ARCHIVE II--ALA CONFERENCES

Papers presented by the Arthur Miller Society at the American Literature Association Conferences.
 

  • May 30 1996, in San Diego, CA.

  •   Panel One: Society panel chaired by Brenda Murphy.
    1. "Death of a Salesman and the Poetics of Arthur Miller," Matthew Roudané.
    2. "Who's the Enemy Now?: The Relevance of An Enemy of the People a Century and a Half, Later," Jane Dominik.
    3. "The Holocaust, the Depression, and McCathyism Haunt Miller in the Sixties," Jan Balakian
     
  • May 23-25, 1997.

  •     Panel One: "Arthur Miller's Artistry in Drama: A Half Century and Beyond," chaired by Stan Kozikowski.
    1. "'The Hook, the Bridge, and The Waterfront':  Miller, Kazan, and Informers," Brenda Murphy.
    2. "Miller's Women and the Roles They Play," Steve Centola.
    3.  "The Price: The Continuing Fraternal Tragedy," Jane Dominik.
     
  • May 1998 in San Diego, CA.

  •     Panel One: "Arthur MIller and the Art of Disconcertion," chaired by Susan C. W. Abbotson.
    1. "The Holocaust, the Depression, and McCathyism Haunt Miller in the Sixties," Jan Balakian.
    2. "'Raising Up a Whore': The Dramatic and Cultural Construction of Abigail Williams," Kim Cook.
    3. "'Of course it isn't, but that's where it comes from': Creation of Hysteria and Other Business in Arthur Miller's Broken Glass," Kate Egerton.
     
  • May 1999

  •     Panel One: "Moral Drama or Political Allegory: Ways of Seeing the Plays of Arthur Miller," chaired by Jan Balakian.
    1. "The Cold War on the Waterfront: Miller's A View from the Bridge and Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront, " Robert Shulman.
    2. "Death of a Salesman: The Poetic of the Colloquial," Stephen Marino.
    3. "Living the Wrong Life: Arthur Miller's Danger: Memory!" Jon Tuttle.
     
  • May 26- 27 2001, in Cambridge MA.

  •    Panel One: "This is the land of the great big dogs, you donít love a man here, you eat him!": Friends and Enemies in the Drama and Fiction of Arthur Miller," chaired by Stephen Marino.
    1."The Sense of Complicity in Focus and After the Fall," Ana Lucia Novais.
    2."The Common Enemy in Arthur Millerís and Lillian Hellmanís Cold War Plays," Richard Brucher.
    3."Miller and the Importance of Friendship," Carlos Campo.
       Panel Two: "The Ambiguity of Thought: Arthur Miller's Psychological Duplicity," chaired by Susan C. W. Abbotson.
    1."Not Only the Inside of Willyís Head," Stephen Marino.
    2."Sympathetic Objectification: Mistresses in Millerís Plays," Jane Dominik.
    3. "Bakhtinian Heteroglossia in The Archbishop's Ceiling,"  George Castellitto.
     
  • On May 30-June  2, 2002, Long Beach, CA.

  •     Panel One: "Arthur Millerís Ethical Engagement: A Humanistís Response,"  chaired by : J. Chris Westgate.
    1. "Arthur Millerís Diasporist Engagements in Incident at Vichy," Neamat Imam*
    2. "The Dehumanization of the Salesmen: Willy Loman and Gregor Samsa," Carlos Campo.
    3. "Negotiating an Ethics between Remembering and Forgetting: A Reading of After the Fall," Ryan Poll.
                        *Neamat Imam from  Aristotle University, coming in from Greece, was not allowed a visa
                              to attend the conference, but his paper was read by the panel chair
     
  • On May 22-25, 2003, Cambridge, MA.

  •     Panel One: Seminar on "Teaching Arthur Miller: Text, Subtext, and Context."
    Panelists: Steven Centola, Millersville University; Stephen Marino, St. Francis College; Carlos Campo, Community College of Southern Nevada.
        Panel Two: "Radio Drama, Short Stories and Plays: Connective Relationships in the Works of Arthur Miller," chaired by
        George Castellitto, Felician College
    1. "'Family Romances' and the Struggle to Form Desire as Depicted in Arthur Millerís Short  Story 'I Donít Need You Anymore,'" Lew Livesay.
    2. "The Nature of the Beast: An Examination of The Pussycat and the Expert Plumber Who Was a Man,by Arthur Miller," Rick Tharp.
    3. "Materialism, Socialism and Paternal Conflict in Arthur Millerís All My Sons," Susan C. W. Abbotson.
     
  • On May 27-30, 2004, San Francisco, CA.

  •     Panel One: Seminar on "Teaching Arthur Miller: the Usual and the New."
        Chaired by: Susan C. W. Abbotson, Independent Scholar, RI.
    Panelists: Carlos Campo, Community College of Southern Nevada, and Peter Hays, University of California at Davis.
        Panel Two: "Naming, Rituals and Music--Beyond the Written Texts of Arthur Miller."
        Chaired by Jeffrey D. Mason, University of Oregon.
    1. "Arthur Miller's Naming of Names," Steve Marino
    2. "Arthur Miller 'Clara': The 'Fine' Line Between Guilt and Blame," Susan C. W. Abbotson.
    3. "Music in Miller's Drama," Jane Dominik.
     
  • On May 26-29, 2005, Boston, MA

  •      Panel One: Teaching Panel: Teaching Miller in Multiple Contexts
         Chaired by: Lew Livesay,  President, Arthur Miller Society, Saint Peter's College.
    1. "Music, Miller and making the classroom sing," Carlos Campo, Community College of Southern Nevada. Accompanist: Brett Campo, Sierra Vista High School, Las Vegas.
    2. " Towards a Humanistic Democracy: The Balancing Acts of Arthur Miller and August Wilson," Susan C. W. Abbotson, Rhode Island College.
    3. " Arthur Miller's New York," Steven Marino, St Francis College.
        Panel Two: "Identity in Miller: Communities, Character and Connections.
        Chaired by: Dr. Carlos Campo, Community College of Southern Nevada
    1. "Arthur Miller and Jewish Identity," Ruth Tenenholtz, Haifa University, Israel.
    2. "The Secret Life of Willy Loman: A Thurber-Miller Connection," Susan Koprince, University of North Dakota-Grand Forks.
    3. " Pray for him:  "Communities, Characters, and Chaos in A View from the Bridge", Elizabeth Osborne, University of Maryland.

    ï  On May 25-28, 2006, San Francisco, CA.
        Panel one: Reading and Response from selected Miller plays:
        Readers Dr. Carlos Campo, Community College of Southern Nevada, Dr. Jane Dominik, San Joaquin Delta College.
         Respondent: Lewis Livesay, Saint Peterís College
        Panel two: The Sociological Impact of Selected Arthur Miller Works.
         Chair: Dr. Carlos Campo, Community College of Southern Nevada
    1. "Ibsenís The Wild Duck and Millerís All My Sons: Social Realism without a Centering Raissonneur," Lewis Livesay, Saint Peterís College.
    2. "Using Family Systems Theory to Understand the Film Versions of The Crucible," Nancy Feyl Chavkin and Allan R. Chavkin, Texas State UniversityóSan Marcos.
    3. "Mining the ëBeautyí of "Homely Girl": Why Millerís Small Masterpiece Deserves More Recognition," Ellyn Lem, University of WisconsinóWaukesha.