{"id":1965,"date":"2008-01-15T16:32:26","date_gmt":"2008-01-15T16:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/connectreflect.wordpress.com\/2008\/01\/15\/sebald-conference\/"},"modified":"2008-01-15T16:32:26","modified_gmt":"2008-01-15T16:32:26","slug":"sebald-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/news\/?p=1965","title":{"rendered":"Sebald Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"
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W.G.Sebald: An International and Interdisciplinary Conference<\/h1>\n

University of East Anglia, shop<\/a> Friday 5th – Sunday 7th September 2008. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/strong>Keynote Speakers include:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Professor Dame Gillian Beer
\nAnthea Bell
\nAdam Phillips
\nJames Wood<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

CALL FOR PAPERS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

W. G. \u2018Max\u2019 Sebald taught European Literature and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia until his untimely death in 2001. Reluctant to call his work \u2018novels\u2019, discount<\/a> 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\u2019s 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\u2019s work by colleagues from UEA\u2019s 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\u2019s steps around the East Anglian countryside.
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Topics for panels will include the following aspects of Sebald\u2019s writing: Art, Architecture, Photography, Poetry, Trauma, Place, Exile, Walking, Memory, Translation, History, and Humour.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Organizing Committee:<\/span><\/p>\n