The Thomas Wolfe Society Visits Paris, France!

The Thomas Wolfe Society will hold its 2009 conference on May 21-24 in Paris, France. 

The conference will begin with a boat trip along the Seine. 

Sessions on Friday and Saturday will examine a variety of topics, with particular attention devoted to Wolfe’s transformative experiences in Europe. One conference highlight will be a chamber reading from Wolfe’s Ça, C’est Paris (edited by Frank Wilson). The conference will conclude with a group outing to Versailles on Sunday.

Meeting headquarters for the Paris conference will be the Maison Nicolas Barré, located in the Montparnasse district on the Left Bank.  The conference banquet will take place at La Rotonde, where Wolfe himself dined.

Join The Thomas Wolfe Society for what promises to be a stimulating conference in the City of Lights Wolfe roamed widely and lovingly.

Paper proposals for the 2009 conference are welcome on any topic related to Thomas Wolfe. 

Papers on Wolfe’s connection to Europe are especially welcome.

Please send 250-word paper proposals by January 15, 2009 to:
David Radavich, Department of English,
Eastern Illinois University,
Charleston, IL 61920
or daradavich@eiu.edu.