The Second Conference of the British Society for Literature and Science
Proposals for 20-minute papers are invited for the second annual conference
of the British Society for Literature and Science. The conference will be
held at the Birmingham and Midlands Institute in central Birmingham, hosted
by the University of Central England, from 29-31 March 2007. Plenary
speakers include Sally Shuttleworth, Robert Crawford and Jenny Uglow.
Papers may address topics in the interactions of literature and science in
any period and any languages. Presenters need not be based in UK
institutions.
We also invite panel proposals for three papers of 20 minutes or four papers
of 15 minutes; members of the panel should be drawn from more than one
institution.
Please send an abstract of no more than 400 words and a 100-word
biographical note (or in the case of a panel, abstracts and notes for each
speaker) to bsls_at_englit.arts.gla.ac.uk, by 30 November 2006. Please send
abstracts in the body of messages; do not use attachments. Alternatively,
abstracts and proposals maybe posted to Dr Stuart Robertson, School of
English, University of Central
England, Perry Barr, Birmingham B42 2SU, UK.
Please address any queries to Dr Stuart Robertson at the email or
postal address above.
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