11th Annual DeBartolo Conference:
1797-1997: COMMEMORATING BURKE, WALPOLE, AND WOLLSTONECRAFT
February 20-22, 1997
The Department of English at the University of South Florida
announces the Eleventh Annual DeBartolo Conference on
Eighteenth-Century Studies, to be held in Tampa, February 20-22,
1997. Several distinguished scholars, including Peter J.
Stanlis (Distinguished Professor of Humanities, Emeritus,
Rockford College), Moira Ferguson (James E. Ryan Chair in
English and Women's Literature, University of Nebraska), and Pat
Rogers (DeBartolo Professor in Liberal Arts, University of South
Florida) will speak.
The keynote speeches include:
- Moira Ferguson, "In Commemoriam Mary Wollstonecraft: Tyranny Writ
Large in The Wrongs of Women," Friday, Feb. 21.
- Peter J. Stanlis, "Edmund Burke and the American Revolution: From
Empire to Federal Union," Saturday, Feb. 22.
Registration:
The pre-registration fee of $80.00 includes luncheons and other
refreshments. Send checks payable to the DeBartolo Conference to
the above address by January 20, 1997. Registration at the
Conference will be $85.00.
Conference Site:
Meetings will convene at the Holiday Inn/Busch Gardens, 2701 E.
Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33612, (813) 971-4710. Daily rate for
the conference is $62.00 single/double. To ensure this rate,
registrants must identify themselves as DeBartolo Conference
participants and book accommodations directly with the hotel by
January 20, 1997.
Direct inquiries to:
Regina Hewitt, Conference Director
Department of English
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue, CPR 107
Tampa, FL 33620-5550
Fax: (813) 974-2270
or:
Laura Runge
runge@chuma.cas.usf.edu
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