Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Conference: Day 2

The second day of the conference, just like the first, was a great success and a lot of fun. The day began with a live video presentation with one of the Plenary Speakers, Paul Giles, giving a talk entitled "Evolutionary Enigmas and Colonial Equations: Dickinson's Transoceanic Geography". This was followed by a talk given from the second Plenary Panel comprised of Joan Kirkby, Vivian Pollak and Jed Deppman. Based on the conversation that followed, I know it was a thought-provoking and engaging panel of speakers. After lunch, there were several different and interesting sessions available for conference attendees. I was able to sit on a session, organized and chaired by Geoffrey Schramm, entitled "Manuscripts: Dickinson in Pieces", as well as a session chaired by Cindy MacKenzie called "British Connections: Solitude and Suffering". Both were well attended, very interesting, and came with great conversation after. Overall, the second day of the conference was just as engaging as the first. After the day full of talks on Dickinson, conference attendees were headed for a reception at the Blackwell bookshop, located on Broad street.

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