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MILLIGAN COLLEGE, TN (April 27, 2004) — Several Milligan College professors were selected to participate in notable conferences in their fields of study.
Simon J. Dahlman, associate professor of communications, was invited to participate in an international seminar on journalism ethics in Salzburg, Austria. The Salzburg Seminar focused on recent events where news media have faced an increasing number of social, political, technological and economic pressures. The seminar explored the media response to the challenges and opportunities of the Internet, the conduct of the media during war, and the relationship between the media and government in terms of national security.
Dr. Bill Greer, professor of economics and business, was selected for participation in a Liberty Fund Conference about Frank H. Knight, one of the leading economic thinkers of the 20th century and a 1911 Milligan graduate. The conference, entitled “Liberty and Skepticism: A Re-Assessment of the Work of Frank H. Knight,” was held in Richmond, Va. Among the conference participants was James Buchanan, recipient of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Economics.
Dr. Ruth Cook, professor of English and humanities, attended the 99 th meeting of the Tennessee Philological Association at Columbia State College in Columbia, Tenn. She presented a paper about African novelist Nadine Gordimer in the 21 st Century. This is her second paper to be presented on Gordimer; the first paper was chosen for publication in the 2003 issue of the Tennessee Philological Bulletin .
Dr. Jill LeRoy-Frazier, professor of humanities and writing, attended the Twentieth Century Literature Conference at the University of Louisville in Kentucky. At the conference, scholars and writers from across the country and several international institutions discussed 20 th century literature and participated in multilingual presentations. LeRoy-Frazier chaired a session about modern fiction and presented a paper. Keynote speakers included literary theorist N. Katherine Hayles and Canadian writer Austin Clarke.
Jack Knowles, professor of English, attended a conference in Asheville, N.C., sponsored by the C. S. Lewis Foundation. The conference, “Re-enchanting the Cosmos: The Imaginative Legacy of C. S. Lewis,” focused on C.S. Lewis’ narratives and the role of Christianity in the arts.