SCHOLARS CONFERENCE – New Currents in Williams Studies

(Included in Scholars Conference Pass, LitPass, and VIP Pass)

Friday, March 27

9 – 9:15 AM
Welcome and opening remarks from conference codirectors Margit Longbrake, The Historic New Orleans Collection, and Bess Rowen, Villanova University.

9:15–10:30 AM
New Currents in Williams Studies
Emerging scholars use the lenses of performance art, Southern studies, queer time, and a fashion studies approach to the dressed body to shed new light on Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Rose Tattoo, The Night of the Iguana, lesser-known late works, and more.
Moderator: Matthew P. Smith, Tulane University
Panelists: Lital Dotan, Graduate Center, City University of New York; Pune Dracker, Graduate Center, City University of New York; Cody Norris, Miami University of Ohio; Sloan Garner, University of Georgia