35th Southern Comparative Literature Association Conference

Arizona State University

Phoenix, AZ

October 1-3, 2009

Conference Program

                                                                            SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

 Thursday, October 1

 12:00 - 06:00         Registration: ASU Mercado, Building C, Main Entrance

 1:00 - 3:00            SCLA Board Meeting: ASU Mercado, Building C, room C252

 3:30 - 5:00            Concurrent Sessions (3): ASU Mercado, Building C. Please see Conference Program.  

 8:00 – 9:00            "The Body of a Woman as a Battlefield in the Bosnian War" – Play by Matei Visniec, directed by Mona Chirila, with Dana Bontidean and Anca Doczi, Romanian National Theatre of Cluj-Napoca. Phoenix Urban Research Lab (PURL), 234 North Central Avenue, 8th floor (ASU Downtown Campus). For event poster, please click here.

Friday, October 2

 8:00 – 10:30          Registration:  ASU Mercado, Building C, Main Entrance

 8:30 - 10:00          Concurrent Sessions (3): ASU Mercado, Building C. Please see Conference Program

 10:00 – 10:30        Coffee Break: ASU Mercado, Building C, room C131

 10:30 – 12:00        Concurrent Sessions (3): ASU Mercado, Building C. Please see Conference Schedule. 

 12:00 – 13:00        Business Lunch: My Big Fat Greek Restaurant, Arizona Center

 1:30 – 3:00           Concurrent Sessions (3): ASU Mercado, Building C. Please see Conference Schedule.

 3:00 – 3:30           Coffee Break: ASU Mercado, Building C, room C131

 3:30 – 5:00           Concurrent Sessions (3): ASU Mercado, Building C. Please see Conference Program.

 5:00 - 6:30           Keynote Speaker: Andrei Codrescu, "Sheherezade's Bodies: Notes on Narrative and Extinction": ASU Mercado, Building C, room C340/C350. Please click here for event poster.

 8:00 – 9:00          Delono Ashley, "Walk in Harmony" (Hozhoogo Naasha): ASU Downtown, PURL, 8th floor, 234 N Central Avenue, Phoenix AZ. Please click here for event poster.

Saturday, October 3

 8:30 - 10:00          Concurrent Sessions (3): ASU Mercado, Building C. Please see Conference Program.

 10:00 – 10:30        Coffee Break: ASU Mercado, Building C, room C364

 10:30 – 12:00        Concurrent Sessions (3):  ASU Mercado, Building C. Please see Conference Program.

 1:30 – 3:00           Concurrent Sessions (3): ASU Mercado, Building C, Please see Conference Program.

 3:00 – 3:30           Coffee Break: ASU Mercado, Building C, room C364

 3:30 – 5:00           Concurrent Sessions (3): ASU Mercado, Building C. Please see Conference Schedule. 

 5:00 - 6:30           Round Table: “Epistemologies of Evil, Deceit and Trauma”: Gabriele Schwab, Naomi Mandel, Irina Boca and Ackbar Abbas: ASU Mercado, Building C, room C146

 6:30 -8:30            Banquet: My Big Fat Greek Restaurant, Arizona Center