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| Date: |
| Friday, February 10, 2006 |
| Time: |
| 9:30 AM |
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Public Workshop on
Jonathan Swift's A Tale of a Tub
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Location:
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Department of English
Rutgers University
Plangere Writing Center and Conference Room
Murray Hall, Rooms 303 and 305
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510 George Street, New Brunswick
Parking available for conference attendees in Lot 26
(Bartlett Street) and College Avenue Deck (Senior Street) |
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In our own age of rapid media shift, there is an urgent need to revisit parallel moments in history when new human uses of technology seemed at once to offer new democratic opportunities and to threaten traditional cultural forms, institutions, and ways of life. This workshop will bring together established literary scholars to lead a discussion of Jonathan Swift’s satire on “corruptions in religion and learning," A Tale of a Tub (1704), a text often read as an indictment of the new “print culture.”
| Schedule |
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| 9:30am |
Book Exhibit ( Room 303) |
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Coffee and Bagels will be served in Room 305
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| 10:00am |
Welcome Remarks (Room 303) |
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Richard E. Miller, Chair of Department of English and Executive Board Member of the Center for Cultural Analysis |
| 10:00-12:30pm |
Morning Discussion Session (Room 303) |
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Chair: Meredith L. McGill, Director of Graduate Program in Literatures in English
Faculty Facilitators: Paula McDowell (Rutgers), John Richetti (University of Pennsylvania),
Gabrielle Starr (NYU)
Faculty facilitators will open the morning discussion session by raising a series of questions about
A Tale of A Tub. Group discussion by workshop participants will follow.
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| 12:30-2:00pm |
Lunch (Room 305) |
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Contact Link Larsen by 31 Jan. at theccacc@aol.com to reserve a box lunch,
or bring your own. |
| 2:00-4:30pm |
Afternoon Discussion Session (Room 303) |
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Chair: Paula McDowell, Associate Director of Graduate Program in Literatures in English
Faculty Facilitators: Michael McKeon (Rutgers), Jonathan Kramnick (Rutgers), Jenny Davidson (Columbia University)
Faculty facilitators will open the afternoon discussion session by raising a series of questions about A Tale of a Tub. Group discussion by workshop participants will follow.
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| 4:30-5:30pm |
Reception (Room 305) |
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Participants:
Paula McDowell (Rutgers), John Richetti (University of Pennsylvania), Gabrielle
Starr (NYU), Michael McKeon (Rutgers), Jonathan Kramnick (Rutgers), Jenny Davidson (Columbia University)
Organized by:
Paula McDowell, The Center for Cultural Analysis, and the English Department
Website:
http://cca.rutgers.edu
For further Information, contact Paula McDowell at p.mcdowell@rutgers.edu
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