Perspectives on English Language Studies: Dec. 6th, 2008
Perspectives on English Language Studies:
A Symposium in Honor of Richard W. Bailey
Saturday, December 6th, 9:15-4:15
3222 Angell Hall
The Department of English Language and Literature is pleased to host a
symposium in honor of Richard W. Bailey, Fred Newton Scott Professor of
English Language and Literature in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
For more information, see the symposium schedule below and visit our website:
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/english/bailey/. All events are open to the public.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
PANEL 1
(9:15-10:30)
Lessons Learned: Perspectives on the Past Forty Years in English Language Studies
Chair: Joshua Miller
Amy Devitt, “Studying Writing”
William A. Kretzschmar, Jr., “Forty Years of English Dialects”
John Smith, “The Computer as a Catalyst for Scholarship”
PANEL 2
(10:45 – 12:15)
Puzzles that Remain: Perspectives on the Questions that Face English Language Scholars
Chair: Robin Queen
Sonja Lanehart, “Diversity and Intersectionality”
Colette Moore, “Renewed Philology”
Anne Curzan, “Does Prescriptivism Really Fail?”
Dennis Preston, “What Will English Be Next?”
ROUNDTABLE
(2:00 – 3:15)
Getting the Message Out: English Language Scholars Talking with the Public
Chair: David W. Brown
Dennis Baron, “Let’s Go to the Phones”
Susanmarie Harrington, “Everyday Language Scholars”
Erin McKean, “Keeping it Simple (and Interesting)”
INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD W. BAILEY
(3:30 – 4:15)
Interviewer: Michael Adams
The event is co-sponsored by the Institute for the Humanities, the Language
and Rhetorical Studies Interdisciplinary Workshop, the Office of the Vice
President for Research, Rackham Graduate School, and the College of LSA.