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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Schedule
2019
Sunday, September 15th
8:00 PM

Guided Lunar Observation

Barnard-Seyfert Astronomical Society

Bell Tower Patio

8:00 PM

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

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

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

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

7:00 PM

Film and Commentary: The Armstrong Tapes

Steve Rotfeld
James R. Hansen

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

7:00 PM

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

11:00 AM

Inspiration, Aspiration, and Imagination: Writing about the Human Experience in Space

James R. Hansen
Rhea Seddon
Margaret Lazarus Dean

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

11:00 AM

1:00 PM

Margaret Lazarus Dean

Margaret Lazarus Dean, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

1:00 PM

5:00 PM

Food, Film, Fiction, and David Bowie: How the Moon Landing Shaped Popular Culture

Lauren Colwell, Belmont University
Lauren Cottle, Belmont University
Emiliya Mailyan, Belmont University
Michelle Smith, Belmont University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

5:00 PM

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
Wyman Williams, Georgia Institute of Technology
Terry Klefstad, Belmont University
Mike Pinter, Belmont University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

10:00 AM

1:00 PM

The Moon in Chinese Culture and Context

Alexis DeBoer, Belmont University
Qingjun Li, Belmont University
Ronnie Littlejohn, Belmont University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

1:00 PM

2:00 PM

“Imagined Spaces” in Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad

Sue Trout, Belmont University
Peter Kuryla, Belmont University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

2:00 PM

4:00 PM

Bless the Astronauts Who Fly: The Religion of the Apollo Crews

The Science & Religion Club of Belmont
Scott Hawley, Belmont University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

4:00 PM

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

11:00 AM

The Moon in a Dewdrop

Michael E. Jackson

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

11:00 AM

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

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

3:00 PM

“Say It’s Only a Paper Moon”: Art, Science, and Representations of Reality

Robert Scherrer, Vanderbilt University
Casey McGuire, University of West Georgia
Mark Schoon, University of West Georgia
Andrea Stover, Belmont University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

3:00 PM

4:30 PM

Analogue Landscapes: Beyond the Lunar Vision

Mark Schoon, University of West Georgia
Casey McGuire, University of West Georgia

Gallery 121, Leu Center for the Visual Arts

4:30 PM

Friday, September 20th
10:00 AM

Earthrise: The Photograph That Spurred the Environmental Movement

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

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

10:00 AM

11:00 AM

Moonscapes From Oregon

Joel Overall, Belmont University
Matthew Heard, Belmont University
Evelyn Antis, Belmont University

Janet Ayers Academic Center 4094

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM

12:00 PM

Philologoi: Open Discussion

Mark Anderson, Belmont University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

12:00 PM

2:00 PM

To the Moon . . . and Beyond?

Maggie Monteverde

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

2:00 PM

Saturday, September 21st
3:00 PM

Writing Workshop: Creating Space

Joel Overall, Belmont University
Susan Finch, Belmont University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

3:00 PM

Sunday, September 22nd
4:00 PM

2019 Sandra Hutchins Humanities Symposium Writing Competition Reading and Celebration of Winning Entries

Susan Finch, Belmont University

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

4:00 PM

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