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big news from Denis Salter..
<br>Not to my taste in any case.
<br>Alvina
<p>Denis Salter wrote:
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<b><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000FF">Colleagues:
Russell Brown asked me to send out this CFP for the Robertson Davies conference
at Massey College in November. He would very much welcome papers
on Davies and the theatre.</font></font></b> <b><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000FF">--Denis
Salter.</font></font></b> <font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000">CALL
FOR PAPERS</font></font>
<p><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000">Proposals are invited
for</font></font>
<p><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000">Reconsiderations
of Robertson Davies</font></font>
<p><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000">A Conference at Massey
College, University of Toronto</font></font>
<br><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000">Friday, Nov. 24
and Saturday, Nov. 25, 2006</font></font>
<p><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000">Proposals for papers
of about 20 minutes on any aspect of Robertson Davies'</font></font>
<br><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000">literary contributions-the
Deptford Trilogy and other fiction, his dramas,</font></font>
<br><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000">his essays, his
letters, his role in Canadian literary culture-are invited.</font></font>
<br>
<p><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000">How do we view Davies'
works today?</font></font>
<br><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000">Which of his texts
continue to attract us as critics -</font></font>
<br><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000">and what do we have
to say about them?</font></font>
<br><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000">What new contexts
or critical approaches inform our reading?</font></font>
<br><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000">What is Davies'
place now in the classroom and the canon?</font></font>
<br>
<p><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000">Please send a 250-word
abstract in the body of an e-mail message by May 15</font></font>
<br><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000">to</font></font>
<p><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000">Russell Morton Brown
and Donna Bennett at </font><font color="#0000FF"><a href="">rbrown@chass.utoronto.ca</a></font></font>
<p><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000">or by mail to</font></font>
<p><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000">Russell Morton Brown
and Donna Bennett</font></font>
<br><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000">Department of Humanities,
University of Toronto at Scarborough</font></font>
<br><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000">1265 Military Trail,
Toronto, ON M1C 1A4</font></font>
<p><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#000000">Panel proposals are
also welcomed</font></font>
<br>
<br> <b><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000FF">__________________________________________________________</font></font></b>
<br><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000FF">"When a people forget a
language, they forfeit the heart of who they</font></font></b>
<br><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000FF">are and the ability to
comprehend the stories that are central to their</font></font></b>
<br><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000FF">cultural, spiritual and
emotional health."--Keren Rice.</font></font></b>
<br><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000FF">____________________________________________________________________</font></font></b>
<br><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000FF">"That's what hybrids were
invented for: survival in changing ecologies."--Lisa Doollittle</font></font></b>
<br><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000FF">_______________________________________________________________________</font></font></b>
<br><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000FF">"To celebrate this award,
and the work it recognizes of those around the world, let me recall the
words of Gandhi: 'My life is my message.' Also, plant a tree." Wangari
Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Prize for Peace.</font></font></b> <b><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000FF">__________________________________________________</font></font></b>
<br><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000FF">Denis Salter</font></font></b>
<br><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000FF">Professor of Theatre</font></font></b>
<br><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000FF">McGill University</font></font></b>
<br><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000FF">853 Sherbrooke St. West</font></font></b>
<br><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000FF">Montréal, QC</font></font></b>
<br><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000FF">H3A 2T6</font></font></b>
<br><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000FF">Tel (514) 398 6550</font></font></b>
<br><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000FF">Regular Fax (514) 398 8146</font></font></b>
<br><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000FF">Computer Fax (309) 294
0444</font></font></b>
<br><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000FF"><a href="mailto:denis.salter@mcgill.ca">denis.salter@mcgill.ca</a></font></font></b>
<br><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000FF"><a href="mailto:d.salter@videotron.ca">d.salter@videotron.ca</a></font></font></b>
<br><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000FF">__________________</font></font></b></blockquote>
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