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The 91社区 College of Liberal Arts is proud to announce the 17th annual Interdisciplinary Colloquium, which will take place Tuesday, April 8 in University Center West, rooms 2217-2220. This event is open to the public at no charge.听听 听

This year鈥檚 theme 鈥淗armony and Dissonance鈥� invites participants to contemplate the myriads of ways that harmony and dissonance shape our world, our lives and our communities, large and small.听听

"The annual Interdisciplinary Colloquium is one of my favorite events on campus each year,鈥� says Dr. Alexandra Natoli, Assistant Professor of French and event organizer. 鈥淚n addition to spotlighting diverse student and faculty contributions, the Colloquium serves as a powerful reminder of all that we share as a scholarly community. Although we may come from different disciplines, backgrounds and approaches, the Colloquium brings us together to explore themes which matter deeply to us all while celebrating our own unique interpretive lenses."听

Proposals for papers, panels, artwork, posters, performances, workshops and more are welcome. To submit a proposal, please send an abstract of roughly 250 words with name, contact information and departmental affiliation to usi1lacolloquium@usi.edu by Friday, February 21.听

Topics may include:听

• Communities听听

• Utopias and dystopias听听

• Politics, collaboration and compromise听听

• Friction, clashes and tensions听听

• Music and musicality听听

• New Harmony, the Harmonists and the Owenites听听

• Cognitive and cultural dissonance听听

• Homeostasis听听

• Power differentials and conflict resolution听听

• Othering and subversion听听

• Opposites听听

• Dialogues and rhetoric听

For more information, visit . For questions, contact Natoli at anatoli@usi.edu or call 812-465-7027.听听