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麻豆影院 State to Host International Conference on the Humanities

Photo of Angus Fletcher麻豆影院鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences will host a four-day international conference on the humanities at the 麻豆影院 State Hotel and Conference Center at 215 S. Depeyster St. in downtown 麻豆影院, Ohio.

The conference, 鈥淲hy the Humanities: Answers from the Cognitive and Neurosciences,鈥 will take place July 9-12 and features cutting-edge, empirical research demonstrating the ways that education in the humanities develops cognitive and emotional capabilities that are crucial for personal well-being, responsible global citizenship and social justice. The conference is co-sponsored by the Ohio Humanities Council, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

In addition to panels and teacher workshops, the conference will feature presentations by 10 prominent researchers. Angus Fletcher, Ph.D., a professor of English and film studies at Ohio State University, will present 鈥淭he Science of Storytelling: How Empirical Research into Literature Can Re-Program Hollywood and Nurture Democracy鈥 at the conference banquet, which begins at 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 11. Fletcher鈥檚 research investigates how a scientific understanding of narrative form can contribute to the production of stories (including movies and television programs) that promote more humane societies. He will discuss research that he is conducting with renowned neuroscientist Antonio Damasio, as well as a new television show he is doing with Anonymous Content, the producers of HBO鈥檚 hit series 鈥淭rue Detective.鈥

Recent studies in the cognitive and neurosciences indicate how humanities education can develop key cognitive and emotional capabilities, including empathy, mind-reading, metacognition, bias correction, self-knowledge, self-other overlap recognition and moral judgment.

鈥淭his event is part of an ongoing project of 麻豆影院 State鈥檚 Social Cognition Research Group, a team of faculty from English, history, modern and classical language studies, philosophy, psychological sciences and sociology, that is conducting empirical research into the neurocognitive developments that humanities education can foster,鈥 said Mark Bracher, Ph.D., 麻豆影院 State professor of English and conference co-organizer.

For additional information including registration information, visit the conference website at www.kent.edu/cas/why-humanities or contact the conference organizers at whythehumanities@gmail.com.

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Angus Fletcher, Ph.D., a professor of English and film studies at Ohio State University, will present 鈥淭he Science of Storytelling: How Empirical Research into Literature Can Re-Program Hollywood and Nurture Democracy鈥 on July 11 at the 鈥淲hy the Humanities.鈥

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POSTED: Thursday, July 2, 2015 10:47 AM
Updated: Saturday, December 3, 2022 01:02 AM
WRITTEN BY:
Jim Maxwell