Dr. Sarah Jane Murray - Hollywood Storytelling Meets Medieval Philosophy

Описание: Dr. Sarah Jane Murray (Ph.D., Princeton) is an award-winning Professor of Great Texts & Creative Writing at Baylor University and EMMY®-nominated filmmaker with work distributed by PBS, Netflix, Amazon, and the New York Times. Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and American Philosophical Society, her research explores the origins of the Western thought and the vital role of storytelling in cultural transmission. From clay tablets and papyrus to the invention of manuscripts, printing, digital film, and 21st century emerging technologies, she believes great storytelling experiences survive because of the ‘3Ms’ — they’re meaningful, memorable, and motivate us to grow. Dr. Murray is the translator with Dr. Matthieu Boyd of the medieval French Moralized Ovid (D.S. Brewer, 2023), a three-volume work described by the Times Literary Supplement as ‘a masterclass in what modern scholarly translation should be.’ Her current work seeks to democratize access to meaningful learning, cultivate critical thinking, and pioneer new educational pathways in interactive storytelling, emerging tech (like XR), and transformational play. (Bio from the Greats Story Lab site)

00:00 Introduction and Setting the Scene
08:54 Transition from Engineering to Philosophy
17:11 The Role of Mentorship in Career Development
29:02 Reflections on Learning and Discovery
34:52 The Journey to Graduate School
46:39 The Intersection of Storytelling and Experience
55:17 Endurance in Academia
01:07:10 The Ovid Moralisé Project
01:14:31 The Journey of Translation
01:22:15 Innovative Storytelling in the Digital Age
01:40:23 Future Projects and Aspirations

Links from the show:
Tedx talk, "Hardwired for Story":    • Hardwired for story | Sarah-Jane “SJ” Murr...  
Tedx talk, "Write and Wrong":    • Write and Wrong | Sarah-Jane Murray | TEDx...  
The Greats Story Lab: https://www.thegreats.org/
Dr. Murray's IMDB: https://m.imdb.com/name/nm6142881/
An overview of the Medieval French Ovide moralisé: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/literature/...

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Keywords

storytelling, academia, philosophy, medieval studies, mentorship, film, creativity, education, personal growth, cultural narratives, storytelling, philosophy, endurance, translation, academia, Ovid, film, Great Story Lab, meaningful stories, technology