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Locks and Keys

2023

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Space

2022

(Ongoing) We invite you to explore online art exhibitions from the following participants鈥攖o view these submissions, click on the links in blue below:

• Kaleigh Appell, Undergraduate Art Major,听鈥溾��
  
• Jackson Cieslack, Biology and French Studies Major, 鈥�鈥�
• Robert Dickes, Art and Design, 鈥�鈥�
• Epiphany Knedler, Art and Design, 鈥�"
• Susan Colaricci Sauls, Director of University Art Collections and Cheyenne Miller,听Undergraduate Art and French Studies Major/Art Collection Student Assistant, 鈥�鈥�

Space: The 14th Annual Interdisciplinary Colloquium Program
NB: This event is hybrid鈥攋oin us in person in Carter Hall or on Zoom at the links below!

# Denotes time slot with concurrent panels

Panel 1: Spaces of Confinement. Chair: David O鈥橬eil.听

• Todd Schroer, Criminal Justice, 鈥淲here You Live and Whether You Live: The Residences of Jews and Survival During the Holocaust鈥�
• Laura Soderberg, English, 鈥淐onfinement at Sea: Moby Dick as a Prison Novel鈥�
• Bartell Berg, World Languages and Cultures, 鈥淧olitical and Athletic Spaces: Radical听Gymnasts and Nationalist Movements鈥�

Panel 2: Everyday Space. Chair: Anthony Rintala

• Tamara Hunt, History, 鈥淐onquering Space through Newspaper Networks: The New听Harmony Gazette 1825-1828鈥�
• Robert Dickes, Art and Design, 鈥淲orld Burning Down鈥�
• 鈥淓xhausting Space,鈥� Creative Writing Workshop Hosted by the Students of FREN 490:听Quinn Arial, Jackson Cieslack, Grace Friona, Elizabeth Harden, Chey Miller, and听Alison Prewitt

Panel 3: Political Space. Chair: Bartell Berg

• Matthew Hanka and Nicholas LaRowe, Political Science, Public Administration, and听Philosophy, 鈥淭he Ideological and Geographical Divide in our American Political听System鈥�
• Oana Armeanu, Political Science, Public Administration, and Philosophy, 鈥淗ow听COVID-19, Economic Recession, and Populist Leaders Have Limited Political听Participation鈥�
• Mary Hallock Morris, Political Science, Public Administration, and Philosophy, 鈥淲hy听Libraries Matter in a Free Society鈥�

Panel 4: Sites of Presence and Absence. Chair. Todd Schroer

• David O鈥橬eil, English, 鈥淔illing in the Empty Spaces: A Study of the Medieval English听Alliterative Tradition鈥�
• Norma Rosas May茅n and Manuel Apodaca Valdez, 鈥淭he Judeo-Spanish Cemetery of听T茅touan: Inhabited Memory of a Semiotic Space鈥�
• Tom Drury, Music, 鈥淭he Whole-Tone Scale and Outer Space in Music

Panel 5: Collective and Individual Relationships to Space. Chair: Caroline Jalain

• Monica O鈥橬eil, Director of Service Learning, 鈥淭ricky Faces Occupying Tricky Spaces:听Tricksters and their Archetypes in Frogs, Miles Gloriosus, and Volpone鈥�
• Alexandra Natoli, World Languages and Cultures, 鈥淭he Road Away from Auschwitz:听鈥淜itchen Table鈥� Testimony in Holocaust Graphic Narratives鈥�
• Iris Williamson, Gallery Manager of the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art,听鈥淏uilding a New Art World: Alternative & Artist-Run Art Spaces鈥�

Panel 6: Utopian Spaces. Chair: Silvia Rode

• Lucia Dahlquist, Undergraduate German and Global Studies Major, 鈥淯topia on the听Backs of Slaves鈥�
• Iris Williamson, Gallery Manager of the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art,听鈥淰isualizing Spaces鈥�
• Andrew Buck, Sociology, 鈥淩ural Spaces of Innovation: New Harmony鈥檚 Utopian听Socialist Experiment鈥�
• Taegan Garner, Undergraduate Sociology and Political Science Major, 鈥淢oving West: Transitioning to Rural Spaces.鈥�
• Rob Millard-Mendez, Art and Design, 鈥淐ompelling Emptiness: The Power of the Void听in Visual Art鈥�

Panel 7: Spaces of Imagination. Chair: Michael Strezewski

• Kevin Allton, English, 鈥淚n the Cage鈥�
• Charis Greiwe, Undergraduate Psychology Major, 鈥淭he Impact of Text and Background Color on Memory鈥�
• Matthew Hanka, Political Science, Public Administration, and Philosophy,听鈥淧lacemaking Matters鈥�
• Greg Blair, Art and Design, 鈥淩upture: Spatial Interventions in Artistic Pr补肠迟颈肠别鈥�

Filth & Foulness

2021

Our relationship to filth is long, deep, and meandering. Unsanitary environments have contributed to epidemics such as the Bubonic Plague, and have similarly exacerbated misery in the sprawl of urbanization. Filth can function as a metaphorical damnation or critique: as Saint Augustine would suggest, we are baptized in filth from the moment we are born. This sentiment not only taints humans as unclean sinners from infancy, but evokes the long, troubling equation between female sexuality, motherhood, and uncleanliness.

However, our rapport to that which is proclaimed as filthy is not always detrimental to our physical or spiritual wellbeing. Though terms such as "filth" and "foulness" may carry overriding negative connotations, a compelling subset of cases equally suggest that the things which disgust us are not necessarily bad. When one considers the numerous books that have been banned or deemed immoral due to the metaphorical filth they contain, it becomes clear that their dirtiness is frequently symptomatic of innovation and the ability to push boundaries.

Whether symbolic or actualized, filth and foulness evidence complex and often fraught relationships within the world and ourselves. This colloquium aims to examine the myriad positive and negative connotations of filth, and how humanity can both thrive and suffer from these dynamic relationships.

Movement

2019

Movement is an intrinsic part of the world. From the flutter of a butterfly鈥檚 wings, to the technology that shapes our lives, to changes in politics and paradigms, movement involves creation, transformation, and vision. The 12th Interdisciplinary Colloquium seeks to address the topic of movement(s) from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Contributors to the Colloquium bring their unique insights to this theme while acknowledging how movement, in its distinct forms and manifestations, is fundamental to our world.

Presentations

Dr. Martinus Koen,听Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, 鈥淐ase Study of Implementation of Body-Worn Cameras at a Single Police Agency.鈥�

Dr. Bartell Berg, Assistant Professor of German, 鈥淥ut of this World! The Semmeringbahn as Exhilarating Motion in Austrian Culture.鈥�

Dr. Grace Howard, Assistant Professor of Gender Studies, 鈥淭he Pregnancy Exceptionalism Road Trip.鈥�

Dr. Perry Burnett, Associate Professor of Economics, 鈥淭he Road to Happiness is Paved with Deception.鈥�

Dr. Kimberly Delaney, Assistant Professor of Biology, 鈥淐ells On The Move: A look at Movement at the Cellular Level.鈥�

Dr. Steven Williams, Associate Professor of Sociology, 鈥淪ocial Movements and University Students: Can They Still Save the World?鈥�

Dr. Joy Santee,听Assistant Professor of English, 鈥淢eatbags to Bodyminds: Embodied Rhetorics and the Promotion of Engaged Interdisciplinary Research.鈥�

Dr. Andrew Buck, Associate Professor of Sociology, 鈥淗ow to Stop Social Movements.鈥�

Ms. Al Holen, Associate Professor of Ceramics, 鈥淢ovement Real and Implied.鈥�

Dr. Denise Lynn, Associate Professor of History, 鈥淵oga Posturing: Indian Nationalism and American Yoga Practices.鈥�

Dr. Erin Reynolds,听Assistant Professor of Health Services/Administration. 鈥淯nderstanding Health Literacy in a Population with Chronic Kidney Disease

Mr. Elliot Wasserman, Professor of Theatre and Mr. Eric Altheide, Assistant Professor of Theatre. 鈥淢ovement as Meaning in Theatre.鈥�

Mr. Thomas Drury,听Instructor of Music, 鈥淒ance Music of Ireland: Movement in Time and Space.鈥�

Mr. Matthew Graham, Professor of English, 鈥淥riginal Poetry.鈥�

Towers

2017

鈥淚 found myself in a tower, whose foundations were sunk so deep into the earth and whose top was so lofty, reaching up like a spire into the sky, that my whole existence already seemed bound to be consumed up and down it.鈥澨� (G茅rard de Nerval, Aur茅lia)

The Towers Colloquium featured a performance by the 91社区 Chamber Choir, under the direction of Mr. Daniel Craig, Associate Professor of Music,听and original artwork by Michael Aakhus, Brittney Byrd, Tylar Dean, Joan deJong, Sarah Feagan, Danielle Lents, Gabe Mayer, Rob Millard Mendez, Steven Miller, Levi Schulz, Brian Simpson, Logan Tharp, Glen Tyler, Kathryn Waters, and Katy Whitehouse.

Presentations

Dr. Abigail Alexander, Assistant Professor of French, 鈥淪ame Towers, Different Gods: Saving Notre-Dame de Paris鈥�

Dr. Srikanth Dandotkar, Assistant Professor of Psychology, 鈥淭owers, Signals, and Information Processing: Humans as Informavores (like herbivores and carnivores), and Human Minds as Cellphones鈥�

Mr. John Gibson, Original Poetry

Mr. Matthew Graham, Professor of English, Original Poetry

Dr. Matthew Hanka, Associate Professor of Political Science, 鈥淭he Towering Ego of the Trump Presidency: Will it Fall?鈥�

Ms. Jennifer Horn, Instructor of English, 鈥淐limbing the Fairy-Tale Tower to 鈥楬appily Ever After鈥� in Contemporary Times鈥�

Dr. Cacee Hoyer, Assistant Professor of History, 鈥淭he Unbalanced Minaret: the Juma Masjid Mosque, Durban鈥檚 divided Indian Community, and Challenges to Early Anti-apartheid Resistance鈥�

Dr. Sakina Hughes, Associate Professor of History, 鈥淲omen of Color in the Ivory Tower鈥�

Dr. Jill Oeding, Professor of Business, 鈥淏e a Tower of Integrity: Stand Out from Your Peers in a Good Way鈥�

Dr. Norma Rosas-Mayen, Associate Professor of Spanish, performance of music of the Sephardic Jews of North Africa and the Middle East

Dr. Constance Swenty, Associate Professor of Nursing, Assistant Dean of Nursing, 鈥淗ealthcare Teams Connect Communication Towers鈥�

Dr. Steven Williams, Associate Professor of Sociology, 鈥淭he Fall of Tower Records and the Death of the Artifact鈥�

Roundtable

鈥淒oors into Disciplines鈥� with Dr. James Beeby, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts (Moderator), Dr. Glenna Bower, Professor of Kinesiology and Sport, Dr. Gabriela Mustata Wilson, Associate Professor of Health Informatics, Dr. Todd Schroer, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, and Dr. Sarah Stevens, Interim Director of University Honors Program

Doors

2016

"If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite." 听The inter-referential trajectory of the William Blake quote moves doors freely through historical experience, linking a late 18th-century poetic imitation of the Bible to the modern musings of mid-20th-century psychedelic memoir to the popular realm of rock music. 听Doors are emblematic of barriers and opportunities, of social oppression and forward movement, of bright beginnings and obscure conclusions. 听Open doors can be promising in offering access to spaces known and unknown, while closed doors may produce feelings of frustration, security, excitement, bitterness, conclusion, and even peace.听 Sometimes doors are simply benign.听 As the poet Marge Piercy observed, 鈥淢aybe there is more of the magical/in the idea of a door than in the door/ itself.鈥�

Dr. Bartell Berg, Assistant Professor of German, 鈥淎 Community at the Precipice: Thresholds to Forgiveness and Emancipation in Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach鈥檚 Das Gemeindekind鈥�

Dr. C. Elizabeth Bonham, Associate Professor of Nursing, 鈥淭he Clang of the Steel Door鈥�

Dr. Trent Engbers, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, 鈥淥pening Doors Through Social Capital鈥�

Dr. Chad Gonnerman, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, 鈥淥n Not Opening Some Doors in Philosophy鈥�

Dr. Sukanya Gupta, Assistant Professor of English, 鈥淚mperial Doors: Crossing the 鈥楰alapani鈥� as a Coolie Woman鈥�

Dr. Mark Krahling, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Associate Dean of the Pott College, 鈥淧recisely What Life Needs: A Revolving Door for Packaging Energy鈥�

Dr.听Erin Reynolds, Assistant Professor of Health Services/Administration, 鈥淪ocial Networks as Doors to Health Care鈥�

Dr.听Daria Sevastianova, Associate Professor of Economics, 鈥淭he Revolving Door: International Migration and the Rise of Populism鈥�

Dr.听Melissa Stacer, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, 鈥淣ew Opportunities or Closing Doors? How Correctional Facility Tours Impact Students鈥� Thoughts about Careers鈥�

Dr.听Steven Williams, Associate Professor of Sociology, 鈥淒oors of Perception Opened and Closed: LSD, Marijuana, Magic Mushrooms, and the Era of Psychedelic Music鈥�

Roundtable: 听

鈥淒oors into Disciplines鈥� Dr. James Beeby, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Professor of History (Moderator), Dr. Molly Brost (English), Dr. Betty Hart (English), Dr. Mari K. Hopper (Cellular and Integrative Physiology), and Dr. Rick Hudson (Mathematics).

Roads

2013

Roads provide a means of conveyance from one point to another. They have been used to exchange goods and services, ideas and information. Roads facilitate the movement of individuals and groups to and from destinations both nearby and distant. Whether well-trodden pathways or modern superhighways, roads and road networks have provided the thoroughfares that have expedited both war and peace, sparked cultural, political, and religious revolutions, and provided inspiration to artists, musicians, and poets. Moreover, our understanding of the human body and the universe, specifically the conduits permeating both, has been the catalyst for countless scientific revolutions.

This interdisciplinary colloquium examined roads and pathways of all forms, their functions and their impact through interdisciplinary approaches.

The Roads Colloquium featured photographs by Joan deJong, Katie Waters and Kristen Wilkens.

Presentations

Dr. Kevin Allton, English "Dawn of the Sandman"

Dr. Daniel Bauer, Anthropology, "The Road to Representation: Becoming Indigenous in Coastal Ecuador"

Dr. David Black, Radio and Television, Film Screening, In Harmony鈥檚 Way: The Battle to Save a Bridge

Dr. Perry Burnett, Economics, "Roads, Reasons and Rumblings"

John Gibson, Latin, Original Poetry

Matthew Graham, English, Original Poetry

Dr. Casey Harison, History, "'Taking the Hard Road': Migrants on the Road to Paris"

Emily Holt, Dental Hygiene/Assisting, "Oral Cancer Prevention Meets the Road to Recovery"

Dr. Alan Kaiser, University of Evansville, "How Roman Roads Changed Roman Lives"

Dr. Oana Popescu-Sandu, English, "When Odysseus Needs No Visa: Space and Culture in the Global World"

Dr. Shannon Pritchard, Art, "Caravaggio鈥檚 Madonna di Loreto and the Symbolic Pilgrimage to Loreto"

Dr. Christopher Rivera, International Studies, "InterCultural Crossroads: Narrating the Migratory Experiences of Objects and Subjects in Motion"

Dr. Mayola Rowser, Nursing, "91社区 School-Based Community Health Center"

Dr. Kent Scheller, Physics, "One Road, Many Vehicles鈥擮ur Path to Scientific Knowledge"

Ellen Claire Topper, International Studies, "The Road to International Human Rights"

Daniela Vidal, Center for Applied Research and Economic Development, "A Road Back Home: How can I-69 stop the Braindrain in Southern Indiana?"

Marcus Wicker, English, Original Poetry

Dr. Steven Williams, Sociology听听听 "The Open Road and Rock n Roll: White, Male, Middle-Class Adventure"

The River

2011

The River Colloquium examined various rivers from diverse perspectives, including the Mississippi River as an icon of African American culture, its role in the work of Melville and Mark Twain, and the delicate relationship between the quest for cheap energy and upstream flood control. The Ganges served as a locus for thinking about Yoga as a journey, and as a search for community at its banks. The Thames was featured as a force in shaping the culture of London. The Ohio was featured in an historian鈥檚 discussion of the Flood of 1937, and in original works by poets and fiction writers. A geologist discussed how rivers change, like people, through time and space. 听

The Colloquium was part of a regional celebration of the Steamboat Bicentennial and featured a musical presentation on rivers by the Chamber Choir, directed by Dan Craig.

Presentations

Presentations

Patricia Aakhus, International Studies, Original Works

Dr. Niharika Banerjea, Sociology, "Searching for Community at the Banks of the River: Middle-class Women and Same-Sex Desires in Kolkata"

Leisa Belleau, English, Original Works

Dr. Paul Doss, Geology, "Rivers, Dirt, Fish, and Growing Old: a Perspective on Space and Time"

Dr. Brandon Eggleston, Health Professions, "Find the River"

John Gibson, Latin, Original Works

Matthew Graham, English, Original Works

Dr. Mary Hallock Morris, Political Science, "The Mississippi River Watershed: How Upstream Policies and Downstream Disasters Affect Us"

Dr. Betty Hart, English, "Deep River"

Dr. Tamara Hunt, History, "London's River, London's History"

Nicole Reid, English, Original Works

Dr. Robert Reid, History, "The Great Flood of 1937: The Katrina of the Twentieth Century"

Dr. Michael Kearns, English听听听听听听听听听 "Moral Compasses on the Mississippi, as Dramatized by Mark Twain and Herman Melville"