Thursday, September 30 3:30-4:15 Session 1a: Diggings: Explorations of Eighteenth-Century Archeology Chair: Tom Prasch, Washburn University Tom Prasch, Washburn University, “Clear Away Rubbish and Lay A Foundation” Margaret Wood , Washburn University, “Antiquarians to Archeologists” Hannah Thompson, Washburn University, “Thunder in the Pyramids” Session 1b: Essential Gothic Chair: Lexi Stuckey, University of Tulsa Mark Rideout, University of Tulsa, “Into the Woods/Out of the Woods” Ashley Schoppe, University of Tulsa, “The Wronged Daughter Vindicated” Lexi Stuckey, University of Tulsa, “Ann Radcliffe: Radical and Reactionary” Musical Interlude 4:30-5:30 5:30-7:00 Hors d'œuvres and cash bar Friday, October 1 9:00-10:30 Session 2a: Buried Treasure: What Pirate Movies Teach Us Chair: Chris Brooke, Wichita State University Rebecca Rawls, Wichita State University, “Romancing the Buccaneer” Jennifer Kaeser, Wichita State University, “Cultural Interactions in Classic Pirate Films” Chris Brooks, Wichita State University, “King’s Crossing: Anti-Monarchial Motives for Pirates” Session 2b: Essentially Romantic Chair: Kathleen Leicht, University of Central Missouri Brandon Phillips, Hunter College, NYC, “The construction of Villainy in the Romantic Canon ” Ruth Knezevich, University of Missouri, “Folk Infatuations: Ballads in Scott's Waverly” Melissa Antonnucci, University of Tulsa, “Revolution & Female Transvestism in The Monk and Ormond” Friday 10:45-12:00 Session 3a: Pirates II Chair: Chris Brooks, Wichita State University Paul McCallum, Pittsburg State, “Downey, Depp, and Dissing Dryden" Jessie Irvin, Wichita State University, “The East India Trading Company & Pirates of the Caribbean” Bridgitte Roussel, Wichita State University, “Pirates and the French Scene” Session 3b: The Sublime Chair: Corey Andrews, Youngstown State University Bethany Bowen, University of Missouri, “The Sublime in Adelbert Stifter's Berkristall” Corey Andrews, Youngstown State University, “Oppressive Regard: Women Writing About Burns” 12:00-1:30 Lunch on your own in Old Town Friday 1:30-2:45 Session 4a: Europe Chair: Ron Rarick, Ball State University Ron Rarick, Ball State University, “From Paris to Rome in 1771” Kim Morse, Washburn University, “The Shot Heard Across the Plaza: Eighteenth-Century Transformations in a Venezuelan Microcosm” Jeanne Hageman, North Dakota State University, “Bastien et Bastienne: Influences, Hierarchies & Attributes” Session 4b: Defoe Willow Chair: Kit Kincade, Indiana State University Kit Kincade, Indiana State University, “Editing Defoe” Caitlin Kelly, University of Missouri, “Defoe's Journal of the Plague Year” Andrew J. Hamilton, Viterbo University, “Trade Morality and the Middle Class” Friday 3:00-4:45 Session 5a: Jane Austen Chair: Sheila Hwang, Webster University Lila Graves, University of Alabama, Birmingham, “Marriage and Property Law in Austen's Persuasion” Richard Eversole, University of Kansas, “Austen's Northanger Abbey as a Female Quixote” Margaret Wye, “Lord Chandos to Henry Austen” Session 5b: Philosophy Chair: J. David Macey, University of Central Oklahoma Lindsay Dearinger, University of Central Oklahoma, “The Subject of Certainty” Earl Ramsey, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, “Matthew Prior on Montaigne and Locke” Juliette Paul, University of Missouri, “Mary Wollstonecraft's Transatlantic Devil” Friday 5:00-6:00 Plenary Speaker: Ron McCoy, PhD, Professor of History and Director, Center for Oklahoma Studies, Oklahoma State University. "'Amidst the Winds:' 18th-Century Native Americans in Kansas." Friday 5:00-6:00 Conference Banquet Saturday, October 2 8:30-9:30 Business Meeting - MWASECS board and any interested parties--all conferees welcome 9:30-10:45 Session 6a: Debating Religion Chair: Tom Prasch, Washburn University Amanda Fike, Washburn University, “John Adams and the Defense of Establishment” Kevin Burton, Washburn University, “Alexander Hamilton: Religion as Political Weapon” Alan Bearman, Washburn University, “James Madison and Reformed Theology” Session 6b: Narrative Chair: Susan Spencer, University of Central Oklahoma Kelley Weztel, Murray State University, “Entitled to Authority: Rasselas's Title page” Devoney Looser, University of Missouri, “Frances Burney: Memorialist” Eric Leuschner, Fort Hays State University, “Prefacing Things” Saturday 11:00-12:15 Session 7a: The Novel Chair: Richard Eversole, University of Kansas Denys Van Renen, University of Indiana, “Local Climate, Global commerce in Humphry Clinker” Jeanine Casler, Northwestern University, “Cutting in Order to Heal: Maria Edgeworth” J. David Macey, University of Central Oklahoma, “Very Pretty Principles to be Sure” Session 7b: America Chair: Fred Witzig, Monmouth College Jacob Bell, “Race and Religion in the Colonial Gothic” Diana Dabeck, Florida International University, “Morals and Manners in Royall Tyler's The Contrast” 12:30-1:45 Conference Luncheon Saturday 2:00-3:15 Session 8: Theatre Chair: J. Karen Ray, Washburn University Kristin Johnson, Cal State Fresno, “The Truth behind the Disguise” Susan Spencer, University of Central Oklahoma, “Garrick, Shakespeare, & the Stratford Jubilee” Jennifer L. Airey, University of Tulsa, “The Female Avenger in Settle's Love and Revenge” 3:30-4:45 Wichita, Sedwick County Museum (admission in conference fee) Saturday evening TBA