Public Engagement and Intercultural Practice

Posted by on April 29, 2005

Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life
Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick
Office for Academic and Public Partnerships in the Arts and Humanities
Institute of Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience

present the sixth annual Imagining America conference

Public Engagement and Intercultural Practice:
New Democratic Spaces for Scholars and Artists

When? Friday, September 30 ? Saturday, October 1, 2005
Where? Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick

Join us at Rutgers for the annual meeting of a national community of publicly engaged artists and scholars.

Conference Theme

The world around the campus is changing rapidly, even as colleges and universities seek to expand their civic commitments and partnerships. Cities and regions are shaped by layered histories of migration, encounter, translation, and contest.

These changes converge on campus, too, manifest in the cultures of different generations, diverse faculties and student bodies, and multiple forms of imagining, knowing, speaking, and affinity.

At the intersection of campus and community are networks of public scholars. They are developing the skills and strategies for a new approach to public engagement, and are uniquely positioned to help guide the public purposes that follow from affirmations of diversity. Through inter-cultural practice, their work has nearby consequences and global reach. The conference will showcase their accomplishments and provide a forum for their debates.

How do I register?
Register online beginning July 1, 2005, through Imagining America?s website: http://www.ia.umich.edu. Hotel information and the conference program will also be posted there, with regular updates. For more information, contact Imagining America?s Associate Director, Juliet Feibel by email (ia-feibel@umich.edu) or phone (734-615-8370).