8th Annual Mark Roskill Symposium
The field of interest includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
o cultural ownership and cultural property
o globalization and its influence
o colonization and its influence
o exchanges between ancient and modern cultures
o revisionist history
o national identity and culture
o conflicting cultural identities
o generation of culture crossroads
o resilience of cultural meaning
o cultural convergence
The symposium’s keynote speaker will be UMass alumna Brian A. Curran, Graduate Officer and Associate Professor of Art History at Penn State University in State College, PA.