2009 Tennessee Williams Scholars Conference
Friday, March 27, 2009
Schedule of Events
The Historic New Orleans Collection
Williams Research Center
410 Chartres Street, New Orleans, LA
Robert Bray, Conference Director
Morning Sessions
9:00
Call to order and announcements by Robert Bray
9:15-10:15
Session 1
Moderator: Stuart Noel (Georgia Perimeter College) "The Dramatic Significance of the Screens in The Glass Menagerie"
by Sue Tyrrell (Keele University, UK) "'My Baby Doll's Left Me!' Johnny S. Black's 'Paper Doll' in A Streetcar Named Desire"
by Matthew L. Wohlgemuth (University of Mississippi) "Warring Desires: Sex, Marriage, and the Returning Soldier in Williams's Drama"
by Michael Hooper (University of East Anglia, UK)
Moderator: Stuart Noel (Georgia Perimeter College) "The Dramatic Significance of the Screens in The Glass Menagerie"
by Sue Tyrrell (Keele University, UK) "'My Baby Doll's Left Me!' Johnny S. Black's 'Paper Doll' in A Streetcar Named Desire"
by Matthew L. Wohlgemuth (University of Mississippi) "Warring Desires: Sex, Marriage, and the Returning Soldier in Williams's Drama"
by Michael Hooper (University of East Anglia, UK)
10:30-11:45
Session 2
Moderator: Will Brantley (Middle Tennessee State University) "Muted Mythology: A Comparison of Orpheus Descending as Opera and Stage Play"
by John Rindo (University of Puget Sound) "'A great deal of dullness': Tom Williams’s Reading of James Joyce's Ulysses"
by John Bak (University of Nancy, France) "Recovering 'Moral and Sexual Chaos' in Williams's Clothes for a Summer Hotel"
by Annette Saddik (New York City College of Technology) "Cat in the Closet: Williams Does Sweden"
by Dirk Gindt (Stockholm University, Sweden)
Moderator: Will Brantley (Middle Tennessee State University) "Muted Mythology: A Comparison of Orpheus Descending as Opera and Stage Play"
by John Rindo (University of Puget Sound) "'A great deal of dullness': Tom Williams’s Reading of James Joyce's Ulysses"
by John Bak (University of Nancy, France) "Recovering 'Moral and Sexual Chaos' in Williams's Clothes for a Summer Hotel"
by Annette Saddik (New York City College of Technology) "Cat in the Closet: Williams Does Sweden"
by Dirk Gindt (Stockholm University, Sweden)
Afternoon Sessions
1:00-2:15
"Collecting Tennessee," a panel on how and why collectors focus on Williams's written legacy and the process involved in acquiring and cataloguing his materials. With collectors Fred Todd and Andreas Brown; and Mark Cave and Alfred Lemmon from the Williams Research Center
Moderator: Robert Bray (Middle Tennessee State University)
Moderator: Robert Bray (Middle Tennessee State University)
2:30-3:45
"Where I Live," a discussion about Tennessee Williams's prose collection, newly edited by and featuring John Bak. With George Crandell (Auburn University) and Annette Saddik
Moderator: Thomas Keith (New Directions Publishing Corp.)
Moderator: Thomas Keith (New Directions Publishing Corp.)
The Tennessee Williams Scholars Conference gratefully acknowledges the support of The Historic New Orleans Collection and Middle Tennessee State University.
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