The 23rd Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf: Woolf and the Common(wealth) Reader begins this week. Will you be there? Whether you are going to the conference or not, consider joining the Woolfian conversation by adding a comment below.
This year’s conference, from June 6-9 at the Coast Plaza Hotel and Suites in Vancouver, is sponsored by Simon Fraser University and organized by Helen Wussow.
The conference topic encompasses Woolf’s interactions with/influence on Commonwealth writers, the issues of “common” wealth, and discussions of wealth and gender, colonialism and gender, imperialism, politics, and a host of other related topics such as reading Woolf as a member of the Commonwealth.
On the conference website are submission guidelines, hotel information, information about traveling to Vancouver, and a description of a post-conference tour.
Helen Wussow, conference organizer, announced 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
She also said that on Friday, June 7, 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.
