Event Details

End: December 14, 2018
Contact: katie@mohumanities.org
More Info: http://www.mohumanities.org/

Humanities & The Future Symposium: Humanities and Democracy

CFP Submission deadline: Friday, December 7.

How do the Humanities help us to understand Democracy? Missouri Humanities will be holding its second annual Midwest “Humanities & The Future” Symposium to explore this question. Symposium events will take place at Drury University in Springfield, Missouri on Friday, March 22. 

How might we engage with memoir, film, historical novels, historical documents, speeches, and famous debates both in the past and now to help us better understand the ways in which democracies can, do, and should work? How do records of the human experience, in a wide array of forms, help us to imagine past key historical moments and possible new futures for democracy? 

To submit an abstract for consideration, please follow these guidelines:

•  -Abstracts should be no longer than 500 words
  •  -In the beginning of your abstract, include an overview of the subject of study in your paper 
    •  -Presentations should be between 15 and 20 minutes
    •  -Include a one-page CV
    •  -Send your abstract and CV to Dr. Katie Gilbert at katie@mohumanities.org
    •  -Submission deadline is Friday, December 7.