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Global Studies Faculty Seminar Meeting September 27, 2013 * Introduction of People in Attendance Dr. Kelly Wisecup: English Department Dr. Kelly Donahue-Wallace: Art History Department Dr. Neilesh Bose: History Department Dr. Jonathan Tomhave: Anthropology and RTVF Departments Dr. Spencer D. C. Keralis: Digital Scholarship Co-Operative Dr. Sam Manickam: Spanish Department Dr. Priscilla Ybarra: English Department Dr. Deborah Armintor: English Department Jonathan Leal: Global Studies Graduate Fellow; English Department The Global Studies Faculty Seminar is for scholars with a transnational, transcultural focus. GBFS applied for a Mentorship Grant with the goal of eventually establishing a permanent space for Global Studies scholarship. o Pedagogy o Visiting Scholars Theme of the upcoming conference: "Globalization, Power, and Knowledge" Guest Speakers: * April 17-18th: Walter Mignolo * April 24-25th: Ussama Makdisi o Public Talk, Graduate Student Talk, Undergraduate Student Talk, Meeting with Faculty and Administrators * Engaging Beyond Borders * Honors Hall for the undergraduate meeting Humanities Texas Mini-Grants The GBFS initiative focuses on faculty mentoring faculty. Deborah Armintor: Perhaps we can connect world literature surveys with the Global Studies Faculty Seminar. The teachers of these classes would benefit from learning from guest speakers the Global Studies Faculty Seminar brings in. GBFS should have a critical discussion on pedagogy. * Specifically, conversations should focus on teaching courses in the humanities in a post-area studies world.
