LAWRENCE Red Hot Research will return this fall in a different setting. The series, sponsored by The Commons at the University of Kansas, will take place over Zoom and feature most of the trademark elements of the traditional in-person event as it shifts to a digital channel for connecting scholars to their peers across disciplines.

Red Hot [Remote] Research will continue as a regular Friday event, beginning at 4 p.m. and featuring research from disciplines across the university around core themes. Each session will feature five presenters sharing short talks on an area of focus within their work. The series will continue to open the door for new ways of understanding work through discussion across perspectives.

The first event is scheduled for 4 p.m. Sept. 18 and will focus on Care & Aging. Subsequent sessions are scheduled for Oct. 9 on Rural/Urban, Oct. 23 on Gender & Representation and a special session Oct. 28, hosted in conjunction with a series of events KU has planned to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Additionally, one Red Hot Graduate Research session, an opportunity for graduate students to share their work with colleagues across campus, will be presented remotely Nov. 20.

In keeping with the goals of this series, presenters are asked to consider how other disciplinary perspectives could contribute to their research, the likely next steps for the research and challenges that they face in conducting the research. In turn, audience members are asked to, from their own perspectives, offer insights, questions and ideas.

Check The Commons website for Zoom registration information: https://thecommons.ku.edu/coming-events

Sept. 18: Care & Aging

Oct. 9: Rural / Urban

Emcee: Dave Tell, professor of communication studies and co-director of the Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities

Oct. 23: Gender & Representation

Oct. 28: Disability Studies

Emcee: Dot Nary, assistant research professor, Research & Training Center on Independent Living

Nov. 20: Graduate Research

Emcee: Elise Higgins, doctoral student in women, gender & sexuality studies.

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The Commons announces shift to virtual format for Red Hot [Remote] Research in fall 2020 - KU Today