The Centre for Comparative Literature and the Institute for Languages, Cultures and Societies are organising a one-day in-person conference, celebrating and engaging with Marina’s work.

To read more about the call for papers, visit here. Some details here:

We welcome proposals for 20-minute papers, or poems, performances or any other form that engages with any aspect of enchanting words and worlds in Marina Warner’s works.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

• Enchantment in fairy tales, myths, legends and folklore;
• Enchantment in the visual arts;
• Sorcery, magic, witchcraft;
• Enchantment and feminism;
• Enchantment as cultural critique;
• Enchantment and the European Enlightenment;
• Postcolonial enchantment;
• Enchantment and psychoanalysis;
• Children’s fiction, e.g. the Impossible series;
• The use of illustrations in Marina Warner’s works;
• Scholarship inspired by Marina Warner.

When submitting your proposal, please state the type of contribution you wish to
make (e.g., 20-minute formal paper, performance, creative writing contribution….) and
its title, and send an abstract or description of no more than 300 words and a 100-word
biography by 15 January 2025 to: CCL@gold.ac.uk.
Please include the words “Enchanted World(l)ds” in the subject line.