Virginia Woolf and the Arts
The Sixth Annual Virginia Woolf Conference
June 13-16, 1996
Conference Program
Hosted by Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
at the Robert Howell Brooks Center for the Performing Arts
About the Conference:
Virginia Woolf and the Arts extends the traditional "big tent" of the first five Virginia Woolf Conferences with presentations that examine Woolf's work from different viewpoints within the liberal and fine arts. Presentations range from the interdisciplinary to numerous methods available to the study of literature and the arts, including performance and assessment of Woolf's work on different audiences. The conference site is, therefore aptly, the Robert Howell Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, Clemson University, in Clemson, South Carolina.
Acknowledgments:
The Sixth Annual Virginia Woolf Conference is partly sustained on grants from Clemson University's College of Architecture, Arts, and Humanities (AAH) and the University Innovation Fund; on a private donation from Yoko Sugiyama; on gifts of services from the Virginia Woolf Society and Virginia Woolf Miscellany; and on Clemson staff support from the English Department, AAH Office of the Dean, and offices of the Clemson University Foundation, Sponsored Programs, Conference and Guest Services, and International Programs and Services.
The Sixth Annual Conference also acknowledges its Organizers: Wayne Chapman and Elisa Sparks; Program Committee: Alma Bennett, Diane Gillespie, Vara Neverow, Jane Lilienfeld, Paul Connolly, Beth Daugherty, Karen Levenback, Marilyn Zucker, Kevin Dettmar, Melissa LaFayette; Special Advisors: Melba Cuddy-Keane and Mark Hussey; and Publications Editors: Diane Gillespie and Leslie Hankins (Selected Papers) and Wayne Chapman (The South Carolina Review).
Featured Speakers and Events:
An International Symposium on the Reception of Virginia Woolf
- 1. Family Perspective: Jean Moorcroft Wilson
- 2. American Session: Susan Friedman and Jane Marcus
- 3. British Session: Sybil Oldfield, Marion Shaw, and Julia Briggs
- 4. European Session: Catherine Sandbach-Dahlstrom, Vera and Ansgar Nunning, and Pierre-Eric Villeneuve
- 5. Far Eastern Session: Patricia Laurence and Melba Cuddy-Keane
- 6. Roundtable Discussion: Melba Cuddy-Keane (and selected others from 1-5)
Entertainments:
- 1. Ethel Smyth and Argento/Woolf Music Recital: Alma Bennett presiding
- 2. Clemson Players' Staged Reading of Freshwater, introduced by Lucio
Ruotolo
- 3. Writings, Readings, Musings, and Film: Jean Moorcroft Wilson, reading
from Mrs. Dalloway; Louise DeSalvo, reading from "Working on Virginia Woolf/Working on Myself" and Vertigo; and the South Carolina premiere of The War Within: A Portrait of Virginia Woolf, a film by John Fuegi and Jo Francis
- 4. Virginia Woolf Players: informal readings
Art Exhibitions (in Lee Gallery):
- Photography by Julia Margaret Cameron
Textual/Bibliographic Exhibits (in Cooper Library):
- An exhibition of selections from Woolf's Flush manuscripts
- Books and other materials gathered for the conference's "silent auction"
- Hogarth Press book covers and designs by Vanessa Bell
Conference Schedule Overview:
(click on date to see detailed schedule for each day)
- 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Early registration, Clemson House
- 12-6 p.m. On-site registration, Brooks Center (BC) lobby
- 1-3 p.m. Video showings, writers' workshop, and discussion group
- 3-4 p.m. Chairs' meetings
- 4-4:30 p.m. Welcoming remarks: Chapman and Sparks
- 4:30-6 p.m. International Symposium 1: Family Perspective (BC Theater)
- 6-7:30 p.m. Reception (in lobby)
- 7:30-9:15 p.m. International Symposium 2: American (BC Theater)
- 9:15-10 p.m. Wine/beer cash bar
- 7:15-8:30 a.m. Continental breakfast and registration, Brooks Center lobby
- 7:30-8:30 a.m. Meeting of Virginia Woolf Miscellany
- 8:30-10 a.m. Concurrent panels #1
- 10-10:30 a.m. Coffee break
- 10:30-12:15 a.m. International Symposium 3: British (BC Theater)
- 12:15-1:15 p.m. Lunch
- 1:15-2:45 p.m. Concurrent panels #2
- 2:45-3:15 p.m. Coffee break
- 3:15-5 p.m. International Symposium 4: European (BC Theater)
- 5-8 p.m. Dinner break (local restaurants)
- 8-11 p.m. Smyth, Argento/Woolf recital and Freshwater (BC Theater)
- 7:15-8:30 a.m. Continental breakfast and registration, BC lobby
- 7:30-8:30 a.m. Meeting of Virginia Woolf Society
- 8:30-10 a.m. Concurrent panels #3
- 10-10:30 a.m. Coffee break
- 10:30 a.m.-12 International Symposium 5: Far Eastern (BC Theater)
- 12-1 p.m. Lunch
- 1-2:30 p.m. Concurrent panels #4
- 2:30-3 p.m. Coffee break
- 3-4:30 p.m. Concurrent panel #5
- 5:30-7:30 p.m. Banquet/entertainment (Woolf Society Players) (Madren
Center)
- 8-11 p.m. Writings, Readings, Musings, and Film: Wilson, DeSalvo, and The
War Within (Lee Hall Auditorium)
- 7:15-8:30 a.m. Continental breakfast and registration, BC lobby
- 7:30-8:30 a.m. Planning session, 7th Annual VW Conference
- 8:30-10 a.m. Concurrent panels #6
- 10-10:30 a.m. Coffee break
- 10:30-12 a.m. Concurrent panels #7
- 12-1 p.m. Lunch
- 1-2:30 p.m. Concurrent panels #8
- 2:30-3:30 p.m. Wrap-up: roundtable review on reading Woolf internationally
- 3:30 p.m. Closing reception
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