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On April 2-4, three faculty members from the Department of English and Philosophy represented the U.S. Military Academy while presenting academic papers at the “Royal Body Conference,” held at Royal Holloway, University of London, in Egham, Surrey. The conference theme was based upon the important historical notion of “the king’s two bodies, the body natural and the body politic, founded on the distinction between the personal and mortal king and the perpetual and corporate crown.” MAJ Karin Gresham presented “Performing Elective Amputation and Self-Mutilation of the Territorial Body in King Lear.” MAJ Nicholas Utzig presented “‘Don't Even Think About It!’: Imagining Regicide in Tudor England.” Dr. Terri Sabatos presented “‘Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none’: The Body of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, King of Scots.”
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