CFP: Transit of Venus -- Malta, 8-10 June, 2004

[Vaska Tumir]

Call for Papers

Transit of Venus: An International Pynchon Conference
Malta, June 8-10, 2004

This three-day event, slated to coincide with the next Transit of Venus
(June 8, 2004), will provide a forum for wide-ranging engagement with
the totality of Pynchon's work to date.

We welcome presentations on any Pynchon-related subject, taking any
critical or theoretical approach; studies of individual texts or of
Pynchon's oeuvre; studies of the texts in themselves or in cultural,
literary-historical or other context. We also welcome presentations on
other subjects that may appear to particular advantage viewed through
the lens of Pynchon's work.

To facilitate a rich and stimulating exchange of views, all
presentations will be in plenary session. Each speaker will be allotted
thirty minutes.

Selected conference proceedings will be published as a special issue of
Pynchon Notes.

Held in Valletta, the conference will also include a tour of Pynchon's
Malta, observation of the Transit of Venus, and archival displays to
complement the academic schedule.

Presentations may take the form of individual papers, media
presentations, or panels. Please submit proposals/abstracts (in English)
of 500-750 words for individual presentations, or of 1,000-1,500 words
for panels. (Also, please specify what, if any, audiovisual or other
equipment may be needed.) Responses to inquiries and notification of
acceptance will be by e-mail.

Deadline for proposals: October 15, 2003.
Decisions by December 1, 2003.

Proposals should be e-mailed to Vaska Tumir <Vtumir at conestogac.on.ca>

Conference organizers:
Vaska Tumir
School of Liberal Studies, Conestoga College, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
John M. Krafft
English Department, Miami University-Hamilton, Hamilton, Ohio, USA

Conference sponsors:
The University of Malta
St John The Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Malta




Prof. Vaska Tumir
Liberal Studies
Conestoga College
299 Doon Valley Drive
Kitchener, ON N2G 4M4

Phone: (519) 748-5220, ext. 3291
Vtumir at conestogac.on.ca