Tufts Graduate Student Conference

The graduate student conference committee solicits papers internationally for presentation at a conference held at Tufts University each fall. Graduate students in the Department coordinate all aspects of the conference.

The 21st Annual Tufts University English Graduate Conference:
"Economy of Form," Franco Moretti (2009)
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Past conference themes and keynote speakers:

• "Marking the Event," Michael Warner (2008)
• "Circulation," Lauren Berlant (2007)
• "On Difficulty," Lisa Lowe (2006)
• "What Style Knows," D.A. Miller (2005)
• "Conjuring Difference," Hortense Spillers (2004)
• "Influence of Anxiety," Ellis Hansen (2003)
• "Liminal Spaces, Liminal Places, Liminal Traces," Marcus Rediker (2002)
• "Homing Desires," Jeff Nunokawa (2001)
• "Revolutionary Language," Marjorie Garber (2000)
• "Peripheral Visions," Mary Ann Doane (1999)
• "Naturalizations," Diana Fuss (1998)
• "Territorial Inscriptions," Barbara Johnson (1997)

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