Dear friends, The deadline for the Vorticist conference has been extended, see below. If any of you would like to come, please write to me. Our panel is almost complete, there is a place for one person. Best regards, Roxana ----- Forwarded message from [log in to unmask] ----- Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 19:02:27 +0000 From: Chris Lewis <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: Chris Lewis <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [BAMS] EXTENDED DEADLINE - 15th April - BLAST 2014 Vorticist Centenary Conference To: [log in to unmask] Dear all, The deadline for the following CFP has been extended to 15th April. Please could you forward this to any colleagues who may be interested. Best wishes, Chris *BLAST 2014 INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE* *BATH SPA UNIVERSITY - 24/25 JULY 2014* *www.bathspa.ac.uk/research/blast2014 <http://www.bathspa.ac.uk/research/blast2014> * *CALL FOR PAPERS* We invite proposals for 20 minute papers on any aspect of *BLAST* and Vorticism, and positively encourage research emanating from a diverse range of disciplines, particularly: o literary criticism o cultural criticism o art o art history o history o sociology Please send a 250-word abstract, with title, to [log in to unmask] by 15th April 2014. Themes of the conference include: - Can there be a 2014 equivalent to the Vorticist moment of 1914? - The lives and works of individual Vorticists. - Visual and Literary Vorticism. - *BLAST* and other modernist magazines. - Origins and legacies of *BLAST *and Vorticism. - *BLAST* and World War One. - The effect of World War One on the Avant-Garde - Vorticism: Nationalist or Internationalist? - *BLAST* and women. - *Enemy of the Stars* and Expressionist drama. - The philosophical origins of Vorticism, and their transformation in Wyndham Lewis's later works. - We also invite artists who have been influenced by (or who feel their work interacts with) Vorticism, and we welcome suggestions for round-table discussions. *The new * *deadline for proposals is 15th April 2014. All submissions will be reviewed in April and May and delegates will contacted by early June 2014. Please include institutional affiliations, society membership and contact details. * ----- End forwarded message ----- -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.