The Seventh Biennial Symbiosis Conference

Thursday -Saturday, June 25-27, 2009
Sargent Hall, 120 Tremont Street

An international gathering of scholars working at the intersection of literary, historical, and cultural studies of the Atlantic world from the early modern period to the present.  Presentations will explore diverse topics such as travel writing, the legacies of slavery and abolitionism, print culture and periodicals, adventure novels, captivity narratives, oceanic journeys, and transatlantic science fiction. 

For the conference schedule, please see:

http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/symbiosis2009/program/

Suffolk faculty, staff and students are welcome to attend.

Conference organizers:
Leslie Eckel (Assistant Professor of English, Suffolk University)
Joel Pace (Associate Professor of English, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire)

For more information, please contact Keith Wise, English Department Secretary 617-573-8271 or kwise@suffolk.edu. 
Supported by Dean Kenneth S. Greenberg and the College of Arts and Sciences