{"id":18,"date":"2026-06-16T15:16:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T15:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/williamssociety.org\/2026biennialconference\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2026-09-07T13:36:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T13:36:43","slug":"events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/williamssociety.org\/2026biennialconference\/events\/","title":{"rendered":"Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DAY 1<\/strong> <strong>Friday 23 October<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Welcome and Coffee <\/strong><br>09:30\u201310:00 <br>Elin K\u00e4ck and H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Aji<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>First paper session <\/strong><br>10:00\u201312:00 <br>Chair: Elin K\u00e4ck<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>10:00\u201310:15 \u2018Abandoned and serious\u2019: Dr. Evans\u2019s counter-Paris<br>H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Aji, ENS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10:20\u201310:35 Paris as the inverted mirror of America in <em>In the American Grain<\/em><br>Samantha Lemeunier, IDEA, Universit\u00e9 de Lorraine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10:40\u201310:55 Romantic Narration and the Journey to Love in Williams\u2019s \u201cPere Sebastian Rasles\u201d<br>Stephen Hahn, William Paterson University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11:00\u201312:00 Discussion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lunch<\/strong><br>12:00\u201314:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Second Paper Session<\/strong> <br>Chair: Samantha Lemeunier<br>14:00\u201316:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>14:00\u201314:15 The Generosity of Art: (Re)Reading \u201cAgainst the Weather: A Study of the Artist\u201d<br>Mark C. Long, Keene State College<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>14:20\u201314:35 The Williamses\u2019 Paris<br>Daniel E. Burke, Arrupe College, Loyola University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>14:40\u201314:55 Poetic Knowledge: Theorizations and Convergences Between Williams and Ami\u00e9 C\u00e9saire<br>Elin K\u00e4ck, Link\u00f6ping University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>15:00\u201316:00 Discussion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Coffee break<\/strong><br>16:00\u201316:15<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A Conversation with Christopher MacGowan <\/strong><br>Elin K\u00e4ck<strong><br><\/strong>16:15\u201317:00 <em>The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams<\/em>, volume 1, 1909\u20131939 at 40 <br><br><strong>Society Meeting<\/strong><br>17:15\u201318:00  <br>All attendants welcome and encouraged to join!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Short walk to The Red Wheelbarrow Bookstore on 11 Rue de Medicis \u2013 with enough time to grab some refreshments on the way.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Keynote: Pierre Vinclair, at the Red Wheelbarrow Bookstore<\/strong><br>19:00 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DAY 2<\/strong> <strong>Saturday 24 October<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Third Paper Session<\/strong><br>Chair: Mark Long<br>09:30\u201312:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>09:30\u201309:45 Winter &amp; All: <em>\u201cA\u201d<\/em>-17, Louis Zukofsky\u2019s Elegy for W. C. Williams<br>Xavier Kalck, Lille University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>09:50\u201310:05 Where the Palm Tree Grows: William Carlos Williams in Puerto Rico<br>Peter Hulme<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10:10\u201310:25 William Carlos Williams\u2019s Translation from French of E. C. Fabre\u2019s \u201cCage\u201d: A Critical Missing Link in the Evolution of Williams\u2019s Short Fiction<br>Jonathan Cohen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10:30\u201310:45 William Carlos Williams and Ren\u00e9 Char<br>Cristina Giorcelli, Uni Roma 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Coffee<\/strong><br>10:45\u201311:00 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discussion<\/strong><br>11:00\u201312:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lunch Break <\/strong><br>12:00\u201314:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fourth Paper Session<\/strong> <br>Chair: Daniel Burke<br>14:00\u201316:15<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>14:00\u201314:15 Williams\u2019 Seances: The Tentacles of Allan Kardec<br>Julio Marz\u00e1n, Nassau Community College<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>14:20\u201314:35 Williams Dancing in Paris: From Symbolist Influences to Diaghilev&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Ballets Russes<\/em><br>Daria Lemo\u00ebl, Universit\u00e4t Heidelberg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>14:40\u201314:55 A Surreal Machine of Words: William Carlos Williams, Lola Ridge and Gilbert Simondon<br>Eric White, Oxford Brookes University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>15:00\u201315:15 Williams and McAlmon: The Decades After Paris<br>Christopher MacGowan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discussion<\/strong> <br>15:15\u201316:15<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Coffee<\/strong><br>16:15\u201316:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Peterson Prize Announcement<\/strong> <br>Stephen Hahn<br>16:30\u201316:45<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>New Directions in Williams Scholarship: An Open<\/strong> <strong>Discussion<\/strong> <br>Mark Long<br>16:45\u201317:45<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Conference Dinner\u00a0<\/strong><br>19:00 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAY 1 Friday 23 October Welcome and Coffee 09:30\u201310:00 Elin K\u00e4ck and H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Aji First paper session 10:00\u201312:00 Chair: Elin K\u00e4ck 11:00\u201312:00 Discussion Lunch12:00\u201314:00 Second [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/williamssociety.org\/2026biennialconference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/williamssociety.org\/2026biennialconference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/williamssociety.org\/2026biennialconference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/williamssociety.org\/2026biennialconference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/williamssociety.org\/2026biennialconference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/williamssociety.org\/2026biennialconference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86,"href":"https:\/\/williamssociety.org\/2026biennialconference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/86"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/williamssociety.org\/2026biennialconference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}