Hi Samara, this has been on my mind, too. I edit #Alt-Academy and have felt some concern about how the term may be read in the current political climate. While Brian is right about the history, I think the term has outlived much of its original usefulness and tends to provoke a somewhat negative reaction in people now. In my own work, I favor…[Read more]

Thanks for the update, Stacey! That makes sense, especially with next year’s conference theme. I’ll look forward to the session.

We’ll pursue another session separately, and I’ll connect with others on the thread as we begin planning.

Best,
Katina

Hi everyone, and happy new year! For those of you who were in Philly last week, I hope you had a great convention.

Our Humanities Alliance team at the Graduate Center is beginning to plan for next year’s conference opportunities, and I wanted to check back and see how the CC Forum Executive Committee meeting went. If there was interest in a…[Read more]

Wonderful! I’m so glad these ideas are of interest. Do keep me posted if the executive committees decide to move in this direction; the Humanities Alliance team would love to be actively involved.

Best,
Katina

Hi Stacey, and hello to others in the forum,

I’m part of a team at CUNY Graduate Center that is working to connect graduate education and community college training. We are in our first year implementing the Humanities Alliance, which embeds Graduate Center students as teaching fellows at LaGuardia Community College. The team has discussed a few…[Read more]