Past Colloquiums
Fourth Annual Colloquium: March 2, 2023
Introduction: "If We Are Not To Die: Finding Softness at the Intersection of Politics and Literary Study"
Khira Hickbottom, Tulane University, B.A. English & Africana Studies '23
Text of Hickbottom's Introduction
Keynote: "Reading for Camp: Extravagance Within Constraint"
Student Panelists:
Holly Fortner- Tulane University, B.A. English and Psychology & Early Childhood Education '24
Aanya Kapoor- Tulane University, B.A. English, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Sociology '24
Sawyer Liner- Tulane University, B.A. English and Physics '23
Kyle Nguyen- Tulane University, B.A. English and Economics '25
Third Annual Colloquium: March 21, 2022
Introduction
Fabiana Lacau, Tulane University B.A. English and Political Science '21, M.A. English '22
Keynote: All-New, All-Negro: Orrin C. Evans & The Golden Age of Comics
Student Panelists:
Second Annual Colloquium: October 22, 2018
Keynote: Ugly Histories: What Literary Study Can Teach Us about the History of Sexual Violence in America
Student Panelists (Moderated by Prof. Z'étoile Imma):
Swati Parashar- Tulane University- B.A. English and Political Science ’18, J.D. ’22
Caroline Tweedie- Tulane University- B.A. English and Digital Media Production ’20, M.A. English ’22
Margaret Munthali- Tulane University- B.A. English and Communication ’19
Samantha Woods- Tulane University- B.A. English and Philosophy ‘18
First Annual Colloquium:
Introduction: "Out From Behind the Mask"
Rebecca Mark- Rutgers University, Previously Tulane University
Keynote: “(An)Other Shakespeare: National Borders and Latinx Belonging"
Student Panelists:
Rada Kuznestsova- Tulane University, B.A. English and Art History ’17
Lucas Macha- Tulane University, B.A. English ’17
Ericka Sanchez- Tulane University, B.A. English, French, and International Development ’18
Daniel Seiler- Tulane University, B.A. English and Biology ’20
Avery Wether- Tulane University, B.A. English ‘18