PANELS, SYMPOSIA, CONFERENCES, 2009-10

Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 4:30 - 6:00 PM
Breedlove Room, Perkins Library
* Please note correct time

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

The Critical Difference of A 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