Under what conditions did the modernist separation of the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the arts and humanities arise? In this interdisciplinary seminar, scholars of all three areas are invited to assess formative moments in and shifting boundaries between academic fields by examining key figures and movements from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. How robust, we will ask, is this trichotomy in the face of post-modern challenges?

Director : David Depew, Professor, University of Iowa Department of Communication Studies and Project on the Rhetoric of Inquiry.

Dates: June 10-26, 2002

Place: The University of Iowa Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, Iowa City, Iowa.

Funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research, the C. Esco and Avalon L. Obermann Fund and by the Graduate College of the University of Iowa.

Individuals wishing to attend one of the seminar sessions should contact the Obermann Center in advance at 335-4034 or e-mail Jay-Semel@uiowa.edu

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