Robert Graves and the Mediterranean: Tenth International Robert Graves Conference, Mallorca, Spain, 6-10 July 2010

July 6, 2010

The Robert Graves Society is pleased to announce its Tenth International Robert Graves Conference, to be held in Palma and Deià, Mallorca, Spain, Tuesday 6th July – Saturday 10th July 2010. The subject of the conference will be ‘Robert Graves and the Mediterranean: Mythology, Classicism, religion, literature’.

By courtesy of the Fundació “la Caixa”, the conference will be held, as in 2006, at the Foundation’s cultural centre in Palma de Mallorca. This superb art nouveau building was formerly the Gran Hotel, where Robert Graves and Laura Riding stayed on their arrival in Palma in 1929.

A highlight will be a private visit to Ca n’Alluny, Robert Graves’s home in Deià, which has been meticulously restored under the direction of William Graves and open to the public since 2006.

The conference is being organised by the Robert Graves Society in co-operation with the Fundació Robert Graves, Universitat de les Illes Balears, and Fundació “la Caixa” in Mallorca and St John”s College Robert Graves Trust in Oxford, England.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Proposals are invited for 20-minute papers on Robert Graves’s work on the history, mythology, classicism, religion, culture, or other themes related to the Mediterranean region where Graves lived for more than 46 years, or on his life and work as a writer there. Please send a 250-word abstract by 31 January 2010 to the Academic Programme Organiser:

Professor Dunstan Ward
President, Robert Graves Society
3, rue des Grands Augustins
75006 Paris
France

Tel.: (33 1) 43 29 33 48
E-mail: dunstanward@yahoo.com

PARTICIPANTS

The conference is open to all. It will be of interest to academics, teachers, researchers, students, and anyone else who is interested in the life and writings of Robert Graves and his circle.

To register or propose a paper for the conference online or seek further information, please visit www.robertgraves.org and follow the links there to the Society’s pages, or contact the Robert Graves Society, e-mail: pjvilla@aol.com, fax/answerphone: +44 (0)1275 376916.