[ecrea] Under the Volcano, 70 Years On- registration open

*Call for papers: /Under the Volcano/, 70 Years On*
*A Malcolm Lowry 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); Tristram Powell (TV and film director)

_Booking and full programme available here:_
https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/conferences/malcolm-lowry-conference
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*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.


*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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