Samuel Weiner Distinguished Visitors | Dr. Linda Hutcheon and Dr. Michael Hutcheon
February 7, 2024, 4:15 p.m., Schultz Lecture Theatre, St. John’s College   
“Straddling Research Boundaries: Interdisciplinarity and Collaboration”
When a literary theorist and a physician collaborate to research and write about opera, many disciplinary boundaries have to be negotiated. Considering both personal experience and the critical literature, the Hutcheons will investigate the process of interdisciplinary collaboration and explore its advantages as well as its challenges. Addressing the differences between the sciences and the humanities/social sciences in terms of disciplinary culture, the nature of evidence in research, as well as institutional demands and limitations, they will attempt to unpack the forces driving the current movement in academia towards working in interdisciplinary teams.
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