LOVE AND HONOR IN SHAKESPEARE
Assumption College
October 15-17, 2009
Thursday, October 15
2:30-4:00pm
Panel 1
ASSUMPTION COLLEGE, HAGAN CAMPUS CENTER
Marriage, Domestic Love, and the Ends of Politics
Chair:
Discussant:
Geoffrey Vaughan, Assumption College
Sean Sutton, Rochester Institute of Technology
“Looking at Hero’s Bedroom Window: Claudio’s Critics and Much Ado About Honor”
Travis Curtright, Ave Maria University
“Honor and Eros: Private Goods and Public Neglect in Shakespeare’s Troy”
Carol McNamara, Utah State University
“At War ‘Twixt Will and Will Not: Government, Marriage and Grace in Measure for Measure”
Peter Meilander, Houghton College
“Shakespeare’s The Rape of Lucrece: Honor, Virtue and Republicanism”
Robert Schaefer, University of West Georgia
7:30pm
Keynote Address
ASSUMPTION COLLEGE, FULLER AUDITORIUM
John Alvis, University of Dallas
“Honor in Shakespeare: A Cost/Benefit Analysis"
Friday, October 16
9:30-11:00
Panel 2
ASSUMPTION COLLEGE, HAGAN CAMPUS CENTER
Educations in Love and Honor
Chair:
Discussant:
Glen Arbery, Assumption College
Tobin Craig, James Madison College
“Christian King or Machiavellian Prince: The Education of Henry of Monmouth”
Bernard J. Dobski, Assumption College
“Taming The Tempest: Prospero’s Love of Wisdom and the Turn from Tyranny”
Dustin Gish, College of the Holy Cross
“The Education of Edgar in King Lear”
Laurence Nee, St. John’s College – Santa Fe
11:15-12:45
Panel 3
ASSUMPTION COLLEGE, HAGAN CAMPUS CENTER
Skeptic or True Believer? Part I – On the Integrity of Honor
Chair:
Discussant:
Rachel Ramsey, Assumption College
Leon Craig, University of Alberta (Professor Emeritus)
“Brutus as Shakespeare’s Hero”
Nasser Behnegar, Boston College
“Machiavelli and Shakespeare in the First Tetralogy”
Michael Platt, Independent Scholar
“Falstaff versus The Politicians: Honor in the History Plays”
Timothy Spiekerman, Kenyon College
2:30-4:00pm
Panel 4
ASSUMPTION COLLEGE, HAGAN CAMPUS CENTER
Skeptic or True Believer? Part II – On the Prospects for Romantic Love
Chair:
Discussant:
Sean Sutton, Rochester Institute of Technology
Pamela Jensen, Kenyon College
“Love, Honor and Tragedy in Romeo and Juliet”
John C. Briggs, University of California – Riverside
“What Did Shakespeare Mean by His Romeo and Juliet?”
David Lowenthal, Boston College (Professor Emeritus)
“Trojan Horse or Troilus’ Whore? Pandering Statecraft and Political Stagecraft in Troilus and Cressida”
Nalin Ranasinghe, Assumption College
8:00pm
Keynote Address
WORCESTER ART MUSEUM, MUSEUM CAFÉ
Paul Cantor, University of Virginia
“The Spectrum of Love: Nature and Convention in As You Like It”
Due to limited space, those interested in attending should contact Prof. Dobski
(bdobski@assumption.edu), no later than September 30.
Saturday, October 17
9:30-11:00am
Panel 5
ASSUMPTION COLLEGE, ALDEN TRUST MEMORIAL ROOM
“In the Eyes and Lips…”: Shakespeare’s Genius at Play
Chair:
Discussant:
Lee Oser, College of the Holy Cross
Mary Mumbach, Independent Scholar
“A Motley to the View: Staging Tragic Honor”
Glenn Arbery, Assumption College (D’Alzon Professor)
“Love’s Book of Honor and Shame: Shakespeare’s Sonnets and Lyric Flourishing"
Scott F. Crider, University of Dallas
“No Wasted Scenes”
Rafe Major, Jack Miller Center
11:15-12:45pm
Panel 6
ASSUMPTION COLLEGE, ALDEN TRUST MEMORIAL ROOM
The Darker Side of Love and Honor
Chair:
Discussant:
Mary Ann MacGrail, Independent Scholar
Susan Shell, Boston College
“Savage Seduction: Love, Lust and Will to Power in Richard the Third”
Leon Craig, University of Alberta (Professor Emeritus)
“Shakespeare’s Macbeth: The Soul of the Tyrant”
Carson Holloway, University of Nebraska – Omaha
“‘Love, Honor, and Natural Community in Romeo & Juliet”
Pamela Jensen, Kenyon College
2:30-4:30pm
Plenary Session
ASSUMPTION COLLEGE, ALDEN TRUST MEMORIAL ROOM
Roundtable Discussion
“Reflections on Love and Honor in Shakespeare”
Pamela Jensen, John Alvis, Glen Arbery, Paul Cantor, Leon Craig, David Lowenthal