Authority
“Institutional Authority: Trust, Judgment, Value”
Venue: Heidelberg International Academic Forum (IWH)
Date: 10–12 June 2024
Program:
Monday, 10 June 2024
14.15 – 14.30: Opening Remarks Günter Leypoldt (University of Heidelberg)
14.30 – 15.30: Jim English (University of Pennsylvania) “Five Star Stories: Rating Literature”
15.30 – 16.00: Coffee Break
16.00 – 17.00: Laura Bieger (Ruhr Universität Bochum) “‘The Value of the Political’”
17.00 – 18.00: John Guillory (New York University) “Degrees of Separation: Some Notes on Social Capital”
18.00: Dinner (at IWH)
Tuesday, 11 June 2024
9.30 – 10.30: Mark McGurl (Stanford University) “‘Word Magic: Epic Fantasy and Literary Studies’”
10.30 – 11.00: Coffee Break
11.00 – 12.00: Günter Leypoldt “Selling Out”
12.00 – 15.00: Lunch (at IWH)
15.00 – 16.00: Laura McGrath (Temple University) “Auditioning Authors: The Short Story Collection in the Contemporary Literary Field
16.00 – 16.30: Coffee Break
16.30 – 17.30: Kasia Boddy (University of Cambridge) “Trilogies”
18:15: HCA Merve Emre (Wesleyan University) “Too Close Reading”
Wednesday, 12 June 2024
9.30 – 10.30: Dan Sinykin (Emory University) “Sufficient Passion: Valuing Criticism”
10.30 – 11.00: Coffee Break
11.00 – 12.00: Philipp Löffler (University of Heidelberg) “Genre Trouble: Where Does Ishiguro Belong?”
12.00 – 14.00: Lunch (at IWH)
14.00 – 15.00: Alexander Manshel (McGill University) “‘The High School Canon’”
15.00 – 16.00: Corinna Norrick-Rühl (University of Münster) “‘Delicate Negotiations’: Scouting American Letters for Post-War Germany”
16.00 – 16.30: Coffee Break
16.30 – 17.30: Closing Discussion
18.00: Dinner (at IWH)
