• Event Start Date : 2010-04-09
  • Event Start Time: 8:00 AM
  • Event End Time: 5:00 PM
  • Event Type: Meetings

Prospects, Directions Futures: A Public Conversation

Saturday, April 10, 2010
Scholarly Communication Center, Alexander Library
New Brunswick, NJ

Keynote Speaker
The Honorable James A. Leach, Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities

Panel I: Assessments of the Field
Moderated by Brian I. Daniels

Douglas Greenberg, Executive Dean, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
Joan Breton Connelly, Professor, Department of Classics, New York University
Suzan Shown Harjo, President, Morning Start Institute

Panel II: Emerging Topics
Moderated by Erin Hasinoff

Joshua A. Bell, Curator of Globalization, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Enid Schildkrout, Chief Curator, Museum for African Art
John Kuo Wei (Jack) Tchen, Director, Asian/Pacific/American Institute, New York University; Founder, Museum of Chinese in America
MaryEllen Snyder, Chief of Interpretation and Visitor Services, Ft. Necessity National Battlefield, National Park Service

Panel III: Future Directions
Moderated by Brian I. Daniels

Mary Sue Sweeney Price, Director, Newark Museum
John H. Stubbs, Vice President, World Monuments Fund
Richard M. Leventhal, Director, Penn Cultural Heritage Center
Jonathan Fein, Independent Filmmaker and Educator