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<b>Medievalism, Colonialism, Nationalism: A Symposium<br>
<div align="center">University of California, Riverside<br>
Humanities 1500<br>
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<div align="center">Day I: Friday, November 7<br>
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9:15 Welcome and Introduction:<br>
Charles Louis, Vice Chancellor for Research, UCR<br>
John M. Ganim, Professor of English, UCR<br>
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Session I: Opening Lectures: Heather Blurton, UCSB,
Moderator <br>
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9:30-10:15: Andrew Lynch, University of Western Australia<br>
“Arthur, Empire and Australia” (45 min.)<br>
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10:15-11:00: Carol Symes, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana and
Harvard University<br>
“At War with the Past: The Medieval Battlegrounds of the Western
Front” (45 min)<br>
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11:00- 11:15: Session I Questions and Discussion<br>
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11:15-11:30: Coffee and Break<br>
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Session II: Andrea Denny-Brown, UCR, Moderator<br>
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11:30-12:05: Seeta Chaganti, University of California, Davis <br>
<i>“Raymonda</i>: A Medieval Past in Nineteenth-Century Motion” (35
min)<br>
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12:05-12:15: Session II Questions and Discussion<br>
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12:15-1:30: Lunch Break<br>
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Session III: Matthew McGraw, UCR, Moderator<br>
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1:30-2:05: Louise D'Arcens, University of Wollongong,
Australia<br>
"Life on the Murrumbidgee: Medieval Legacies in the Novels of Mark
Twain and Joseph Furphy" (35 min)<br>
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2:05-2:40: David Marshall, California State University, San
Bernardino<br>
“Hrothgar, Heorot, and Colonialism in Popular Culture” (35 min)<br>
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2:40-2:55: Session III Questions and Discussion<br>
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3:00-3:45 Tea in Special Collections and Viewing of Displays
Curated for the Symposium<br>
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Session IV:<br>
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4:00-4:35: Piotr Gorecki, UCR, Moderator<br>
Brenda Schildgen, University of California, Davis<br>
“Medievalism and Post-Revolutionary France: Making the French Nation” (35
min)<br>
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4:35-4:45: Session IV Questions and Discussion<br>
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<div align="center">Day II: Saturday, November 8<br>
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Session V: Day 2 Opening Lecture. Megan Stein, UCR, Moderator<br>
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9:30-10:15 : Aranye L. O. Fradenburg, University of California, Santa
Barbara<br>
“(Dis)Continuity: A History of Dreaming” (45 min)<br>
10:15-10:25: Session V Questions and Discussion<br>
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Session VI: Michael Calabrese, California State University, Los Angeles,
Moderator:<br>
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10:25-11:10: Thomas Prendergast, College of Wooster<br>
"Medievalism and the Uncanny: A Fantasy of History" (45
min)<br>
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11:10-11:20: Session VI Questions and Discussion<br>
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11:20-11:30 Coffee and Break<br>
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Session VII: Scott Kleinman, California State University, Northridge<br>
11:30-12:05: Elizabeth Allen, University of California, Irvine<br>
"Perkin Warbeck and the Pretenses of the Past" (35 min)<br>
12:05-12:15: Questions and Discussion<br>
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Session VIII: Leonard Koff, UCLA, Moderator<br>
12:15-12:50: Stephanie Trigg, University of Melbourne,
Australia<br>
“The Republican Robin Hood: Ned Kelly, Medievalism and Anti-Medievalism”
(35 min)<br>
12:50-1:00: Session VII Questions and Discussion<br>
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1:00-2:00 Lunch <br>
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Session IX: Leona Fisher, UCR<br>
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2:00-2:25: Kristin Noone, University of California, Riverside<br>
"'Coming home without a head is not very delightful': J.R.R. Tolkien
and the Battle of Maldon.” (25 minutes)<br>
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2:25-2:50: Anne McKendry, University of Melbourne, Australia <br>
"Celts, Saxons and Detectives: The Political Medievalism of
Peter Tremayne" (25 Minutes)<br>
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2:50-3:00 Session VIII Questions and Discussion<br>
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3:00-3:15 Coffee and Break<br>
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Session X: Sherri Johnson, UCR, Moderator<br>
3:15-4:00 David Lawton, Washington University, St Louis<br>
“Blasphemy in the Twenty First Century” (45 minutes)<br>
4:00-4:15 Session IX Questions and Discussion<br>
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Session XI: Andrea Denny-Brown, UCR Moderator<br>
4:15-4:45 John M. Ganim, UCR<br>
Concluding Remarks and Discussion<br>
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<i>Attendance is free. Parking is available on campus for a fee. The
conference has been organized by Professor John Ganim, Department of
English at UCR, and is sponsored by the University of California
Humanities Research Institute, the Center for Ideas and Society at UCR,
the UCR Department of English, the Australian Research Council and the
Mellon Workshop on Medieval Cultures. For information contact Laura
Lozon, 951-827-1555,
<a href="mailto:laura.lozon@ucr.edu">laura.lozon@ucr.edu</a>.<br><br>
For a description of the conference see
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http://newsroom.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=1959<br><br>
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