NASSR 2014: Romantic Organizations July 9-13, 2014 Washington, DC

Schedule (draft)

WEDNESDAY, JULY 9 (5:00-7:00 pm): Registration Opens

WEDNESDAY, JULY 9 (5:30-7:30 pm): NASSR Advisory Board Meeting

THURSDAY, JULY 10 (9:00-10:15 am)

1.A) Habit and Poetic Self-Fashioning Chair: Daniel Mangiavellano Panelists: Renee T. Harris Daniel Magiavellano Elizabeth Neiman

1.B) The East India Company: Imperial Networks and Investments Chair: John C. Leffel Panelists: Victoria Barnett DeFalco Lamperez John C. Leffel

1.C) The Nation and the National Tale I: Bardic and Antiquarian Organizations Chair: TBA Panelists: Alison Cotti-Lowell Tristan Schweiger Jeff Strabone

1.D) Women and Publishing History Chair: TBA Panelists: Mary Ellen Bellanca Jillian M. Hess Scott Krawczyk

1.E) Radcliffe and the Emotions Chair: TBA Panelists: Andrew Grace Cecily Erin Hill Anna Shajirat

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THURSDAY, JULY 10 (8:30 am): Registration opens

THURSDAY, JULY 10 (10:30-11:45 am)

2.A) Cultural Exchange and Collaborative Networks Chair: Adriana Craciun Panelists: Adriana Craciun Bruce Greenfield Kevin Hutchings

2.B) Organs and Organizations Chair: Tilottama Rajan Panelists: Dahlia Porter Tilottama Rajan Jonathan Sachs

2.C) Human Contact Without Essence: American Perspectives Chair: Marianne Noble Panelists: Paul Hurh Marianne Noble John Stauffer

2.D) Disability and Romantic Society Chair: Emily Stanback Panelists: Jared S. Richman Myra Lotto Katherine Gustafson

2.E) New Approaches to Wordsworth Chair: TBA Panelists: Sean Hughes R. Rosenthal Michele Speitz

2.F) The Orders of Biography Chair: TBA Panelists: Joselyn Almeida-Beveridge Helen Luu Julie Murray

2.G) Writing Character Chair: TBA Panelists: Daniel DeWispelare Andrew Dicus Jamison Kantor

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2.H) Britain and Spain: Literary and Political Interactions I Chair: Ian Haywood Panelists: Ian Haywood Susan Valladares Alicia Teresa Laspra Rodriguez

THURSDAY, JULY 10 (11:45 am-1:15 pm): LUNCH (on own) NASSR Interest Groups Meeting Coordinated by Collings

THURSDAY, JULY 10 (1:15-2:45 pm)

3.A) Romanticism and “The Experiment” Chair: Robert Mitchell Panelists: Robert Mitchell Richard C. Sha Noel Jackson Amanda Jo Goldstein

3.B) Romanticism after Enlightenment Orientalism Chair: Daniel O’Quinn Respondent: Srinivas Aravamudan Panelists: Siraj Ahmed Ashley Cohen Humberto Garcia Daniel O’Quinn

3.C) Roundtable: Organizing Digital Romanticism: Interacting with the Print Multigraph Project Chair: Andrew Stauffer Panelists: Thora Brylowe Michelle Levy Macovski Nicholas Mason Tom Mole Dahlia Porter Jonthan Sachs Andrew Stauffer

3.D) Organizing Editions and Compilations I Chair: Charles E. Robinson Panelists: Elisa Beshero-Bondar Comet Michael Pickard Lisa Wilson

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3.E) Writing Reading and Pedagogy Chair: TBA Panelists: Ella Brians Alexandra Grenier Katie Halsey Megan Taylor

3.F) Disorganizing Gender Chair: TBA Panelists: Natalie Hopper Ghislaine McDayter Teresa M. Pershing Orianne Smith

3.G) Ecological Enclosure and Its Discontents Chair: TBA Panelists: Joseph Albernaz Jeffrey Cass Katey Castellano Samantha Webb

3.H) Novel Organizations Chair: TBA Panelists: Michael Falk Hannah Doherty Hudson Luke Terlaak Poot Lauren Schachter

THURSDAY, JULY 10 (3:00-4:15 pm)

4.A) Structuring Late Romanticism (Organized by the Keats-Shelley Association of America) Chair: Stuart Curran Panelists: Halina Meiko O’Halloran Jon Quayle

4.B) Romantic Labyrinths: Authorial Interactions and Entanglements I Chair: Jacqueline Labbe Panelists: Judyta Frodyma Hannah Markley Mary Anne Myers

4 4.C) Organizing Care Chair: Julie Carlson Panelists: Laura George Mary Favret Theresa M. Kelley

4.D) Romanticism in the Global Contact Zones Chair: TBA Panelists: Siobhan Carroll Jennifer L. Hargrave Tara McDonald

4.E) Organizing Book History Chair: Michael Macovski Panelists: Thora Brylowe Franca Dellarosa Bradford Mudge

4.F) New Approaches to Coleridge Chair: TBA Panelists: Jonathan Ewell Rachel Thayer Lewis Emily A. Slater

4.G) Feminist Re-Organizations of Romanticism Chair: Anne K. Mellor Panelists: Julie Kipp Michael Nicholson Sharon Setzer

4.H) SEMINAR: Romantic Orthodoxy and Unorthodoxy Alexander Regier and Michael Tomko Moderator: Patrick R. O’Malley

THURSDAY, JULY 10 (4:30-5:45 pm)

5.A) Pedagogy Contest Sponsored by the NASSR Advisory Board, the NASSR 2014 Organizing Committee, and the Romantic Circles website

5 5.B) Orders of Magnitude Chair: Kevis Goodman Panelists: Adriana Craciun Paul Keen

5.C) Field Theories of Form Chair: Marjorie Levinson Panelists: Gerard Cohen-Vrignaud Rachel Feder Marjorie Levinson

5.D) Romantic Organizations, Networks, Affiliations, Communities Session organized by the International Conference on Romanticism Chair: Esther Wohlgemut Panelists: John Owen Havard Eric E. O’Brien Esther Wohlgemut

5.E) Organizing Science: Erasmus Darwin and the Lunar Circle Chairs: Allison Dushane and Adam Komisaruk Panelists: James Allard Devin M. Garofalo Martin Priestman

5.F) Victorian Romanticisms Chair: TBA Panelists: Alexis Chema Zak Sitter Kim Wheatley

5.G) Romanticism and Religion Chair: TBA Panelists: Daniel Larson Peter Manning D. J. Schuldt

5.H) Queer Affections Chair: TBA Panelists: Geraldine Friedman Seth Reno Terence H. W. Shih

6:00 pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS: PETER DEAR From Enlightenment and Romantic Natural Classification to a Social Aesthetics of Darwinian Natural Selection

6 7:30-9:00 pm Welcome Reception and Cash Bar

FRIDAY, JULY 11

7:30 am Buses to Library of Congress

10:00 am KEYNOTE ADDRESS: MARSHALL BROWN Democratic Organization vs. Sonata Form: Beethoven’s Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 69

11:15 am Guided Tours of Library of Congress (limited space; sign up at registration)

FRIDAY, JULY 11 (2:00-3:30 pm)

6.A) Roundtable: Organizing Romanticism in the Classroom Sponsored by the British Association for Romantic Studies Chair: Jane Moore Panelists: Damian Walford Davies Diane Hoeveler Jane Moore Diego Saglia John Strachan Clara Tuite Duncan Wu

6.B) Roundtable: Stages of the Search, from Application to Negotiation Sponsored by the NASSR Graduate Student Caucus Chairs: Teresa Pershing and Leveton Panelists: Ronald Broglio Jeffrey N. Cox Elizabeth Denlinger Devoney Looser Teresa Pershing Yasmin Solomonescu Michele Speitz

6.C) On Alert and Off: Attention Trouble Before and After 1800 Chair: Steven Goldsmith Panelists: Steven Goldsmith Amanda Jo Goldstein Kevis Goodman Lily Gurton-Wachter

7 6.D) Romanticism and the Long Century Chair: Orrin Wang Panelists: David Clark Faflak Jon Klancher Rei Terada

6.E) Disorganizing Desire Chair: TBA Panelists: Élice Hennessee Adam Komisaruk Josh Stanley

6.F) Romanticism and Cognitive Science Chair: TBA Panelists: Merve Aktar Matthew Lorenz Adair Rispoli Matthew Rowney

6.G) Organizations of Romantic Sociability Chair: TBA Panelists: Brecht de Groote Lauren Gillingham Traynor Hansen III Mark Ittensohn

6.H) Romanticism’s Historical Genres Chair: TBA Panelists: Stephanie Dumke Katie Homar Matthew Ocheltree Jeffrey Scraba

FRIDAY, JULY 11 (3:45-5:00 pm)

7.A) SEMINAR: Theresa M. Kelley and Jonathan Kramnick Cognizing the Senses Moderator: Greg Kucich

7.B) Romantic Labyrinths: Authorial Interactions and Entanglements II Chair: Jacqueline Labbe Panelists: Jane Kim Jacqueline Labbe Elizabeth Way

8 7.C) Philology: A Love Story Chair: Brian McGrath Panelists: Rebecca Haubrich Brian McGrath Kristina Mendicino

7.D) Disorganizing Romanticism: Rhetorical Chair: Mary Favret Panelists: Hanna Janiszewska Jonathan D. Mulrooney Anahid Nercessian

7.E) Authorial Revisions and Reorganizations Chair: TBA Panelists: Katie Lanning Derek Lowe Aaron Ottinger

7.F) German Romanticisms Chair: TBA Panelists: William Coker Maeve Hooper Marc D. Mazur

7.G) New Approaches to Godwin Chair: TBA Panelists: Zoe Beenstock Ranita Chatterjee Jared McGeough

7.H) Romantic Sciences I: Mathematical Sublimes Chair: TBA Panelists: Talissa Ford James C. Hall Joshua Wilner

FRIDAY, JULY 11 (5:15-6:30 pm)

8.A) Romantic Chemistry Chair: Sharon Ruston Panelists: Jan Golinski Sharon Ruston

9 8.B) Romantic Ethics Chair: Adam Potkay Panelists: Mark Lussier Adam Potkay Jacob Risinger

8.C) Multi-Media Romanticism Chairs: James Brooke-Smith and Andrew Burkett Panelists: Yohei Igarashi John Savarese Kate Singer

8.D) Romantic Disability Aesthetics Chair: Jared S. Richman Panelists: Kathelen Béres-Rogers Corey Goergen Emily Stanback

8.E) Violence and the Project of Culture Chair: Annette Budzinski-Luftig Panelists: Annette Budzinski-Luftig Soelve Curdts Jonathan Luftig

8.F) Disorganizing Romanticism: Material Chair: Nicholas Bujak Panelists: Freya Johnston Annika Mann Theresa H. Nguyen

8.G) Organizing Editions and Compilations II Chair: Nora Crook Panelists: Nora Crook Stephanie DeGooyer Michael Rossington

8.H) The Nation and the National Tale II: Organizing Affects Chair: TBA Panelists: Hala Herbly Harriet Kramer Linkin Helen Stark

10 FRIDAY, JULY 11: 7:00 MEETING OF ALLIED ROMANTIC ORGANIZATIONS JALEO 7271 Woodmont Ave, Bethesda, MD 20814 (5 Minute walk from the hotel)

FRIDAY, JULY 11: 8:30 pm GRADUATE STUDENT PUB NIGHT Union Jacks Bethesda 4915 St. Elmo Avenue Bethesda, MD 20814 www.unionjacksbethesda.com

SATURDAY, JULY 12 (9:00-10:15 am)

9.A) Theater and Romantic Organizations Chair: Frederick Burwick Panelists: Elisa Beshero-Bondar Eric Hood Terry Robinson

9.B) The Gothic and Anti-Catholicism Session organized by the International Gothic Association Chair: Diane Long Hoeveler Panelists: Miriam Elizabeth Burstein Diane Long Hoeveler Marie Léger-St-Jean

9.C) Organizing the Brain Chair: Yasmin Solomonescu Panelists: Katie Hunt Lisa Ann Robertson Yasmin Solomonescu

9.D) Romantic Trees Chair: Paul Westover Panelists: Kelli Jasper Nicholas Mason Paul Westover

9.E) Language Organizations Chair: TBA Panelists: Timothy D. Michael Daniel White Tristram Wolff

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9.F) Romanticism and the Atlantic World Chair: TBA Panelists: Conny Fasshauer Emilio Irigoyen Joseph Rezek

9.G) Recombinant Romanticism Chair: TBA Panelists: Ruth Abbott Jessie Reeder Andrew Warren

9.H) Romantic Afterlives Chair: TBA Panelists: Emma Rosalind Peacocke Brian Rejack Jessica Roberson

SATURDAY, JULY 12 (10:30 am-12:00 pm)

10.A) Roundtable: Romanticism in the Profession and in the University Chair: Kevin Gilmartin Panelists: Alan Bewell Kevin Goodman Suh-Reen Han Paul Keen Yoon Sun Lee Sharon Ruston Clara Tuite

10.B) Organizing Byron’s Lyrics Session organized by the Byron Society of America Chair: Andrew Stauffer Respondent: Andrew Stauffer Panelists: Michelle Levy Tom Mole Michelle Taylor

10.C) Romantic Biosemiosis: Or, the Organization of Nature Chair: Mark Lussier Panelists: Mark Lussier Ronald Broglio Kate Rigby Timothy Morton

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10.D) Blakean Hermeneutics Chair: Sheila A. Spector Panelists: David Baulch Kathleen Lundeen Peter Otto Diane Piccitto

10.E) Organizing National Pasts Chair: Clare A. Simmons Panelists: Kristen Fisher Gry Hedin Kristin Flieger Samuelian Mark Schoenfield

10.F) Ways of Seeing Chair: Andrew Burkett Panelists: Andrew Burkett Keya Kraft Flavia Ruzi Gina Opdycke Terry

10.G) Writing Nature Chair: TBA Panelists: Matthew Sherrill Melissa Sodeman Allison Turner Ya-feng Wu

10.H) Collections and Chair: TBA Panelists: Beth Lau Casie LeGette Nicole Reynolds Kyoto Takanashi

SATURDAY, JULY 12 (12:00-1:30 pm): LUNCH (on own) ERR BOARD MEETING

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11.A) The Organization of the Unorganized in Romantic Fantastic Literature Session organized by the German Society for English Romanticism Chair: Gerold Sedlmayer Panelists: Angela Esterhammer Justus Gronau Gerold Sedlmayer

11.B) On Paper Chair: Sonia Hofkosh Panelists: Jillian Heydt-Stevenson Sonia Hofkosh Deidre Lynch

11.C) Aarrrr-ganizations: Romantic Pirates Session sponsored by the United States Naval Academy Chair: Noah Comet Panelists: Beth Avila Frederick Burwick Manushag Powell

11.D) Britain and Spain: Literary and Political Interactions II Chair: Ian Haywood Panelists: Agustin Coletes Blanco Mark Lawrence Diego Saglia

11.E) Queering Romantic Love Chair: Clara Tuite Panelists: Jonathan Crimmins Lindsey Eckert Laura George

11.F) Disorganizing Romanticism: Theoretical Chair: Mary Favret Panelists: Timothy P. Campbell Eric Reid Lindstrom Matthew Lorenz

11.G) Organizing Knowledge for Children: “The Cursed Barbauld Crew” Revisited Chair: Patrick C. Fleming Panelists: Amanda Phillips Chapman Rachael Isom Meghan Rosing

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11.H) SEMINAR: Immediated Imaginations Marjorie Levinson and Jerry McGann Moderator: Ken Johnston

SATURDAY, JULY 12 (3:00-4:15 pm)

12.A) Grantwriting Seminar: Russell Wyland (National Endowment for the Humanities)

12.B) Jamaica (Dis)Organized Chair: Paul Youngquist Panelists: Fran Botkin Gregory Pierrot Paul Youngquist

12.C) How to Organize a Triumph Chair: Joel Faflak Panelists: Joel Faflak Jacques Khalip Forest Pyle

12.D) What We Talk about When We Talk about the Sublime Chair: Rachel Feder Panelists: Stephanie Insley Hershinow Adele Kudish Anne McCarthy

12.E) Frankenstein and Negative Affect Chair: TBA Panelists: Lisbeth Chapin Karen Hadley Deanna P. Koretsky

12.F) Romantic Sciences II: Network Analysis Chair: John Savarese Panelists: Miranda Burgess Diana Pérez Edelman-Young Elizabeth Effinger

12.G) New Approaches to Austen Chair: TBA Panelists: Nowell Marshall Carmen Faye Mathes Megan Quinn

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12.H) Romanticism Remixed Chair: TBA Panelists: Jessie Dubreuil Lisette Lopez Szwydky Richard Tayson

SATURDAY, JULY 12 (4:30-5:45 pm)

13.A) Reorganizing Genre Chair: Nicholas Halmi Panelists: Ian Balfour Nicholas Halmi Charles Mahoney

13.B) Romanticism and the Digital Humanities Chair: Roger T. Whitson Panelists: Marcel O’Gorman Jon Saklofske Roger T. Whitson

13.C) Mansfield Park, Waverley, and The Wanderer at 200 Chair: Jillian Heydt-Stevenson Panelists: Audrey Bilger Yoon Sun Lee Devoney Looser

13.D) Clubbing with the Romantics Chair: Jeffrey Cox Panelists: Daniel O’Quinn Alexander Regier Daniel White

13.E) Political Allegories Chair: TBA Panelists: James G. Masland Lucy Morrison Elizabeth Raisanen

13.F) Psychological Approaches to Romanticism Chair: TBA Panelists: Daniel Block Thomas Roche J. Mark Smith

16 13.G) Ann Radcliffe at 250 Session organized by the International Gothic Association Chair: Diane Long Hoeveler Panelists: Edward Jacobs Dale Townshend Angela Wright

13.H) SEMINAR: Organizing the Nineteenth Century Rebecca Mitchell and Arkady Plotnitsky Moderator: Charles Rzepka

6:00 pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS: ELIZABETH FAY Romantic Egypt, Monumentality and Shifting Sands

7:30 pm BANQUET (sign up at registration)

SUNDAY, JULY 13 (9:30-10:45 am)

14.A) Romantic Education Chair: Catherine E. Ross Panelists: Patrick Fleming Katie Homar Catherine E. Ross

14.B) The Romantic Differend Chair: David Collings Panelists: Matthew Borushko Colin Jager Emily Rohrbach

14.C) Horror in Human Form: The Gothic Body in Romantic Literature Chair: Laura Kremmel Panelists: Chris Bundock Laura Kremmel Nicole Sütterlin

14.D) New Approaches to Blake Chair: TBA Panelists: Thomas Berenato Lauren T. Elmore David Smith

17 14.E) New Approaches to The Last Man Chair: TBA Panelists: Jennifer Deren David Sigler Cynthia Schoolar Williams

14.F) Difficulties of Articulation Chair: TBA Panelists: Stuart Allen Kala Hirtle Jacob Hughes

14.G) Romanticism and the Law Chair: TBA Panelists: Matthew Clarke Gary Dyer Victoria Myers

14.H) Time and Loss Chair: TBA Panelists: Lindsey N. Chappell Ivan Ortiz Leila Walker

SUNDAY, JULY 13 (11:00 am-12:30 pm)

14.A) Roundtable: Herding Cats: Organizing Study Trips Abroad to the Lakes and Other Parts of England Chair: Paul Yoder Panelists: Colette Colligan Michelle Levy Ghislaine McDayter Tom Schmid Paul Yoder

14.B) Bodies, Bodily Organs, and the Limits of “Sexual Organization” in Blake’s Illuminated Poetry Chair: Peter Otto Panelists: Joe Fletcher Sein Oh Peter Otto Sheila A. Spector

18 14.C) Organizing the Mind Chair: TBA Panelists: Kimberley Garcia Scott Offutt Beatrice Sanford Russell Monica Soare

14.D) Organizing Romantic Medicine Chair: TBA Panelists: James Allard Megan Coyer Arden Hegele Jason Shafer

14.E) Romanticism and Revolution Chair: TBA Panelists: Daniel Jump Mikyung Park Eric Pencek Shang-yu Sheng

14.F) The Question of Romantic Secularism and Skepticism Chair: TBA Panelists: Bernadette Guthrie Richard Johnston Taylor Schey Anya Taylor

14.G) Romantic Ecologies Chair: TBA Panelists: Colin Carman Kevin Dalton Scott Hess J. Andrew Hubbell

14.H) Urban and Suburban Fantasies Chair: TBA Panelists: James Grande Kate Scarth Adam Edward Watkins Elizabeth Weybright

SUNDAY, JULY 13 (1:00-3:00 pm): NASSR BUSINESS MEETING (open to all)

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