2017 Frankenstein Colloquium Program & Schedule “Frankenstein 200 Years Later!” – The Oakridge School January 30, 2017
Event
Time
Location
Arrival & Registration
7:50am-8:30am
FAPH Foyer
8:30am-9:00am
FAPH
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Commencement Ceremony
Jon Kellam, Head of School, introduces commencement speaker Dr. Richard Enos, Professor & Holder of Lillian Chair of Rhetoric & Composition speaks Jared Colley, English Chair, provides some information & instructions Oakridge A Cappella Choir & Orchestra perform O fortuna from Carmina Burana ******
Block One of Sessions 9:10am-10:15am Session A: Theatre Workshop with Brad DeBorde
Specified below:
BBT US
Oakridge Theatre Director, Brad DeBorde, invites attendees to join his acting students to collaborate on a scene from Nick Dear’s stage adaptation
Session B: “Frankenstein: A Narrative about Overreachers” (facilitator: Britt Robinson) Xavier Polisetty Shailen Parmer Brandon Zimmer
Cistercian Preparatory School St. Mark’s School Cistercian Preparatory School
“Attempted Victories over Nature” “Tragedy of the False Gods” “Fall from Grace”
Session C: “Exploring Monstrosity” (facilitator: Patricia DeWinter) Frank Saldana Thomas Keller Audrey Ali
Cistercian Preparatory School Episcopal School of Dallas Ursuline Academy of Dallas Cistercian Preparatory School Ursuline Academy of Dallas The Oakridge School
LFL
“The Meaning of Monstrosity” “Innocence Drenched in Repugnance” “Humanity Versus Monstrosity”
Session D: “The Ethics of Science” (facilitator: Jim Andersen) Michael Jaquez Bernadette Weigman Jeff Wright
UFL
BBT MS
“The Ethics of Scientific Endeavors” “Monstrous Science…” “Exploring Bio-Engineering”IOI
Session E: “Mechanical Men & the Uncanny Valley” (facilitator: Sarah Kramer) FAPH Sydney White Alonso Medina Andrew Chuka
Ursuline Academy of Dallas Cistercian Preparatory School St. Mark’s School
“Unalive Yet Living” “Are All Men Created Equal?” “Humanity’s Monster”
Session F: “Passion, Ethics, & Reason” (facilitator: Chris Renshaw) Lexa Brenner Rachel Clark Carter Truitt
Fort Worth Country Day The Oakridge School Greenhill School
Session G: “Communities and Hedgehogs” (facilitator: Karen Messer) Camille Meshack Matthew Vawrinek Nicole Stochowiak
The Oakridge School Greenhill School Greenhill School Fossil Ridge High School Parish Episcopal School The Oakridge School
Boardroom
“Staying Warm in a Cold World” “The Importance of Social Acceptance” “Human or Monster…”
Session H: “Frankenstein & Feminism” (facilitator: Claire Reddig) Kaitlin Ferreira Emily Nielson Kate Mitchell
Choir Room
“A Skewed Conscience” “The Dangers of Passion” “Using Knowledge Against Impulses”
Skybridge
“Feminism in Frankenstein” “Seeds of Feminism…” “Man is the Real Monster”
Session I: “The Natural & Unnatural in Frankenstein” (facilitator: Barry Coe) Tommy Hessel Keith Kadesky Maria Katsulos
Episcopal School of Dallas St. Mark’s School The Hockaday School
LS Music “Discovery: The Justification of Means” “The Imaginary Word” “Returning to Equilibrium”
Session J “Screenings of Student Short Films Inspired by Frankenstein”
IML
Join students, Will Gehring and Zaki Farooqui, from The Oakridge School and students, Emily Ma and Alexa May, from The Hockaday School to screen their short films which were inspired by Mary Shelley’s novel. There will be a Q&A immediately after the screenings. (facilitator: Melissa Triebwasser) ******
Break/Refreshment Time
10:15am-10:30am
FAPH Foyer
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Block Two of Sessions 10:30am-11:35am Session A: Theatre Workshop with Brad DeBorde
specified below:
BBT US
Oakridge Theatre Director, Brad DeBorde, invites attendees to join his acting students to collaborate on a scene from Nick Dear’s stage adaptation
Session B: “Passion and the Loss of Innocence” (facilitator: Britt Robinson) UFL Samantha Pozo Killian Green Heather Schwan
Ursuline Academy of Dallas St. Mark’s School Fossil Ridge High School
“Thwarted Love…” “Darkness Reveals Truths…” “Virtues First Slain”
Session C: “The Question of Family” (facilitator: Patricia DeWinter) Catrina Schuler Tushar Kohli Emily Caplan
Arizona Virtual Academy The Oakridge School Greenhill School
Session D: ”Science and Ethics” (facilitator: Lori Lane) Vivien Hartin Bradyn Smith Ransom Swinney
Ursuline Academy of Dallas Cistercian Preparatory School The Oakridge School
BBT MS “Maker” “Ethical Implications of Frankenstein…” “The Ethics of Man-Made Man”
Session E: “Monsters and Mechanical Men” (facilitator: Sarah Kramer) Daren Zhao Matthew Sims Funmi Solano
St. Mark’s School Episcopal School of Dallas The Oakridge School Fort Worth Country Day Southwest Christian School St. Marks’s School
FAPH
“Of Questionable Monsters…” “An Exploration of Relatability…” “Almost Human is Anything But”
Session F: “The Question of Human Nature” (facilitator: Jerry Davis) Lance Mayhue Jillian Romack August Graue
LFL
“Fatherhood, Development, Beauty” “Shelley & Frankenstein…” “The Downside of Idealism”
Choir Room
“Birth of a Monster” “Mutability of Victor Frankenstein” “Classism’s Abrasion…”
Session G: “Feminist Readings of Frankenstein” (facilitator: Deneen Preyer) Boardroom Shannon Simon Caroline Sasso Kate Mitchell
Parish Episcopal School Greenhill School The Oakridge School
“Fankenism” “Childbirth in Shelley’s Frankenstein” “Man is the Real Monster”
Session H: “Monsters, Heroes, & Anti-Heroes” (facilitator: Michele Cole) Martina Ashby Harris Podell John Crawford
Ursuline Academy of Dallas Fort Worth Country Day St. Mark’s School
Session I: “Romanticism & Nature in Frankenstein” (facilitator: Andrea Anders) Josh Leffler Emily Dendle Becca Hain
Greenhill School Parish Episcopal School Greenhill School
Skybridge
“The Frivolity of Heroes & Villains” “Tragic Heroism in Frankenstein” “The Modern Frankenstein…”
LS Music “A Challenge to Nature” “A Place of Refuge or Savagery?” “Natural”
Session J “Screenings of Student Short Films Inspired by Frankenstein”
IML
Join students, Will Gehring and Zaki Farooqui, from The Oakridge School and students, Emily Ma and Alexa May, from The Hockaday School to screen their short films which were inspired by Mary Shelley’s novel. There will be a Q&A immediately after the screenings. (facilitator: Melissa Triebwasser) ******
Keynote Speech
11:40am-12:10pm
FAPH
Jared Colley introduces Keynote Speaker, Dr. Anne Frey Dr. Anne Frey, Associate Professor of English at TCU, speaks ******
Lunchtime (provided by Oakridge)
12:15pm-1:10pm
TBA
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Block Three of Sessions 1:15pm-2:20pm Session A: “Feminism in Frankenstein” (facilitator: Jared Colley) Lindsay Allen Madilyn Hoffman Ryan Tan
Fossil Ridge High School Southwest Christian School The Oakridge School
Dallas International School Greenhill School The Oakridge School
The Oakridge School St. Mark’s School Episcopal School of Dallas
Founders Classical Academy The Oakridge School Founders Classical Academy
LFL
“The Shadows Behind the Light…” “A Tabula Rasa…” “Lacking Aesthetic”
Session D: “Reading Frankenstein Comparatively with other Texts” (facilitator: Lori Lane) Rachel Gernhardt Natalie Benefield Emma Morales
UFL
“Humanity’s Innate Trepidation…” “Moral Monstrosity in Frankenstein” “Hey! You Look Like a Monster!”
Session C: “Frankenstein in the Context of the Enlightenment” (facilitator: Patricia DeWinter) Anandi Barker Case Lowry Emily Jaggers
BBT US
“Frankenstein as a Feminist Text” “It’s a Man’s World” “Passively Powerful…”
Session B: “More on Monsters, Mechanical Men, & the Other” (facilitator: Peggy Pfursich) Cadence Tomlinson Elli Dassopoulos Emma Gladden
specified below:
BBT MS
“Rasholnikov & Victor Frankenstein” “Voldemort & Victor Frankenstein” “Leroux’s Phantom & Shelley’s Monster”
Session E: “Science, Ethics, and the Question of Nature” (facilitator: Sarah Kramer) Westen Mulqueen David Boruff Maria Katsulos
Fort Worth Country Day Episcopal School of Dallas The Hockaday School
“Nature’s Compassion” “Knowledge is Power” “Returning to Equilibrium”
Session F: “A Society of Hedgehogs” (facilitator: Butch Groves) Josephine Bellman Adrian Luong Kevin Paul
Episcopal School of Dallas The Oakridge School Cistercian Preparatory School Greenhill School Parish Episcopal School Greenhill School
St. Mark’s School Episcopal School of Dallas St. Mark’s School
Skybridge “From Sorcery to Sophocles” “Frankenstein & the French Revolution” “The Unrelenting March towards Chaos”
Session I: “Monsters or Heroes?” (facilitator: Randy Barnes) Andy Le John Crawford Ann Dockery
Boardroom
“Perfection Isn’t a Trait of Heroism” “Dr. Frankenstein as a Tragic Hero” “Heroism: The Lack Thereof…”
Session H: “Frankenstein & the French Revolution” (facilitator: Katherine Arce) Patrick Magee Cal Etcheverry Jonathan Libby
Choir Room
“The Hedgehog Dilemma…” “Rejection, Dying, & Hedgehog Spines” “The Inevitability of Solitude”
Session G: “Exploring Heroic Archetypes” (facilitator: Amy Wilson) Kai Hashimoto Tyler Hamilton Sophia Hurst
FAPH
Southwest Christian School St. Mark’s School Episcopal School of Dallas
LS Music
“Monster and Man” “The Modern Frankenstein…” “The Nature of Monstrosity”
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Day Ends/Schools Depart
2:20pm-2:30pm Descriptions of All Venues Listed
BBT US……………...The Upper School’s Black Box Theatre is located on the 2nd floor of the Fine Arts building BBT MS…………….. The Middle School’s Black Box Theatre is located on the 2nd floor of the Fine Arts building Boardroom……… Boardroom is located on the second floor between the Library and the Upper School next to the Head of School’s office Choir Room…….. The Choir Room is located on the 1st floor of the Fine Arts Building through the double doors next to the FAPH FAPH.................... John P. Flavin Fine Arts Performance Hall IML………................The Integrated Media Lab is located next to the library on the 2nd floor directly across the hall from the Boardroom office suite LFL…...................... The lower floor part of the Library LS Music…………… The Lower School Music room is located on the 1st floor of the Fine Arts Building Skybridge………….The skybridge is located on the 2nd floor between the Fine Arts building and the Library UFL........................ The upper floor part of the Library
