{"id":34658,"date":"2016-01-07T22:09:15","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T03:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/?p=34658"},"modified":"2016-01-08T11:52:01","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T16:52:01","slug":"call-for-applications-mormons-and-modernism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2016\/01\/call-for-applications-mormons-and-modernism\/","title":{"rendered":"CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Mormons and Modernism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mormons and Modernism:<\/p>\n

Modernism, Secularism — and the Mormon Response?<\/p>\n

Thinkers as diverse as Charles\u00a0Taylor, Marcel Gauchet, John Milbank, Mark Lilla, and Louis Dupr\u00e9 have\u00a0written about the origins of the modern\u00a0period\u2014the radical change in thought\u00a0and society from the medieval period to the modern that occurred gradually\u00a0and culminated in the\u00a0sixteenth century. Modernism brought us the renaissance, modern\u00a0science, the birth of the modern state and democracy, as well as, ultimately,\u00a0what Nietzsche called \u201cthe death of God.\u201d In the twentieth century, questions\u00a0arose about modernism, such as \u201cHow should we understand its\u00a0grand narratives?\u201d\u00a0and \u201cWhat have been its costs to human being?\u201d Recognizing both modernism\u2019s difficulties\u00a0and achievements, if we cannot\u00a0think against or beyond modernism, can with\u00a0think within it?<\/div>\n
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This seminar for graduate students, postdoctoral\u00a0fellows, and not-yet tenured faculty will explore the emergence of modernism and\u00a0its\u00a0eventuation in what is often called \u201cpostmodern\u201d thought. We will\u00a0ask if Mormon thought should be understood as part of or in contrast to\u00a0modernism. Do we have any unique responses to the issues that arise? James E.\u00a0Faulconer (Professor of Philosophy, BYU) will direct.<\/div>\n
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The seminar will run weekdays from 11\u00a0through 29 July<\/span><\/span> (except for 25 July<\/span><\/span>, a state holiday). It is sponsored by the\u00a0Wheatley Institution, Brigham\u00a0Young University, Provo, Utah, where it will be held.<\/div>\n
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Participants will receive a weekly\u00a0stipend of $500 and may receive help with housing and travel, depending on\u00a0circumstances.<\/div>\n
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To apply, please send a short vita\u00a0and a one-page letter explaining your interest in the seminar topic to\u00a0wheatleysummerseminar@<\/wbr>gmail.com<\/a>. Please include the names of two\u00a0persons who could recommend you.<\/div>\n
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We encourage minority applicants, and especially\u00a0applicants from outside the US.<\/div>\n
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Application deadline is February 15, 2016.<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mormons and Modernism: Modernism, Secularism — and the Mormon Response? Thinkers as diverse as Charles\u00a0Taylor, Marcel Gauchet, John Milbank, Mark Lilla, and Louis Dupr\u00e9 have\u00a0written about the origins of the modern\u00a0period\u2014the radical change in thought\u00a0and society from the medieval period to the modern that occurred gradually\u00a0and culminated in the\u00a0sixteenth century. Modernism brought us the renaissance, modern\u00a0science, the birth of the modern state and democracy, as well as, ultimately,\u00a0what Nietzsche called \u201cthe death of God.\u201d In the twentieth century, questions\u00a0arose about modernism, such as \u201cHow should we understand its\u00a0grand narratives?\u201d\u00a0and \u201cWhat have been its costs to human being?\u201d Recognizing both modernism\u2019s difficulties\u00a0and achievements, if we cannot\u00a0think against or beyond modernism, can with\u00a0think within it? This seminar for graduate students, postdoctoral\u00a0fellows, and not-yet tenured faculty will explore the emergence of modernism and\u00a0its\u00a0eventuation in what is often called \u201cpostmodern\u201d thought. We will\u00a0ask if Mormon thought should be understood as part of or in contrast to\u00a0modernism. Do we have any unique responses to the issues that arise? James E.\u00a0Faulconer (Professor of Philosophy, BYU) will direct. The seminar will run weekdays from 11\u00a0through 29 July (except for 25 July, a state holiday). It is sponsored by the\u00a0Wheatley Institution, Brigham\u00a0Young University, Provo, Utah, where it will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-politics"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34658"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34662,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34658\/revisions\/34662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}