Sunday, November 11PeriPatetic reading of travel writingReaders will include students, faculty, and alums.Wheeler Humanities Building (WHB) 209, 6:30-8:30 p.m. (CA)

Monday, November 12“By aventure yfalle: travelers and tourists—we’re all on the road together”Maggie Monteverde, Professor of English, Belmont UniversityMassey Business Center (MBC) 400, 10 a.m. (AL)

“australia on a one-way ticket” Sandra Hutchins, Professor of English, Belmont University MBC 400, 4 p.m. (CA)

“life and (cold) hard times in antarctica: mixing science and travel while unraveling the frozen continent’s climatic and ecological history” Molly F. Miller, Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt UniversityMBC 400, 7 p.m. (AL)

Tuesday, November 13“niagara on my mind ... : the issue of ‘gender’ in dePictions of niagara falls across the centuries” Stefanie Ohnesorg, Associate Professor of German, University of TennesseeMBC 400, 11 a.m. (AL)

“the struggle for authenticity in a conflict zone: transforming suBject, reader, and writer”Alexa Smith, freelance journalist/Presbyterian minister MBC 400, 3:30 p.m. (FD)

“the eighteenth century invention of tourism”Douglas Murray, Professor of English, Belmont UniversityMBC 400, 5 p.m. (AL)

Wednesday, November 14“the travels of Benjamin franklin”David Curtis, Professor of English, Belmont UniversityLeu Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA) 117, 10 a.m. (AL)

“see the world:” study aBroad art show oPening with readingsLCVA Gallery, 4:30 p.m. (CA)

recePtion for symPosium sPeakers LCVA Lobby, 6 p.m.

Rewriting the World As We Know ItSixth Annual Humanities Symposium

“from mariscos to mariachis to a murder trial: how a central american freelance jaunt Became a literary and legal nightmare”Tony D’Souza, journalist and author of Whiteman, recipient of the Best First Fiction Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.LCVA 117, 7 p.m. (AL)

Thursday, November 15“in search of an identity: roBert canzoneri and other contemPorary italian american writers who traveled to italy to understand themselves”Francesca Muccini, Department of Foreign Languages, Belmont UniversityLeu Gallery, Bunch Library, 11 a.m. (AL)

“Passion and Profession: the art of making the two meet through adventure travel writing and PhotograPhy”Brice Minnigh, Belmont Alumnus, Freelance Travel JournalistMBC 400, 3:30 p.m. (AL)

Friday, November 16Panel discussion on freelance writing and travel Featuring Tony D’Souza, Brice Minnigh and conference participantsMultimedia Hall, Bunch Library, 10 a.m. (AL)

freelance/travel writing workshoPLed by Tony D’Souza, Brice Minnigh, Thom Storey, Linda Quigley, and Sandra HutchinsWHB, Second Floor, 1-4 p.m. (Pre-registration required)

Sunday, November 18Prelude to the film: Salsa, chips and snacks.LCVA Vestibule, 6:30 p.m.

film: Motorcycle DiariesFollowed by a discussion led by Natalia Pelaz, Assistant Professor, Department of Foreign Languages, Belmont UniversityLCVA 117, 7 p.m. (CA)

Monday, November 19“what have we learned from the symPosium?” Panel Discussion: Symposium CommitteeMBC 100, 10 a.m. (AL)

“travels in asia”Jessica Acuna and Micah Stover, Belmont MA in English ProgramLCVA Gallery, 5 p.m. (CA)

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For information, visit www.belmont.edu/english or call 615-460-6386.