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Margaret Drabble and Roberta Rubenstein in conversation with Chris Bigsby (UEA) / Sainsbury Centre’s Modern Life Café/ Doors at 1900 / 1945-2100.
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Matthew Martinez (Birkbeck, University of London) - ‘The Transformative Potential of Doris Lessing’s Space Fiction’ġ500-1530: Refreshment Break and Registration.Soghra Azari (Affiliation TBC) - ‘The Emancipation of women in Canopus in Argos’.Rosario Arias (University of Málaga)- ‘Re-orienting Doris Lessing towards the Anthropocene’.Linda Weinhouse (Community College of Baltimore County) - ‘The Curious Case of Alfred and Emily – A Revisionist Look at World War I Nursing’.Emma Parker (University of Leeds)- ‘Doris Lessing: Life Writing After Empire’.Cristina Gamberi (University of Bologna) - ‘Doris Lessing’s Life Narratives.The 'In Conversation' event with Margaret Drabble and the Conference dinner took place in the Sainsbury Centre.ġ300-1330: Registration and Welcome in the Julian Study Centre Foyer
Programme which includes abstracts and biographies of speakers Īll panel events, keynotes and breaks took place in the Julian Study Centre. For information about the exhibition, please contact the Archivist, Justine Mann The event coincided with an exhibition dedicated to Lessing's life and work in the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at UEA, which saw letters, manuscripts and personal effects on public display for the first time.
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The conference took place at the University of East Anglia, an institution that Lessing had a strong connection with, and to which she donated her extensive personal papers Doris Lessing Archive at UEA.
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Proposals were sought for 20 minute papers, panels, roundtables, and creative contributions.
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It also sought to establish Lessing as a central figure in twentieth-century literature who traverses a range of forms, styles, periodising categories, genres, political orientations, and readerships. The School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing at UEA hosted an international conference to mark the centenary of Lessing's birth.ĭoris Lessing is one of the most widely-read and culturally important writers of the twentieth century, yet her academic reputation does not reflect this fact. On the occasion of her centenary, this conference proposed a new critical exploration of the life and work of a complex and multifaceted writer, presenting an opportunity to rethink her contribution to modern literature. School of Education and Lifelong Learningĭoris Lessing at 100: The Writer's Quest - Academic Conference, 12. School of Politics, Philosophy and Communication Studies School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing Interdisciplinary Institute for the Humanities