2007 - Transforming Travel: Rewriting the World As We Know It
Featured Speakers
Molly Miller is a Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Vanderbilt University. She has made numerous Antarctic trips for research, and her work has focused on evidence of ancient life in the Transantarctic Mountains.
Stefanie Ohnesorg is an Associate Professor of German at the University of Tennessee.
Alexa Smith is a freelance journalist and Presbyterian minister who for 15 years covered international conflicts through the lens of religious communities trapped within them.
Tony D'Souza is a journalist, author of Whiteman, and a recipient of the Best First Fiction Prize from the American Academy of Ms and Letters.
Brice Minnigh is a Belmont Alumnus and a freelance travel journalist. He is a former editor of The Belmont Vision and a former reporter for the Tennessean/ Nashville Banner.
Margaret Doody is a renowned critic, a novelist, and holder of the endowed John and Barbara Glynn Family Professorship of Literature at the University of Notre Dame.
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| 2007 | ||
| Sunday, November 11th | ||
| 6:30 PM |
Peripatetic Reading of Travel Writing Belmont University Wheeler Humanities Building (WHB) 209 6:30 PM |
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| Monday, November 12th | ||
| 10:00 AM |
By Aventure Yfalle: Travelers and Tourists - We're All On the Road Together Maggie Monteverde, Belmont University Massey Business Center (MBC) 400 10:00 AM |
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| 3:30 PM |
The Struggle for Authenticity in a Conflict Zone: Transforming Subject, Reader and Writer Alexa Smith Massey Business Center (MBC) 400 3:30 PM |
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| 4:00 PM |
Sandra Hutchins, Belmont University Massey Business Center (MBC) 400 4:00 PM |
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| 7:00 PM |
Molly F. Miller, Vanderbilt University Massey Business Center (MBC) 400 7:00 PM |
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| Tuesday, November 13th | ||
| 11:00 AM |
Niagara on My Mind... : the Issue of "Gender" in Depictions of Niagara Falls Across the Centuries Stefanie Ohnesorg, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Massey Business Center (MBC) 400 11:00 AM |
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| 5:00 PM |
The Eighteenth Century Invention of Tourism Douglas Murray, Belmont University Massey Business Center (MBC) 400 5:00 PM |
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| Wednesday, November 14th | ||
| 10:00 AM |
The Travels of Benjamin Franklin David Curtis, Belmont University Leu Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA) 117 10:00 AM |
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| 3:30 PM |
Brice Minnigh, Belmont University Massey Business Center (MBC) 400 3:30 PM |
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| 4:30 PM |
"See the World:" Study Abroad Art Show Opening with Readings Belmont University Leu Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA), Gallery 4:30 PM |
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| 6:00 PM |
Reception for Symposium Speakers Belmont University Leu Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA), Lobby 6:00 PM |
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| 6:00 PM |
The Traveler in Venice: Moving Through Space, Time, and Change Margaret Anne Doody, University of Notre Dame Massey Business Center (MBC) 400 6:00 PM |
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| 7:00 PM |
Tony D'Souza Leu Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA) 117 7:00 PM |
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| Thursday, November 15th | ||
| 11:00 AM |
Francesca Muccini, Belmont University Leu Gallery, Bunch Library 11:00 AM |
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| Friday, November 16th | ||
| 10:00 AM |
Panel Discussion on Freelance Writing and Travel Tony D'Souza Multimedia Hall, Bunch Library 10:00 AM |
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| 1:00 PM |
Freelance/Travel Writing Workshop Tony D'Souza Wheeler Humanities Building (WHB) Second Floor 1:00 PM |
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| Sunday, November 18th | ||
| 6:30 PM |
Belmont University Leu Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA), Vestibule 6:30 PM |
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| 7:00 PM |
Natalia Pelaz, Belmont University Leu Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA) 117 7:00 PM |
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| Monday, November 19th | ||
| 10:00 AM |
What Have We Learned from the Symposium? Belmont University Massey Business Center (MBC) 100 10:00 AM |
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| 5:00 PM |
Jessica Acuna, Belmont University Leu Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA), Gallery 5:00 PM |
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