1999 Fall Symposium

The Question of Freedom

Keynote Speaker

Roger Wilkins, Clarence J. Robinson Professor of History and American Culture, George Mason University; Network Radio Commentator, National Public Radio: Reflections on Justice: Activism from Grand Rapids to Washington, D.C.

Faculty Fellow Presenters

Fabienne-Sophie Chauderlot, Assistant Professor, Romance Languages & Literatures: Prolegomena to a Becoming Free: Mapping Liberty over Bodies, Identities, and Multimedia

Frances Trix, Associate Professor, Anthropology: Religious Garb as a Legal Battlefield: Trial of Baba Sirri

1999 Dissertation Fellow Presenters

Natalie Atkin, History: Protest and Liberation: War, Peace, and Women's Improvement

Glen Bessemer, History: The Shadow of Criminality: Crime, Inequality, Institutions and Communities in Interwar Detroit

Special invitation WSU Faculty Presenters

Herman Rapaport, DeRoy Chair& Professor, English: Trauma, Representation, and History: Abstract Art after 1945

Lawrence Scaff, Dean, Liberal Arts; Professor, Political Science: Weber, Art, and Social Theory