2018 - The Present and the Future of the Past
Featured Speakers
Dr. James A. Clark, Professor of Southern Literature, Barton College
Dr. Gregory Hansen, Professor of Folklore and English, Arkansas State University
Dr. Gregory N. Reish, Director of the Center for Popular Music, Professor of Music History, Middle Tennessee State University
Dr. Martha Norkunas, Professor of Oral and Public History, Middle Tennessee State University
Dr. Paul S. Loeb, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Puget Sound
Nikki Giovanni, Poet
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| 2018 | ||
| Monday, September 17th | ||
| 10:00 AM |
Haunted: The Pasts That Are Still With Us Douglas Murray, Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 10:00 AM |
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| 12:00 PM |
The Once and Future History of Neoplatonism: From Early Modernity to Postmodernity Chance B. Woods, Vanderbilt University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 12:00 PM |
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| 1:00 PM |
Re-interpreting Southeastern Indians and Andrew Jackson at the new Tennessee State Museum Rob DeHart, Tennessee State Museum Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 1:00 PM |
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| 2:00 PM |
‘We must establish incredible events by credible evidence’: Holocaust Denial and Historical Truth. Douglas Bisson, Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 2:00 PM |
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| 4:00 PM |
History, Pseudohistory, and Propaganda: What History Is… and Isn’t. Cynthia Bisson, Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 4:00 PM |
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| 5:00 PM |
Byron Herbert Reece: What Can We in the 21st Century Learn from ‘Georgia’s Farmer Poet’? James A. Clark, Barton College Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 5:00 PM |
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| Tuesday, September 18th | ||
| 10:00 AM |
Dancing with the Victorians in a Postmodern World Annette Sisson PhD, Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 10:00 AM |
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| 11:00 AM |
Refinement Preserved for Eternity: A Study of Tennessee Samplers Jennifer C. Core, Tennessee Historical Society Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 11:00 AM |
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| 1:00 PM |
Yoga: An Ancient Practice in the Modern Landscape Aretha Mckinney, 12South Iyengar Yoga Center of Nashville Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 1:00 PM |
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| 2:00 PM |
When Propaganda Masquerades as History: The Case of the Soviet Union Daniel Schafer, Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 2:00 PM |
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| 4:00 PM |
Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 4:00 PM |
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| 5:00 PM |
Heritage Friction/Heritage Values and the Work of Folklore Gregory Hansen, Arkansas State University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 5:00 PM |
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| Wednesday, September 19th | ||
| 10:00 AM |
Presenting and Representing the Past Gregory Hansen, Arkansas State University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 10:00 AM |
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| 12:00 PM |
American Transcendentalism and the History of the Future Andy Davis, Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 12:00 PM |
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| 1:00 PM |
Who Put the Old in Old-Time? Revivalism, New Acoustic Music, and Fetishizing the Musical Past Gregory N. Reish, Middle Tennessee State University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 1:00 PM |
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| 3:00 PM |
The Anachronism of Greek Tragedy - in its Time and in our Own Richard Rader, Montgomery Bell Academy Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 3:00 PM |
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| 5:00 PM |
Martha Norkunas, Middle Tennessee State University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 5:00 PM |
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| Thursday, September 20th | ||
| 10:00 AM |
Race and the Rise of Professionalized Collection Methodology Ashley Bouknight, Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 10:00 AM |
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| 11:00 AM |
Narratology: “… in the garbage-heap of finality looking for leftovers …” Melanie Walton, Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 11:00 AM |
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| 1:00 PM |
Animated Antiquity: Cartoon Representations of Ancient Greece and Rome Chiara Sulprizio, Vanderbilt University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 1:00 PM |
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| 2:00 PM |
Knowing the Past: it’s not about the answers—it’s about the questions Maggie Monteverde, Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 2:00 PM |
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| 4:00 PM |
Nietzsche’s Philosophical Understanding of the Historical Past and its Significance Paul S. Loeb, University of Puget Sound Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 4:00 PM |
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| 5:00 PM |
Early Music City Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 5:00 PM |
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| Friday, September 21st | ||
| 10:00 AM |
Mark Anderson, Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 10:00 AM |
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| 11:00 AM |
The Encyclopedic Imaginary: History, Synchrony, and the Organization of Knowledge Daniel Selcer, Duquesne University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 11:00 AM |
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| 12:00 PM |
Even Naïve “Explorers” Can Make History: The 1931 Matto Grosso Expedition Eric Hobson, Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 12:00 PM |
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| 1:00 PM |
Gracie Blaising, Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 1:00 PM |
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| 2:00 PM |
Confronting Racism, Past and Present Marcia McDonald, Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 2:00 PM |
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| Saturday, September 22nd | ||
| 3:00 PM |
Writing Workshop: “Writing the Past” Jason Lovvorn, Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 3:00 PM |
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| Sunday, September 23rd | ||
| 4:00 PM |
Susan Finch, Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 4:00 PM |
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| 7:00 PM |
I’m Just a Poet: All I Have Is Words Nikki Giovanni Curb Event Center 7:00 PM |
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| Monday, September 24th | ||
| 10:00 AM |
Poetry Reading with Nikki Giovanni Gary McDowell Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 10:00 AM |
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