A dozen University of Nebraska–Lincoln students, faculty and staff in diverse fields will discuss papers and creative projects that explore the complexities of the simultaneous construction and performance of one’s identity, in an online symposium presented by Sheldon Museum of Art, 4 to 6 p.m. on April 2.
Registration is available here.
The presenters’ papers and creative projects are available on the museum’s website.
The full schedule for the April 2 symposium is:
4 to 4:05: Welcome
4:05 to 4:30: Establishing and Representing Identity, Navigating Expectations and Realities
Dan Hutt, academic success coach, Center for Academic Success and Transition, “Torn Between Notebooks: Utilizing the Arts to Distinguish Identity from Selection of College Major”
Carole Levin, Willa Cather Professor of History, and Duncan Moore, undergraduate student, history (major), medieval and renaissance studies (minor), “Two 16th Century Portraits of Future Kings: The Dauphin Henry and Prince Edward”
4:30 to 4:55: Art, Religion and Spirituality
Hannah Ashburn, graduate student, art history, “‘Consumer Christ’ and Assemblage: Analyzing Edward Kienholz and Nancy Reddin Kienholz’s J.C. #36”
Marina Cervera Teruel, graduate student, Spanish (major), art history (minor), “The Crossroad Between the Material and the Spirit”
4:55 to 5: Break
5 to 5:25: Self-Fashioning and Self-Portraiture
James Brunton, assistant professor of practice and coordinator of film studies, Department of English, “From the Neck Up”
Jamie Ho, graduate student, art, and Penny Molesso, graduate student, art, “Winking at the Audience: Camp Aesthetics in Self-Portraiture”
Vianne Sheikh, undergraduate student, emerging media arts, “Narrow Sense”
5:25 to 5:50: Humans, Technology, and Identity
Brian Pytlik-Zillig, professor, University Libraries; fellow, Center for Digital Research in the Humanities; and Stephen Ramsay, associate professor of English; fellow, Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, “Muybridge I”
Sabrina Sommer, undergraduate student, advertising and graphic design, “Elegy to the Cyborg”
5:50 to 6: Wrap Up with All Participants
