LOST MEASURE
A Conference on H.D.
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
September 20-22, 2002
Deadline for abstracts: June 15, 2002
CALL FOR PAPERS
H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) is one of the foremost modernist poets of the
20th century. Born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, she attended Bryn Mawr
College before resettling in London. H.D. was associated with the imagist
movement early in her career; she formed close associations with leading
modernist writers and intellectuals of her day, including Ezra Pound, D.
H. Lawrence, and Sigmund Freud. She also did free translations and
adaptations from Greek poetry and drama, and appeared in an avant-garde
film called "Borderline."
This conference, co-organized by the English Department at Lehigh
University and the H.D. Society, aims to contribute to the field of H.D.
studies by exploring H.D.'s life and writing in her own hometown. We hope
to bring accomplished H.D. scholars into dialogue with each other, and
empower new voices to join the discussion. The two-day conference will
consist of:
* formal scholarly papers and discussion
* a community-oriented talk for the general public
* a poetry reading, including performances H.D.'s poems
* a screening of the Kenneth MacPherson film _Borderline_
* a tour of H.D. sites in Bethlehem
* a celebration of H.D.'s influence on contemporary literature
Keynote speaker: Susan Stanford Friedman, University of Wisconsin
Short papers (20 minutes) are invited on all topics related to H.D.,
including but not limited to: H.D. and sexuality; psychoanalysis;
mourning; tropes of space and place in H.D.'s writing; H.D.'s classicism,
and H.D.'s role in the transatlantic modernist movement.
Please send 250 word proposals to:
Amardeep Singh (amsp@lehigh.edu) by June 15, 2002
Early inquiries welcomed.
Conference website (check for updates):
http://www.lehigh.edu/~amsp/h-d.htm
Lehigh Sponsors include: the Humanities Center, the Women's Center,
Women's Studies, English, American Studies, and History
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