Eighth Münster Symposium on Jonathan Swift
von
Montag, 26. Oktober 2026(09:00)
bis
Dienstag, 27. Oktober 2026(17:00)
Montag, 26. Oktober 2026
09:00
Welcome Addresses
Welcome Addresses
09:00 - 09:30
09:30
Afterlives: Afterlives I
Afterlives I
09:30 - 10:45
Beiträge
09:30
“Men not afraid of God”: *Gulliver’s Travels* Now
-
Brean Hammond
(
University of Nottingham
)
10:00
Pinging off the Guy-Ropes, Pro-EU Blobs, Jug Ears and Gentle Giants: Gulliver’s Literary and Visual Journey through Twenty-First Century UK Politics
-
Ruth Menzies
(
Aix-Marseille Université
)
10:30
Discussion
11:00
Afterlives: Afterlives II
Afterlives II
11:00 - 12:45
Beiträge
11:00
Gulliver the Ghostwriter
-
Daniel Cook
(
University of Dundee
)
11:30
The Debts of Private Satire: Henrietta Howard and *Gulliver’s Travels*
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David M. Palumbo
(
Emmanuel College, Boston
)
12:00
Swift’s Descriptive Regime and the First Illustrations to *Gulliver’s Travels*
-
Andrew Bricker
(
Ghent University
)
12:30
Discussion
13:45
Readings: Books One and Two
Books One and Two
13:45 - 15:00
Beiträge
13:45
*Gulliver* and International Relations: Then and Now
-
Matthew Gertken
(
Leawood, Kansas
)
14:15
The Brobdingnagian Maids of Honour and Ideas of Female Community
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Moyra Haslett
(
Queen’s University Belfast
)
14:45
Discussion
15:15
Readings: Book Three
Book Three
15:15 - 17:00
Beiträge
15:15
Lemuel Gulliver, the “perfect stranger”
-
Gregory Lynall
(
University of Liverpool
)
15:45
Gulliver and Japan, Swift and the Dutch
-
Clement Hawes
(
University of Michigan
)
16:15
From Microscopes to Macrochips: Lemuel Gulliver and the Hook in Swift’s Character
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Hans Förstl
(
München
)
16:45
Discussion
Dienstag, 27. Oktober 2026
09:15
Readings: Book Four and Beyond
Book Four and Beyond
09:15 - 11:00
Beiträge
09:15
“A Strange Animal”: Defining Humanity in *Gulliver’s Travels*
-
Corrina Readioff
(
University of Liverpool
)
09:45
Humility, Humiliation, and Humanity in *Gulliver’s Travels*
-
Nicholas Seeger
(
Keele University
)
10:15
“Earth reeking with the blood of its inhabitants”: Environmental Satire in Jonathan Swift’s *Gulliver’s Travels*
-
Adam James Smith
(
York St John University
)
10:45
Discussion
11:15
Contexts
11:15 - 12:30
Beiträge
11:15
Gulliver and the Golden Rule
-
Melinda Rabb
(
Brown University, Rhode Island
)
11:45
Welcome to the 1726 Birthday Party! Contextualizing *Gulliver's Travels* in Early Enlightenment Thought
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Sonja Fielitz
(
Marburg University
)
12:15
Discussion
14:00
Textual and Bibliographical Aspects
14:00 - 15:15
Beiträge
14:00
*Several Copies of Verses on Occasion of Mr. Gulliver's Travels* (1727)
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James Woolley
(
Lafayette College, Easton
)
14:30
The Text, Contexts, and Afterlives of the Lindalino Episode
-
Kirsten Juhas
(
University of Münster
)
15:00
Discussion
15:30
Taking Stock: Achievements and Failures
15:30 - 16:45
Beiträge
15:30
Method in the Criticism of *Gulliver's Travels*, Part Four
-
Stephen Karian
(
University of Missouri
)
16:00
Responses
16:30
Discussion
16:45
Farewell
-
Hermann J. Real
(
University of Münster
)
Farewell
Hermann J. Real
(
University of Münster
)
16:45 - 17:00