Thomas Docherty, Professor of English at the University of Warwick, is one of the UK's leading analysts of its post-secondary education system. Professor Docherty has been a major force in shaping the emerging field of Critical University Studies, or analyses of how universities are functioning worldwide, especially in relation to the neoliberal imperatives of governments. In books such as For the University (2011) and Universities at War (2014) and publications in the Times Higher Education Supplement and the Guardian, Professor Docherty has aimed to help shape public understandings of the forces shaping UK universities with the aim of initiating reform that reasserts and strengthens the democratic governance of public universities.
Professor Thomas Docherty will lead us in a conversation about critical strategies for dealing with the predicaments of the neoliberal university. With what kinds of research, critique, and innovative action can we create the post-neoliberal university?
This roundtable conversation would give members of the University of Alberta community an opportunity to hear from and engage with Professor Docherty. It would also give the university community an important opportunity to build an internal research community organized around the RePublicU mission statement (https://sites.google.com/a/ualberta.ca/research-2-reclaim/).
This RepublicU research group event has been made possible by funding from the Kule Institute for Advanced Study. Lunch will be served. When and where: Friday, November 6th, 2015 at the Saskatchewan Room, University Faculty Club. From 11:45AM-1:30PM.