Session Information
Description: Within the context of an increasingly dystopian sense of global crisis, how can the idea of Utopia help us galvanize political literary readings? Panelists consider how we can use utopian methods to understand different kinds of literary texts, reflecting upon the importance of the humanities and humanist values in “dark times.”
Related Material: For related material, write to caroline.edwards@bbk.ac.uk
Speakers
Anindita Banerjee, Cornell U
Caroline Edwards, U of London, Birkbeck C
Sean Grattan, U of Kent
Christian Haines, Penn State U, University Park
Jennifer Wagner-Lawlor, Penn State U, University Park
Phillip Edward Wegner, U of Florida
Presider
Robert Tally, Texas State U