Barbara Johnson Roundtable & Memorial Discussion

A commemoration of Barbara Johnson’s work and legacies. Participants are invited to bring a brief passage from Barbara Johnson’s work and to note its animation for them of a critical issue.

Roundtable
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The Critical Difference of The Critical Difference
David Bell, Professor of French & Associate Dean of the Graduate School

Barbara Johnson from a Distance
Toril Moi, James B. Duke Professor of Literature and Romance Studies & Professor of English

Feminism, the Wake, and a World of Difference
Ranjana Khanna, Margaret Taylor Smith Director of Women’s Studies & Professor of English and Literature

“Be Thou Me”: Barbara Johnson and the Personification of the World
Deborah Jenson, Professor of French

Presented with the Department of Romance Studies