SIFK Inaugural Conference: Practices of Knowledge
November 16-19, 2017
The Stevanovich Center, 5727 S. University Avenue
Please note potential confusion: the conference site is not at the Stevanovich Institute, our home at 5737 S University Ave.
Thursday November 16
6.45-7 pm Welcoming comments: SHADI BARTSCH-ZIMMER., Director, Stevanovich Institute on the Formation of Knowledge, and Helen A. Regenstein Distinguished Service Professor in Classics, University of Chicago
7 pm Keynote address: STEVEN SHAPIN, Franklin L. Ford Research Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University: “Making Art/Discovering Science”
7.45 pm Q&A
Friday November 17
8.30-9 am Coffee and doughnuts
9-10.00 am Debate—What Democracy “Knows”
Presentation: WILLIAM HOWELL, Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago
Discussants: MATTHEW LANDAUER, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago
CLIFFORD ANDO, David B. and Clara E. Stern Professor of Classics, University of Chicago
Moderator: DEMETRA KASIMIS, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago
10.00-10.30 am Q&A
10.30-10.45 am Coffee Break
10.45-12.15 pm Consilience: Integrating Science and Humanities in the Pursuit of Knowledge
JONATHAN GOTTSCHALL, Distinguished Fellow, Washington & Jefferson College
EDWARD SLINGERLAND, Professor of Asian Studies, The University of British Columbia
DARIO MAESTRIPIERI, Professor of Comparative Human Development and Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago
REBECCA GOLDSTEIN, Recipient, National Medal in the Humanities: “Philosophers and Scientists Should Be Friends”
Moderator: STUART MCMANUS, Postdoctoral Fellow at SIFK, University of Chicago
12.15-12.30 pm Q&A
12.30-1.30 pm Lunch Break
1.30-2.30 pm Debate: Outside Modern Western Science
GLORIA EMEAGWALI, Professor of History and African Studies, Central Connecticut State University: “Towards a Philosophy of Indigenous Knowledge”
PAMELA SMITH, Seth Low Professor of History and Director of the Center for Science and Society, Columbia University: “Artisanal Epistemologies”
Moderator: DAMIEN DRONEY, Postdoctoral Fellow at SIFK, University of Chicago
2.30–3 pm Q&A
3-3.30 pm The Game Changer Lab
MELISSA GILLIAM, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology & Pediatrics, Ellen H. Block Professor of Health Justice, Vice Provost for Academic Leadership, Advancement and Diversity, University of Chicago
Moderator: ROBERT J. RICHARDS, Morris Fishbein Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Science and Medicine, University of Chicago
3.30-4 pm Q&A
4-4.45 pm Wine and Cheese Break
4.45 pm-5.30 pm Debate—Science and its Social Context
KARIN KNORR CETINA, Otto Borchert Distinguished Service Professor in Sociology, University of Chicago
ROBERT J. RICHARDS, Morris Fishbein Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Science and Medicine, University of Chicago
Moderator: JENNIFER P. DALY, Postdoctoral Fellow at SIFK, University of Chicago
5.30-6 pm Q&A
6-6.30 pm Lecture— “The Politics of Gut Feelings: Sentiment in Governance and the Law”
ANN STOLER, Willy Brandt Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology and Historical Studies, The New School
Moderator: CLIFFORD ANDO, David B. and Clara E. Stern Professor of Classics, University of Chicago
6.30-7 pm Q&A
Saturday November 18
8.30-9 am Coffee and doughnuts
9–9.30 am Academic Knowledge, Academic Fraud
Lecture—MARIO BIAGIOLI, Distinguished Professor of Law and Science and Technology Studies (STS) and Director, Center for Science and Innovation Studies, University of California, Davis, and Inaugural Visiting Professor, SIFK 2017: “Measuring Knowledge and Innovating Fraud: New Ecologies of Academic Publishing.”
Moderator: MICHAEL ROSSI, Assistant Professor of the History of Medicine, University of Chicago
9.30-9.45 am Q&A
9.45-11.15 am Quadruple Talks: Narratives in Knowledge Formation
“Narratives in biology,” JACK GILBERT, Professor of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago; Group Leader, Argonne National Laboratory
“Narratives in religion,” DAVID NIRENBERG, Deborah R. and Edgar D. Janotta Professor of Social Thought, and Executive Vice Provost, University of Chicago
“Narratives in history,” DANIEL LORD SMAIL, Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of History, Harvard University
"Marching towards the Promised Land: Narrative in Politics,” ANDREAS GLAESER, Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago
Moderator: CLIFFORD ANDO, David B. and Clara E. Stern Professor of Classics, University of Chicago
11.15-11.30 am Q&A
11.30-12 noon Coffee Break
12-12.30 am Lecture—“The Wikipedia Slant”
DIANA STRASSMANN, Director, Program on Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities; Founding Editor of Feminist Economics; Carolyn and Fred McManis Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Humanities, Rice University
Moderator: SHADI BARTSCH-ZIMMER, Director, Stevanovich Institute on the Formation of Knowledge, and Helen A. Regenstein Distinguished Service Professor in Classics, University of Chicago
12.30-12.45 pm Q&A
12.45-1.45 pm Lunch Break
1.45-3.00 pm Making Knowledge out of Ruins
FRANCESCA ROCHBERG, Catherine and William L. Magistretti Distinguished Professor of Near Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley
ALAIN SCHNAPP, Professor of Classical Archaeology, University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne)
PETER N. MILLER, Dean, Professor, Bard Graduate Center
Moderator: JAMES EVANS, Professor of Sociology; Director, Knowledge Lab; Faculty Director, Masters Program in Computational Social Sciences, University of Chicago
3-3.30 pm Q&A
3.30-4.00 pm Making Knowledge out of Strings
GARY URTON, Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Pre-Columbian Studies, Harvard University: “The Quipu: Spinning Knowledge out of (K)nothing?”
Moderator: EDUARDO ESCOBAR, Postdoctoral Fellow at SIFK, University of Chicago
4.00-4.15 pm Q&A
4.15-5.00 pm Visualizing Data
MIRIAH MEYER, Associate Professor, School of Computing, University of Utah
Respondents:
TIFFANY HOLMES, Professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
JOHN GOLDSMITH, Edward Carson Waller Distinguished Service Professor, Linguistics and Computer Science
Moderator: JOHN GOLDSMITH, Edward Carson Waller Distinguished Service Professor, Linguistics and Computer Science, University of Chicago
5.00-5.45 pm Wine and Cheese Break
5.45-6.30 pm Knowledge and Progress
Lecture—STEVEN PINKER, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University: “Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress”
Moderator: DARIO MAESTRIPIERI, Professor of Comparative Human Development and Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago
6.30-6.45 pm Q&A
Sunday November 19
8.30-9 am Coffee and doughnuts
9.00-9.30 am Western Blinders
SIMON GOLDHILL, Professor of Greek Literature and Culture, Fellow and Director of Studies at King’s College, Director of CRASSH: “Our (Ancient) Greek Minds”
Moderator: SHADI BARTSCH-ZIMMER, Director, Stevanovich Institute on the Formation of Knowledge, and Helen A. Regenstein Distinguished Service Professor in Classics, University of Chicago
9.30-9.45 am Q&A
9.45-11.00 am Can we speak of East/West ways of knowing?
RUDOLF WAGNER, Professor, Institut für Sinologie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
ZHANG LONGXI, Chair and Professor of Comparative Literature and Translation, City University of Hong Kong
Respondents:
HAUN SAUSSY, University Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Chicago
KENNETH POMERANZ, University Professor of Modern Chinese History, University of Chicago
*We wish to acknowledge here our friend and distinguished scholar Sir G.E.R. Lloyd who could not join us for health reasons.
Moderator: WU HUNG, Harrie A. Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professor of Art History, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago
11.00-11.15 am Q&A
11.15-11.30 am Coffee Break
11.30-12.15 pm Endnote: "History as a Controversial Way of Knowing"
JESSICA RISKIN, Professor of History, Stanford University
Moderator: MARGARET CARLYLE, Postdoctoral Fellow at SIFK, University of Chicago
12.15-12.30 pm Q&A
FINIS