Sunday, October 4
Inaugural Symposium
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
The Challenge of Translatability
21st Century Practices, Policies, and Possibilities
Irvine Auditorium · 499 Pierce Street
6–8 p.m.
Keynote Talk: President Laurie L. Patton
Symposium: a roundtable discussion with moderator Jeff Dayton-Johnson, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Institute
8–9:30 p.m.
Reception
Saturday, October 10
A Festival of Learning: Academic Panel Discussions
Middlebury, Vermont
Wilson Hall · McCullough Student Center
American Sign Language interpretation will be available
10 a.m. Race, Gender, and Inequality
Moderator: Tara Affolter, Assistant Professor in Education Studies
Panelists: David Simon, Baltimore-based journalist, author and television producer, and creator of "The Wire;" Gyanendra Pandey, Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor in the department of history at Emory University; Ruby Lal, professor of South Asian studies at Emory University; and William Darity, the Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy at Duke University.
1:30 p.m. Scientific Exploration and the Boundaries of Life
Moderator: Eilat Glikman, Assistant Professor of Physics
Panelists: John Grotzinger, chief scientist and head of strategic planning for the Mars Rover Mission and Fletcher Johns Professor of Geology at the California Institute of Technology; Mohamed Noor, the Earl D. McLean Professor and Chair of Biology at Duke University; and Pat Marsteller, professor of practice in the biology department at Emory University.
3:30 p.m. The Ethical Dimensions of Reading Classical Literature
Moderator: Timothy Billings, Professor of English and American Literatures
Panelists: Wendy Doniger, Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor in the History of Religions at the University of Chicago; James Romm, the James H. Ottaway Jr. Professor of Classics and director of the Classical Studies Program at Bard College; Karen Stolley, professor of Spanish at Emory University; and Luke Bretherton, professor of theological ethics and senior fellow at the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University.
Music and Festivities
7 p.m. Middlebury Community Concert
Outdoors on the Main Quad (Rain location: Peterson Family Athletics Complex)
La Bottine Souriante – Traditional French Canadian folk music with a modern twist.
Taylor Watson, singer songwriter
Brad Corrigan ’96 – Cofounder of Dispatch
9:45 p.m. Fireworks
Fields behind Peterson Family Athletics Complex
11 p.m. DJ Dance Party
Wilson Hall · McCullough Student Center
Sunday, October 11
Presidential Inauguration
Outdoors on the Main Quad (Rain location: Peterson Family Athletics Complex)
American Sign Language interpretation available
9:45 a.m.— Inauguration Procession Line-up
10:30 a.m. — Presidential Inauguration Ceremony
Community luncheon to follow on Proctor Terrace. (Rain location: Pepin Gymnasium.)