Syracuse Symposium: Conventions.pdf

Syracuse University Humanities Center's Syracuse Symposium explores "Conventions" from diverse perspectives and genres, engaging wider publics with interdisciplinary humanities work.
- Public Participation: Faculty and students welcome to participate in all Symposium activities.
- Accessibility: Free and open to the public; content-appropriate accessibility assistance provided; occasional rescheduling may occur.
- Spring 2022 Events:
- February 3: Futari (Two Persons) - Exhibit Opening featuring Pixy Liao's subversive art challenging conventional gender roles, with a musical performance by PIMO.
- February 7: Breaking Conventions - Workshop 3-of-4 with Juhanna Rogers exploring place-based storytelling for empathy and systemic change.
- February 15: Artist Talk - Pixy Liao discusses her exploration of flipped power and sex roles in relationships.
- February 22: The Method - Isaac Butler discusses Stanislavski's Method acting influence on various art forms.
- February 24: Engaging Urban Communities - Panel discussion on supporting Syracuse-based urban communities during and after COVID-19.
- March 22: No Words - Marsha Pearce considers Black art and life experiences in precarious times.
- March 23: Spatial Rhetorics and Multimodal Curation - Marsha Pearce's mini-seminar on space, meaning, and imagination.
- April 11: Disrupting Conventions - Interactive workshop envisioning housing possibilities for Syracuse community.
- April 12: Drawing Repurposed - Bradford Grant's lecture on drawing as a tool for self-reflection and social justice.
- April 13: Seeing with the Possibility of Being Changed - Hands-on drawing workshop with Bradford Grant.
- April 21: What's on the Earth is in the Stars - Suzanne Kite's exploration of conflicting conventions in American settler colonial identity and Lakota epistemologies.
- May 5: Conventions of Care - Multi-media works by resettled refugee youth representing caretaking conventions.
- More Information: Visit humcenter.syr.edu.