{"id":733,"date":"2012-10-17T15:11:26","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T19:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/inauguration\/?page_id=733"},"modified":"2023-02-13T10:48:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T14:48:29","slug":"academic-panels-the-engaged-liberal-arts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clayton-spencer\/clayon-spencer-inauguration\/academic-panels-the-engaged-liberal-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"The Engaged Liberal Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clayton-spencer\/files\/2012\/04\/blue_MarkerE.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Olin Arts Center Concert Hall<\/strong><br><strong>October 26, 2012<br>9:30 a.m. to Noon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>How does the world inspire ideas in the minds of great scholars? How do ideas in the hands of skilled practitioners play out in the world?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This cycle of conception, action, effect and perception is the topic of <em>The Engaged Liberal Arts<\/em> and its two panel discussions, <em>The World of Ideas<\/em> and <em>Ideas in the World<\/em>, with panel introductions by Thomas Tracy, Phillips Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, these two sessions offer our panelists an opportunity to explore the animating principle of the liberal arts \u2014 the capacity to explore ideas as a means of human fulfillment and as a force in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The World of Ideas<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>9:30 to 10:30 a.m.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe splendid achievements of the intellect, like the soul, are everlasting,\u201d wrote the Roman historian Sallust. The scholar at work is curious and creative, eager to investigate, and determined to explain. What led our four scholars to the intellectual life? What have been their most compelling discoveries? What conditions are present and necessary when ideas are born? What are the marks of a good line of inquiry? And is it true that our scholars \u201cknow it when they see it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Valerie Smith \u201975<\/strong><em>, <\/em>moderator: Dean of the college, Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature, and professor of English and African American Studies, Princeton University; author of <em>Toni Morrison: Writing the Moral Imagination<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>William Carlezon \u201986<\/strong>: Professor of psychiatry, Harvard University; director of the Behavioral Genetics Laboratory, McLean Hospital<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Drew Faust<\/strong>: President and Lincoln Professor of History, Harvard University; author of <em>This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lillian Nayder<\/strong>: Professor and chair of English, Bates College; author of <em>The Other Dickens: A Life of Catherine Hogarth<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ideas in the World<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>10:45 to 11:45 a.m.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Powerful and transformative in our world, the ideas of competition and collaboration play out in different ways in our panelists&#8217; various fields. How do these twin concepts create synergy in a group or organization, and what happens when they clash? How is this tension managed? Must the end result of competition always be a zero-sum solution? And is collaboration the same as teamwork, or something else altogether?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Darby Ray<\/strong>, moderator: Director of the Harward Center for Community Partnerships and the Donald W. and Ann M. Harward Professor of Civic Engagement, Bates College; author of <em>Working<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Michael Bonney \u201980, P\u201909, P\u201912, P\u201915:<\/strong> Chief executive officer, Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Andrew Byrnes \u201905<\/strong>: Olympic gold and silver medalist, men\u2019s eight rowing, Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Francesco Duina<\/strong>: Professor of sociology, Bates College; author of <em>Winning: Reflections on an American Obsession<\/em><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About Our Participants<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Panel Introductions<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-765\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clayton-spencer\/files\/2012\/10\/Tracy1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clayton-spencer\/files\/2012\/10\/Tracy1.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clayton-spencer\/files\/2012\/10\/Tracy1-133x200.webp 133w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thomas Tracy, Phillips Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies and chair of the Division of Humanities at Bates College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Thomas Tracy<\/strong> is the Phillips Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Bates and an apt scholar for today\u2019s introductions. In his teaching and research, Tracy offers theoretical insights into a range of vexing topics \u2014 medical and environmental ethics, the problem of evil in the context of God\u2019s goodness and power, and the relation between classical issues in philosophical theology and contemporary developments in the natural sciences. A member of the International Society for Science and Religion and the Society for Philosophy of Religion, Tracy offers professional service to the advisory committee of Androscoggin Home Care &amp; Hospice in Lewiston, and he was a founding and long-serving member of the ethics committee of Maine General Hospital. Among his many publications is the recent article \u201cEvolutionary Theologies\u201d in <em>Theology and Science<\/em>, addressing the central challenges that evolutionary theory poses for theology. Tracy serves as chair of the Division of Humanities at Bates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The World of Ideas<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-766\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clayton-spencer\/files\/2023\/02\/Valerie-Smith1554-300x199-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3777\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Valerie Smith \u201975: Dean of the College, Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature, and professor of English and African American Studies, Princeton University; author of <em>Toni Morrison: Writing the Moral Imagination<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Valerie Smith \u201975<\/strong>, moderator, leads the undergraduate academic program at Princeton University as dean of the college. From 2006 to 2010, Smith served as founding director of Princeton\u2019s Center for African American Studies, carrying out the center\u2019s mission \u2014 to spread the study and ideas of race issues throughout Princeton\u2019s liberal arts education \u2014 by expanding the center\u2019s curriculum and hiring faculty across the disciplines. As the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature and a professor of English and African American studies at Princeton, Smith specializes in African American literary and cultural studies. Speaking at Bates in 2004, Smith encouraged her audience to consider how literature and film challenge popular assumptions about historical processes and social movements. Her most recent book, <em>Toni Morrison: Writing the Moral Imagination<\/em>, embraces that idea by exploring how the author\u2019s novels and non-fiction writing question conventional ideas about American cultural history. A member of the Bates College Board of Trustees, Smith earned a bachelor of arts in English at Bates and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. She holds a doctorate in English from the University of Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-767\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clayton-spencer\/files\/2023\/02\/Carlezon-199x300-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3778\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">William Carlezon \u201986: Professor of psychiatry, Harvard University; director of the Behavioral Genetics Laboratory, McLean Hospital.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>William Carlezon \u201986<\/strong> is a neuroscience researcher and professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, where he brings his ideas to bear on one of the most elemental questions of human existence: \u201cWhat\u2019s your mood?\u201d As director of the Behavioral Genetics Lab at McLean Hospital, Carlezon studies how genes affect behavior; how stress or exposure to drugs, whether illicit or prescribed, affects gene expression; and how various experiences affect the developing brain over the long term. Recognition for his research includes the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, bestowed by President George W. Bush at the White House, and the Jacob P. Waletzky Award for Innovative Research in Drug Addiction and Alcoholism. He is editor-in-chief of the journal <em>Neuropsychopharmacology<\/em><em>. <\/em>At Bates he earned a bachelor of science in biology and psychology, and he holds a doctorate in psychology from Concordia University. He was a postdoctoral associate in molecular biology at Yale University School of Medicine. A lefty, he still holds the Bates record for best winning percentage by a pitcher, with a 12\u20131 career record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-medium wp-image-768\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"181\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clayton-spencer\/files\/2023\/02\/Drew_Bio_0-181x300-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3779\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Drew Faust: President and Lincoln Professor of History, Harvard University; author of <em>This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Drew Faust<\/strong>, president of Harvard University since 2007, said at her inauguration that a university \u201cis not about results in the next quarter; it is not even about who a student has become by graduation. It is about learning that molds a lifetime, learning that transmits the heritage of millennia; learning that shapes the future.\u201d Faust personifies this idea in myriad ways. The university\u2019s Lincoln Professor of History in Harvard\u2019s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, she recently saw her book <em>T<\/em><em>his Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War<\/em> emerge as a film documentary by Ric Burns that was screened on PBS. As founding dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard in 2001, she guided its transformation into a scholarly institute, distinctive for the exploration of new knowledge at the crossroads of traditional fields. Indeed, Faust has said, the ideas that emerge from colleges and universities, and from the intersection of the humanities, the arts, and the social and natural sciences, \u201cnurture the hopes of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-medium wp-image-769\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clayton-spencer\/files\/2023\/02\/101210_Lillian_Nayder_7155_print-198x300-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3780\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lillian Nayder: Professor and chair of English, Bates College; author of <em>The Other Dickens: A Life of Catherine Hogarth.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Lillian Nayder<\/strong>&nbsp;is professor and chair of English at Bates, and teaches courses on nineteenth-century British fiction.&nbsp;Her research focuses on the Victorians, their lives, and their writings.&nbsp;Her most recent book,&nbsp;<em>The Other Dickens: A Life of Catherine Hogarth<\/em>, reconstructs the story of the woman who married Charles Dickens, challenging misrepresentations of his wife that he put into circulation after their 1858 separation and that have defined Catherine ever since.&nbsp;Relegating Dickens to the margins of&nbsp;<em>her<\/em>&nbsp;narrative and drawing on a wide range of voices, particularly Catherine\u2019s own, Nayder resists Dickens\u2019s charisma and encourages readers and critics to do the same.&nbsp;In researching&nbsp;<em>The Other Dickens<\/em>, Nayder came upon archival materials and lesser-known family stories that have inspired her latest projects \u2014 a novel about Dickens\u2019 sisters and sisters-in-law as well as a group biography about the writer and his three brothers, two of whom also separated from their wives in the 1850s and from whom Dickens was permanently estranged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ideas in the World<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-medium wp-image-771\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clayton-spencer\/files\/2023\/02\/150308_darby_ray_0065-300x240-1.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clayton-spencer\/files\/2023\/02\/150308_darby_ray_0065-300x240-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3782\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Darby Ray, moderator: Director of the Harward Center for Community Partnerships and the Donald W. and Ann M. Harward Professor of Civic Engagement, Bates College; author of <em>Working<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Darby Ray<\/strong>, moderator, is director of the Harward Center for Community Partnerships, the college\u2019s program for community-based learning, volunteerism and environmental stewardship that involves more than 125 community organizations. Ray is also a religious studies scholar whose books and articles explore how theological concepts and practices relate to the realities of human and ecological suffering and to global forces such as work and the economy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her 2011 book <em>Working, <\/em>Ray examines the resources within Christian tradition for a model of work characterized by grace, cooperation, and equality, rather than exchange, competition, and predation. She came to Bates in 2012 from Millsaps College, where she was a professor of religion and a leader of community engagement. Ray received a doctorate in religion from Vanderbilt University and has taught courses in Christian thought, history of religions, and the meaning of work. Her other books include <em>Incarnation and Imagination <\/em>and <em>Theology that Matters.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-772\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clayton-spencer\/files\/2023\/02\/CUBIST-Michael-BONNEY-010-239x300-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3783\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Michael Bonney \u201980: Chief executive officer, Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Michael Bonney \u201980, P\u201909, P\u201912, P\u201915<\/strong>&nbsp;is CEO of Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc., a global leader in the research, development, and commercialization of products in the acute care\/hospital environment, including antibiotics that fight resistant strains of bacteria. Named among the top five U.S. CEOs by <em>MarketWatch<\/em>, Bonney balances an intense focus on Cubist\u2019s success with a savvy awareness that biotech and pharmaceutical companies may not always occupy the center of the drug-discovery ecosystem. Taking the long view of success, Bonney says that fresh ideas will increasingly come from academia, nonprofits, incubators, and even crowd-sourcing techniques that determine grant funding for entrepreneurs. \u201cAt Cubist, we are true believers in driving innovation, but agnostic about where it actually happens,\u201d Bonney says. \u201cOur focus will always be on delivering important therapies to acutely ill patients.\u201d Bonney\u2019s own career is distinctive for its embrace of nontraditional opportunities, including 12 years early in his career with U.K.-based Zeneca, where \u201cevery 18 months I had a different role. It gave me a broad perspective on the industry.\u201d Bonney, who earned an economics degree at Bates, is chair of the Bates College Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-medium wp-image-773\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clayton-spencer\/files\/2023\/02\/72AndrewByrnes1-300x200-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3784\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Andrew Byrnes \u201905: Olympic gold and silver medalist, men\u2019s eight rowing, Canada.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Andrew Byrnes \u201905<\/strong> won Olympic gold in 2008 and silver in 2012 as a rower on the Canadian men\u2019s eight team. Compared with winning Olympic gold in Beijing, the team\u2019s runner-up experience in London this year offers perhaps an even more powerful story of collaboration and competition. After a disastrous first race, the team had to regroup and overhaul its strategy in just a few days while under the unique pressure of representing a nation on the world stage. \u201cWhat we did is a testament to this crew, the tenacity of these guys and the resilience of our coach, that we were able to pick up the pieces from what could have been a devastating experience,\u201d Byrnes said afterward. He earned a bachelor of science in physics from Bates and was a New England Small College Athletic Conference All-Academic selection in 2005. In 2006, he earned a master of science in mechanical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. Born in Toronto, Byrnes holds dual U.S.\u2013Canadian citizenship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-medium wp-image-774\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clayton-spencer\/files\/2023\/02\/09-Duina-USE-7131-300x200-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3785\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Francesco Duina: Professor of sociology, Bates College; author of <em>Winning: Reflections on an American Obsession<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Francesco Duina<\/strong> is a professor of sociology at Bates and the author of four books, including <em>Winning: Reflections on an American Obsession<\/em>. Partly inspired by lively classroom discussions in his course \u201cSociology of Competition,\u201d the book <em>Winning <\/em>explores, among other ideas, why the American passion for competition is not complemented by an equal level of general happiness. \u201cWe need to discover what we\u2019re really after as we compete, and that takes some introspection,\u201d Duina says. \u201cThere is much more behind our desire to win besides simply wanting victory or avoiding loss.\u201d A visiting professor in the Department of Business and Politics at the Copenhagen Business School, Duina\u2019s research and teaching interests include economic sociology, the nation-state, regional economic integration, and the sociology of culture. His other books are <em>Institutions and the Economy<\/em>, <em>The Social Construction of Free Trade <\/em>and <em>Harmonizing Europe<\/em>. A member of the editorial boards of the <em>Journal of European Public Policy<\/em> and <em>Economy and Society<\/em> and the author of a number of articles and book chapters, Duina earned a doctorate at Harvard University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olin Arts Center Concert HallOctober 26, 20129:30 a.m. to Noon How does&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1390,"menu_order":18,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-733","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clayton-spencer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clayton-spencer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clayton-spencer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clayton-spencer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clayton-spencer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=733"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clayton-spencer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3786,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clayton-spencer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/733\/revisions\/3786"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clayton-spencer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clayton-spencer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}