Frederick Ives Carpenter Lectures

Frederick Ives Carpenter (1861-1925) was for many years an eminent professor of medieval and Renaissance literature in the Department of English. The Carpenter lectureship was endowed in 1925 to memorialize Professor Carpenter's personal commitment to the highest excellence in scholarship and teaching, and to perpetuate that commitment in a broader way. The Carpenter lecturer generally spends two weeks at the University, with the centerpiece of the visit being a series of three lectures. The lecturer will, in addition, visit graduate workshops, hold office hours, and spend time informally engaged with faculty and students. Previous Carpenter Lecturers include Edward Said, Stanley Cavell, Jacques Derrida, Fredric Jameson, Judith Butler, Catherine Gallagher, and Michael Warner.

Upcoming Lecture

March 3, 5, and 7 Franco Moretti, The Danily C. and Laura Louise Bell Professor,
Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Stanford University, 4:30 p.m. on in the Swift 3rd-Floor Lecture Hall [click here for more information]

3 March "Theory of the Novel, History of the Novel", Franco Moretti, Danily C. and Laura Louise Bell Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Stanford University.

5 March "Bourgeoise: On Henrik Ibsen", Franco Moretti, Danily C. and Laura Louise Bell Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Stanford University.

7 March "Quantitative Data, Formal Analysis: Reflections on 7,000 titles (British Novels, 1740-1850)", Franco Moretti, Danily C. and Laura Louise Bell Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Stanford University.

Lecture Archive

May 2007 Kwame Anthony Appiah, Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy and the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University, "Ethics in a World of Strangers"