Conferences
Sponsored by the Henry James Society and Other Organizations
Jamesian Cultural Anxiety in the East and in the West
(5-8 July 2017; Seoul, South Korea)
The Henry James Society of Korea announces an international conference scheduled for July 5–8, 2017, in Seoul, South Korea: Jamesian Cultural Anxiety in the East and in the West. (For more information, email: henryjamesvoyage21@gmail.com)
(5-8 July 2017; Seoul, South Korea)
The Henry James Society of Korea announces an international conference scheduled for July 5–8, 2017, in Seoul, South Korea: Jamesian Cultural Anxiety in the East and in the West. (For more information, email: henryjamesvoyage21@gmail.com)
Commemorating Henry James / Commemoration in Henry James
(9-11 June 2016; Brandeis University)
The theme of the 2016 International Henry James Conference, slated for 9-11 June (Thursday through Saturday) at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, will be “Commemorating Henry James / Commemoration in Henry James.” Papers and panels are invited to address any aspect of that bilateral topic, as its critical contours have shifted in the century since the writer’s death in 1916. For more complete conference details, click here.
(9-11 June 2016; Brandeis University)
The theme of the 2016 International Henry James Conference, slated for 9-11 June (Thursday through Saturday) at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, will be “Commemorating Henry James / Commemoration in Henry James.” Papers and panels are invited to address any aspect of that bilateral topic, as its critical contours have shifted in the century since the writer’s death in 1916. For more complete conference details, click here.
Henry James and Memory
14-16 April 2016; British Library Conference Centre, London
Plenary Speakers:
Sarah Churchwell, Professor of American Literature and Public Understanding of the Humanities, University of East Anglia
Richard Holmes, OBE, FRSL, FBA, biographer
2016 marks the centenary of the death of Henry James (15 April 1843-28 February 1916), and will be a year in which James’s heritage will be celebrated, and will come under scrutiny, in a variety of settings and in different modes. This first conference of the centenary year will take place in London, James’s adopted home and the location of much of his fiction, and will be hosted by the Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library, one of the world’s greatest libraries. Taking advantage of another centenary, it will give special attention to James’s richly complex relation to Shakespeare, as well as to other writers, especially poets. In addition to academic papers, it will also involve readings by creative writers - in poetry and prose - of works inspired by James and his example.
The conference will start with a public event on Thursday evening 14 April and continue until Saturday afternoon 16 April 2016.
Though the deadline for submitting papers has passed, you may find the complete call for papers here.
14-16 April 2016; British Library Conference Centre, London
Plenary Speakers:
Sarah Churchwell, Professor of American Literature and Public Understanding of the Humanities, University of East Anglia
Richard Holmes, OBE, FRSL, FBA, biographer
2016 marks the centenary of the death of Henry James (15 April 1843-28 February 1916), and will be a year in which James’s heritage will be celebrated, and will come under scrutiny, in a variety of settings and in different modes. This first conference of the centenary year will take place in London, James’s adopted home and the location of much of his fiction, and will be hosted by the Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library, one of the world’s greatest libraries. Taking advantage of another centenary, it will give special attention to James’s richly complex relation to Shakespeare, as well as to other writers, especially poets. In addition to academic papers, it will also involve readings by creative writers - in poetry and prose - of works inspired by James and his example.
The conference will start with a public event on Thursday evening 14 April and continue until Saturday afternoon 16 April 2016.
Though the deadline for submitting papers has passed, you may find the complete call for papers here.
Reading James in the Twenty-First Century: Heritage and Transmission
(20-22 October 2016; The American University of Paris)
Keynote speakers:
Professor Philip Horne (University College London): "Strings of Pearls: James, Maupassant and 'Paste'."
Professor Emeritus Jean Perrot (Université de Paris 13): "Michel Butor's 'Mobile' Figure in Henry James's Carpet"
See the complete call for papers here.
(20-22 October 2016; The American University of Paris)
Keynote speakers:
Professor Philip Horne (University College London): "Strings of Pearls: James, Maupassant and 'Paste'."
Professor Emeritus Jean Perrot (Université de Paris 13): "Michel Butor's 'Mobile' Figure in Henry James's Carpet"
See the complete call for papers here.
Previous Conferences:
1. "The Real Thing: Henry James and the Material World" (University of Aberdeen, Scotland, 16-19 July 2014)
2. "Henry James: His Great Wars and Battles" (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland, 26 - 28 April 2013)
1. "The Real Thing: Henry James and the Material World" (University of Aberdeen, Scotland, 16-19 July 2014)
2. "Henry James: His Great Wars and Battles" (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland, 26 - 28 April 2013)
