Arts & Culture

First-Ever Phish Conference Coming To OSU

KLCC | By Brian Bull
Published May 1, 2019 at 4:58 PM PDT
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If you’ve ever yearned to discuss the scholarly aspects of the rock band, Phish, Oregon State University will accommodate.

A weekend-long academic conference will be held at OSU May 17th through the 19th. 

Co-organizer Chryss Allaback says this is the first one dedicated to the band, featuring a variety of perspectives from many different fields.

Conference co-organizer (and suspected Phish fan), Chryss Allaback.
Credit Brian Bull / KLCC

“Communications, philosophy, economics, religion, all these sorta different disciplines come together," Allaback tells KLCC.  "All sort of use Phish as a lens to analyze our culture, our humanity, our subcultures.”

Official sessions range from The Neuroscience of the Jam, to The Role of Phish in Jewish Clergy Spiritual Development.

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Brian Bull
Brian Bull is an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Oregon, and remains a contributor to the KLCC news department. He began working with KLCC in June 2016.   In his 27+ years as a public media journalist, he's worked at NPR, Twin Cities Public Television, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Wisconsin Public Radio, and ideastream in Cleveland. His reporting has netted dozens of accolades, including four national Edward R. Murrow Awards (22 regional),  the Ohio Associated Press' Best Reporter Award, Best Radio Reporter from  the Native American Journalists Association, and the PRNDI/NEFE Award for Excellence in Consumer Finance Reporting.
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