2013 - Encountering Otherness

Saffron and Sardines: Encountering Otherness Through Culinary Adventrues Here and Abroad

David Julseth, Belmont University

Beaman A&B

10:00 AM

Identity, Empathy and Franklin's "Others"

David Curtis, Belmont University

Beaman A&B

11:00 AM

"A Person in History": Feminist Standpoint Theory and Literature

Caresse John, Belmont University

Beaman A&B

1:00 PM

"Jesus Will Make You Itch": Encountering Other in Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible

Sue Trout, Belmont University

Beaman A&B

2:00 PM

Panel: The Ethics of Creative Nonfiction... Are There Any?

Gary McDowell

Beaman A&B

3:00 PM

Art Show and Reception: Meet the Artist

Tam Mai, Belmont University

Bunch Library, Leu Art Gallery

5:00 PM

Whispering to Fool the Wind: A Poetry Reading

Eduardo C. Corral, CantoMundo Fellow

Beaman A&B

7:00 PM

Panel: Who Am I in the Service Learning Classroom? Student Connection and Perspective Transformation

Jason Lovvorn, Belmont University
Linda Holt, Belmont University
Charmion Gustke, Belmont University
Donovan McAbee

Beaman A&B

10:00 AM

Panel: Teaching Otherness in the Classroom

Regine Schwarzmeier, Belmont University
Erin Pryor, Belmont University
Cynthia Curtis, Belmont University

Beaman A&B

11:00 AM

Shamrocks, Shillelaghs and Seanchais: Encountering Otherness in Ireland

Kimberly Balding, Belmont University

Beaman A&B

2:00 PM

Panel: Abrazo Cultural Embrace: Who Is My Nashville Neighbor?

Mitch McCoy, Belmont University

Beaman A&B

3:00 PM

Net-Working Opportunities to Learn and to Become: Examining How Immigrant Youth in the Netherlands Use New Media in the Production of Social Space

Kevin Leander, Vanderbilt University

Beaman A&B

6:00 PM

Panel: Humanities Symposium Featured Speakers Panel

Amy Shuman, Ohio State University
CeCe Big Crow, University of Denver
George Yancy, Duquesne University
Robert Barsky, Vanderbilt University
Eduardo C. Corral, CantoMundo Fellow

Beaman A&B

10:00 AM

Welcome the Other! Hospitality, Violence and the Formation of Conscience

Manuel Cruz, Belmont University

Beaman A&B

11:00 AM

From Automatons to Doppelgängers: A Spectrum from "Utterly Foreign" to "Exactly Me"

Melanie Walton, Belmont University

Beaman A&B

1:00 PM

Community Unlimited: Otherness, Inquiry and a Challenge for 21st Century America in the Work of C.S. Peirce

Clancy Smith, Belmont University

Beaman A&B

2:00 PM

Open Discussion: Philologoi

Mark Anderson, Belmont University

Beaman A&B

3:00 PM

Encountering Whiteness: The Black Body as the Dangerous Other

George Yancy, Duquesne University

Beaman A&B

6:00 PM

Narrative and Empathy: The Limits of Understanding Each Other Through Stories

Amy Shuman, Ohio State University

Beaman A&B

10:00 AM

Walk a Mile in My Moccasins: Native American Hisotry and Spirituality

CeCe Big Crow, University of Denver

Beaman A&B

11:00 AM

When "The Other: Is Wild at Heart: Can Human Predators Learn from Prey Animals?

Judy Skeen, Belmont University

Beaman A&B

1:00 PM

Panel: "I Didn't Say That-You Said That!": Family Stories as Encounters with "Otherness"

Cynthia Cox, Belmont University
Stacey Hume, Belmont University
Alicia Mendez, Belmont University
Misty Wellman, Belmont University

Beaman A&B

3:00 PM

Encountering 'Illegal' Immigrants: Future Citizens or People "Out of Place"?

Robert Barsky, Vanderbilt University

Beaman A&B

10:00 AM

Other to Your Self: Connect the Dots!

Erika Berroth, Southwestern University

Beaman A&B

11:00 AM

The Colliding Worlds of Professors and Students: Exploring the Intersections of Otherness, Western Psychology and Classical Confucianism

Pete Giordano, Belmont University

Beaman A&B

12:00 PM

Encountering the Southern Other: Imagining the Civil Rights Movement as Travel Narrative

Peter Kuryla, Belmont University

Beaman A&B

1:00 PM

Helping Others Through Community Service: Humanities Symposium Volunteer Activities

Cynthia Cox, Belmont University
Misty Wellman, Belmont University

Beaman A&B

9:00 AM

Humanities Symposium Writing Workshop I: Stories of the "Other"-Bearing Witness Through Writing

Robbie Pinter, Belmont University

Beaman A&B

2:00 PM

Humanities Symposium Writing Workshop II: Writing Other Voices-How to Be Who You Are While Being Someone Else

Gary McDowell

Beaman A&B

2:00 PM

Reading and Celebration of Winning Entries, 2013 Sandra Hutchins Humanities Symposium Writing Competition

Gary McDowell
Susan Finch, Belmont University

Beaman A&B

4:00 PM

Panel: Humanities Symposium Wrap-Up

Cynthia Cox, Belmont University
Jason Lovvorn, Belmont University
Gary McDowell
Melanie Walton, Belmont University
Regine Schwarzmeier, Belmont University
Mitch McCoy, Belmont University

Beaman A&B

10:00 AM