The School of International Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (SILLC), the School of Anthropology, and the Department of Classics in conjunction with the National Endowment for the Humanities Enduring Questions Program are sponsoring an interdisciplinary panel of eight University of Arizona faculty on the subject of cooperation.

One of the hallmarks of being human is our inclination to do things together. Through our collective action, we create language, build states and empires, alter our landscape, and produce brilliant works of art. However, cooperating can come at a cost to the individual. So what explains our propensity to do so? This panel of University of Arizona professors representing diverse scientific and humanistic fields explores this question from various perspectives, ranging from animal behavior to politics to musical jam sessions.
Our goal is to identify and explore themes in cooperation that resonate across disciplines.

The Panlelists are:

Anna Dornhaus
Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Faten Ghosn
Assistant Professor, Government and Public Policy

Steven Johnstone
Associate Professor, History

Steven Lansing
Professor, Anthropology

Robert Schon (Moderator)
Assistant Professor, Anthropology and Classics

Phyllis Taoua
Associate Professor, French and Italian

Stacey Tecot
Assistant Professor, Anthropology

Kelland Thomas
Associate Professor, Music and SISTA

This event is free and open to the public.