SELECTIVE RECORD OF SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

 

Boria Sax, Ph.D.                                                                                    December 2001

 

Not included are events prior to 1984, for which I have few records. Also generally unnoted are purely local events on topics of limited general interest.

 

Nov. 7-10, 2011

Sloan-C Conference, Orlando Florida

"E-portfolios as junior capstone project"

 

 May 21, 2011

 College de France, Paris

"Animal Totems and Talismans in the Mythology of World War II"

 

April 7, 2009

State University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS/NILAS Event on “Animals in Myth”)

“The Legend of the Tower Ravens”

 

November 7, 2008

Sloan-C Conference

Orlando Florida

“Having Students Set Personal Goals in an Online Classroom”

 

August 15, 2008

ISAZ Conference

 Toronto, Canada

“Witches and their Familiars”

August 15, 2008

ISAZ Conference

 Toronto, Canada

“Teaching Animal Studies Online: A Nature Narrative Approach”

 

August 12, 2006
Philosophy and Computing Conference

Rensalaer Polytechnical Institute

Troy, NY

“Knowledge and Wisdom in the Academy”

 

Nov. 8, 2007

Sloan-C conference

Orlando, FL

“Final Conference Panel” (Participant)

 

Nov. 7, 2007

Sloan-C conference

Orlando, FL

“The Vocation of Professor: Anachronism, Abiding Archetype, or Work-in-Progess?” (led Panel Discussion)

 

February 8, 2006

Whitechapel Gallery

London, England

“Crows in Human Culture”

 

Nov. 18, 2005

Sloan-C Conference on Online Learning

Orlando, Florida

“The Sloan-C Special Interest Group on Online Faculty Training”

 

Nov. 18, 2005

Sloan-C Conference on Online Learning

Orlando, Florida

Moderator of  Panel Discussion - “The Challenges and Opportunities of Faculty Training for Online Teaching”

 

March 30, 2005

University of Wisconsin at Whitewater

“Animals in War”

 

Nov . 15, 2004

Sloan-C Conference on Online Learning

Orlando, Florida

“H-OEH - Fostering Online Education in the Humanities and Liberal Arts”

 

October 10-11, 2003

Mercy College

Dobbs Ferry, New York

Reading from Memoir entitled “Stealing Fire” and workshop on revising manuscripts

 

July 15, 2003

State University of Illinois at Springfield

Springfield, IL

“The Wizards Program at Mercy College”

 

March 16, 2003

Mercy College

Dobbs Ferry, NY

“Changing Ideas of Plagiarism in Oral, Print, and Digital Media”

October 12, 2002

Massachusetts Center for Renaissance Studies

Amherst, MASS

“Creatures of the Sea in the Culture of the Renaissance”

Sept 21, 2002

Second Annual Putnam Storytelling Festival, Brewster, New York

“The Oldest Story in the World”

 

June 24, 2002

History Channel Studio, New York City

Interviewed as part of a television program entitled “Bugs, Bats, and Rats,” to be broadcast on the History Channel early in 2003

 

June 20, 2002

Apartment in Northern Westchester

Interviewed on stories of the Hudson Valley by Kate Lucarno, as part of a television program to be broadcast on local stations in late 2002

 

May 18, 2002

Yale University Conference on the Chicken (New Haven, CT)

“The Fighting Cock and the Brooding Hen: Chickens and Symbols of Gender”

(Powerpoint presentation followed by participation in a panel)

 

March 20, 2002

MEC 2002 Conference on Online Education

“New Roles for Tutors in the Online Campus”

 

October 14,  2001

New York Botanical Garden

“The Forest in Myths, Legends and Fairy Tale”

 

Summer 2001

Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY

Taping of Interviews for television program entitled “Secrets, Lies, and Atomic Spies,” later broadcast on Nova (Channel 13) on February 5, 2002 and available online at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/venona/fami_sax.html.

 

April 6, 2001

Barnes & Noble Bookstore (Bronx, NY)

“Animals in Nazi Germany”

 

September 2000

“Rustling Leaves”

Presentation for Pulse of the Planet, broadcast on over 200 radio stations

 

May 16, 2000

Barnes & Noble Bookstore (Bronx, NY)

Reading from The Serpent and the Swan and Book Signing

 

August 6-8, 1999

Bright Hill Farm (Treadwell, NY)

A series of poetry readings, talks and panels as featured writer at the “Speaking the Words 99 Festival”

 

October 18, 1999

White Plains Library (White Plains, NY)

“From Goddess to Serpent Woman: The Animal Bride in Folklore”

 

April 21, 1999

Museum of the Hudson Highlands (Beacon, NY)

“The Animal Bride in Literature and Folklore”

 

March 2, 1999

Evenings with Eva (http://www.women-2-women.com)

Online Interview on Folkloric Themes

 

December 1998

Pulse of the Planet Radio Program

(produced by the American Museum of Natural History)

Two programs on spinning in folklore, broadcast on over 200 radio stations

 

October 22, 1998

Borders Books and Music (White Plains, NY)

“The Animal Bride in Literature and Folklore”

 

October 18, 1998

New York Botanical Garden

“The Forest in Myths, Legends and Fairy Tales”

 

October 14, 1998

Westchester Community College (Enquiring Minds Program)

“Mermaids, Swan Maidens and Serpent Women”

 

April 17, 1998: Mercy College at Dobbs Ferry

“The Animal Bride in Literature and Folklore”

 

Feb. 24, 1998: Rutgers University at Camden

“Animals in Literature and the Arts”

 

Feb. 4, 1998: SUNY Oneonta

“Animal Brides and Grooms”

 

Oct. 26, 1997: New York Botanical Garden

“The Forest in Legends and Fairy Tales”

 

Oct. 19, 1997: Duke University (Durham, NC)

“The Forgotten Science of Kulturbiologie”

 

Oct. 20, 1997: Duke University (Durham, NC)

“The Cult of the Predator in Nietzsche, Spengler and the Third Reich”

 

October 8, 1997

Mercy College, Bronx Campus

“The Tree of Knowledge”

 

August, 1996: (exact date uncertain): Opus 40 (Saugerties, NY)

Poetry Reading with David Slavitt

 

April 12, 1996: Second Mid-Atlantic Environmental Conference (Ramapo, NY)

“Nature Protection in the Third Reich”

 

June 23, 1996: Spark Eyes Conference (SUNY Oneonta: Oneonta, NY)

“The Animal Bride in Literature and Folklore”

 

June 5, 1995: New York Botanical Garden

“The Blue Rose: Legends of Enchanted Gardens”

 

October 2, 1993: Scarsdale Audubon Society (Scarsdale, NY)

“The Zoo as a Representation of Utopia”

 

March 24, 1993: Border’s Books & Music (White Plains, NY)

“The Parliament of Animals”

 

Feb. 25, 1993: Lehman College (Bronx, NY)

“The Zoo: Prison or Paradise?”

 

April 25, 1992: Conference on Imaginary Worlds (Pace U. /White Plains NY)

“Ishmael” (story)

 

April 27, 1991: Conference on Fantastic Beasts (Pace U.: White Plains, NY)

“The Basilisk: A European Monster Comes to America”

 

March 3, 1991: Rockwell Museum (Corning, NY)

“Animals and Human Society”

 

Jan. 10, 1990: National Zoological Park of the Smithsonian Institution (Washington,

DC)

“Animal Fables and Fairy Tales from Aesop and Grimm to the Present” (televised)

 

March 24, 1990: Conference on Folklore and Fantasy (Pace U. /White Plains NY)