SUMMER FACULTY READING GROUP
Permanent Crisis
by Paul Reitter and Chad Wellmon
We will meet three times in June to discuss Reitter and Wellmon’s Permanent Crisis (U. Chicago Press, 2021).
The humanities, considered by many as irrelevant for modern careers and hopelessly devoid of funding, seem to be in a perpetual state of crisis, at the mercy of modernizing and technological forces that are driving universities towards academic pursuits that pull in grant money and direct students to lucrative careers. But as Paul Reitter and Chad Wellmon show, this crisis isn’t new—in fact, it’s as old as the humanities themselves.
You don’t have to be in the Humanities to appreciate that the crisis facing most institutions of Higher Education today. We’ll use this book for a discussion of the purpose and value of our careers and the institutions we serve.
Interest Form
This reading group is open to all faculty and staff from regional colleges and universities.