Vol. 39, No.3, July 2010
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Notes from the Inside
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Welcome To Montréal
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Notes from the Inside
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From the HSS President
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News
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Member News
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Haskins Lecture
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“Lamarck at the Zoo”
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UTeach
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Lone Star
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Digital
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A Sampling of . . .
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Humanities Advocacy Day
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Humanities Enjoy Strong Student Demand
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Childcare Cooperative -
HSS Annual Meeting 2010
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HSS Annual Meeting 2010 Preliminary Program PDF
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University of Vienna
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Jobs, Conferences, Grants
HSS goes to Notre Dame
As those in academia know all too well, the pulse of summer in the northern hemisphere varies only slightly from that of the academic year, with days filled with research, reading, writing, and, in some cases, moving. It is the “moving” part that is dominating my life this summer as we prepare to transition from north central Florida to northern Indiana.
As members will recall, the suspension of the graduate program at the University of Florida precipitated the HSS’s relocation of the Executive Office. Although the UF administration has remained strongly supportive of the Office, the Executive Committee believed that the Office should be located at a school with an active graduate program. And so we have found a new home at Notre Dame, and my ongoing discussions with the staff and faculty there have convinced me that this relationship will benefit the HSS beyond measure.
The relationship will also benefit the membership in many measurable ways since some of Notre Dame’s generous support can be quantified. The university’s help with computer expenses, moving costs, graduate student stipends, and various other items has been a budget windfall for the HSS. Members may not realize that the economic downturn was poised to hit us hardest this year because we use a three-year average when calculating the draw from our endowment (our fiscal year begins 1 July). We thus faced some bleak numbers and hard decisions due to the recession of 2008. But rather than enduring severe budget cuts, we were able to create a budget that would have been but a dream 12 months ago. Because of Notre Dame’s generosity, we not only were able to limit our membership dues increase to a modest 1% (rather than the 5% called for in earlier budgets), we also will be able take a far smaller draw on our endowment than previously planned, both preserving and building the endowment for the future.
But what makes the move to Notre Dame most special are the people who are there and the dynamic history and philosophy of science programs. Ernan McMullin and Michael Crowe are no longer actively involved but Don Howard, Phil Sloan, Chris Hamlin, and many other scholars are building up the program as they provide guidance for the many graduate students (for a list of faculty, go to http://reilly.nd.edu/people/reilly_faculty.aspx). Of additional benefit is the strong presence of the philosophy of science at Notre Dame, which aligns nicely with our partnership with the Philosophy of Science Association. I predict wonderful things in our partnership with Notre Dame and will discuss those in the next Notes from the Inside.
I am eager to begin this new chapter in HSS’s future.
- Jay Malone
Executive Director, HSS