CFP: [20th] Lawrence Durrell Society, 15th biannual conference :: 1-5 July 2008

UPDATE: Deadline extended to *15 March 2008*.

(if you plan to engage in the excursions, please notify the organizers
early in order to have space reserved)

On Miracle Ground XV (2008)
Call for Papers

LAWRENCE Durrell: A Writer at the Crossroads of Arts and Sciences

http://www.lawrencedurrell.org/parisXV.htm

July 1st - 5th, 2008
Université Paris X - Nanterre
CREE (CREA EA 370)

In partnership with the l'Université Toulouse Le Mirail, l'Université Paris
XII, Louisiana Tech University, University of Victoria, University of
Arkansas, and the International Lawrence Durrell Society

"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the
fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true arts and science."
Albert Einstein, "What I believe" 1930

The aim of this conference is to explore Lawrence Durrell's universe at the
crossroads of arts and science, but also to investigate the world of Paris
between the wars as the artistic and intellectual magnet that drove so many
artists to become expatriates.

The sessions will focus on the relationships between Durrell's works and
the aesthetic context as well as the development of scientific research.
Contributions dealing with the Parisian intellectual and artistic crucible,
the arts of politics, artistic intertextuality (drama, music, painting,
philosophy), the scientific fabric (Durrell's investigations into quantum
theory and psychoanalysis) are particularly welcome. But other proposals on
wider fields will be examined as well.

Submissions for papers including a 250-word abstract, a short biography,
and possibly a bibliography, as well as any request for specific material
(recorder, videoprojector or other) should be sent by March 15th, 2008 to:

(email submissions)
Durrellconference2008_at_u-paris10.fr

(postal submissions)
    Corinne Alexandre-Garner
    UFR Anglo-Americaine
    Université Paris X
    200 Avenue de la Rèpublique, 92001
    Nanterre, France.

Plenary sessions will be organized every morning until approximately 1 p.m.
and will be followed by relevant cultural events in Paris in the afternoon.
At night, a wide range of entertainment and typical cuisine will be
available. There will be a banquet on a cruise of the Seine.

In the year following the conference, a selection of the best papers will
be published in the new Lawrence Durrell collection by the Presses
Universitaires Paris 10.

Also see: http://anglais.u-paris10.fr/spip.php?article1090

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