Kahn Liberal Arts Institute
Since 1998, the Louise W. and Edmund J. Kahn Liberal Arts Institute has supported collaborative research among Smith and Five College faculty, Smith students and visiting scholars—all without regard to the traditional boundaries of departments, programs and academic divisions. Each year the institute supports long- and short-term projects that are proposed, planned and organized by Smith College faculty.
Announcements
Banu Subramaniam - Hauntings from A Eugenic Past: Race, Gender, and the Practice of Science
Neilson Browsing Room, Neilson Library, ,
5:00 pm
Banu Subramaniam is Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at UMass Amherst. With a doctorate in plant biology, Professor Subramaniam writes about social and cultural aspects of science as they relate to experimental biology. She advocates for activist science that creates knowledge about the natural world while being aware of its embeddedness in society and culture.
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Research Without Boundaries
“The Kahn Institute is unique. No other college has anything quite like it—an incubator for cross-disciplinary research, debate and colleagueship, and a haven for free speech.”
“Being a Kahn student fellow had a huge influence on me and ultimately inspired me to pursue a doctorate in history.”
Rachel Johnson ’12
