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<p>I'm very pleased to be able to say that I will be speaking at the symposium on David Mitchell, organised by Courtney Hopf and Wendy Knepper, on the 9th May at NYU London. Should anyone else wish to attend, you can <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FCWWFNB">register interest online</a>.</p>
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The programme is <a href="https://www.martineve.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Symposium-on-David-Mitchell-Programme_Distribution-Flyer.pdf">available to download in PDF form</a> and below in plain text.</p>
<p>10:00-­‐10:30: Arrival and Welcome<br />
room 105/106</p>
<p>10:30-­‐12:00: Through Time and Space<br />
room 105</p>
<p>William Stephenson -­‐  Secret Architectures, Concentric Pasts: David Mitchell and the Otherness of History<br />
Bianca Leggett -­‐ Ethics, Entropy and the Translit Novel<br />
Sarah Dillon -­‐ On the Evolution of Culture: Cloud Atlas, Memetics and Adaptation</p>
<p>13:00-­‐14:00 -­‐ Lunch<br />
Information about venues and local eateries will be provided on the day</p>
<p>13:00-­‐14:30: Mapping Mitchell<br />
room 105</p>
<p>Martyn Colebrook -­‐ Building Memories from Wor(l)ds: David Mitchell's Ghostwritten<br />
Rose Harris‐Birtill -­‐ Mitchell's Mandalas: Mapping David Mitchell's Textual Universe<br />
Martin Paul Eve -­‐ “some kind of thing it aint us but yet its in us”: David Mitchell and Russell Hoban</p>
<p>14:30-­‐14:45: Coffee Break<br />
room 105/106</p>
<p>14:45-­‐16:15: Mitchell’s Global Fictions<br />
room 105<br />
Courtney Hopf -­‐ From Worcestershire to Dejima: Contact Zones in David Mitchell's "Other" Novels<br />
Treasa De Loughry -­‐ Eco-­‐Apocalypse and Organising Nature in David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas & Ghostwritten<br />
Wendy Knepper -­‐ Cloud Atlas as Popular Postcolonial and Planetary Epic</p>
<p>16:15-­‐17:00: Closing Remarks and Discussion<br />
room 105</p>
<p>This event has been organised by NYU London and the Brunel Centre for Contemporary Writing (BCCW). </p>