Fellows Meeting
2009 Annual Summer Conference
THE ACADEMY AND THE MARKETPLACE
An interdisciplinary conference for academics and others who care deeply higher education and the wider society
22-26 July 2009
Elmhurst College, IL
The Society for Values in Higher Education will host a unique interdisciplinary conference on the campus of Elmhurst College, near Chicago, from July 22 to 26, 2009. This year the conference will foster rich conversation among participants in four different contexts.
Getting to Elmhurst
The campus is near the geographic center of metropolitan Chicago, and is easily accessible by air, rail, or automobile. O'Hare International Airport is six miles northwest of the College.
Working Groups
Society for Values in Higher Education
Annual Meeting 2009
July 22-26, 2009
Reacting to the Past
"Reacting" seeks to replicate the historical context of a particular past, with all its causal forces: economic, sociological, political, and otherwise. But it also provides students with the opportunity to explore counterfactual issues of individual agency: Would a different constellation of leaders in ancient Athens have effectively resisted the rise of Athenian democracy? Would a different set of arguments have prevented Galileo from being convicted by the Inquisition? To assert that human agency matters is to say that what actually happened need not have happened. Historical forces do not foreordain human affairs. History is not predetermined. It is contingent on multiple factors, including the vagaries of human individuality.
Reacting to the Past
"Reacting" seeks to replicate the historical context o
