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New York University
The Center for Ancient Studies In conjunction with the Program for Poetics and Theory presents the annual
Rose-Marie Lewent Conference on Ancient Studies

Discourses of Republicanism
The conference will be held in Hemmerdinger Hall, Silver Center for Arts and Science,
Room 102, 100 Washington Square East

Thursday, November 13, 2008
4:30 pm Welcome
Matthew S. Santirocco, Seryl Kushner Dean, College of Arts and Science, Angelo J. Ranieri Director of Ancient Studies, Professor of Classics, New York University

5:00 pm Why Republics Now?
Moderator: Joy Connolly, Classics, New York University
Panelists:
Richard Falk, School of Law, University of California San Diego;
Susanne Wofford, Dean, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University;
Richard Nelson, playwright

6:30 pm Reception

Friday, November 14, 2008
9:00 am Representation
Shakespeare's Republic: No 'ism
Oliver Arnold, English, Princeton University
Philoctetes in the Bastille
Elizabeth Wingrove, Politics, University of Michigan
Framer: Philip Lorenz, English, Cornell University
11:30 am Action A Matter of Choice and Taste: The Republic and Its Representatives in Ciceronian Thought Alexander Arweiler, Classics, Universität Münster
Hannah Arendt and the Republican Tradition Patchen Markell, Politics, University of Chicago
Framer: Nadia Urbinati, Politics, Columbia University

1:30 pm Lunch Break

2:30 pm Aesthetics
Is Ethics to Politics as Responsibility is to Republicanism? (Levinas's Poisoned Tunic) Jacques Lezra, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literature, New York University The Babylonian Republic: Idolatry in Flaubert's Sentimental Education Barbara Vinken, Institut für Romanistik, Munich Framer: Michèle Lowrie, Classics, New York University

Saturday, November 15, 2008
10:00 am Seminar with Graduate Student Presentations Seminar and graduate student presentations sponsored by the Program for Poetics and Theory.

All events are free and open to the public. For more information, please contact the
College Dean's Office (212) 998-8100; email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it