Résistance(s): 2009 Comparative Literature Symposium, Oct. 23

Friday, October 16, 2009

A group of well-known writers, linguists, psychoanalysts and philosophers will convene to discuss resistance in the 21st century at the annual Comparative Literature Symposium at The University of Tulsa.

Speakers at “Résistance(s)” will evaluate forms of resistance in the fields of humanities, explain how their works enact an active form of resistance and discuss theoretical perspectives in the expression of resistance to dominant trends.

The international mix of symposium speakers include Brian Evenson, writer and associate professor of English and chair of literary arts program at Brown University; Claire Nouvet, associate professor of French and comparative literature at Emory University; Françoise Davoine and Jean-Max Gaudillière, psychoanalysts from Paris; Christopher Treadwell, a visiting professor of French literature at Miami University in Ohio; Didier Moulinier, philosopher and author from France; and Lydie Meunier, associate professor of French and linguistics at The University of Tulsa.

The symposium, which is free and open to the public, will be held 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23 in the Chouteau Room of the Allen Chapman Activity Center on The University of Tulsa campus.

The lectures are sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, University of Tulsa Henry Kendall College of Arts and Sciences, and the Department of Languages.

For more information, please contact Karl Pollin, assistant professor of French, at karl-pollin@utulsa.edu or (918) 631-2813.

Contact:
Karl Pollin
918-631-2813
karl-pollin@utulsa.edu