Robert Vivian, Ph.D.
Recent Presentations
- "What Was Said To The Rose: Rumi's Dance Toward Unitive Consciousness." Yildiz Teknik University, Istanbul, Turkey. Istanbul, Turkey. May 31.
- conference on contemporary Turkish Literature. "A Westerner Looks Eastward: Living And Writing in Turkey." Oxford, England. March 2, 2013.
- reading at Vermont College of Fine Arts. ""Always A River"." montpelier, vt.
- "A Writer's Ache For Sympathy: A Few Ways To Get Your Heart Down On The Page." Vermont College Of Fine Arts MFA students. Montpelier, VT. 7-1-2012.
- "Distinguished Visiting Writer at River Pretty Writers Retreat, Tecumseh, Missouri." April 27-29, 2012.
- Associated Writers Programs attendees. "AWP Conference." Chicago. March 1&2.
- "For The Sake Of A Single Sentence: Gratitude As A Lever Of Transcendence." Vermont College Of Fine Arts. Montpelier, VT.
- Vermont College Of Fine Arts. "The Grace of Self-Forgetfulness, lecture, and reading from Water And Abandon." masters students and faculty, Vermont College of Fine Arts. Montpelier, VT. July 2011.
- "Meacham Writers Series, Univ. of Tennessee Chattanooga." Chattanooga, TN. March 24-27, 2011.
- "book reading and signing." University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Lincoln, NE. March 3, 2011.
- "book signing for Another Burning Kingdom, AWP Conference, Washington, D.C.." Washington, D.C..
- "Containing Multitudes: The Discovery of Voice in Non-Fiction, No Ideas But in Things." Nonfiction Now Conference, The University of Iowa. Iowa City, Iowa. November 2010.
- Vermont College MFA Program. "Writers' Residency Slovenia." Masters' students. Betanja, Slovenia.
- Weekly Guest Lectures at Ondokuz Mayis University. "Guest Lecturer." students and faculty at Ondokuz Mayis University. Samsun, Turkey. February through May 2008.
- East/West Conference in Samsun, Turkey. "Kissing The Sounds." scholars from around Turkey and Samsun citizens. Samsun, Turkey. April 4, 2008.
