[ecrea] Call for papers: Under the Volcano, 70 Years On

*Call for papers: /Under the Volcano/, 70 Years On*

*International conference, Liverpool John Moores University and 
Bluecoat, Liverpool, UK, Friday 28 and Saturday 29 July 2017*

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*Confirmed speakers*

Sherrill Grace OC (Professor Emerita, University of British Columbia); 
Michael Schmidt OBE FRSL; Paul Tiessen (Professor Emeritus, Wilfrid 
Laurier University); Vik Doyen (KU Leuven); Miguel Mota (University of 
British Columbia); Chris Ackerley (Professor Emeritus, University of 
Otago); David Large (University of Otago); Patrick A. McCarthy 
(University of Miami)

*Outline*

2017 marks the seventieth anniversary of the publication of Malcolm 
Lowry’s great modernist novel /Under the Volcano/, and the sixtieth 
anniversary of Lowry’s death. This two-day international conference will 
explore the legacy of Lowry’s work, his literary status today and his 
ongoing role as source of inspiration to creative writers and artists 
across various disciplines. The conference appropriately takes place in 
Liverpool, across the Mersey from Lowry’s birthplace on the Wirral. 
Since 2009, Bluecoat (Liverpool’s contemporary arts centre) has worked 
with the Firminists, an informal collective of Lowry enthusiasts and 
academics, to stage an annual ‘Lowry Lounge’ to celebrate the writer in 
the place of his birth. This programme has included guided walks, film 
screenings, talks and discussions, archival displays, music and other 
creative responses to Lowry, and book launches of the University of 
Ottawa Press critical editions of /Swinging the Maelstrom/ (2013), /In 
Ballast to the White Sea /(2014) and /The 1940/ /Under the Volcano/ 
(2015). The 2017 Lowry Lounge will take place on Saturday 29 July at 
Bluecoat and conference delegates will have the opportunity to 
participate in the programme.

We welcome proposals for 20-minute papers or ideas for panels. Topics 
might include, but need not be limited to:

·/Under the Volcano/as canonical, cult, or (late-)modernist novel

·Reappraising Lowry as a literary figure today: where does Lowry sit in 
the canons or contexts of English/British and/or Canadian and/or North 
American literature?

·The concept of the masterpiece in relation to a writer’s oeuvre as a 
whole: is /Under the Volcano/ Lowry’s only wholly successful work?

·Lowry and politics, especially in relation to the recently published 
/In Ballast to the White Sea/

·Editing Lowry and the new critical editions of his texts; genetic criticism

·Place and psychogeographical approaches to Lowry

·Lowry and temporality – the fluidity of time and memory in Lowry’s writing

·Lowry and intertextuality

·Lowry and cinema, music, or other art forms

·Lowry as source or inspiration for contemporary creative work

·Lowry and gender

Alongside academic papers we would also welcome presentations of 
creative work inspired by or connected to Lowry, including film, visual 
art or work in other media. There will be opportunities to screen or 
display such work as part of the event.

Please submit 300-word proposals along with a short (200 words max) 
biographical note to Helen Tookey (h.j.tookey /at/ ljmu.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(h.j.tookey /at/ ljmu.ac.uk)>*by 30 November 2016*.

*Organising committee*

Helen Tookey (Liverpool John Moores University)

Bryan Biggs (Artistic Director, Bluecoat)

Robert Sheppard (Edge Hill University)

Ailsa Cox (Edge Hill University)

Mark Goodall (University of Bradford)

Colin Dilnot (Merseyside-based artist and researcher)

*Location*

Liverpool is on the North-West coast of England and has airport 
connections via Liverpool John Lennon Airport (20 min. from city centre) 
or Manchester Airport (30 miles), as well as excellent road and rail 
links (2 hours 15 min from London by train). A former European Capital 
of Culture (in 2008), the city has a superb cultural offer of galleries, 
museums, theatres and other attractions, excellent restaurants, 
affordable hotels and a vibrant nightlife. It is also within easy reach 
of coastal walks, the Wirral peninsula and North Wales.


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