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Lecture Series: Fall 2020 – Images and Icons

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DateLecture Title/Event
August 25Welcome and Introduction

Rebekka King (Philosophy and Religious Studies)
September 1“Beauty Will Save the World”: Iconography as a Way of Seeing

Fr. John Oliver (St. Elizabeth Orthodox Church)

YouTube Video
September 8Word and Image in Medieval Jewish Manuscripts

Laura Cochrane (Art and Design)

YouTube Video
September 15The Liberty Bell: Proclaiming Liberty Throughout All the Land

John R. Vile (Honors)

YouTube Video
September 22Why Are These 32 Symbols found in Ancient Caves all over Europe?

TED Talk by Genevieve von Petzinger (Paleoanthropologist)
September 29Building Self-Awareness Through the Construction of a Healthy Body Image

Barbara Turnage (Social Work)
October 6Visualizing Violent Femininity: Race, Sex, and Femmes Fatales in Atomic Blonde and Proud Mary

Roberta Chevrette (Communication Studies)

YouTube Video
October 13Virtual Images and Icons

Sal Barbosa (Computer Science)

YouTube Video
October 20Why We <3 Things: A Graphic Designer’s Perspective

Sheri Selph (Art and Design)

YouTube Video
October 27Comics: Amplification Through Simplification

Kari Neely (World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures)

YouTube Video
November 3An Unusual Glimpse at Celebrity

TED Talk by Alison Jackson (Artist)
November 10Wrap-Up Zoom Meeting

Rebekka King (Philosophy and Religious Studies)
November 24National Fellowships and Scholarships

Laura Clippard (Honors)

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Honors College
Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors Building
Campus Box 267
1737 Blue Raider Drive
Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Main Office: HONR Room 205 (Dean’s Suite)

Main Office Phone: 615-898-2152
Email: uhc@mtsu.edu