Carroll College is sponsoring the Hope & Fear Conference-An Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities.Our social, political, and religious climate has been dominated recently by a collective fear of everything from economic distress and frightening diseases to social tension and violence to environmental dangers. This conference will explore where there is room for hope in such times of uncertainty and fear; the interplay between hope and fear for the U.S. and for humanity as a whole; and how respect and compassion might overcome division and mistrust in our discourse and interactions. For more information, visit: www.carroll.edu/history/hope-fear-conference.
Schedule of events:
Mar. 31-Apr. 1:
Panel discussions held throughout each day
March 31:
12:30 p.m. - Lunch-time speaker Denise Juneau (registration required)
7 p.m. -Keynote speaker Nell Irvin Painter, St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 512 Logan Street
Keynote Speaker: Nell Irvin Painter, Edwards Professor Emeritus of American History at Princeton University, is a distinguished and award-winning scholar and writer. She explores issues of racial and gender identity and how they have figured into the history of America and the West, and she urges audiences to look at history beyond the lines of difference and stereotype.
In her keynote, "Southern History Across the Color Line," Painter will take us across the divides that have compartmentalized southern history, women's history, and African American history by focusing on relationships among men and women of different races.
April 1:
12:30 p.m. - Lunch-time speaker Loren Graham (registration required)