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PROGRAM
THURSDAY, 16 MAY
9am-3:45 pm: REGISTRATION (New Ball Room Area)
4:00, New Ball Room: WELCOME BY THE STEERING COMMITTEE:
(Ralph Bauer, David Shields, Rolena Adorno, Raquel Chang-Rodríguez, and Michael Clark).
4:30-6:00, New Ball Room: SESSION I
PANEL 1 (Plenary): METHODOLOGICAL, HISTORIOGRAPHIC, AND PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS IN THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EARLY AMERICAS
- Teresa Toulouse, English, Tulane (chair).
- Annette Kolodny, Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies, U Arizona.
- Rolena Adorno, Spanish and Portuguese, Yale.
- David Boruchoff, Hispanic Studies, McGill.
6:00-7:00 (ROOFTOP TERRACE): RECEPTION FOR SUMMIT PARTICIPANTS
(sponsored by The Society of Early Americanists)
FRIDAY, 17 MAY
Coffee sponsored by Colonial Latin American Review
9:00-10:30: SESSION II
PANEL 2 (Coyote):
FILM AND VISUAL MATERIALS IN TEACHING THE EARLY AMERICAS
- John Kicza, History, Washington SU (chair): Nelson Pereira dos Santos, How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
- Cynthia Stone, Spanish and Portuguese, College of the Holy Cross: María Luisa Bemberg, Yo, la peor de todas.
- Kathryn Mayers, Spanish and Portuguese, U Wisconsin, Madison: Nicolás Echevarría Cabeza de Vaca
- Zabelle Stodola, English, U Arkansas, Little Rock: Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg, Pocahontas
- Dana Nelson, English, U Kentucky: Michael Mann, The Last of the Mohicans.
PANEL 3 (Quail):
CONQUESTS AND INVASIONS
- Gordon Sayre, English, U Oregon (chair): John Smith, Generall History of Virginia,
- Cristián Roa-de-la-Carrera, Spanish and Portuguese, U Illinois, Chicago: Francisco López de Gómara, Historia general de las Indias
- Michelle Burnham, English, Santa Clara U: William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation and Thomas Morton, New English Canaan
- Lydia Fossa, Spanish and Portuguese, U Arizona: Pedro Cieza de León, Crónica de los Incas and Diego de Castro Titu Cusi Yupanqui, Relación de la Conquista del Perú
- David A. Boruchoff, Hispanic Studies, McGill: Hernando Cortés, Cartas and Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Historia verdadera;
- Jason Richards, English, U Florida: Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Historia verdadera.
10:45-12:15: SESSION III
PANEL 4 (Coyote):
COUNTER-CONQUESTS AND CAPTIVITIES
- Lisa Logan, English, Central Florida U (Chair): Mary Jemison, The Life of Mary Jemison
- Teresa Toulouse, English, Tulane: Mary Rowlandson, The True History of the Captivity and Restoration
- Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel, Spanish and Portuguese, Rutgers: Estéban Echevarría, La Cautiva
- Zabelle Stodola, English, U Arkansas, Little Rock: John Williams, The Redeemed Captive
- Rolena Adorno, Spanish and Portuguese, Yale: Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Relación
- John Kicza, History, Washington SU : Francisco Núñez de Pineda y Bascuñán, Cautiverio feliz
PANEL 5 (Quail):
CONVERSION, MISSION, AND MILLENNIUM
- Kristina Bross, English, Purdue U (chair): John Eliot, "Tracts"
- Viviana Díaz Balsera, Spanish and Portuguese, U Miami: Jeronimo de Mendieta, Historia Esclesiástica Indiana
- Cynthia Stone, Spanish and Portuguese, College of the Holy Cross: Fray Toribio de Benavente (Motolinía), Historia de los indios
- Michael Householder, English and Comp. Lit., U California, Irvine: Thomas Thorowgood, Jews in America.
- Ed White, English, Louisiana SU: Jonathan Edwards, Life of Brainerd
and David Brainerd, The Rise and Progress of a Remarkable Work of Grace
- Regina Harrison, Spanish and Portuguese, U Maryland: Juan
Perez Bocanegra, Ritual formulario...
12:30-1:30: LUNCH (Javelina)
1:45-3:15: SESSION IV
PANEL 6 (Coyote):
THE NORTH AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
- Phillip Round, English, U Iowa (chair): Pedro de Font, Diario and Lewis and Clark, Journal.
- Alexandra Sununu, Spanish and Portuguese, CUNY: Alonso Gregorio de Escobedo, La Florida
- Juan Bruce-Novoa, Spanish and Portuguese , U California, Irvine: Cabeza de Vaca, Relación
- Amy Bushnell, History, The John Carter Brown Library: Garcilaso de la Vega, el Inca, La Florida del Inca
- Tom Shields, English, East Carolina U, Pedro de Castañeda, Relación
PANEL 7 (Quail):
ECONOMY, SLAVERY, AND RESISTANCE
- Luis Fernando Restrepo (chair): Toribio de Cossio, Letter about the Rebellion in
Chiapas (1712); Jose Gabriel Tupac Amaru Inca II, Documents Relating to
the Trial of Tupac Amaru and his Companions (1780).
- Eric Wertheimer: Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative and
Phillis Wheatley, selected poetry.
- Eric Slauter: Jupiter Hammond, An Address to the Negroes and The Kind
Master and Dutiful Servant: A Disocurse. Also John Marrant, Narrative
- Raquel Chang Rodríguez, Spanish and Portuguese, CUNY: Amarilis and Clarinda, selected texts.
- Santa Arias: Bartolomé de Las Casas, Brevísima relación and Historia de las
Indias and Francisco Manzano, Autobiografia
- Thomas Krise, English, US Air Force Academy: "The Speech of Moses Bon Sàam, a Free Negro" and "The Speech of Caribeus in Answer to Moses Bon Saam"
3:30 (New Ballroom): Mariselle Meléndez: In memory of Antony Higgins (1964-2001)
4:50-8:00 pm: WELCOME RECEPTION AND PRESENTATIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
Participants will be bused to and from the campus of the University of Arizona. Departure from the front entrance of the Resort at 4:50 pm. Events at the U of Arizona include a special exhibit at the Manuscript and Rare Book Library of the University of Arizona, a multi-lingual reading in several indigenous languages, and a presentation on the Documentary Relations of the Southwest Project, Arizona State Museum.
SATURDAY, 18 MAY
Coffee sponsored by Colonial Latin American Review
9:00-10:30: SESSION V
PANEL 8 (Coyote):
EMPIRE, MERCANTILISM, AND PIRACY
- Nina Gerassi Navarro, Spanish and Portuguese, Mt. Holyoke (chair): Silvestre de Balboa, Espejo de Paciencia
- Kathleen Ross, Spanish and Portuguese, NYU: Sigüenza y Góngora's Infortunios de Alonso Ramírez
.
- Veronica Salles-Reese, Spanish and Portuguese, Georgetown : Juan de Castellanos, Discurso de el Capitan Francisco Draque
- Angela Perez, Romance and Comparative Literature, Brandeis: Olivier Exquemelin, History of the Buccaneers of America.
- Elizabeth Dillon, English, Yale: Royall Tyler, The Algerine Captive
- Electa Arenal, Spanish and Portuguese, CUNY: Catalina de Erauso, Historia de la monja Alférez
- David Shields, English, The Citadel: James Grainger, The Sugar Cane.
PANEL 9 (Quail):
SCIENCE, TRAVEL, AND NATURAL HISTORY
- Susan Scott Parish, English, U Michigan (Chair): Thomas Hariot, A Brief and True Relation
and John Josselyn, An Account of Two Voyages to New England.
- Luis Millones, Spanish and Portuguese, Colby College: José de Acosta, Historia natural y moral de las Indias
- Sandra Gustafson, English, Notre Dame: Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia and Sarah Kemble Knight, The Journal
- Etta Madden, English, Southwest Missouri SU: Mark Catesby, The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and The Bahama Islands.
- Domingo Ledezma, Spanish and Portuguese, Brown: Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo, Historia general y natural de las Indias.
- Kathleen Myers, Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana U, Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo, Historia general y natural de las Indias.
10:45-12:15: SESSION VI
PANEL 10 (Coyote):
NEW WORLD ANTIQUITIES AND HISTORIES
- Susan Castillo, English, U Glasgow, (Chair)
- Jose Antonio Mazzotti, Spanish and Portuguese, Harvard U:
El Inca Garcilaso, Comentarios Reales
- Gordon Sayre, English, U Oregon: Benjamin Smith Barton, New views of the origin of the tribes and nations of America and Joel Barlow, The Columbiad
- Nidia Pullés Linares, Spanish and Portuguese, CUNY: Francesco Saverio Clavigero, Historia Antigua de Mexico
- Christian Fernandez-Palacios/Rolena Adorno, Spanish and Portuguese, Louisiana State U:
Felipe Huaman Poma de Ayala, La nueva coronica y buen govierno.
- Constance Post, English, Iowa State U: Cotton Mather, Magnalia Christi Americana
PANEL 11 (Quail):
WRITING LIVES IN THE EARLY AMERICAS
- Ivy Schweitzer, English, Dartmouth (chair)
- Nina Scott, Spanish and Portuguese, U Massachusetts, Amherst: Isabel de Guevara, "Carta a la princesa doña Juana" (1556).
- Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel, Spanish and Portuguese, Rutgers: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, "Respuesta a la Sor Filotéa"
- Lisa Logan, English, Central Florida U: Elizabeth Ashbridge, " Some account of the Fore-Part of the Life."
- Leonard Tennenhouse, English and Comp. Lit., Brown: The Memoirs of Luis de Carvajal, el Mozo, and Thomas Shepard, Autobiography.
- Kathleen Donegan, American Studies, Yale: Jonathan Dickinson, "God's Protecting Providence."
- Asuncion Lavrin, Spanish and Portuguese, Arizona SU: Sor Maria de san José, Autobiography
12:30-1:30: LUNCH (Javelina)
1:45-3:15: SESSION VII
PANEL 12 (Coyote):
COLONIAL SATIRE
- Pedro Lasarte, Spanish and Portuguese, Boston U (Chair): Mateo Rosas de Oquendo, "Satira ... a las cosas que pasan en el Piru, ano de 1598."
- Ruth Hill, Spanish and Portuguese, U Virginia: Juan del Valle y Caviedes, "Diente del Parnaso."
- Jerry Williams, Spanish and Portuguese, West Chester U: Pedro de Peralta Barnuevo, Diálogo de los muertos: la causa académica
- Mariselle Meléndez, Spanish., U Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: Alonso Carrió de la Vandera, El lazarillo de ciegos caminantes
- Jeffrey Richards, English, Old Dominion: Ebenezer Cook, The Sot-Weed Factor
- David Shields, English, The Citadel: Alexander Hamilton, History of the Tuesday Club
PANEL 13 (Quail):
NEW WORLD LANDSCAPES, AMERICAN INCARNATIONS
- Martin Brueckner, English, U Delaware (chair): William Chandler, A Journal of the Survey of the Narrangasett Bay.
- Karen Kupperman, History, NYU: Richard Ligon, The History of Barbados.
- Mary McAleer Balkun, English, Seton Hall U : William Bartram, Travels.
- Stephanie Merrim, Spanish and Portuguese, Brown: Cervantes de Salazar, Life in the Imperial and Loyal City of Mexico ...
- Larry Kutchen, English, U California, Berkeley: Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur, Letters from an American Farmer
- Fred Luciani, Spanish and Portuguese, Colgate U : José María de Heredia, "Oda al Niágara"
3:30-5:00: SESSION VIII
PANEL 14 (Coyote):
CREOLIZATION AND EMPIRE
- Ralph Bauer, English, U Maryland (Chair): Thomas Gage, The English American His Travail
- José Mazzotti, Spanish and Portuguese, Harvard: Pedro de Peralta Barnuevo, Lima Fundada o conquista del Perú
- Kathleen Ross, Spanish and Portuguese, NYU: Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora, Alboroto y motin de los Indios de México.
- Andrew Newman, English, U California, Irvine: William Byrd, Histories of the Dividing Line
- Karen Ordahl Kupperman, History, NYU: John Smith, Advertisements for the Unexperienced Planters of New-England, or Any Where and True Travels.
PANEL 15 (Quail):
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERARY TRADITIONS IN THE EARLY AMERICAS
- Joanna Brooks, English, U Texas (Chair): The Navajo Origin Tales
- Regina Harrison, Spanish and Portuguese, U Maryland: The Huarochirí manuscript and Quechua Confession manuals
- Viviana Díaz Balsera, Spanish and Portuguese, U Miami: Nahuatl drama
- Hilary Wyss, English, Auburn U: The Acoma Origin Myth
- Sandra Gustafson, English, Notre Dame: The Origin Myth of the Seneca
- Laura Lynn Mielke, English, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill : The Winnebago Trickster Cycle
5:15-7:45: DINNER (Javelina)
SUNDAY, 19 MAY
Coffee sponsored by Colonial Latin American Review
9:00-10:30: SESSION IX
PANEL 16 (Coyote):
EUROPEAN POETIC TRADITIONS IN THE COLONIAL AMERICAS
- Jared Gardner, English, Ohio SU
(Chair): Anne Bradstreet
- F. Javier Cevallos, Spanish and Portuguese, U Massachusetts, Amherst: Hurtado de Mendoza
- James Levernier, English, U Arkansas, Little Rock: Phillis Wheatley
- Electa Arenal, Spanish and Portuguese, CUNY: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.
- Michael Drexler, English, Brown: Philip Freneau
PANEL 17 (Quail):
DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS
- Eyda Merediz, Spanish and Portuguese, U Maryland (chair): Pre-Columbian European texts on the
Canary Islands
- Lisa Voigt, Spanish and Portuguese, U Chicago: Pero Vaz de Caminha, Carta
- Roland Greene, Comp. Lit., Standford: Amérigo Vespucci, Letters, Peter Martir, De Nouo Orbe
- Kim Maryse Beauchesne, Spanish, Harvard: Lope de Aguirre, Letter to King Philip
- Steven Thomas, English, Pennsylvania SU: Sir Walter Raleigh, Discovery of the Empire
- Richard Gordon, Spanish and Portuguese, Brown: Pedro de Castañeda, Relación, Francisco Vazquez de Coronado, Reports
10:45-12:15: SESSION X
PANEL 18 (Coyote):
REVOLUTION, NATION, AND THE NOVEL
- Elizabeth Dillon, English, Yale (chair).
- Mark Kamrath, English, Central Florida: Charles Brockden Brown, Edgar Huntly
- Oliver Scheiding, English, Tuebingen: William Hill Brown, The Power of Sympathy
- Constance Post, English, Iowa State U : Hannah Webster Foster, The Coquette
PANEL 19 (Quail):
TEACHING THE EARLY AMERICAS: METHODS, STRATEGIES, AND PROBLEMS IN THE COMPARATIVE PEDAGOGY OF EARLY AMERICAN LITERATURES
- Tom Shields, English, East Carolina U (chair)
- Ralph Bauer, English, U Maryland
- Michael Clark, English and Comparative Literature, U California, Irvine.
- Lyida Fossa, Spanish and Portuguese, U Arizona.
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1:00- DEPARTURE
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