The Tennyson Society International Bicentenary
Conference
‘The Young Tennyson’
16-20 July 2009
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CONFERENCE HAS NOW CLOSED!
UNFORTUNATELY REGISTRATION ON THE DAY IS NOT POSSIBLE.
If you wish to attend the Gabriel Woolf presentation ONLY please contact the Lincoln Performing Arts Centre Ticket Line 0844 888 4414 - link to www.lpac.co.uk
Outline
The 2009 International Bicentenary Conference of the Tennyson Society will address themes and issues connected with the early life, work and thought of the poet, and will be held at the University of Lincoln, 16-20 July 2009. All conference events will be centred on the university campus, which is centrally situated with excellent access for travel by road and rail.
Conference accommodation on campus is available within walking distance of the conference rooms.
Programme (provisional)
Plenary speakers:
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Linda K. Hughes, Angela Leighton and Seamus Perry.
Other conference events will include:
- Centenary Conference Dinner: guest speaker Professor Christopher Ricks
- Performance: ‘The Young Tennyson’, by Gabriel Woolf
- Reception at the Tennyson Exhibition at the Collection Gallery
- Coach tour of local Tennysonian sites
Enquiries
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Academic programme enquiries:
Marion Shaw
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Delegate enquiries: (booking/accommodation/travel etc)
Conference Office |
Useful Links
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The Tennyson Society
www.tennysonsociety.org.uk -
British Association of Victorian Studies
www.bavsuk.org - Lincoln Campus Information
- Lincolnshire Tourism - www.lincolnshiretourism.com
- Lincoln Today
- Lincolnshire County Council
- Lincoln City Council
- Lincolnshire - www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk
- BBC Lincolnshire
- lincsuk.com
Travel Information
Road
Road access is via the A1 with intersections at Newark (A46) from the South and near Retford (A57) from the North. The city is 40 miles east of Nottingham on the A46 and 40 miles south of the Humber Bridge on the A15.
Rail
Lincoln station is a few minutes walk from the campus.
London Kings Cross is less than two hours away.
Air
Humberside Airport is 40 minutes away with domestic, European flights and international links available. East Midlands Airport is an hour's drive and Birmingham International an hour and a half.
- East Midlands Airport links
Skylink - www.skylink.co.uk
Directions and Maps:
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