{"id":2295,"date":"2012-01-03T17:53:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T17:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/scitent.com\/2012\/01\/03\/reminder-20th-international-thomas-hardy-conference-and-festival-3312012-818-262012\/"},"modified":"2012-01-03T17:53:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T17:53:00","slug":"reminder-20th-international-thomas-hardy-conference-and-festival-3312012-818-262012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navsa.org\/2012\/01\/03\/reminder-20th-international-thomas-hardy-conference-and-festival-3312012-818-262012\/","title":{"rendered":"Reminder: 20th International Thomas Hardy Conference and Festival (3\/31\/2012; 8\/18-26\/2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/ThomasHardy1.png\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/ThomasHardy1.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">20th International Thomas Hardy Conference and Festival<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Dorchester, UK, 18-26 August 2012<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">We are soliciting papers from Hardy scholars around the world for the&nbsp;Twentieth International Thomas Hardy Conference&nbsp;and Festival&nbsp;which will take place in Dorchester, UK from 18-26th August, 2012. Proposals should take the form of&nbsp;an abstract not exceeding 250 words max for papers of 20 minutes duration. These will be delivered in chaired parallel sessions throughout the week as part of the academic program of lectures, seminars, talks and the postgraduate symposium. Proposals may address any aspect of Hardy\u2019s life, work and thought but we are particularly keen to encourage papers focusing on the following areas:&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Hardy and Genre (particularly the short story).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Hardy and the Visual and\/or Plastic Arts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Hardy and Intertextuality.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Hardy and Cultural Heritage.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Wessex and the wider world.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Hardy and international politics.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">International responses to the work of Thomas Hardy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Hardy\u2019s influence on poets, writers and musicians (including popular musicians) in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><o:p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/o:p><b><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Proposals should be addressed to:<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">\u2018Call for Papers\u2019 \u2013 ( The Thomas Hardy Society) Dr. Jane Thomas, <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Department of English University of Hull, <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">East Yorkshire HU6 7RX<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:j.e.thomas@hull.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\">j.e.thomas@hull.ac.uk<\/a>&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">All submissions will be read and adjudicated by an academic panel.&nbsp; The closing date is <b>31st March 2012<\/b>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">The best of the papers given at the Conference will be eligible for publication in the peer-reviewed <i>Thomas Hardy Journal<\/i> appearing in Autumn 2012.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Conference delegates contributing to the panels will be required to register for the Conference and Festival (\u2018Day Rates\u2019 can be negotiated) and will be responsible for finding their own accommodation, which they are advised to do as soon as possible as accommodation is likely to be scarce in August in view of the Sailing Olympics.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">A small contingency fund is available to assist accepted speakers who are not affiliated to an Institute of Higher Education or who might require financial assistance to attend the Conference and Festival. Decisions will be made by the adjudicating panel on a case by case basis.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Additional Information:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hardysociety.org\/index.php\/society-conference\">http:\/\/www.hardysociety.org\/index.php\/society-conference<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20th International Thomas Hardy Conference and Festival Dorchester, UK, 18-26 August 2012 We are soliciting papers from Hardy scholars around the world for the&nbsp;Twentieth International Thomas Hardy Conference&nbsp;and Festival&nbsp;which will take place in Dorchester, UK from 18-26th August, 2012. 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