The Melville Society - Call for Papers - 12th Symbiosis Conference

Call for Papers

The 12th Biennial Symbiosis Conference

11-14 July 2019, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK

University of Dundee

Deadline for proposals: 30 January 2019.

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The 12th Biennial Symbiosis Conference will take place at the University of Dundee, Scotland, 11-14 July 2019. As ever, we welcome paper and panel proposals on all areas of Transatlantic literary exchange.

Please send proposals to Dr. Aliki Varvogli (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), using ‘Symbiosis 2019’ as your subject.

Deadline for proposals: 30 January 2019.

In addition to the general call for papers, there will be three special themes:

Transatlantic Bicentennials (George Eliot and Herman Melville amongst others)
Transatlantic Detective Fiction
Transatlantic Comics

Dundee in the spotlight:

Dundee is one of the great powerhouses of comics production, not just in the UK, but internationally. The publisher DC Thomson is at the heart of the city, and many of the top comics creators in Britain began their careers with the company or have been inspired by Dundee’s comics. It is therefore fitting that Dundee hosts annual events that celebrate this legacy, and that the University of Dundee offers courses in Comics Studies at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

The University of Dundee is a world leader in Anatomy and Human Identification and hosts the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science. Harnessing this scientific expertise, Dundee now offers a Masters in Creative Writing: Crime Fiction and Forensic Investigation. Scotland has a flourishing crime writing scene with several crime festivals in stunning historic locations celebrating the ‘tartan noir’ phenomenon.

Located on the east coast, Dundee is Scotland’s sunniest city, and one of the easiest to get to. It has a regional airport, but Edinburgh and Glasgow airports are also conveniently close. 90% of Scotland is within 90 minutes’ drive, with famous castles, lochs and golf courses easy to visit even for a daytrip.