{"id":297,"date":"2015-09-14T20:52:25","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T20:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/language\/?p=297"},"modified":"2019-09-14T21:02:46","modified_gmt":"2019-09-14T21:02:46","slug":"the-2015-undergraduate-humanities-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/language\/2015\/09\/14\/the-2015-undergraduate-humanities-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2015 Undergraduate Humanities Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Congratulations to our 2015 Undergraduate Humanities Symposium Winners!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sigma Tau Delta, the Department of Languages & Literature, and the College of Arts & Sciences are pleased to announce the 2015 Undergraduate Humanities Symposium. The Symposium will take place February 10-11, 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Undergraduate Humanities Symposium will showcase humanities-based scholarly activities of undergraduates at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½. All undergraduate students at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ State are eligible to participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Papers on any topic within the fields of humanities are welcome, including but not limited to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: What\u2019s a symposium?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A: A symposium is simply a conference or meeting where people gather to discuss a particular subject. The faculty committee will organize the presentations into panels that share a similar theme or approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: How long can my presentation be?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A: Your presentation should be 15-20 minutes long. Your panel moderator will be in contact with you about whether your presentation should be 15 or 20 minutes long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: I\u2019m not sure if I can say everything I need to in 15 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A: Don\u2019t worry, no one expects you to say everything about a topic in 15 minutes. Moreover, there will a question and answer period during which you can add in things that you didn\u2019t have time to cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: Can I use a PowerPoint presentation, show images, or movie clips during my presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A: Yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: Do I have to read my paper as part of my presentation?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A: While presentation styles differ across disciplines and even depending on the personality of the presenter, one common and widely accepted practice among scholars in the humanities is for presenters to read their papers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: Am I eligible for an award if I don\u2019t present?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A: No. To be eligible for an award, you must orally present your paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: Am I eligible for an award if I don\u2019t submit my paper?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A: No. To be eligible for an award you must submit a paper version of your presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: Who should submit an abstract and participate in the Humanities Symposium?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A: Any undergraduate student who has taken a humanities class\u2013Art History, Literature, a modern foreign language, History, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013Any student who might be interested in going to graduate school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013Any student who might be interested in going to professional school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: Do I need to have my paper written by the time I submit my abstract?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A: No. Many times, scholars will submit an abstract for a paper they have yet to write. Think of an abstract as an outline or as a proposal. Your paper doesn\u2019t have to 100% match your abstract; as long as it is on the same general topic you\u2019ll be fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: Does it cost anything to participate in the Humanities Symposium?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A: No and in fact you could win money via one of the awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: Can I submit my paper as part of a pre-formed panel consisting of three or four other papers?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A: Yes. Many times, scholars collaborate and submit an abstract for a pre-formed panel of three or four papers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
2015 Undergraduate Humanities Symposium Congratulations to our 2015 Undergraduate Humanities Symposium Winners! 1st Place\u2013Rosalyn Stilling\u2014Judy Chicago\u2019s The Dinner Party and the Problem of Female Identity 2nd Place\u2013Anastasia Bergeron\u2014The Fight for Tomorrow, or What the Near Extinction of the American Bison and Coastal Erosion in South Louisiana have in Common 3rd Place\u2013Raquel Garza\u2014Femininity: Murdered or Illuminated in Carson […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n