Saturday, July 11, 2015
7 p.m.
“The Science of Storytelling: How Empirical Research into Literature Can Re-Program Hollywood and Nurture Democracy”
Angus Fletcher
Associate Professor of English and Film Studies at The Ohio State University
His research focuses on the function of narrative and dramatic forms in fostering more tolerant, plural, cooperative societies—the kinds of societies that are more effective at developing progressive solutions to hunger, disease, and the other material problems of our biological world. He is the author of Evolving Hamlet and numerous articles.
This banquet keynote presentation was part of the Why the Humanities: Answers from the Cognitive and Neurosciences Conference held July 9-12, 2015 in the McGilvrey Room at the Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center, 215 S. Depeyster St., in Kent, Ohio.
The purpose of the conference was to highlight and enhance the contributions that humanities education makes to personal well-being, responsible citizenship, and social justice.
This conference was made possible, in part, by the Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this conference do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Generous support is also being provided by Kent State University’s College of Arts & Sciences, College of Education, Health and Human Services, the Departments of English, History, Modern and Classical Language Studies, Philosophy, Psychology, and Sociology, and the Institute for Applied Linguistics.
For further information, contact whythehumanities@gmail.com
James Maxwell
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