{"id":469,"date":"2018-06-05T10:51:59","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T14:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english-blog.cah.ucf.edu\/?page_id=469"},"modified":"2026-07-15T06:34:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T10:34:18","slug":"symposium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/english\/symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"

The purpose of this annual symposium is to capture a snapshot of the intergenerational and multifaceted contributions of students, alumni, and faculty to our dynamic learning community. In this one-day event, we seek not only to highlight the importance of the humanities in the university but also to foster a sense of shared discourse and intellectual collaboration and to celebrate all the different kinds of work that we do.<\/p>\n

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2026: Disruption<\/h2>\n

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Disruption is multidirectional; it can signify a disturbance, an interruption, or a change with a dynamic range of minor to radical ramifications. It can lead to chaos or destruction, but it can also yield innovation, growth, and development. Disruption can be an outlet for collective communities, a force that propels society towards the future. It simultaneously resists stagnation and embraces and contextualizes tradition. We can disrupt tradition by experimentation, reassessment, revision, and reinvestigation. Disruption can even be found in the reanalysis of tradition, for tradition itself can be restored in order to disrupt or prevent its loss. We might say the history of its creative media is a history of disruption: texts, films, songs, and games are constantly appealing to and disrupting those that came before them.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Download the 2026 symposium program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Past Symposia<\/h2>\n
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