B1: An Archaeology of America’s Classical Origins

Seminar Leader: John Shields, Illinois State University

Friday, April 16, 10:30 AM  – 12:30 PM, Grande Ballroom 1

Devona Ann Mallory, Illinois State University:  “Snatching the Laurel: Phillis Wheatley’s Subversive Utilization of Classicism”

Zachary S. Petrea, Illinois State University: “Ann Bleeker, an Early American Classicist?”

Eric A. Hairston, North Carolina State: “The Ebony Column: Classics and the University American Literary Tradition”

John C. Shields, Illinois State University: “Respondent to Session I: Investigating the Influence of Classical Cultural Imperatives on American Thought and Behavior”

Saturday, April 17, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM, Grande Ballroom 1

Robert G. Cook, Illinois State University: “Moby Dick and Mardi: Melville and the American Epic”

Clifford Caruthers, Illinois State University: “The American Aeneas Goes West: Classicism in Novels of the West”

Maureen Anderson, Illinois State University: “Mercy Otis Warren: An Early American Classical Feminist”

James A. Levernier, University of Arkansas: “Respondent to Session II: How Little Rock Classical Literary Allusions Focus Attention on Vital Aspects of American Thought and Behavior”

Sunday, April 18, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM, Grande Ballroom 1

Bruce Erickson, Illinois State University: “Classicism, Globalization, and a Pedagogy of Undiscussability”

John C. Shields, Illinois State University: “The American Aeneas and the Globalization Debates”

Eric D. Lamore, Illinois State University: “Acknowledging the Importance of Classical Rhetoric: Rereading Herman Melville’s Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life”

Gail Finney, University of California - Davis: “Tragic Dimensions of Modernism: The World Trade Center as Paradigm”

Russell Rutter, Illinois State University: “Respondent to Session III: How Study of Our Classical Origins Impacts the Globalization Debates”