2009 Aphra Behn Society Conference

NOVEMBER 5-7, 2009
NASHVILLE TENNESSEE

Where: Cumberland University, Lebanon, TN (20 min. east of Nashville), a small college town.

When: 5-7 November 2009–over the Guy Fawkes Weekend.

What: Theme "What She Hath Left Us: Celebrating the First 20 Years of the Aphra Behn Society."

Who: The Keynote speaker—Margaret J.M. Ezell from Texas A&M University, author of Writing Women’s Literary History.

We will be having a Masquerade on Saturday where we will burn miniature effigies of Guy Fawkes and have an 18th Century Party with 18th century food (there will be vegan selections), music, and party crackers. The Theatre Department will be presenting a production of either The City Heiress, The Lucky Chance, or The Feigned Courtesans (final decision to be made later).

Any thoughts, hints, suggestions, drop the conference president a line at: mrex@cumberland.edu

Calls for papers and conference lodging and travel information is forthcoming.

Cheers,

Michael Rex, PhD
Assistant Professor of English
Cumberland University
Lebanon, Tennessee 37087

The 2007 conference program is available here.>