Schedule:
1:15 PM - Opening Remarks
1:30 PM - Town, Region, and World
Hongmei Li, Moderator
Steven Conn, “Who Cares About Small Towns?”
Andrew Offenburger, “What is Foreign to Storm Lake, Iowa?”
Rosemary Pennington, “A Global Midwest? News Framing of Immigrant Communities”
3:00 PM - Coffee break
3:15 PM - Grounding the Midwest
Ron Becker, Moderator
Robbyn Abbitt, “Resting Places, Rich Histories: The Midwest as Reflected in Local Cemeteries”
Annie Dell’Aria, “Locating Nancy Holt's Star-Crossed: Site, Institution, and Region”
Kevin Reuning, “The Midwest from Ohio: A Survey of Attitudes on the Midwest"
Srishti Jha, "Midwestern Poetics: Mapping the Works of Ohio Women Poets"
4:45 PM - Coffee Break
5:00 PM - Keynote
Ashley Howard, University of Iowa
“Midwestern Myths, Midwestern Realities”
6:15 PM - Reception/MHA Awards Presentation
