[ilds] New Orleans

[Marc Piel]

What about Vancouver? Effectivement not the USA 
but certainly North America!
Marc

Don Kaczvinsky a écrit :
> RW HEDGES wrote:
>  > >  Not to be a pooper but are we not making a stride away from the
>  > > Durrell territory? Aside from spelling do we not owe the master a
>  > > ceremony in Greece or Egypt? [. . . .]  Hold it in Greece for the sake
>  > > of the Lord! I only wish that we could link more reasonably. Paris?
>  > > 
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> I understand your concern about staying close to Durrell territory, but 
> the ILDS hasn't held a Durrell conference in the United States in over a 
> decade--that, despite the fact that over half the membership is from the 
> US; and we have had conferences recently in Paris, Rhodes, and Corfu. 
> Although to my knowledge Durrell never visited New Orleans, the city is 
> in its character very much like Durrell's Alexandria--a mix of races, 
> languages, and religions.  It is also the most European of cities in the 
> US, quite unique really. It even has a significant Coptic population.
> 
> I can assure that  food, music, and literary culture, all make New 
> Orleans a quite attractive place for a Durrell conference--and at a 
> relatively moderate cost. Alan Friedman, who teaches at UTexas and wrote 
> the first full-length study of the Quartet, has agreed to be a keynote 
> speaker, as has H. R. Stoneback, poet, scholar, and resident of New 
> Orleans for many years.
> 
> However, we always entertain proposals for and vote on conference sites 
> during the Business meeting.  I would be glad to hear a proposal for the 
> next conference, which I assume will be outside the US.  London and 
> Kerala, India have already been floated as possible places.
> 
> Don Kaczvinsky
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