UPDATED INFORMATION: The deadline for abstracts to Indiana University's
Ian Fleming Conference has been extended to January 15, 2003. Final
decisions on the program will be made by January 31, 2003.
Ian Fleming, 007, and Twentieth-Century Culture
May 30-June 2, 2003
Indiana University-Bloomington
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the publication of Casino
Royale, Ian Fleming's first novel featuring James Bond, the Indiana
University Department of English and Lilly Library will host a symposium
dedicated to critical readings of Fleming, 007, and their impact on mid
and late twentieth-century culture. Indiana seems an appropriate, if
unlikely, site for such a meeting because of the extensive archive of
Ian Fleming materials housed in the Lilly Library on the Bloomington
campus. Conference organizers are also working closely with the Ian
Fleming Foundation to create what promises to be a multi-disciplinary
event.
We are seeking papers for a mid-size academic conference and potential
inclusion in both a special issue of symploke and a scholarly volume to
be compiled after the event is held. Papers may deal with any topic
related to Fleming's fiction, the films which are based on them, or any
other aspect of Fleming's - and James Bond's - continuing significance.
Possible topics might include the following: Fleming and Cold War
Paranoia; Bond and mid-century sexology; Fleming and Popular Fiction;
Bond parodies and his offspring: Matt Helm, Our Man Flint, and Austin
Powers; Bond's gadgets and paraphernalia; Swinging London; Translation
from Fiction to Film; Desire, Gender, and Sexuality in Fleming's
Fiction; Bond and the Star System; Fleming, Suspense, and Deferral.
The organizers intend for the symposium to feature panels in which
contributors will deliver précis of full-length papers and that all
papers will be made available in advance so that they might be read by
participants. To this end, we hope to implement the following schedule:
January 15: Abstracts of paper (250 words)
January 31: Final decisions on program
April 1: Drafts of all papers due (in electronic and hard copy)
May 1: Program finalized; all papers to be included on conference
website
Ultimately, our goals are fourfold: 1. an intellectual exchange; 2. a
special issue of symploke; 3. a publishable volume; 4. an entertaining
and memorable event.
CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS: Ed Comentale, Steve Watt, Skip Willman
SUBMIT ABSTRACTS AND QUERIES ELECTRONICALLY TO:
Professor Ed Comentale
Department of English
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405
E-mail: ecomenta@indiana.edu
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