CFP: H. G. Wells: From Kent to Cosmopolis
An international conference to be held at the Darwin Conference Suite, University of Kent at Canterbury, England
July 9-11, 2010
CALL FOR PAPERSThe conference marks the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the H. G. Wells Society in 1960 together with the centenary of Wells’s comic masterpiece The History of Mr Polly. It will take place in ( Read more... )
July 9-11, 2010
CALL FOR PAPERSThe conference marks the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the H. G. Wells Society in 1960 together with the centenary of Wells’s comic masterpiece The History of Mr Polly. It will take place in ( Read more... )
H.G. WELLS SOCIETY
Special Conference: 26 September 2009, Women's Library, London
'Ann Veronica': Feminist, Flâneuse and Freethinker?
This interdisciplinary, one-day conference marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of H.G. Wells's 'feminist' novel, Ann Veronica. In this unique conference, we will be exploring the lives and work of women who were associated with Wells or were influenced by him during the Edwardian era.
We welcome hearty debate and papers on the following or related topics:
Ann Veronica, the story of its publication, contents and influence
* How 'feminist' a novel is Ann Veronica?
* Wells's fiction and his portrayal of concerns and interests relating to women, for instance, education, suffrage, sexual freedom and the role of women in his utopian works
* The work and achievements of the women writers who worked alongside Wells during his lifetime
* Wells's relationship with women
Please send a 250-word proposal and a few words about yourself to:
emelynegodfrey@yahoo.com or sylviahardy@btinternet.com by 30 April, 2009.
Speakers will be confirmed June-July.
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