The English Institute 81st Annual Meeting

Registration

Faculty & Students from Sponsoring Institutions: FREE

Faculty from Non-Sponsoring Institutions: $50

Students & Scholars from Non-Sponsoring Institutions : $20

We request that all conference attendees fill out the online registration form (name, institutional affiliation, email address) as soon as you can, since room capacity is limited.

Membership

For an annual donation of $600, enjoy a waived registration fee for all faculty and students, a listing in all promotional materials, and participation in The English Institute's travel subsidy program, which provides up to $250 toward transportation and lodging costs for one graduate student or one untenured faculty participant.

To become a sponsor, please contact The English Institute at [email protected].

Schedule

Friday, October 4

1:00 Welcome

(Shonni Enelow and Jennifer Fleissner)

1:15 Nancy Yousef, "Yours Truly"

(Introduced by Yoon Sun Lee)

3:00 Caleb Smith, "Cat Got Your Tongue?"

(introduced by Jennifer Fleissner)

4:30 Coffee break

5:00 Tina Post, "Robot Bodies"

(introduced by Shonni Enelow)

6:30 Opening reception

Saturday, October 5

8:30 Continental breakfast

9:00 Kevin Quashie, "Reading, Thinking"

(Introduced by Donna Jones)

10:45 Courtney Weiss Smith, "The Poetics of Flow"

(Introduced by Meredith Martin)

12:15 Coffee break

12:45 The Conversation: Namwali Serpell, from Stranger Faces (introduction, "E-Faced," and conclusion); Victor Shklovsky, "Art as Technique"

1:45 Lunch

3:00 Julie Orlemanski, "Between Voice and Name"

(Introduced by Virginia Jackson)

4:45 Karen Tongson, "Wilde at Heart"

(introduced by Anahid Nersessian)

6:15 Closing reception

Questions? Contact The English Institute at [email protected] or visit http://englishinstitute.yale.edu for further information.

Host or Publisher The English Institute