Lectures and Conferences

LECTURES AND CONFERENCES 

 

2006 

 

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2005

 

Friedrich Schiller

November 4-5, 2005

In commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Friedrich Schiller's death.

 

Literary Biography of the Twentieth Century

October 13-14, 2005 

The conference highlighted the strengths of the Yale Collection of American Literature in the areas of American Modernism, the Harlem Renaissance, and twentieth century American poetry. 

 

Alexis de Tocqueville 

September 30 - October 1, 2005

In commemmoration of the bicentennial of his birth.

 

2004

 

John Locke through the Centuries: Assessing the Lockean Legacy, 1704-2004

October 28-30

An international conference commemorating the tercentenary of Locke's death.

 

Witold Gombrowicz

October 22-23

An international conference commemorating the centenary of Witold Gombrowicz' birth.

 

Henry Fielding

October 8-9

In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of Henry Fielding's death.