Northern Modernism Seminar Website University of Birmingham Lecture Theatre 3 in the Law School 10.45 Welcome from Andrzej Gasiorek 11.00 Kirsten Shepherd-Barr (University of Oxford), ‘Biology and the Female Body on Stage: Reproductive Issues in Early Modernist Theatre’ 12.00 Claire Warden (Lincoln University), ‘Saluting the Red Army: Basil Dean’s Russian Adventures’ …
Time and Temporality in European Modernism and the Avant-Gardes (16-18 Sept. 2013)
CFP MDRN conference 1: Time and Temporality in European Modernism and the Avant-Gardes (16-18 Sept. 2013) Call for papers / Click here to visit the conference site Time and Temporality in European Modernism and the Avant-Gardes (1900-1950) 16-18 September 2013 – KU Leuven, Belgium This three-day conference aims to canvass …
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Dorothy Richardson Day Conference CFP
Monday 1 July 2013 Birkbeck College, 43-46 Gordon Square London WC1HT, CFP: Please send titles and abstracts for 20 minute papers on any aspect of Dorothy Richardson’s life and work to Scott McCracken by Friday 12 April 2013. The conference will feature an update on the new Richardson Editions. Accommodation For …
Sat 2 Feb: London Modernism Seminar – Jesse Matz and Sara Danius
A reminder about the London Modernism Seminar this Saturday featuring papers by Jesse Matz and Sara Danius. The seminar will take place at 11-1pm in Senate House (South), room 264. You can find the details as to the papers and brief biographies of the speakers below. Best wishes, Suzanne Hobson, Queen …
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Job: Lecturer in Modernist Literature, University of Kent
Lecturer in Modernist Literature University of Kent -School of English The Role The School of English wishes to appoint a Lecturer in Modernist Literature from 1st September 2013. The successful candidate will have an established research profile and experience in teaching at University level. S/he will contribute to the School’s undergraduate …
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CFP: Edith Wharton and The Custom of the Country: Centennial Reappraisals, Liverpool Hope University
Edith Wharton and The Custom of the Country: Centennial Reappraisals Symposium: 22 and 23 August 2013, Liverpool Hope University, UK Symposium Directors: William Blazek (Liverpool Hope University) and Laura Rattray (University of Glasgow) Call for Papers: 2013 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of Edith Wharton’s much-read and much-analyzed novel …
CFP 15 Feb: Artistic Commitments in the UK 1880-1950, University of Burgundy
Artistic Commitments in the UK 1880-1950 An international conference to be held at the University of Burgundy October 23 and 24, 2013 Within capitalist economics the end of the 19th century witnessed the progressive autonomy of the arts and artists alongside other fields. Autonomisation was however partial and relations between the …
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Anglo-Russian Research Network, 15 February
The next Anglo-Russian Research Network reading group will be examining the work of British Travel Writer Stephen Graham, and his work on Russia in particular. Michael Hughes, Professor of Russian and International History at the University of Liverpool, will be introducing some texts by Graham and leading the discussion, which will …
Problems with Authority: the International Flann O’Brien Conference, CFP 1 Feb 2013
Problems with Authority: The II International Flann O’Brien Conference Rome, June 19-21, 2013 KEYNOTES Jed Esty (University of Pennsylvania) Carol Taaffe (Author of Ireland Through the Looking-Glass: Flann O’Brien, Myles na gCopaleen & Irish Cultural Debate) Dirk Van Hulle (University of Antwerp) The International Flann O’Brien Society is proud to announce that …
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Maverick Voices and Modernity, CFP 1 March 2013
‘We Speak a Different Tongue’: Maverick Voices and Modernity, 1890-1939 Website: http://www.dur.ac.uk/maverick.voices/ St John’s College, Durham University “Maverick Voices and Modernity” is an international conference whose aim is to explore and reflect upon the wide range of writers that were caught up in the Modernist moment, but traditionally fall outside of what …
