Coleridge
International Conference in Kobe 2011
Coleridge, Romanticism, and the Orient:
Cultural Negotiations
16-18 July 2011
at Kobe International Conference Center in Kobe, Japan
cross-cultural issues in Romantic Literature, in particular, their associations with the Orient. In the context of post-Saidian criticism, the conference aims to explore the large, uncharted territory of Asia, the East, and the Orient in the texts of Romantic literature. The Romantic imagination is enhanced, and yet sometimes threatened by the presence of the Orient. It reflects Westerners' ambivalent concerns and cross-cultural negotiations with the East, and is at times complicated by colonial anxiety and imperial guilt. Topics for discussion will range widely to include Coleridge and other Romantic writers, travel writings, cross-cultural issues in Romantic Literature, a reconsideration of Romanticism and Orientalism, the reception of Coleridge and other Romantic writers in the non-European context – and much more. [All papers will be in English.]
This is the first Coleridge international conference to be held in Japan, which will be held in Kobe, a port city and one of the most beautiful and historic cities in Japan. You can enjoy sightseeing in some other attractive places in optional tours.
***Notice on the Recent Earthquake and Radioactivity***
Kobe is located in the western part of the Japanese mainland, approximately 700 km away from Fukushima, and has neither been affected by this recent earthquake nor by radioactivity. The whole infrastructure is undamaged.
So the conference committee should like to confirm that all necessary preparations will be made for the conference as scheduled. We shall make every effort to make it as safe, secure, and comfortable as possible.
For your reference, please check International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s latest updates on the Earthquake and Radiation Monitoring: http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/tsunamiupdate01.html
For queries, please contact kaz[at]lit.nagoya-u.ac.jp.
***PROGRAMME***Updated 23 June 2011
For Updated Programme (PDF), please click here.
Plenary
Lecturers:
Deirdre Coleman, '"Orient Knowledge" and its "fountains pure": India in Coleridge's writings of the 1790s'
Peter Kitson, 'Translating China: Percy, Southey and Romantic Writing on China'
Tim Fulford, 'Coleridge, Southey, Thalaba and Christabel'
Seamus Perry, 'S. T. Coleridge, William Empson, and Japan'Alan Bewell, 'Romantic Mobility'
Masashi Suzuki, 'Coleridge and Blake as "congenial beings of another sphere": "The Science of Correspondencies" and the Fine Arts'
Main Features:
The Conference begins on Saturday 16 July 2011, and ends on Monday 18 July.
Sat 16 12:30-21:00 2 Lectures & 12 papers with a tea break & reception dinner.
Sun 17 9:10-21:00 3 Lectures & 16 papers with tea breaks, lunch & conference dinner.
Mon 18 9:10-15:00 1 lecture & 11 papers with lunch & a tea break.
15:10- Kobe Bay Cruise (Optional).
Tue 19 Sightseeing in Kobe (Optional).
For more details, see Programme (PDF).
For Optional Sightseeing in Kobe , click here (PDF).
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Waged |
Students |
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Participation Fee
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JPY 2,000 |
JPY 1,000 |
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Reception
(16,July) |
JPY 6,000 |
JPY 6,000 |
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Lunch (17 &
18 July) |
JPY 2,000 |
JPY 2,000 |
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Dinner (17 July) |
JPY 8,000 |
JPY 8,000 |
If you would like to participate in reception, lunch or dinner, please pay the equivalent cost (please see the above table) before 5 July into the below bank account. Please send an email with your name, address, post code, telephone number and affiliation to Yoshiko Fujii, cs29079[at]cc.nara-wu.ac.jp. Please keep a transfer form for the registration-fee receipt. When you need the receipt, please contact Fujii beforehand. We will pass it at the conference acceptance on that day.
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Click the pictures.
left: Kobe City Museum
right: Conference Location: History, Access and Sightseeing
Nagakubo Sekisui, The Revised Map of the Earth and Its Countries (the late 18th century), National Museum of Japanese History
*** Conference Information ***
Presented by
The JSPS Kaken Project: “Aspects of Cultural Negotiations in Coleridge and English Romantic Literature”
[Headed by Kaz Oishi (Nagoya University)]
With the support of
The JSPS Kaken Project: "Romantic Travel Writings and History, with a Focus on the Transformation of National Consciousness in Britain"
[Headed by Toshio Kusamitsu (Open University of Japan)]
The JSPS Kaken Project: "'Sustainability' of Literary Studies: The Dynamism of 'Environmental Sensibility' in the Romantic Age and Its Significance to Modern Times" [Headed by Kiyoshi Nishiyama (Waseda University)]
The English Literary Society of Japan
The Japan Association of English Romanticism
Portopia '81 Memorial Fund
Tsutomu Nakauchi Foundation
Edition Synapse
Eureka Press
Athena Press
[JSPS = Japan Society for the Promotion of Science]
Project Group Members :
Kaz OISHI, Saeko YOSHIKAWA, Yoshiko FUJII, Kuri KATSUYAMA, Nahoko MIYAMOTO ALVEY, Noriko NAOHARA,
Hiroshi SASAGAWA, Akiko SONODA, Ve-Yin Tee, David Vallins, Setsuko WAKE, & Takahito YAMADA .
General enquiries to: kaz[at]lit.nagoya-u.ac.jp