Japan-Korea Virginia Woolf Conference 2013

March 23rd, 2013

Venue: Doshisha University (Imadegawa Campus, Kyoto, Japan)

Theme: Reading Woolf in the 21st Century

"Let us glance at English writers as they were a hundred years ago

--that may help us to see what we ourselves look like."                                                                                     ("The Leaning Tower")

The globalized and networked world in our century looks totally different from the world of Virginia Woolf. Can we find any actuality in Woolf's text now? Living in the 21st Century Asia, do we have anything in common with a writer who lived in early 20th century Britain? How can we teach Woolf to young students who will be leaders in the 21st century? Proposals for papers addressing these questions and the place of Woolf studies in today's context are invited.

Proposal:

Proposals for individual papers should be submitted by August 31st, 2012. Please send 250-word abstracts in English as Word attachments. Do not include your name or other identifying details in your abstract.  In your e-mail, please include your name, paper title, institutional affiliation and e-mail address. Submissions should be addressed to the office of the Virginia Woolf Society of Japan at "office@vwoolfsociety.jp".  Responses will be sent by October 15th, 2012.

*Notice: Participation in the conference is free. However, participants submitting papers are required to be members of the Virginia Woolf Society of Japan or of the Virginia Woolf Society of Korea.