Maryville Symposium on Faith and the Liberal Arts 

Frontiers, Borders and Citizens: Membership in American Society

 

Provisional Program for 2012 Symposium, October 5-6, 2012


First session: Friday Afternoon

Will Katerberg, Globalizing American Creation Stories

Two Respondents

 

Second session: Friday Evening

View award winning documentary, “El Inmigrante.” It is a film that centers on the murder of an illegal immigrant in a border town in southern Texas – Bracketville, near El Paso. The film makers look at all sides of the incident and they have interviewed a diverse sets of citizens in Bracketville, including the border patrol, citizens of the town, and the family of the young man killed.

The main presenters at the conference – Will Katerberg, Barbara Wells and Paul Spickard – will have a panel discussion, which will lead into a plenary discussion.

 

Third Session: Saturday Morning – I

Barbara Wells, Life on the Border: A Case Study from Southern California

Two Respondents

 

Fourth Session: Saturday Morning – II

Paul Spickard, Race, Migration, and Membership in American Society: Shifting Meanings

Two Respondents

 

Fifth Session: Saturday Afternoon

William Trollinger, University of Dayton,

What We Have Heard: Synthesis and Suggestions for Further Work