ten Hoor Hall – Room 125
Convocation – Worldviews Presentation
ten Hoor Hall - Room 125 , United StatesBlount Seniors will present their Worldviews Presentation.
Convocation – Worldviews Presentations
ten Hoor Hall - Room 125 , United StatesBlount seniors will present their Worldviews (BUI 401) projects.
Convocation – “What History is and What History Is Not”
ten Hoor Hall - Room 125 , United StatesProfessor Joshua Rothman leads a conversation about what being a historian really means. Along the way, he discusses why so many students hate history and how they might be persuaded otherwise.
Convocation – “From Blount to Grad School and Europe – Environmentalism and the Ramsey Premiere Award and Scholarship”
ten Hoor Hall - Room 125 , United StatesCorinne Baroni graduated with her B.S. in Environmental Engineering in 2023 and is currently finishing her Masters at UA. She will talk about how her experiences in Blount and environmental research led her to the Ramsey Premiere Award and her Great Ideas Tour of the Waterways of Western Europe.
Convocation – “Research in Geological Sciences”
ten Hoor Hall - Room 125 , United StatesDr. Nihat Hakan Akyol will discuss his research in environmental geology.
Convocation – Southern Poverty Law Center Memorial Project
ten Hoor Hall - Room 125 , United StatesLauren Blanding, from the Southern Poverty Law Center, will discuss the various projects of the Memorial Division.
Convocation – “Cable Girls Do It Best: Subverting the Past on the Small Screen”
ten Hoor Hall - Room 125 , United StatesThe small screen has, in recent years, seen an influx of historical fiction, which has created a great deal of interest in learning about the past amongst viewers. Using Hayden White’s concept of “historiophoty” and Stephanie Genz’s concept of the “postfeminist Supergirl” as a starting point, Dr. Barbara Gray will discuss how we see Spain’s
Convocation – The Blues
ten Hoor Hall - Room 125 , United StatesDr. Thomas Robinson will discuss the music theory of the Blues.
Convocation – Gender and Race Studies
ten Hoor Hall - Room 125 , United StatesDr. Utz McKnight will discuss the types of research, the methods of research, and the intellectual frameworks of Gender and Race Studies.
Convocation – “Zen Meditation, Weird Art, & Other Modes of Thinking”
ten Hoor Hall - Room 125 , United StatesA brief introduction to Zen meditation, Zen & Daoist concepts, experimental art - all seen as alternative modes of thinking. The limitations of reason & achievement. For this particular Convocation, don't expect to sit there & be talked at. Dr. Hank Lazer.
