The English Institute - 2006 Conference

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Friday September 9

9 AM	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:30 AM	James Joyce Michael Wood, Princeton University Finnegans Wake and the Resurrected Reader
11 AM	James Joyce Carla Marengo Vaglio, University of Turin Noise tuning: Joyce and Futurism
Lunch at 12:30 PM
2 PM	Soundtrack Lynn Spigel, Northwestern University Silent TV
3:30 PM	Soundtrack Jeff Smith, Washington University Film and the Musical Metaphor
5 PM	RECEPTION

Saturday September 10

9 AM	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:30 AM	James Joyce Derek Attridge, University of York Frseeeeeeeefronnnng
11 AM	Soundtrack Carolyn Abbate, Harvard University In Praise of Real Sounds [please note: this paper is a change to the schedule]
Lunch at 12:30 PM
2 PM	Dissonance Fred Moten, University of Southern California Taste, Dissonance, Flavor
3:30 PM	Dissonance Rosalind Morris, Columbia University Accidental Histories

Sunday September 11

9 AM	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:30 AM	Dissonance Yopie Prins, University of Michigan A Musical Instrument
11 AM	Roundtable Adorno Directed by Jacques Lezra, University of Wisconsin, Madison Discussion of selected works by Theodor Adorno: “On the Fetish-Character in Music and the Regression of Listening” (1938), “Little Heresy” (1965), and “Magic Flute” (1974). Copies of the readings will be available on the English Institute website in late summer.

**Roundtable readings are now available online. Once you have registered, please contact us to get the username and password for access.

-- Adorno, All conference readings in a single file (12.5 MB - owing to the large file size, we recommend that you save this document to your computer before viewing it. Each Adorno reading is also available below in a smaller, individual file)

-- Adorno, “On the Fetish-Character in Music and the Regression of Listening” (9MB)
-- Adorno, “Little Heresy” (3MB)
-- Adorno, “Magic Flute” (600KB)

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CONFERENCE INFORMATION

Registration // Lodging // Map

Roundtable readings are now available online. Once you have registered, please contact us to get the username and password for access.

-- Adorno, All conference readings in a single file (12.5 MB - owing to the large file size, we recommend that you save this document to your computer before viewing it. Each Adorno reading is also available below in a smaller, individual file)

-- Adorno, “On the Fetish-Character in Music and the Regression of Listening” (9MB)
-- Adorno, “Little Heresy” (3MB)
-- Adorno, “Magic Flute” (600KB)

This page last updated: August 26, 2005.

Registration information can be viewed here. For more information about the registration process, or about the conference in general, please contact:

Mary Elizabeth Wilkes
Conference Coordinator
12 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617.496.1006
englinst@fas.harvard.edu