The Powers of Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research: Textual Technologies
When: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM, Friday, May 8
Where: Olin Auditorium (Olin 115)
Panel Chair and Moderator: Vauhini Vara
The aim of this session is to showcase the values and benefits of crossdisciplinary research in undergraduate education at the intersection of literary studies, Digital Humanities, and Computer Science. We will explore this topic in the context of Union’s liberal arts model of education, which emphasizes the technical aspects and humanist aspects of interdisciplinarity in equal measure. We will hear student perspectives on issues such as literature’s contemporary interface with digital studies and investigations of Generative Artificial Intelligence through up-to-date methods in Human-Computer Interaction.
The participants have been selected by the Co-Directors of the Templeton Institute to showcase diverse views on interdisciplinary student research at the College. This event brings together short (fifteen-minute) talks on these topics, with a discussion among panelists and with the audience.
This special session will be introduced and moderated by our Steinmetz Day guest, Vauhini Vara, an award-winning author, journalist for The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, and The New Yorker, and finalist for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
All are welcome to attend and join the conversation.