Symposium announcement from the University of Toronto:

Blake In Our Time Symposium

Event date: Saturday, August 28, 2010, from 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM
Location: Victoria University
blakejpgSymposium Celebrating the Furture of Blake Studies and the Legacy of G. E. Bentley Jr.

Speakers Include:
Robert N. Essick
Joseph Viscomi
Mary Lynn Johnson
Angus Whitehead
Featuring short illustrated papers and panel presentations.

We encourage submissions which explore new directions and approaches to the study of WIlliam Blake using manuscript archives, new online resources, forgeries and oddities, Blake’s commercial engravings, and variations in Blake’s illuminated books, as well as studies of the major collections amassed by private scholar-collectors.  Deadline for submissions is May 1st, 2010.

Information and proposals for panel presentations to:
Professor Karen Mulhallen kmulhall@ryerson.ca