Some of the conference participants have graciously shared their papers with us - a few as the original paper and a few in the presentation form. Click on the links below to download them. Feel free to post comments here in response.
David Cerniglia and Heather Steffen, “Composing the University”
Randall Cohn, “Artificial Disciplinarity? Policing the Boundaries between Art and Design History”
Lisa J. Disch and Jean M. O’Brien, “Innovation is Overtime: An Ethical Analysis of ‘Politically Committed’ Academic Labor”
Isaac Kamola and Eli Meyerhoff, “Creating Commons: Divided Governance, Participatory Management, and Struggles over the Enclosure of the University”
John Mowitt, “The Neo-liberalization of Knowledge”
Richard Ohmann, “Talk on Radical Teaching”
Zach Schwartz-Weinstein, “Without Our Brain and Muscle: NYU and the Future of the Neoliberal University”
Barbara Scott Winkler, “Laboring in the Knowledge Factory: A View from Women’s Studies”
Jess Sundin, “Labor in the Neo-liberal University”
May 6, 2008
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(from Andy Cornell of NYU/GSOC):
We have some exciting news to share! Two of our allies on Capitol Hill, Senator Edward M. Kennedy and Representative George Miller, have just introduced federal legislation to amend the National Labor Relations Act to grant collective bargaining rights to teaching and research assistants at private universities and colleges. Read more »
April 24, 2008
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The Rethinking the University Working Group would like to solicit ideas for next year’s conference. Here are a few things we might want to consider, but feel free to post comments with any other suggestions.
- Where should it be held?
- When should it be held?
- What should the format look like? Or, what worked and didn’t work this year? For instance, a few people have made the suggestion that we incorporate seminars, or possibly reading groups.
April 23, 2008
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Perhaps we can begin our continuation of the discussions from the conference by responding to this post with our reflections (click on “Comment” below). Eli Thorkelson’s “notes on a lively conference on universities” provides some initial thoughts.
April 21, 2008
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