Harvard English Fall Graduate Symposium

“Trash: Bad Books”

November 14–15, 2024

Thursday, November 14 | Thompson Room (Barker Center)

5:30-7:00 p.m., Keynote Address: Caroline Levine (Cornell), “Trash, Literal and Literary: How to Think about What We Throw Away”

Friday, November 15 | Fong Auditorium (Boylston Hall)

Coffee and Refreshments, 9:30 a.m. (Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall)

10:00–11:30 a.m., Panel 1: Throwing Out Convention

Elizabeth Ambrose (G2)

Wyatt Sarafin (G6)

Respondent: Anna Wilson (Harvard)

Lunch, 11:30 a.m. –12:30 p.m. (Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall)

12:30–2:00 p.m., Panel 2: Politics of Waste

Karina Mathew (G6)

Jack Rodgers (G2)

Respondent:  Caroline Levine (Cornell)

2:30–4:00 p.m., Panel 3: Rejection and Reception

Eunice Lee (G4)

Lily Nilipour (G1)

Katherine Horgan (G6)

Respondent: Beth Blum (Harvard)

4:30–6 p.m.: Please join us for a reception in the English Department following the conference!