USI to host Interdisciplinary Colloquium on “Harmony and Dissonance”
The University of Southern Indiana College of Liberal Arts is proud to announce the 17th Annual Interdisciplinary Colloquium, which will take place Tuesday, April 8 in University Center West, rooms 2217-2220. This event is open to the public at no charge.
This year’s theme “Harmony and Dissonance” invites participants to contemplate the myriads of ways that harmony and dissonance shape our world, our lives and our communities, large and small.
“The annual Interdisciplinary Colloquium is one of my favorite events on campus each year,” says Dr. Alexandra Natoli, Assistant Professor of French and event organizer. “In addition to spotlighting diverse student and faculty contributions, the Colloquium serves as a powerful reminder of all that we share as a scholarly community. Although we may come from different disciplines, backgrounds and approaches, the Colloquium brings us together to explore themes which matter deeply to us all while celebrating our own unique interpretive lenses.”
Proposals for papers, panels, artwork, posters, performances, workshops and more are welcome. To submit a proposal, please send an abstract of roughly 250 words with name, contact information and departmental affiliation to usi1lacolloquium@usi.edu by Friday, February 21.
Topics may include:
- Communities
- Utopias and dystopias
- Politics, collaboration and compromise
- Friction, clashes and tensions
- Music and musicality
- New Harmony, the Harmonists and the Owenites
- Cognitive and cultural dissonance
- Homeostasis
- Power differentials and conflict resolution
- Othering and subversion
- Opposites
- Dialogues and rhetoric
For more information, visit USI.edu/idc. For questions, contact Natoli at anatoli@usi.edu or call 812-465-7027.
