The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures is proud to announce the 21st Charles F. Fraker conference. The two-day conference, The Image Reframed: Visions of Instability, will run from Friday, February 10 to Saturday, February 11. The conference will take place in the Michigan League.

Images can sear, blur, fade, or proliferate. Images can be captured, scanned, altered, or reproduced. The image is a subject and an object; there is a categorical instability to the image that belies the hard dimensions of the frame. We will explore images, the way they inform us about the past and the present, and also the way they affect our notions of reality and personhood.

The conference will facilitate a lively and broadly interdisciplinary engagement among Michigan students and faculty, honored guests from around the country and the globe, and distinguished keynote speakers Michael Taussig and W. J. T. Mitchell.

The events will be free and open to the public, we sincerely hope that you can join us.

All events will take place at the Michigan League.

Friday, February 10th
8:00 - 9:00: Welcome table and breakfast, Henderson Room
9:00 - 12:30: Panels, details on site linked below
12:30 - 1:30: Lunch break
1:30 - 5:00: Panels, details on site linked below
5:30 - 7:00: Keynote speaker: Michael Taussig, Michigan Room
7:00 - 8:30: Reception, Michigan Room

Saturday, February 11th
8:00 - 9:00: Welcome table and breakfast, Henderson Room
9:00 - 12:30: Panels, details on site linked below
12:30 - 1:30: Lunch break
1:30 - 3:00: Keynote speaker: W.J.T. Mitchell, Michigan Room

A detailed schedule is available at the Conference website: http://sites.lsa.umich.edu/frakerconference/