Interdisciplinarity is a key goal for many research institutions, including universities; but how to achieve this goal remains an open question for discussion in academic fora. Interdisciplinarity constitutes both a challenge and an opportunity. While it is a natural way to do research in the natural sciences, it is not always so clear how this collaboration can occur in the arts and humanities. Poems and novels, for instance, as well as many works of art, historical and philosophical treatises, linguistic descriptions, and literary criticisms are usually written or produced by single...