The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 12.0417 Wednesday, 21 February 2001
From: Norman Holland <
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Date: Tuesday, 20 Feb 2001 17:36:17 -0500
Subject: AT LAST! THE 2001 INTERNATIONAL LIT-AND-PSYCH CONFERENCE
Dear SHAKESPERians:
Here is some conference information that should be of interest.
--Best, Norm Holland
HEADLINE: THE INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE-AND-PSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCE WILL BE
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS IN THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS (THE GREEK PART)
FROM MAY 15-20. PLEASE NOTE THE EARLY DEADLINES!
You can also view this announcment and register at
<http://www.clas.ufl.edu/ipsa/2001.htm>.
As some of you already know, and the rest have probably surmised, we
have had to cancel our Jerusalem destination for the 2001 conference
because of the turmoil there.
Fortunately, our long-time attendee Joanna Montgomery Byles has stepped
into the breach. Joanna organized our very fine 1991 conference at
Regent's College, London, with its memorable party at the Freud House.
She has invited us to the University of Cyprus, an exciting destination.
As ever, we invite papers that use psychoanalysis or other psychologies
to address literature, film, or other arts such as photography, dance,
or music. We welcome the participation of both scholars and mental
health clinicians. Papers can be of any length, but limit your abstract
to 150 words absolute maximum and limit your presentation time to 20
minutes. If you wish, we will consider your paper for the PSYART
journal.
Our dates will be May 15-May 20. This is very early for us, and we
recognize that it presents problems for some of our European attendees
and for analysts with patient schedules in May. These are the only
dates we can manage, however. We hope that the chance to visit Cyprus
and Greece will lure you all anyway.
Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean, with Neolithic
archaeological sites dating from 6000 BCE. The island has been divided
since 1974 into a northern, Turkish part and a southern, Greek part, the
latter a major tourist destination. We will be in the Republic of
Cyprus, the Greek part, in Nicosia (Lefkosia), which boasts Venetian
fortifications and an outstanding collection of archaeological materials
in the Cyprus Museum. Our feminist conferees might appreciate that in
ancient times the island was sacred to Aphrodite. Today, continuing
that tradition, it is celebrated for "fun in the sun" at the coastal
resorts. Also, outside of Nicosia/Lefkosia, there are unique Byzantine
church frescoes in tiny monasteries in the Troodos Mountains.
We will be going at one of the best times of year to visit, and we will
be staying at the 5-star Hilton. (You can get a look at it at
<http://www.hotelbook.com/static/welcome_01300.html>.) The hotel is a
5-minute walk from the campus of the University of Cyprus where we will
be holding our meetings. We anticipate temperatures of 60-85 degrees F
or 15-30 C, and the hotel is air-conditioned.
Please register and send us your registration fee and abstract quickly.
Because of the May dates, our schedule is very tight. Registrations
will have to be final (note that we cannot refund if you cancel) by
March 15, and the conference will begin on May 15. You will also have
to be CAREFUL about canceling with the hotel. They will charge you 30%
of the TOTAL BILL that you reserved for if you cancel after March 30.
I have found a number of web sites with information about Cyprus, and I
list them below with my recommendations. These will be useful to you if
you plan to spend a few days touring before or after the conference (as
Jane and I plan to do).
Best, Norm
www.lonelyplanet.com. Very good.
www.cosmosnet.net/azias/cyprus/c-main.html. Well-organized commercial
site,
includes daily news from Cyprus, streaming radio and tv
http://www.yourcyprus.com. Spin-off from above site, mildly useful
www.welcometocyprus.com. Well-organized site for info on car hire,
hotels, etc.
http://www.ucy.ac.cy/ The home page of the University of
Cyprus. The
"AboutCyprus" link will take you to the government's official page, not
very
useful, except for daily news of Cyprus--what is on Cypriotes' minds.
www.cypnet.com/cyradise/cyradise.html
Information on Northern Cyprus
www.windowoncyprus.com A very commercial, confusing site.
For a complete registration, we require three items:
1) registration form (see below)
2) brief abstract of paper (150 words maximum)
3) check for $125 made out to GAP-INTERNATIONAL
Transportation:
You can fly from Athens to Cyprus (Larnaca) via Olympic or Cyprus Air.
There are also daily flights from Paris to Larnaca via Air France, and
flights from other European capitals such as Rome. We are trying to
arrange transport from the airport to the hotel.
Tentative schedule:
May 15: Arrival. Reception 7:30 pm.
May 16: plenary address, morning meetings, afternoon tour
May 17: morning and afternoon meetings
May 18: morning and afternoon meetings
May 19: morning meetings, wrapup, afternoon tour, evening banquet
May 20: morning departure
Housing:
The conference will take place at the University of Cyprus campus. We
will be housed in the Hilton Cyprus, five minutes walk from the
University. We have reserved 20 singles and 20 doubles. Cost is 55 CYP
for a single and 65 CYP for a double room. At present exchange rates
(Cyprus pound = about $1.62 US) that's $90 or $105. Updated confversion
rates can be obtained from <http://www.xe.net/ucc>. The price includes
buffet breakfast, service charge, tax, VAT, and access to the pool,
tennis and squash courts.
Contact :
Yiannakis Georgiou
Director of Sales
Hilton Cyprus
Archbishop Makarios III Avenue
PO Box 22023
1516 Nicosia, Cyprus
FAX: 011 (from U.S.) 357-2-376101
You will need to fax a photocopy of a credit card to hold your
reservation.
Registration form is below:
<P>Registration Form: International Conference on Literature and
Psychology
May 15-20, 2001, University of Nicosia,
Cyprus
Conference dates are May 15-20, 2001 at University of Nicosia, Cyprus.
Deadline for registration is March 15, 2001, and there can be no refunds
of your registration fee after that date. You should cancel hotel
reservations before April 15--otherwise a substantial charge.
For a complete registration, we require three items:
1) registration form
2) abstract of paper (150 words maximum; words after 150 will be
deleted)
3) check for $125 made out to GAP-International.
Send all registration materials to Ms. Sonja Moreno,
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Registration Form
_________________________________________________________________
Title First Name M.I. Last Name
Affiliation
Department:_____________________________________________________
University or
other:___________________________________________________________
Address:_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
City State Postcode Country
Address to mail to if different from above:
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
City State Postcode Country
Business Phone:__________________________________________________
Home Phone:______________________________________________________
Fax Phone:_______________________________________________________
e-mail address:__________________________________________________
Language your paper will be in (English, French, German):
_____________________________________________
Title of your paper:_____________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
Equipment needed (VCR, tape recorder, slides, etc.)______________
_________________________________________________________________
Preliminary Housing Information
Date of arrival: _______________________________
Date of departure: _______________________________
Add flight numbers, arrival and departure times when you know them:
_________________________________
(Conference dates are May 15-20;we assume most conferees will arrive
May 15 and leave the morning of May 20)
Housing needs (one person, two, or three?):______________________
Name(s) of accompanying
persons(s)_______________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
Do you have any special dietary needs (e.g., vegetarian)?
_________________________________________________________________
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