event-icon

2020 Program Sessions

113. Migration and American Literary History

3:30 PM–4:45 PM Jan 9, 2020 (US - Pacific)

WSCC - 613

Session Information

Description: How might we grasp American literary history from the vantage of the refugee, the political figure of our time? How should we reimagine identity, citizenship, and human rights on global and intimate scales? Americanist scholars from different historical periods recover longer histories of current “crises” around migration and consider ethics of memory and social justice beyond humanitarianism.

Speakers

Stephanie DeGooyer, Willamette U

Hector Hoyos, Stanford U

Carrie Hyde, U of California, Los Angeles

Min Hyoung Song, Boston C

Presider

Yogita Goyal, U of California, Los Angeles

Tags