{"id":2881,"date":"2020-03-17T13:54:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T13:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=2881"},"modified":"2020-03-17T13:54:34","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T13:54:34","slug":"cfp-the-50th-anniversary-wordsworth-summer-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=2881","title":{"rendered":"CFP – The 50th Anniversary Wordsworth Summer Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Monday 10 August to Thursday 20 August 2020<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rydal Hall, Cumbria, England<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2020 Wordsworth Summer\nConference at elegant Rydal Hall will be celebrating the 50th<\/sup> Anniversary\nsince Richard Wordsworth\u2019s inaugural conference gathering in 1970. In this celebration\nyear we will continue the format pioneered 50 years ago by Richard, mingling\nlectures, papers and lively academic debate with energetic fell walking,\npicturesque rambles, and excursions to places of Wordsworthian and Romantic\ninterest. Upper and Lower Rydal Falls are within the grounds of the Hall, and\nRydal Mount\u2014Wordsworth\u2019s home from 1813 until 1850\u2014is a two-minute walk away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By courtesy of the Wordsworth Trust, our opening\nnight will include a candlelight visit to Dove Cottage, now restored to reflect\nthe interior the Wordsworths would have known when they lived there. There will\nbe a separate opportunity to explore the treasures of the Wordsworth Trust\u2019s\ncollections with the curator Jeff Cowton, and Part 2 will open with a visit to Wordsworth’s\nRydal Mount and garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2020 our excursions are likely to include an all-day visit to Malham Cove and sublime Gordale Scar, seen below in Turner’s 1808 sketch towards his painting. High points for energetic fell walkers are likely to include ascents of Nab Scar and Great Rigg, Bowfell, Haystacks, and the mighty Helvellyn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Format and Costs<\/strong>: The Conference\nis in two parts of 5 days each, with a changeover day on Saturday 15 August\nwhen those participating in both parts of the conference enjoy an all-day fell\nwalk or excursion. The registration fee for residents, which includes\nexcursions, offers exceptional value at \u00a3290 for ten days and \u00a3210 for five\ndays. For postgraduates, we offer twelve Youth Centre Bursaries to enable\nattendance at approximately half the cost to the Foundation (see \u2018Youth Centre Bursaries\u2019). All resident participants\nwill take all meals at Rydal Hall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full Board is available at Rydal Hall Diocesan Conference\nCentre at prices from \u00a3880 to \u00a31160 for ten nights and either \u00a3550 or \u00a3600 at\nthe adjacent Rydal Hall Youth Centre (5-night prices pro rata). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For full details of resident and non-resident rates, our terms and conditions, galleries of past conferences, and a registration page please visit the Foundation website: https:\/\/www.wordsworthconferences.org.uk\/the-conference\/ <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For\nthe latest news on the conference please visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n