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2025 Barnett Symposium

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October 9, 2025
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Multiple locations

October 10, 2025
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Multiple locations

The 2025 Barnett Symposium: Fostering Global Understanding and Cooperation will be held on October 9–10. This international gathering will bring together scholars, arts leaders, students, and faculty to explore issues related to cultural policy. Keynote speaker Dr. Beatriz García, will discuss the intersections of cultural policy and the Olympics, while scholars from Columbus, Ohio, as well as England, South Africa, Australia, and South Korea, will share perspectives on fostering global understanding.

Symposium Schedule

Evening Reception and Community Panel 
Stonewall Columbus
1160 N High St, Columbus, OH 43201
5:30-8:00 PM

  1. 5:30 - Registration and Lite Bites
  2. 6:00 - Welcome and Dance Performance, Dr. Tiffany Bourgeois, Montë Murphy
  3. 6:15 - Community Panel on International Collaboration
    1. Café Graciela, Andres De Arco
    2. Hilltop Rise, Danny Peterson
    3. Artist, Montë Murphy

Barnett Symposium
Ohio Union and Sullivant Hall 
9:00 AM-3:00 PM

  1. 9:00-10:00 - Collaboratory in Sullivant Hall (141 Sullivant Hall)
    1. Registration and continental breakfast
    2. 10:00 - Senate Chambers in the Ohio Union
      1. Welcome by Dr. Joni Acuff, AAEP Department Chair
      2. Keynote by Dr. Beatriz García
    3. 11:00 - Session 1 in Sullivant Hall
      1. Panel 1 - International events (Virtual with live stream available for viewing in Sullivant 225)
        1. Dr. Akhona Ndzuta, Wits School of Arts (South Africa)
        2. Dr. Tully Barnett, Flinders University
        3. Dr. MinKyung Kim, Busan Development Institute
      2. Panel 2 - Ohio State Graduate Student Panel in Sullivant Hall Room 205 (Eisner Room)
    4. 12:00 PM Lunch
    5. 1:30 - Session 2 in Sullivant Hall
      1. Panel 1 - Mega-Events Sullivant Hall Room 205 (Eisner Room)
        1. Dr. Zülâl Fazlıoğlu Akın, The Ohio State University
        2. Dr. Christina Kiel, Tulane University
        3. Dr. Biyun Zhu, University of Manchester
        4. Dr. Brea Heidelberg, Drexel University
      2. Panel 2 - Role Play Organizations in International Collaboration (Virtual with live stream available for viewing in Sullivant 225)
        1. Association of Arts Administration Educators, Milena Deleva
        2. STP&A Conference, Dr. Jennifer Novak-Leonard
        3. ENCATC, GiannaLia Cogliandro
  2. 2:30 - Closing Remarks
    1. Joni Acuff, Dr. Joni Acuff, AAEP Department Chair