• Mary Anne Garnett, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, “The Pont des Arts: A Parisian ‘Site of Memory’ ”
• Temma Balducci, Arkansas State University, “Masculinity in 19th-century Paris: Changing perceptions and critical fortunes”
• Holly McSpadden, Missouri Southern State University, "Fetish Subject Agent: Paris, Negro: An Anthology and Nancy Cunard"

• Elizabeth Drake-Boyt, “All Roads Lead to Paris: A Survey of avant-garde influences in Early American Concert Dance”
• Richard Sonn, University of Arkansas, “ ‘An American in Paris:’ the Myth of Jazz Age Paris”
• James Mokhiber, University of New Orleans, “Bringing the Bazaar to Paris: International exhibitions, colonial pavilions and the emergence of North African arts and crafts”

• Kevin West, Stephen F. Austin State University, “Foucault’s Pendulum and Eco’s Paris”
• Jude Meche, Missouri Southern State University, “The Parisian Literary Landscape: Ireland’s Fifth Field”

• Carla Huntington, Missouri Southern State University
• Jean Moscarola, Université de Savoie
• Stéphane Ganassali, Université de Savoie

• Randi Polk, Pittsburg State University, “From Paris (France) to the World and Back Again: History’s Revenge”
• Myriam Krepps, Pittsburg State University, “Protesting in Paris. . . Again!”

• Juraj Kittler, Penn State University, “Paris and Philadelphia: A Comparative Study of 18th Century French and U.S. Civil Societies”
• Beatrice Dubuis, Missouri Southern State University, "Summer 1914, from Eden to War"
• Louisa Rice, Drury University, “Paris-Dakar: African Students and the Culture of Decolonization, 1946-1948”

Southern Symphony Orchestra
Dr. Kexi Liu, Conductor
Joseph W. Rodgers, guest cellist

Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture
Bizet Carmen Suite
Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1
Debussy Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun"

7:30 pm
Taylor Performing Arts Center
Missouri Southern State University