February 11-12, 2011

Friday, February 11 – Dunn Center for the Performing Arts, NCWC, 3400 N. Wesleyan Blvd., Rocky Mount, NC

• 2:30-3:00 pm - Check in (Civic Gallery, Mims Gallery entrance, Dunn Center)
• 3:00-3:15 pm - Welcome and Introduction (Carlton Board Room) James A. Gray, President, North Carolina Wesleyan College
• 3:15-4:30 pm - Session I: Creating Partisanship to Help Partisans - Dr. Cameron Matthews, Presenter
• 4:30-4:45 pm - Break
• 4:45-6:00 pm - Session II: The Politics of Rage: Populist Conservatism Since 1968 - Dr. Jonathan Sarris, Presenter
• 6:00-6:30 pm - Reception and Art Exhibit (Mims Gallery)
• 6:30-7:45 pm - Dinner (Minges Auditorium)
• 7:45-8:45 pm - Presenter and Participant Discussion

Saturday, February 12 – Braswell Memorial Library, 727 N. Grace Street, Rocky Mount, NC

• 8:45-9:00 am     - Check in (Warner Meeting Room, Braswell Memorial Library)
• 9:00-10:15 am   - Session III: How Pluralism Can Divide: Culture Wars, Status Incongruence, and the Transition between a Materialist and Post-Materialist Society - Dr. Molly Weise, Presenter
• 10:15-10:30 am - Break
• 10:30-11:45 am - Session IV: “Just gimme that ole' time religion": Appeals to the Past in the Shifting Religious Landscape of Empire - Dr. Ben White, Presenter                                  
• 11:45-12:00 pm - Concluding Remarks