{"404201":{"#nid":"404201","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Hosts 30th Annual INCS Conference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EApproximately 40 students, faculty, alumni, and researchers from the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts participated in The Interdisciplinary Nineteenth Century Studies (INCS) \u003Ca href=\u0022incs2015.lmc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eannual conference\u003C\/a\u003E April 16-19, hosted by Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www3.nd.edu\/~incshp\/\u0022\u003EINCS\u003C\/a\u003E is an international group of scholars dedicated to interdisciplinary discussion and research, encouraging scholarly work that transcends disciplinary boundaries in its approach to cultural studies. This year\u2019s 30\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E anniversary conference has been in the works for almost two years, assembled by a planning committee consisting of faculty members from the \u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/strong\u003E, including Associate Professor Narin Hassan, Professor Carol Senf, and Brittain Fellow Nicole Lobdell, among others.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u2019s conference theme was \u201cMobilities,\u201d investigating the various mobilities and exchanges of the nineteenth century by exploring mobility vs. immobility; the exchange of political, scientific, and cultural ideas; the maintenance and creation of new affiliations; and the effect new notions of a more mobile network might affect our understanding of this era. Hosted in Atlanta, a city originally named \u201cTerminus\u201d and home to one of the busiest airports in the world, the conference was ideally situated to explore the concept of mobilities in the \u201ccapital of the New South.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAssisting the planning committee was a group of other representatives from the\u003Cstrong\u003E School of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/strong\u003E and the \u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of History, Technology, and Society\u003C\/strong\u003E (HTS), including faculty members and graduate students, who presented papers, moderated panels, worked registration tables, and offered hospitality to 320 participants, who came from the U.S., Canada, Spain, France, Colombia, Australia, Germany, Denmark, and the U.K.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EConference attendees were welcomed by \u003Cstrong\u003EIvan Allen College\u003C\/strong\u003E Dean Jacqueline Royster, LMC Chair Richard Utz, and Georgia Tech Executive Vice President for Research Steve Cross.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELMC faculty members Rebecca Burnett, Carol Colatrella, Hugh Crawford, Nihad Farooq, Narin Hassan, along with Richard Utz and Dean Jacqueline Royster presented papers and moderated panels at the30th annual conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/lmc.gatech.edu\/people\/brittain.php\u0022\u003EBrittain Fellows\u003C\/a\u003E past and present presenting papers and moderating panels included current fellows Stephen Addcox, Kristin Allukian, Joy Bracewell, John Browning, Mauro Carassai, Annalee Edmondson, Amanda Golden, Liz Hutter, Valerie Johnson, Caitlin Kelly, Nicole Lobdell, Olga Menagarishvilli, Lauren Neefe, Sarah O\u2019Brien, and Iuliu Ratiu and previous fellows Mollie Barnes (University of South Carolina \u2013 Beaufort), Katie Crowther (Georgia Perimeter College), Lauren Curtright (Georgia Perimeter College), Lisa Hagar (University of Wisconsin\u0026nbsp;\u2013 Waukesha), Reshmi Hebbar (Oglethorpe), Leeann Hunter (Washington State University), and Roger Whitson (Washington State University).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to the strong showing by LMC faculty, representatives from HTS and the School of Modern Languages also participated, including Christophe Ippolito, Lawrence Foster, John Tone, and Carla Gerona. Gerona\u2019s exhibit, \u201cGame Changer: The Evolution of Nineteenth-Century Sports,\u201da class project for HTS 3823: \u201cIntroduction to Museum Studies,\u201d is currently on exhibit in the Clough Gallery Space. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlongside faculty and fellows, undergraduate students and alumni presented current research and assisted in conference planning, including Bryn Gravitt (LMC alum and PhD student at Tufts), Annete Malagon Almonte (alum), Veronica Rubinsztain, Daniel Kang, and additional undergraduate student attendees.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EApproximately 40 students, faculty, alumni, and researchers from the \u003Cstrong\u003EIvan Allen College\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003Eof Liberal Arts \u003C\/strong\u003E participated in The Interdisciplinary Nineteenth Century Studies (INCS) \u003Ca href=\u0022incs2015.lmc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eannual conference\u003C\/a\u003E April 16-19, hosted by Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Approximately 40 students, faculty, alumni, and researchers from the Ivan Allen College School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC) participated in The Interdisciplinary Nineteenth Century Studies (INCS) annual conference April 16-19."}],"uid":"27889","created_gmt":"2015-05-13 13:27:37","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:17","author":"Beth Godfrey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-05-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-05-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"405251":{"id":"405251","type":"image","title":"INCS Conference","body":null,"created":"1449254135","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:35:35","changed":"1475895129","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:09","alt":"INCS Conference","file":{"fid":"76077","name":"2015cfpillus.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2015cfpillus.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2015cfpillus.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":623030,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2015cfpillus.jpeg?itok=ovFZc0l-"}}},"media_ids":["405251"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1270","name":"conference"},{"id":"126071","name":"cultural studies"},{"id":"2518","name":"hts"},{"id":"39781","name":"LMC"},{"id":"122901","name":"mobilities"},{"id":"1482","name":"mobility"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECarol Senf\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:carol.senf@lmc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecarol.senf@lmc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}