Catastrophes: The 2012 International Conference on Romanticism

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For its 2012 conference, the International Conference on Romanticism returns to the Sonoran Desert and will be held on the campus of Arizona State University in its Memorial Union, the site for the 2006 conference. Mark Lussier and Ron Broglio, the conference organizers, have adopted the theme of “catastrophes,” which should be interpreted in its broadest possible context, including aesthetic, colonial, dramatic, ecological, economic, geographic, literary, military, and political catastrophes. Other approaches are equally welcome. 

We hope you will join us in November 2012.

Plenary Speakers

Plenary I: “Romantic Sciences: Crises and Resolutions”

Marilyn Gaull, “The Sublime Romantic Sciences”
Alan Richardson, “The Sublime Romantic Sciences of Mind and Brain”
Mark Lussier, “The Sublime Romantic Sciences: Towards a Theory of Everything” 

Plenary II:  Paul Youngquist "'This Disastrous Enterprise': History, Race, and Revolution" 

Plenary III: Angela Esterhammer "Speculation, Improvisation, and Financial Catastrophe"

Art Installation

Ross Birrell’s Duet: Lift Me Up For I Am Dying: A Duet For Two Violas will be on display at the ASU Art Museum, Wed-Sat 11am - 5pm.

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