Search Committees
Rothman Chair of Humanities Search Committee
Finalist Visits
Each finalist will make a presentation regarding their vision for the Humanities Center. In addition, each will speak, on another occasion, about their research.
Harry Liebersohn, University of Illinois
Harry Liebersohn is professor of history at the University of Illinois. Recently he served as a fellow at the Wissenschaftkolleg in Berlin; he has also been a fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton. He is the author of three major books, The Travelers' World: Europe to the Pacific (Harvard, 2006), Aristocratic Encounters: European Travelers and North American Indians (Cambridge, 1998), and Fate and Utopia in German Sociology, 1870-1923 (MIT Press, 1988).
- Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
- Visiting Monday November 5th
8:00 – 9:00
Humanities Council Meeting - 2014 Turlington - Dean’s Conference Room
9:30 – 10:45
Center Talk – 215 Dauer Hall
11:00 – 12:00
Meeting with Dean Glover – 2014 Turlington Hall
12:15
Lunch
1:30 – 1.50
Meeting with Dr. Mueller and Dr. Dickison – 2014 Turlington Hall
2:00 – 2:30
Meeting with Cynthia Butler - 2012 West University Avenue
3:00 – 4:00
Search Committee Meeting in KF Conference Room
4:30 – 6:00
History Talk – Keene-Flint Conference Room
Bonnie Effros, Binghamton University
- Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
- Visiting Thursday and Friday November 15-16
Download Itinerary (PDF) - Thursday November 15
8:00
Breakfast with Bill Link
9:30 – 10:00
Meeting with Sean Adams
10:15 – 11:15
Search Committee Meeting – Keene-Flint Conference Room
11:30 – 12:45
Lunch (organized by Dr. Narayanan)
1:00 – 1:30
Meeting with Dr. Mueller
1:30 – 2:30
Meeting with Dean Glover
3:00 – 4:30
Center Talk – 219 Dauer Hall
7:00
Dinner (organized by David Leverenz)
Friday November 16
8:30
Breakfast with Robert D’Amico
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Humanities Council Meeting in 219 Dauer Hall
11:15 – 11:45
Meeting between Professor Effros and Carter Boydstun.
12:30 – 1:30
Lunch at the Bistro with Dr. Evans, Dr. Effros
1:30-3:00
Directed tour of campus and library
3:30 – 5:00
History Talk – Keene-Flint Conference Room
7:00
Dinner organized by Bill Link
Ahuvia Kahane, Royal Holloway College of the University of London
- Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
- Visiting Monday and Tuesday December
3-4
Download Itinerary (PDF) - Monday December 3
8:00 am
Breakfast with Dr. Link
9:30 – 11:00 am
Talk on Center in Dauer 219
11:15 – 12:15 pm
Lunch – Dr. D’Amico
2:oo – 3:00 pm
Meeting with Dean Glover
3:15 – 3:45 pm
Meeting with Professor Wagman in Office, Dauer 125
4:00 – 5:00 pm
Meeting with the Search Committee – Keene-Flint Conference Room
6:00 pm
Dinner – Dr. Kugelmass - Tuesday December 4
9:15 – 9:45 am
Meeting with Ms. Butler in Dean’s Conference Room
10 – 10:30 am
Meeting with Dr. Mueller
10:30 – 11:00 am
Meeting with Dr. Dickison
11:15 – 12:15 pm
Humanities Council Meeting in Dean’s Conference Room
12:30 – 2:00 pm
Lunch – Ann Wehmeyer
2:30 – 4:00 pm
Research Lecture – 219 Dauer Hall
6:00 pm
Dinner – Dr. Link
Membership
- William Link, Chair, Richard J. Milbauer Professor of History,
Department of History - Robert D’Amico, Professor and Chair,
Department of Philosophy - Stephanie Evans, Assistant Professor,
Program in African-American Studies and Program in Women’s Studies - Jack Kugelmass, Professor and Director,
Center for Jewish Studies - David Leverenz, Professor,
Department of English - Vasudha Narayanan, Distinguished Professor,
Department of Religion - Ann Wehmeyer, Professor and Chair,
Department of African and Asian Languages and Literatures - Angel Kwolek-Folland, Interim Associate Provost for Academic Affairs