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Forthcoming Meetings, Exhibitions, Events, etc
This guide gives details of all the Lewis Carroll related events, around the world, which have come to our notice. If you know of an event which is not listed, we would be pleased to hear from you. Click Here to send us information about an event.
You are advised to confirm the dates and details with the organisation concerned before making any firm arrangements.
Worldwide Event Listing
July 2008 | Art Exhibition: The Story of Alice in Wonderland Liverpool Academy of Arts 22 Jul 2008 To 8 Aug 2008 "Learn about the real Alice. See June Lornie's cycle of paintings on the story. See paintigns and sculptures in an Alice theme created by local artists especially for this exhibition."
Each week there will be a Mad Hatter's Tea Party for children aged 4 to 10.
Liverpool Academy of Arts 32 Seel Street Liverpool L1 4BE Website: www.la-art.co.uk | August 2008 | Open Air Theatre Production of Alice in Wonderland Various venues across the UK Until 31 Aug 2008 A touring open air production by Chapterhouse Theatre Company. Website: http://www.chapterhouse.org/alice_2008.htm Alice and the White Rabbit Various venues across the UK Until 21 Sep 2008 Indigo Moon Theatre presents in "Alice and the White Rabbit" a show suitable for 4 years and up. Visit their website for details of dates and venues
Website: www.indigomoontheatre.com Art Exhibition - Pat Andrea Den Haag, Holland Until 28 Sep 2008 Het Gemeente Museum in Den Haag has an exhibition of Alice illustrations by Pat Andrea, from a new edition of the book. Website: http://www.gemeentemuseum.nl/index.php?id=035599 Exhibition: Maggie Taylor's Alice in Wonderland illustrations Fox Talbot Museum, Laycock Abbey Until 14 Dec 2008 An exhibition of works of art inspired by Alice, created using computer technology by Maggie Taylor.
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The exhibition takes place at the Fox Talbot Museum at Laycock Abbey on Wiltshire. Anyone interested in Carroll's photograpy is likely to be interested in the main exhibits at the museum. Website: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-lacockabbeyvillage.htm | September 2008 | Lewis Carroll Society - Day Visit to Daresbury In and around Daresbury, Cheshire 13 Sep 2008 Members of the Society are invited to attend a day visit to Lewis Carroll’s birthplace – Daresbury in Cheshire. The visit will include a walk round the village and the site of the Daresbury Parsonage, a tour of the Church and an optional visit to Walton Hall (which includes a small display of Carroll-related material and other local historical displays). The provisional plan is to meet at Walton Hall (approx 2 miles from Daresbury) at 11:00am or at the Ring O’ Bells pub at 12:30pm, for anyone who cannot get there by 11:00am. We will make use of members’ cars whilst in the area but we should be able to make arrangements for anyone who does not have their own transport. If you wish to take part in the visit, require help with transport, or have other enquiries please contact Mark Richards by email. Full details, maps, etc. will be provided nearer the time.
Email: Click to Send Message | October 2008 | Talk by Sherry Akerman Cambridge 11 Oct 2008 This talk by Sherry Ackerman is included in a one-day conference entitled: Hidden Sources: Western Esoteric Influence on the Arts. According the the advertising material:
"She provides textual analyses from Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass that demonstrate Carroll’s “masterful job of concealing” both Gnostic and Neoplatonic themes in both books. A concomitant phenomenological interpretation of historically re-contextualized biographical data further supports the argument. The gradual progression from Platonic idealism, via the earlier Cambridge Platonists and Thomas Taylor, toward nineteenth century theosophy and spiritualism is traced as it pertains to the theme. Her paper draws substantively from Chapter V of her, Behind the Looking Glass, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, July 2008, which purports that Lewis Carroll intentionally obscured esoteric allegory in his Alice books." Website: http://ccwe.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/hidden-sources-western-esoteric-influence-on-the-arts/ Lewis Carroll Society of North America - Fall Meeting New York 25 Oct 2008 The LCSNA's Fall Meeting. The main event will be at the Fales Library, NYU, at 11:00am but knowing the LCSNA, there will be other fascinating events around that date and time. Website: www.lewiscarroll.org | November 2008 | LCS - Autumn Meeting: A Talk by Laurette Bray Haldane Room, University College London 14 Nov 2008 Laurette Bray examines a selection of illustrators of the Alice books with particular reference to the way in which the fashions and culture of the time influence the look and feel of the illustrations. This is a fascinating subject and brought to life by someone with a particular expertise in book illustration.
The meeting is free. Guests are welcome. Non-members should contact us first to reserve tickets. Email: Click to Send Message | December 2008 | Lewis Carroll Society Christmas Celebration Art Workers Guild, London 13 Dec 2008 The usual mix of good food, entertainment and a pleasant atmosphere. This year the theme is The Caucus Race. Further details nearer the time. | January 2009 | Mad Hatter's Musical Tea Party Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford 17 Jan 2009 "The irrepressible Alasdair Malloy is back once more for this fantastic family concert. This time he transforms into the Mad Hatter, and you are invited to dress as characters from Alice in Wonderland or to wear your favourite hat. Through the music you will meet Alice, encounter the Cheshire Cat as well as hearing planty of mad, mad music ..." Website: www.guildfordphilharmonic.co.uk | April 2009 | Conference: Poetry and Childhood British Library 20 Apr 2009 To 21 Apr 2009 To accompany British Library Exhibition Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat! 250 Years of Poetry for Children
Organised in association with University of Cambridge Faculty of Education
Keynote speakers include: Lissa Paul, Michael Rosen
Workshops by British Library Archivists include: * Tracing children's poetry in British Library collections (Alison Bailey) * Modern literature manuscripts (E.g. Eleanor Farjeon collection) * Modern British printed collections (E.g. Ted Hughes) * Manuscript resources for children's poetry * Children's poetry in sound archives
Guided Tour of BL Ritblat Gallery - 'Treasures' of the British Library, including Shakespeare folios, Alice in Wonderland, Beowulf, sacred texts, maps, music.
CALL FOR PAPERS * History of poetry for children * Critical examination of outstanding poet/s for children * The influence of Romanticism on children's poetry * Victorian poetry for children * Contemporary poetry for children * Themes and debates within the field * Changing representations of childhood in poetry for children * Humour in poetry for children * Illustrating poetry for children * Caribbean poetry and performance * The oral tradition * 'Urchin verse' * The role of moral and religious ideas in children's poetry * Children's poetry and the 'auditory imagination' (Eliot) * Poetry and song
Paper presentations will be 30 minutes long. Those wishing to give papers are asked to send abstracts of 500 words to Morag Styles (see below) by 30 October 2008.
Morag Styles Reader in Children's Literature University of Cambridge Faculty of Education 184 Hills Road Cambridge CB2 8PQ
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