The Herbst Program
Since 1989, the Herbst Program has equipped engineering students with the right tools to gain intelligent and relevant access to the great ongoing conversations of human existence. Our core classes are small (12-14), highly interactive and practical. We emphasize the development of communication and thinking skills that will enhance both your life and your career. As a program of "applied humanities," we wrestle with how a more skillful engagement of literature, philosophy, film, drama, music and art can enrich, inform, transform and enliven how we choose to engage ourselves, others and our world.
All Herbst classes count toward Humanities and Social Sciences distribution requirements in the College of Engineering and Applied Science.
Herbst Lunchtime Seminars for
Faculty and Staff
Wednesdays, 12:00 noon - 12:50 pm, ECOT 831
The
Herbst Program of Humanities is hosting a series of brownbag seminars for Engineering
Faculty and Staff throughout the academic year on a variety of Great Books. Come to learn
and to join in the conversation. Bring your lunch and join us for one session or
many!
Send your suggestions for next year's books to
Herbst Humanities!
April 18, 2012
12:00 Noon - 1:00 pm
Presented
by: Diane Sieber
04/18/12: The topic for
this final week will focus on some of Leonardo Da Vinci's art.
If you have any specific work of art or topic of interest you would like
discussed, please email
Diane and she will do her best to have
that material prepared.
Location: ECOT 831.
Selections
from The
Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo
da Vinci has become emblematic of creativity and innovation in
Western culture. New entrepreneurial ventures proclaim, as IBM
recently did: "If da Vinci were alive today, he'd be working
with us." Why does this
Renaissance figure continue to fascinate us? What can we learn
about the intersections among science, technology and culture by
studying him? These 2 sessions examine selections from his
notebooks, looking at his range of interests and accomplishments
in such fields as engineering, painting, architecture, physics,
geology and physiology. We will ask ourselves what Leonardo
knew, how he acquired that knowledge, and where his knowledge
stood in relation to the activities of other creators and
innovators in his time. We will provide an introduction to
his context, the society of Renaissance Italy, and ask:
why did his world produce a Leonardo?
4/04/12:
da Vinci notebook selection,
da Vinci
historical context and images
4/11/12:
da Vinci notebook selection