Humanities Symposia

Upon completion of the seminar sequence at the end of the second year, the student takes part in the annual GPH Symposium. It is a collective, scholarly endeavor organized and presented by the second year students. The theme of the symposium typically grows out of issues raised in the seminars and will thus vary according to the interests of each class. In past years, students have invited distinguished scholars such as cultural historian Stephen Greenblatt and feminist critic Gayle Rubin to deliver the Symposium's keynote address. The experience provides students with a valuable opportunity to present academic papers within a supportive, interdisciplinary forum.

2000 GPH Symposium:

• Telling Histories
  Invited Speaker: Professor Kaja Silverman
  University of California, Berkeley

2001 GPH Symposium:

• Interpretation & Perversion: Tales of Despair, Desire & Redemption
  Invited Speaker: Professor Heather Dubrow
  University of Wisconsin-Madison

2002 GPH Symposium:

• Crossing Boundaries: Heavenly Pandaemonium
  Invited Speaker: Professor Julie Peters
  Columbia University

2003 GPH Symposium:

• Metamorphosis: The Trans-Historical Imagination
  Invited Speaker: Professor Franco Moretti
  Director, Center for the Study of the Novel, Stanford University

2004 GPH Symposium:

• Unpacking Societal Subtexts in Art and Literature
  Invited Speaker: Professor Martin Jay
  University of California, Berkeley