[ilds] New Orleans

[James Gifford]

Greetings from rainy Vancouver

2014?!



Marc Piel wrote:
> 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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