ORIGINS Eighth Annual
Graduate Humanities Forum Conference
28-29 February 2008 3619 Locust Walk
To speak of origins in the humanities is to speak in spirals. In the absence of
some cause-and-effect model of explanation—long since ceded to certain
precincts of science—the humanities often broach the concept of origins as
ever-absent historical provocations.
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
(Two concurrent panels in each session)
THURSDAY, 28 FEBRUARY
8:45
Opening Remarks
9:00–10:30, SESSION 1
Pre-Modern Genres
Tangled Origins: Identities and the Myths of Nations in the United States
10:45–12:15, SESSION 2
The Excavation of Identities and the Genealogy of Nations
Narratives of Nation and Universe in the Cold War
1:00–2:30, SESSION 3
Gender and the Origins of “Herstory” in the Postwar United States
Political Negotiations and Local Color: Nationalisms in Europe
