Louisville 2025 Call for Papers
“Of paradise terrestre”: Secular and Spiritual Modernisms
Session sponsored by the International Lawrence Durrell Society
Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture after 1900
The International Lawrence Durrell Society requests proposals for 20-minute presentations on the relationship of the profane and the holy in the modernist era.
Potential topics include:
- Spiritual crises and formal experimentation
- Mysticism and the Avant-Garde
- Spirituality and the body
- Modernism and non-Western faith
- Rituals and subversion
- Gender, spirituality and modernism
Deadline for submission of proposal is 5 October 2024.
Please plan for a presentation of no more than twenty minutes. Submit proposal by email to jdecker@icc.edu
Include two attachments in pdf, rtf or doc format:
- The first attachment should consist of a 300-word abstract (double-spaced and titled), omitting all references to the submitter.
- The second attachment should contain a cover page that includes the following information:
- Name as it will appear in the program
- Address (preferably home address)
- E-mail address (necessary to confirm your acceptance)
- Academic affiliation, if applicable
- Title of paper/work (as it will appear in the program)
- National origin/genre of work(s) discussed (please be specific)
- Personal biographical note (100-150 words)
The 52nd annual Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture after 1900 will be held at the University of Louisville, February 20-22, 2025.
Please see the conference’s official website for additional information.