James Decker has announced that the 52nd annual Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture after 1900 will once again feature a session sponsored by the International Lawrence Durrell Society. Proposals are requested by 20-minute presentations on the relationship of the profane and the holy in the modernist era. The deadline for submitting proposals is 5 …
On Miracle Ground XXII, the biannual conference of the International Lawrence Durrell Society, took place on July 4-6, 2024 in Athens, Greece. And what a fabulous occasion it was! In addition to scholarly and creative presentations, attendees enjoyed a number of delicious meals together and a special outing on Monday, July 8, to the island …
As has been the custom for many years, members of the International Lawrence Durrell Society gathered at the Conference for Literature Since 1900 at the University of Louisville on 22-25 February 2024. A stimulating panel featured scholarly presentations by Umme Al-Wazedi, James Clawson, and James Gifford and was followed by nightly festive dinners together. The …
The 2023 White Mice Contest results are in! In keeping with the ILDS conference to be held in Athens in early July 2024, the theme was “Ruins.” As always, the poems are evocative and powerful. Thanks to Dianne Vipond, Julia Hardie Kaczvinsky, and Julie Kane for serving as judges. To view the winners and read …
The latest edition of the ILDS Herald is here! It is packed with many exciting articles: Reflections on the life of Durrell’s wife Claude by her niece, Sibylle Vincendon; James Clawson’s study of Durrell and artificial intelligence in The Revolt of Aphrodite; Christopher Bacon’s account of his encounters with Larry; the final installment of Pamela Francis’s …
On Miracle Ground XXII, co-sponsored by the International Lawrence Durrell Society and Hellenic American University, will take place in Athens, Greece. Events will be held at HAU in the Kolonaki district of the city on the weekend of 4-6 July 2024. Click here to read details and the Call for Papers. We encourage everyone to …
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 …
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 …
The new issue of The Herald has arrived! Beautifully edited by Peter Baldwin and Steve Moore, it is chock full of wonderful material, including moving tributes to the late H. R. “Stoney” Stoneback and Edmund Keeley. And don’t forget to mark your calendars for the ILDS virtual conference on June 9-11, 2022. To read the issue, …
