UC Hosts Renowned Humanities Scholar at Conference

William Egginton, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University, will be the Taft keynote speaker at the

33rd Annual Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures

, organized by UC’s Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. His keynote speech,

“Fiction and the Politics of Irony,” will be delivered at 6 p.m. April 4

in 525 Old Chem.

Egginton, in coordination with UC professor of Spanish literature Andrés Pérez-Simón, also will teach

an intensive workshop titled "(Neo)baroque ideologies" April 2-3

. The workshop is designed for graduate students and faculty in the humanities, and it will explore the aesthetic phenomena of the neobaroque, bringing it into dialogue with the historical Baroque. For more information about the workshop, contact Pérez-Simón at 513-556-1962 or andres.perez-simon@uc.edu.

Egginton has written some influential studies on neobaroque aesthetics in recent years. He also discusses politics, philosophy and art in his blog for The New York Times.

The workshop and keynote speech were funded by the Charles Phelps Taft Research Center.

Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Schedule Highlights

April 4

- 6 p.m.: William Egginton's Keynote Speech

- 7 p.m.: Opening Ceremony with CCM soloist Sakinah Davis

- 8 p.m.: Creative Reading Session (Please notify the

Department of Romance Languages and Literatures

if you would like to participate)

April 5

- 2:30 p.m.: Roundtable: "Postcolonial Studies Across Disciplines and Languages," featuring Lydie Moudileno, Thérèse Migraine-George, Myriam Chancy, Ethan Katz, Amy Lind and Shaunak Sastry.

- 6 p.m.: Lydie Moudileno's Keynote Speech

- 7 p.m.: Banquet at Mick & Mack's with College-Conservatory of Music String Quartet

- 9 p.m.: Conference Party with DJ Rudy Alvarez

April 6

- 3 p.m.: Manuel R. Montes' Book Presentation

- 4:30 p.m.: Closing Ceremony