"Dark" Durrell

The "Dark" Durrell International Conference final programme and poster. The Organising Committee "Dark Durrell" July 4-6, 2024 Athens, Greece

CfP/Deadline Extended “Of paradise terrestre”: Secular and Spiritual Modernisms Session sponsored by the International Lawrence Durrell Society The 52nd Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture after 1900 The Uni. of Louisville, Feb. 20-22, 2025 lawrencedurrell.org/wp_durrell/lou…

The new ILDS Officers elected at the "Dark" Durrell Athens Board Meeting: lawrencedurrell.org/wp_durrell/soc… President: Pamela J. Francis Vice President: Athanasios Dimakis Treasurer: Paul H. Lorenz Members at Large Umme Al-wazedi Luca Barbaglia James Decker David N. Lloyd David M. Wingrove

Congratulations to Luca Barbaglia & Bartolo Casiraghi-Università degli Studi di Milano, for receiving the 2024 William Godshalk Prize for new Durrell Scholarship. Kudos! Paper Title: Lawrence Durrell and Agalmatophilia: The Uncanny Love for Statues from Archaeology to Technology

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🎞️ΣΗΜΕΡΑ ΣΤΟ BLOD "Dark" Durrell OMG XXIII International Conference 4 ομιλίες 📝Κριτικές προσεγγίσεις στη λογοτεχνική παραγωγή του L.Durrell για την ανάδειξη εκλεκτικών συγγενειών με συγγραφείς της εποχής του 📌@DurrellSociety, Hellenic American University blod.gr/events/dark-du…

Gregory Leadbetter, Birmingham City University In Conversation with Isabelle Keller-Privat, Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès Presenter: Athanasios Dimakis, Hellenic American University blod.gr/lectures/grego…

Keynote Vassilis Letsios, Ionian University Between Darkness and Light: Lawrence Durrell’s Six Poems from the Greek of Sekilianos [sic] and Seferis (1946) Chair: Athanasios Dimakis, Hellenic American University blod.gr/lectures/betwe…

The "Dark" Durrell Keynote Lectures by Vassilis Letsios, Marinos Pourgouris, and Gregory Leadbetter "In Conversation" with Isabelle Keller-Privat are now available at the Bodossaki Foundation Lectures on Demand: blod.gr/.../dark-durre… Thank you @Blodgr and @bodossaki !

At the biennial International Lawrence Durrell conference early this month in Athens.

3/3 Eeva-Liisa Myllymäki, Semiotic Society of Finland "'Dark Landscapes': The Durrellian Landscape through a Semiotic Look"

2/3 Heart: A Folk Singer’s Appreciation of Lawrence Durrell’s Struggle with Nothingness" Merrianne Timko, Independent Art and Food Historian "Durrell’s Culinary Inspirations in 'The Alexandria Quartet' and 'The Avignon Quintet'"

"Dark" Durrell, 6 July "There's a certain Slant of light": Slanting Perspectives Chair: Paul Lorenz, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff David Nigel Lloyd, Folksinger "The Dark Anvil of the 1/3

"Dark" Durrell, Saturday, 6th July David Nigel Lloyd, Folksinger "The Dark Anvil of the Heart: A Folk Singer's Appreciation of Lawrence Durrell’s Struggle with Nothingness" Chair: Paul Lorenz, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

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@KennyDread @DurrellSociety @GiffordJames @athandimakis Absolutely! Please DM us with your email or email us directly at darkdurrell2024@gmail.com and we will immediately forward the book of abstracts.

@DarkDurrell @DurrellSociety @GiffordJames @athandimakis You guys are teasing the eff outta me please gimme a link to the PDFs! 🙏🏻

"Dark" Durrell, Sat. July 6 "Durrellian Erotica: The Statuesque" David M. Wingrove, The University of Edinburgh Centre for Open Learning Black Mass, Black Mask – The Dionysiac Rite in "Balthazar" Chair: James Clawson, Grambling State University

Gave a paper yesterday about musical settings of Durrell's poetry at the @DarkDurrell My first Durrell conference and, though I was very nervous, I enjoyed the experience a lot, got tons of new ideas and met lovely people. Also, it was a great excuse to visit Athens at last! 😎

"Dark" Durrell, July 6 "Angelic and black, light": Durrell’s Homecoming Chair: Chryssa Marinou, Hellenic American Uni. Faidra Georgiadou, Hellenic American Uni The Figuration of Corfu and Other Philosophical Musings in H.D’s "Tribute to Freud" & L. Durrell’s "Prospero’s"