Who decides whose story is told, and how? What are the ethics of giving voice to the voiceless? These and other questions on the theme of Silence are being explored by this year's Society for the Humanities fellows.
Six fellows from a broad swath of humanities fields will present their projects in progress during the annual Fall Fellows' conference, on Friday, Oct. 25, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the A.D. White House. The event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served throughout the day, with coffee starting at 9:30 a.m. and dinner at 5 p.m.
Featured presenters from outside Cornell include Society fellows Angelica Allen, assistant professor and director of Africana Studies at Chapman University, and Dawn LaValle Norman, scholar of classics and senior research fellow at Australian Catholic University's Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry.
Cornell faculty presenters from the College of Arts and Sciences include fellows Andrew Campana, assistant professor of Asian studies, and Sara Warner, associate professor of performing and media arts. The Society's Mellon Graduate Fellows, Bianca Waked (philosophy) and Brian Sengdala (performing & media arts), will also present. Each fellow will have fifteen minutes at the podium, followed by Q&A from invited faculty respondents and audience members.
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