Public Talks will be held in the Millet Room of Russell House at Wesleyan University
Wednesday, May 9
9:00-12:00, Arthur Danto and Susan Suleiman present talks on Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener" (click here for live webcast)
1:00-4:00, faculty working groups
Thursday, May 10
9:00-12:00, Rebecca Goldstein and David Konstan present talks on Descartes's Meditations (click here for live webcast)
1:00-4:00, faculty working groups
The Philosophy and Literature conference is made by possible by generous support from the Raymond E. Baldwin Lecture Fund and a Mellon Workshop Grant, as well from the College of Letters, and the departments of English, German Studies, Philosophy, and Romance Languages and Literatures at Wesleyan University.
Baldwin Lecture Endowment 
The Baldwin Lecture endowment is named in honor of Raymond E. Baldwin '16, the only person to have held Connecticut's three highest public offices: governor, U.S. Senator, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The Baldwin Lecture fund is designed to bring to the Wesleyan campus nationally and internationally known figures in public affairs for formal and informal exchanges with members of the Wesleyan community.
Mellon Workshop Grant
The Mellon Foundation grant to Amherst, Grinnell, Oberlin, Pomona, Reed, Smith, Wesleyan, and Williams provides funds to support workshops designed and organized by faculty members on scholarly and pedagogical topics.
