We have received a stimulating range of applications on the conference topics Coleridge, the Coleridge Circle, Coleridge and Women, and Coleridge in 1812 and Romantic Writing and Culture more generally. We thank all those who have submitted proposals for conference papers: our responses are being sent out today. Any enquiries should be sent to the conference director,Tim Fulford
The Coleridge Summer Conference has a new four day format, running from midday Monday 23 July to the afternoon of Friday 27 July, keenly priced at 400 GBP including accommodation, meals, and excursions, plus for an optional 28 GBP supplement we offer another innovation - the Conference Banquet.
We are continuing, in 2012, our long established residence in Coleridge's Somerset at the foot of the Quantock Hills at the Cannington campus of Bridgwater College. Our usual venue Clifford Hall is unfortunately scheduled for redevelopment and unavailable in 2012. In its place we have modern premises with high tech facilities.
We offer a full and stimulating programme of lectures, papers, walks, excursions, and convivial social gatherings in historic surroundings that keep the conference in touch with a thousand years of local history, culminating in the time of Coleridge's stay in the Quantock Hills area between 1797 and 1799.
Plans include:
All excursions and walks are optional. If you choose to relax locally, the College’s extensive garden grounds are available for all participants, and there are a variety of walks in the village and on the levels towards the River Parrett. The Rose and Crown inn will welcome us in the evenings. And the Person from Porlock is expected. Join us for drinks and talk under the stars on long balmy summer evenings.
Conference Committee:
Paul Cheshire, Felicity James, Peter Larkin, Gregory Leadbetter
