Study Groups
The Leslie Center sponsors a number of faculty study groups. To propose a new study group, write to Rebecca Biron and provide the topic, an explanation of the relevance of the topic for the Dartmouth Humanities community, and a list of at least five faculty members interested in joining it. To be added to the mailing list or to learn more about one of the groups listed below, please contact the individual named in the description of the group, or write to the Leslie Center.
Please note that study group funds are set aside for meetings, materials, and guest expenses incurred for the activities chosen by the group itself. These funds are not to be used to co-sponsor events originating in and primarily hosted by other Dartmouth units (eg. Departments, Centers, Lab groups).
Anthropocene Working Group
The mission of the Anthropocene working group is to provide a venue for faculty, graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and undergraduates from the sciences, social sciences, and humanities to develop a cross-disciplinary understanding of the Anthropocene. Through organizing a variety of learning and research opportunities this Working Group aims to support the sharing of theoretical and empirical knowledge of the global environmental impact of human activity. This group meets twice per quarter to discuss books or article-length texts of shared critical interest across the environmental humanities and the environmental sciences. Please contact Matteo Gilebbi for additional information regarding the Anthropocene working group.
Environmental Humanities Working and Research Group
The mission of the Environmental Humanities working group is to provide a venue for faculty, graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and undergraduates from the social sciences and humanities to foster intellectual collaboration and develop a network of scholars interested in the multiple points of intersection between the environment and culture, society, art, history, technology, and politics. The Environmental Humanities is a thriving field that seeks to resituate humanistic questions and approaches at the center of scientific work on the major environmental problems of our age: climate change, pollution, clean water and other primary resources depletion, and the degradation of Indigenous lands.
For additional information regarding the Environmental Humanities Working and Research Group, please contact Laura Ogden or Matteo Gilebbi.
Italian Studies Working Group
The Italian Studies Working Group brings together regular and associated faculty/researchers, COLT graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows interested in Italian interdiscplinary studies, pedagogy, and language teaching. The mission is to create a space in which–through presentation, and the sharing of written work in various phases of elaboration, and discussion–members envison the future of Italian Studies at Dartmouth and beyond. The group holds monthly meetings and hosts contributions by local and invited scholars as well as visual and performing artists.
Please contact Graziella Parati for additional information regarding the Italian Studies Working Group or to join.
Founding members: Giorgio Alberti, Damiano Benvegnu, Danielle Callegari, Nancy Canepa, Tania Convertini, Matteo Gilebbi, Graziella Parati, Diego Pirillo, Andrea Tarnowksi, Michael Wyatt.
Language Pedagogy Research and Working Group
The Language Pedagogy Research and Working Group will discuss current topics, trends, research and successful practice in foreign language teaching and learning. It is open to everyone interested in the teaching and learning of languages at Dartmouth and beyond.
The Language Pedagogy Research and Working Group is a self-directed effort to respond to major questions in language pedagogy. Meetings will take a variety of forms ranging from group readings to lectures and workshops led by invited speakers, as well as curriculum discussions. For more information regarding the group, contact Tania Convertini.
The Long Nineteenth Century
This workshop brings together faculty whose expertise and interests fall into the long nineteenth century, regardless of geographical area of specialization. The group is open to tenure and tenure-track faculty, lecturers and post-docs, convenes twice per quarter, and discusses members’ work-in-progress as well as scholarship currently emerging in the wider discipline(s). For more information regarding the Long Nineteenth Century Working Group, please contact Petra McGillen or Rob St. Clair.
Medieval Studies
The Medieval Seminar provides a forum for scholars focused on the premodern world (ca. 300-1700 CE) to consider colleagues' work in progress. Participants represent fields from across the Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences at Dartmouth as well as other institutions in New England. The group convenes twice each term for an individual presentation/paper followed by discussion over dinner. A longstanding intellectual hub for a vibrant community of medievalists, the seminar welcomes cross-disciplinary perspectives and creates an important opportunity for feedback in participants' areas of research inquiry. For more information and to be added to the mailing list, please contact Cecilia Gaposchkin.
Psychoanalysis Study Group
The Psychoanalysis Study Group is an interdisciplinary seminar for academics and clinicians who are interested in psychoanalytic theory. Through close reading of texts and presentations by psychoanalysts and academics, we consider the application of psychoanalytic ideas to patients, texts, film, art, culture, and ideas, leaving room to elaborate points of common interest and points of difference. Please contact Sally Ackerman if you're interesting in learning more about this working group.