Call for papers
Colloquium: Campbell in Context
Date: 25-26 July 2002
Venue: University of Durban-Westville, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South
Africa
Roy Campbell remains one of South Africa’s best known poets. 2001 was
the centenary of Roy Campbell’s birth. Prompted by this, the School of
Languages and Literature, University of Durban-Westville, will host an
inter-disciplinary colloquium on Campbell, in the city of his birth. It
is intended that the scope will be wide ranging, with papers addressing
issues pertinent to his diverse oeuvre, as well as the contexts within
which he worked.
Possible topics include (but are not restricted to):
* Campbell’s influence on South African literature
* Voorslag and the Natal experience
* The role of the Campbell family in Durban
* Campbell and the Bloomsbury group
* Campbell’s Europe
* Campbell’s politics
* Campbell’s religious poetry
* Campbell’s translations
* Biographies and plays on Campbell
Abstracts of 250 words should be submitted (by e-mail or fax) by 30
April 2002.
After the colloquium the convenors intend to compile a volume of essays
comprising selected papers. Participants will be requested to submit
their papers by June 30, 2002.
Contact:
Professor J-P. Wade
Centre for the Study of Southern African Literature and Languages
University of Durban-Westville
Private Bag X 54001
Durban 4000 South Africa
e-mail: pwade@pixie.udw.ac.za
Or
Professor J.E. Coullie
English Literary and Cultural Studies
University of Durban-Westville
Private Bag X 54001
Durban 4000 South Africa
e-mail: jcoullie@pixie.udw.ac.za
fax: 27 (0)31 709 6016
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