IPRH Now presents “What is to be Done? The Work of the Humanities in the Present” on Tuesday December 6, 2016 from 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. in the IPRH Seminar Room, Levis Faculty Center, Fourth Floor (919 West Illinois Street, Urbana, IL).
Pizza and beverages will be provided. Bring a dessert to share if you like!
On December 6th IPRH will host a Work-In designed to help faculty, students, staff and community members learn about what is being done in response to current events and join in those efforts. IPRH envision several Work-In Stations where organizers can speak briefly about their projects. But the majority of the time will be spent in small groups where we will workshop ideas, strategies and plans for short- and long-term activities.
Are you involved in a group that is already organized? Is there a Work-In group you want to start? Teach-ins, "clapbacks," self-defense clinics, DREAM hubs, art coops, reading groups, archiving projects, community liaison workshops, storytelling fests, media watches, music groups, environmental studies clusters, poetry clubs, LGBTQ outreach services – there is a lot happening at the moment and much more that needs to be done.
IPRH’s goal is to showcase what is already unfolding here, bring new ideas to the table and share information about what is going on elsewhere. They need inspiration, purposeful work and many hands to do what needs to be done. They also need conversation and debate, formal and informal, to keep our minds alive and, equally, to help each other thrive in the frictions and challenges to come. The question of what the humanities can do is being put to the test, and you are needed in the mix.
For the December 6th event, IPRH seeks volunteers to lead a Work-In Station that
*features a group or initiative already underway;
*proposes an idea for a project that may be just starting;
*invites discussion about ideas for work not yet imagined or planned.
Please send your ideas and contact information to Antoinette Burton (aburton@illinois.edu) by Wednesday November 30, 2016.
Thanks to the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities for this information item.
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