The 2009 Wordsworth Summer Conference

Monday 27 July to Thursday 6 August at Forest Side, Grasmere, Cumbria

Reflections: photo Anthony Harding

12 Keynote Lectures + 6 half-day excursions and 1 all-day excursion + 32-34 papers "The Wordsworth Summer Conference remains the least utilitarian, most congenial, most conversational, and least sedentary conference in the academic world. It offers a unique blend of full-scale lectures, well-spaced papers with generous discussion time, and a significant experience of Grasmere and Lakeland." Registration fee: £155 - £185 Youth Hostel Half Board: £165 - £330 (one part - both parts) Hotel Full Board: £550 - £740 (10-day prices)

Keynote Lecturers

Part 1 (27 July to 1 August)

Frances Ferguson   Paul H Fry  
Stephen Gill   Claire Lamont
Nicholas Roe   Fiona Stafford  

Part 2 (1 to 6 August)

Gillian Beer   Frederick Burwick
   Richard Cronin   Yoko Ima-Izumi
Michael O'Neill   Ann Wroe 

Features

•   A full 9 days in Grasmere [two parts, of 5 nights each, with a changeover day]
•   Full Board Hotel Rates for 10 nights: £550*, £600*, £660*, £740* (Hotel)
•   Youth Hostel Half-Board prices £165 (5 nights) £330 (10 nights)
•   Some apartments for three may be available (see Prospectus)
•   12 Bursaries available
•   Non-resident fee £185 including all excursions (or £155 for one part only) with a 10% discount for Members and Friends of the Foundation
•   Excursions to such places as Hutton-in-the-Forest, Mirehouse, Blackwell, and Cartmel Abbey or up to seventy miles of fell walking including some major fells

*less £100 per person for shared use of rooms at the conference hotel

Registration

All participants must register for the whole of Part 1, or Part 2, or Both and should do so by 27 April 2009. Fees rise to £200 (both parts) and £170 (one part) on 28 April. Because both resident and non-resident places are limited, early registration is advised.

Accommodation costs are payable in full by 25 May, after which date no refunds of fees or other costs can be guaranteed (participants are therefore advised to take out travel insurance). 

Contributions may take the form of short papers (2750 words) which are scheduled at two papers to a session or workshops (short handout-based presentations leading into an hour or more of discussion). Papers or workshops may address any aspect of British Romantic Studies, including comparative studies, though papers acknowledging the bicentenary of Charles Darwin would be especially timely.

Proposals (250–500 words) will be considered by two members of the Board of Trustees and should be submitted by email attachment to the Director by 23 March 2009.

12 Bursaries are available, ranging in value from £250 to £300. Please click the Bursaries Button.

For Full Details please see the PDF Prospectus
 

The full programme can be seen HERE

and further information may be obtained at any time from
 

The Director, Richard Gravil ◘ richardgravil@hotmail.com

The Administrator, Fiona Gravil ◘ wordsworth_conferences@hotmail.co.uk