SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2008
Lillooet Room (Exhibit) & Dobson Room (Symposium)
Irving Barber Learning Center
University of British Columbia Library
Organized by
Ryerson University’s Modern Literature & Culture Research Center
With the Support of the Social Sciences and Research Council of Canada and the International Canadian Studies Centre at UBC
These May 31 events mark the opening of the exhibition Anne of Green Gables: A Literary Icon at 100, May 31 to June 8, 2008. The exhibit takes place in the Historic Lillooet Room, Irving Barber Learning Center; the exhibit symposium takes place in the adjoining Dobson Room. Both the Exhibit and the exhibit symposium are open to the public.
Exhibit Symposium Program
10:30 AM–12:00 PM, DOBSON ROOM
Anne of Green Gables: A Literary Icon at 100: Leading and Emerging Scholars Reflect on Anne of Green Gables in the Centenary Year / Chair: Irene Gammel
This round table of scholars is dedicated to taking stock of Canada’s most famous literary icon at its centenary anniversary, L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables. What is behind the popularity of the novel? What is its current global value and status? What is its future in Canada and the world? Each speaker, a recognized or emerging scholar, has five minutes to make a brief statement, which can be personal and scholarly, before we open to general discussion and audience question and answer.
Participants include:
- Deirdre Baker, University of Toronto
- Dr. Cecily Devereux, University of Alberta
- Dr. Janice Fiamengo, University of Ottawa
- Dr. Irene Gammel, Ryerson University
- Dr. Carole Gerson, Simon Fraser University
- Dr. Benjamin Lefebvre, University of Alberta, L. M. Montgomery Research Group
- Dr. Mavis Reimer, Canada Research Chair in the Culture of Childhood, University of Winnipeg
- Dr. Margaret Steffler, Trent University, L. M. Montgomery Society of Ontario.
12:15 AM–1:00 AM, DOBSON ROOM
Looking for Anne; Exhibit Opening and Booksigning: With Curator and Author Irene Gammel
The exhibit opening talk in Dobson Room is followed by an exhibit tour and book signing by Irene Gammel in Lillooet Room. Irene Gammel’s book Looking for Anne: How Lucy Maud Montgomery Dreamed Up a Literary Classic (Key Porter) accompanies the exhibit as the catalogue. Refreshments will be served.
1:00 PM–3:30 PM
Guided Tours of the Exhibit in Lillooet
4:00 4:30 PM Anne of Green Gables: New Directions
A Workshop Co-hosted with the University of Toronto Press
A workshop for contributors to the collection of essays edited by Irene Gammel and tentatively titled Anne of Green Gables: New Directions (papers due August 15). Informal question and answer format.
4:45 PM–6:00 PM, DOBSON ROOM
Anne of Green Gables: New Directions at 100
ACCUTE: Association for Canadian College and University Teachers of English
Organizers/Chairs: Irene Gammel and Benjamin Lefebvre
Alexander MacLeod (Saint Mary’s), “On the Road from Bright River: Shifting Social Space in Anne of Green Gables”
Jason Nolan (Ryerson) “Anne of the Undead: Changeling Child and the Uncanny in Avonlea”
Alison Matthews David and Kimberly Wahl (Ryerson) “Taste and Transformation: Negotiating Codes of Fashion in Avonlea”
6:00–7:00 PM Exhibit Tour
Lillooet Room
Dear Kathleen,
The exhibit will be in Winnipeg in September 2008. For more details, which will be confirmed soon, visit the schedule of exhibits at https://www.ryerson.ca/mlc/anne/inside3.html.
Best wishes,
Benjamin
Hello,
I just found out about thie exhibit Anne of Green Gables : A Canadian Icon. I try to find the dates it will be presented in Winnipeg because I’m moving there next week and I want to see it. Where could I find the information, on a website or stg ? Please tell me ! It is crucial information to me !
Thank you !
Kathleen Gagné
Québec, Québec