Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities: Letters

Letters Archive

Spring 2002, Vol. 10, No. 2 (requires Adobe Acrobat) Reflections on Memory, Identity, and Political Action Creamed and Molded Nancy A. Walker Lecture and Humor Symposium Race and Wealth Disparity in 21st Century America Robert Penn Warren Lecture on Southern Letters: David Levering Lewis Gender and Sexuality Lecture Series Rethinking the Americas: Crossing Borders and Disciplines Schedule of Events Limits of the Past, an Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquium
Rethinking the Americas: Crossing Borders and Disciplines Schedule of Events Limits of the Past, an Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquium
Schedule of Events Limits of the Past, an Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquium
Limits of the Past, an Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquium

Schedule of Events

Thursday, April 4th, 4:00–6:00 p.m.
Crossing Disciplines: The Theory and Practice of Inter-American Studies

Panel Members:
Earl E. Fitz (Professor of Spanish & Portuguese, Director of Comparative Literature Program, and 2000/01 Jacque Voegeli Fellow, Warren Center, Vanderbilt University)
Marshall C. Eakin (Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of History and 2000/01 Warren Center Fellow, Vanderbilt University)
Lucius T. Outlaw, Jr. (Professor of Philosophy and Director, African American Studies Program, and 2001/02 Warren Center Fellow, Vanderbilt University)

Panel Moderator:
Cathy L. Jrade (Professor and Chair, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and 2000/01 Spence Wilson Fellow, Warren Center, Vanderbilt University)

Friday, April 5th, 9:00–11:00 a.m.
Redefining Literary Boundaries: Writing the Americas

Panel Members:
William Luis (Professor of Spanish, Professor of English, and 2000/01 Rebecca Webb Wilson Fellow, Warren Center, Vanderbilt University)
Cathy L. Jrade (Professor and Chair, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and 2000/01 Spence Wilson Fellow, Warren Center, Vanderbilt University)
Michael Kreyling (Professor of English and 2001/02 Rebecca Webb Wilson Fellow, Warren Center, Vanderbilt University)
Deborah N. Cohn (Assistant Professor of Spanish, Indiana University, & 2000/01 William S. Vaughn Visiting Fellow, Warren Center, Vanderbilt University)

Panel Moderator:
Earl E. Fitz (Professor of Spanish & Portuguese, Director of Comparative Literature Program, and 2000/01 Jacque Voegeli Fellow, Warren Center, Vanderbilt University)

1:00–3:00 p.m.
Defining and Redefining Identities: What History and Anthropology Make of the Americas

Panel Members:
Jane Gilmer Landers (Associate Professor of History, Director of Latin American Studies Program, Associate Dean, and 2000/01 Warren Center Fellow, Vanderbilt University)
Edward Fischer (Assistant Professor of Anthropology and 2000/01 Warren Center Fellow, Vanderbilt University)
Philip Howard (Associate Professor of Latin American and Caribbean History, University of Akron)
Gordon Brotherston (Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Stanford University)

Panel Moderator:
William Luis (Professor of Spanish and Professor of English, and 2000/01 Rebecca Webb Wilson Fellow, Warren Center, Vanderbilt University)

Saturday, April 6th, 9:00–11:00 a.m.
Crossing Borders: Discourse and Diffusion

Panel Members:
Anne Demo (Assistant Professor of Communication Studies and 2000/01 Warren Center Fellow, Vanderbilt University)
J. Michael Dash (Professor of French Literature, New York University)
Barbara Godard (Associate Professor of English, York University [Canada])

Panel Moderator:
Cathy L. Jrade (Professor and Chair, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and 2000/01 Rebecca Webb Wilson Fellow, Warren Center, Vanderbilt University).

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