TENNESSEE WILLIAMS SCHOLARS CONFERENCE – SESSION 1

9:00 – 9:05 AM
Welcome: Margit Longbrake, The Historic New Orleans Collection

9:05 – 9:15 AM
Opening remarks: Bess Rowen, Villanova University
 

9:15 – 10:30 AM
The Archive, the Motel, and the Con Man: Queering in and with Williams
Scholars track queerness in Williams’s work as it destabilizes ideas, traditions, and places many in the US take for granted: the literary canon, the archive, and even public spaces look different when viewed through the lens of Williams plays.
Moderator: Bess Rowen, Villanova University; Kelly I. Aliano, New-York Historical Society; Stephen Cedars, Graduate Center, City University of New York; Benjamin Gillespie, Baruch College, City University of New York