Intellectural Integrity? How to be a public intellectual: 9 - 10 July 2013

See: http://projectintegrity.wordpress.com/

These events explore the different ways in which the role of public intellectual can be enacted, both inside and outside the academy, and the different pressures, compromises, and opportunities that one aspiring to that role can expect to face.  We will ask: what is to be a public intellectual, and can one step into the role without compromising one's integrity?

Intellectual Integrity? is a chance for new and established academics, public figures, postgraduates, students and York residents to think about and discuss the risks and rewards of stepping outside the university or engaging in academic life as a public intellectual.

We welcome all interested parties.  Any queries or enquiries can be directed to us through our website, or at the email addresses amber.carpenter@york.ac.uk or rachael.wiseman@york.ac.uk

Programme:

9 July 2013

• 12:30 - 14:30  Integrity Through Literature (Workshop)
• 14:30 - 15:00  Tea
• 15:00 - 17:30  Public Intellectual, Personal Integrity
• 18:00 - 18:30  Wine Reception
• 18:30 - 20:00  Academics, Policy, and Politics

10 July 2013

• 10:00 - 12:00  Why dissent/What dissent (Workshop)
• 12:00 - 13:00  Lunch
• 13:00 - 15:00  Female public intellectuals: the risk of exposure
• 16:00 - 18:00  Does being an academic require compromising one's integrity?