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2003 Fellows Conference
THE CITY AND CIVIC VIRTUE

March 21, 2003
McGregor Conference Center



Morning Session
Moderator: Dora Apel

Camilo Vergara
"Building the Lesser City: The New Emerging Urbanism in Detroit and Other Cities"

Margaret Franklin, Art & Art History
Classical Heroines and Civic Virtue in Renaissance Society


Laura Reese, Geography & Urban Planning
Reconstituting Virtue


Break for lunch and Edward M. Wise Dissertation Fellowship awards.

Afternoon Session
Moderator: Dean Alma Young


Thomas Sugrue
"Metropolis Unbound: Redefining Community, Reconstructing the City"

Jeffrey Abt, Art & Art History
Artists, Museums, and the Civic Audience for Art


Dora Apel, Art & Art History
Lynching Imagery in America


John Corvino, Philosophy
Homosexuality, Education, and Public Values


Barrett Watten, English
Civic Ideals and City Life in the New American Poetry


Gwen Gorzelsky, English
Echoes Half Heard: Community Activists, Collective Movements


Richard Marback, English
Narratives of Place and the Making of Civic Virtue in Capetown




 

As always, the Humanities Center Faculty Fellows Conference is free and open to the public. Please download our flyer and conference schedule or call (313) 577-2147 for more information or parking assistance.