'Commemorating Corelli' conference, lecture and roundtable

University of Birmingham

Join us in Corelli’s former home, for lively discussion and insight into Stratford-upon-Avon’s 2nd most famous literary figure

Shakespeare Institute - University Of Birmingham

Programme <ul><li>Academic conference (8:30-4:40): open to attend online only</li><li>Public-facing keynote (5:00-6:00): open to attend in person and online</li><li>Roundtable (6:00-7:00): open to attend in person only</li></ul>Keynote lecture detailsIn a talk that will appeal to specialists and non-specialists alike, Professor Kirsten MacLeod, Reader in Modernist Print Culture at Newcastle University, will speak about Corelli’s early-twentieth-century American magazine publications. The Stratford Society’s Nick Birch will subsequently host a roundtable discussion on Corelli, with Professor MacLeod, Dr Eleanor Dobson and Joanna Turner (Corelli researcher at Loughborough University).Eleanor Dobson is Associate Professor in Nineteenth-Century Literature at the University of Birmingham.Joanna Turner is a doctoral researcher at Loughborough University, writing her thesis on Corelli. Her research has uncovered Corelli’s hidden pseudonymous periodical publication history, as well as finally solving the mysteries of Corelli’s birth and early life - uncovering her working-class origins, convent education, time spent in the US, and stage career.Nick Leigh Birch developed and administers the website dedicated to Marie Corelli at <a href="http://www.mariecorelli.org.uk" title="http://www.mariecorelli.org.uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.mariecorelli.org.uk</a>, and gives talks locally on the author and her life.

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