Program

“Trash: Bad Books”

Harvard English Fall Graduate Symposium

November 14–15, 2024

Thursday, November 14 | Fong Auditorium (Boylston Hall)

5–6:30 p.m.: Keynote Address: Caroline Levine (Cornell), “Trash, Literal and Literary: How to Think about What We Throw Away.”

Friday, November 15 | Fong Auditorium (Boylston Hall)

Coffee and Refreshments, 9:30 a.m. (Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall)

10:00–11:30 a.m., Panel 1: Throwing Out Convention

Respondent: TBD

Lunch, 11:30 a.m. –12:30 p.m. (Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall)

12:30–2:00 p.m., Panel 2: Failed Styles and Forms

Respondent:  TBD

2:30–4:00 p.m., Panel 3: Trash, Identity, and Labor

Respondent: TBD

4:30–6 p.m.: Please join us for a reception in the English Department following the conference!