Final Conference Program - New Directions in the Humanities

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Fourteenth International Conference on
New Directions in the Humanities
XIV Congreso Internacional sobre
Nuevas Tendencias en Humanidades
Nature at the Crossroads - New Directions for the
Humanities in the Age of the Anthropocene
8–10 JUNE 2016 | UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO | CHICAGO, USA | THEHUMANITIES.COM
Fourteenth International Conference on
“Nature at the Crossroads - New Directions for the Humanities in
the Age of the Anthropocene”
University of Illinois at Chicago | Chicago, USA | 8–10 June 2016
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Dear New Directions in the Humanities Delegates,
Welcome to Chicago and to the Fourteenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities. The New Directions in the
Humanities Knowledge Community—its conference, journal collection, and book imprint—was created to explore established traditions
in the humanities as well as innovative practices that set a renewed agenda for their future.
First held at the University of the Aegean on the island of Rhodes in Greece in 2003, the International Conference on New Directions in
the Humanities has moved its location each year to different countries and continents, each offering its own perspectives on the human
condition and the current state of studies of the human. Since 2003, the conference has since been hosted at Monash University Centre,
Prato, Italy, in 2004; Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK, in 2005; University of Carthage in Tunis, Tunisia, in 2006; The American
University of Paris, Paris, France, in 2007; Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 2008; the Friendship Hotel in Beijing, China, in 2009;
the University of California, Los Angeles, USA, in 2010; the Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain, in 2011; the Centre Mont Royal
in Montreal, Canada, in 2012; Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, in 2013; CEU San Pablo University, Madrid, Spain, in 2014; the
University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, in 2015; and next year, we are pleased to hold the conference at Imperial College
London in London, UK, 5–7 July 2017.
Conferences can be ephemeral spaces. We talk, learn, get inspired, but these conversations fade with time. This Knowledge Community
supports a range of publishing modes in order to capture these conversations and formalize them as knowledge artifacts. We encourage
you to submit your research to the New Directions in the Humanities Journal Collection. We also encourage you to summit a book
proposal to the New Directions in the Humanities Book Imprint.
In partnership with our Editors and Community Partners the New Directions in the Humanities Knowledge Community is curated
by Common Ground Publishing. Founded in 1984, Common Ground Publishing is committed to building new kinds of knowledge
communities, innovative in their media and forward thinking in their messages. Common Ground Publishing takes some of the pivotal
challenges of our time and builds knowledge communities which cut horizontally across legacy knowledge structures. Sustainability,
diversity, learning, the future of humanities, the nature of interdisciplinarity, the place of the arts in society, technology’s connections
with knowledge, the changing role of the university—these are deeply important questions of our time which require interdisciplinary
thinking, global conversations, and cross-institutional intellectual collaborations. Common Ground is a meeting place for people, ideas,
and dialogue. However, the strength of ideas does not come from finding common denominators. Rather, the power and resilience
of these ideas is that they are presented and tested in a shared space where differences can meet and safely connect—differences of
perspective, experience, knowledge base, methodology, geographical or cultural origins, and institutional affiliation. These are the kinds
of vigorous and sympathetic academic milieus in which the most productive deliberations about the future can be held. We strive to
create places of intellectual interaction and imagination that our future deserves.
Thank you to everyone who has prepared for this conference. A personal thank you goes to our Common Ground colleagues who have
put such a significant amount of work into this conference: Monica Hillison, Patricija Kirvaitis, Alexa Musgrove, Doriam Reyes, and
Jessica Wienhold-Brokish.
We wish you the best for this conference and hope it will provide you every opportunity for dialogue with colleagues from around the
corner and around the globe. We hope you will join us at next year’s New Directions in the Humanities Conference, 5-7 July 2017 in
London, UK.
Yours sincerely,
Dr. Phillip Kalantzis-Cope
Director, Common Ground Publishing
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cultures, crossing the geographical and linguistic boundaries that slow down the free flow of ideas between the countless
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between the English, Spanish, and Portuguese-speaking knowledge communities that meet every year at the conference, and
that interact through the scholarly journals, the book series, and the social networks.
To fulfil this ideal, Common Ground Publishing has launched Common Ground Publishing Español in order to create and
develop Latin American knowledge communities based on the Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures, crossing
geographic, linguistic, and cultural borders. Each of these knowledge communities holds an annual academic conference
(which takes place in parallel to Common Ground’s conferences in English) and manages a peer reviewed scholarly journal,
a book series, and a number of social networks that allow scholars and practitioners to interact with other peers coming from
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Learning; E-Learning and Innovative Pedagogies; Science in Society; Interdisciplinary Social Sciences; On the Organization;
New Directions in the Humanities; The Image; Books, Publishing & Libraries; Health, Wellness & Society; and Technology,
Knowledge & Society.
New Directions in the
Humanities
Knowledge Community
Exploring settled traditions in the
humanities while at the same time
setting a renewed agenda for their
future
New Directions in the Humanities Knowledge Community
The New Directions in the Humanities Knowledge Community is brought together by a shared commitment to the humanities
and a concern for their future. The community interacts through an innovative, annual face-to-face conference, as well as
year-round online relationships, a collection of peer reviewed journals, and book series–exploring the affordances of new
digital media.
Conference
The conference is built upon four key features: Internationalism, Interdisciplinarity, Inclusiveness, and Interaction.
Conference delegates include leaders in the field as well as emerging scholars, who travel to the conference from all corners
of the globe and represent a broad range of disciplines and perspectives. A variety of presentation options and session types
offer delegates multiple opportunities to engage, to discuss key issues in the field, and to build relationships with scholars from
other cultures and disciplines.
Publishing
The New Directions in the Humanities Knowledge Community enables members to publish through two media. First,
community members can enter a world of journal publication unlike the traditional academic publishing forums—a result of
the responsive, non-hierarchical, and constructive nature of the peer review process. The New Directions in the Humanities
Journal Collection provides a framework for double-blind peer review, enabling authors to publish into an academic journal
of the highest standard. The second publication medium is through the book imprint, New Directions in the Humanities,
publishing cutting edge books in print and electronic formats. Publication proposal and manuscript submissions are welcome.
Community
The New Directions in the Humanities Knowledge Community offers several opportunities for ongoing communication among
its members. Any member may upload video presentations based on scholarly work to the community YouTube channel.
Monthly email newsletters contain updates on conference and publishing activities as well as broader news of interest.
Members may also join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter or explore our new social media platform, Scholar.
New Directions in the Humanities Themes
Exploring ways to
broaden the scope of the
humanities and creating
a wider critical canvas
through cultural studies.
Theme 1: Critical Cultural Studies
• Examining critical perspectives on academic disciplines; how traditional disciplines remain
constant or must respond to changes in humans’ relationships to each other, to society, technology,
and the environment
• Considering ways of knowing, shifts in conceptual frameworks and research methodologies
• Proposing new directions for humanities studies
• Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary humanities
• The relationship of humanities to other knowledge domains (technology, science, economics)
• Making knowledge: research in the humanities
• Subjectivity and objectivity, truth and relativity
• Philosophy, consciousness and the meanings of meaning
• Geographical and archeological perspectives on human place and movement
• The study of humans and humanity, past and present
• The future of humanities
Examining the forms
and effects of human
representation and
communication.
Theme 2: Communications and Linguistics Studies
• Human representations and expression through art, media, technology, design
• Communications in human interactions
• Linguistic and cultural diversity: its nature and meanings
• Language dynamics: global English, multilingualism, language death, language revival
• New media, new messages, new meanings in the “information society”
Analyses of literatures
and literary practices, to
stabilize bodies of work
in traditions and genres,
or to unsettle received
expressive forms and
cultural contents.
Theme 3: Literary Humanities
• Examining changes over time in conceptual frameworks, ways of knowing, and ways of seeing
• Critique in literary analysis; the role of the critic; perspectives on criticism
• Conceptual frameworks (modern, postmodern, neo-liberal, colonialism, post-colonialism, etc)
• Literatures: national, global and diasporic
• Literary forms (fiction, the novel, poetry, theater, non-fiction) and genres
• Literary forms of media: photography, film, video, internet
• Identity and difference in literature
New Directions in the Humanities Themes
Social studies in the
humanities, where the
humanities meet the
‘social sciences’.
Theme 4: Civic, Political, and Community Studies
• Affinities and affiliations and their impacts on relationships within and across cultures
• Issues of policy, governance, and controls over populations within and across nations
• The human condition in an era of globalization
• Human formations: families, institutions, organizations, states and societies
• Human expressions: values, attitudes, dispositions, sensibilities
• Human differences: gender, sexuality, families, race, ethnicity, class, (dis)ability
• Affinities: citizenship and other forms of belonging
• Globalization and its discontents
• Diversity: dialogue as a local and global imperative
• The dynamics of identity in culture
• Immigration, refugees, minorities and diaspora
• Internationalism, globalism, multiculturalism, cosmopolitanism
• Human rights
• Human violence and peace
• Governance and politics in society
On theories and practices
of teaching and learning
in the disciplines of
the humanities and
humanistic social
sciences.
Theme 5: Humanities Education
• General and subject-specific pedagogy
• Language acquisition and language instruction
• Learning new languages (including second language instruction, multilingual)
• Professional development and teacher education
• Influence of learner characteristics on the educational process
• Education for a new humanity
New Directions in the Humanities 2016 Special Focus
Nature at the Crossroads - New Directions for the Humanities in the Age of the
Anthropocene
The purpose of the various fields of the humanities is to reflect on the human condition. One of the fundamental questions
of our times, and one that is increasingly central to the question of our human condition, is the condition of nature. In this
regard, there is a growing concern that our very species’ existence is now under threat as a consequence of human activity. The
age of ‘the Anthropocene’ is characterized by the blow-back of a ‘great acceleration’ in human impacts upon nature: modern
industry, population growth, and increasing per capita consumption. These have resulted in human-induced changes to global
temperatures, sea levels, CO2 in the atmosphere, to name just a few consequential eco-systemic changes.
How does this reconceptualization of natural history demand new approaches to the work of the humanities? How, in this
frame of reference, is self positioned in relation to community and nature? What is the ontological basis of knowledge,
autonomy, and freedom as interpretative perspectives on human action in the natural world? How do we read the symbolic
and its distinction from or imbrication with the material? What is the unique character of human history and its contradistinction with natural history, of geological time compared to human time? How should the humanities and the natural
sciences relate to each other as we address the challenges of the Anthropocene?
New Directions in the Humanities Scope and Concerns
Humanities-Science-Technology
The western roots of techno-science are the Greek concept of ‘techne’, and its Latin equivalent ‘ars’. These roots tell of a
narrowing of definition in modern times, and of a particular kind. It is a narrowing which dehumanizes techno-science,
reducing it to programs of merely instrumental rationality. More broadly, by contrast, ‘techne’ and ‘ars’ meant art, craft and
science, a kind of practical wisdom involving both doing (application of technique, using tools) and reasoning (understanding
the principles underlying the material and natural world). These ‘arts’ are the stuff of human artifice, and the result is always
an aesthetic (those other ‘arts’) and human value-drenched, as well as instrumental. Such is an artfulness that can only be
human, in the fullness of our species being. Now is the time to broaden the agenda of techno-science once again. How better
than to redefine science and technology as ‘arts’?
Indeed, our times may well demand such a redefinition. The new technologies and sciences of informatics, for instance, are
infused to a remarkable degree with the human of the humanities: the human-centered designs which aim at ‘usability’; the
visual aesthetics of screen designs; the language games of search and tag; the naming protocols and ontologies of the semantic
web; the information architectures of new media representations; the accessibility and manipulability of information mashups
that make our human intelligence irreducibly collective; and the literariness of the code that drives all these things. So too, new
biomedical technologies and sciences uniquely inveigle the human—when considering, for instance, the ethics of bioscience
and biotechnology, or the sustainability of the human presence in natural environments.
Humanities-Economy-Commerce
Returning to roots again, the Greek ‘oikonomi’ or the Latin ‘oeconomia’ integrate the human in ways now all-too-easily lost
to the more narrowly understood contemporary understandings of econo-production. In the modern world, ‘economy’ and
‘production’ have come to refer to action and reflection pertaining to the domains of paid work, the production of goods
and services, and their distribution and market exchange. At their etymological source, however, we find a broader realm of
action—the realm of material sustenance, of domesticity (the Greek ‘oikos’/household and ‘nemein’/manage), of work as the
collaborative project of meeting human needs, and of thrift (economizing), not just as a way of watching bottom lines, but of
conserving human effort and natural resources.
Today more than ever, questions of the human arise in the domain of the econo-production, and these profoundly imbricate
human interests, needs and purposes. Drawing on the insights of the humanities and a renewed sense of the human, we
might for instance be able to address today’s burning questions of economic globalization and the possible meanings and
consequences of the ‘knowledge economy.’
New Directions in the Humanities Scope and Concerns
The Humanities Themselves
And what of the humanities in themselves and for themselves? To the world outside of education and academe, the humanities
are considered by their critics to be at best esoteric, at worst ephemeral. They seem to have less practical ‘value’ than the
domains of techno-science and econo-production.
But what could be more practical, more directly relevant to our very existence than disciplines which interrogate culture, place,
time, subjectivity, consciousness, meaning, representation and change? These disciplines name themselves anthropology,
archaeology, art, communication, arts, cultural studies, geography, government, history, languages, linguistics, literature,
media studies, philosophy, politics, religion and sociology. This is an ambitious program even before mention of the social
sciences and the professions of community service which can with equal justification be regarded as closely related to the
humanities, or even subjects of the humanities, more broadly understood.
Within this highly generalized scope, the Humanities Conference, Journal Collection, Book Imprint and News Weblog have
two particular interests:
Interdisciplinarity: The humanities is a domain of learning, reflection and action which require dialogue between and across
discipline-defining epistemologies, perspectives and content areas.
Globalism and Diversity: The humanities are to be considered a space where recognizes the dynamics of differences in human
history, thought and experience, and negotiates the contemporary paradoxes of globalization. This serves as a corrective
to earlier modes of humanities thinking, where one-sided attempts were made to refine a singular essence for an agenda of
humanism.
The humanities come into their own in unsettling spaces like these. These kinds of places require difficult dialogues, and
here the humanities shine. It is in discussions like these that we might be able to unburden ourselves of restrictively narrow
knowledge systems of techno-science and econo-production.
The conversations at the conference and the publications in the journals, book series and online community range from the
broad and speculative to the microcosmic and empirical. Whatever their scope or perspective, the over-riding concern is to
redefine the human and mount a case for the humanities. At a time when the dominant rationalisms are running a course
that seems at times draw humanity towards ends that are less than satisfactory, the disciplines of the humanities reopen
fundamental questions of the human—for pragmatic as well as redemptory reasons.
New Directions in the Humanities Community Membership
About
The New Directions in the Humanities Knowledge Community is dedicated to the concept of independent, peer-led groups of
scholars, researchers, and practitioners working together to build bodies of knowledge related to topics of critical importance
to society at large. Focusing on the intersection of academia and social impact, the New Directions in the Humanities
Knowledge Community brings an interdisciplinary, international perspective to discussions of new developments in the field,
including research, practice, policy, and teaching.
Membership Benefits
As a New Directions in the Humanities Knowledge Community member you have access to a broad range of tools and
resources to use in your own work:
• Digital subscription to the New Directions in the Humanities Journal Collection for one year.
• Digital subscription to the book imprint for one year.
• One article publication per year (pending peer review)
• Participation as a reviewer in the peer review process, with the opportunity to be listed as an Associate Editor after
reviewing three or more articles.
• Subscription to the community e-newsletter, providing access to news and announcements for and from the knowledge
community.
• Option to add a video presentation to the community YouTube channel.
• Free access to the Scholar social knowledge platform, including:
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◊ Ability to interact and form communities with peers away from the clutter and commercialism of other social media.
◊ Optional feeds to Facebook and Twitter.
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writing in its Creator space, and managing student peer review, assessment, and sharing of published work.
New Directions in the Humanities Engage in the Community
Present and Participate in the Conference
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your work, and interacting face-to-face with other members. We hope this experience provides a
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contribute to the development of the community knowledge base as an Associate Editor. As part of
your active membership in the community, you also have online access to the complete works (current
and previous volumes) of journal and to the book imprint. We also invite you to consider submitting a
proposal for the book imprint.
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New Directions in the Humanities Advisory Board
The principal role of the Advisory Board is to drive the overall intellectual direction of the New Directions in the Humanities
Knowledge Community and to consult on our foundational themes as they evolve along with the currents of the field. Board
members are invited to attend the annual conference and provide important insights on conference development, including
suggestions for speakers, venues, and special themes. We also encourage board members to submit articles for publication
consideration to the New Directions in the Humanities Journal Collection as well as proposals or completed manuscripts to
the New Directions in the Humanities Books Imprint.
We are grateful for the continued service and support of the following world-class scholars and practitioners.
• Patrick Baert, Selwyn College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK
• David Christian, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA
• Joan Copjec, Brown University, Providence, USA
• Mick Dodson, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
• Oliver Feltham, American University of Paris, Paris, France
• Hafedh Halila, Institut Supérieur des Langues de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
• Souad Halila, University of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
• Ted Honderich, University College, London, UK
• Asunción López-Varela Azcárate, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, España
• Eleni Karantzola, University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece
• Krishan Kumar, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
• Marion Ledwig, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
• Harry R. Lewis, Harvard University, Boston, USA
• Juliet Mitchell, Jesus College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK
• Tom Nairn, Durham University, Durham, UK
• Nikos Papastergiadis, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
• Fiona Peterson, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
• Scott Schaffer, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
• Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
• Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Columbia University, New York City, USA
• Cheryl A. Wells, University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA
• Zhang Zhiqiang, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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Humanities
Journal Collection
Committed to creating an intellectual
frame of reference and support for an
interdisciplinary conversation that
builds on the past traditions of the
humanities whilst setting a renewed
agenda for their future
New Directions in the Humanities Collection of Journals
About
Discussions in the New Directions in the Humanities Journal Collection range from the broad and
speculative to the microcosmic and empirical. Their over-riding concern, however, is to redefine our
Indexing
Communication Source
(EBSCO)
Fuente Académica Plus
(EBSCO)
Genamics Journal Seek
Humanities International
Complete (EBSCO)
Humanities International
Index (EBSCO)
Humanities Source (EBSCO)
Humanities Source
International (EBSCO)
Literary Reference Center
Plus (EBSCO)
Modern Language
Association
Political Science Complete
(EBSCO)
Scopus
The Australian Research
Council (ERA)
Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory
Founded:
understandings of the human and mount a case for the disciplinary practices of the humanities. At a
time when the dominant rationalisms are running a course that often seem to draw humanity towards
less than satisfactory ends, these journals reopen the question of the human—for highly pragmatic as
well as redemptory reasons.
The New Directions in the Humanities Journal Collection is relevant for academics across the
whole range of humanities disciplines, research students, educators—school, university, and further
education—anyone with an interest in, and concern for the humanities.
All the journals in the New Directions in the Humanities Journal Collection are peer-reviewed,
supported by rigorous processes of criterion-referenced article ranking and qualitative commentary,
ensuring that only intellectual work of the greatest substance and highest significance is published.
Collection Editor
Asun Lopez-Varela, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
2003
Associate Editors
Publication Frequency:
Articles published in the New Directions in the Humanities Journal Collection are peer reviewed by
Quarterly (March, June,
September, December)
scholars who are active members of the New Directions in the Humanities Knowledge Community.
Acceptance Rate:
who have volunteered to review papers (and have been screened by Common Ground’s editorial
30% (2015)
Community Website:
thehumanities.com
Bookstore:
ijh.cgpublisher.com
Reviewers may be past or present conference delegates, fellow submitters to the collection, or scholars
team). This engagement with the knowledge community, as well as Common Ground’s synergistic
and criterion-based evaluation system, distinguishes the peer review process from journals that
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New Directions in the Humanities Collection Titles
The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review
ISSN: 1447-9508 (print) | 1447-9559 (online)
Indexing: Humanities International Complete, Humanities International Index, Humanities Source,
Humanities Source International, Scopus, The Australian Research Council (ERA), Ulrich’s Periodicals
Directory
About: The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review provides a space for dialogue
and publication of new knowledge that builds on the past traditions of the humanities whilst setting a
renewed agenda for their future.
The International Journal of Civic, Political, and Community Studies
DOI: 10.18848/2327-0047/CGP
Indexing: Political Science Complete (EBSCO), Scopus, Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory
About: The International Journal of Civic, Political, and Community Studies invites theoretical work
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The International Journal of Communication and Linguistic Studies
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Indexing: Communication Source (EBSCO), Scopus, Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory
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exchange of human meaning, from the processes of representation or symbolic sense-making grounded
in human cognition, outward manifestations of communication, and the dynamics of interpretation.
The International Journal of Critical Cultural Studies
DOI: 10.18848/2327-0055/CGP
Indexing: Scopus, Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory
About: The International Journal of Critical Cultural Studies critically examines the social, political
and ideological conditions of cultural production and offers a wide canvas for the examination of
media, identities, politics, and cultural expression.
New Directions in the Humanities Collection Titles
The International Journal of Humanities Education
DOI: 10.18848/2327-0063/CGP
Indexing: Scopus, Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory
About: The International Journal of Humanities Education explores teaching and learning in and
through the humanities encompassing a broad domain of educational practice, including literature,
language, social studies and the arts.
The International Journal of Literary Humanities
DOI: 10.18848/2327-7912/CGP
Indexing: Fuente Académica Plus (EBSCO), Scopus, Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory
About: The International Journal of Literary Humanities analyzes and interprets literatures and
literacy practices, seeking to unsettle received expressive forms and conventional interpretations.
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committee selects the winning article from the ten highest-ranked articles emerging from the review process and according to
the selection criteria outlined in the reviewer guidelines.
Award Winner, Volume 13
Dr. Fred Mensch, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Edmonton, Canada
For the Article
“Anticipating Nietzsche: Culture and Chaos in “The House of Usher” and Wuthering Heights,” The International Journal of
the Humanities: Annual Review, Volume 13
Abstract
This paper explores Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” and Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights from a
Nietzschean cultural perspective. The strikingly similar social and cultural themes of both stories appear to anticipate
Nietzsche’s diagnosis of a cultural binary as developed in The Birth of Tragedy and his essay on “The Use and Abuse of
History.” The overtly rational individuals, Poe’s narrator and Brontë’s Mr. Lockwood and Edgar Linton, demonstrate
Nietzsche’s focus on the nausea of consciousness, while the opposing characters—Heathcliff, Catherine, and Roderick
Usher—are driven by their undifferentiated, chaotic, and ultimately anarchic natures. The ending of Brontë’s novel with the
marriage of Hareton and the second Catherine is satisfying in its cultural optimism, but thematically contradicts the radical
and nonconformist social perspective developed by the author in the main part of the novel. The gothic, otherworldly aspects
dominating the conclusion of each work, however, symbolically develop an alternative to the apparent social hegemony of
each ending.
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The Interwoven World:
Ideas and Encounters in History
Burjor Avari and George Gheverghese Joseph (eds.)
The main objective of this book is to raise the reader’s awareness and consciousness regarding both
the universalism and transfers of knowledge across societies and cultures. Cultural transmission often
is not merely a copying process, but rather a reconstructive process in which cognitive biases play an
important role. A major bias that inhibits accurate transmission is the tendency for people to arrive at
different inferences regarding concepts and operations with them.
Most books deal with ideas and specialised knowledge in a particular discipline; in contrast, we have
selected four different areas of knowledge: Eurocentrism, Patterns of Cultural Encounters, Colonialism
and its Aftermath, and Westernisation and its Fruits. The study of these areas helps us to understand
the making of the modern world. We have invited more than twenty scholars of varied backgrounds
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to write in an easily accessible style on a particular theme in one of the four areas. Additionally there
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is a selection of even shorter sidebars in every area, providing further information and understanding.
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The brevity of essays and sidebars is meant to encourage those readers who may find reading longer
No book of this nature is available today that combines a global, historical perspective with a nontechnical discussion of a whole range of ideas from different disciplines, a diverse mix which describes
the challenges of the 21st century; indeed a set of interwoven encounters between civilizations that
perplex and at the same time illuminate our age.
Editor Bios:
Burjor Avari is an honorary research fellow in the Department of History at the Manchester
Metropolitan University. He has promoted multicultural education in Manchester for many years and
he is also the author of two books on the history of India—India: The Ancient Past (Routledge 2007)
and Islamic Civilization in South Asia (Routledge 2013).
George Gheverghese Joseph is an honorary reader in the School of Education, University of
Manchester, UK. His publications include five books: Women at Work (1983), Multicultural
Mathematics (1993), George Joseph: Life and Times of a Kerala Christian Nationalist (2003), A
Passage to Infinity: Medieval Indian Mathematics from Kerala and its Impact (2009) and The Crest
of the Peacock: Non-European Roots of Mathematics (2000, 2011).
The Ekphrastic Turn: Inter-art Dialogues
Asunción López-Varela and Ananta Sukla (eds.)
The Ekphrastic Turn: Inter-art Dialogues is the first volume of the CompLit InterArt book series in
the New Directions in the Humanities book imprint. Placing emphasis on the storytelling aspects of
intermedial and transmedial configurations, this collection studies the role of art in the construction of
cultural processes, helping build a bridge between theoretical academic research and social practices.
It brings together scholarship in intercultural studies by drawing on social narrative theory and
semiotics as analytical tools to expand on the models of comparative literature. It also explores how
communicated experiences and the stories behind them bring about social change and empowerment.
The Ekphrastic Turn: Inter-art Dialogues is a collection of articles dedicated to intermediality, the
study of media interrelations. Its focus is mainly on aesthetic media types such as theater, music,
dance, written literature, cinema, performance, painting, and calligraphy. While the collection contains
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contributions from several renowned intermediality scholars, its most remarkable quality is perhaps
the impressive global reach regarding authors and highly interesting subject areas.
—Lars Elleström, Head of Linnæus University Centre for Intermedial and Multimodal Studies
While exploring inter-art dialogues and transfers across a variety of media ranging from dance,
performance, and music to digital arts, this rich volume combines intermedial and cross-cultural
analysis and probes disciplinary borders by introducing perspectives from literary, arts and media
studies, historiography, and semiotics.
—Marina Grishakova, Professor of Comparative Literature at University of Tartu
Editor Bios:
Asun López-Varela is an associate professor at Complutense University Madrid. Her research
interests are comparative literature, cultural studies, and inter-art semiotics. She has been a visiting
scholar at Brown University and Harvard University and a visiting professor at Delhi University,
Beijing Language and Culture University, and Kazakh National University. In 2007, she established the
research program Studies on Intermediality and Intercultural Mediation (SIIM). Currently, she is on
the Executive Committee of the European Network of Comparative Literary Studies and is part of the
Association of Alumni of the Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard University. She is also an external
evaluator for the EU’s Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) and Horizon
2020.
Ananta Charan Sukla is a renowned philosopher of art, religion and language, poet, playwright,
short story writer, translator, scholar, and researcher of comparative literature and aesthetics. Sukla
is also a former professor of English and comparative literature at Sambalpur University, Sambalpur,
Odisha, India. With a triple MA in English, philosophy, and Sanskrit, and a PhD in comparative
literature from Jadavpur University, Sukla is the founder and editor of the international half-yearly
Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics and founder and director of Vishvanatha Kaviraja
Institute of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics.
A Companion to Ten Modern Korean Poets
Jihee Han
A Companion to Ten Modern Korean Poets is a practical handbook that connects poetry and culture
with historical moments in which Korean poet-intellectuals mused on what poetry can do. This book
offers a historical viewpoint of how they struggled to maintain Korean national identity, cultural
sensibility, and spirituality in times of violence and surveillance. Surveying how each poet shaped their
poetry, responding to the political events, it also guides readers to understand why Korean poetry
begins with a sense of solitude but ends with a longing for the building of common ground called
Minjung. Finally, it provides translations of each poet’s representative poems. Through seemingly
transparent poetic texts may emerge the tension between language and speechlessness, hunger for the
modern and hunger for what is lost, and memory of the past and hope for justice. This tension makes
all ten poets, including Han Yongun, Jeong Jiyong, Kim Sowol, Yun Dongju, Yi Sang, Baek Seok, Kim
Suyoung, Seo Jeongju, Ko Un, and Shin Kyeongnim, crucial witnesses to the brutality in modern
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Korean history. On the other hand, there is the integrity of their poetics. Although living in a difficult
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environment, they continued laboring with their mother tongue to create modern Korean poetry,
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shaping Korean cultural identity, based on folk traditional arts, such as Minyo and Gut, and finally,
might begin to imagine a new unfolding of history in the age of extremes.
Author Bio:
Jihee Han is a professor of English at Gyeongsang National University, South Korea and currently
serves as the editor-in-chief of Studies in Modern British and American Poetry. Her recent
publications include Korean Pop-culture and the Genealogy of the Sonyeo Image, World Literature
and the Politics of the Minority, “Japan’s Baudelaire: Hagiwara Sakutaro’s Poetic World Under the
Moon,” “Pop-Art in the Age of Digital Technologies and the Cloning of Sonyeo,” “The Burden of
History: Ko Un’s Poetry as a Political and Philosophical Act.” She is now working on “The Atlas Project:
What Poetry Can Do in the Age of IOT.”
Nixon and the Dragon Lady:
Did Richard Nixon Conspire with Anna Chennault in 1968 to
Destroy Peace in Vietnam?
Evan Edward Laine
On October 31, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson planned to inform the US public that due to long,
hard negotiations, peace talks in Paris to discuss a realistic opportunity to end the Vietnam War were
soon to occur. Optimism for an end to this bloody war was high in Washington, Hanoi and Moscow.
Nevertheless, without warning, despite numerous assurances of cooperation, the South Vietnamese
pulled out of the planned negotiations destroying these high hopes and transferring these talks into
nothing more than exercises in frustration. The war would continue for another seven years leaving
thousands more to die and be injured. A startled and angry Johnson administration, desperately
needing to understand what happened, blamed republican nominee for president, Richard Nixon and
renowned China lobbyist Anna Chennault as the culprits working against them in the shadows in a
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diabolic conspiracy designed to ensure Nixon’s victory in his campaign for president that November.
Was this incredible accusation of a conspiracy hatched for personal gain over peace true, and, if so,
was Nixon its author? Further, even if true, did Nixon and Chennault’s actions have actual effect
and was peace a realistic goal? In this twisting tale of intrigue with global consequences, using an
interdisciplinary approach employing history, law, political science, psychology and sociology, Nixon
and the Dragon Lady deconstructs the critical evidence while exploring the questionable credibility of
its iconic cast of characters leaving the reader as the ultimate juror in a historical trial to
determine “truth.”
Author Bio:
Evan Laine, an experienced trial attorney, earned his Master’s in History from Rutgers University
winning The Alumni Graduate Thesis Award for Nixon & the Dragon Lady. Currently he is the director
of the Law & Society program and the Arlen Specter Center for Public Service at Philadelphia University
where he is an assistant professor of history. He created and co-authored the award-winning exhibit,
Single Bullet, Arlen Spector and the Warren Commission Investigation of the JFK Assassination. Prof.
Laine also lectures at national conferences concerning his article “Modernity, Fear and 9/11 Conspiracy
Theories, a Rational Attempt to Explain the Irrational”.
Reframing A Portrait of the Artist:
Joyce and the Phenomenological Imagination
Stephen McLaren
James Joyce’s attempt to develop a literary aesthetics is well known, while less attention has been
paid to the philosophical pursuit of significance in his first novel. The phenomenological perspective
of Edmund Husserl, contemporary to literary modernism, elucidates and unites Joyce’s idiosyncratic
themes, and helps us understand their philosophical import in a novel that eschews authorial
point of view and discursive passages that “stupidly explain.” A complex and challenging Portrait
emerges: conceived as a variant on confessional literature, it evolves into a radical investigation of the
dimensions of experience, time, and consciousness.
Seven perspectival frames are applied in an analysis of Joyce’s development, the work’s inception, and
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a close reading of the text. The reframed Portrait is both more socially potent and more likeable than
hitherto suspected: a novel that invites us to reflect critically on experience, without preconceptions,
and to contemplate possibility.
Author Bio:
Dr Stephen McLaren is a writer, developmental editor, and independent scholar. He taught writing,
English, literature and media studies for over twenty years in the tertiary sector, and continues to work
casually at the University of Western Sydney and Australian Catholic University. His research areas of
interest include the writing process and theories of imagination. He worked for several years as a writer
of satirical pieces for television, in shows such as Good News Week and Back Berner, and continues to
write fiction.
Margaret Atwood’s Voices and Representations:
From Poetry to Tweets
Christine Evain
Atwood is, needless to say, one of the most acclaimed authorial voices of our time: Atwoodian critics
unite in saying that Margaret Atwood offers an intriguing and compelling body of writing as well as
a rich epitext. This study which explores her voice and its representations, leads us on a journey to
question the very nature of “a voice” and its different meanings according to critics and poets. Atwood’s
literary work (more than forty books—a dozen novels, numerous collections of poetry, children’s books,
and countless essays) is attributed a unique voice-print. Atwood’s epitextual voice is also described as
typically Atwoodian although it comprises a wide range of voices to be heard through many different
media and occasions (public appearances, countless radio and television programs, many webpages,
published articles and even documentaries, not to mention her transcribed voice in press articles or on
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blogs and web sites).
Exposing “the voice that speaks” (in poetry or in fiction) and giving this voice-persona many guises are
trademarks of Atwood’s poetic writing. From The Circle Game to The Door, Atwood plays with a range
of images representing the poetic voice, giving the reader representations of an incarnated voice with
unflattering “physical” characteristics. The present volume argues that these poetical representations
are connected with the persona’s struggle in voicing her identity. Furthermore, while many critics
highlight an interplay of voices in Atwood’s writing, Professor Evain stipulates that, beyond the vocal
plurality, the reader distinctly hears the voice of a persona-soloist who sings out her particular truth.
Lastly, this study questions the connections between Atwood’s poetic voices and representations, her
works of poetry and fiction and, finally, her “autobiographics” and epitext.
Author Bio:
Christine Evain is an associate professor at the Ecole Centrale de Nantes in France. With a
background in literature (PhD in Canadian literature) and commercial studies (HEC—Hautes Etudes
Commerciales), she has a passion both for literature and the publishing industry.
Her publications include more than thirty articles; translations of Margaret Atwood’s poetry into
French (published by the Editions Bruno Doucey); several volumes on Canadian authors (including
Margaret Atwood, Mavis Gallant and Alistair MacLeod) and two books on the book industry. She
hosts a radio programme entitled “Turning the Page”: www.euradionantes.eu/emission/turningthe-page. Christine Evain initiated the eZoomBook project for the promotion of reading (see: http://
ezoombookresearch.com/blog/).
The Break-up of Britain
Tom Nairn
This twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Tom Nairn’s The Break-up of Britain reviews the arguments
of his classic study and expands his thesis into the new millennium. He confirms his contention that
civic nationalism—but not ethno-nationalism—would play an increasing role in the breakdown of the
United Kingdom. This, he says, has now assumed an even more rapid pace than when the book was
first published. The cumulative strains of Thatcherism and Blairism have had their effect. Reprinted
now, after the almost-successful referendum to make Scotland a country of its own, this edition has
additional resonances.
‘The Break-up of Britain’, Nairn writes in his Introduction to this edition ‘began its life in a still
imposing, if narrowing river; by the time the 1981 paperback edition had appeared, the river had begun
to feel the approaching rapids—which have accelerated for over twenty years, and attained a crazy pace
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even in the few weeks between beginning and finishing this new edition. The thunder of a waterfall
no one conceived of in 1977 is in everyone’s ears, as Tony Blair sends off his ships and troops to assist
America’s assault on the Middle East… In the altered world lying beyond these falls, it is surely unlikely
the United Kingdom will survive in anything like its historical form’.
When this anniversary edition was published, Tom Nairn was living in Australia and teaching at RMIT
University, Melbourne in the Globalism Research Institute. He now lives in Scotland.
“Densely and brilliantly argued…original and perceptive.”
—The Economist
“A burning-glass of a mind…disconcerting in its withering contempt not only for the British state but
for everything associated with it.”
—The Guardian
Culture and Visual Forms of Power:
Experiencing Contemporary Spaces of Resistance
Lidia K.C. Manzo (ed.)
This book is a collection of essays that brings together researchers working on power relations with
visual methods. The text is epistemologically radical in attracting authors who look at culture as a
field of struggle, constructed by different points of view. Today, culture can be seen as a specific field
in which “power” is exercised. In particular, questions about the nature of power are addressed.
The editors suggest two points in the discussion: how is reality constructed, and how is it connected
with power? What is the real space for subject freedom? Foucault’s idea of “power” is that it is not a
thing, but a relation. Power is not merely repressive (like the use of violent control mechanisms in the
pre-modern era), but it is productive as well as an everyday disciplinary practice. Starting from this
perspective, we ask whether visual methodology can be used to describe and analyze different forms of
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power.
These diverse contributions demonstrate how in a time of extensive social change, culture is always
a space for resistance. By examining cases in which visual sociology is used as action research,
the authors show the affect of visual emergence in grass-roots social activism in the southeast
Australian mainland. For instance photography is used to analyze the perceptions natives from a
rural community have of their own territory, as in the case of the Huarpe in Argentina. Incorporating
comparative analysis from different parts of the Global South, such as the performance of two groups
of photographers in Brazil and Bangladesh, they discover images are in tension between “the dominant
and the residual” in the critique of design in Latin America. Subjectivities and video-based methodology
are also used to explore the intercourse between Roma and Italian culture and expressions of resistance
in the form of dance.
With the contribution of Emiliana Armano, Tamara Bellone, Enzo Colombo, Carlos Cowan Ros, Karen
Crinall, Verónica Devalle, Fabiene Gama, Beatriz Nussbaumer, and Timothy Shortell
Editor Bio:
Lidia K.C. Manzo has a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Trento and holds a MA in political
and social communication from the University of Milan where she performed urban research and a
documentary on Milan’s Chinatown. Her ethnographic and visual work examines how the everyday
co-productions of space and identity support or inhibit social, spatial, and economic justice. Currently,
Manzo is Italian partner member in the international research project HOUWEL and contract
professor at the School of Architecture and Society of the Politecnico di Milano University.
The Origins of Architecture:
An English Sixteenth to Eighteenth Century Perspective
Tessa Morrison
The origin of architecture was a heavily debated subject in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Spanish Jesuit priest and architect Juan Bautista Villalpando kindled this debate with the publication
of In Ezechielem Explanationes et Apparatus Urbis Templi Hierosolymitani in 1604. He claimed
that the origin of architecture was to be found in the divine plan of Solomon’s Temple. Villalpando
reconstructed the Temple of Solomon as a building that encapsulated the entire formal grammar
of classical architecture. He believed that his reconstruction of the Temple represented the most
perfect building ever built and that it could never be surpassed, since its plan was God-given. Within
a couple years of its publication, commentaries began to appear that agreed or contested his theories.
Villalpando’s influence spread throughout Europe.
ISBN—978-1-61229-320-3
158 Pages
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Bookstore:
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The aim of this book is to examine this important and influential debate and put into context the debate
on the origin of architecture found in the English Age of Reason. Unlike their continental counterparts,
Isaac Newton, Indio Jones, William Stukeley and John Wood of Bath connected the Temple of
Jerusalem and the origin of architecture to an example of English architecture, Stonehenge. These
debates and controversies became embroiled not only in questions about the history of architecture,
but also in the architecture of the Enlightenment and questions about English literature and identity.
Author Bio:
Dr. Tessa Morrison is a senior lecturer at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Her research is
multi-disciplinary and incorporates philosophy, mathematics, and the history of architecture. Over the
last few years she has specialised in seventeenth and eighteenth century studies in architectural history
and the history of ideas, including a translation and commentary of Isaac Newton’s reconstruction
manuscript on Solomon’s Temple published in Isaac Newton’s Temple of Solomon and his
Reconstruction of Sacred Architecture. Her current research is on utopian cities from sixteenth to the
nineteenth century that have never been built but have had significant influence through the centuries.
Humanities Conference
Discussing and examining key issues
in the humanities, and building faceto-face relationships with leading and
emerging scholars from the field that
represent a broad range of disciplines
and perspectives
New Directions in the Humanities About the Conference
Conference History
First held at the University of the Aegean on the island of Rhodes in Greece in 2003, the International Conference on New
Directions in the Humanities has moved its location each year to different countries and continents, each offering its own
perspectives on the human condition and the current state of studies of the human. This knowledge community is brought
together by a shared commitment to the humanities and a concern for their future.
The International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities is built upon four key features: Internationalism,
Interdisciplinarity, Inclusiveness, and Interaction. Conference delegates include leaders in the field as well as emerging
scholars, who travel to the conference from all corners of the globe and represent a broad range of disciplines and perspectives.
A variety of presentation options and session types offer delegates multiple opportunities to engage, to discuss key issues in the
field, and to build relationships with scholars from other cultures and disciplines.
Past Conferences
• 2003 - University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece
• 2004 - Monash University Centre, Prato, Italy
• 2005 - Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK
• 2006 - University of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia
• 2007 - American University of Paris, France
• 2008 - Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey
• 2009 - Beijing, China
• 2010 - University of California, Los Angeles, USA
• 2011 - Universidad de Granada, Spain,
• 2012 - The Centre Mont-Royal, Montréal, Canada
• 2013 - Faculty of the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
• 2014 - Universidad CEU San Pablo, Madrid, Spain
• 2015 - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Plenary Speaker Highlights:
The International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities has a rich history of featuring leading and emerging voices
from the field, including:
• Tariq Ali, Novelist, Historian and Political Campaigner, London, UK (2003, 2006)
• Alison Assiter, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK (2011)
• Patrick Baert, Selwyn College, Cambridge, UK (2005)
• Gustavo Sánchez Canales, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain (2014)
• David Christian, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA (2004)
• Joan Copjec, The State University of New York, Buffalo, USA (2006)
• Jack Goody, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (2004, 2005)
• Souad Halila, University of Tunis and Sousse, Tunisia (2007)
• Ted Honderich, University College London, London, UK (2005, 2007)
• Douglas Kellner, University of California, Los Angeles, USA (2010)
• Krishan Kumar, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA (2004, 2007)
• Juliet Mitchell, Jesus College, Cambridge, UK (2003, 2005)
• Tom Nairn, RMIT University, Melbourne, Austrailia (2003)
• Kate Soper, London Metropolitan University, London, UK (2006)
• Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Columbia University, New York City, USA (2003, 2007)
• Siva Vaidhyanathan, New York University, New York City, USA (2005)
Past Partners:
Over the years, the International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities has had the pleasure of working with the
following organizations:
American University of Paris
Center for Comparative
CEU San Pablo University
Globalism Institute
Paris, France (2007)
Literature and Society
Madrid, Spain (2014)
RMIT University
Columbia University
Melbourne, Australia
New York City, USA (2007)
(2003–2011)
Institute for Citizenship
Monash University Institute for
The University of 7th of
University of the Aegean
and Globalisation
the Study of Global Movements
November at Carthage
Greece (2003)
Deakin University
Melbourne, Australia (2004)
Tunis, Tunisia (2006)
Geelong, Australia (2006)
Conference Principles and Features
The structure of the conference is based on four core principles that pervade all aspects of the knowledge community:
International
This conference travels around the world to provide opportunities for delegates to see and experience different countries and
locations. But more importantly, the International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities offers a tangible and
meaningful opportunity to engage with scholars from a diversity of cultures and perspectives. This year, delegates from over 35
countries are in attendance, offering a unique and unparalleled opportunity to engage directly with colleagues from all corners
of the globe.
Interdisciplinary
Unlike association conferences attended by delegates with similar backgrounds and specialties, this conference brings together
researchers, practitioners, and scholars from a wide range of disciplines who have a shared interest in the themes and concerns
of this community. As a result, topics are broached from a variety of perspectives, interdisciplinary methods are applauded,
and mutual respect and collaboration are encouraged.
Inclusive
Anyone whose scholarly work is sound and relevant is welcome to participate in this community and conference, regardless
of discipline, culture, institution, or career path. Whether an emeritus professor, graduate student, researcher, teacher,
policymaker, practitioner, or administrator, your work and your voice can contribute to the collective body of knowledge that
is created and shared by this community.
Interactive
To take full advantage of the rich diversity of cultures, backgrounds, and perspectives represented at the conference, there
must be ample opportunities to speak, listen, engage, and interact. A variety of session formats, from more to less structured,
are offered throughout the conference to provide these opportunities.
New Directions in the Humanities Ways of Speaking
Plenary
Plenary speakers, chosen from among the world’s leading thinkers, offer formal presentations on topics
of broad interest to the community and conference delegation. One or more speakers are scheduled
into a plenary session, most often the first session of the day. As a general rule, there are no questions
or discussion during these sessions. Instead, plenary speakers answer questions and participate in
informal, extended discussions during their Garden Sessions.
Garden Conversation
Garden Conversations are informal, unstructured sessions that allow delegates a chance to meet
plenary speakers and talk with them at length about the issues arising from their presentation. When
the venue and weather allow, we try to arrange for a circle of chairs to be placed outdoors.
Talking Circles
Held on the first day of the conference, Talking Circles offer an early opportunity to meet other
delegates with similar interests and concerns. Delegates self-select into groups based on broad thematic
areas and then engage in extended discussion about the issues and concerns they feel are of utmost
importance to that segment of the community. Questions like “Who are we?”, ”What is our common
ground?”, “What are the current challenges facing society in this area?”, “What challenges do we face
in constructing knowledge and effecting meaningful change in this area?” may guide the conversation.
When possible, a second Talking Circle is held on the final day of the conference, for the original group
to reconvene and discuss changes in their perspectives and understandings as a result of the conference
experience. Reports from the Talking Circles provide a framework for the delegates’ final discussions
during the Closing Session.
Themed Paper Presentations
Paper presentations are grouped by general themes or topics into sessions comprised of three or four
presentations followed by group discussion. Each presenter in the session makes a formal twentyminute presentation of their work; Q&A and group discussion follow after all have presented. Session
Chairs introduce the speakers, keep time on the presentations, and facilitate the discussion. Each
presenter’s formal, written paper will be available to participants if accepted to the journal.
Colloquium
Colloquium sessions are organized by a group of colleagues who wish to present various dimensions
of a project or perspectives on an issue. Four or five short formal presentations are followed by a
moderator. A single article or multiple articles may be submitted to the journal based on the content of
a colloquium session.
New Directions in the Humanities Ways of Speaking
Focused Discussion
For work that is best discussed or debated, rather than reported on through a formal presentation,
these sessions provide a forum for an extended “roundtable” conversation between an author and
a small group of interested colleagues. Several such discussions occur simultaneously in a specified
area, with each author’s table designated by a number corresponding to the title and topic listed in the
program schedule. Summaries of the author’s key ideas, or points of discussion, are used to stimulate
and guide the discourse. A single article, based on the scholarly work and informed by the focused
discussion as appropriate, may be submitted to the journal.
Workshop/ Interactive Session
Workshop sessions involve extensive interaction between presenters and participants around an idea
or hands-on experience of a practice. These sessions may also take the form of a crafted panel, staged
conversation, dialogue or debate—all involving substantial interaction with the audience. A single
article (jointly authored, if appropriate) may be submitted to the journal based on a workshop session.
Poster Sessions
Poster sessions present preliminary results of works in progress or projects that lend themselves to
visual displays and representations. These sessions allow for engagement in informal discussions about
the work with interested delegates throughout the session.
Virtual Lightning Talk
Lightning talks are 5-minute “flash” video presentations. Authors present summaries or overviews of
their work, describing the essential features (related to purpose, procedures, outcomes, or product).
Like Paper Presentations, Lightning Talks are grouped according to topic or perspective into themed
sessions. Authors are welcome to submit traditional “lecture style” videos or videos that use visual
supports like PowerPoint. Final videos must be submitted at least one month prior to the conference
start date. After the conference, videos are then presented on the community YouTube channel. Full
papers can based in the virtual poster can also be submitted for consideration in the journal.
Virtual Poster
This format is ideal for presenting preliminary results of work in progress or for projects that lend
themselves to visual displays and representations. Each poster should include a brief abstract of the
purpose and procedures of the work. After acceptance, presenters are provided with a template, and
Virtual Posters are submitted as a PDF or in PowerPoint. Final posters must be submitted at least
one month prior to the conference start date. Full papers can based in the virtual poster can also be
submitted for consideration in the journal.
New Directions in the Humanities Daily Schedule
Wednesday, 8 June
8:00–9:00 Registration Desk Open
9:00–9:30 Conference Opening—Phillip Kalantzis-Cope, Director, Common Ground Publishing, USA
9:30–10:05
Plenary Session—Barbara Eckstein, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
The Humanities: A Two-Three-Four-Five-Part Invention
10:05–10:35 Garden Conversation & Coffee Break
10:35–11:20 Talking Circles 1
10:35–11:20
Spanish Language Plenary Session—Abraham Gonzalo Paulsen Bilbao, Pontificia Universidad Católica de
Chile, Santiago, Chile
11:20–11:30 Transitional Break
11:30–12:45 Parallel Sessions
12:45–13:50 Lunch
15:30–15:45 Coffee Break
Thursday, 9 June
9:00–9:15 Daily Update—Phillip Kalantzis-Cope, Director, Common Ground Publishing, USA
9:15–10:00 Talking Circles 2
10:00–10:15 Coffee Break
11:55–13:00 Lunch
13:00–13:45
Workshops, Virtual Poster Session, Featured Publishing Session, and Featured Event: Meet the Author–
Nixon and the Dragon Lady by Evan Laine
13:45–13:55 Transitional Break
Friday, 10 June
9:00–9:10 Daily Update—Phillip Kalantzis-Cope, Director, Common Ground Publishing, USA
Plenary Session—David Vampola, State University of New York at Oswego, New York, USA
9:10–9:45 The Anthropocene and the Humanities: Towards a Spatiotemporal Taxonomy for Investigation
and Integration
9:45–10:15 Garden Conversation & Coffee Break
11:55–12:50 Lunch
14:30–15:00 Special Event: Closing and Award Ceremony
New Directions in the Humanities Conference Highlights
Featured Sessions
Publishing Your Article or Book with Common Ground
Wednesday, 8 June | 13:50–14:35
Thursday, 9 June | 13:00–13:45
Phillip Kalantzis-Cope, Director, Common Ground Publishing
Description: In these sessions Common Ground Publishing will present an overview of publishing philosophy and practices
for publishing within the New Direction in the Humanities Journal Collection. We will also offer tips for turning conference
papers in to journal articles, present an overview of journal publishing procedures, and provide information on Common
Ground’s book proposal submission process. Please feel free to bring questions—the second half of the session will be
devoted to Q&A.
Featured Event: Meet the Author – Nixon and the Dragon Lady by Evan Laine
Thursday, 9 June | 13:00–13:45
Evan Laine, Book Author and Associate Professor, Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, USA
Description: Common Ground Publishing is excited to announce the book launch for its newest publication within the New
Directions in the Humanities Book Imprint: Nixon and the Dragon Lady by Evan Laine. During this session, Dr. Laine will be
presenting an overview of his book, and delegates will have the unique opportunity to meet and speak with the author after the
presentation.
Special Events
Conference Dinner at Greek Islands Restaurant
Wednesday, 8 June | 19:30 (7:30pm)
Description: Chicago is known for its many diverse and cultural neighborhoods and this year’s conference is taking place
just a few steps from Chicago’s renowned Greektown. Join your fellow delegates at this year’s conference dinner held at
Greektown’s famed Greek Islands Restaurant for a traditional family-style dinner.
Tour: Chicago Architecture Foundation Twilight River Cruise
Thursday, 9 June | 19:00 (7pm)
Description: Experience the “top tour in Chicago and one of the top ten tours in the U.S.” according to TripAdvisor users.
The Chicago Architecture Foundation River Cruise is a must for out-of-towners and Chicagoans alike. CAF-certified volunteer
tour guides interpret more than 50 buildings along the Chicago River. You’ll find out how Chicago grew from a small
settlement into one of the world’s largest cities in less than 100 years. In 90 minutes, get the real story on Chicago architecture
and its history. Serene and bathed in softer light, the city’s architecture takes on a whole new life in the setting sun. Winddown by enjoying a cocktail with fellow delegates and experience Chicago’s breathtaking skyline.
*The conference tour and dinner are optional activities and prior registration is required to attend. Please visit the
registration desk to inquire about pricing and space availability.
New Directions in the Humanities Plenary Speakers
Barbara Eckstein
“The Humanities: A Two-Three-Four-Five-Part Invention”
Barbara Eckstein is an environmental humanist who teaches at the University of Iowa. She is a professor in the
English Department and on the faculty of the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research. With a
team, she is developing a digital, informal climate change information project called The Peoples’ Weather Map.
With Jim Throgmorton, she edited Storytelling and Sustainability and is the author of Sustaining New Orleans
and The Language of Fiction in a World of Pain. She co-directed the Obermann Center’s Graduate Institute for Public
Engagement at the University of Iowa, first with an education professor and then with an engineer.
David Vampola
“The Anthropocene and the Humanities: Towards a Spatiotemporal Taxonomy for Investigation
and Integration”
David Vampola teaches in the Department of Computer Science as well as in the Cognitive Science, Information
Science, Integrated Media, and Human-Computer Interaction programs at State University of New York at
Oswego (SUNY-Oswego). He has given presentations (partial list) at Boston University, Centre national de la
recherche scientifique (CNRS), École normale supérieure, University of Osnabrück, Leo Baack Institute, New
York Academy of Sciences, and the American Association for Higher Education, as well as at a number of international
conferences. His publications have ranged over topics from the conceptual foundations of science to the statistical analysis of
the health professions. At present, he is developing a program in Digital Humanities at SUNY - Oswego.
New Directions in the Humanities Graduate Scholar Awardees
Charles Corwin
Charles Corwin is a PhD student in the Department of Urban Planning and Policy at the University of Illinois but
finds himself more and more interested with rural un-planning. In particular, his research focuses on local
knowledge systems and sustainable farming efforts in the industrial agricultural system in the Midwest and
alternative agricultures and agrarian social movements in the U.S. and abroad. In his spare time Corwin likes to
garden and he is a beginner beekeeper. He thinks working toward communal self-reliance while being aware of the
mechanisms at play in our global system is something we should all be striving for.
Taiwo Oluwaseun Ehineni
Taiwo Oluwaseun Ehineni is a PhD student and associate instructor in the Department of Linguistics at Indiana
University. He holds an MA in English linguistics from the University of Ibadan and a BA in English and literary
studies from Adekunle Ajasin University, Nigeria. He was a recipient of the prestigious United States Fulbright
Scholarship Award and various other awards such as the Nigeria National Youth Service Corps Commendation
Award and the Ondo State Merit Scholarship Awards. He has published articles in top journals including A Journal of African
Studies published by University of California, Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal, Studies in Linguistics, International
Journal of Linguistics, Journal of Arts and Humanities, among several others. He has published more than five written and
translated African stories used for literacy development in South Africa.
Sumaira Taj Khan
Sumaira Taj Khan is a PhD candidate in the Educational Leadership program at the University of Iowa, USA.
Before coming to the US, she earned a Master’s in Philosophy in educational leadership, a Master’s in physics
and a Master’s in educational leadership and management from Pakistan. Her professional experience includes
teaching at primary, elementary, high, higher secondary, and in-service teachers’ education institutions. Her
academic and professional experiences shaped her philosophy of education, mainly in pragmatic paradigm. She recognizes
some of the major flaws in her country’s education system and hence has been actively playing a role to bring positive changes
to the system. She has been awarded three major scholarships in her academic career. In addition, she has been presented her
scholarly work in various national and international conferences and has two publications on her credit.
Jonathan Elí Melgar
Jonathan Elí Melgar received both his BA (2013) and MA (expected June 2016) in Spanish at The City College of
New York, CUNY. His present and potential research focuses on 20th-21st century Central American literature
and sexuality studies. In 2015, he was a visiting student researcher at Stanford University as part of the CCNYStanford Summer Research Program in the Humanities. The research project resulted in a published journal
article in Spanish, titled: “Tejiendo espacios queer in Latinoamérica: El travestismo en Herrera Velado y Donoso” (2016).
New Directions in the Humanities Graduate Scholar Awardees
Jahzara D.E. Mayes Otoo
Jahzara D. E. Mayes Otoo is a doctoral candidate at Central Michigan University in educational leadership. Her
research focus is higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa. She received a MA in Humanities from CMU and a
BBA from the University of Michigan. Her 2011 pilgrimage to Ghana served as her personal “Sankofa”
experience, which means to “retrace one’s steps, return to the roots” (Willis, 1998). This trip significantly
influenced her research interests. What began as a personal journey, developed into a desire to increase the body of knowledge
about higher education in sub-Saharan Africa. Her dissertation, which is a phenomenological research study to describe the
lived experiences of African American professors who have taught in Ghana, West Africa, was an idea she conceived as she
stood in DuBois’s personal library in Accra.
Nathan Rucker
Nathan Rucker is a child of pop culture whose research interests include new media, video games, and narrative
theory. He completed his undergraduate degree at Marshall University and is on target to complete his Masters
in English this year. He also writes creative nonfiction and fiction. He has two forthcoming publications for his
creative work and has presented scholarly papers at the Midwest Conference on Literature, Language, and Media
for the last two years. He has taught courses in freshman composition and scientific and technical writing as well as helped
develop a unique course on the video and radio essay in an advanced creative nonfiction course.
Anna Varadi
Anna Varadi is a Masters student in English and film studies at the University of Exeter, where she completed
her BA in English with Japanese. From September 2016, Varadi will be undertaking a PhD with the Universities
of Reading and Southampton, researching televisual representations of the cultural heritage of 1980s America.
Her project was chosen for funding by the prestigious South, West, and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership
under the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council. Her work connects television, American, and cultural studies. Varadi
has several publications, including a recent article in the journal Film, Fashion and Consumption, and is an alumna of The
Undergraduate Awards, the world’s largest academic awards program. She comes from a multilingual, Hungarian-GermanEnglish, background.
WEDNESDA
EDNESDAY
Y, 08 JUNE
8:00-9:00
REGISTRA
EGISTRATION
TION DESK OPEN
9:00-9:30
CONFERENCE OPENING
Phillip Kalantzis-Cope, Director, Common Ground Publishing, USA
9:30-10:05
PLENAR
LENARY
Y SESSION
Barbara Eckstein, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
"The Humanities: A Two-Three-Four-Five-Part Invention"
10:05-10:35
GARDEN CONVERSA
ONVERSATION
TION & COFFEE BREAK
10:35-11:20
TALKING CIRCLES 1
Room 1: Nature at the Crossroads - New Directions for the Humanities in the Age of the Anthropocene
Room 2: Communication and Linguistics Studies; Literary Humanities; and Books, Publishing, Libraries
Room 3: Civic, Political, and Community Studies
Room 4: Critical Cultural Studies
Room 5: Humanities Education
11:20-11:30
TRANSITIONAL BREAK
PARALLEL SESSIONS
Room 1 Posthumanism in Literatur
Literaturee
11:30-12:45
In Memoriam: Reader
Reader-Response
-Response and the V
Virtual
irtual Construction of Consolation
Eric Bontempo, Department of English, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA
Overview: This paper explores the phenomenological processes in Tennyson’s "In Memoriam," a poem that struggles with science, faith, and mortality in
the wake of the Age of the Anthropocene.
Theme: Literary Humanities
Examining the Old W
Ways
ays in the Language and Poetry of U. A. Fanthorpe
Dr. Mary Charlton, Department of Diabetes, University Hospital Birmingham, Solihull, UK
Overview: For humanities to be prophetic in the anthropocene our writers and poets need to become historians and linguists or work with them so that
old ways can inform the new.
Theme: 2016 Special Theme: Nature at the Crossroads: New Directions for the Humanities in the Age of the Anthropocene
Room 2 Political Studies
Organized Religion and Democracy: An Inher
Inherent
ent Conflict
Dr. John Ray, Liberal Studies Department, Montana Tech of the University of Montana, Los Angeles, USA
Overview: Religion is an important political variable. There is an inherent conflict between religion and democratic politics. This paper explains why.
Theme: Civic, Political, and Community Studies
The Iranian Election of 2009
Dr. Reza Nakhaie, Sociology and Anthropology, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada
Overview: We argue that those who trust the Iranian government are more likely to support the incumbent president. We explore the relationship
between trust and vote to non-voters and non-respondents.
Room 3 Spanish Language Session: Estudios cívicos, políticos y de la comunidad
Room 4 Politics, T
Technology
echnology,, Globalization
Democracy and Elections in Nigeria: 2015 the Critical T
Tur
urning
ning Point
Olanrewaju Akinola, Communication Department, Human and Social Sciences Faculty, North West University, Mafikeng Campus, Mafikeng, South Africa
Overview: This paper reviews the political marketing strategies adopted, the role of technology, and voters' participation in the 2015 Presidential Election
in Nigeria.
The Ef
Effectiveness
fectiveness of Global Advertisement on Cultur
Culturee in India: Emerging Markets
Dr. Rajesh Srivastava, Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research, and Entrepreneurship Education, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India
Dr. Manoj Bhide, Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research, and Entrepreneurship Education, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India
Overview: This study explores whether global advertisement will be effective and how it is perceived. Is it impacted by age, education, religion, and
collective or individualistic behavior?
WEDNESDA
EDNESDAY
Y, 08 JUNE
PARALLEL SESSIONS
Room 5 Education for a New Humanity
11:30-12:45
Inter
Interdisciplinary
disciplinary Lear
Learning
ning Spaces Reconfigur
Reconfigured:
ed: Education for a New Humanity
Prof. Connie Guberman, Department of Historical and Cultural Studies, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Canada
Overview: Interdisciplinary teaching demonstrated the transformative potential of reconfiguring university-community learning spaces which resulted in
students having "a stronger passion for listening" - an example of education for a new humanity.
Theme: Humanities Education
Family Structur
Structuree and School-age Childr
Children's
en's Civic Competency in Leadership V
Value
alue Concepts
Dr. Peter Adewale Amosun, Department of Teacher Education, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Overview: This study determines the moderating effect of family structure on school-age children’s civic competency in leadership value concepts in
social studies and civic education.
Pr
Problem-based
oblem-based Lear
Learning:
ning: Implications for Social Science Disciplines in Nigerian Private Universities
Dr. Dorcas Titilayo Adetula, Department of Accounting, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
Folashade Owolabi, Department of Accounting, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
Omotola Ezenwoke, Department of Accounting, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
Overview: This paper examines the implications of using problem-based learning for teaching large classes in social science disciplines of selected
private universities in Nigeria.
12:45-13:50
LUNCH
PARALLEL SESSIONS
Room 1 Teaching and Lear
Learning
ning in the Humanities
13:50-15:30
Students' Per
Perceptions
ceptions of the "Good" T
Teacher:
eacher: A Hong Kong Study
Dr. Bruce Morrison, English Language Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Overview: By what standards do students judge whether a lecturer is a “good” or a “bad” teacher? In this study, participants were asked what they felt
constituted “good’ and “bad” teaching.
An Examination of Low-income Adult Students' Experiences in the Clemente Course in the Humanities
Charity Anderson, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Overview: I examine students’ experiences in a free, year-long, college-credit bearing humanities course designed exclusively for low-income adults
regardless of their prior education.
Walking with Shackels: Challenges to W
Women
omen Leaders
Sumaira Taj Khan, Educational Policy and Leadership Studies, College of Education, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
Overview: This study focuses on the challenges that female educational leaders face in their managerial positions. These challenges influence their
effectiveness and efficiency in carrying out their responsibilities.
Cr
Crossing
ossing Educational Disciplines: Can the Humanities Craft W
Wiser
iser and Mor
Moree Reflective Physicians?
Prof. Rodger Charlton, Primary Care Education, School of Medicine, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
Elizabeth Charlton, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
Overview: Humanities in a medical curriculum ensures the distinction between illness and disease is more adequately reflected in patient narratives and
what it reveals about their illness and inner world.
Room 2 Literatur
Literaturee and the Anthr
Anthropocene
opocene
Speculative Migrations: Hari Kunzru’
Kunzru’ss Historical Consciousness and the Rhetoric of Interplanetary Colonization
Rachel Rochester, English, The University of Oregon, Eugene, USA
Overview: This paper considers whether novels can help humanity make environmentally and socially sustainable decisions in an era in which
interplanetary colonization is becoming increasingly plausible.
Eco-ing Postcolonial Arabic Literatur
Literaturee
Dr. Hala Ghoneim, Department of Languages and Literatures, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, USA
Overview: The relationship between environmentalism and postcolonialism is described as one of “indifference or mistrust.” An eco-inflected reading of
postcolonial Arabic texts reveals the relevance and necessity of such cross-fertilization.
“If W
Wee Can’
Can’tt Describe Our Reality Accurately
Accurately,, W
Wee Can’
Can’tt See It”: The Role of Cli-Fi in Making Climate Change Real
Dr. Gyorgyi Voros, English Department, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, USA
Overview: This paper explores how climate fiction's appeal to the emotions renders what is incomprehensible both real and immediate, and asks
whether cli-fi is an effective vehicle for influencing public opinion.
Literatur
Literaturee of the Anthr
Anthropocene:
opocene: Hunting Books
Terrence Craig, English Department, Mount Allison University, Sackville, Canada
Overview: An examination of how fiction that includes hunting in Africa has supported and perpetuated wildlife collapse and environmental change.
Room 3 Spanish Language Session: Estudios críticos culturales
WEDNESDA
EDNESDAY
Y, 08 JUNE
PARALLEL SESSIONS
Room 4 Conceptual Frameworks in the Humanities
13:50-15:30
Fr
From
om Phenomenology and Structuralism to Post-structuralism: The Evolution of Literary Theory in the T
Twenty-first
wenty-first Century
Dr. Suman Ghosh, Bengali Language and Literature, Serampore College, Rishra, India
Overview: Post-structuralism agrees with structuralism to a great extent that human subjects are culturally constructed. Post-structuralism challenges
the important assumptions of structuralism that structures of meaning are stable, universal, or a-historical.
Theme: Critical Cultural Studies
How an Evolving Body/Soul Rhetoric Marked the Development of the Humanities
Dr. Rafael Narvaez, Department of Sociology, Winona State University, Winona, USA
Overview: This paper traces the genealogy of Western debates about body and soul and discusses the extent to which an evolving body/soul rhetoric
marked the development of the humanities.
Paul V
Virilio
irilio and the T
Time
ime for Philosophy
Dr. Jeff Noonan, Department of Philosophy, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada
Overview: This paper examines the links between Paul Virilio's critique of speed, the crisis of contemporary philosophy, and the need in contemporary
society for the "slow thinking" philosophy demands.
Revisiting the Concept of God
Dr. Sahebrao G. Nigal, Department of Philosophy, Tattvajnana Vidyapeeth, Mumbai University, Mumbai, India
Overview: From deism to panentheism, this paper provides a philosophical analysis of the concept of God through a historical lens.
Room 5 Featur
Featured
ed Session: Publishing Y
Your
our Article or Book with Common Gr
Ground
ound
In this session Common Ground Publishing will present an overview of publishing philosophy and practices for publishing within The New Direction in
the Humanities Collection of Journals. We will also offer tips for turning conference papers in to journal articles, present an overview of journal publishing
procedures, and provide information on Common Ground's book proposal submission process. Please feel free to bring questions - the second half of
the session will be devoted to Q&A.
15:30-15:45
COFFEE BREAK
PARALLEL SESSIONS
Room 1 New Dir
Directions
ections for the Humanities in the Age of the Anthr
Anthropocene
opocene
15:45-17:00
Animal Agribusiness and the Pr
Pre/Posthuman
e/Posthuman Condition
Steven Smith, Department of English, Marshall University, Huntington, USA
Overview: This paper examines corporate personhood as a posthuman entity through examination of bioethics.
Posthumanities and Artificial Societies
Dr. Iliana Hernandez-Garcia, Aesthetics Department, Technologies, Sciences, and Arts Research Group, Pontifical Xavierian University, Bogota,
Colombia
Overview: This paper analyses how the posthumanities have emerged in relation to artificial societies, focusing on posthuman beings and their concerns
and their relationship with philosophy and arts.
Room 2 Ethics, Morals, and Human Rights
Sear
Searching
ching for Securing Human Dignity
Elif Celik, Department of Human Rights, Faculty of Law, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
Overview: This paper addresses the concept of "human dignity" with particular reference to its place in human rights and attempts to give insight to the
concept by invoking alternate concepts.
Smith, Leopold, and Sustainability: Imagining T
Today's
oday's Ethical Human
Charlie Corwin, Department of Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA
Overview: This paper re-examines Adam Smith's self-interest and includes Aldo Leopold's land ethic as foundational works for today's ethical human in
the context of current environmental and economic systems.
The Role That Literatur
Literaturee Plays in Shaping Our Conceptualization of Identities
Prof. Fetson Kalua, Department of English Studies, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
Overview: In this paper, I argue that literature plays a crucial role in shaping our understanding of the nature of humanity identity.
Room 3 Spanish Language Session: La naturaleza en la encrucijada: las humanidades en la era del Antr
Antropoceno
opoceno
WEDNESDA
EDNESDAY
Y, 08 JUNE
PARALLEL SESSIONS
Room 4 Multilingual Instruction
15:45-17:00
Teachers’ Code Switching and English Language Pr
Proficiency
oficiency in Students
Mujahid Shah, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, Pakistan
Overview: This paper discusses a study determining the effects of teachers’ code switching on students’ learning and their proficiency in the English
language.
Developmental Phonological Pr
Processes:
ocesses: A Pr
Prer
erequisite
equisite for Adequate Scr
Screening
eening and Assessment of Childr
Children’
en’ss Speech in Multilingual
Nigeria
Shirley Yul-Ifode, Emevor Study Centre, National Open University of Nigeria, Emevor, Nigeria
Overview: This study compares the phonological processes that distinguishes the speech of Nigerian children in multilingual Port Harcourt in order to
reduce wrong categorization and wrong diagnosis in children's speech disorders.
Theme: Communications and Linguistic Studies
A Multilingual, Multicultural, Multidisciplinary Appr
Approach
oach to Mother T
Tongue-based
ongue-based Multilingual Education: The Case for the Norther
Northern
n
Philippines
Dr. Elizabeth Alviar Calinawagan, Department of Language, Literature, and the Arts, College of Arts and Communication, University of the Philippines
Baguio, Baguio City, Philippines
Overview: This study discusses a pedagogical proposal for a mother tongue-based multilingual education in a classroom with diverse languages.
Room 5 Literatur
Literaturee and Resistance
Taslima Nasrin’
Nasrin’ss W
Works
orks in the Light of the Philosophy of Atheism
Dr. Alpesh B. Upadhyay, English Department, Saraspur Arts and Commerce College, Ahmedabad, India
Overview: This paper explores the work of Bengali writer Taslima Nasrin, considering especially the themes of communalism, religious persecution, and
fundamentalism.
Establishing Information and Knowledge Databases: A Farsighted V
Vision
ision of a Moder
Modern
n Religious Leader
Moshe Yitzhaki, Department of Library and Information Studies, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Aminadav Yitzhaki, Ministry of Education, Ganei-Tikva, Israel
Overview: The Talmudical Encyclopedia, encompassing 2000 years of Jewish law, an important information and knowledge storage pioneer initiative in
Jewish studies, was envisioned and started in 1942 by Rabbi Meir Berlin.
Theme: Books, Publishing, and Libraries
Labor
Labor,, Alienation, and Aesthetics: Perspectives fr
from
om Chinese Female W
Worker
orker Poets
Prof. Yun Li, Department of Gender and Women's Studies, School of Foreign Languages, The University of California-Berkeley, South China University
of Technology, El Cerrito, USA
Overview: By analyzing the poems written by Chinese female worker poets, this paper expounds their poetic responses to different layers of alienation,
creating a dynamic interpretation of alienation and aesthetics.
THURSDA
HURSDAY
Y, 09 JUNE
8:30-9:00
REGISTRA
EGISTRATION
TION DESK OPEN
9:00-9:15
DAIL
AILY
Y UPDA
PDATE
TE
9:15-10:00
10:00-10:15
TALKING CIRCLES 2
Room 3: Civic, Political, and Community Studies; Humanities Education
Room 5 (Spanish Language Talking Circles): Estudios críticos culturales; Comunicación y estudios de lingüística; Humanidades
en la literatura; Estudios cívicos, políticos y de la comunidad; Educación y humanidades; y el Tema destacado 2016 - La
naturaleza en la encrucijada: las humanidades en la era del Antropoceno
COFFEE BREAK
PARALLEL SESSIONS
Room 1 Educational Appr
Approaches,
oaches, Strategies, Methodologies, and T
Tactics
actics
10:15-11:55
Reason and Emotion: A Pedagogical Challenge
Prof. Louis Silverstein, Humanities, History, and Social Sciences, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, USA
Overview: Students are taught to be objective rational beings, to separate themselves from emotions that impede objectivity. They learn to keep in
check their emotional intelligence impeding a holistic learning experience.
Exiting the Cloud Factory: How Humanities Can Help Science Majors Develop Their W
Writing
riting V
Voice
oice
Dr. Jennifer Wheat, English Department, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, USA
Overview: This paper discusses common problems faced by science majors in communicating technical research to a general audience. I will share
community building and writing strategies.
Morality Education as a Strategy to Impr
Improve
ove Human Intelligence: A Path to the Cognitive Pr
Processing
ocessing of Subjects with Lear
Learning
ning Dif
Difficulties
ficulties
Dr. Marcia Amaral Correa de Moraes, Human Science, Pedagogy, and Psychology, Federal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology of Rio
Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Overview: This study reports the results of a qualitative research investigating how pedagogical intervention on morals can generate qualitative changes
in cognitive structures of individuals with learning disabilities.
Telling the Anthr
Anthropocene
opocene in the Humanities Classr
Classroom
oom
Dr. Julia Daniel, English Department, Baylor University, Waco, USA
Overview: This study translates Bonneuil’s narrative critique of “Anthropocene” into a pedagogy that helps students identify, critique, and reappropriate
rhetorical structures that shape the stories we tell ourselves.
Room 2 Literary Criticism
Wher
Wheree Cultur
Culturee Meets Natur
Nature:
e: Folkloric Animal to Human Metamorphosis Popularly Adapted into Kabuki
Dr. Yukihide Endo, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Takarazuka, Japan
Overview: Animal-human metamorphosis in Japanese folklore has been successfully adapted into Kabuki. Deep in this metamorphosis lies a longing for
spiritual connection with what lies beyond the confines of everyday life.
Social Evolutionism in the "Gr
"Great
eat Divan" by Molavi Rumi
Dr. Ahmad Reza Yalameha, Islamic Azad University, Iran, Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Overview: This paper discusses social evolutionism in the "Great Divan" by Rumi.
Frankenstein's Monster: A Comparison of Juvenile Delinquency and Relation to Par
Parental
ental Abandonment with Shelley’
Shelley’ss Gothic V
Villain
illain
Prof. Jason Whitmarsh, Humanities, St. Johns River State College, Jacksonville, USA
Overview: This paper analyzes the association between juvenile delinquency and parental abandonment by discussing a connection with Shelley’s
Gothic novel, "Frankenstein."
Émile Laur
Laurent’
ent’ss T
Trreatise on Decadent Poetry: Consilience in Nineteenth-century France
Dr. Tanya Mushinsky, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA
Overview: This paper is a historical look, based on a nineteenth-century French treatise, at consilience, which is the principle that evidence from
independent, unrelated sources can "coverge" to strong conclusions.
THURSDA
HURSDAY
Y, 09 JUNE
PARALLEL SESSIONS
Room 3 Virtual Lightning T
Talks
alks
10:15-11:55
Foucault versus the Democratic Discourse: Using Dystopian Literatur
Literaturee to T
Teach
each the American Dr
Dream
eam
Sabrina Jones, English Department, Marshall University, Huntington, USA
Overview: This paper discusses using Rand’s "Anthem" and Collins’ "The Hunger Games" in a writing intensive, critical thinking humanities course to
examine the social implications of the elusive American dream.
Establishing a Liberal Arts and Sciences Pr
Program
ogram in Central-Easter
Central-Eastern
n Eur
Europe:
ope: Hungarian Education in the Footsteps of the Netherlands
Edina Agnes Komuves, Rector's Cabinet, Office of Education Development and Talent Management, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
Overview: This paper address the case of Hungary, where the objectives of higher education development raise the idea of implementing a Bachelor
Program based on a Dutch model.
Case Study Methods Inform Instruction of English Lear
Learners
ners in the United States: Ef
Effective
fective Strategies for English Language Lear
Learners
ners
Dr. Laurie Andes, Department of Teacher Education, Salisbury University, Salisbury, USA
Overview: This study consists of case study data collected and followed by conclusions drawn about the English Learner population, with emphasis on
effective strategies for instruction.
Ethnocentric Inter
Intercuturality:
cuturality: An Adaptation Strategy to a Multicultural W
World
orld
Dr. Eleni Karasavvidou, Department of Preschool Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Overview: We research the representations of immigrants and refugees in literature. We conclude that literature creates and employees in this new era of
multiculturalism a version of an ethnocentric interculturality.
Room 4 Spanish Language Session: Educación y humanidades
Room 5 Linguistic V
Variation
ariation and Communication Studies
Translated Life: Media Intimacies in the W
Work
ork of Junot Diaz
Dr. Nathan Jung, Chicago, USA
Overview: This paper demonstrates that diaspora literacy helps unpack how sociocultural code switching creates opportunities for the development of
intimate media vernaculars, which expand the available vocabulary for defining diasporic culture.
New Englishes in Nigerian Nollywood
Taiwo Oluwaseun Ehineni, Linguistics, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
Overview: This paper argues that new Englishes have been provoked by the local socio-cultural and linguistic context of Nigerian culture and society
which form the audience for the Nollywood industry.
Fr
From
om Doing to Making T
Translation:
ranslation: The Case of Algorithmic W
Works
orks
Dr. Senom Yalcin, Department of Foreign Language Education, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Overview: Approaching algorithmic literature as systems, this paper explores the translation process of algorithmic works and thus the relationship
between systems and translation, be it by human or machine translators.
Language Use and Identity in Nigeria: A Study of Adichie's "Half of a Y
Yellow
ellow Sun" and Attah's "A Bit of Dif
Differ
ference"
ence"
Dr. Anwuli Chukwukaelo, Department of Languages, Federal Polytechnic Oko, Oko, Nigeria
Overview: This paper examines language use with a bid to represent Africa's identity using the novels of Adichie and Attah. This paper concludes that
slang as used is apt.
11:55-13:00
LUNCH
PARALLEL SESSIONS
Room 1 Workshop
13:00-13:45
The Capability of Multiplying Personalities in Authors: Bringing the Author Back into Literary Interpr
Interpretation
etation
Aleksandar Kordis, Asian and International Studies, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Overview: This workshop centers around the use of theories on Multiple Personality Disorder and implementing said theories into a new form of literary
interpretation.
Room 2 Spanish Language W
Workshop
orkshop
THURSDA
HURSDAY
Y, 09 JUNE
PARALLEL SESSIONS
Room 3 Virtual Poster Session
13:00-13:45
On the Significance and Possibilities of Establishing Rhetorical Education in China’
China’ss Undergraduate English Major Curriculum
Chengxiong Chen, College English Department, Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, China
Overview: This study illustrates the role rhetoric, as a discipline of study, plays in the education of China’s undergraduate English major students and the
possibilities of establishing the discipline.
Developing and Evaluating a Serious Game for the W
Writing
riting Classr
Classroom
oom
Dr. Mark Mabrito, Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, USA
Overview: This study focuses on the development of a serious game to teach rhetorical appeals in a writing classroom, emphasizing pedagogical
benefits as well as students’ feedback to the game.
A New Step to Dawn: Fr
From
om Mulk Raj Anand’
Anand’ss "Gauri" to Erasing Barricades
Prof. Khushbu Soni, Humanities Department, Grow More Faculty of Engineering, Modasa, India
Overview: Since times immemorial, the socio-cultural milieu of India insists that males dominate and subjugate females. This study focuses on Anand’s
literary text to scrutinize the changing image of woman.
Room 4 Featur
Featured
ed Event: Book Launch & Meet the Author
Nixon and the Dragon Lady by Evan Laine
Room 5 Workshop
A Collaboration of T
Texan
exan Humanities Educators: "T
"Trial,
rial, T
Transformation,
ransformation, and T
Transcendence"
ranscendence"
Sarah Church, Department of Dance, Texas Woman's University, Denton, USA
Dr. Brad Robin, Graduate School of Music, University of North Texas, Denton, USA
Overview: The key to a powerful and effective humanities classroom is to create a permeable, inviting, and honest environment. Check out how Texasbased Fusion Forum creates and conducts such an environment.
13:45-13:55
TRANSITIONAL BREAK
PARALLEL SESSIONS
Room 1 Critical Cultural Studies
13:55-15:35
Tidings of Comfort and Joy
David F. Dahlgren, Moosomin, Canada
Overview: My paper discusses how postcards were used to temper the natural response of the receiver to the "terror war" in which the sender was
involved in World War I.
The Relationship between Contemporary Bir
Bird
d Images and People in China: An Integration of Man and Natur
Naturee
Dr. Sonia Tidemann, Research, Teaching, and Learning Division, Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, Port Lincoln, Australia
Overview: This study examines Chinese contemporary bird images to determine whether they express the Chinese people’s "love of life" and the
philosophy that humans are an integral part of nature.
An Examination of "Cuteness" as a Gateway to Other Secondary T
Taste
aste T
Terms
erms
Richard Fry, School of Technology, Brigham Young University, Provo, USA
Overview: Evaluation of the definition, themes, and characteristics of "cuteness," as an introduction to understanding other secondary taste terms.
The Emotional Af
Affect
fect of Musical Numbers in an Episode of "Gr
"Grey's
ey's Anatomy": Reconciling Psychoanalytic and Neur
Neuroscientific
oscientific Theories of
Music and Emotion
Anna Varadi, Department of English and Film, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
Overview: This paper reconciles traditional psychoanalytic readings of the emotional affect of musical numbers with current research on the
neuroscience of music, through the analysis of a television episode.
THURSDA
HURSDAY
Y, 09 JUNE
PARALLEL SESSIONS
Room 2 Social Policy and Political Challenges for Inclusivity
13:55-15:35
Practical Survival Strategies among Undocumented and Documented Brazilian Immigrants in Eur
Europe:
ope: A Comparative Study in Milan and
London
Dr. Edmar Jose da Rocha, Social Science and Political Science, Faculdade Sumaré, São Paulo, Brazil
Overview: Brazilian immigrants choose irregular migration to Milan and London as a survival strategy to stay in the country and make investments, thus
resisting regularization.
The Sear
Search
ch for Common Gr
Ground:
ound: Cultur
Culturee in Califor
California's
nia's Central V
Valley
alley
Dr. Chad Redwing, Arts, Humanities, and Communications Division, Yosemite Community College District, Modesto Jr. College, Modesto, USA
Prof. Florine Carter, Arts, Humanities, and Communications Division, Modesto Junior College, Modesto, USA
Overview: An NEH funded project explores the rich cultural heritage, daily life, and struggles of those who live in California’s Central Valley, particularly
migrant, refugee, and low-income workers.
Physical Accessibility for the Mobility Impair
Impaired:
ed: The Case of Kumasi
Dr. Justice Owusu-Ansah, Department of Planning, College of Architecture and Planning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology,
Kumasi, Ghana
Overview: This paper, conducted in Kumasi, explores the extent of compliance to universal design standards in the built environment and in major public
hospitals towards accessibility.
Issues on Sexuality: Focusing on the Case of South Kor
Korea
ea
Prof. Jinman Kyonne, Department of Public Administration, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, South Korea
Overview: This paper explores the current condition of LGBT rights in South Korea, reporting on this critical problem.
Room 3 Spanish Language Session: Educación y humanidades II
Room 4 Identity
Identity,, Cultur
Culture,
e, and Space
The Semiotics of Naga Identity Formation
Dr. Hewasa Lorin, Tetso College, Dimapur, India
Overview: This paper explores Naga identity formation by studying the transformations in Naga concepts of selfhood from pre-colonial times to the
present.
Change by Cultur
Culturee versus Change by Natur
Nature:
e: Cultural Urban Studies
Prof. Ewa Rewers, Institute of Cultural Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Overview: In this paper I prove that the relations between urban cultures and what is called "urban nature" are actually the main topic of the critical
discourse in cultural urban studies.
Critical Thinking: A Speech and History Lear
Learning
ning Community
Irene Thrower, Department of Communication and Fine Arts, Humanities Division, Tarrant County College - Trinity River Campus, Fort Worth, USA
Overview: This paper describes a learning community taught in our Cornerstone Honors program at Tarrant County College - Trinity River Campus. We
merged SPCH 1311 (basic speech course) and HIST 1301.
Room 5 Narrative Content and Literary T
Techniques
echniques
Monsters, Ghosts, and Robots in the Stories of the Contemporary Japanese W
Writer
riter Otsuichi: New Friends or Ancient Foes?
Dr. Liala Khronopulo, Department of Japanese Studies, Faculty of Asian and African Studies, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg,
Russian Federation
Overview: This paper explores how legendary monsters and other supernatural creatures are functioning in the stories of popular Japanese writer
Otsuichi (pen name; real name Adachi Hirotaka, born in 1978).
John McClane’
McClane’ss Origin Story: Understanding "Die Har
Hard"
d" as Film Adaptation of Roderick Thorp’
Thorp’ss "Nothing Last For
Forever"
ever"
Andrea Lohf, English, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, USA
Overview: My paper looks at the acclaimed blockbuster "Die Hard" in light of its genre-mixed novelistic origin.
Narrative Politics in "The T
Tur
urn
n of the Scr
Screw"
ew"
Jittima Pruttipurk, Department of English, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Overview: Drawing upon William James’s notion of consciousness, I argue that Henry James’s "The Turn of the Screw" questions the nature of meaning
production and the possibility of acquiring objective truth.
Tourists, T
Travelers,
ravelers, and Inhabitants: Geographical Information System and W
Wor
ordsworth’
dsworth’ss "Guide to the Lakes"
Dr. Joanna Taylor, History, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
Overview: This paper applies geographical information system methodologies to Wordsworth’s "Guide to the Lakes," demonstrating how such
technologies can be used to develop textual understandings initiated by more traditional analytic approaches.
FRIDA
RIDAY
Y, 10 JUNE
8:30-9:00
REGISTRA
EGISTRATION
TION DESK OPEN
9:00-9:10
DAIL
AILY
Y UPDA
PDATE
TE
9:10-9:45
PLENAR
LENARY
Y SESSION
David Vampola, State University of New York at Oswego, New York, USA
"The Anthropocene and the Humanities: Towards a Spatiotemporal Taxonomy for Investigation and Integration"
9:45-10:15
GARDEN CONVERSA
ONVERSATION
TION & COFFEE BREAK
PARALLEL SESSIONS
Room 1 Linguistic and Language Studies
10:15-11:55
A Retur
Return
n to Babel: Cultural Linguistics Giving W
Way
ay to a Global Language
Tiffany Draper, Department of English, Northern Arizona University, Saint George, USA
Overview: By understanding the effects of globalization on cultural languages, society can utilize the benefits and help to prevent the drawbacks of a
global language.
Esperanto: A Flawed "Universal" Language?
Dr. Kurt Barnada, Department of Modern Languages, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, USA
Overview: This paper addresses the argued limited linguistic deficiencies of Esperanto, which ultimately have denied a successful transition of Esperanto
toward acceptance as a world-wide means of communication.
Putting Meaning Back into Development: Constraints and the Role of Semiotics in the Emergence of Development
Prof. Kobus Marais, Department of Linguistics and Language Practice, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Overview: This paper explores the notion of constraints, as conceptualized by Terrance Deacaon, in the emergence of the social. It applies Deacon's
theory to a complexity approach to semiotics.
Room 2 Critical Studies in Human Dif
Differ
ferences
ences and Diversity
Including Seminal African-American Artists in the Humanities
Dr. Gay Sweely, Department of Art and Design, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, USA
Overview: African-American artists have long sought recognition of their various endeavors for nearly four-hundred years. Today, they are beginning to
receive their due inclusion in our revisionist examination of the humanities.
An Epistemology of Racial Ignorance and Theology
Dr. Wioleta Polinska, Religious Studies, North Central College, Naperville, USA
Overview: Given that racial discrimination affects the whole embodied being, theologians need to investigate ways of reducing prejudice that extends
beyond the rational counter-measures that address racist thoughts and behaviors.
African American Pr
Professors
ofessors Who Have T
Taught
aught in Ghana, W
West
est Africa: A Phenomenological Study
Jahzara Mayes Otoo, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, USA
Overview: This study addresses the dearth of literature about the experiences of African American professors who have taught in Ghana.
Policies' Role in Encouraging Gender Discrimination in Pakistan
Sumaira Taj Khan, Educational Policy and Leadership Studies, College of Education, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
Diana Marcela Galvez Bohorquez, Program of Schools Culture and Society, College of Education, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
Overview: This study reports analyses of certain policies and their implementation in the Pakistani educational system. It found gender discrimination at
both levels.
FRIDA
RIDAY
Y, 10 JUNE
PARALLEL SESSIONS
Room 3 Social Meaning and the Humanities: Dismantling and Resistance
10:15-11:55
Foucaultian Discourse Analysis in Albee’
Albee’ss "The Sandbox"
Faiza Zaheer, English Department, Forman Christian College, Lahore, Pakistan
Overview: This paper focuses on the social, cultural, psychological, and linguistic disunity and disorder within Edward Albee's multi-layered text "The
Sandbox."
Unmasking the Nation: Unruly W
Women
omen in Caribbean and African Canadian Literatur
Literaturee
Dr. Andrea Davis, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada
Overview: This paper draws on theories of masking and marronage to interrogate the resistive and performative nature of African and Caribbean
women’s literatures in Canada.
"Bend It Like Beckham": Cool Britannia and the Asian Briton Experience
Dr. Carolyn Perry, Communication and Humanities Division, Collin College, Plano, USA
Overview: Gurinder Chadha’s 2002 autobiographical film "Bend It Like Beckham" expresses the challenging experiences of many Asian Britons while
promoting the "Cool Britannia" agenda of the Tony Blair administration.
AT
Transnational
ransnational Jour
Journey
ney of Historical Narrative thr
through
ough Films: A Study of the Film "Airlift" vis-à-vis the Gulf W
War
ar
Dr. Chetana Pokhriyal, Department of English, MKP Girls College, Dehradun, India
Overview: This paper studies the changing paradigm of cinema during the Gulf War and builds Indian nation and nationality vis-a-vis a critical vocabulary
to scrutinize film studies.
Room 4 Publishing, W
Writing,
riting, and Knowing
Book Cover Colors: The Reader’
Reader’ss Choice
Dr. Arūnas Gudinavičius, Institute of Book Science and Documentation, Faculty of Communication, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Overview: The results of this study show that reader’s book choice is influenced by cover color. Preference between color and decision speed differ
between gender and age to some degree.
Limiting Spaces to Foster Cr
Creativity
eativity in Fiction W
Writing
riting
Dr. Ma. Cecilia Alimen, Center for Research, Innovation, and Development, University of San Agustin, Iloilo City, Philippines
Overview: This study is a reflective study in the teaching of fiction. Students are given tasks in fiction and they are required to accomplish the same by
limiting their writing spaces.
Moses and the Matrix: Considering Myths of Knowing
Dr. Mark Beatham, Plattsburgh State University of New York, Plattsburgh, USA
Overview: Ancient and modern myths about knowing are compared to illustrate dangers of human thought and action in the Anthropocene. Humanities
education is discussed as both critique and solution.
Literatur
Literaturee and Information Design
Guy Villa, Jr., Graphic Design, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, USA
Sharon Oiga, School of Design, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA
Overview: To encourage students of design (who are typically visual-based learners) to become more literate, a project curriculum has been developed
that celebrates literature, requires research, and teaches information design.
Room 5 Spanish Language Session: Adiciones finales
11:55-12:50
LUNCH
PARALLEL SESSIONS
Room 1 Life W
Writing:
riting: Studies on Autobiographical W
Works
orks
12:50-14:30
Memory
Memory,, Emotions, and T
Trauma
rauma
Grazyna Zajdow, Faculty of Arts and Education, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
Overview: The use of photographs that should never have survived help to tell a story of trauma and survival. How does the researcher approach this
when it is her own family?
The Female “I” in Leonor López de Cór
Córdoba’
doba’ss "Memoirs"
Luzmila Camacho Platero, Spanish and Portuguese Department, The Ohio State University at Marion, Columbus, USA
Overview: This paper contextualizes historically Leonor López de Córdoba’s (1363 – 1430) "Memoirs," the first woman’s autobiography written in
Castilian, which records the misfortune and injustices of her family.
FRIDA
RIDAY
Y, 10 JUNE
PARALLEL SESSIONS
Room 2 Language Acquisition and Language Instruction
12:50-14:30
Chinese as Second Language Lear
Learners’
ners’ Reading Cognitive Pr
Processes
ocesses
Dr. Xiaohui Sun, School of Foreign Languages and Literature, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Dr. Shaoqian Luo, School of Foreign Languages and Literature, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Overview: Seven CSL learners’ reading cognitive processes are analyzed and it is found that CSL learners’ reading cognitive processes involve mental
activities, such as, remembering, understanding, analyzing, and evaluating.
Self-r
Self-regulation
egulation and Autonomous Lear
Learning
ning Mediated by Dialogic T
Tutoring
utoring
Dr. Imelda Zorro, Postgraduate Program in Didactics and Foreign Languges, Teacher Education Program, Universidad Libre de Colombia, Bogotá,
Colombia
Overview: This paper deals with dialogic tutoring as a mediation to lead learners towards self-regulation and autonomy. It discusses how the
participants’ voices result from an internalization processes.
Room 3 New Dir
Directions
ections in Literary Humanities
Digital Literatur
Literature:
e: The W
Web
eb Novel "Envy" by Elfriede Jelinek
Dr. Esther V. Schneider Handschin, Technical College Basle, Basle, Switzerland
Overview: Jelinek published her novel "Envy" exclusively on her homepage in 2008. In my paper I analyze her web novel in the context of the
digitalization of literary writing.
Homer Becomes Electric: Episodes in T
Translation
ranslation
Rich DeRouen, Academic Affairs, Collin College, McKinney, USA
Overview: This paper's examination of Homer's "The Iliad" in multiple English versions illustrates the capacity of translation to not only reimagine but
reinvent both the poem and the poet.
(Re)negotiating Performance/T
Performance/Text:
ext: Dulaang UP Baguio's Play "Sayaw ng Panahon" 2013-2015
Doris Wilson, Department of Communication, College of Arts and Communication, University of the Philippines Baguio, Baguio, Philippines
Overview: This paper analyzes Dulaang UP Baguio's (re)negotiation of the performance/text in its 2013-2015 stagings of the play "Sayaw ng Panahon"
in several indigenous communities of Benguet and Mountain Province, Philippines.
Queer Por
Pornographic
nographic Anality in Contemporary Central American Short Stories
Jonathan Elí Melgar, Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, The City College of New York, New York, USA
Overview: I analyze heterosexual literature (spaces) in which there is a common thread that can be interpreted as a non-heterosexual normative way of
portraying pornographic images.
Room 4 Critical Theory and the Humanities
The Ancient Cassandra: Fr
From
om G.W
G.W.F
.F.. Hegel to Miranda Fricker
Dr. Victoria I. Burke, Department of Philosophy, University of Guelph, Toironto, Canada
Overview: This paper figuratively uses the ancient Greek Cassandra myth to illustrate Miranda Fricker's feminist epistemology. Given the nature of
signification, social power can infect the very nature of meaning.
Taking Aim at the Pr
Present:
esent: A Pr
Process
ocess T
Tur
urn
n for the Humanities
Keith Robinson, Department of Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, USA
Overview: I show how process thinkers critique a certain conception of time and free our thinking from the substance forms and categories into which it
is often partitioned in the humanities.
Embodying the Other in T
Teatr
eatro
o delle Albe's "Noise in the W
Waters":
aters": Immigration, Performance, and Politics in the W
Work
ork of Jean Luc Nancy
and Hannah Ar
Arendt
endt
Patrizia Acerra, School for New Learning, De Paul University, Chicago, USA
Overview: This paper analyzes the play "Noise in the Waters" through the lens of Jean Luc Nancy's "Being Singular Plural" and Hannah Arendt's "The
Human Condition."
FRIDA
RIDAY
Y, 10 JUNE
PARALLEL SESSIONS
Room 5 Late Additions
12:50-14:30
The Inter
International
national Politics of Air Disasters: Lessons for Global Gover
Governance
nance fr
from
om Asia, 2014
Alan Chong, Centre for Multilateralism Studies, RSIS-Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
Jun Yan Chang, Military Studies Programme, RSIS-Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
Overview: This paper examines the lack of global aviation governance in the area of safety and recovery in the aftermath of an aviation disaster through
three case studies from Asia.
Papers T
Tur
urned
ned into Interviews: A Strategy to Combat Plagiarism and Enhance Student Integrity
Prof. Itai Sneh, History Department, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, USA
Overview: This study practically advances meaningful research through faculty guidance. Students follow parameters worthwhile for college and postgraduate level instruction of liberal arts goals of clear speaking and coherent communication.
The Futur
Futuree of Jour
Journalism
nalism Education: A Liberal Arts Point of V
View
iew
Dr. Luigi Manca, Department of Communication Arts, Benedictine University, Lisle, USA
Overview: We need to explore new ways to keep media arts education liberal and liberal arts education relevant.
Viewpoints: Liberatory Ensemble and Character
Dr. Christopher Clark, Department of Theatrical Arts for Stage and Screen, Utah Valley University, Orem, USA
Overview: A case study explores how Anne Bogart's "Viewpoints" might create the ideal collaborative studio environment for liberating student actors
and evolving staging in the theatrical arts.
14:30-15:00
SPECIAL EVENT: CLOSING AND AWARD CEREMONY
XIV Congreso Internacional sobre
“La Naturaleza en la Encrucijada: las Humanidades en la
Era del Antropoceno”
University of Illinois at Chicago | Chicago, EE.UU | 8–10 junio 2016
www.las-humanidades.es/
www.facebook.com/NewDirectionsintheHumanities
@onthehumanities | #ICNDH16
Humanidades
las-humanidades.es
Estimados participantes del Congreso sobre Nuevas Tendencias en Humanidades:
Bienvenidos a Chicago al XIV Congreso Internacional sobre Nuevas Tendencias en Humanidades. Creamos la Comunidad de
Conocimiento de Nuevas Tendencias en Humanidades, el congreso, la colección de revistas y los libros con la finalidad de explorar las
tradiciones disciplinarias de las humanidades, pero también las prácticas innovadoras que plantean una nueva agenda para su futuro.
Desde su primera emisión en la Universidad del Egeo, en la isla de Rodas, Grecia, en 2003, el Congreso Internacional sobre Nuevas
Tendencias en Humanidades se ha realizado año con año en diferentes países y continentes, cada uno de los cuales ha contribuido con
sus propios puntos de vista sobre la condición humana y el estado actual de los estudios del ser humano. El congreso se celebró en
el Centro Universitario de Monash, Prato, Italia, en 2004; en la Universidad de Cambridge, Cambridge, Reino Unido, en 2005; en la
Universidad de Cartago, Túnez, en 2006; en la Universidad Americana de París, Francia, en 2007; en la Universidad Fatih, Estambul,
Turquía, en 2008; en el Hotel de la Amistad en Pekín, China, en 2009; en la Universidad de California, Los Ángeles, EE.UU., en 2010;
en la Universidad de Granada, España, en 2011; en el Centro Mont-Royal en Montreal, Canadá, en 2012; en la Universidad Eötvös
Loránd, Budapest, en 2013; en la Universidad CEU San Pablo, Madrid, España, en 2014; en la Universidad de Columbia Británica en
Vancouver, Canadá, en 2015; y el próximo año tendremos el placer de celebrar el congreso en el Imperial College de Londres, en Reino
Unido.
Los congresos son espacios de intercambio efímero; hablamos, aprendemos y nos inspiramos, pero estas conversaciones se desvanecen
con el tiempo. Por ello, la Comunidad de Conocimiento ha establecido diferentes tipos de publicaciones, con el fin de capturar estas
conversaciones y formalizarlas en objetos de conocimiento. Lo invitamos a presentar su investigación en la Colección de Revistas de
Humanidades.
Common Ground Publishing organiza la Comunidad de Conocimiento de Nuevas Tendencias en Humanidades en colaboración
con los editores y los socios comunitarios. Desde 1984, año de su fundación, nuestra empresa se ha comprometido con la creación
nuevos tipos de comunidades de conocimiento que sean innovadoras en sus medios de comunicación y que tengan una visión de
futuro en sus discursos. Además, hemos asumido algunos de los retos fundamentales de nuestra época para trascender las estructuras
de conocimiento existentes. La sustentabilidad, la diversidad, el aprendizaje, el futuro de las humanidades, la naturaleza de la
interdisciplinariedad, el lugar de las artes en la sociedad, las conexiones de la tecnología con el conocimiento, el papel cambiante de
las universidades, todas son cuestiones realmente importantes de nuestro tiempo que requieren un pensamiento interdisciplinario,
conversaciones globales y colaboraciones intelectuales interinstitucionales. Common Ground es un lugar de encuentro para las
personas, las ideas y el diálogo.
Sin embargo, la fuerza de estas ideas no consiste en encontrar denominadores comunes. Al contrario, el poder y la resistencia de estas
ideas es que se presentan y se examinan en un ámbito compartido donde las diferencias tienen lugar —diferencias de perspectiva, de
experiencia, de conocimientos, de metodología, de orígenes geográficos o culturales o de afiliación institucional—. Estos son los tipos
de entornos académicos, vigorosos y solidarios, en los que se llevarán a cabo las deliberaciones más productivas sobre el futuro. Nos
esforzamos en crear los lugares de imaginación e interacción intelectual que nuestro futuro merece.
Desde su creación, Common Ground Publishing se ha comprometido con la diversidad y con la creación de puentes entre las diferentes
lenguas y culturas, que nos permitan traspasar las fronteras lingüísticas y geográficas. Para cumplir con este ideal, hemos lanzado
Common Ground Español, ahora con sede en el Recinto de Investigación de la Universidad de Illinois en Urbana-Champaign, con el fin
de crear y desarrollar comunidades de conocimiento en América Latina, sobre la base de la lengua y la cultura hispánica y portuguesa.
Humanidades
las-humanidades.es
Gracias a todos los que han participado en la organización de este congreso. Un agradecimiento personal a nuestros colegas de Common
Ground, que han puesto mucho trabajo y esfuerzo en la realización de este congreso: Mónica Hillison, Alexa Musgrove, Doriam Reyes y
Jessica Wienhold-Brokish.
Le deseamos lo mejor para este congreso y esperamos que le brinde muchas oportunidades para dialogar tanto con colegas cercanos
como de todo el mundo. Esperamos también que nos acompañen en el Congreso sobre Nuevas Tendencias en Humanidades el próximo
año, del 5 al 7 de julio de 2017, en Londres, Reino Unido.
Sinceramente,
Dr. William Cope
Director, Common Ground Publishing
Comunidad de
Conocimiento de
Nuevas Tendencias
en Humanidades
Estudiamos las tradiciones
disciplinarias de las humanidades,
pero también las prácticas
innovadoras que plantean una nueva
agenda para su futuro
Humanidades Comunidad de Conocimiento
La comunidad de conocimiento indaga en las cuestiones complejas y sutiles de las Humanidades y de otras disciplinas afines.
Manifiesta una inquietud por predecir cuál será el futuro de la disciplina, hacia dónde se dirige la investigación humanística.
Los miembros de la comunidad tienen la oportunidad de reunirse, año tras año, en los congresos, o bien de mantenerse en
contacto mediante las revistas y los libros editados por Common Ground Publishing, los cuales están disponibles para todos
gracias a las posibilidades que ofrecen los medios digitales. Los miembros que conforman esta comunidad de conocimiento
son académicos, investigadores, humanistas, consultores culturales, educadores y estudiantes de doctorado, entre otros
perfiles.
Congreso
El Congreso sobre Nuevas Tendencias en Humanidades se ha ganado una excelente reputación como foro de generación de
nuevas ideas y prácticas en la investigación y en la enseñanza de las Humanidades.
Los miembros de la comunidad y los nuevos asistentes provienen de todas partes del mundo. El congreso constituye un
espacio de reflexión crítica en el que se dan cita tanto figuras de prestigio internacional en la disciplina, como académicos
emergentes. Quienes no puedan asistir tienen la opción de enviar un artículo para someterlo a su posible publicación en las
revistas asociadas.
Publicaciones
Al participar en el Congreso Internacional sobre Nuevas Tendencias en Humanidades, los autores o ponentes tienen la
oportunidad de publicar en la Colección de Revistas de Humanidades, en cuyo proceso de edición, la revisión por pares se
concibe desde una perspectiva constructiva e integradora.
Humanidades Temas
Tema 1: Estudios críticos culturales
El tema plantea analizar el ámbito de estudio de las humanidades y la creación de un lienzo crítico cuyo medio sean los
estudios culturales; examinar las perspectivas críticas sobre las disciplinas académicas para responder adecuadamente ante los
constantes cambios en las relaciones humanas, en la tecnología y en el medio ambiente, y poder construir así nuevos marcos
conceptuales, metodologías de investigación y tendencias de investigación para la disciplina. Entre otros, se estudian los
siguientes temas:
• Humanidades inter y multidisciplinarias
• Humanidades, tecnología, ciencia y economía
• Investigación en humanidades
• Subjetividad, objetividad, verdad y relatividad
• Filosofía, conciencia y significado
• Perspectivas geográficas y arqueológicas sobre los movimientos humanos
• Estudio del pasado y el presente de la humanidad
• El futuro de las humanidades
Tema 2: Comunicación y estudios lingüísticos
El tema plantea el análisis de las formas y los efectos de la comunicación humana. Entre otros:
• Las formas de expresión mediante el arte, los medios de comunicación, la tecnología y el diseño
• La diversidad lingüística y cultural: su naturaleza y significados
• La dinámica de las lenguas
• Nuevos medios, nuevos mensajes y nuevos significados en la sociedad de la información
Tema 3: Humanidades en la literatura
Compartimos trabajos sobre crítica literaria y prácticas literarias, para dar seguimiento a teorías tradicionales o para
cuestionar los límites de los géneros literarios, de las diferentes formas de expresión y de los contenidos culturales. Entre otros
temas, discutimos sobre:
• Perspectivas sobre la crítica literaria
• Marcos conceptuales (moderno, posmoderno, neoliberal, el colonialismo, el postcolonialismo, etc.)
• Literatura: nacional, internacional y de la diáspora
• Formas literarias y géneros
• Las formas literarias de los medios de comunicación: fotografía, cine, video, internet
• Identidad y diferencia en la literatura
Humanidades Temas
Tema 4: Estudios cívicos, políticos y de la comunidad
Se refiere a la parte social de las humanidades, donde convergen con las ciencias sociales. Se estudian aspectos de la política,
la gobernanza y el control que las naciones ejercen sobre las poblaciones. Se explora la condición humana en la era de la
globalización. Entre otros temas, destacan:
• Formas de organización humana: familia, instituciones, organizaciones, estados y sociedades
• Expresiones humanas: valores, actitudes, disposiciones, sensibilidades
• Diferencias humanas: género, sexualidad, grupo y clase social, “discapacidades”
• Afinidades: ciudadanía y otras formas de pertenencia
• Globalización y efectos
• Diversidad: el diálogo como un imperativo local y global
• La dinámica de la identidad en la cultura
• Inmigración, refugio, minorías y diásporas
• Internacionalismo, globalización, multiculturalismo, cosmopolitismo
• Derechos humanos
• Violencia y paz
• Gobernanza y política en la sociedad
Tema 5: Educación y humanidades
Se analizan las teorías y las prácticas de enseñanza y aprendizaje en las disciplinas de las humanidades y las ciencias
humanísticas sociales, y en general, temas sobre pedagogía. Entre otros:
• Pedagogía
• Adquisición de la lengua y enseñanza de idiomas
• Enseñanza de segundas lenguas
• Desarrollo profesional y formación del profesorado
• Influencia de las características del alumno en el proceso educativo
• Educación para una nueva humanidad
Humanidades Tema Destacado 2016
La naturaleza en la encrucijada: las humanidades en la era del Antropoceno
El propósito de los diversos campos de las humanidades es reflexionar sobre la condición humana. Una de las cuestiones
fundamentales de nuestro tiempo es la naturaleza. La época que hemos denominado como Antropoceno se caracteriza por una
gran aceleración de los impactos humanos sobre la naturaleza. La industria moderna, el crecimiento demográfico y el aumento
del consumo per cápita se han traducido en el cambio climático (aumento de las temperaturas globales, de los niveles del mar,
del CO2 en la atmósfera, por mencionar solo algunos).
El objetivo principal del XIV Congreso Internacional sobre Nuevas Tendencias en Humanidades es dialogar sobre el contexto
conceptual e histórico del Antropoceno. ¿Cómo afecta esta reconceptualización de la historia natural a la investigación
humanística? ¿Cuál es la base ontológica del conocimiento, la autonomía y la libertad como perspectivas interpretativas sobre
la acción humana en el mundo natural? ¿Cómo deberían las humanidades y las ciencias naturales relacionarse entre sí para
enfrentar los desafíos del Antropoceno?
Colección de Revistas
de Humanidades
Estamos comprometidos con la
creación de un marco intelectual de
referencia y apoyo para el diálogo
interdisciplinario que tenga como
fundamento las distintas tradiciones
en las humanidades
Humanidades Colección de Revistas
Acerca de Nuestro Enfoque Editorial
Desde hace 30 años, Common Ground Publishing se ha comprometido con la creación de espacios para el encuentro entre
personas e ideas. Con 10 comunidades de conocimiento en español y portugués, y 24 comunidades en inglés, la misión de
Common Ground es proveer plataformas que reúnan a personas de diversos orígenes geográficos, institucionales y culturales
en espacios donde académicos y otros profesionales puedan establecer relaciones en los distintos campos disciplinarios de
estudio. Cada comunidad de conocimiento organiza un congreso académico anual de carácter internacional y se asocia con
una revista académica que funciona bajo la revisión por por pares (o una colección de revistas), una colección de libros y una
serie de redes sociales en torno a un nuevo “espacio social de conocimiento”, que ha sido desarrollado por Common Ground:
Scholar: (http://cgscholar.com/).
Mediante los servicios editoriales, Common Ground sostiene el objetivo fomentar los más altos estándares de excelencia
intelectual. Somos muy críticos con las deficiencias que existen en el actual sistema de publicaciones académicas, incluidas
las redes que restringen la visibilidad de los académicos e investigadores emergentes en los países en desarrollo, así como los
costos e ineficiencias asociados con la edición comercial tradicional.
Para combatir estas deficiencias, Common Ground ha desarrollado un modelo de publicación innovador. Cada una de las
comunidades de conocimiento de Common Ground organiza un congreso académico anual cuya cuota de inscripción incluye
la publicación de un artículo —si pasa el proceso de revisión por pares— en la revista asociada sin costo adicional. De este
modo los autores pueden presentar una ponencia en un congreso científico de su área de investigación, incorporar las críticas
constructivas que reciben de los asistentes y después de incorporarlas, enviar un artículo sólido para someterlo al proceso de
revisión por pares, sin que el autor tenga que pagar una tasa adicional.
Al usar una parte de la cuota de inscripción para financiar los costes asociados a la producción y comercialización de las
revistas, Common Ground es capaz de mantener bajos los precios de suscripción, facilitando así el acceso a todos nuestros
contenidos. Los participantes del congreso pueden subir sus presentaciones al canal de YouTube de Common Ground, además
de contar con una suscripción electrónica gratuita a la revista por un periodo de un año. Esta suscripción permite el acceso a
todos los números de la revista en español, portugués e inglés. Además, cada artículo que publicamos está disponible de forma
individual con una tarifa de descarga para los no abonados. Los autores disponen además de la opción de publicar su artículo
en acceso abierto para así poder llegar a una mayor audiencia y garantizar la difusión más amplia posible.
El riguroso proceso de revisión de Common Ground trata también de abordar algunos de los sesgos inherentes a los modelos
tradicionales de las editoriales académicas. El conjunto de revisores, dictaminadores o árbitros está conformado por los
mismos autores que han enviado artículos a la revista, así como también por académicos voluntarios cuyos currículos y
experiencia académica han sido evaluados por el equipo editorial de Common Ground. Los artículos son asignados a revisores
con base en sus intereses académicos y experiencia. Al tener voluntarios y a otros autores como posibles revisores, Common
Ground evita los inconvenientes de someter los textos al juicio de un solo editor, lo que muchas veces limita la publicación
académica. En cambio, Common Ground aprovecha el potencial de los participantes del congreso y de los autores de las
revistas para evaluar los trabajos, con un sistema de evaluación basado en criterios más democráticos e intelectualmente
más rigurosos que otros modelos tradicionales. Common Ground también valora la importante labor de los revisores, al
reconocerlos como Editores Asociados en los volúmenes en los que contribuyen.
Con la creación de un software asombrosamente innovador, Common Ground también ha comenzado a hacer frente a lo
que considera como un cambio en las relaciones tecnológicas, económicas, geográficas, interdisciplinarias, sociales y de
distribución y difusión del conocimiento. Desde hace más de diez años hemos estado construyendo una editorial mediada por
las tecnologías web y las nueves redes sociales, donde la gente pueda trabajar en estrecha colaboración para aprender, crear y
compartir conocimiento. La última creación de este proyecto es un entorno social de conocimiento pionero llamado Scholar
(http://cgscholar.com/), plataforma informática que provee un lugar donde los académicos pueden conectarse en red y dar
visibilidad a sus investigaciones mediante una librería personal.
Los invitamos a que sean parte de estas comunidades en la creación de diálogos entre diferentes perspectivas, experiencias,
áreas de conocimiento y metodologías, y de las interacciones en el congreso, las conversaciones online, los artículos de la
revista o la colección de libros.
Sobre la Colección de Revistas de Humanidades
Las humanidades constituyen un ámbito de aprendizaje, reflexión y acción; un lugar de diálogo entre epistemologías,
perspectivas y áreas de conocimiento. En las fronteras entre las diferentes áreas del saber humano, las humanidades podrían
contribuir a que los sistemas modernos de conocimiento amplíen su estrechez de miras. Los artículos de la Colección de
Revistas de Humanidades presentan una perspectiva amplia que va desde lo general y especulativo hasta lo particular y
empírico. Su preocupación principal es redefinir el entendimiento de lo humano, mostrar la interacción de diversas prácticas
disciplinarias dentro de las humanidades, e impulsar el debate sobre las diversas facetas de la humanidad.
Fundada: 2012
Periocidad de Publicación: Semestral (Junio, Diciembre)
las-humanidades.es
ijhes.cgpublisher.com
Revista Internacional de Humanidades
La Revista Internacional de Humanidades ofrece un espacio para el diálogo y la publicación de nuevos
conocimientos sobre tradiciones pasadas en el seno de las humanidades, al tiempo que establece un
programa renovado para el futuro.
ISSN: 2253-6825 (Versión Electrónica) | En tramité (Versión Impresa)
Revista Internacional de Estudios Políticos, Cívicos y Comunales
La Revista Internacional de Estudios Políticos, Cívicos y Comunales reúne trabajos teóricos y estudios
de caso que analizan prácticas políticas, comunitarias y ciudadanas comprometidas socialmente.
ISSN: 2471-8661 (Versión Electrónica) | 2471-8653 (Versión Impresa)
Revista Internacional de Comunicación y Estudios Lingüísticos
La Revista Internacional de Comunicación y Estudios Lingüísticos estudia la comunicación humana
como un proceso cognitivo de representaciones o de creación de sentidos simbólicos, en el que
intervienen aspectos externos a la comunicación y dinámicas de la comprensión.
Revista Internacional de Estudios Culturales en Humanidades
La Revista Internacional de Estudios Culturales en Humanidades examina el aspecto social, político
e ideológico de la cultura y ofrece un espacio de reflexión sobre los medios de comunicación, las
identidades, la política y las diferentes manifestaciones de la cultura.
Revista Internacional de las Humanidades en la Educación
La Revista Internacional de las Humanidades en la Educación se enfoca en el proceso de enseñanza
aprendizaje desde una perspectiva amplia de las humanidades, que incluye las prácticas educativas, la
literatura, la lengua, los estudios sociales y las artes.
ISSN: 2471-8688 (Versión Electrónica) | 2471-867X (Versión Impresa)
Revista Internacional de Estudios Literarios y Humanísticos
La Revista Internacional de Estudios Literarios y Humanísticos analiza la literatura y las
prácticas literarias con el objetivo de cuestionar formas de expresión aceptadas e interpretaciones
convencionales.
Congreso
Internacional sobre
Nuevas Tendencias
en Humanidades
Discutimos y estudiamos cuestiones
clave de las humanidades; construimos
relaciones con aquellos académicos
notables y emergentes en la materia
que plantean una amplia gama de
disciplinas y perspectivas
Humanidades Horario
Miercoles, 8 de Junio
8:00–9:00 Acreditaciones
9:00–9:30 Apertura del congreso—Phillip Kalantzis-Cope, Director, Common Ground Publishing, EE.UU.
9:30–10:05 Sesión plenaria en Inglés—Barbara Eckstein, University of Iowa, Iowa City, EE.UU.
10:05–10:35 Sesión del jardín y descanso de café
10:35–11:20 Grupos de discusión en Inglés
10:35–11:20
Sesión plenaria en Español—Abraham Gonzalo Paulsen Bilbao, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile,
Santiago, Chile
11:20–11:30 Transición
11:30–12:45 Sesiones paralelas
12:45–13:50 Almuerzo
15:30–15:45 Descanso de café
Jueves, 9 de Junio
9:00–9:15 Anuncios para el día—Phillip Kalantzis-Cope, Director, Common Ground Publishing, EE.UU.
9:15–10:00 Grupos de discusión en Inglés y Español
10:00–10:15 Descanso de café
13:00–13:45
Talleres, Poster Virtuales, Sesión especial sobre publicaciones, y Evento especial. Conozca al autor: Nixon
and the Dragon Lady, de Evan Laine
13:45–13:55 Transición
Viernes, 10 de Junio
9:00–9:10 Anuncios para el día—Phillip Kalantzis-Cope, Director, Common Ground Publishing, EE.UU.
9:10–9:45 Sesión plenaria en Inglés—David Vampola, State University of New York at Oswego, New York, EE.UU.
9:45–10:15 Sesión del jardín y descanso de café
14:30–15:00 Evento Especial: Clausura del Congreso y Entrega de Premios
Humanidades Momentos Importantes del Congreso
Sesiones especiales
Publicación de un libro o artículo en Common Ground
Miércoles, 8 de junio | 13:50–14:35
Jueves, 9 de junio | 13:00–13:45
Phillip Kalantzis-Cope, Director, Common Ground Publishing
Descripción: En estas sesiones Common Ground Publishing presentará una visión general de la filosofía y las prácticas
de publicación de la Colección de Revistas Nuevas Tendencias en Humanidades. También ofrecerá algunos consejos para
convertir las ponencias de los congresos en artículos, y un resumen del proceso de publicación en las revistas, a la vez que
información sobre el envío de manuscritos para libros de Common Ground. Por favor, déjenos sabe cualquier duda que tenga,
ya que la segunda mitad de la sesión se dedicará especialmente para preguntas y respuestas.
Evento especial. Conozca al autor: Nixon and the Dragon Lady, de Evan Laine.
Jueves, 9 de junio—13:00–13:45
Evan Laine, autor del libro y profesor asociado de la Universidad de Filadelfia, Filadelfia, EE.UU.
Descripción: Common Ground Publishing se complace en anunciar la presentación de su más reciente publicación de la
Serie de Libros Nuevas Tendencias en Humanidades: Nixon and the Dragon Lady, de Evan Laine. Durante el evento, el Dr.
Laine dará un resumen de su libro, y los asistentes tendrán la oportunidad de conocer y hablar con el autor al finalizar.
Actividades y Eventos
Cena del Congreso: Greektown, Chicago: Greek Islands
Chicago es famoso por la diversidad de culturas que habitan los diferentes barrios. Este año el congreso se lleva a cabo a unos
pasos del famoso barrio griego (Greektown). Disfrute con nosotros de una cena de estilo familiar tradicional en el célebre
Restaurante Greek Islands, del barrio griego.
Fecha: Miércoles, 8 de junio de 2016
Hora: 19:30 (7:30 PM)
Lugar de encuentro: Greek Islands Restaurante
Tour del Congreso: Chicago Architecture Foundation Twilight River Cruise
Conozca el mejor tour de Chicago y uno de los diez mejores tours en los EE.UU., según los usuarios de TripAdvisor. Relájese y
disfrute con los demás participantes mientras observa el impresionante horizonte arquitectónico de la ciudad.
Fecha: Jueves, 9 de junio de 2016
Duración: Aproximadamente 2 horas
Hora de salida: Los participantes tienen que presentarse en el puerto a las 7:00 p.m. para hacer el check-in. El barco saldrá
a las 7:30 p.m.
Lugar de encuentro: 112 E. Wacker Drive
Humanidades Ponente Plenario
Abraham Gonzalo Paulsen Bilbao
Abraham Gonzalo Paulsen Bilbao, Chileno, Académico del Instituto de Geografía de la Pontificia Universidad
Católica de Chile, es profesor de Historia, Geografía y Educación Cívica de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de
Chile, Geógrafo Profesional, Licenciado en Geografía de la misma Universidad, Suficiencia Investigativa en
Psicología Básica de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid y Doctor en Territorio, Medioambiente y Sociedad en
la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Se ha dedicado al estudio del fenómeno religioso, problemáticas referidas a la
Sustentabilidad del Desarrollo, epistemología y teoría geográfica. Actualmente coordina un certificado académico de la
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile que aborda las vinculaciones entre sustentabilidad del desarrollo, pobreza y exclusión
social.
Humanidades Becas a Jóvenes Investigadores 2016
Pablo García Barranquero
Pablo García Barranquero es Becario de Formación de Profesorado Universitario del Ministerio de Educación,
Cultura y Deporte del gobierno de España. Realiza su tesis doctoral en la Universidad de Málaga bajo la
supervisión de los profesores Antonio Diéguez Lucena y Andrés Moya Simarro. Su investigación está ubicada en
el ámbito de la filosofía de la biología y particularmente en la extensión radical de la vida humana. Es miembro
del Grupo de Investigación en Ciencias Cognitivas, del Grupo de Investigación Evolutionary Genetics y participa en dos
revistas de prestigio nacional. Es autor de varios artículos y ha participado en numerosos congresos como ponente.
Miércoles, 8 de junio
8:00-9:00
ACREDIT
CREDITACIONES
ACIONES
9:00-9:30
APER
PERTURA
TURA DEL CONGRESO
Phillip Kalantzis-Cope Director, Common Ground Publishing, EE.UU.
9:30-10:05
SESIÓN PLENARIA EN INGLÉS
Barbara Eckstein, University of Iowa, Iowa City, EE.UU.
"The Humanities: A Two-Three-Four-Five-Part Invention"
10:05-10:35
SESIÓN DEL JARDÍN Y DESCANSO DE CAFÉ
10:35-11:20
SESIÓN PLENARIA EN ESP
SPAÑOL
AÑOL
Dr. Abraham Gonzalo Paulsen Bilbao, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
"El World-Ecology: Producción Espacial y Efectos en los Individuos"
11:20-11:30
TRANSICIÓN
11:30-12:45
SESSIONES PARALELAS
Room 1 Sesión en Inglés: Posthumanism in Literatur
Literaturee
Room 2 Sesión en Inglés: Political Studies
Room 3 Estudios cívicos, políticos y de la comunidad
La Familia, Rehén del Colapso Social: Sociedad y familia
Antonio Barberena Maldonado, Centro de Estudios Científicos y Tecnológicos núm. 3, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ecatepec, Mexico
Isabel Vergara Ibarra, Centro de Estudios Científicos y Tecnológicos núm. 3, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ecatepec, Mexico
María Elizabeth Ruvalcaba Zamora, Centro de Estudios Científicos y Tecnológicos núm. 3, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ecatepec, Mexico
Overview: La Sociedad y la Familia son sectores que a lo largo de nuestra vida nos permiten desarrollar valores, los cuales determinan las normas o las
reglas que rigen nuestra vida.
Theme: Los estudios civicos, politicos y de la comunidad
Unión Eur
Europea-MERCOSUR:
opea-MERCOSUR: ¿Hacia la Conclusión Definitiva del Acuer
Acuerdo
do de Asociación?
Dr. Antonio Blanc-Altemir, Departamento de Derecho Público, Universidad de Lleida, Lleida, Spain
Overview: La propuesta analiza la evolución de las relaciones UE-MERCOSUR centrándose de forma específica en el proceso de negociación del
Acuerdo de Asociación que ambas partes están llevando a cabo actualmente.
La Agencia para la Buena Gober
Gobernanza
nanza
Dra. Sandra Maceri, Instituto Interdisciplinario de Economía Política de Buenos Aires Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas,
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Overview: Los sujetos deben ser agentes para garantizar una buena gobernanza, es decir, una política social más justa, ya que la agencia se opone al
concepto de “laissez faire” vigente.
Room 4 Sesión en Inglés: Politics, T
Technology
echnology,, Globalization
Room 5 Sesión en Inglés: Education for a New Humanity
12:45-13:50
ALMUERZO
13:50-15:30
SESSIONES PARALELAS
Room 1 Sesión en Inglés: T
Teaching
eaching and Lear
Learning
ning in the Humanities
Room 2 Sesión en Inglés: Literatur
Literaturee and the Anthr
Anthropocene
opocene
Room 3 Estudios críticos culturales
Hermenéutica, Autonomía y V
Valor
alor del Arte
Dr. José Francisco Zúñiga García, Departamiento de Filosofía I, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Overview: Reflexiones sobre el arte como un sistema autónomo que ha sustraído al arte su valor, desde el punto de vista de la hermenéutica filosófica.
Theme: Estudios criticos culturales
La Poética Corporal del Habitante: Estudio sobr
sobree la Obra Lírica de Héctor Rojas Herazo
Dr. Cristhian Andrés Torres Hurtado, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA
Overview: La poética corporal del habitante es un estudio sobre la estructura de la lírica del poeta colombiano Héctor Rojas Herazo.
Theme: Las humanidades en la literatura
Pragmatismo y Comunicación para la Enseñanza de una Metaética
Prof. Salvador Carreño, Coordinación del Posgrado en Pedagogía Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de
México, Mexico
Overview: Con la ponencia expondré los hallazgos de mi tesis doctoral, en la que recupero planteamientos teóricos del pragmatismo norteamericano
aplicados a la comunicación como sustento para abordar contenidos metaéticos.
Theme: Comunicacion y estudios linguisticos
Room 4 Sesión en Inglés: Conceptual Frameworks in the Humanities
Miércoles, 8 de junio
SESSIONES PARALELAS
Room 5 Sesión en Inglés: Publishing Y
Your
our Article or Book with Common Gr
Ground
ound
13:50-15:30
In this session Common Ground Publishing will present an overview of publishing philosophy and practices for publishing within The New Direction in
the Humanities Collection of Journals. We will also offer tips for turning conference papers in to journal articles, present an overview of journal publishing
procedures, and provide information on Common Ground's book proposal submission process. Please feel free to bring questions - the second half of
the session will be devoted to Q&A.
15:30-15:45
DESCANSO DE CAFÉ
15:45-17:00
SESSIONES PARALELAS
Room 1 Sesión en Inglés: New Dir
Directions
ections for the Humanities in the Age of the Anthr
Anthropocene
opocene
Room 2 Sesión en Inglés: Ethics, Morals, and Human Rights
Room 3 La naturaleza en la encrucijada: las humanidades en la era del Antr
Antropoceno
opoceno
“Ampliar nuestra imaginación" como nuevo imperativo categórico para enfr
enfrentar
entar los grandes cambios de la tecnociencia: A partir del
análisis de la Filosofía Negativa de Günther Anders
Master Gabriela Macedo Osorio, Proyecto de Investigación "Heteronomías de la Justicia" (Research Study: "Heteronomies of Justice"), Universidad
Nacional Autonoma de Mexico U.N.A.M (National Autonomous University of Mexico), Mexico City, Mexico
Overview: Vivimos bajo una "Ceguera frente al Apocalipsis", los seres humanos no somos conscientes de las consecuencias de nuestras acciones,
debido a la falta de imaginación y promesas utópicas de progreso.
Theme: Tema destacado 2016: La naturaleza en la encrucijada: las humanidades en la era del Antropoceno
¿Podemos Re-humanizar
Re-humanizarnos
nos si Restauramos lo Genuinamente Salvaje en el Ser Humano? Una Re-lectura de Charles Darwin desde la
Ecología Pr
Profunda
ofunda y las Revelaciones de la Neur
Neurobiología
obiología Contemporánea
Dra. Margarita García Notario, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures Faculty of Arts and Sciences, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, USA
Overview: Esta ponencia defiende el redescubrimiento de la "dimensión salvaje" humana como una vía educativa idónea para cambiar el curso
destructivo actual de la Era del Antropoceno.
Room 4 Sesión en Inglés: Multilingual Instruction
Room 5 Sesión en Inglés: Literatur
Literaturee and Resistance
Jueves, 9 de junio
8:30-9:00
ACREDIT
CREDITACIONES
ACIONES
9:00-9:15
ANUNCIOS DEL ANFITRIÓN PPARA
ARA EL DÍA
Phillip Kalantzis-Cope, Director, Common Ground Publishing, EE.UU.
9:15-10:00
10:00-10:15
GRUPOS DE DISCUSIÓN
Room 3: Civic, Political, and Community Studies; Humanities Education
Room 5.(en Español): Estudios críticos culturales; Comunicación y estudios de lingüística; Humanidades en la literatura;
Estudios cívicos, políticos y de la comunidad; Educación y humanidades; y el Tema destacado 2016 - La naturaleza en la
encrucijada: las humanidades en la era del Antropoceno
DESCANSO DE CAFÉ
10:15-11:55 SESSIONES PARALELAS
Prairie Room Adiciones finales I
Acer
Acercamiento
camiento a los diálogos entr
entree cuerpo biográfico y dominación política
Magister Ángela Patricia Rincón Murcia, Filosofía, Fundación Universitaria San Alfonso, Bogotá, Colombia
Overview: Se establece un diálogo entre el padecimiento corporal y la dominación política propia de los sistemas gubernamentales que se apropian de
los individuos para el sustento de la producción.
Disertaciones en tor
torno
no a la teoría de la justicia de Nancy Fraser
Fraser.. Una pr
propuesta
opuesta pluralista
Licenciado Jairo Sterling Rivera, Filosofía, Fundación Universitaria San Alfonso, Bogotá, Colombia
Overview: Se argumenta desde la propuesta pos socialista de Nancy Fraser como reivindicación a las posturas de reconocimiento y redistribución,
apostando por el pluralismo.
El medio ambiente urbano: Las catástr
catástrofes
ofes urbanas como campo analítico del antr
antropoceno
opoceno
Dr. Jaime Buitrago Alba, Departamento de Ciencias Humanas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Manizales, Manizales, Colombia
Overview: El medio ambiente urbano es un campo exploratorio privilegiado acerca de los impactos del antropoceno y la fenomenología social,
mediante la descripción reflexiva, aporta gran variedad de elementos analíticos.
Room 1 Sesión en Inglés: Educational Appr
Approaches,
oaches, Strategies, Methodologies, and T
Tactics
actics
Room 2 Sesión en Inglés: Literary Criticism
Room 3 Sesión en Inglés: V
Virtual
irtual Lightning T
Talks
alks
Room 4 Educación y humanidades I
Bilinguismo no Brasil: Um estudo em duas escolas da Distrito Federal-Brasil
Ms. Isabel Machado da Silva, Teacher, Maple Bear, Brasília, Brazil
Otília Maria Alves da Nóbrega, Faculdade de Educação, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
Overview: Um breve estudo sobre a prática do bilinguismo e a sua função social em duas escolas de Brasília-Brasil para esclarecer quem são os
sujeitos bilíngues e porquê escolheram essas escolas.
Theme: Educacion en humanidades
La Formación de los Jóvenes Lector
Lectores
es Literarios y Competentes en la Educación Secundaria Hoy en Eur
Europa
opa
Carla Campos Cascales, Université Paris III. Sorbonne Nouvelle, París, France
Overview: Comparación de los objetivos y métodos de dos culturales educativas (Francia y España) en la formación actual de los lectores críticos de la
materia escolar lengua y literatura.
Humanismo y Reformas Educativas en el Sistema Ecuatoriano: Importancia de un Refer
Referente
ente Humanístico-Epistémico
Liliana Arciniegas, Facultad de Filosofía, Letras y Ciencias de la Educación Escuela de Educación Especial, Universidad del Azuay, Cuenca, Ecuador
Overview: Las reformas educativas que requiere la sociedad contemporánea no son las que aportan a una formación instrumentalista, sino las que
ponen como centro del currículo al ser humano.
Apr
Aprendizaje
endizaje de la Alfabetización Inicial en Alumnos con Discapacidad V
Visual
isual
Lic. Judit Schneider, Centro de Investigación Educativa, Dirección General de Cultura y Educación, Zárate, Argentina
Miriam Persiani de Santamarina, Instituto de Formación Docente y Técnica 51, Dirección General de Cultura y Educación, Campana, Argentina
Overview: Investigamos los rasgos cognitivos, afectivos y fisiológicos que sirven como indicadores relativamente estables de cómo los niños con
ceguera responden a sus ambientes de aprendizaje.
Room 5 Sesión en Inglés: Linguistic V
Variation
ariation and Communication Studies
11:55-13:00
ALMUERZO
MIXED (SPECIAL EVENT, PARALLEL SESSIONS)
Room 1 Sesión en Inglés: T
Taller
aller
13:00-13:45
Jueves, 9 de junio
SESSIONES PARALELAS
Room 2 Debates
13:00-13:45
Cálculo de Huella Ecológica y Capacidad de Carga en el Uso del Plan de Or
Ordenamiento
denamiento T
Territorial
erritorial del Municipio de Pachuca, Hidalgo
Master Janette Hernandez Hernandez, Doctorado en Ciencias Agrarias Departamento de Sociología Rural de la Universidad Autónoma Chapingo,
Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Texcoco, Mexico
Overview: El cálculo de la Huella Ecológica y la Capacidad de Carga tiene una utilidad esencial para la creación de políticas públicas ambientales y la
generación del Planes de Ordenamiento Territorial.
Room 3 Sesión en Inglés: Posters V
Virtuales
irtuales
Room 4 Sesión en Inglés: Featur
Featured
ed Event
Book Launch & Meet the Author: Nixon and the Dragon Lady by Evan Laine
Room 5 Sesión en Inglés: Taller
13:45-13:55
TRANSICIÓN
13:55-15:35
SESSIONES PARALELAS
Room 1 Sesión en Inglés: Critical Cultural Studies
Room 2 Sesión en Inglés: Social Policy and Political Challenges for Inclusivity
Room 3 Educación y humanidades II
Las T
Transformaciones
ransformaciones Curricular
Curriculares
es mediante el Uso y la Apr
Apropiación
opiación de las Nuevas T
Tecnologías:
ecnologías: Una Pr
Propuesta
opuesta para Contribuir con la
Calidad de la Educación
Armando Solano Suárez, Instituto de Bachillerato, Escuela Tecnológica Instituto Técnico Central, Bogotá, Colombia
Dr. Diego Germán Pérez Villamarín, Grupo de Investigación Fray Saturnino Gutiérrez, Universidad Santo Tomás, Bogotá, DC., Colombia
Overview: Se propone un cambio curricular desde la mediación de las TIC, entre las especialidades técnicas y las áreas académicas para cualificar la
calidad educativa en el Técnico Central.
El T
Teatr
eatro
o desde la Neur
Neurociencia:
ociencia: Antr
Antropoceno
opoceno y Nexos Biológicos
Dra. Ileana Azor, Programas de Grado de Artes y Humanidades, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla, Mexico
Overview: El trabajo propone un acercamiento aplicado de las propuestas de las neurociencias al ámbito teatral y observa la respuesta desigual de
actores y espectadores ante una misma puesta en escena.
La Atencion a la Diversidad en la Literatura Infantil: Identidad y Difer
Diferencia
encia en la Literatura
Lic. Judit Schneider, Centro de Investigación Educativa, Dirección General de Cultura y Educación, Zárate, Argentina
Miriam Persiani de Santamarina, Jardín de Infantes núm. 903 Campana, Instituto de Formación Docente, Campana, Argentina
Overview: El trabajo de investigación se enmarca en la necesidad de abordar en la literatura infantil los temas de atención a la diversidad, la diferencia y
la identidad.
Theme: Las humanidades en la literatura
La Filosofía de la Biología como Disciplina Autónoma
Pablo García-Barranquero, Departamento de Filosofía Área de Lógica y Filosofía de la Ciencia, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
Overview: Se analiza el crecimiento de la Filosofía de la Biología en la última década como disciplina autónoma dentro de la filosofía de la ciencia.
Theme: Estudios criticos culturales
Room 4 Sesión en Inglés: Identity
Identity,, Cultur
Culture,
e, and Space
Room 5 Sesión en Inglés: Narrative Content and Literary T
Techniques
echniques
Viernes, 10 de junio
8:30-9:00
ACREDIT
CREDITACIONES
ACIONES
9:00-9:10
ANUNCIOS DEL ANFITRIÓN PPARA
ARA EL DÍA
Phillip Kalantzis-Cope, Director, Common Ground Publishing, EE.UU.
9:10-9:45
SESIÓN PLENARIA EN INGLÉS
David Vampola, State University of New York at Oswego, New York, EE.UU.
"The Anthropocene and the Humanities: Towards a Spatiotemporal Taxonomy for Investigation and Integration"
9:45-10:15
10:15-11:55
SESIÓN DEL JARDÍN Y DESCANSO DE CAFÉ
SESSIONES PARALELAS
Room 1 Sesión en Inglés: Linguistic and Language Studies
Room 2 Sesión en Inglés: Critical Studies in Human Dif
Differ
ferences
ences and Diversity
Room 3 Sesión en Inglés: Social Meaning and the Humanities: Dismantling and Resistance
Room 4 Sesión en Inglés: Publishing, W
Writing,
riting, and Knowing
Room 5 Adiciones finales II
Posconflicto en Colombia: Comunicación y Asertividad
Daniel Fernando Díaz Pérez, Facultad de Administración Departamento de Administracion de Empresas Semillero de Investigación en Comunicaiones,
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Manizales, Colombia
Jorge Alfredo Quintero Romero, Facultad de Administración Departamento de Administracion de Empresas Semillero de Comunicaciones, Universidad
Nacional de Colombia, Manizales, Colombia
Overview: La construcción de un nuevo país y el papel preponderante de la comunicación como herramienta formativa de opinión pública en el proceso
de paz y el posconflicto en Colombia.
El Papel de la mujer en el pr
proceso
oceso de incorporación de los asentamientos irr
irregular
egulares:
es: Ciudad de Puebla
Master Nataly Gutierrez Flores, Departamento de Sociología Rural, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Texcoco, Mexico
Overview: La investigación aborda la participación de las mujeres en el proceso de incorporación de los asentamientos irregulares a la ciudad de
Puebla, sus logros y sus dificultades en el proceso
La Organización Autogestiva de los Usuarios del Agua Potable: San Pedr
Pedro
o Chichicasco y El Platanar
Platanar,, Municipio de Malinalco, Estado de
México
Ricardo Vazquez Velasco, Departamento de Sociología Rural, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Texcoco, Mexico
Overview: La investigación estudia la organización social de los usuarios del agua potable en las comunidades del estado de México, con la conclusión
de que la participación autogestiva expresa fortaleza organizativa.
El Papel de los Maíces Nativos en las Políticas Dirigidas a Garantizar la Seguridad Alimentaria en México
Mirtha Mondragón Delgado, Departamento de Sociología Rural, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Texcoco, Mexico
Overview: Analizar el papel de los maíces nativos y de la población que los produce y consume, en las políticas dirigidas a garantizar la seguridad
alimentaria en México
11:55-12:50
ALMUERZO
12:50-14:30
SESSIONES PARALELAS
Room 1 Sesión en Inglés: Life W
Writing:
riting: Studies on Autobiographical W
Works
orks
Room 2 Sesión en Inglés: Language Acquisition and Language Instruction
Room 3 Sesión en Inglés: New Dir
Directions
ections in Literary Humanities
Room 4 Sesión en Inglés: Critical Theory and the Humanities
Room 5 Sesión en Inglés: Late Additions
14:30-15:00
EVENTO ESPECIAL: CLAUSURA DEL CONGRESO Y ENTREGA DE PREMIOS
New Directions in the Humanities List of Participants
Common Ground USA
Abbott
Jenni
Modesto Junior College
USA
Acerra
Patrizia
De Paul University
USA
Adebowale
Bosede Adefiola
University of Ibadan
Nigeria
Adetula
Dorcas Titilayo
Covenant University
Nigeria
Akinola
Olanrewaju
North West University
South Africa
Alimen
Ma. Cecilia
University of San Agustin
Philippines
Amosun
Peter Adewale
University of Ibadan
USA
Anderson
Brigitte
University of Pikeville
USA
Anderson
Charity
University of Chicago
USA
Andes
Laurie
Salisbury University
USA
Barnada
Kurt
Elizabethtown College
USA
Bassey
Peter Unoh
University of Calabar
Nigeria
Beatham
Mark
Plattsburgh State University of New York
USA
Bhide
Manoj
Sydenham Institute of Management Studies
India
Research & Entrepreneurship Education
Bontempo
University of Arkansas
Eric
USA
Bouguesri
Imene
University of Mostaganem
Algeria
Brust
Caitlin
Franklin & Marshall College
USA
Burke
Victoria Isabelle
University of Guelph
Canada
Calinawagan
Elizabeth Alviar
University of the Philippines Baguio
Philippines
Camacho Platero
Luzmila
The Ohio State University at Marion
USA
Carter
Flora
Modesto Junior College
USA
Celik
Elif
Inonu University
Turkey
Chang
Jun Yan
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Singapore
Charlton
Elizabeth
University of Nottingham
UK
Charlton
Mary
University Hospital Birmingham
UK
Charlton
Rodger
University of Nottingham
UK
Chen
Chengxiong
Quanzhou Normal University
China
Chukwukaelo
Anwuli
Federal Polytechnic Oko
Nigeria
Corwin
Charlie
University of Illinois at Chicago
USA
Craig
Terrence
Mount Allison University
Canada
Da Rocha
Edmar
Faculdade Sumaré
Brazil
Dahlgren
David F.
Independent Scholar
Canada
Daniel
Julia
Baylor University
USA
Davis
Andrea
York University
Canada
DeRouen
Rich
Collin College
USA
Draper
Tiffany
Northern Arizona University
USA
Eckstein
Barbara
University of Iowa
USA
Ehineni
Taiwo Oluwaseun
Indiana University
USA
Ellis-Cardona
Sara
Richland College
USA
Endo
Yukihide
Independent Researcher
Japan
Esther V.
Schneider Handschin
Technical College Basle
Switzerland
Fry
Richard
Brigham Young University
USA
Galvez
Diana
University of Iowa
USA
Ghafouri
Mehdi
Vanier College
Canada
Ghoneim
Hala
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
USA
Ghosh
Suman
Serampore College India
Guberman
Connie
University of Toronto Scarborough
Canada
Gudinavičius
Arūnas
Vilnius University
Lithuania
Hernandez-Garcia
Iliana
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Colombia
Jones
Sabrina
Marshall University
USA
Jung
Nathan
Loyola University Chicago
USA
Junio
Lani Mae
University of Asia and the Pacific
Philippines
Kalua
Fetson
University of South Africa
South Africa
Khan
Sumaira Taj
University of Iowa
USA
Khronopulo
Liala
Saint Petersburg State University
Russian Federation
Komuves
Edina Agnes
Eötvös Loránd University
Hungary
Kordis
Aleksandar
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Kyonne
Jinman
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
South Korea
Laine
Evan
Philadelphia University
USA
Li
Yun
University of California, Berkeley
USA
Lohf
Andrea
Northern Illinois University
USA
Lorin
Hewasa
Tetso College
India
Luo
Shaoqian
Beijing Normal University
China
Mabrito
Mark
Purdue University Calumet
USA
Marais
Kobus
University of the Free State
South Africa
Martinez
Meredith
Arizona State University
USA
Mazibuko
Nokuthula
University of South Africa
South Africa
McManus
Ellen
Dominican University
USA
Melgar
Jonathan Elí
The City College of New York
Moraes
Marcia Amaral Correa de Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Sul
Morrison
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Bruce
USA
Brazil
Hong Kong
Mushinsky
Tanya
Oklahoma State University
USA
Nakhaie
Reza
University of Windsor
Canada
Narvaez
Rafael
Winona State University
USA
Nigal
Sahebrao G.
Mumbai University
India
Noonan
Jeff
University of Windsor
Canada
Onifade
Joshua Tunbosun
ITS Convergence Co. Ltd.
South Korea
Otoo
Jahzara Mayes
Central Michigan University
USA
Owusu-Ansah
Justice
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology
Ghana
Perry
Carolyn
Collin College
USA
Pruttipurk
Jittima
Chulalongkorn University
Thailand
Ray
John
Montana Tech of the University of Montana
USA
Redwing
Chad
Yosemite Community College District, USA
Modesto Jr. College
Rewers
Adam Mickiewicz University
Ewa
Poland
Robinson
Keith
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
USA
Rochester
Rachel
University of Oregon
USA
Rucker
Nathan
Marshall University
USA
Shah
Mujahid
Abdul Wali Khan University
Pakistan
Silverstein
Louis
Columbia College Chicago
USA
Smith
Steven
Marshall University
USA
Sneh
Itai
John Jay College
USA
Snider
Grant
Ferris State University
USA
Soni
Khushbu
Grow More Faculty of Engineering
India
Srivastava
Rajesh
University of Mumbai
India
Sun Xiaohui Beijing Normal University
China
Sundquist
Michael
Yosemite Community College District, USA
Modesto Jr. College
Sweely
Gay
Eastern Kentucky University
USA
Taylor
Joanna
Lancaster University
UK
Tidemann
Sonia
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
Australia
Upadhyay
Alpesh B.
Saraspur Arts and Commerce College
India
Vampola
David
State University of New York at Oswego
USA
Varadi
Anna
University of Exeter
UK
Villa, Jr.
Guy
Columbia College Chicago
USA
Voros
Gyorgyi
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
USA
Wheat
Jennifer
University of Hawaii at Hilo
USA
Whitmarsh
Jason
St. Johns River State College
USA
Wilson
Doris
University of the Philippines Baguio
Philippines
Yalameha
Ahmad Reza
Islamic Azad University
Islamic Republic of Iran
Yalcin
Senom
Middle East Technical University
Turkey
Yitzhaki
Moshe
Bar-Ilan University
Israel
Yul-Ifode
Shirley
National Open University of Nigeria
Nigeria
Zaheer
Faiza
Forman Christian College
Pakistan
Zajdow
Grazyna
Deakin University
Australia
Zorro
Imelda
Universidad Libre
Colombia
Common Ground Español
Arciniegas
Liliana
Universidad del Azuay
Ecuador
Azor
Ileana
Universidad de las Americas Puebla
México
Instituto Politécnico Nacional
México
Barberena Maldonado Antonio
Blanc-Altemir
Antonio
Universidad de Lleida
Spain
Campos Cascales
Carla
Université Paris III - Sorbonne Nouvelle
France
Carreño
Salvador
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
México
Torres Hurtado Cristhian Andrés
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
USA
da Silva
Isabel Machado
Maple Bear
Brazil
Díaz Pérez
Daniel Fernando
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Colombia
García Notario
Margarita
SUNY Plattsburgh
USA
García-Barranquero
Pablo
Universidad de Málaga Spain
Gutierrez Flores
Nataly
Universidad Autónoma Chapingo
México
Hernandez Hernandez Janette
México
Macedo Osorio
Gabriela
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México
México
Maceri
Sandra
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Argentina
Paulsen Bilbao
Abraham Gonzalo
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Chile
Schneider
Judit
Dirección General de Cultura y Educación - Argentina
Provincia de Buenos Aires
Solano Suárez
Escuela Tecnológica Instituto Técnico Central
Armando
Colombia
Vazquez Velasco
Ricardo
México
Zúñiga-García
José F.
Universidad de Granada
Spain
Rincón Murcia
Ángela Patricia
Fundación Universitaria San Alfonso
Colombia
Sterling Rivera
Jairo
Fundación Universitaria San Alfonso
Colombia
Buitrago Alba
Jaime
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Colombia
Mondragón Delgado
Mirtha
México
New Directions in the Humanities Notes
| Conference Calendar 2016-2017
Ninth Global Studies Conference
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, USA | 30 June–1 July 2016
www.onglobalization.com/2016-conference
Twenty-third International Conference
on Learning
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada | 13–15 July 2016
www.thelearner.com/2016-conference
XXIII Congreso Internacional de
Educación y Aprendizaje
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canadá | 13–15 julio 2016
www.sobrelaeducacion.es/congreso
Sixteenth International Conference
on Diversity in Organizations,
Communities & Nations
The University of Granada
Granada, Spain | 27–29 July 2016
www.ondiversity.com/2016-conference
Eleventh International Conference on
Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
Imperial College London
London, UK | 2–5 August 2016
www.thesocialsciences.com/2016-conference
XI Congreso Internacional de Ciencias
Sociales Interdisciplinares
Londres, Reino Unido | 2–5 agosto 2016
www.lascienciassociales.es/congreso
The Arts in Society
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, USA | 10–12 August 2016
www.artsinsociety.com/2016-conference
Seventh International Conference on
The Image
Art and Design Academy,
Liverpool John Moores University
Liverpool, UK | 1–2 September 2016
www.ontheimage.com/2016-conference
VII Congreso Internacional Imagen y
Comunicación
Academia de Arte y Diseño,
Universidad de Liverpool John Moores
Liverpool, Reino Unido | 1–2 septiembre 2016
www.sobrelaimagen.es/congreso
Inaugural Communication & Media
Studies Conference
University Center Chicago
Chicago, USA | 15–16 September, 2016
www.oncommunicationmedia.com/2016-conference
Ninth International Conference on the
Inclusive Museum
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Cincinnati, USA | 16–19 September 2016
www.onmuseums.com/2016-conference
Aging & Society: Sixth Interdisciplinary
Conference
Linköping University
Linköping, Sweden | 6–7 October 2016
www.agingandsociety.com/2016-conference
Sixth International Conference on
Food Studies
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, USA | 12–13 October 2016
www.food-studies.com/2016-conference
Sixth International Conference on
Health, Wellness & Society
Catholic University of America
Washington D.C., USA | 20–21 October 2016
www.healthandsociety.com/2016-conference
VI Congreso de Salud, Bienestar y
Sociedad
Universidad Católica de América
Washington DC, EE.UU. | 20–21 octubre 2016
www.salud-sociedad.es/congreso
Spaces & Flows: Seventh International
Conference on Urban & ExtraUrban
Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, USA | 10–11 November 2016
www.spacesandflows.com/2016-conference
Thirteenth International Conference on
Environmental, Cultural, Economic &
Social Sustainability
The Constructed Environment
Greater Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 19–21 January 2017
www.onsustainability.com/2017-conference
International Cultural Centre
Krakow, Poland | 25–26 May 2017
www.constructedenvironment.com/2017-conference
Design Principles & Practices
Thirteenth International Conference on
Technology, Knowledge & Society
Institute without Boundaries at George Brown College
Toronto, Canada | 2–4 March 2017
www.designprinciplesandpractices.com/2017-conference
University of Toronto – Chestnut Conference Centre
Toronto, Canada | 26–28 May 2017
www.techandsoc.com/2017-conference
Second International Conference on
Tourism & Leisure Studies
XIII Congreso Internacional sobre
Tecnología, Conocimiento y Sociedad
UBC Robson Square
Vancouver, Canada | 6–7 April 2017
www.tourismandleisurestudies.com/2017-conference
Universidad de Toronto - Chestnut Conference Centre
Toronto, Canadá | 26–28 mayo 2017
www.tecnoysoc.es/congreso
Religion & Spirituality in Society
Ninth International Conference on
e-Learning and Innovative Pedagogies
London, UK | 17–18 April 2017
www.religioninsociety.com/2017-conference
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada | 28 May 2017
www.ubi-learn.com/2017-conference
Seventeenth International Conference
on Knowledge, Culture, and Change in
Organizations
X Congreso Internacional de e-Learning:
Aprendizaje y Cibersociedad
Charles Darwin University
Darwin, Australia | 20–21 April 2017
www.organization-studies.com/2017-conference
XVII Congreso Internacional de
Economía y Gestión de las
Organizaciones
Universidad de Charles Darwin
Darwin, Australia | 20–21 abril 2017
www.sobregestion.es/congreso
Ninth International Conference on
Climate Change: Impacts & Responses
Anglia Ruskin University
Cambridge, UK | 21–22 April 2017
www.constructedenvironment.com/2017-conference
Universidad de Toronto - Chestnut Conference Centre
Toronto, Canadá | 28 mayo 2017
www.aprendizaje-cibersociedad.es/congresoe
Tenth Global Studies Conference
National University of Singapore
Singapore | 8–9 June 2017
www.onglobalization.com/2017-conference
Twelfth International Conference on
The Arts in Society
Pantheon-Sorbonne University
Paris, France | 14–16 June 2017
www.artsinsociety.com/2017-conference
Fifteenth International Conference on
London, UK | 5–7 July 2017
www.thehumanities.com/2017-conference
XV Congreso Internacional sobre
Londres, Reino Unido | 5–7 julio 2017
www.las-humanidades.es/congreso-2017
Fourteenth International Conference
on Books, Publishing & Libraries
London, UK | 7 July 2017
www.booksandpublishing.com/2017-conference
XV Congreso Internacional del Libro,
Digitalización y Bibliotecas
Londres, Reino Unido | 7 julio 2017
www.sobreellibro.es/congreso
Eighth International Conference on
Sport & Society
London, UK | 10–11 July 2017
www.sportandsociety.com/2017-conference
Twenty-fourth International Conference
on Learning
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, USA | 19–21 July 2017
www.thelearner.com/2017-conference
XXIV Congreso Internacional de
Educación y Aprendizaje
Universidad de Hawai en Manoa
Honolulu, EE.UU. | 19–21 julio 2017
www.sobrelaeducacion.es/congreso-2017
Twelfth International Conference on
Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
International Conference Center
Hiroshima, Japan | 26–28 July 2017
www.thesocialsciences.com/2017-conference
XII Congreso Internacional de Ciencias
Sociales Interdisciplinares
International Conference Center
Hiroshima, Japón | 26–28 julio 2017
www.lascienciassociales.es/congreso-2017
Seventeenth International Conference
Diversity in Organizations,
Communities & Nations
University of Toronto – Chestnut Conference Centre
Toronto, Canada | 26–28 July 2017
www.ondiversity.com/2017-conference
Seventh International Conference
Health, Wellness & Society
University of Denver
Denver, USA | 5–6 October 2017
www.healthandsociety.com/2017-conference
VII Congreso de Salud, Bienestar y
Sociedad
Universidad de Denver
Denver, EE.UU. | 5–6 octubre 2017
www.salud-sociedad.es/congreso-2017
Food Studies
Roma Tre University
Rome, Italy | 26–27 October 2017
www.food-studies.com/2017-conference
Second International Conference on
Communication & Media Studies
UBC – Robson Square
Vancouver, Canada | 16–17 November 2017
www.oncommunicationmedia.com/2017-conference
Fifteenth Interdisciplinary Conference on
New Directions
in the Humanities
First held at the University of the Aegean on the island of Rhodes in Greece in
2003, the International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities has
moved its location each year to different countries and continents, each offering
its own perspectives on the human condition and the current state of studies
of the human. This knowledge community is brought together by a shared
commitment to the humanities and a concern for their future.
5–7 July
2017
London, UK
The conference is built upon four key features: Internationalism,
Interdisciplinarity, Inclusiveness, and Interaction. Conference delegates include
leaders in the field as well as emerging scholars, who travel to the conference
from all corners of the globe and represent a broad range of disciplines and
perspectives. A variety of presentation options and session types offer delegates
multiple opportunities to engage, to discuss key issues in the field, and to build
relationships with scholars from other cultures and disciplines.
We invite proposals for paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions,
posters/exhibits, or colloquia.
2017 Special Focus
New Directions of the Humanities in the Knowledge Society
Returning Member Registration
We are pleased to offer a Returning Member Registration Discount to delegates
who have attended the New Directions in the Humanities Conference in the
past. Returning community members receive a discount off the full conference
registration rate.
thehumanities.com/2017-conference
thehumanities.com/2017-conference/call-for-papers
thehumanities.com/2017-conference/registration

Final Conference Program - New Directions in the Humanities

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