Canada Milton Seminar XI
The Canada Milton Seminar XI will take place 13-14 May 2016 at the University of Toronto.
CANADA MILTON SEMINAR XI
Alumni Hall, Old Victoria College
University of Toronto
Friday / Saturday 13-14 May 2016
Accommodation and City Information
PROGRAM
Friday 13 May
3:30 p.m. Coffee and Registration, Victoria College Foyer
4-4:15 p.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks Alumni Hall
Angela Esterhammer (Principal, Victoria College, University of Toronto)
Paul Stevens (University of Toronto)
SESSION I: PLENARY Alumni Hall
4:15– 5:30 p.m. Rachel Trubowitz (U of New Hampshire)
“Milton‟s Chaos and the Vacuist-Plenist Controversy”
Chair: Katie Larson (U of Toronto)
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Wine and Cheese Reception
Location: College Foyer
Saturday 14 May
10 a.m. Coffee and Registration
Old Victoria College Foyer
10:25 a.m. Welcome
Matt Kavaler (Director, Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, University of Toronto)
SESSION II: PLENARY Alumni Hall
10:30-11:45 a.m. David Norbrook (Merton College, Oxford)
“Lucy Hutchinson, Milton, and the Writing of Theology”
Chair: Mary Nyquist (U of Toronto)
SESSION III: PLENARY Alumni Hall
12 – 1: 15 p.m. Thomas H. Luxon (Dartmouth College)
“Heroic Restorations: Milton and Dryden”
Chair: Nicholas von Maltzahn (U of Ottawa)
1:15-2 p.m. Lunch
SESSION IV: CONCURRENT SESSIONS
2-3:30 p.m. (A) Old Victoria College Room 101
David Ainsworth (U of Alabama, Tuscaloosa)
“Heavenly Harmony and the Holy Spirit”
Erin Webster (Birkbeck College, London)
“New Worlds and Moon Worlds in Paradise Lost?”
Chair: John Leonard (U of Western Ontario)
(B) Old Victoria College Room 115
Alison Chapman (U of Alabama, Birmingham)
“ ‘Justice in Thir owne Hands’: Milton’s Views on the Jury”
Ryan Hackenbracht (Texas Tech U)
“Patriotic Milton? Eschatology and the New Epic Subject in Paradise Regain’d.”
Chair: Kenneth Graham (U of Waterloo)
3:30-45 p.m. Coffee break
Old Victoria College Foyer
SESSION V: PLENARY Alumni Hall
3:45-4:45 p.m. Dayton Haskin (Boston College)
“Milton in the Tomb of Dead Languages”
Chair: Maggie Kilgour (McGill U)
4:45-5 p.m. Closing Remarks: Paul Stevens
5:30-6:30 p.m. Cash Bar, SCR, Massey College
6:30 p.m. Banquet, Upper Library, Massey College
