James Simpson, Harvard and Jennifer Jahner, Cal Tech "Genealogies of Dissent" May 2 2014, 10:00-2:00 HG 1010

Department: English

Date and Time: May 2, 2014 | 10:00 AM-2:00 PM

Event Location: Humanities Gateway 1010

Event Details


Early Cultures Symposium. Simpson considers early modernity’s forms of absolutism 14-17c, partly political, but especially theological, with especial focus on the development (and survival) of Calvinism; proposes dissent as itself absolutist. Jahner's title is "Taking Liberties: Dissent and the Medieval Rhetoric of Enfranchisement." Responses by Keith Topper, Political Science, and another faculty member to be announced.