Conference Schedule
Featured Speakers
Dr. James Hansen, Author of the two-time New York Times Bestseller “First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong” (2005, 2012, 2018). Professor Emeritus of History, Auburn University
Dr. Rhea Seddon, Space Shuttle Astronaut
Margaret Lazarus Dean, Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Dr. Robert Scherrer, Photography, University of West Georgia Sculpture, University of West Georgia
Mark Schoon and Casey McGuire, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Puget Sound
Dr. Wyman Williams, Chief of the Space Systems Program Office (SSPO) of the Advanced Concepts Laboratory, Georgia Tech University
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| 2019 | ||
| Sunday, September 15th | ||
| 8:00 PM |
Barnard-Seyfert Astronomical Society Bell Tower Patio 8:00 PM |
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| Monday, September 16th | ||
| 10:00 AM |
Neil Armstrong—The Astronaut as Icon: Myth-Busting the Life of The First Man on the Moon James R. Hansen Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 10:00 AM |
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| 11:00 AM |
Science as One of the Humanities: The Moon Landing as Case Study Noel Boyle, Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center 4094 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM |
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| 2:00 PM |
Moonlight, Starlight, Streetlight: Artificial Illumination and the Decline of Natural Darkness Daniel Schafer, Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 2:00 PM |
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| 3:00 PM |
“Find out Moonshine”: Shakespeare in the Age of Galileo Marcia McDonald, Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 3:00 PM |
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| 7:00 PM |
Film and Commentary: The Armstrong Tapes Steve Rotfeld Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 7:00 PM |
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| Tuesday, September 17th | ||
| 10:00 AM |
Go for Orbit: One of America’s First Women Astronauts Finds Her Space Rhea Seddon Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 10:00 AM |
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| 11:00 AM |
Inspiration, Aspiration, and Imagination: Writing about the Human Experience in Space James R. Hansen Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 11:00 AM |
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| 1:00 PM |
Margaret Lazarus Dean, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 1:00 PM |
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| 5:00 PM |
Food, Film, Fiction, and David Bowie: How the Moon Landing Shaped Popular Culture Lauren Colwell, Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 5:00 PM |
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| Wednesday, September 18th | ||
| 10:00 AM |
The Quest to Know, the Desire to Connect: Math, Music, Astronomy, History, and the Human Condition Annette Sisson PhD, Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 10:00 AM |
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| 1:00 PM |
The Moon in Chinese Culture and Context Alexis DeBoer, Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 1:00 PM |
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| 2:00 PM |
“Imagined Spaces” in Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad Sue Trout, Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 2:00 PM |
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| 4:00 PM |
Bless the Astronauts Who Fly: The Religion of the Apollo Crews The Science & Religion Club of Belmont Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 4:00 PM |
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| Thursday, September 19th | ||
| 10:00 AM |
Howlin’ at the Neon Moon: Lunar Topoi in the Rhetoric of Country Music Sarah Blomeley, Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 10:00 AM |
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| 11:00 AM |
Michael E. Jackson Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 11:00 AM |
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| 1:00 PM |
“Ruling the Night”: The Moon in the Hebrew Bible Mark McEntire, Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 1:00 PM |
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| 2:00 PM |
The Cloudy Crystal Ball: Does Science Fiction Predict the Future? Robert Scherrer, Vanderbilt University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 2:00 PM |
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| 3:00 PM |
“Say It’s Only a Paper Moon”: Art, Science, and Representations of Reality Robert Scherrer, Vanderbilt University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 3:00 PM |
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| 4:30 PM |
Analogue Landscapes: Beyond the Lunar Vision Mark Schoon, University of West Georgia Gallery 121, Leu Center for the Visual Arts 4:30 PM |
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| Friday, September 20th | ||
| 10:00 AM |
Earthrise: The Photograph That Spurred the Environmental Movement Darlene Panvini, Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 10:00 AM |
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| 11:00 AM |
Joel Overall, Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center 4094 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM |
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| 12:00 PM |
Mark Anderson, Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 12:00 PM |
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| 2:00 PM |
Maggie Monteverde Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 2:00 PM |
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| Saturday, September 21st | ||
| 3:00 PM |
Writing Workshop: Creating Space Joel Overall, Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 3:00 PM |
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| Sunday, September 22nd | ||
| 4:00 PM |
Susan Finch, Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 4:00 PM |
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| Monday, September 23rd | ||
| 10:00 AM |
Symposium Wrap Up: To the Moon and Back Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094 10:00 AM |
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