J. H. Prynne Visit
April 13 - 17, 2009
Poet, British Poetry Revival
Co-sponsored with the Poetry & Poetics Program and the Franke Institute

Tuesday, April 14
Lecture with reception to follow:
"Mental Ears and Poetic Work"
5:30pm, SS 122

Thursday, April 16
Poetry reading with reception to follow:
J.H. Prynne and Keston Sutherland
5:00pm, SS 122

Spring Quarter Nicholson
Center Academic Events

2008-2009 Mellon Conference:
"Empire, Modernity, and the British Social Sciences: 1700-1950"

April 24-25, 2009
Franke Seminar Room

Keynote Speakers:
Henrika Kukilick (UPenn)
Sudipta Sen (UC Davis)

Friday, April 24
9:30am: Introductory Remarks
10:00am: Panel: Territorialities
12:00pm: Lunch
1:00pm: Sudipta Sen
3:00pm: Panel: Social and Political Economies

Saturday, April 25
10:00am: Panel: The Global Social Sciences
12:00pm: Lunch
1:00pm: Henrika Kuklick


Anscombe's Intention
Conference
April 24 - 25, 2009
Fulton Recital Hall, 4th floor Goodspeed Hall
Complete schedule available on the conference blog

Sir John Elliot
Regius Professor of Modern History Emeritus, University of Oxford
Monday, April 20
4:30pm, Harper 103

Lecture:
"Contrasting Empires: Britain and Spain in America"

Christopher Ricks
Professor of Poetry, University of Oxford
Tuesday, April 28
4:30pm, Rosenwald 405

Lecture with reception to follow:
"Milton and Blasphemy"

Simon Goldhill
2008-09 Schaffner Visiting Professor
Classics, University of Chicago
Wednesday, April 29
4:30pm, Classics 110

Lecture with reception to follow:
"The Cotswolds in Jerusalem: Cultural Distance and the Politics of Empire"