The Karla Scherer Center for the Study of American Culture

Manhood in American Law and Literature Conference

Friday, February 17 – Saturday, February 18, 2012

 

University of Chicago Law School

1111 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637

Conference presentations – Classroom V

Scenes and Plenary Session – Weymouth Kirkland Courtroom

Please visit the conference web site for the most current details:
http://www.law.uchicago.edu/events/2012-02-17-conference-manhood-american-law-and-literature

The Manhood in American Law and Literature conference brings together a number of distinguished thinkers from a variety of fields to discuss issues of sexuality and law within the context of literary works. The conference will also include two dramatic performances by members of the faculty of the University of Chicago’s Law School.

Attendees and paper topics:

Douglas Baird The Law School, University of Chicago 

“Free and Clear”: Law, Conformity, and Manhood in Death of a Salesman

Emily Buss, The Law School, University of Chicago 

Fatherhood in Classic American Literature

Glenda Carpio, Department of African-American Studies, Harvard University

Obama and the Staging of Scottsboro Boys

Colin Dayan, Department of English, Vanderbilt University 

Like a Dog: Animal Law, Human Cruelty, and the Limits of Care

David Halperin, Department of English, University of Michigan

Bitch Baskets: Sex Roles and Gay Male Femininity

Saul Levmore, The Law School, University of Chicago 

Unmanly Snitches in Literature and Heroic Whistleblowers in Law

Richard McAdams, The Law School, University of Chicago 

Empathy and Masculinity in To Kill a Mockingbird

Deak Nabers, Department of English, Brown University 

Law from a Gun: Nuclear Warfare, Manhood, and Post-World War II Constitutional Formalism

Martha Nussbaum, The Law School and Department of Philosophy, University of Chicago 

Jewish Men, Jewish Lawyers: Eli the Fanatic and the Triumph of Jewish Masculinity in American Law

Richard Posner, US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and The Law School, University of Chicago 

Manhood in Hemingway

Eric Slauter, Department of English, University of Chicago 

Conceptions of the Rights of Man

Brook Thomas, Department of English, University of California at Irvine 

Of Mules and Men, Schools and Suffrage

Michael Warner, Department of English, Yale University 

Manning Up: Failure in Masculinity and Failures of Masculinity

Robin West, Georgetown University Law Center, Georgetown University 

The Great Gatsby and the Death of Torts

This conference is free and open to the public. No response is required but seating is limited. For more information, please email (cnskene@uchicago.edu). For special assistance or needs, please contact Rebecca Klaff at 773.834.4326