This page contains a description of the current ISHA seminar , as well as information on future seminars and applications . If you have suggestions on topics for future seminars, please let us know. For an article from the UMass Campus Chronicle on the Spring 2001 seminar, click here .
ISHA seminars run for a semester, and are organized around specific themes.
Leadership of the seminar rotates among the participants, and each is responsible for leading the discussion in turn, pursuing a particular project in which they are interested. Though the theme is common to all, participants approach it from their own points of view and disciplinary perspectives. The result is an interdisciplinary exchange which provides intellectual stimulation and furthers the individual and collaborative work of all concerned. The ethos is democratic and interactive, allowing for free-flowing discussion and stimulation. Visual and aural experience may differ in their epistemological, aesthetic, cultural or historical value.