12th Coleridge Summer Conference

The Genius of Coleridge
—with a genial emphasis of course...

 21-28 July 2010

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Plenary Lecturers:

Paul Cheshire, David Fairer, Marilyn Gaull, Noel Jackson, Kiyoshi Nishiyama, Alan Vardy

The 12th Coleridge Summer Conference will be held at the beautiful Clifford Hall at Cannington continuing our long established residence in Coleridge's Somerset at the foot of the Quantock Hills. STC 2010 will present a full and stimulating programme of lectures, papers, walks, excursions, and convivial social gatherings. The Conference tradition of avoiding 'parallel sessions' of papers continues in 2010.

The College’s extensive garden grounds will be available for all participants, and there are a variety of walks in the village and on the levels towards the River Parrett. Join us for Coleridgean conversation and drinks under the stars on long balmy summer evenings.

The Conference Excursion: Coleridge's Clevedon (left)
We will proceed to Coleridge's Clevedon by way of the National Trust property of Tyntesfield House. Alternatively, join guide Peter Larkin on a walk up to Cadbury Camp and along wooded ridges into the heart of Clevedon through byways Coleridge would have known to finish at the Victorian Pier. Our coach route will take us through Brockley Combe which even in Coleridge's day was a gravelled road beneath a woodland canopy. 

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Our Conference theme for 2010 is ‘The Genius of Coleridge’ and we invite papers on all aspects of Coleridge’s achievements. We also welcome proposals for papers on poems by others in the Coleridge Circle. As in previous Coleridge Conferences, the theme is non-exclusive, a suggested guideline only, and we will be pleased to see proposals for papers on all aspects of Coleridge and British Romanticism.

Proposals should be in the form of an abstract, not less than 200 and not more than 250 words in length, sent in the first instance as an e-mail attached document to the Academic Director, Nicholas Roe at nhr@st-andrews.ac.uk, not later than 15 March 2010. Confirmations will be sent by e-mail prior to 1 April 2010. PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR E-MAIL AND POSTAL ADDRESSES ON THE ABSTRACT ITSELF. Those wanting confirmation before that date for funding purposes will be given a conditional response upon request. A committee of the Conference organisers will consider all proposals. 

For STC 2010 we have kept the increase in fees to a minimum, just £50 more than STC 2008. The cost of attending the conference, including accommodation with ensuite bathroom and meals, will be £600 per person (£1,100 for shared double accommodation), or £425 non-residential.
 

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