Conference Schedule
10:00 am Annette Aronowicz - The Robert F. and Patricia G. Ross Weis Professor of Judaic Studies and Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at Franklin & Marshall College
Conference Introductory and Opening Remarks
10:15 am Robert Geraci - Professor of Religious Studies at Manhattan College in New York City.
“It’s Technically Religious: Meaning and Making in Digital Technology."
10:45 am Misty Bastian – Professor and Chair of Anthropology at Franklin & Marshall College
11:00 am Questions and comments from the floor
11:15 am Coffee Break
11:30 am Thomas Carlson - Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara
“Between Automaticity and Interruption: Technology and the Heart of Transcendence.”
12:00 pm Stephen Cooper – Professor of Religious Studies at Franklin & Marshall College
12:15 pm Questions and comments from the floor
12:45 pm Lunch (on your own)
2:00 pm N. Katherine Hayles - Professor in the Literature Program at Duke University
“Transhumanism in the Digital Age: Possibilities and Problems.”
2:30 pm Peter Jaros – Professor of English at Franklin & Marshall College
2:45 pm Questions and comments from the floor
3:15 pm Coffee Break
3:30 pm Open Discussion. Moderator John Lardas Modern
4:30 pm Closing Remarks
