NAU interdisciplinary conference tackles censorship

Northern Arizona Universitys Graduate English Organization is hosting the 14th Annual Peaks Interdisciplinary Conference this weekend.

The topic of the conference is Censorship and Silence: Reading Between the Lines. According to the conference website, the purpose of the 14th Annual Peaks Interdisciplinary Conference is to strike sparks regarding censorship and silence in the interdisciplinary arena.

Whether we consider banned media, silenced groups, or even small acts of passivity, reading between the lines of the spoken and unspoken is becoming increasingly necessitated in todays society, the conference website states.

The keynote speaker will be NAU Spanish professor and Director of Latin American Studies Robert Neustadt.

In his presentation, titled Looking Beyond the Wall: Encountering the Humanitarian Crisis on the Border with Students, Neustadt will describe the field trips he has been taking with students to the Arizona-Mexico border since 2010.

Topics will include the environmental, financial, political and humanitarian costs of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, as well as the us versus them perspective on undocumented immigration and how experiential education can break down barriers.

The presentation will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday in Room 120 in the Liberal Arts Building.

The Peaks Conference will run today through Sunday in the Liberal Arts Building, which is Building 18 on the NAU campus. Attendance is free to the public.

More information and a complete schedule of events is available online at peaksconference.weebly.com.

Sun staff report

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