"World War I and Literary History: A Centenary Symposium at the University of Toronto"
10am-6pm, Friday, 3 October 2014
Victoria College Chapel, University of Toronto
10am: Coffee and reception
1015am: Chair's welcome. Alan Bewell, English Department Chair, University of Toronto
1020am: "World War I and Literary History." Joshua Gang, University of Toronto
1030am: Session I
Maud Ellmann, University of Chicago
"Irish Writers and World War I"
Denise Cruz, University of Toronto
"World War I and the Missing Events of Asian American Literary History"
1210pm: Lunch. For dining options, consult Yelp.
200pm: Session II
Paul Saint-Amour, University of Pennsylvania
"Fantasias of the War Archive: Hamilton's Savage and Jenkinson's Manual"
Melba Cuddy-Keane, University of Toronto
"Statistics and Sentiment: Tracing the Impact of World War I Through Words"
340pm: Coffee.
410pm: Session III
Robert McGill, University of Toronto
"The Vietnamization of the First World War in Canadian Literature"
Vincent Sherry, Washington University in St Louis
"Bare Death: The Failing Sacrifice of the Great War"
550pm: Closing Remarks.
10am-6pm, Friday, 3 October 2014
Victoria College Chapel, University of Toronto
10am: Coffee and reception
1015am: Chair's welcome. Alan Bewell, English Department Chair, University of Toronto
1020am: "World War I and Literary History." Joshua Gang, University of Toronto
1030am: Session I
Maud Ellmann, University of Chicago
"Irish Writers and World War I"
Denise Cruz, University of Toronto
"World War I and the Missing Events of Asian American Literary History"
1210pm: Lunch. For dining options, consult Yelp.
200pm: Session II
Paul Saint-Amour, University of Pennsylvania
"Fantasias of the War Archive: Hamilton's Savage and Jenkinson's Manual"
Melba Cuddy-Keane, University of Toronto
"Statistics and Sentiment: Tracing the Impact of World War I Through Words"
340pm: Coffee.
410pm: Session III
Robert McGill, University of Toronto
"The Vietnamization of the First World War in Canadian Literature"
Vincent Sherry, Washington University in St Louis
"Bare Death: The Failing Sacrifice of the Great War"
550pm: Closing Remarks.