Melville's Legacy for Law and the Humanities
Fri, Oct 24
|U of Cincinnati Law School
Organizations: LHI and U of Cincinnati Law School Click "RSVP" for details.
Time & Location
Oct 24, 2025, 9:00 AM – Oct 25, 2025, 12:00 PM
U of Cincinnati Law School, 2925 Campus Green Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA
About The Event
The LHI event "Melville's Legacy for Law and the Humanities" took place at the U of Cincinnati College of Law and the Conservatory of Music there on 24-25 October 2025.
The great writer was remembered as a source of pleasure and wisdom during these troubled times. Sanford Levinson and David Caudill spoke on MOBY DICK, and a recognizable group resumed their debates on BILLY BUDD, SAILOR: Brook Thomas, Robin West, Richard Weisberg among others.
A musical interlude of superb selections from operas based on Melville's works highlighted the affair. The final panel included a paper on "Bartleby, the Scrivener" and Caudill's traditional banjo-accompanied musical summary of the entire event.
A lively discussion including a dozen or so comments from audience members demonstrated if such were needed that Herman Melville speaks to all generations in this otherwise A-I influenced world.
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