BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260805T012646EDT-15291uz7aU@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260805T052646Z DESCRIPTION: \nLuxuries of the Literary Mind: Readings of Commodity and\nPr ivilege\nThe English Department’s Seventeenth Annual Graduate Conference\n on Language and Literature will take place March 4th-6th at Thomson\nHouse on 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ Campus. The conference\, organized by the English\nGraduate Stu dent’s Association\, offers MA and PhD students from\n91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ\, as well as other institutions internationally\, the\nopportunity to share their resea rch in a dynamic and supportive\nenvironment. This year’s conference featu res two additional panels\nto provide 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ English undergraduates with a n opportunity to\nshare their work in a graduate-level setting.\nWith a st rong interdisciplinary focus\, the Call for Papers has\nattracted submissi ons interpreting privilege in a variety of ways\,\nincluding literary\, an thropological\, historical\, philosophical\, and\nsociological examination s of class and status. Over 40 papers will\nbe presented at the conference \, contributing to collective\nunderstandings of aesthetic creation\, educ ation\, and the nature of\nsocial relationships and interactions with cult ure\, class\, and\ncommodity.\nWe are honoured to feature two addresses by invited speakers.\nOur Keynote Address\, on the topic of luxury will be g iven Saturday\nevening by Professor George Toles of the University of Mani toba.\nOur own Professor Allan Hepburn will present the second annual\nFac ulty Address on clutter and hoarding\, and objects as artefacts\non Friday evening.\nWe invite all members of the 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ community\, as well as thos e\nfrom the wider community of Montreal\, to join us for all or part of\nt his conference. Please email Amanda Clarke (amanda.clarke [at] mail.mcgill .ca) or Marc Ducusin\n(marc.ducusin [at] mail.mcgill.ca) if you have any f urther\nquestions.\n \n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110304 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110306 LOCATION:Thomson House\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1Y2\, 3650 rue McTavish SUMMARY:English Graduate Conference 2011 URL:/channels/event/english-graduate-conference-2011-1 71878 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR