[AMS-announce] CONF: Harvard-Lyrica Dialogues, Cambridge, Mar 2009

[Announcements for the AMS]

The Lyrica Society for Word-Music Relations is pleased to announce the 2009
Harvard-Lyrica Dialogues, to held this year at the annual conference of the
American Comparative Literature Association (<http://www.acla.org>www.acla.org), March 26-29.
Harvard is the hosting university.

The conference's general theme is "GLOBAL LANGUAGES, LOCAL CULTURES", and
Lyrica's seminar is entitled: "Revival and Survival: Opera, Song, Regionalism,
Pluralism, Nationalism"

Our three colloquia include ten lectures and will be held in the Seminar Room,
Dana Palmer House, at the Barker Center, Quincy Street, across from Lamont
Library.  All are welcome.

FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

MINORITIES AND METAPHORS

Andrew Burgard, New York University, William Helmcke, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Paul-Andre Bempechat, Center for European Studies, Harvard University

SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

DISCOVERIES AND INNOVATIONS

Elizabeth Dyer, York University, Margarita Restrepo, Brandeis University, Zdenek Skoumal, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, British Columbia, Cheryl Christensen, Brigham Young University

SUNDAY, March 29, 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM

AESTHETICS

Martin Nedbal, University of Rochester, Molly Breckling, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Elinor Olin, National-Louis University

Full details: 

http://www.acla.org/acla2009/?p=46
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