CFP: Social Fabrics (5/15/2013; 9/14/2013)

Social Fabrics: Utopias and Dystopias in relation to the Work of William Morris and H. G. Wells

A Conference Jointly Run by the H.G. Wells Society and the William Morris Society

Saturday 14 September 2013, The Coach House, Kelmscott House, London, UK

10.00am-4.30pm

We are delighted to invite papers on the full range of topics indicated by the title of the conference. Please email abstracts of 500 words to Emelyne Godfrey emelynegodfrey@yahoo.com, Helen Elletson, curator@williammorrissociety.org.uk, Patrick Parrinder, j.parrinder064@btinternet.com, and Sylvia Hardy sylviahardy@btinternet.com.

Deadline for Paper Proposals: 15 May 2013

Location of Conference:

Kelmscott House,

26 Upper Mall,

Hammersmith, W6 9TA

Nearest tube stations: Ravenscourt Park (10-minute walk) and Hammersmith (15-minute walk).

H.G. Wells Society Giles Hart Prize (4/30/2013)

The H. G. Wells Society is pleased to announce the 2013 Giles Hart Prize, in memory of the Society's former chairman, for an essay that makes an outstanding contribution to Wells studies. The prize will be awarded to the piece of work on Wells submitted to, and published in, the 2013 issue of The Wellsian the annual, peer-reviewed, learned journal of the H. G. Wells Society.

Papers concerning any aspect of Wells's life and work are invited. Possible themes might include: Wells's science fiction; Wells and the novel; Wells, utopia, politics and the World State; Wells and science; Wells and his contemporaries; Wells and gender; Wells and the Empire; Wells and the history of the book.

Essays should not exceed 6,000 words including all footnotes and should not have been previously published. Please see http://www.hgwellsusa.50megs.com/UK/wellsian.html, and refer to recent issues of The Wellsian, for style guidelines; work that presented at a low standard will not be considered for the prize. Essays should be submitted electronically, no later than 30th April 2013, to d.f.kinsinger@durham.ac.uk; please direct any queries to s.j.james@durham.ac.uk.

The value of the prize is £250.00. The committee of the H. G. Wells Society will judge the competition, and runners-up will be published alongside the winning essay in The Wellsian. The competition excludes individuals serving on the Executive Committee of the H G Wells Society.

For details on joining the H. G. Wells Society, see http://www.hgwellsusa.50megs.com/.

CFP: Social Fabrics HG Wells and William Morris Conference (5/15/2013; 9/14/2013)

A Conference Jointly Run by the H.G. Wells Society and the William Morris Society

Saturday 14 September 2013, The Coach House, Kelmscott House, London, UK

10.00am-4.30pm

We are delighted to invite papers on the full range of topics indicated by the title of the conference.

Please email abstracts of 500 words to 

Emelyne Godfrey, emelynegodfrey@yahoo.com,

Helen Elletson, curator@williammorrissociety.org.uk, 

Patrick Parrinder, j.parrinder064@btinternet.com 

and Sylvia Hardy sylviahardy@btinternet.com.

Deadline for Paper Proposals: 15 May 2013

Location of Conference:

Kelmscott House, 26 Upper Mall, Hammersmith, W6 9TA

Nearest tube stations: Ravenscourt Park (10-minute walk) and Hammersmith (15-minute walk).