Wednesday, October 12
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. East Asia Room (Chester Fritz Library)
“Canadian Experience in Securing Federal Support for Graduate Studies and Faculty Research”
Open to all UND Faculty. Sponsored by the Graduate Program.
A discussion of the origins of federal support for graduate studies and faculty research, where the Rockefeller Foundation was an important proponent. Based on an overview of the organization of higher education in Canada, some current initiatives will be presented, such as the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship Program (CGSP), which aims to attract and retain world-class doctoral students. This program has a leadership component, modeled on the Oxford University’s Rhodes scholarship.
1:00-2:00 p.m. East Asia Room (Chester Fritz Library)
Faculty Reception with Dr. Buxton
Sponsored by the Communication Program and Canadian, Quebec and North American Francophone Studies.
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. UND Bookstore
Open to the Public
“The Impact of Carnegie and Rockefeller Philanthropy on American Culture Life: 1900-1945”
In this discussion, Dr. Buxton will trace how Carnegie and Rockefeller philanthropy have shaped American thought and cultural life during the first half of the 20th Century. Particular attention will be given to how the Communication Program of Rockefeller Philanthropy sought to reconfigure the theory and practice of a variety of fields, including radio, film, libraries, microphotography, and museology. It will conclude with an assessment of the long-term impact of the Carnegie and Rockefeller programs.
Thursday, October 13
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Swanson Hall 16-18
Communication Program Graduate Colloquium Open to the UND Community
“Harold Innis’ History of Communications’ Project : The First Comprehensive Account of Media History?”
During the last dozen years of his life, Harold A. Innis assembled a massive set of writings entitled “A History of Communications: An Incomplete and Unrevised Manuscript.” Overall, it is around fourteen hundred pages in length, with a time span running from ancient India and China (circa 1500 B.C.) to the twentieth century, with the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries receiving particular attention. Currently, Dr. Buxton is preparing (with Paul Heyer and Michael Cheney), a 2-volume abridged version of this manuscript for publication by Rowman and Littlefield. Dr. Buxton will discuss the implications of this body of work for our understanding of Innis’s contributions to the field of communications.
