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--- TELL US A STORY… in under 7 minutes with 20 slides A Call for Undergraduate Presentations as part of a Symposium held at Bryn Mawr College to mark the exhibition of Camp Pause Storytelling as Power, Resistance, Critique Friday, November 9, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Bryn Mawr College, Canaday Rare Book Room Featuring a Keynote Lecture by Assistant Professor Sofia Fenner (Political Science) “Metaphor and Politics under Authoritarianism” Deadline for submissions: Friday, October 12, 2018 Tania El Khoury, Gardens Speak (2014–ongoing). Photo by Jesse Huniford. Special Collections invites undergraduates to submit proposals for PechaKucha presentations. PechaKucha presenters show 20 slides for 20 seconds each, with slides advancing automatically, and without exceeding the time limit of 6 minutes and 40 seconds. Undergraduate research will be presented from 11am-12pm. Graduate research papers will follow the 12noon keynote lecture. The symposium is convened on the occasion of the current exhibition Camp Pause (Sept 12–Dec 14, 2018). Camp Pause follows four refugees, who narrate their experiences in a Palestinian camp. It engages modes of story- telling, ideas of refuge, and the symbol of the sea. Possible topics might involve: STORYTELLING: • as communal power • as private experience versus public communication • as oral and/or embodied performance • as clandestine • as empathy building • as personal narrative or identity formation • in mode of Fairytales, folklore, and mythology • as a transcultural agent • as critical monument/memorial Please e-mail a title, 200–250-word abstract, and short bio to Laurel McLaughlin, Ridgway Curatorial Fellow, [email protected]. The deadline for submission is October 26, 2018. Presenters will be notified of their selection by Friday, October 27, 2018. For more information about Tania El Khoury’s larger project at Bryn Mawr College, see: http://taniaelkhoury.brynmawr.edu/.
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TELL US A STORYhellip in under 7 minutes with 20 slides
A Call for Undergraduate Presentations as partof a Symposium
heldat BrynMawrCollegeto mark the exhibition of Camp Pause
Storytelling as Power Resistance CritiqueFriday November 91100 am ndash 200 pm
Bryn Mawr College Canaday Rare Book Room
Featuring a Keynote Lecture byAssistant Professor SofiaFenner (Political Science)ldquoMetaphor and Politics under Authoritarianismrdquo
Deadline for submissions Friday October 122018
Tania El Khoury Gardens Speak (2014ndashongoing) Photo by Jesse Huniford
Special Collections invites undergraduates to submitproposals for PechaKucha presentations PechaKucha presenters show 20 slides for 20 seconds each withslides advancing automatically and without exceeding
the time limit of 6 minutes and 40 seconds
Undergraduate research will be presented from11am-12pm Graduate research papers will follow the
12noon keynote lecture
The symposium is convened on the occasionofthecurrent exhibition Camp Pause (Sept12ndashDec 14 2018) Camp Pause follows four refugees who narrate their experiences in aPalestinian camp It engages modes of story-telling ideas of refuge and the symbol ofthe
sea
Possible topics might involve
STORYTELLING bull as communal power bull as private experience versus public communication
bull as oral andor embodied performance bull as clandestine bull as empathy building bull as personal narrative or identity formation bull in mode of Fairytales folklore and mythology bull as a transcultural agent bull as critical monumentmemorial
Pleasee-mail a title 200ndash250-wordabstractand shortbio to Laurel
McLaughlinRidgway CuratorialFellowlmclaughlibrynmawreduThedeadlinefor submissionisOctober 262018
Presenterswill benotifiedoftheir selection by Friday October 272018
For more information about Tania El Khouryrsquos larger projectatBrynMawr
College seehttptaniaelkhourybrynmawredu
