Conferences and Events Special Topic Meetings, Events, and Conferences Melville and Americanness - University of East Anglia - June 2012
The Melville Society is dedicated to the study and appreciation of the nineteenth-century American author Herman Melville, writer of Typee, Moby-Dick, and Billy Budd, such short stories as “Bartleby” and “Benito Cereno,” and several volumes of poetry, including Battle-Pieces and the epic Clarel. We publish the award-winning journal Leviathan which all members receive three times a year and which offers scholarly articles, book and art reviews, Society news, and Melville-related events. Membership is open to all. For information about Leviathan and joining The Melville Society click here.
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The Melville Electronic Library is an online resource for Melville texts. Housed on a Hofstra University server, MEL is being developed and maintained by a group of Melville scholars and digital specialists.
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The New Bedford Whaling Museum in collaboration with The Melville Society is the established home of the Melville Society Cultural Project and Melville Society Archive. The Melville Society Archive is housed at the New Bedford Whaling Museum's Research Library, where significant works from this collection are also on display. The Melville Society Cultural Project also sponsors a book donation program and presents exciting annual events including the Moby-Dick Marathon and a Birthday Lecture.
Herman Melville's Arrowhead Facebook Group page of the Berkshire Historical Society. Celebrating historical Berkshire County and Herman Melville's Arrowhead, the farm and home where Melville lived while writing Moby-Dick.
Melville and Americanness
An exploration of how Melville's "Americanness" intersects with current thought.
Keynote Speaker: Professor Robert S. Levine, University of Maryland
Registration is open until 15th June
The conference programme, travel information and registration and accommodation booking forms are available via the conference website:
http://www.uea.ac.uk/ams/eventsnews/amsevents/melville-conference
We are pleased to have negotiated special rates for PGRs with the assistance of BAAS.
Accommodation is available on the University’s Campus at ‘Broadview Lodge’ and there are also a number of popular ‘B n Bs’ and hotels local to the University, which can be found via the following link:
http://www.uea.ac.uk/services/students/international/arrivals/norwichhotels
We would be delighted if delegates would join us for the post-conference dinner which is to be held at the University’s renowned Sainsbury’s Centre for Visual Arts, where it will be possible to browse the current exhibition. (More details on conference website.)
The conference promises a fascinating day of discussions on Melville in the context of current perspectives on 'Americanness'. We are fortunate that Prof. Robert S. Levine is our keynote speaker, addressing the problems of Melville’s version of American identity in today’s global environment. More generally, we hope that this conference will present a good opportunity to consider some fundamental ideas about scholarship on the American 19th Century.
Please do not hesitate to contact me direct if you require any additional information.
With best wishes and apologies for any cross-postings,
Dr Sarah Thwaites
Associate Tutor
School of American Studies
University of East Anglia
Norwich Research Park
Norwich NR4 7TJ
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Short-term Research Fellowships
Graduate students or other affiliated academics whose work would benefit from visiting the Manuscripts and Archives Division to view collections such as the Gansevoort-Lansing collection, and Duyckinck family papers are encouraged to apply.
Woodlawn Cemetary - final resting place of Herman, his wife, Elizabeth, and other family members. Click here to view photos of the gravesites.
A celebration of Melville's life at Woodlawn Cemetary on the 125th anniversary of his passing.
Melville lived for nine years in this Lansingburgh house. It was here that he wrote Typee and Omoo.
Melville's Arrowhead home and farm in Pittsfield, MA where he wrote Moby-Dick and lived for most of the 1850s.
