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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">Time passes! The deadline for proposals to the Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf: Writing the World is approaching: <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">25 January 2014</B>. See our web site: </FONT><A href="http://www.niu.edu/woolfwritingtheworld"><U><FONT color=#0000ff size=3 face="Times New Roman">www.niu.edu/woolfwritingtheworld</FONT></U></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3> <?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Writing the World (Chicago 5-8 June 2014) promises to be lively. <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">In addition to our keynote speakers,</B> we plan the following <STRONG>special events</STRONG>-all-inclusive with your registration fee ($190 regular/$100 students, independent scholars, emeritus or part-time faculty):</FONT></FONT><o:p><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>Ø</FONT><SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Poetry off the Shelf: A Woolf-Inspired Reading with Sina Queyras</B>, June 4, 7 p.m. at The Poetry Foundation<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>Ø</FONT><SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Newberry Library Bloomsbury Exhibit</B>, June 4, 3-4:30 p.m.; June 5 10-11:30 a.m. (limited admission, sign up with registration)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>Ø</FONT><SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Performance of <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Sarah Ruhl's Orlando</B> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>Ø</FONT><SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Multi-media performance/workshop, <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Anna Henson's The Glass Inward</B><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>Ø</FONT><SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Performance of <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Suzanne Bellamy's Two Saints in One Act</B><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>Ø</FONT><SPAN style='FONT: 7pt "Times New Roman"'> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Seminars (limit 15-sign up with registration)</B>:</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Perspectives on Virginia Woolf's Sense of Place, <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Bonnie Kime Scott</B> (San Diego SU)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Queering/Cripping Woolf, <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Madelyn Detloff</B> (Miami U)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Woolf and Bloomsbury Homosexuality, <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Patricia Morgne Cramer</B> (U of Connecticut-Stamford)</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Bloomsbury Worlds, <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Urmila Seshagiri</B> (U of Tennessee) & <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Rishona Zimring</B>, (Lewis</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>and Clark College)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Woolf and Cognition's Outward Turn, <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Melba Cuddy-Keane</B> (U of Toronto)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Your registration will also include breakfasts, morning and afternoon snacks, and two receptions.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Other events include:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Banquet, Sat. June 7, $50.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Sun. June 8, 1:30 and 2:30 p.m., Guided Tours of The Art Institute's Modern Wing, with Loyola's Paula Wisotzki, $18.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Looking forward to getting your proposals and seeing you in June!<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Diana<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<DIV>Diana L. Swanson, Ph.D.</DIV>
<DIV>Associate Professor of Women's Studies & English<BR>Faculty Associate of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Studies</DIV>
<DIV>Faculty Associate of Institute for the Study of the Environment, Sustainability, and Energy
<DIV>Northern Illinois University</DIV></DIV>
<DIV>DeKalb, IL 60115<BR>815-753-6611<BR>dswanson@niu.edu </DIV></SPAN></BODY></HTML>