Reimagining the University
The university is a contradictory, or necessarily plural, institution, one that depends on prior labor by preK-12 teachers. It is vital, more than ever, to understand both the institutional limits and potentialities of the university given the new authoritarianism’s fixation on dismantling the university alongside other public goods. CGII is supporting a project to bring faculty, academic staff, and graduate students from across UVA to work with a selected group of preK-12 educator-fellows to reach a better understanding of our shared educational and democratic missions in this time of global authoritarianism. The project will take the form of a seminar where participants will be invited to think collectively about the past, present, and futures of the university, understood in its local and global institutional logics and histories, and with specific attention to the role of the liberal arts and the humanities.
