We are a non-profit educational organization promoting the works and study of Lawrence Durrell, a writer most active in the second half of the 20th century. To support an understanding of Durrell’s place in modernist and postmodernist traditions as well as in a canon of world literature, we sponsor meetings worldwide, publish a newsletter and journal, and provide a number of other resources. Learn more about who we are, what we do, and how to get involved on the Society page.
May 2023 Herald
The latest issue of The Herald, co-edited by Peter Baldwin and Steve Moore, is now available. As with previous issues, this one is chock full of wonderful material and beautiful graphics. Moreover, additional detailed information is provided about the upcoming On Miracle Ground Conference to be hosted at American Hellenic College in Athens, Greece on 4-7 July 2024. Check it out here!
On Miracle Ground XXII
It is official! The next On Miracle Ground Conference, sponsored by the International Lawrence Durrell Society, will take place in Athens, Greece. Events will be held at Hellenic American University in the Kolonaki district of the city on the weekend of 4-7 July 2024. We encourage everyone to put this conference on next year’s calendar – it is sure to be another memorable gathering of Durrellians, celebrating good literature and spirited camaraderie.
Good Times in Louisville
Again this year, James Decker put together a stimulating panel of papers representing the International Lawrence Durrell Society at the 50th annual Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture after 1900, held from 23-25 February 2023. The session itself was excellent, but the weekend also included the annual Board meeting and featured plenty of time for camaraderie at Louisville restaurants. It was wonderful to connect with old friends and dedicated Durrellians and to celebrate good food and literary community.
November 2022 Herald
The latest issue of The Herald, beautifully edited by Peter Baldwin and Steve Moore, is now available! It includes a message from our new president, James Gifford, an abstract of the paper by Ali Reza Shahbazin that won this year’s Godshalk prize for new Durrell scholarship, an essay by Pamela Francis on the history of the Coptic church, and David Nigel Lloyd’s telling of how he discovered the Durrells. All of this plus the usual Herald features. To read the issue, click here.
On Miracle Ground XXI
Thanks to all who participated in On Miracle Ground XXI, the bi-annual conference of the International Lawrence Durrell Society, originally scheduled for Toulouse, France in 2020, that was held on-line on June 9-11, 2022. The theme for the conference was “Mysticisms, Heresies, and Heterotopias in the Works of Lawrence Durrell.” The papers were terrific, and the camaraderie was outstanding. Congratulations to Ali Reza Shahbazin on winning the William Godschalk Prize for New Durrell Scholarship and to winners of the 2019 and 2021 White Mice Poetry Contests.
