The PEAKS 2019 theme is:
TRUTH, POST-TRUTH, AND TRUTHINESS
What does it mean to be true? While seemingly a simple question, is a given definition of truth equally applicable across disciplines, particularly in the so-called age of “post-truth”? Or is “truthiness,” the term coined by Stephen Colbert to describe the feeling of something being true, what is left to use in the face of “fake news” and rampant anti-intellectualism? Northern Arizona University’s Graduate English Organization has chosen the theme of “Truth, Post-Truth, and Truthiness,” and we invite academic papers or creative projects related to this theme and the questions inherent in it. We are interested in examining the role of truth both in the broader contexts of society or academia as well as in individual texts, projects, or creative works. Additionally, we hope to raise questions surrounding any obligation towards "truth" one might have as a scholar, an educator, an artist, or a scientist.
Keynote
Dr. Christine Tardy is an associate professor at University of Arizona, and an NAU alum, graduating from here with her MA in Teaching English as a Second Language, with honors. She has previously taught and researched in Japan, Turkey, Indiana, and Illinois. The author of Building Genre Knowledge (Parlor Press, 2009), Dr. Tardy has been published extensively in areas of genre and discourse studies. She is the author of over 60 academic journal articles and has been cited over 2,000 times throughout her academic career.
Time
Saturday, March 9, 2019
Place
Liberal Arts (building 18)
Rooms 120, 123, 207, 211
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ, 86011
Free to attend
$10 fee to present
Questions or concerns? Contact us at [email protected].
TRUTH, POST-TRUTH, AND TRUTHINESS
What does it mean to be true? While seemingly a simple question, is a given definition of truth equally applicable across disciplines, particularly in the so-called age of “post-truth”? Or is “truthiness,” the term coined by Stephen Colbert to describe the feeling of something being true, what is left to use in the face of “fake news” and rampant anti-intellectualism? Northern Arizona University’s Graduate English Organization has chosen the theme of “Truth, Post-Truth, and Truthiness,” and we invite academic papers or creative projects related to this theme and the questions inherent in it. We are interested in examining the role of truth both in the broader contexts of society or academia as well as in individual texts, projects, or creative works. Additionally, we hope to raise questions surrounding any obligation towards "truth" one might have as a scholar, an educator, an artist, or a scientist.
Keynote
Dr. Christine Tardy is an associate professor at University of Arizona, and an NAU alum, graduating from here with her MA in Teaching English as a Second Language, with honors. She has previously taught and researched in Japan, Turkey, Indiana, and Illinois. The author of Building Genre Knowledge (Parlor Press, 2009), Dr. Tardy has been published extensively in areas of genre and discourse studies. She is the author of over 60 academic journal articles and has been cited over 2,000 times throughout her academic career.
Time
Saturday, March 9, 2019
Place
Liberal Arts (building 18)
Rooms 120, 123, 207, 211
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ, 86011
Free to attend
$10 fee to present
Questions or concerns? Contact us at [email protected].