ADE Summer Seminars
See the seminar brochure for complete information about seminar topics, speakers, guest meals, excursions, and travel.
2013 ADE-ADFL Summer Seminar North PROGRAM
Thursday–Sunday, 6–9 June
Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Sheraton Station Square Hotel, $179 (plus tax) per night
2013 ADE Summer Seminar South PROGRAM
Thursday–Sunday, 27–30 June
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Charlotte
Marriott City Center, $127 (plus tax) per night
Each June the ADE arranges two seminars where chairs and directors of graduate and undergraduate studies in ADE-member departments share information and consult about issues facing their departments and the field. This year Seminar North will be held jointly with the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages.
Each seminar features a workshop for new chairs, led by two seasoned administrators, where those about to start or just completing their first year as department chairs can glean practical advice and have questions answered about all aspects of chairing.
A preseminar workshop and special sessions for directors of graduate studies will take place at Seminar North.
A preseminar workshop on strategies for interacting with the press will take place at Seminar North.
A preseminar workshop and special sessions for directors of undergraduate studies will take place at Seminar South.
The seminar registration fee of $450 for chairs of ADE-member departments ($600 for chairs of nonmember departments) covers most meals.
You may view programs for past ADE seminars by following the links below:
ADE-ADFL Seminar East 2012
ADE Seminar West 2012
ADE-ADFL Seminar Midwest 2011
ADE Seminar West 2011
ADE Seminar East 2010
ADE Seminar West 2010
ADE Seminar West 2009
ADE-ADFL Seminar East 2009
ADE Seminar West 2008
ADE Seminar East 2008
ADE Seminar South 2007
ADE-ADFL Seminar North 2007
ADE Seminar East 2006
ADE Seminar West 2006
ADE-ADFL Seminar East 2005
ADE Seminar West 2005
ADE Seminar Midwest 2004
ADE Seminar East 2004
If you are trying to secure funding from your dean to attend the ADE Seminar, we invite you to use a Letter from Deans on the value of attending the seminars and Endorsements from Seminar Attendees.
Endorsements from Attendees
"The summer seminar was stimulating and productive from start to finish. The intimate size permits an intensity of focus and a positive ethos of collaboration and mutual support, and all the sessions—from the roundtable on the state of the discipline to the workshops on assessment and department meetings—spoke to department chairs’ real needs and concerns. I came back every year of my chairship, and I took away something new each time."—Jennifer Summit, Stanford University
"I was very impressed to find such collegiality among everyone from huge universities to two-year colleges. The MLA is not out of touch with our needs."—Phillip A. Snyder, Brigham Young University
"More than any other conference I have ever attended, the moderators and presenters were excellent at encouraging responses and ideas from the audience. There were genuine conversations and conferences. This was an extraordinarily well-run seminar."—Eric Hyman, Fayetteville State University
"I consider the seminars essential to my success and effectiveness in my position and a lifeline of best practices funneled through them back into my department."—Marion Hollings, Middle Tennessee State University
"I take away from the seminar a huge amount of information, advice, and ideas. I feel more connected to the profession (and encouraged by that) and more able to make good things happen in my program. I also value greatly the people that I met and the relationships I found at the meeting. It is a great setup. It was expertly organized and very efficient."—Laura Runge, University of South Florida
"I learn a tremendous amount from the presentations and conversations with colleagues."—Irwin Weiser, Purdue University