2020 - A More Perfect Union

Featured Speakers

Dr. David Cunningham, Chair, Department of Sociology Washington University

Dr. Susan Neiman, Director of the Einstein Forum, Germany

Andrea Fanta, Nashville Public Library

Dr. Rachel Louise Martin

Dr. Joy Jordan-Lake

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Schedule
2020
Monday, September 28th
10:00 AM

Space, Thirdspace, and in-between: concepts of connectedness in the East and West

Christopher Born

Zoom

10:00 AM - 10:50 AM

1:30 PM

Toward a More Perfect Union: The Role of Dialogue in the Formation and Preservation of Democracy

Peter Kuryla, Belmont University
Nathan Griffith, Belmont University
Dorren Robinson, Belmont University

Zoom

1:30 PM - 2:20 PM

Tuesday, September 29th
2:00 PM

The Weight of the Past: Engaging Legacies of White Supremacy and Racial Injustice

David Cunningham, Washington University in St. Louis

Zoom

2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

3:00 PM

What We Can Learn from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil—A Moderated Discussion

Susan Neiman, Einstein Forum

Zoom

3:00 PM - 3:50 PM

Wednesday, September 30th
11:00 AM

Learning to Live Together in the Same House: Reflections on My Father’s Time as a Volunteer Lawyer in Mississippi, Science Fiction and the Challenge of Achieving True Dialogue

Maggie Monteverde, Belmont University

Zoom

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM

1:00 PM

“Votes for Women”: Enshrining a Moment and a Movement

Andrea Fanta, Nashville Public Library

Zoom

1:00 PM

2:00 PM

"A Mother's Advice Is Always Safest:" The Woman Who Wrote the Letter That Changed American History

Rachel Louise Martin

Zoom

2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

5:00 PM

Reflections on Black Voices and Democracy

Heather Finch, Belmont University
Kaitlyn Keplinger, Belmont University
Vakia Robinson, Belmont University
Aerial Towles, Belmont University

Zoom

5:00 PM - 5:50 PM

Thursday, October 1st
10:30 AM

Unearthing the Past, Rebuilding the Present: the Role of Fiction in Addressing History, Re-Imagining Human Community and Enacting Social Change

Joy Jordan-Lake

Zoom

10:30 AM - 11:20 AM

11:30 AM

Women’s Suffrage: Teaching and Learning Connections and Opportunities

Teaching Center

Zoom

11:30 AM

6:00 PM

Readings by the Winners of the Sandra Hutchins Symposium Writing Competition

Jesse Goodman, Belmont University
Emily Hunt, Belmont University
Laura Huie, Belmont University
Aubrey Keller, Belmont University

Zoom

6:00 PM - 6:50 PM

Friday, October 2nd
11:00 AM

One Vote: Every Vote Tells a Story

Christine Doeg, Belmont University
Mike Pinter, Belmont University

Zoom

11:00 AM

2:30 PM

Speaking of Voting

Michelle E. Shaw, Belmont University
Natalia Pelaz, Belmont University
Mike Pinter, Belmont University
Christine Doeg, Belmont University
Jimmy Davis, Belmont University

Zoom

2:30 PM - 3:20 PM