The Society for Literature and Science recently published Literature and Science: Course Syllabi, a collection of 57 exemplary course syllabi.
About this Newsletter an invitation to submit program descriptions, book reviews, job descriptions, letters to the editor, or other items of interest to interdisciplinarians reading this newsletter.