REED List Members -- Following requests from several quarters, the deadline for the Margaret Cavendish Conference has been EXTENDED TO 1ST DECEMBER 2002. Jim Fitzmaurice >CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS > >The Margaret Cavendish Society is pleased to announce the details of its >next International Conference: > >Chester College, Chester, UK >17-20 July 2003 > >20-minute papers are invited on any topic related to the core theme of the >conference: > >MARGARET CAVENDISH AND HER CONTEXTS > >Abstracts of no more than 400 words are to be emailed to the conference >co-organiser, Emma Rees, at E.Rees@ chester.ac.uk, or by post to her at >Chester College, Parkgate Road, Chester, CH1 4BJ, UK. For further >conference >information, please check the Society webpage >(www.marcav.org.uk) regularly, or contact Emma. > >Deadline for abstracts: 1 November 2002 > >Selected conference papers will be published in 'Early Modern Literary >Studies' by conference co-organiser Lisa Hopkins. Plenary speakers are Sara >Mendelson (McMaster), and Michael Brennan (Leeds). We are also delighted to >be able to stage a live performance of 'The Convent of Pleasure' by >conference co-organiser Gweno Williams' Margaret Cavendish Performance >Project.