{"id":560,"date":"2014-10-05T13:21:51","date_gmt":"2014-10-05T13:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mariekewinkler.wordpress.com\/?p=560"},"modified":"2014-10-05T13:21:51","modified_gmt":"2014-10-05T13:21:51","slug":"the-making-of-the-humanities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mariekewinkler.nl\/?p=560","title":{"rendered":"The Making of the Humanities"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MAKHUM<\/a><\/p>\n

Within two weeks the fourth conference on the history of the humanities, \u2018The Making of the Humanities IV<\/a><\/strong>\u2019 will take place at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome. This series of biennially organized conferences brings together scholars and historians interested in the comparative history of the humanities.<\/p>\n

For some time histories of single humanities’ disciplines exist, in the case of literary studies one can think for example of Gerald Graffs Professing Literature. An Institutional History<\/em> (1987) and the Dutch study Het belang van smaak. Twee eeuwen academische literatuurgeschiedschrijving<\/em> (1997) by Nico Laan. Yet, the history of the humanities as a whole has only very recently been object of study.<\/p>\n

While previous editions of \u2018The Making of the Humanities\u2019 conference focus on a specific period, this fourth edition welcomes papers on any period, taking as its central theme \u2018Connecting Disciplines\u2019 with a special interest in comparing methods and patterns across disciplines. Keynote lectures will be held by Fenrong Liu<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>(Tsinghua University, Department of Philosophy), Hans-J\u00f6rg Rheinberger<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Max Planck Institute for the History of Science) and Helen Small<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(University of Oxford, Faculty of English).<\/p>\n

I am very thrilled to deliver a paper on the first day of the conference on \u2018Criticism as a Connecting Principle: ‘Modes of Subjectivity’ in the Humanities<\/em>\u2019.\u00a0In the paper, I would like to approach criticism as a scientific \u2018mode of subjectivity\u2019. According to Steven Shapin<\/a><\/strong> the inquiry of scientific modes of knowledge-making focuses primarily on objectivity (as an ideal). As a result, the investigation of the workings and specific forms of subjectivity in science is often neglected. Yet, when thinking about connecting disciplines in the Humanities the aspect of criticism can offer a fruitful insight in the way the Humanities form a whole. The study of the precise workings and functionalities of this special mode of knowledge-making in the day-to-day work of scholars is much needed: What do we actually mean when we speak \u2013 as academics \u2013 of criticism? Does the academic idea of criticism differ from the public idea of criticism, and if so, in what respect? How do conceptions of criticism change through time? In my paper I will give a demonstration of current research into the interrelation of scholarship and criticism that is characteristic of the history of the Humanities.<\/p>\n

For more information on the conference see the website: http:\/\/makingofthehumanities.blogspot.be\/\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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