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12th Coleridge Summer Conference

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

 

 21-28 July 2010

*  *  *  Call for Papers  *  *  *  Registration  *  *  *

 

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. 

 

* * * Call for Papers * * *

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.
 

Format

STC 2010 will start on Wednesday 21 July with a 6:30 reception, and end after breakfast on Wednesday 28 July.  For those coming to the conference for the first time, our programme (from 2008) sets out the format.

Cost

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.
 

Bursaries

A number of bursaries at £300 are available - go to Bursary Application Form

We are committed to enabling graduate students, who would not otherwise be able to finance the cost of the conference, to come to this essential Coleridgean event, and are glad to acknowledge the continuing support of the Charles Lamb Society who have once again offered two Charles Lamb Society Bursaries for STC 2010. We also thank our other donors, especially the authors of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and the Sciences of Life who started the conference bursary fund by donating their royalties in 2000.

 

Book Stall

Alex Alec-Smith will be present with her Romantics book stall for academics, collectors, students and general readers.

 

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Conference Secretary Graham Davidson (left) and Conference Director: Nick Roe (right)
look forward to welcoming you to STC 2010 

with a genial emphasis of course...



Views of the glorious conference setting:  The Quantock Hills and Cannington

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