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Sam
Call for Papers
Contemporary Poetry and the University
a symposium to be held at Girton College Cambridge
on Saturday 7 May 2011
Proposals from practitioners of poetry, academics, and post-graduate
students are invited for the symposium ‘Contemporary Poetry and the
University’, at Girton College, Cambridge. The conveners hope that
potential contributors will interpret this theme as broadly as
possible, and would welcome proposals on any relevant subject.
Possible areas to consider might include:
University teaching of contemporary poetry
Constructive relationships between poets and university-based
research/teaching initiatives
Universities and poetic traditions
The institutionalization of creative writing
The current reforms of higher-education funding and their impact on
the teaching and production of poetry within the university
'Impact' and creative writing
The relationship between academic journals and contemporary poetry
Archiving contemporary poetry
Contemporary poetry and the essay
Proposals (300 words) for twenty-minute papers should be submitted to
Dr. Adam Crothers at [log in to unmask], by 17
March 2011.
This symposium will coincide with the awarding of the first Girton
College Jane Martin Prize for Poetry.
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