Encounters Symposium Schedule

September 30--October 2, 2004

Bodmer Hidatsa

Thursday, September 30
8:00 p.m., Keynote
When Cultures Meet
Dr. N. Scott Momaday
Pulitzer-prize winning author of House Made of Dawn
First Baptist Church, 909 S.W. 11th Avenue, Portland
Separate ticketed event, $10 General Admission, $8 Students/Seniors

Friday, October 1
8-9 a.m.
Registration
Albany Quadrangle

9 - 9:30 a.m.
Dr. N. Scott Momaday
Question and Answer
Agnes Flanagan Chapel

9:30 - 9:45 a.m.
Break

9:45 -10:30 a.m.
Thomas Jones
Where None Have Gone Before
Scientist, author, and former NASA astronaut, author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to NASA
Agnes Flanagan Chapel

10:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Break

10:45 - 11:15 a.m.
Models of Encounters: Odysseus meets Circe and the Cyclops; Marco Polo meets Kublia Khan; Columbus encounters the Caribs; Captain Cook meets death in the Sandwich Islands; Mungo Park meets the Niger;Meriwether Lewis among the Shoshone
Panel presentation by Lewis & Clark College faculty
Agnes Flanagan Chapel

11:15 a.m. - Noon
Linguistic Encounters: An Exercise in Interpretation
Anne Clark, American Sign Language interpreter
Roger Wendlick, American Indian Sign interpreter
Roberta Conner, Director, Tamastslikt Cultural Center
E. Thomas Morning Owl, (Kakinash), Umatilla language interpreter, teacher
Inez Reves, (Twa way), Umatilla tribal interpreter, elder
Clay Scott, journalist, linguist, interpreter
Clay Jenkinson, Humanities Scholar in Residence
Language students at Lewis & Clark

Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
Stamm Dining Room

1:30 - 2:15 p.m.
Cultural Encounters on the Great Plains
Elliott West, Distinguished Professor of History, University of Arkansas
Smith Hall

2:30 - 3:15 p.m.
The Protocols of Conquest: European Sovereign Rituals in Colonial Encounters
Patricia Seed, Professor of History, Rice University
Smith Hall

3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
A Tale of Two Explorers: A Conversation Between Astronaut Jones and the Character of Meriwether Lewis
Clay Jenkinson, Humanities Scholar in Residence, Lewis & Clark College, as Meriwether Lewis, and Astronaut Dr. Thomas Jones as himself
Moderated by Stephen Dow Beckham, Dr. Robert B. Pamplin Professor of History, Lewis & Clark College

Saturday, October 2
All sessions, Albany Quadrangle, or Miller Center for the Humanities

9-9:45 a.m.
Challenging our Perception of the Heroes and their Encounters
Thomas P. Slaughter, author, Andrew > Tacks Professor of History, University of Notre Dame

10-10:45 a.m.
Lewis and Clark among the Lower Columbian Indians: Dimensions of a Relationship
Stephen Dow Beckham, Dr. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. Professor of History

11-11:45 a.m.
When Sovereignties Clash: The Eclipsed Land Rights of Native Americans by European Law
Robert Miller, Professor of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School

Noon-1:30pm
Lunch

1:30-2 p.m.
Encounter Beyond American Borders: Working with Rwandan Survivors and Returnees
Michael Graham, student, Lewis & Clark College

2 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
The Tragic Re-Entry of Meriwether Lewis
Clay Jenkinson, Humanities Scholar in Residence, Lewis & Clark College

2:45-3:30 p.m.
How Far Can You Go Out And Still Come Back: Retrieving the Pieces of a Life Left Behind
Victoria Murden, Hopkins Scholar, adventurer

3:30 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
The Other in the Mirror: Portraits from the Expedition
Brian Hall, author

4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Themes of Encounters
A slide show presentation with Carolyn Gilman, author, curator

5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Encounters Art Exhibit
Reception with musicians Aaron Meyer and Bill Lamb; Gallery Talk with Linda Tesner, Director Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art

The Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art will open its 2004-2005 Season with an exhibition exploring the themes of Encounters, featuring contemporary Native American art that comments on the relationship between Native American cultures and the European cultural heritage which came to dominate America in its westward expansion.

Encounters Art Exhibit

The Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art will open its 2004-2005 Season with an exhibition exploring the themes of Encounters, featuring contemporary Native American art that comments on the relationship between Native American cultures and the European cultural heritage which came to dominate America in its westward expansion. The gallery will be open throughout Alumni Homecoming Weekend.

Symposium Registration for the General Public

The $50 symposium fee includes all sessions and lunch Friday and Saturday as well as the closing reception at the Hoffman Gallery of Art.

The Keynote address by N. Scott Momaday on Thursday, September 30, is a separately ticketed event at $10.

Click here to register or for more information contact Sherry Manning, Director of Bicentennial Programs, (503) 768-7207.

Registration deadline for the Encounters Symposium is September 20.

Registration for members of the Lewis & Clark College Community (students, faculty, staff, and alumni)

The $50 conference fee will be waived for alumni participating in Alumni Weekend. Alumni may register in advance for the entire conference or for individual presentations.

Meals are the responsibility of each participant and must be paid in advance at time of registration.

To attend the Encounters symposia, please fill out the Alumni Registration Form. For more information, contact Sherry Manning, Director of Bicentennial Programs, 503 768-7207

Registration deadline for the Encounters Symposium is September 14.

For further information regarding this symposium and Bicentennial Programs, contact bicprog@lclark.edu or Sherry Manning, Director, Bicentennial Programs. 503 768-7207.