All sessions are free and the public is welcome.
Professor Menninghaus is the conference organizer. The conference at Yale will begin at 3 p.m. on Sept. 26 with opening remarks by Professor Menninghaus, followed by a panel moderated by Brigitte Peucker, professor and chair of Germanic Languages and Literatures and professor of film studies at Yale. Benjamin and his Sociological Predecessor. The concluding session will begin at 2 p.m. with a panel moderated by Tyrus Miller, assistant professor of comparative literature and English. Closing remarks will be made by Geoffrey Hartman, the Sterling Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature.