April 20, 2009
McNeil Center for Early American Studies
3355 Woodland Walk, UPenn Campus
Philadelphia, PA, 19104
9-9:30 am, Breakfast
Welcome and Introduction: Chi-ming Yang (English, UPenn)
9:30 am -12 pm, Session 1
Places & Perspectives
Chair: Peter Stallybrass, (English, UPenn)
Speakers:
- Peter Perdue (History, East Asian Languages, Yale)
- R. Bin Wong (History, Asia Institute, UCLA)
- Jonathan Burton (English, West Virginia)
Discussant: David Kazanjian (English, Comparative Literature, UPenn)
12 – 12:45 pm, Lunch Break
1-3 pm, Session 2
Itineraries & Comparison
Chair: Margareta De Grazia (English, UPenn)
Speakers:
- Walter Cohen (English, Comparative Literature, Cornell)
- David Wallace (English, UPenn)
Discussants: Gary Tomlinson (Music, UPenn) and Barbara Fuchs (Romance Languages, UPenn)
3-3:30 pm, Coffee Break
3:30-5:30pm, Session 3
Translations & Globality
Chair: Toni Bowers (English, UPenn)
Speakers:
- Felicity Nussbaum (English, UCLA)
- Eric Lewis Beverley (History, SUNY Stonybrook)
- Lydia Liu, (Chinese, Comparative Literature, Columbia)
Discussant: Suvir Kaul (English, Comparative Literature, UPenn)
Concluding Remarks: Ania Loomba (English Comparative Literature, UPenn)
5:30-6:30 pm, Reception at McNeil Center