The OSUN FYSEM Conference planning group is gearing up for the conference on April 29th and 30th 8:30am to 10:30am EST! Attached below is the audience registration poster with a QR code for audience members and panelists to register for the event. Registered participants will receive the conference Zoom link and a detailed schedule of events with panel themes, student bios, and paper titles next week. Listed below are the panels and presenters in case you are curious about who will be presenting from your institution.
Saturday, April 29th panels:
Poetry and Creative Works
Panel 1: Creative Works
1.Ayrika James - “A White World” - Bard Early Colleges
2.Sophia Cho - "Anne Fadiman’s The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" - Simon's Rock
3.Mark Sharag - “Myth and Rumors” - European Humanities University
Panel 2: Creative Approaches to the Academic Paper
1. Ruby Giunta - "Taking Delight in Fragmentation: A Surrealist Reading of Sappho" - Simon's Rock
2. Joe Ravese - “A Stroll Down Hillsborough Street” - Simon's Rock
3. Alua Samat - piece untitled - Bard Annandale
Women and Gender Studies
1. Bermet Ibraeva - “Female enslavement and its Connection to Conditions in China” - American University of Central Asia
2. Saadat Abdykarieva - "Female Enslavement and its Causes" - American University of Central Asia
3. Ala’a Abhari - “Why does Authority Contradict Women” - Al-Quds Bard
4. Gabriela Stefanova - "Give the Rainbow Back to the Children: Analysis on how deep-rooted LGBTQ+ discrimination is in Bulgaria" - American University of Bulgaria
Sunday, April 30th panels:
Human Nature
Panel 1
1. Sabina Dzhumalieva - "The Ugly Zombie-Duckling" - American University of Central Asia
2. Meruert Almaz - "On the Inconstancy of Our Actions" -American University of Central Asia - TSI
3. Ava Bowman - “Whose Job is it to Love?: Ideas from Farred’s “Love is Asymmetrical: James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time” in 4. Baldwin’s “My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation” - Simon's Rock
5. Amro Shrouf - “Considering Having Knowledge or Not to Be Wise” - Al-Quds Bard
Panel 2
1. Yolanda Xinyue Zhu - “The Subversion of Masculine Voice in Frankenstein” - Simon's Rock
2. Aidai Bakchekova - "The Importance of Traditions as Universal Heritage" - American University of Central Asia
3. Sezim Zheembaeva - "Why Frankenstein’s Creature Was Doomed to Misery from the Beginning" - American University of Central Asia
4. Arnab Fouzder - “The Consumption of Pot Brownies - An Unconventional Approach to Healing and Connection" - BracU
Power and Authority
Panel 1
1. Peyton Parker - "Art and Culture: The Value of Artistic Expression for Change” - Bard Annandale
2. Jonibek Iusupov - "Question of Individual Responsibility" - American University of Central Asia
3. Tanzin Raisa - "Tragedy and the Abuse of Others” - Bard Sequence
4. Muqaddas Mamadboqirova - “Bureaucracy – Primary Source of Evil” - American University of Central Asia
Panel 2
1. The The Zuu Zin - “Analyzing Myanmar and British Burma through Fanon’s lens” - Parami
2. Aktai Turganov - “Conformity or herd instinct: pros and cons” - American University of Central Asia
3. Takhmina Kamolova - “Development As a Movement and Tradition as an Inertia” - American University of Central Asia
4. Izzy Simon - “The Problem with Property” - Bard Annandale
Thank you.