2017 - Making it Home

Featured Speakers

Dr. Jere Surber, Professor and Chair of Philosophy, University of Denver

Melissa Snarr, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Ethics & Society, Vanderbilt University Divinity School

Dr. Robert Barsky, Professor of English and French Literatures, Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University

Scott Robert Sanders, Professor Emeritus of English, Indiana University

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Schedule
2017
Monday, September 18th
10:00 AM

Home: A Place, A Feeling, A Yearning, An Inner Construct…

Regine Schwarzmeier, Belmont University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

10:00 AM

12:00 PM

Why Do the Humanities Still Matter? Valuing Our Academic Home

Tim Henderson, Humanities Tennessee

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

12:00 PM

1:00 PM

Poison from Standing Waters: Toxic Homes in the Chawton Novels of Jane Austen: Student Panel

Amanda Chiu, Belmont University
Andrew Strader, Belmont University
Regan Rousseau, Belmont University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

1:00 PM

2:00 PM

Home: Understanding the Complexities Associated with Youth in Foster Care

Justin Bucchio, Middle Tennessee State University
Sasha Fallon, Middle Tennessee State University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

2:00 PM

5:00 PM

Belmont: Home on the Monte. A Talk About the Families and Communities for which Belmont Has Been Home

Mark Brown, Belmont Mansion

Belmont Mansion

5:00 PM

5:45 PM

2017 Humanities Symposium Reception

Belmont University

Belmont Mansion

5:45 PM

7:00 PM

The Dark Side of Home (Or How a Famous 20th Century Philosopher Became a Nazi)

Jere Surber, University of Denver

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

7:00 PM

Tuesday, September 19th
10:00 AM

Living in the House of Memory

Michael Jackson, Vanderbilt University Law Library

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

10:00 AM

11:00 AM

The Quest for Home: How Will I Know It’s Home If I’ve Never Been There Before?

Maggie Monteverde, Belmont University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

11:00 AM

1:00 PM

Black Nashville in History and Public Memory

Learotha Williams, Tennessee State University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

1:00 PM

2:00 PM

Making It Home in the “It” City

David Plazas, The Tennessean

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

2:00 PM

4:00 PM

Home as Ecology for Learning: Native American Respect for Land, Community and Spirit

Andy Watts, Belmont University
Robbie Pinter, Belmont University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

4:00 PM

5:00 PM

The Migrants’ God: Christianity, “Home,” and Just Hospitality

Melissa Snarr, Vanderbilt University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

5:00 PM

Wednesday, September 20th
10:00 AM

Featured Speakers Panel Discussion and Q&A Session

Jere Surber, University of Denver
Melissa Snarr, Vanderbilt University
Robert Barsky, Vanderbilt University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

10:00 AM

11:00 AM

Green Bay Packer “Watch Parties” and the Building of Community

Ted Peetz, Belmont University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

11:00 AM

1:00 PM

Belmont International Students Panel

Kathryn Skinner, Belmont University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

1:00 PM

2:00 PM

A Home for All: Mi Casa es Tu Casa

Andrés Martínez, Casa Azafrán

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

2:00 PM

3:00 PM

Tennessee Immigrants and Refugee Rights Coalition

Stephanie Teatro, Tennessee Immigrants and Refugee Rights Coalition

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

3:00 PM

5:00 PM

Are We Home Yet? The Uncertainties of Vulnerable Migrants’ First Encounters with the Host Country

Robert Barsky, Vanderbilt University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

5:00 PM

Thursday, September 21st
10:00 AM

Home as Cultural Memory: Albert Murray and South to a Very Old Place

Peter Kuryla, Belmont University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

10:00 AM

11:00 AM

Socrates at Home: On Philosophy and Tradition

Andy Davis, Belmont University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

11:00 AM

12:00 PM

The Spirit of the City, the Ghost in the Machine

Clancy Smith, Belmont University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

12:00 PM

1:00 PM

At Home in the Uncanny

Melanie Walton, Belmont University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

1:00 PM

4:00 PM

House or Home? Musings from Ecologists about Planet Earth

Matthew Heard, Belmont University
Steve Murphree, Belmont University
John Niedzwiecki, Belmont University
Darlene Panvini, Belmont University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

4:00 PM

5:00 PM

Making a Home in a Restless World

Scott Russell Sanders, Indiana University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

5:00 PM

7:30 PM

Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry

Belmont University

Johnson Theater

7:30 PM

Friday, September 22nd
10:00 AM

Open Discussion: Philologoi

Mark Anderson, Belmont University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

10:00 AM

11:00 AM

When Are We Ever At Home? Reflections on the Journeys Home in Homer’s Odyssey, Virgil’s Aeneid, and Tahar Ben Jelloun’s A Palace in the Old Village

John Paine, Belmont University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

11:00 AM

12:00 PM

The Soundtrack of National Identity: How Music Teaches Us Who We Are

Micah Oelze, Florida International University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

12:00 PM

1:00 PM

Homelessness in the US: Facts and Myths

Jay Gabbard, Western Kentucky University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

1:00 PM

2:00 PM

Perspectives on Nashville from Former Mayor Karl Dean

Karl Dean

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

2:00 PM

3:00 PM

Athens of the New South: The Role of Higher Education in Nashville

Mary Ellen Pethel, Belmont University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

3:00 PM

4:00 PM

A Gracious Plenty: Two Southerners Journey “Home” through Food

Joel Overall, Belmont University
Sue Trout, Belmont University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

4:00 PM

Saturday, September 23rd
3:00 PM

Writing Workshop: “Writing Home”

Jason Lovvorn, Belmont University
Sue Trout, Belmont University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

3:00 PM

Sunday, September 24th
4:00 PM

2017 Sandra Hutchins Humanities Symposium Writing Competition Reading and Celebration of Winning Entries

Gary McDowell
Susan Finch, Belmont University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

4:00 PM

Monday, September 25th
10:00 AM

Symposium Wrap-up: Reflecting on Making It Home

Maggie Monteverde, Belmont University
Regine Schwarzmeier, Belmont University
Melanie Walton, Belmont University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

10:00 AM