[Folkserv] Narrative and Belief Colloquium 3/22

[Moriarty, Megan]

Join the Public Narrative Collaborative, Department of Classics and Classics Coffee Hour for an interdisciplinary colloquium exploring the relationship between narrative and belief on Friday March 22 from 9 am-4 pm and 9:15 am to noon on Saturday March 23 in the Founders Room of the Ohio Union. Faculty, students, and community members are welcome.

Guests and OSU scholars will discuss research focusing on different cultural contexts, from the ancient world to contemporary religion, popular culture and current events. Are particular narrative forms more suited to fostering belief? How can belief and fiction coexist in the same narrative? Speakers will spark attendees to comparatively examine these dynamics.

Speakers include:

  *   Brian Collins, Ohio University
  *   Melissa Curley, OSU
  *   Seth Gaiters, University of North Carolina - Wilmington
  *   Sarah Iles Johnston, OSU
  *   Sabina Magliocco, University of British Columbia
  *   Carman Romano, Bryn Mawr College
  *   Caroline Toy, Champlain College

Faculty and students who are interested in attending the event can email Caroline Toy at jtoy at champlain.edu<mailto:jtoy at champlain.edu> to request copies of presenters' papers in advance. The colloquium will be discussion-based, and it is recommended that attendees peruse presenters' work and submit questions for the conversations.

Sponsored by the Public Narrative Collaborative, Classics Coffee Hour and the Department of Classics.

The group particularly encourages graduate students and advanced undergraduates writing a thesis to join the Saturday portion of the event as well as Friday. The Saturday session will include a discussion among the panelists of interdisciplinary methods in the study of narrative and belief, with extended time for questions.




Megan Moriarty

Communications Specialist


The Ohio State University

Humanities Institute

456 Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, Columbus, OH 43210


614-247-1650

moriarty.8 at osu.edu<mailto:moriarty.8 at osu.edu> / osu.edu<http://www.osu.edu>


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