B1: An Archaeology of America�s Classical Origins

Seminar Leader: John Shields, Illinois State University

Friday, April 16, 10:30 AM� � 12:30 PM, Grande Ballroom 1

Devona Ann Mallory, Illinois State University: ��Snatching the Laurel: Phillis Wheatley�s Subversive Utilization of Classicism�

Zachary S. Petrea, Illinois State University: �Ann Bleeker, an Early American Classicist?�

Eric A. Hairston, North Carolina State: �The Ebony Column: Classics and the University American Literary Tradition�

John C. Shields, Illinois State University: �Respondent to Session I: Investigating the Influence of Classical Cultural Imperatives on American Thought and Behavior�

Saturday, April 17, 10:30 AM � 12:30 PM, Grande Ballroom 1

Robert G. Cook, Illinois State University: �Moby Dick and Mardi: Melville and the American Epic�

Clifford Caruthers, Illinois State University: �The American Aeneas Goes West: Classicism in Novels of the West�

Maureen Anderson, Illinois State University: �Mercy Otis Warren: An Early American Classical Feminist�

James A. Levernier, University of Arkansas: �Respondent to Session II: How Little Rock Classical Literary Allusions Focus Attention on Vital Aspects of American Thought and Behavior�

Sunday, April 18, 10:30 AM � 12:30 PM, Grande Ballroom 1

Bruce Erickson, Illinois State University: �Classicism, Globalization, and a Pedagogy of Undiscussability�

John C. Shields, Illinois State University: �The American Aeneas and the Globalization Debates�

Eric D. Lamore, Illinois State University: �Acknowledging the Importance of Classical Rhetoric: Rereading Herman Melville�s Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life�

Gail Finney, University of California - Davis: �Tragic Dimensions of Modernism: The World Trade Center as Paradigm�

Russell Rutter, Illinois State University: �Respondent to Session III: How Study of Our Classical Origins Impacts the Globalization Debates�