Conference proceedings for the 13th International Arthur Miller Conference Held at Ashland University, with some video links for various sessions:
Papers and presentations: Friday, October 18
Opening Remarks:
· Carlos Campo: President, Ashland University
· David Palmer: Massachusetts Maritime Academy and President of The Arthur Miller Society
· Teresa Durbin-Ames, Ashland University: Conference Director and Associate Professor & Artistic Director, Department of Theatre, Ashland University
· Stephen Marino: St. Francis College, Conference Director, and Editor of The Arthur Miller Journal
Staged Readings: All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Price and Broken Glass
· Carlos Campo, Ashland University and Jane Dominik, San Joaquin Delta College. MC by Stephen Marino, St. Francis College
Friday night – https://auvideo.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/2019+10+18+Arthur+Miller+Conference/1_8n8oyst4/77098611
Saturday, October 19
Panel 1: Versions of Miller
Chair: David Palmer, Massachusetts Maritime Academy
· Jayne Waterman, Ashland University: “Arthur Miller’s Midwestern Beginnings and Moorings: An Analysis of the Midwestern Trope in The Man Who Had All the Luck and All My Sons.”
· Stephen Marino, St. Francis College: “The Price: A Woman Laughing at a Trumpet Player.”
· Josh Polster, Emerson College: “Fallen Critic: The Undocumented Dramas of Bernard Weinraub.”
Panel 2: Forms of Tragedy
Chair: Hilary Donatini, Ashland University
· Maura Grady, Ashland University: “Arthur Miller’s Short Story The Misfits and America’s Mid-Century Gender Crisis.”
· Kate Marino, Independent Scholar: “Broken Glass: Sylvia Gellburg’s Mirror Stage.”
· David Palmer, Massachusetts Maritime Academy: “The Archbishop’s Ceiling: Miller and Postmodern American Tragedy”
Plenary Talk
Introduction: Stephen Marino, St. Francis College:
· “Comedy of a Common Man.” Susan Abbotson, Rhode Island College.
Panel 3: The Art of Politics
Chair: Jayne E. Waterman, Ashland University
· Marilyn Atlas, Ohio University: “’Attention Must Be Paid’: Linda Loman, Language, and the Politics of Womanhood in Death of Salesman.”
· Ann C. Hall, University of Louisville: “Art and Politics / Politics and Art: Harold Pinter’s and Arthur Miller’s Grand Experiment.”
· Nick Rotter-Weller, University of Maine: “Fascism and Miller’s A View from the Bridge.”
· Thiago Russo, University of Sao Paulo: “Resurrecting the Blues: Dictatorship vs. Freedom within the Neo-Liberal Shock Doctrine.”
Panel 4: Adapted and Performed
Chair: Teresa Durbin-Ames, Ashland University
· Nancy Nanney, West Virginia University at Parkersburg (retired): An Enemy of the People: Arthur Miller’s Ever-Relevant and Ever-Adaptable Play.”
· Jane Dominik, San Joaquin Delta College: “Ibsen’s Returning Character in Miller’s American Drama.”
· Richard Brucher, University of Maine: “Convicts on the Loose in Miller’s All My Sons and Ibsen’s John Gabriel Borkman.”
Saturday afternoon, Adapted and Performed panel – https://auvideo.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/2019+10+19+Arthur+Miller+Conference/1_jyz1llcj/77098611
Performance
· Ashland University Department of Theatre Production of Arthur Miller’s An Enemy of the People, Directed by Teresa Durbin-Ames. Hugo Young Theatre.
Sunday, October 20
Breakfast Meeting of The Arthur Miller Society. All Welcome!
Teaching Miller
· Corinne Spisz and Kristen Karszes, Hilton Head High School: “Witchcraft or Snitchcraft: Teaching The Crucible in Modern High School English Classrooms.” Followed by Open Discussion on Teaching Miller. Led by Jayne Waterman, Ashland University
Performing Miller
· Production Talk-Back: Staging Miller’s An Enemy of the People. Led by Teresa Durbin-Ames, Ashland University
Concluding Discussion
· “Arthur Miller and the Question of Relevance” Roundtable with Sue Abbotson, Rhode Island College, Jane Dominik, San Joaquin Delta College, and David Palmer, Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Led by Stephen Marino, St. Francis College.Sunday’s Concluding Discussion – https://auvideo.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/2019+10+20+Arthur+Miller+Conference/1_ts23wu90/77098611