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2019 Conference Schedule

2019 Conference Schedule Visiting Participants UNC Participants

 

Tuesday, May 28th – Friday, May 31st, 2019

Tuesday, May 28th

Conference registration open from 5:30 pm – 6:00 pm in the FedEx Global Atrium. 

Time Location Session
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm FedEx Global, Atrium Opening Reception, Introductions, and “Breaking down the Jargon Walls” Panel Discussion

  • Casey Berger (UNC)
  • Bethan Cornell (KCL)
  • Kira Heikes (UNC)
  • Josh Jackson (UNC)
  • Layla Dowdy, Director of UNC Office of Research Communication

 

Wednesday, May 29th

Conference registration open from 8:30 am – 9:00 am in the FedEx Global Atrium. 

Time Location Session
9:00 am – 10:15 am FedEx Global, Atrium Welcome Breakfast

  • Jennifer Gerz-Escandón, Associate Dean of Interdisciplinary Education and Fellowship Programs
  • Kevin Guskiewicz, Interim Chancellor
  • Dr. Banu Gökariksel, Royster Distinguished Professor
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Davis Library, room 247 Story Mapping

  • Emily Hynes (UNC)
  • Cory Keeler (UNC)
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm FedEx Global, 4th floor Lunch

  • 2018 White Paper discussion
1:15 pm – 2:45 pm Various Locations Faculty Meetings and Networking
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm FedEx Global, 4th floor “Interplay Between Borders and Emotions” Presentations

  • Katherine Henry (UNC) – “Land of the Free: Radical Reformers and Free Love Literature in Nineteenth-Century America”
  • Emily Hynes (UNC) – “Fetishizing the Subject: Ethical Boundaries of ‘Loving your Work’”
  • Josh Jackson (UNC) – “The Ecological and Cultural Roots of Prejudice”
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Starting at Hill Hall Black & Blue Walking Tour

  • Led by Dr. Robert S. Porter
Evening Various Locations Dinner on your own

 

Thursday, May 30th

Time Location Session
9:00 am – 10:30 am FedEx Global, 4th floor Breakfast and “The Deceptive Border Between Research and Practice” Panel Discussion

  • Lis Bernhardt (UNC)
  • Poushali Ganguli (KCL)
  • Olatz Mompeo Masachs (KCL)
  • Rakhee Patel (KCL)
  • Diego Salazar-Morales (KCL)
  • Kate Saylor (UNC)
11:00 am – 12:15 pm Ackland Museum of Art Guided Tour

  • Carlee Forbes (UNC)
  • Emily Hynes (UNC)
  • Jennifer Wu (UNC)
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm FedEx Global, 4th floor Lunch

  • Terry Rhodes, Interim Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm FedEx Global, room 1005 “Species Borders” Presentation and Panel Discussion

  • Nick Levis (UNC) – “Borders Between Species”
  • Kathie Sun (UNC)
3:15 pm – 4:45 pm FedEx Global, 4th floor “Strengths and Challengers of Interdisciplinary Research” Workshop

  • Pushkal Agarwal (KCL)
  • Matt Clayton (UNC)
  • Steven Houang (UNC)
  • Ben Lee (UNC)
  • Kierra Peak (UNC)
  • Jamshaid Shahir (UNC)
  • Xiaochuan Tong (KCL)
4:45 pm – 5:30 pm Break
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm FedEx Global, Nelson Mandela Auditorium Southern Culture Movie Series, Panel Discussion, Reception

  • “I, Destini”
  • “The Chance to Live”
  • “Santuario”

 

Friday, May 31st

Time Location Session
9:00 am – 10:30 am FedEx Global, 4th floor Breakfast and “Global Economics and Borders” Presentations 

  • Abhik Pramanik (UNC) – “Chinese Foreign Aid in Africa”
  • Alfio Puglisi (KCL) – “Blockchain Technologies in Finance”
  • Caitlin Williams – “Informal Payments, Bribery, and Corruption in the Healthcare Sector in Lower Middle Income Countries”
10:45 am – 12:00 pm Wilson Library Archival Tour

  • Matt Turin, Manuscripts Research and Instruction Librarian
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Wilson Library, Pleasants Family Room Lunch

  • Sibby Anderson-Thompkins, Director of the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Wilson Library, Pleasants Family Room “Intangible Borders” Presentations

  • Gamze Damat (UT) and Matthais Röck (UT) – “Experiencing Limits in the Sphere of Social Media”
  • Suraj Gogoi (NUS) – “Thinking Immaterially about Borders, Boundaries and Borderlands”
  • Maz Musa (KCL) – “Impact of Brexit on Nursing Workforce”
3:15 pm – 4:45 pm Davis Library, room 247 Story Mapping

  • Emily Hynes (UNC)
  • Cory Keeler (UNC)
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm FedEx Global, Atrium Closing Dinner

  • Jennifer Gerz-Escandón, Associate Dean of Interdisciplinary Education and Fellowship Programs
  • Steve Matson, Dean of the Graduate School
  • Dr. Banu Gökariksel, Royster Distinguished Professor
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Carolina Inn Fridays on the Front Porch