"Bruce Springsteen has become a bona fide subject of serious scholarly study. His work is complex, deep, and tied to so many compelling issues about American identity, race, class, work, gender, love, soul music, folk music, rock ‘ n’ roll, narrative, film, militarism, masculinity, and more. The Glory Days Symposium brings together an array of scholars with people who have worked with Springsteen from bandmates to cause-related groups and serious fans and followers. It’s a very stimulating mix of very knowledgeable people. I found the conversations and presentations valuable and fascinating."

Colleen Sheehy, Curator of the traveling exhibition "Springsteen: Troubadour of the Highway," and Director and CEO of Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota