[Vwoolf] FW: 23rd Annual Virginia Woolf Conference

[Neverow, Vara S.]

Regarding the CFPs for the 23rd Annual Virginia Woolf Conference…

From: Virginia Woolf <virginia-woolf at sfu.ca<mailto:virginia-woolf at sfu.ca>>
Date: Friday, January 18, 2013 12:06 PM
To: "virginia-woolf at sfu.ca<mailto:virginia-woolf at sfu.ca>" <virginia-woolf at sfu.ca<mailto:virginia-woolf at sfu.ca>>
Subject: 23rd Annual Virginia Woolf Conference

Dear Colleagues,

This is a friendly reminder that the due date for proposal submissions is FEBRUARY 1, 2013.  The call for submissions, submission guidelines, hotel information, information about traveling to Vancouver, and a description of a post-conference tour are now all available at the conference website:

http://www.sfu.ca/woolf

I would greatly appreciate it if you would share this information with interested colleagues.  The registration page and biographies of keynote speakers will be on the website soon, but I am privileged to announce that the following individuals have agreed to provide plenary addresses:

Dr. Rosemary Ashton, Quain Emeritus Profesor and Honorary Fellow, University College, London
Dr. Paul Delany, Professor Emeritus, English, Simon Fraser University
Dr. Christine Froula, Professor, English, Comparative Literature Studies, and Gender Studies, Northwestern University
Dr. Mary Ann Gillies, Professor, English, Simon Fraser University
Dr. Sonita Sarker, Professor, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and English, Macalester College
Dr. Jane Stafford, Associate Professor, School of English, Film, Theatre, and Media Studies, Victoria University of Wellington

Furthermore, on Friday, June 7, 2013, conference registrants will have the opportunity to visit the Bill Reid Gallery in downtown Vancouver and have hors d'oeuvres based on Pacific Northwest aboriginal cuisine.  Mike Robinson, the Gallery's Executive Director, will provide an introductory lecture to Pacific Northwest aboriginal art and the work of Bill Reid, a master artist of Haida heritage.  For more information about the Gallery, please see http://www.billreidgallery.ca/

Thank you for your interest in the 23rd Annual Virginia Woolf Conference, "Virginia Woolf and the Common(wealth) Reader," to be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 6-9, 2013 and sponsored by Simon Fraser University.

Best wishes,

Helen Wussow
Associate Professor, English
Dean, Lifelong Learning
Simon Fraser University


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