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The Location of Knowledge: A Mellon CDI Conference

The Centre for Disciplinary Innovation (CDI) is part of a four-year project (initially 2008-2011; renewed for 2011-15) funded by the Andrew W Mellon Foundation. The CDI is a focus for collaboration and innovation at the graduate level and beyond, complementing other activities initiated within the CRASSH themes of Cultural Transmission, Disciplinary Change, The Future University, Cultures and Politics of the Transregional, and for 2013-15, The Location of Knowledge.

This general theme encompasses how knowledge is formulated within disciplines, regions, practices; how it changes under pressure from different forces -- religious conversion, new technologies, say. Under this general rubric and within our Mellon Centre for Disciplinary Innovation, this conference explores the notion of understanding itself. Each session will look at how understanding focuses on a particular

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The Location of Knowledge: A Mellon CDI Conference
Professor Simon Schaffer: Understanding (through) Things from 2013-03-11T12:19:42

Understanding (through) Things Professor Simon Schaffer (University of Cambridge)Respondent: Professor Clare Pettitt (King's College London)The Centre for Disciplinary Innovation (CDI) is part of ...

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Professor John Forrester: Understanding (through) the Voice from 2013-03-11T11:53:34

Understanding (through) the Voice Professor John Forrester (University of CambridgeRespondent: Professor Sally Shuttleworth (University of Oxford) The Centre for Disciplinary Innovation (CDI) is ...

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Professor Peter de Bolla: Understanding (through) Concepts from 2013-03-11T11:36:45

Understanding (through) Concepts Professor Peter de Bolla (University of Cambridge)Respondent: Professor Akeel Bilgrami (Columbia University) The Centre for Disciplinary Innovation (CDI) is part ...

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Professor Sarah Franklin: Understanding (through) the Body from 2013-03-11T11:30:02

Understanding (through) the Body Professor Sarah Franklin (University of Cambridge)Respondent: Professor Clifford Siskin (Henry W and Alfred A Berg Professor of English and American Literature, Ne...

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