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Woolf Conference
--2007--
The 17th
Annual Conference
Miami University
of Ohio
17th Annual International Conference on
Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf: Art, Education and Internationalism
The 17th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf will
take place
Thursday June 7 through Sunday June 10, 2007 at the Marcum Conference
Center
of Miami University of Ohio, in Oxford, Ohio.
The conference will be connected to the Miami University English
Department
Graduate Summer Institute ˆa program offering graduate credit
for students
who attend a pre-conference summer session seminar taught by Diana
Royer and
Madelyn Detloff on „Virginia Woolf: Art, Education and Internationalism.‰
We anticipate that the conference and institute will draw on
the
particular strengths of Miami University, including its strong
offerings in
feminist rhetoric, creative writing, Women‚s Studies, and
women‚s
literature. Oxford is also home to the Western College Program
˜an
interdisciplinary school that continues the tradition of the Western
College
for Women, founded in 1853 and incorporated into Miami University
in 1974.
In addition to being one of the first colleges for women in
the U.S.,
Western College was the training grounds for Freedom Summer voting
rights
activists in June of 1964.
The conference organizers are Diana Royer <royerda@muohio.edu>
and Madelyn
Detloff <detlofmm@muohio.edu>.
Further details about the conference will be
posted to the VWoolf Listserv as they become available.
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Woolf
Conference
--2006--
The
16th Annual Conference
Birmingham,
UK 'Woolfian
Boundaries'
16th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf
22nd - 25th June 2006
In affiliation with the International Virginia Woolf Society and
the Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain. Hosted by the University
of Birmingham.
This conference takes Virginia Woolf to Britain 's second city in
order to explore her work from perspectives ‘beyond the boundary'
of her own positions and attitudes. Her coolness towards the provinces
and ‘prejudice' against the regional novel ( Letters 6. 381)
are thus the starting-point for considering her writing in the light
of its own ‘limits', self-declared and otherwise.
The conference will centre on a series of parallel paper sessions,
plus keynote addresses and round-table discussions. Featured speakers
include:
Melba Cuddy-Keane
Victoria Glendinning
Ruth Gruber
Paul Levy
Christopher Reed
Lisa Williams
Other events will include displays, exhibitions and performances,
plus:
* Reception at Birmingham 's Victorian Council Chambers building
- THURSDAY
* An evening at the University's Barber Institute of Arts with its
world-renowned collection of paintings - FRIDAY
* Banquet at the Botanical Gardens - SATURDAY
Birmingham is in central England and very close to a range of cities
and locations including Stratford , Warwick , Worcester , Oxford
, Lichfield and the Malvern Hills .
The airport is approximately nine miles from the city centre. The
conference location is a minute's walk from celebrated attractions
like Birmingham Symphony Hall, Repertory Theatre and Central Library
and Art Gallery with its famous collection of Pre-Raphaelite and
other paintings. See information on the University and the City
of Birmingham and the Birmingham Convention Bureau website.
Conference will be held at:
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Central Square
Holliday Street
Birmingham B1 1HH
UK
See Call for Papers and Panel Proposals
To register please see Registration
Conference Accommodation For more information
contact us by email vwoolf2006@adf.bham.ac.uk
or by post at the Department of English address above.
Information also listed at: http://www.utoronto.ca/IVWS/16thVWoolf.html
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