Sat, 05/19/2012 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Clio Society: Capital Cities in the Aftermath of Empire: Athens and Sofia Compared
Location: The Ohio Union: Creative Arts Room, 1739 N. High Street
Contact: David Staley
Theodora Dragostinova will examine the development of two Eastern European cities, the Greek capital Athens and the Bulgarian capital Sofia, in their transition from the Ottoman Empire to national independence in the nineteenth century. How did the national administrations in Greece and Bulgaria envision their new capitals? What were the architectural innovations implemented in these cities? How did urban populations change? How did the national elites use the Ottoman past? How did they create new national traditions? Examining images from nineteenth-century Athens and Sofia, this lecture will explore the meaning of architectural choices during major political transitions.
The Idea of a University in a Time of Crisis: A book group
The Goldberg Center will host a book group discussing important recent texts on the status and future prospect for the University. Commentators of a variety of stripes claim the university is in crisis, whether the result of corporatization, a neo-liberal business orientation, a potential bubble for higher education, athletics run amok, vocationalism over broad intellectual growth, etc. This book group will assert the values of the University by looking both at the practices that have sustained it and also the changes it needs to address.
The book circle will culminate in a Symposium on "The Idea of a University in a Time of Crisis" to be hosted here at Ohio State in October 2012 All gatherings will be held in the Goldberg Center, 207 Dulles Hall at 3:30PM
Wednesday October 12:
Mark Taylor, Crisis on Campus
Wednesday November 30:
Clayton Christensen, The Innovative University
Wednesday February 1:
Frank Donoghue, The Last Professors: The Corporate University and the Fate of the Humanities
Wednesday April 4:
Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa, Academically Adrift
Wednesday May 30:
Cary Nelson, No University is an Island: Saving Academic Freedom
- No University is an Island: Saving Academic Freedom at Amazon.com
- No University is an Island: Saving Academic Freedom at Barnes & Noble
Anya Kamenetz, DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education
The Goldberg Center hosts a number of professional development initiatives, focused especially on pursuing the best strategies for teaching with new media.
The publications of the Goldberg Center use digital technology to provide teaching and learning materials to history teachers across the country.
Humanitarian Intervention: The American Experience from William McKinley to Barack Obama
Consistent with the University's legacy as a land grant institution, the outreach efforts of the Goldberg Center seek to connect the History department with the citizens of Ohio and the world beyond.
