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Putting Discipline Into
Interdisciplinary Work

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University Interdisciplinary Colloquium

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Past Colloquia

Spring Schedule 2009

Printable schedule

All sessions are at 12:30 in the Whitewater Room of the UI Commons unless otherwise noted.

January 27th	"Fire and Climate: Past, Present, and Future"	Penelope Morgan Forest Resources
February 3rd	"Challenges Ahead for Renewable Energy"	Herbert Hess Electrical and Computer Engineering
February 10th	"The Psychology of Giving—The Role of Therapy and Research in Travelers’ Philanthropy"	Sam Ham Conservation Social Sciences
February 17th	"Legislating Memory: International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Norms and Challenges Illustrated by the Spanish and Basque Examples"	Monica Schurtman College of Law
February 24th	"All That's Jazz!"	Dan Bukvich Lionel Hampton School of Music
March 3rd	"How a Volcanic Eruption Convinced Vikings to Become Christians (and Other Geologic Icelandic Sagas)"	Simon Kattenhorn Geological Sciences
March 10th	"What are Molecular Chaperone Machines and How and Why Do We Study Them?"	Jill Johnson Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry
March 24th	"Narrating Nature: Telling Stories about the Columbia River"	Adam Sowards History
March 31st	"Acting Like Animals"	David Lee Painter Theatre and Film
April 7th Aurora Room	"Ireland: The Forty Shades of Green?"	Kevin Kiely English
April 14th	"Our Northern Idaho Landscapes: How They Formed and Why That’s Still Important Today"	Paul McDaniel Plant, Soil, and Entomological Sciences
April 21st	"Truth, Truthiness & the Famous/Public/Historical Figure: Writing Fictions about Real People"	Daniel Orozco English
April 28th	"Understanding How Animals Use Space and Why It Matters"	Janet Rachlow Fish & Wildlife

The University Interdisciplinary Colloquium
is sponsored by the UI Research Office.