IX INTERNATIONAL ALDINGTON SOCIETY &
V INTERNATIONAL IMAGISM CONFERENCE

June 30 – July 2, 2016

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
THE FRANKLIN INN CLUB

And the Franklin Inn club...
and young fellows go out to the colonies
but go on paying their dues
—Ezra Pound, Canto LXXX

"Making Pacts: Before & After Imagism"

I make a pact with you, Walt Whitman—
I have detested you long enough.
—Ezra Pound, "A Pact"

Thursday 30 June @ 5 PM

Opening Reception at the Franklin Inn Club
Poetry Reading & Cocktails
Dinner & Keynote Address: Emily Mitchell Wallace "Imagists in Philadelphia: H.D., Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams"

Friday 1 July

Franklin Inn Club 9-5 PM Academic sessions
5:30 PM Cocktails & Dinner (with speakers)

Saturday 2 July

Field trips to Walt Whitman House and/or Ezra Pound House & Presentation of Historical Marker

Conference Co-Directors: Matthew Nickel & H. R. Stoneback

Suggested topics: The Imagists in Philadelphia (EP, H.D., WCW), Imagist "Pacts" with Whitman, Aldington & H.D. (or Pound, Williams, Whitman), H. D. & Pound (or Aldington, Williams, Whitman), Pound & any of the above topics . Treatments of any other writer considered under the rubric of Imagism (e.g., Ernest Hemingway, Elizabeth Madox Roberts, Lawrence Durrell, et al).

150-word abstracts to be sent to Matthew Nickel mattcnickel@gmail.com and H. R. Stoneback hrs714@gmail.com by January 30, 2016.

The "don't-miss once-in-a-lifetime" conference held in an extraordinary venue, the legendary Franklin Inn Club in the heart of Old Philadelphia. Send abstracts and register early—the capacity at the Franklin Inn Club is limited and registration will be closed when the maximum number is reached.