Subject: Re: Ford Madox Ford
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 16:56:50 +0000 ()



There has never been a better time to join the Ford Madox Ford Society! We are pleased to announce two international events, one in London, the other in Madison, Wisconsin; and also the launch of International Ford Madox Ford Studies.

Ford's Family Contexts: Final announcement
London, Saturday 15th December 2001: 10.00 - 6.00

This one-day meeting will focus on Ford's family connexions. We are very happy to announce that Oliver Soskice will give the annual Ford Madox Ford Lecture on Ford's sister and her family. The day will also include talks by Jörg Rademacher on the Hüffer family; by Angela Thirlwell on Lucy and William Michael Rossetti; by Jan Marsh on Catherine Madox Brown; and by Max Saunders on Janice Biala. 
It will be held in the Joseph Conrad Study Centre of the Polish center:

POSK
238 King St
Hammersmith
London W6


Programme:

10.00
Arrival, registration, coffee

10.30-11.15
Jörg Rademacher 

11.15-11.45
Angela Thirlwell, 
'The older generation: Ford's parents and the Rossetti connection'

11.45-12.10
Jan Marsh: 'Catherine Madox Brown'

12.30
The Ford Madox Ford Lecture
Oliver Soskice: 'Juliet and David Soskice'

1.15 Lunch


2.15
Max Saunders: 'Oliver Madox Hueffer'
2.30
Joseph Wiesenfarth 'Stella Bowen'
3.00
Alan Judd (t.b.c.) and Max Saunders 'Janice Biala'


3.30-4.30 
The Annual General Meeting of the Society 

4.30
Meeting of the Executive Committee



History and Representation in Ford Madox Ford's Writings

The International Meeting of the Ford Madox Ford Society will take place at
The Pyle Center,
702 Langdon St., 
Madison, WI 53706 
on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, 20-22 September 2002. 

The focus of the meeting will be History and Representation in Ford Madox Ford's Writings. 

The Society invites proposals for 20 minute papers that deal with Ford's fiction, especially his historical novels (proposals for papers on The Good Soldier are discouraged), his poetry, autobiographies, biographies, critical studies, propaganda, travel writings, sociological writings, art criticism, and literary history and criticism.

Proposals should be sent no later than 1 February 2002 to: 
Joseph Wiesenfarth, 
Department of English, 
University of Wisconsin-Madison,
White Hall, 
600 N. Park Street, 
Madison WI 53706-1475
or faxed to him at 608 233 2295 
or emailed to jjwiesen-AT-facstaff.wisc.edu


For additional information about the Madison conference or for details of how to join the Society, please go to http://www.rialto.com/fordmadoxford_society .

International Ford Madox Ford Studies. This new series will appear annually, starting in 2002. Each issue will be on a separate theme. The first volume is 'Ford Madox Ford: A Reappraisal', edited by Robert Hampson and Tony Davenport. Members of the society will receive a copy of the current volume as part of their subscription. The second volume, 'Ford Madox Ford's Modernity', is due to appear in 2003. Future issues are planned on the themes of 'Ford and the City', and 'Writing and Painting in Ford Madox Ford', and contributions are still being sought on these topics. If you would like to suggest further topics, or are interested in editing a volume, please contact max.saunders-AT-kcl.ac.uk


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Professor Max Saunders
max.saunders-AT-kcl.ac.uk
Tel: 020 7848 2342