The 8th Thomas H. Raddall Symposium
July 5-7, 2013
ATLANTIC CANADA IN A SHIFTING WORLD
THE 8TH THOMAS H. RADDALL SYMPOSIUM
ACADIA UNIVERSITY, WOLFVILLE, NOVA SCOTIA
JULY 5-7, 2013
The early twenty-first century is a complicated time for regional literatures, particularly the literature of a relatively small region like Atlantic Canada. Globalization, interest in diasporic studies, and an increasingly post-national sensibility are pushing the reconceptualization of national literatures, with considerable implications for regional literatures. Furthermore, it is a time when Atlantic Canada is undergoing considerable cultural change and its future is very much in flux, with the prospect of economic crisis on the one hand and the possibility of a resource-based economic resurgence on the other. Within this overarching milieu, Acadia University will be hosting a conference on Atlantic-Canadian literature as part of its ongoing Thomas Raddall Symposium series. The conference will include panels on literature and ecology, Atlantic-Canadian children's literature, gender and identity, and contemporary Newfoundland fiction.
The conference will also feature readings by:
- Herménégilde Chiasson, Acadian poet and former Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick
- Lisa Moore, winner of the 2013 Canada Reads contest for February
- Alistair MacLeod, author of Island and No Great Mischief, winner of the 2001 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
For more information, visit our website: http://www.acadiau.ca/~hwyile/Raddall_2013/index.html
Or contact:
Dr. Herb Wyile
Dept. of English and Theatre
Acadia University
Tel.: 902-542-3153
E-mail: Herb.Wyile@acadiau.ca