Community Sabbatical/Research Associate Happy Hour Series
Research Associate Dr. Vanessa Davis
presents her work on the rift between
liberal arts and technical education
in the U.S. during a CS/RA happy hour.
Every few weeks during the academic year, the Humanities Institute sponsors a Happy Hour in a private room of the Clay Pit restaurant a few blocks from the University campus. These Happy Hours serve the purpose of bringing together Community Sabbatical grantees, Research Associates, and other members with links to the Institute’s community programs to create an informal, yet intellectual, setting where participants can share their research projects and ideas and get feedback from others.
The Happy Hours usually begin with an informal half hour presentation of work in progress or exploration of an issue of interest by a Community Sabbatical grantee or Research Associate, followed by another half hour of questions and discussions.
All programs take place from 5:30-6:30pm in the private Wine Room of the Clay Pit Restaurant, 1601 Guadalupe St., unless otherwise noted. The Humanities Institute provides drinks and refreshments. Invitations to the Happy Hours are generally sent out a week in advance of the event.
Monday, October 15
CS/RA Reception
Tuesday, November 27
Vanessa Davis, Research Associate
"'Everyone Has a Right to a University Degree in America, Even if It's in Hamburger Technology': Liberal Arts and Technical Education in America"
Tuesday, December 11 - CANCELED
Barbara Hannon, Research Associate
"Exploring Conflict in Legal Practice: Towards a Humane Praxis"
Tuesday, January 15
Brian Radley, Community Sabbatical Grantee
"Overcoming Silent Barriers: Building Paths to College for Undocumented Breakthrough Students"
Monday, January 28
Stephanie Jarvis, Community Sabbatical Grantee
"Researching the African-American Presence on 'Robertson Hill'"
NOTE: Event will be held at the French Legation Museum
Tuesday, February 12
Robin Bradford, Community Sabbatical Grantee
"The River is Wide: Keeping the Faith in Disastrous Times"
Tuesday, March 4
James Kraft, Research Associate
"An Externalist, Contextualist Epistemology of Disagreement about Religion"
Tuesday, April 8
Katherine Oldmixon, Research Associate
"Austin Poetry and The Humanities"
Tuesday, April 29
Michael Holland, Research Associate
"The Gospel and Our Red Brothers: American Indians and The Christian Language of Civil Rights"
Thursday, May 8
Papa M. Diallo, Research Associate
"Capital Punishment and the People of Texas: An Archive of Voices"
For more information, please contact the Institute at (512) 471-2654 or information@humanitiesinstitute.utexas.edu.