AUGUST 2010
Brinkman, Bart
BY THE BOOK: BOOK COLLECTING, SCRAPBOOKING AND THE MAKING OF MODERNISM, 1880-1950
Chair: Cary Nelson; and James Hansen, Trish Loughran, John Timberman Newcomb
Godlove, Shannon
APOSTOLIC DISCOURSE AND CHRISTIAN IDENTITY IN ANGLO-SAXON LITERATURE
Chair: Charles Wright; and Robert Barrett, Renee Trilling, Marianne Kalinke
Hackman, Paul
THE MEDIA ASSEMBLAGE: THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY NOVEL IN DIALOGUE WITH FILM, TELEVISION, AND NEW MEDIA
Chair: Michael Rothberg; and James Hansen, Robert Markley, Ramona Curry
Luttfring, Sara
REPRODUCING WOMEN: FEMALE BODILY NARRATIVES AND ENGLISH PATRIARCHIES, 1600-1660
Chair: Catharine Gray; and Carol Neely, Lori Newcomb, Zachary Lesser
Meyer, Allison
AGENTS OF HISTORY: WOMEN AND ROYAL POLITICS IN EARLY MODERN HISTORICAL NARRATIVES AND PLAYS
Chair: Lori Newcomb; and Catharine Gray, Carol Neely, Curtis Perry, Brian Walsh
DECEMBER 2010
Jernigan, Brandon
"FORMS OF SOME INTENSER LIFE": GENRE AND IMPERIALISM AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY
Chair: Joe Valente; and Jed Esty, Lauren Goodlad, Jim Hansen
Ridgeway, Franklin
INJURIOUS DISTANCES: MOBILITY, SPACE, REALISM
Chair: Stephanie Foote; and Trish Loughran, Bill Maxwell, Kathryn Oberdeck
MAY 2011
Berry, Patrick
BEYOND HOPE: RHETORICS OF MOBILITY, POSSIBILITY, AND LITERACY
Chair: Peter Mortensen; and Anne Haas Dyson, Gail Hawisher, Catherine Prendergast, Paul Prior
Brubaker, Anne
LITERATURE IN THE AGE OF MATHEMATICS: GENDER AND THE MULTIPLICITY OF MODERNITY
Chair: Robert Markley; and Debra Hawhee, Michael Rothberg, Anthony Pollock
Clark, Stephanie
THEORIZING PRAYER IN ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND: BEDE ANDÆLFRIC
Chair: Charlie Wright; and Renée Trilling, Martin Camargo, Thomas Hill
Gray, Sarah
IRISH DISABILITY: POSTCOLONIAL NARRATIVES OF STUNTED DEVELOPMENT
Chair: Joseph Valente; and Jim Hansen, Vicki Mahaffey, Susan Koshy
Havlin, Natalie
CULTURES OF MIGRATION: RACE, SPACE, AND THE POLITICS OF ALLIANCE
IN U.S. LATINA/O PRINT AND VISUAL CULTURE, 1910-1939
Chair: Siobhan Somerville; and Richard Rodriguez, Susan Koshy, Lisa Cacho
Lieberman, Jennifer
POWER LINES: ELECTRIC NETWORKS AND THE AMERICAN LITERARY IMAGINATION
Chair: Robert Markley; and Bruce Michelson, Rayvon Fouche, Melissa Littlefield
Looker, Samantha
ENACTING AND INTERROGATING THE “ACADEMIC” IN UNDERGRADUATE LANGUAGE AND LITERACY PRACTICES
Chair: Paul Prior; and Gail Hawisher, Sarah McCarthey, Spencer Schaffner
Simeone, Michael
AMERICAN GADGETS: CYBERNETICS, CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY US FICTION
Chair: Robert Markley; and Cary Nelson, Spencer Schaffner, Anustup Basu, Laura Mandell
Stanciu, Cristina
THE MAKINGS AND UNMAKINGS OF AMERICANS: INDIANS AND IMMIGRANTS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE, 1880-1924
Chair: Bob Parker; and Jose Capino, Bill Maxwell, Gordon Hutner
Vincent, Jonathan
DANGEROUS SUBJECTS: U.S. WAR NARRATIVE, MODERN CITIZENSHIP, AND THE MAKING OF NATIONAL SECRUITY, 1890-1964
Chair: Gordon Hutner; and Cary Nelson, Dale Bauer, Michael Rothberg