Plenary Speakers
There will be several distinguished plenary speakers at Aarhus, covering a wide range of the disciplinary interests of ESSE members:
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Steven Connor
Professor of Modern Literature and Theory
Birkbeck CollegeThinking Things
(click title for abstract)
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Nigel Fabb
Professor of Literary Linguistics
University of StrathclydeWhat is a Line of Verse?
(click title for abstract)
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Linton Kwesi Johnson
Reggae poet (and only the second living writer to become a Penguin Modern Classic!), will give a reading at the conference.
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Toril Moi
James B. Duke Professor of Literature and Romance Studies
Duke University.Early Modernism? Reflections on British Literary History 1870-1914
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Mark Turner
Institute Professor and Professor of Cognitive Science
Case Western Reserve UniversityConceptual Blending in Language and Literature
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Jenny Uglow
FRSL; Honorary Visiting Professor
University of Warwick
Editorial Director
Chatto & WindusWords and Pictures: Milton and Bunyan, Epic and Chapbook