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March 27, 2003
Humanities Conference

Working is the theme for this year’s University of Alaska Southeast Humanities Conference. “The goal of the conference is to facilitate a deeper understand of what work means in our lives,” said Beth Weigel of the UAS Humanities Department. “It’s to help us be aware of how work shapes our identity’s and our interactions with family and friends. We’re just trying to raise awareness of the pervasiveness of work and how it shapes us on many levels.”

The Humanities Conference will be held in the Egan Library on the UAS campus Fri. April 4th from 7 to 9:30 p.m. and Sat. 5th from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Panels of speakers, writers and thinkers will share their personal and professional perspectives on work. Panelists include Alaskan State Senator Georgiana Lincoln, Perseverance Theatre artistic director Peter DuBois, eco-tour guides and entrepreneurs Becky Cook and Sean James. There will also be an abbreviated staging of the play “Working” with a discussion of the page-to-stage process of turning the Studs Terkell’s book into a musical. The play’s director Anita Maynard-Losh will facilitate the discussion.

“ I think it encourages reflection,” said Maynard-Losh of the Conference. “I don’t think that we as American’s are particularly reflective people. I think that the University offering this helps us to avoid leading that unexamined life we hear about.” She believes the Conference provides a great service to the community by examining work through various mediums. “It’s the idea of multiple intelligences, that people learn in different ways. I think it’s great.”

“ The Humanities Conference is a great way to keep the community engaged in what we’re doing,” said UAS Chancellor John Pugh. “The past few years we’ve had great turnouts; and I’d just like to welcome the community to continue to come out and take advantage of this wonderful resource.”

“ I think the Conference is important to our students, but I also think that it’s important to our relationship with the community,” said Dean of Arts and Sciences Brendan Kelly. “One of our goals at the University is to be the premiere liberal arts college in the state. A strong humanities department is essential to that goal. With our new Bachelor’s in English and our continued partnership with Perseverance Theatre we are in an exciting time of growth.”

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