Making Connections: Engaging the Humanities at a College of Technology

FAIN: AC-50217-14

CUNY Research Foundation, NYC College of Technology (Brooklyn, NY 11201-1909)
Geoffrey D. Zylstra (Project Director: July 2013 to October 2015)

To support an eighteen-month interdisciplinary project that would examine the role of the humanities in technological developments.

New York City College of Technology (City Tech) proposes an 18 month interdisciplinary humanities project entitled Making Connections: Engaging the Humanities in a College of Technology, designed by faculty in history, English, and architecture. The project has three components: 1) a year-long NEH Faculty Seminar for eight NEH Fellows who will pursue an intellectually rigorous study of selected themes through discussions led by external scholars; 2) the development of new interdisciplinary courses and modules that link the humanities with technical majors; and 3) a vigorous dissemination agenda pursued through presentations and papers to professional peers at City Tech and at national conferences.