Schedule for Thursday, May 2, 2019
1:30 PM Introductions, Tim Melley, Director Miami University Humanities Center
1:45 PM Eras of Truth and Lies, Moderator: Anita Mannur
Rosemary Pennington, “The Problem of Journalistic Objectivity in an Age of Disinformation”
Andrew Hebard, “Beautiful Imprecision: Science and Truth in Literary Realism”
Erik Jensen, “Dear Prudence: Keeping a Public Diary in Nazi Germany”
Andy Rice, “Moments of Truth: Affective Experience and the Rise of Anti-Establishment Ethics in the Mid-Twentieth Century United States”
3:45 PM Break
4:00 PM Opening Keynote, Lewis Gordon, “Racism, Anti-Truth,and Other Forms of Bad Faith”
5:15 PM Opening Reception