“Dark” Durrell
International Conference
July 4-6, 2024 – HAU, Athens, Greece
The International Lawrence Durrell Society
The Hellenic American University
CfP/Deadline Extended
“Of paradise terrestre”: Secular and Spiritual Modernisms
Session sponsored by the International Lawrence Durrell Society
The 52nd Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture after 1900
The Uni. of Louisville, Feb. 20-22, 2025 https://t.co/MQlWFY3mxM
The new ILDS Officers elected at the "Dark" Durrell Athens Board Meeting: https://t.co/XgajItAnmR
President: Pamela J. Francis
Vice President: Athanasios Dimakis
Treasurer: Paul H. Lorenz
Members at Large
Umme Al-wazedi
Luca Barbaglia
James Decker
David N. Lloyd
David M. Wingrove
Congratulations to Luca Barbaglia & Bartolo Casiraghi-Università degli Studi di Milano, for receiving the 2024 William Godshalk Prize for new Durrell Scholarship. Kudos!
Paper Title: Lawrence Durrell and Agalmatophilia: The Uncanny Love for Statues from Archaeology to Technology
🎞️ΣΗΜΕΡΑ ΣΤΟ BLOD
"Dark" Durrell OMG XXIII International Conference
4 ομιλίες
📝Κριτικές προσεγγίσεις στη λογοτεχνική παραγωγή του L.Durrell για την ανάδειξη εκλεκτικών συγγενειών με συγγραφείς της εποχής του
📌@DurrellSociety, Hellenic American University
https://t.co/biMNBqVvuo
Gregory Leadbetter, Birmingham City University In Conversation with Isabelle Keller-Privat, Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès
Presenter: Athanasios Dimakis, Hellenic American University
https://t.co/iP0lAFORjB
The "Dark" Durrell Keynote Lectures by Vassilis Letsios, Marinos Pourgouris, and Gregory Leadbetter "In Conversation" with Isabelle Keller-Privat are now available at the Bodossaki Foundation Lectures on Demand: https://t.co/58dsH3kYb0 Thank you @Blodgr and @bodossaki !
Keynote
Vassilis Letsios, Ionian University
Between Darkness and Light: Lawrence Durrell’s Six Poems from the Greek of Sekilianos [sic] and Seferis (1946)
Chair: Athanasios Dimakis, Hellenic American University
https://t.co/Rn7Sqt3r1g
"Dark" Durrell, 6 July
"There's a certain Slant of light": Slanting Perspectives Chair: Paul Lorenz, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff David Nigel Lloyd, Folksinger
"The Dark Anvil of the 1/3
2/3 Heart: A Folk Singer’s Appreciation of Lawrence Durrell’s Struggle with Nothingness"
Merrianne Timko, Independent Art and Food Historian "Durrell’s Culinary Inspirations in 'The Alexandria Quartet' and 'The Avignon Quintet'"
"Dark" Durrell, Saturday, 6th July
David Nigel Lloyd, Folksinger "The Dark Anvil of the Heart: A Folk Singer's Appreciation of Lawrence Durrell’s Struggle with Nothingness" Chair: Paul Lorenz, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
"Dark" Durrell, Sat. July 6
"Durrellian Erotica: The Statuesque"
David M. Wingrove, The University of Edinburgh Centre for Open Learning
Black Mass, Black Mask – The Dionysiac Rite in "Balthazar"
Chair: James Clawson, Grambling State University
Gave a paper yesterday about musical settings of Durrell's poetry at the @DarkDurrell My first Durrell conference and, though I was very nervous, I enjoyed the experience a lot, got tons of new ideas and met lovely people. Also, it was a great excuse to visit Athens at last! 😎
The new ILDS Officers elected at the "Dark" Durrell Athens Board Meeting: https://t.co/XgajItAnmR
President: Pamela J. Francis
Vice President: Athanasios Dimakis
Treasurer: Paul H. Lorenz
Members at Large
Umme Al-wazedi
Luca Barbaglia
James Decker
David N. Lloyd
David M. Wingrove
Congratulations to Luca Barbaglia & Bartolo Casiraghi-Università degli Studi di Milano, for receiving the 2024 William Godshalk Prize for new Durrell Scholarship. Kudos!
Paper Title: Lawrence Durrell and Agalmatophilia: The Uncanny Love for Statues from Archaeology to Technology
"Dark" Durrell, July 6
"Angelic and black, light": Durrell’s Homecoming
Chair: Chryssa Marinou, Hellenic American Uni.
Faidra Georgiadou, Hellenic American Uni
The Figuration of Corfu and Other Philosophical Musings in H.D’s "Tribute to Freud" & L. Durrell’s "Prospero’s"