Keynote Speakers include:
Professor Dame Gillian Beer
Anthea Bell
Adam Phillips
James Wood
CALL FOR PAPERS
W. G. 'Max' Sebald taught European Literature and Creative Writing at the
University of East Anglia until his untimely death in 2001. Reluctant to
call his work 'novels', he published hybrid books that meditate upon
history, human tragedy, memory, writing and the inner life. Sebald wrote
against the mainstream contemporary novel but in an unmistakably distinctive
voice. This conference will honour Sebald's memory, and provide a unique
opportunity to assess the significance of his oeuvre, by bringing together
critics from across disciplinary and national boundaries to reflect on his
writing, and also by placing his texts in a wider creative context provided
by several special events. The conference will include a performance based
on Sebald's work by colleagues from UEA's Drama Studio, an exhibition of
visual material relating to his writing from the Sainsbury Centre for Visual
Arts and an opportunity to retrace some of Sebald's steps around the East
Anglian countryside.
Topics for panels will include the following aspects of Sebald's writing:
Art, Architecture, Photography, Poetry, Trauma, Place, Exile, Walking,
Memory, Translation, History, and Humour.
Organizing Committee: Dr Jeannette Baxter
Dr Jean Boase-Beier
Amanda Hopkinson
Professor Lyndsey Stonebridge
Send abstracts (200 words + title) in English to Dr Jeannette Baxter
(j.baxter@uea.ac.uk) by 31 March 2008.
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