Alexander Pope: Text, Book, Work

University of Birmingham – Wednesday 27 June 2018

The general editors of the Oxford Edition of the Writings of Alexander Pope, in collaboration with the Centre for Literary Editing and the Materiality of the Text at the University of Birmingham, invite you to ‘Alexander Pope: Text, Book, Work’, a one-day symposium to be held at the University of Birmingham on 27 June 2018. Radiating from our central concerns with textual transmission, material texts in manuscript and print, and conceptions of the literary work, discussion will address the range of Pope’s diverse writings and consider possible modes of future reading. On 28 June, the day after the symposium, there will also be an opportunity to visit the Hurd Library at Hartlebury Castle

Booking

Booking for the symposium is now open via the University of Birmingham online Shop (£45; £20 student/unwaged – includes lunch and refreshments).

If you have any queries, or need to tell us about any specific dietary or other requirements, please email us at apope18@contacts.bham.ac.uk, indicating the topic of your message in the header.

The Symposium

Our plenary speaker will be Professor Henry Woudhuysen, Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford. Professor Woudhuysen is one of the General Editors of the edition, and his topic will be ‘Alexander Pope: Collecting Books, Making Manuscripts’.

Visit to the Hurd Library at Hartlebury Castle

On the day following the symposium, Thursday 28 June, we plan a visit to the Hurd Library at Hartlebury Castle, which has notable holdings of Pope’s annotated books. (For more about the Library, see http://www.hurdlibrary.co.uk/.)

The visit (kindly supported by the Centre for Literary Editing and the Materiality of the Text at the University of Birmingham) is bookable through the symposium page at the University of Birmingham online Shop, where you can also see details of other attractions at Hartlebury Castle included in the visit. NB: Places are limited, so early booking is strongly recommended.

Accommodation and Transport

For overnight accommodation close to the Edgbaston campus, see University of Birmingham Conferences & Events at https://conferences.bham.ac.uk/accommodation/overnight-stays/,

or see Birmingham hotels online.

A map of the University of Birmingham’s Edgbaston campus is available at http://www.download.bham.ac.uk/sport/Docs/maps/Edgbastoncampusmap.pdf, and for advice on getting here, see https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/contact/directions/getting-here-edgbaston.aspx.

Contact us

Please direct any questions to apope18@contacts.bham.ac.uk, using the header to  flag up the nature of your query.