Creativity Over the Lifecycle
Together with other units at Emory, the CFDE sponsors several events throughout the year that focus on faculty creativity over the life-cycle.For an assistant professor focusing on the tenure process, the joys and stresses of faculty life are different than they are for an associate professor, who might be thinking about post-tenure research and institution building. A full professor is engaged in shaping a larger legacy to the field and to the university. Emeritus faculty members have yet another concern which is how they remain connected and engaged with the university from which they have retired. In addition, lecturers face different pressures in this life-cycle trajectory because of their commitment to teaching. And adjunct professors have, perhaps, some of biggest challenges of all, being on the one hand so important to the life of the university and on the other hand not part of the “mainstream” track of promotion.
While our resources are not such that we can address all of these issues simultaneously, CFDE hosts at least one event per year that addresses one or more facets of these issues. In Ay 09-10, we focused on “Changing Research Mid-career: Challenges and Opportunities.”
In the spring of 2009, we gathered a number of faculty together to narrate their own stories of creativity over the lifecycle. For an account of that event and some of the narratives contained therein, please see the Spring Issue of Academic Exchange. Podcasts of many of the participants’ presentations are also available on iTunes.
April 14-17, 2011, we will host a conference to discuss issues related to Creativity Through the Lifecycle. Please see below for a call for submissions:
Creativity Through the Life Cycle
April 14-17, 2011
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Call for Submissions
Due Date: November 15, 2010
Emory University seeks submission of presentations for the interdisciplinary conference on Creativity Through the Life Cycle, to be held at the Emory University Conference Center April 14-17, 2011.
Goals and Scope of the Conference:
The conference aims to bring together psychoanalysts, therapists, and scholars from a wide variety of academic disciplines with visual artists, musicians, clinicians, and scientists working both within and outside of academia. In a series of workshops and plenary panel discussions, their various perspectives will be brought to bear on questions of creativity throughout the lifecycle, most particularly the maintenance of creativity, the role of creativity in later life, creativity in the world of scholarship and the university, and the question of “signature style.”
In addition to the panels and paper sessions, there will be a world premiere of a new work for orchestra and chorus at the Schwartz Center, an exhibit of works by Louise Nevelson, performances of new works at Theater Emory, and a movie screening and discussion.
Continuing Education Credit: Pending for physicians, psychologists, and social workers
Sponsorship:
This conference is jointly sponsored by Emory’s Center for Creativity and the Arts, Center for Faculty Development & Excellence, Center for Psychoanalytic Research and Education, Psychoanalytic Institute, Psychoanalytic Studies Program, the American Psychoanalytic Association, Education Department, the North American Psychoanalytic Consortium, and the Lucy Daniels Foundation. It is jointly sponsored by and is a part of the100th Anniversary Celebration of the International Psychoanalytical Association
Call for Papers:
The Conference Planning Committee requests submissions for presentations from academics, clinicians, visual artists, musicians, and scientists on the themes:
- Developing and Sustaining Creativity
- Late-life Creativity
- Creativity in the Academy
- Signature Style
Submissions consist of:
- A 300-500 word abstract
- A one-page c.v.
Should be sent electronically in pdf format to: creativity@emory.edu with the subject line reading: Submission Creativity Through the Life Cycle
For additional information or questions relating to submissions: Beth Seelig bseelig@emory.edu or Laurie Patton lpatton@emory.edu
To see other resources on creativity at Emory, and see some of the Emory units with whom we collaborate, visit:
