RECEPTIONS: READING THE PAST ACROSS TIME AND SPACE
September 27, 28, and 29, 2013
OPENING TALK
RALPH HEXTER
Distinguished Professor of Classics & Comparative Literature
Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor
UC DAVIS
“EPIC WORLDS”
Friday 6PM
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
WAI CHEE DIMOCK
William Lampson Professor of English & American Studies
YALE UNIVERSITY
“ RECYCLING THE EPIC: GILGAMESH ON THREE
CONTINENTS”
Call for Papers
In keeping with the National Endowment for the Humanities’ new call
for interdisciplinary transcultural projects, this conference will focus on
“intercultural receptions” across time and space. Reading, in the title, is broadly
conceived in the sense of reception of “cultural” forms and genres, including
texts, buildings, art works, rituals, and performances. This year’s conference
will particularly focus on the reception of ancient, medieval, and early modern
texts, whether literary or philosophical, across genres, periods, and geographical
spaces. 250 word abstracts should be submitted to Professor Brenda
Schildgen by May 1, 2013 (email: bdschildgen@ucdavis.edu).
WHERE: UC DAVIS CONFERENCE CENTER (FRIDAY 6PM)
SATURDAY and SUNDAY, UC DAVIS, VOORHIES 126