Session I
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
East Asian Languages
& Civilizations
Michael Bourdaghs
Stuart 102What Does the J in J-Pop Stand For?
English Language & Literature
Christina von Nolcken
Harper 140Beowulf and its World
English Language & Literature
Larry Rothfield
Harper 130Nobody thought of culture: Behind the Looting of the Baghdad Museum
English Language & Literature
Lisa Ruddick
Stuart 105How Do We Discover That Other People Are Real? (REGISTRATION CLOSED)
MUSIC
Philip Gossett
Fulton Hall, GoodspeedThe Hot and the Cold: Did Verdi compose an opera on Shakespeare's "King Lear"?
Romance Languages & Literatures/ Art History
Daisy Delogu and Aden Kumler
Regenstein Special CollectionsLove's Looks, Love's Books: The Thirteenth-Century Romance of the Rose
South Asian Languages & Civilizations
Gary Tubb
Stuart 104Love and Religion in Classical Sanskrit Poetry
Keynote Address
11 a.m. - 12:00 noon
English Language & Literature
Jacqueline Goldsby
Mandel Hall, 1135 E. 57th StreetA Salon for the Masses: Black Chicago's Book Review and Lecture Forum, 1933-53
Session II
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
HUMANITIES
Civic Knowledge Project Panel
Stuart 105What is Civic Knowledge?
Humanities Computing
Mark Olsen and Lec Maj
Stuart 101Exploring Innovative research Technologies in the Humanities Division
East Asian Languages & Civilizations
Michael Raine
Film Studies Center, Cobb 307Re-envisioning the Cinema: computer-based tools for film analysis
English Language & Literature
David Bevington
Harper 140Shakespeare on Religion (REGISTRATION CLOSED)
English Language & Literature
Bill Brown
Harper 130Objects, Other, and Us
Music
Shulamit Ran
Fulton Hall, GoodspeedTaking on the Credo: a chanticleer Mass through a Jewish prism
Near eastern Languages & Civilizations
Norman Golb
Breasted Hall, Oriental InstituteThe Clash of Ideas Regarding the Origin of the Dead Sea Scrolls - Recent Developments
Session III
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.