This conference sounds like it would be perfect for my H.G. Wells tank paper. I don’t know if I can travel to the UK, but I might send in a proposal if I can arrange it. If you’re working on the intersection of science and literature, and you’ll be in the UK next March, read on for the details!
The 4th annual conference of the British Society for Literature and Science will take place at the University of Reading on 27th-29th March, 2009.
Keynote speakers will include Dame Gillian Beer, formerly King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at Cambridge; Patrick Parrinder, Professor of English at the University of Reading; and Simon Conway Morris, Professor of Evolutionary Palaeontology at Cambridge.
The Society invites proposals for 20-minute research papers addressing any aspect of the interaction between literature and science; collaborative panels of two or three papers; and papers or panels on the teaching of literature and science. We welcome work on literature from all periods and countries, and on all aspects of science, including medicine and technology. Presenters need not be based in UK institutions.
Please email proposals of up to 400 words to Dr John Holmes (j.r.holmes [at] reading.ac.uk) by Monday 1st December, together with a 100-word biographical note (or in the case of a panel, abstracts and notes for each speaker). Please send abstracts in the body of messages; do not use attachments. Alternatively, abstracts and proposals may be posted to:
Dr John Holmes
Department of English and American Literature University of Reading,
Whiteknights PO Box 218 Reading, RG6 6AA, UK.Please address any queries to Dr John Holmes at the email or postal address above.
