Program
The 2019 Humanistic Inquiry Symposium offers a robust, two-day schedule.
Friday, March 29 |
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| Wachenheim Gallery, Tang Museum | |
| 2:30â4:00 p.m. | Barbara Black, English, and Michael Arnush, Classics |
| Welcome | |
| Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Religion; Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Science in Society, Wesleyan University | |
| âThe Horror of Wonder and the Mixture of Things: On Science as Religion, with Continual Reference to Einsteinâ | |
| Atrium and Somers Room, Tang Museum | |
| 4:00â5:30 p.m. | Sarah DiPasquale, Dance |
| âMeditations on a Miracleâ | |
| John Brueggemann, Sociology | |
| âThe Wonder of Sustainable Foodâ | |
| Adam Tinkle, MDOCS: John B. Moore Documentary Studies Collaborative | |
| âWandering/Wondering: a Report on the Uses of a Mobilized Audienceâ | |
| Mezzanine, Tang Museum | |
| 5:45â6:45 p.m. | Reception |
| Loading Dock, Tang Museum | |
| 7:00â8:00 p.m. | Carolyn Anderson and Gary Wilson, Theater |
| âOff the Shelfâ (RSVP only) | |
Saturday, March 30 |
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| Somers Room Hallway, Tang Museum |
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| 8:30â9:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| Somers Room, Tang Museum | |
| 9:00â10:30 a.m. | Maggie Greaves, English |
| â'The Round, Turning World': Poetry, Nostalgia, and Planet Earthâ | |
| Ryan Overbey, Religion | |
| âManufacturing Wonder: The Theory and Practice of Awe in Buddhist Scripturesâ | |
| Michael Orr, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty; Art History | |
| âThe Thrill of Discovery: Identifying the Prayerbook of Archduke Albert VII of Austriaâ | |
| 10:30â11:00 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 a.m.â12:30 p.m. | Jason Ohlberg, Dance |
| âChoreography as Civic âSeeingâ: Inquiry and Advocacy through Museum-based Physical Researchâ | |
| Nicholas Junkerman, English | |
| âReturning to Wonder: Miracles, Secularization and Literary Studiesâ | |
| Lena Retamoso Urbano, World Languages and Literatures | |
| âUnsteady Matter: A Bilingual Poetry Readingâ | |
| Atrium, Tang Museum | |
| 12:30â1:15 p.m. | Lunch |
| (RSVP only) | |
| Tang Museum | |
| 1:15â1:45 p.m. | Ben Bogin, Asian Studies |
| Tour of The Second Buddha, Wachenheim Gallery | |
| Sarah Goodwin, English | |
| Tour of Like Sugar, Malloy Wing | |
| Somers Room, Tang Museum |
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| 2:00â3:30 p.m. | Sarah Sweeney, Art |
| "Seeing the Unseenâ | |
| Larry Jorgensen, Philosophy | |
| âThe Rise and Fall of Wonder in 17th-Century European Philosophyâ | |
| Robert Boyers, English | |
| âResisting Wonderâ | |
| 3:30â4:00 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 4:00â5:30 p.m. | Sylvia Stoner-Hawkins, with Carol Ann Elze, Music |
| âWhat does âwonderâ sound like?â | |
| Lisa Jackson-Schebetta, Theater | |
| âHemispheric Performance Making: Practices of Wonder and Decolonial Thoughtâ | |
| Joseph Cermatori, English | |
| âA Theater History of Wonder: in four (very brief) scenesâ | |
| Atrium, Tang Museum |
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| 5:30â6:30 p.m. | Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Wesleyan University |
| Closing remarks, followed by champagne toast | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Dinner (RSVP only) |