2012 Tennessee Williams Scholars Conference
Friday, March 23, 2012
Schedule of Events
The Historic New Orleans Collection
Williams Research Center
410 Chartres Street, New Orleans, LA
Robert Bray, Conference Director
9:45-10:00
Opening Remarks
by Robert Bray, founding director, TWSC (Middle Tennessee State University)
by Robert Bray, founding director, TWSC (Middle Tennessee State University)
10:00-11:00
Session One
Moderator: Robert Bray, Middle Tennessee State University "From Sweden to Paris and London: Tennessee Williams and His Scandinavian Impresario"
by Dirk Gindt, Stockholm University "Tennessee Williams and the Social Life of Achievement"
by Nick Long and Jack Gamble, University of Cambridge "(A)septic Aesthetics in the 'Nameless Country': Williams and the Resort"
by Ryan Rashotte, University of Guelph
Moderator: Robert Bray, Middle Tennessee State University "From Sweden to Paris and London: Tennessee Williams and His Scandinavian Impresario"
by Dirk Gindt, Stockholm University "Tennessee Williams and the Social Life of Achievement"
by Nick Long and Jack Gamble, University of Cambridge "(A)septic Aesthetics in the 'Nameless Country': Williams and the Resort"
by Ryan Rashotte, University of Guelph
11:15-12:15
Session Two
Moderator: Jessica Dorman, The Historic New Orleans Collection "'Has Brick Been Drinking?'": The Queer Alcoholic In Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
by Thom Bryce, York University "Tennessee Williams's Graphomania"
by Brian Parker, University of Toronto "Tennessee Williams and Dance"
by Michael Hooper, Princess Helena College, UK
Moderator: Jessica Dorman, The Historic New Orleans Collection "'Has Brick Been Drinking?'": The Queer Alcoholic In Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
by Thom Bryce, York University "Tennessee Williams's Graphomania"
by Brian Parker, University of Toronto "Tennessee Williams and Dance"
by Michael Hooper, Princess Helena College, UK
1:30-2:45
Session Three
"Teaching Tennessee: Williams in the Classroom"
Moderator: Robert Bray, Middle Tennessee State University Panelists: Will Brantley, Middle Tennessee State University Virginia Craighill, The University of the South Annette Saddik, City University of New York David Savran, City University of New York
"Teaching Tennessee: Williams in the Classroom"
Moderator: Robert Bray, Middle Tennessee State University Panelists: Will Brantley, Middle Tennessee State University Virginia Craighill, The University of the South Annette Saddik, City University of New York David Savran, City University of New York
3:00-4:15
Session Four
"Tennessee North of the Border: Williams from a Canadian Perspective"
Moderator: Stuart Noel, Georgia Perimeter College Panelists: Brian Parker, University of Toronto Denys Landry, University of Montreal Dirk Gindt, Stockholm University Ryan Rashotte, University of Guelph Thom Bryce, York University
"Tennessee North of the Border: Williams from a Canadian Perspective"
Moderator: Stuart Noel, Georgia Perimeter College Panelists: Brian Parker, University of Toronto Denys Landry, University of Montreal Dirk Gindt, Stockholm University Ryan Rashotte, University of Guelph Thom Bryce, York University
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