http://www.syndicatemizzou.org Thu, 24 May 2012 07:30:27 GMT en-us 40 Center for eResearch Connecting you with the University of Missouri’s innovative research and creative activity http://www.syndicatemizzou.org/images/logo.png 384 80 http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/jonassen/ipod/jonassen11-humanities.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/jonassen/ipod/jonassen11-humanities.m4v Jonassen describes some practical examples of this model at work: the successful utilization of problem-based learning in the MU medical school and in the department of Religious Studies. He calls for education reform that includes more problem-based learning in other fields. 3 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:39:07 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/langen/ipod/Langen02.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/langen/ipod/Langen02.m4v Langen highlights three major reasons to study Russian literature and humanities more deeply than for simple enjoyment. 3 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:37:46 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/langen/ipod/Langen03.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/langen/ipod/Langen03.m4v Langen describes the rewards of two collaborative projects: _Eight Twentieth-Century Russian Plays_ (2000) is an anthology of Russian plays that he translated and edited with Justin Weir. He also worked with his brother, Jesse Langen, examining how the music by Russian composer Dmitry Shostakovich drew upon the poems of Alexander Blok. 3 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:38:42 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/langen/ipod/Langen04.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/langen/ipod/Langen04.m4v Langen’s most recent project, _The Stony Dance: Unity and Gesture in Andrey Bely’s_ Petersburg (2005. 3 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:39:37 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/langen/ipod/Langen05.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/langen/ipod/Langen05.m4v Langen is gearing up for his next research project that will focus on late nineteenth-century Russian intellectual history. “These people thought of literary studies as something you could do scientifically,” Langen explains, and he plans to begin by exploring “the rules for responsible, scholarly discourse.” 3 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:40:44 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/langen/ipod/Langen06.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/langen/ipod/Langen06.m4v Teaching a general course on Russian civilization has helped Langen’s research process by allowing him to connect literary studies to other aspects of Russian life. 3 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:41:36 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/hooley/ipod/hooley01.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/hooley/ipod/hooley01.m4v Dan Hooley first became interested in studying the classics through an “accidental journey,” studying the western classics as an English and Humanities graduate student at the University of Minnesota where he focused his studies on modernism and wrote his dissertation on how Latin poetry was translated by American modernists such as Ezra Pound or T.S. Eliot. 3 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:21:41 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/hooley/ipod/hooley02.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/hooley/ipod/hooley02.m4v For a long time the classics were thought of as foundational texts of western culture. Hooley sees the role of classics now as “one body of relatively coherent, related texts that constitute a tradition in themselves.” He says they have become the intellectual currency of our culture and are “great to think with.” 3 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:21:58 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/hooley/ipod/hooley03.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/hooley/ipod/hooley03.m4v Hooley talks about his first book, _The Classics in Paraphrase: Ezra Pound and Modern Translators of Latin Poetry,_ and how it opened a door for him to begin studying the various theories of translation. 3 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:22:39 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/hooley/ipod/hooley04.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/hooley/ipod/hooley04.m4v While Hooley’s first book focused on Latin translations, his second book, _The Knotted Thong: Structures of Mimesis in Persius_ (1997), is a study of Roman satire—namely of Persius, one of the three major Roman satirists. Hooley was drawn to this man and his work partly because Persius was considered such a “strange guy.” Satire, Hooley says, “fosters all those things that are healthy for the human spirit—it makes us laugh at silly things and sometimes makes us laugh at things that are egregious and wrong.” 3 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:22:59 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/hooley/ipod/hooley05.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/hooley/ipod/hooley05.m4v Most recently, Hooley has completed an introductory book on Roman satire. It covers the historical development of satire, explaining the genre as inherently human: “It’s in our blood; it’s hardwired into our brains.” Satire carries a very broad definition: it is partly a reaction to power and a way of expressing resistance, but at other times it provides a vehicle to poke fun at things. 3 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:22:22 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/welch/ipod/Welch06.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/welch/ipod/Welch06.m4v Humanities-related research involves studying the work of other scholars (e.g., philosophy and comparative religious ethics) and then synthesizing those ideas. For example, Welch has taken up the challenge to dominant ethics by Native American and Engaged Buddhist philosophers. Using certain techniques like interactive theatre in the classroom, she is applying qualitative measures to determine the effect of these pedagogical techniques. So far she has learned that these interactive theatre experiences can really change the way many students see the world around them. 3 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:51:21 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/stanton/ipod/Stanton_10_why_important.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/stanton/ipod/Stanton_10_why_important.m4v Art history, studying the artifacts of the past, provides context for all the history we learn, Stanton says. She believes that art history is the core discipline of the humanities because it touches on all of the other aspects of life: language, culture, science, and math. 3 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:22:50 GMT