ONE GIANT LEAP: APOLLO 11 @ 50
HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
in collaboration with the CRADLE OF AVIATION MUSEUM
presents
ONE GIANT LEAP: Apolllo 11 @ 50
The Apollo 11 Moon landing on July 20, 1969, marked a watershed moment in human history for science, engineering, and culture, not only in the United States, but around the globe. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of that landmark series of events, the Cultural Center at Hofstra University, in partnership with the Cradle of Aviation Museum, invites paper proposals for an interdisciplinary conference, One Giant Leap: Apollo 11 @50, to be held on the Hofstra campus April 2-3, 2019. The conference will consider both the scientific and technological dimensions of the landing on the moon and its cultural and political repercussions, both locally on Long Island and around the world.
To explore the wide-ranging impacts of the moon landing, we encourage submissions from across the arts, sciences, humanities, communication, and business that incorporate dimensions of history, philosophy, political science, journalism, art, design, film, television, media studies, cultural studies, literature, women’s studies, African-American studies, drama, music, engineering, project management, and planetary science. Presentations should be no more than 20 minutes in length. Pre-constituted thematic panels of three to four presenters will also be considered.
All proposals must include the title, an abstract of no more than 250 words, and a one-page bio with the presenter’s name, affiliation, contact information, and relevant professional activities and publications. There will be an opportunity for participants to submit formal papers based on the presentations for an edited volume after the conference.
Submission deadline: October 15, 2018
Notification of acceptance: November 15, 2018
Application materials should be directed to the conference co-directors at the
Hofstra Cultural Center at hofculctr@hofstra.edu.
J, Bret Bennington, PhD, Professor of Geology and Chair, Department of Geology, Environment and Sustainability
Hofstra University
Rodney F. Hill, Phd, Associate Professor of Film, Department of Radio, Television and Film