The Thirteenth International Milton Symposium will be held at the University of Toronto, Canada, 10-14 July 2023. The Symposium looks forward to welcoming scholars from across the world for five days of lively discussion and convivial exchanges.
Plenary Speakers at a Glance
Feisal Mohamed, Yale University
Lycidas and the Maritime Policy of Charles I
Monday 11:15
David Quint, Yale University
Epic and Exodus
Tuesday 11:30
Lorna Hutson, University of Oxford
Neptune’s Sway: Bodies and Boundaries in the “Island Nation” Fiction, 1550-1700
Wednesday 11:30
Achsah Guibbory, Barnard College
From Milton’s Exceptionalism to America’s Nationalism: Milton’s Late Writings, The Conquest of Canaan (1785), and the Current Rise of Christian Nationalism
Thursday 11:30
Nicholas McDowell, University of Exeter
“Of True Virtue Void”: The Virtue Politics of John Milton
Thursday 3:45
Su Fang Ng, Virginia Tech
Milton and Imperial Cartography
Friday 11:30
All plenary lectures will be held in the Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St. W.
Sponsors
Department of English (St. George Campus)
Department of English & Drama (Mississauga Campus)
Department of English (Scarborough Campus)
Department of Classics (St. George Campus)
Department of Comparative Literature (St. George Campus)
Department of History (St. George Campus)
Department of Philosophy (St. George Campus)
Women and Gender Studies Institute (St. George Campus)
Canada Research Chair Program, SSHRC
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