11/07 - Time: 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Medieval Studies Conference

Fiction Matters: Literary Texts in Transition

An Interdisciplinary Conference
sponsored by
The Departments of English and World Languages & Literatures 

Session I   9:45am-11:00am       
Albert R. Ascoli    "Dante, Petrarch and the Making of a Modern Reader"
Bart Ehrman    "Literary Forgeries and Counter-Forgeries in Early Christian Tradition"

11:00am-11:15am          Coffee Break

Session II  11:15am-12:30pm           
Carol Symes    "Prescription, Postscription, Transcription, Improvisation:  Deciphering the Textual Evidence for Pre-modern Performance Practice"
Sarah Beckwith     "Shakespeare's Resurrections: The Winter's Tale"

Click here to see the speakers' bios and the conference brochure.

For more conference information, or to register, please contact:

Pina Palma at (203) 392-6753 (palmag1@southernct.edu)
or
Jim Rhodes (rhodesj1@southernct.edu)

Sponsored by Dr. Selase Williams, Provost and
Vice President for Academic Affairs

Funded in Part by a
Faculty Development Grant

 

Location: Engleman A120

Contact Information: Pina Palma or Jim Rhodes, (203) 392-6753 , rhodesj1@southernct.edu