Friday,
February 8, 2008

6:15
Gregorian Chant

6:20
Welcome and Introduction - Stephen Mitchell

“Kaguramen” (Japanese mask dance) - Tomie Hahn

6:45
Buffet Dinner

7:15
Performances

Scottish Song - Maggie Harrison

Cape Verdean Dance - Carla Denny Martin

Sabar Drumming - Patty Tang

Saturday,
February 9, 2008

9:30 COFFEE & BREAKFAST

9:50
Opening Remarks (Stephen Mitchell)

10:00 PANEL ONE

“Genealogy as Folklore” (Sarah Burke)

“The South Will Rise Again? William T. Sherman and Confederate Nationalism, Past and Present” (Kelly Faircloth)

“Legends of Gregory the Great and the nationalist politics of the Gregorian Chant” (Jhosh Friedman)

“My School Rocks!” in India: Local Aesthetics and Adaptations Take the Stage as “High School Musical” Crosses Borders and Boundaries" (Montana Miller)

11:00 PANEL TWO

“For the sake of pleasing the Britons”: How Geoffrey of Monmouth Turned Common Folklore into National Legend" (Kaitlin Heller)

“Gáedel ocus Gall: Proto-nationalism in Early Medieval Ireland” (Brian Kennedy)

“Myth in the Making: The Repercussions of the Proposed Highway through the Buried Landscape of Tara” (Zenobie Garrett)

“Scottish Step Dancing in Nova Scotia” (Maggie Harrison)

12:00 LUNCH

1:00 KEYNOTE

"Individualistic Obsessions: Folklore, the Nation-State, and the Invention of Europe."
Michael Herzfeld, Dept. of Anthropology

2:00 PANEL THREE

“Dancing the Nation: Global Trends in the Nationalization of Dance” (Sharon Kivenko)

“Becoming folk / lore of boundaries” (Tomie Hahn)

‘Villagers En Pointe: The Curious and Cheesy Tradition of National “Folk” Dances in Nineteenth-Century Grand Ballet" (Julie Buckler)

3:00 PANEL FOUR

“A Party for the Spirits: Transnational Vodou in Haiti and Boston” (Grete Viddal)

“Cape Verdean Music in Diaspora: Language, Nation, and Community” (Carla Martin)

“Drums and Dancing Lions: The Simb Tradition of Senegal” (Patty Tang)

“Folklore and Contested Nationalism, Whose Country Is It Anyway?” (David Guss)

4:00 WINE, CHEESE, & WIND-DOWN