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Humanities Symposium and Wildwood Writers’ Festival

Humanities Symposium and Wildwood Writers’ Festival

The Humanities Symposium and Wildwood Writers’ Festival celebrates learning and creativity through works by talented presenters from various disciplines, including writing, the humanities and more.

The festival is free and open to the public.
 

When and where is this year’s festival?

Join us as professional authors and members of the HACC community showcase writing, live music, scholarly talks and dramatic readings on the theme of “Innocence and Experience.”

The event will be held in person March 31-April 2, 2026, from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on HACC’s Lancaster Campus, East Building, Rooms 202 and 203.

The event will also be livestreamed on Zoom at the following link: https://hacc.zoom.us/j/96475014419

Live viewing parties will be held on the following locations:

 

What is the schedule for this year’s festival?

Please note the following schedule is tentative and subject to change.

March 31, 2026

Morning

  • “Images of the Young and the Aged in Horror” presentation
  • “Innocence and Experience Interrupted: Waking Up to my Artistic Identity Inside a Religious Cult” presentation
  • Writer reading

Afternoon

  • String trio performance
  • “Triple Goddesses and Triple God” presentation
  • Writer reading

 

April 1, 2026

Morning

  • Writer reading
  • “Lady Day: The Life of Billie Holiday” presentation
  • “The Innocence Project” presentation

Afternoon

  • Writer reading
  • “The Innocent Eye and the Cultivated Look: How Are We To Confront Non-Objective Art?” presentation
  • Reading and musical performance

 

April 2, 2026

Morning

  • Writer reading
  • “John Dewey: Experience and Education” presentation
  • “Exploring the Topic Between 'Social Realism' as a Notion of 'Innocence' vs. 'Abstraction' as a Notion of 'Experience' in the Context of Art History, Using Gerhard Richter (1932 - ) as a Case Study” presentation 

Afternoon

  • “Science Fiction Gothic” presentation
  • Writer reading
  • “William Blake's Visions” presentation

 

Who are this year’s presenters?

Lee Atkins is a professor of English at HACC.

Mike Corradino is the executive dean of the School of Science & Math at HACC.

John Cline is professor of art at HACC.

Charles Comer is an assistant professor of philosophy at HACC.

Matthew Eberhart is a professor of English at HACC.

Jill Graybill is a music instructor at HACC.

Kim Green is a professor of English at HACC, as well as the chair of the English Department.

Steve Lustig

After long careers in law and business, Steve Lustig began a third career: teaching. He first taught at the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and has taught at HACC since 2014. Professor Lustig currently teaches Legal Environment of Business, Introduction to Business, and Introduction to International Business. He also serves as president of the Faculty Organization. He received his bachelor’s degree in economics with a business certificate from the University of Cincinnati and earned a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Rutgers School of Law, Newark, New Jersey. He loves teaching, engaging in critical thinking with students and growing hot chili peppers.

Seth Martin is a professor of English at HACC.

Julie Moffit

A musician, writer, and teacher, Julie has many interests that are tied together by an earnest desire to know more about the world and a wonder at the beauty of nature. Her early musical works suggest a practical mysticism about and love for both the natural world and the natural world of humankind. Her books continue these themes and explorations. When she’s not wearing one of these many hats, Julie practices Sound Healing in South Central Pennsylvania and spends time with her husband and their two kitties and a dog on their one-acre nature preserve.

Cindy Rose is a professor of humanities at HACC.

Stock Weinstock-Collins is professor of chemistry/physics at HACC.

 

Please contact Seth Martin with any questions at sdmartin@hacc.edu.