Calendar of Events

This symposium is hosted by the 2010/2011 Faculty Fellows group at the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities. More information will be available at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/rpw_center/events/repsocialchange.php/.

Location: Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center (Google map of this location)

The symposium serves as the culminating project of the Fellows' year-long seminar. The symposium will take place in the auditorium of the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center. View schedule

Thursday, Feb. 23, 6:30 p.m. Carl Deal and Tia Lessin:  Screening of Trouble the Water documentary and discussion

Introduction: Edward Wright-Rios, Associate Professor of History, Vanderbilt University,
2010/2011 Warren Center Fellow.

Friday, Feb. 24

8:45-9:00 a.m.  WELCOMING COMMENTS, ARTS AND SCIENCE DEAN'S OFFICE

9:00-10:30 a.m.  Sarah Sobieraj: "Covered: Activists, Journalists, and News in a Shifting Media Landscape"

10:30-10:45 a.m. Coffee Break

10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.  Camilo José Vergara,  "Detroit: The Eternal City of the Industrial Age"

12:15-1:30 p.m. Lunch Break

1:30-3:00 p.m.  J. Robert Cox,  "Climate Change, Media Convergence, and Public Uncertainty"

3:00-3:15 p.m.  Coffee Break

3:15-4:45 p.m.  Farhad Manjoo, "True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society"

4:45-5:30 p.m.  Reception

Co-sponsors of the symposium: The Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities and the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center