These lunches can be used to initiate discussion of an area of common teaching or research interest. Common Ground Lunches can also serve as the venue for faculty members finalizing a curricular initiative or an EKI position proposal. Groups meeting more than a few times should explore other sources of support offered through faculty development. We will circulate a list of lunches via e-mail by Sept. 22, 2008.

In return, we ask the following of lunch organizers:

1. A title, a brief description, and a date (any time between now and spring break). Send these to Jean Cousins at cousins@grinnell.edu

2. A brief report outlining the key issues that arose from the lunch. Please be advised that we intend to publish these on the Office of Interdisciplinary Studies web site.

We also ask that those who sign up for lunches attend them, so that food doesn't go to waste.

Human Rights and Human Dignity - Thursday, September 4, 2008

African Studies at Grinnell - Friday, October 10, 2008

Using Faulconer Gallery Exhibitions in Teaching - Thursday, October 16, 2008

Collaboratively-taught and interdisciplinary courses: distinctive goals? - Friday, Oct. 31, 2008

Museum Studies, Clusters, and Curated Spaces - Wednesday, November 5, 2008

The EKI in its Fourth Year - Friday, November 7, 2008

Human Rights and Human Dignity - Friday, November 14, 2008

Teaching from the Source: Dataverse and Data Repositories - Thursday, November 20, 2008

African Studies at Grinnell College - Friday, November 21, 2008 - 2nd Meeting

Small Departments and the EKI - Friday, December 5, 2008

Enhancing the Curriculum in the Middle East and North Africa - Monday, December 15, 2008

Peace and Conflict Studies - Friday, February 4, 2009

Human Rights and Human Dignity - Friday, February 13, 2009