COV&R-Bulletin No. 8 (March 1995)
COV&R Confernce 1995: Violence, Mimesis, and the Subject of Responsibility
Loyola University Chicago (June 1-3, 1995)
THURSDAY, JUNE 1
9:00 a.m. Welcome: Introductory Remarks
9:15 Literature I
Moderator: Jon Pahl, Valparaiso University
William Mishler, University of Minnesota: Rivalry and Sacrifice in Ibsen's "Emperor and Galilean"
Charles Bellinger, University of Virginia: Kierkegaard and Girard: Comparison and Contrast
William Johnsen, Michigan State University: Ibsen and the Drama of Self-Sacrifice
11:00 Women Question(s) I
Moderator: Judith Arias, East Carolina University
Jennifer Rike, Harvard University: Feminist Constructions of Selfhood
Patricia Klindienst, Independent Scholar: Virginia Woolf and the Problem of the Sacred
Natasha Reed, Princeton University: Dostoevsky's "Gentle Creature:" The Metamorphosis of a Truism
2:00 Secular Institutions
Moderator: Adriaan Peperzak, Loyola University Chicago
Eric Gans, UCLA: The Unique Source of Religion and Morality
Tobin Siebers, University of Michigan: Politics and Peace
3:45 Robert Hamerton-Kelly, Stanford University: The King and the Crowd
Wolfgang Palaver, Universität Innsbruck: Carl Schmitt: Liberalism, Communitarianism, and Sacrifice
Michael Elias, Lexis (Amsterdam): The Mimetic Praxis of Riddles and TV Quizzes
7:30 Jean-Michel, Oughourlian, Université de Besançon: The Mimetic Model in Psychotherapy
Response: Rusty Palmer, University of Washington
9:00 Welcome Reception
FRIDAY, JUNE 2
9:00 a.m. Biblical Studies
Moderator: Gil Bailie, Florilegia Institute (Sonoma)
James Williams, Syracuse University: The "Jews" in the Gospel of Matthew
David McCracken, University of Washington: Resisting Gospel Scandal
Cesáreo Bandera, University of North Carolina-CH: Christianity and Literature
11:00 Literature II
Moderator: Diana Culbertson, Kent State University
Andrew Bartlett, University of British Columbia: Violence, Inheritance, and Family Romance
Christopher Weimer, Oklahoma State University: The Phantom "pharmakos" in Tirso de Molina
Rebecca Adams, University of Notre Dame: Mesomorphs, Mothers, Myth, and Mimesis
2:00 Women Question(s) II
Moderator: Christine Froula, Northwestern University
Susan Nowak, Syracuse University: Mimetic Theory among Feminists
Martha Reineke, University of Northern Iowa: Race, Gender, and Violence in Nella Larson's Novels
Cheryl Kirk-Duggan, Meredith College: Mimetic Sister Societies
4:00 Ecclesiology
Moderator: James Alison, O.P., Instituto Pedro de Cordoba
Paul Neuchterlein, Emmaus Lutheran Church (Racine, WI): Sacrifice, Sacrament, Communion
Mark Wallace, Swarthmore Collge: Toward a Non-sacrificial Ecclesiology
Anthony Bartlett, Syracuse University: Ecclesial Projections of a Non-Sacrificial Gospel
7:30 René Girard, Stanford University: Mimesis and Paradox in Classical and Medieval Culture
Response: Martha Nussbaum, Brown University
SATURDAY, JUNE 3
9:00 a.m. Interfaith Dialogue
Moderator: Roberto Goizueta, Loyola University Chicago
Leo Lefebure, Saint Mary's University: Desire and Violence in Mimetic Theory and Socially Engaged Buddhism
Józef Niewiadomski, Universität Linz: Encounter of Religions in the Context of World Civilization
Raymund Schwager, Universität Innsbruck: Redemption by Sin? -- Jacob Taubes: A Jewish Reception of Pauline Theology
11:00 Jewish Christian Dialogue
Sandor Goodhart, Whitman College
Charles Mabee, Ecumenical Theological Center (Detroit)
Richard Prystowsky, Irvine Valley College
12:30 Box Lunch: COV&R Business Meeting
2:00 Parallel Workshops
Thurman Society: The Violence Reduction Workshop Model
Thee Smith, Emory University and National Coalition Building Institute
4:00 Discussion-Response: Roel Kaptein, Centre for the Study of Conflict, University of Ulster
2:00 Criminal Justice
Wayne Northey, Victim-Offender Ministries, Mennonite Central Committee, Canada
Peter Cordella, Dept. of Criminal Justice, St. Anselm College
Pat Barrett, Chaplaincy and Related Ministries, United Methodist Church
4:00 Response, Summary and Discussion: Vern Redekop, St. Paul University (Ottawa) and Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution
6:30 Banquet Reception for all registrants
