#  Program 

 



##  Stanley Cavell's Transcendental Etudes Conference 

**Thursday, October 22, 2026 — Common Room, CSWR, Harvard Divinity School**

- **9:00 AM**: **Coffee and Light Breakfast**
- **9:30 AM**: **Opening Remarks and Words of Welcome**
    
     Charles Stang, Director, Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School
    
     Russell Powell, Research Associate, Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School
    
     Cathleen Cavell and Family
- **10:00 AM**: **Keynote Address 1**
    
     Mark Cladis, Brown University
- **11:00 AM**: **Break**
- **11:30 AM**: **Keynote Address 2**
    
     John Lysaker, Emory University
- **12:30 PM**: **Catered Lunch**
- **1:30 PM**: **Keynote Address 3**
    
     Branka Arsić, Columbia University
- **2:30 PM**: **Break**
- **3:00 PM**: **Panel Discussion with Charles Stang**
    
     Humphrey Morris, Harvard University
    
     Lawrence Buell, Harvard University
    
     Branka Arsić, Columbia University
- **4:00 PM**: **Conference Concludes**



 

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