|
View the H-California Discussion Logs by month
View the Prior Message in H-California's September 2008 logs by: [date] [author] [thread] View the Next Message in H-California's September 2008 logs by: [date] [author] [thread] Visit the H-California home page.
> PLEASE DO PASS THIS CFP ON TO OTHERS WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED > > Cfp: Jack Kerouac, Kerouac's On the Road, the Beats and the > Post-Beats: a two day conference > > University of Birmingham UK Friday 12 December 2008 and Saturday 13 > December 2008 > > Marking the fiftieth anniversary of On the Road's publication in the > UK, in > 1958 (following its 1957 publication in the US). > > The University of Birmingham has arranged for the 1951 original > typescript manuscript of On the Road - the world-famous scroll of 1951 > - to be displayed at the Barber Institute at the University during > December 2008 and January 2009. > > A series of events is planned to celebrate this, including a Film > Event (during the evening of 12 December) timed to coincide with this > two-day conference, which include the UK premiere showing of Jim > Sampas's film, One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur. Jim > Sampas will introduce the film he produced himself. Visit: > http://www.kerouacfilms.com/kerouac_soundtracks.html > > The conference will take as its central focus the 'Beats' and > 'Post-Beats, including their relations to On the Road and its themes - > travel, jazz, sexuality and gender, rebellion, disaffiliation and > alienation, class and ethnicity. But many different aspects of Beat > and Post-Beat activity will also be included. > > Plenary speakers will include Tim Hunt (Kerouac's Crooked Road), Matt > Theado (Understandinmg Jack Kerouac), Oliver Harris (William Burroughs > and the Secret of Fascination) and Jim Canary (the On the Road > scroll's conservator). > > Please do come along to this exciting event and - if you wish - > deliver a paper. > > CFP: If you want to deliver a paper please submit a title for your > paper and an abstract of between 100 and 250 words for consideration to: > r.j.ellis@bham.ac.uk by 31 October 2008 > ............................................................................ ............................................... > > Registration form: Jack Kerouac, Kerouac's On the Road and the Beats > > NAME: > ADDRESS: > > EMAIL: > INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION (if any): > > REGISTRATION FEE: £65 ($120) > LATE REGISTRATION FEE (after 31 October 2008): £75 ($140) The > registration fee includes: morning coffees, afternoon teas and buffet > lunches. > > I enclose a cheque made payable to: The University of Birmingham OR > > Credit Card Payment: > Card Type: (delete as applicable): Visa / MasterCard / JCB / Visa > Delta / Maestro (UK) / Solo (there is a 1.2% charge for credit cards) > > Card Holder: > ............................................................................ ..... > > > Card Number: > ............................................................................ ..... > > > Expiry Date: ........./......... Start Date: (if applicable) > ........./......... > > Security Number (CVV): ......... Issue Number: (if > applicable) ......... > > Amount to be taken: £..................... + 1.2% charge for credit > cards > > Signature ...................................................... > Date: .../....../... > > Accommodation options (at a range of prices) will be posted on > www.uscanada.bham.ac.uk Conference Schedule: > > Friday 12 December > > 10.30-12.15 Registration, with coffee followed by conducted tour of > the > 1951 On the Road scroll exhibition in the Barber Institute (n.b.. the > exhibition is open throughout the two-day conference, 9.00 am to 5.00 > pm > > 12.00 BUFFET LUNCH and visit to the Barber Institute to view the scroll. > 1.00 PLENARY (speaker: Matt Theado) > 2.00-4.00 PARALLEL SESSION ONE > 4.00 TEA > 4.30-6.00 PARALLEL SESSION TWO > 7.00 FILM EVENT (price not included in conference fee but discounted > tickets available to delegates). The film to be shown will be Jim > Sampas's film, One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur. Jim > Sampas will introduce the film he produced himself. Visit: > http://www.kerouacfilms.com/kerouac_soundtracks.html > > Saturday 13 December > > 9.00 PARALLEL SESSION THREE > 11.00 coffee > 11.30 PLENARY (speaker: Tim Hunt) > 12.30 BUFFET LUNCH > 1.30-3.30 PARALLEL SESSION THREE > 3.30 TEA > 3.45-4.45 Plenary (Oliver Harris) > 4.45-6.00 PARALLEL SESSION FOUR > 6.00: Conference ends > > COMING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM - BARBER INSTITUTE The Famous > 1951 Scroll Manuscript of Jack Kerouac's On the Road Exhibition dates: > 3 December 2008 -27 January 2009 > > An exhibition featuring the original typescript manuscript of On the > Road - the world-famous On the Road scroll of 1951, timed to coincide > with the fiftieth anniversary of the book's publication in the UK (1958). > Much of the fame of On the Road resides in large part in the way the > first full version of the novel was composed. Jack Kerouac undertook > three weeks almost non-stop typing on eight sheets of teletype paper > taped together to form a continuous roll of paper 127 feet long -- so > that he did not have to pause to feed new paper into his typewriter, > in order to preserve better the rush of his inspiration. The result was a particular 'spontaneous' > style marked by energy, vitality and directness. The text that > resulted is based on Kerouac's autobiographical experiences and, > unlike the published version, does not disguise the protagonists under > pseudonyms. Thus William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Neal Cassady, > etc., are all directly named. The scroll consequently has acquired iconic cultural status. > > Jack Kerouac remains one of the best-known and most popular post-war > US writers, one with a truly global reputation. His books remain in > print throughout the world. His popularity spreads worldwide. His most > famous book, On the Road, is generally regarded as the founding text > of the so-called Beat Generation a movement which featured, besdies > such figures as Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs and Neal Cassady, > also Gregory Corso and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. > > This exhibition is funded by the University of Birmingham with > additional contributions from the University of Birmingham's US Alumni > Fund and Waterstones. > > No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.15/1649 - Release Date: 9/3/2008 7:15 AM
 Humanities & Social Sciences Online 
|