Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies
CECS 3-day conference: 30 July 2007-1st August 2007
Blake at 250: Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the Birth of William Blake
Organised by Angus Whitehead, Alex Watson, Mary Fairclough, Jinat Begum and others
Plenary Speakers: Tracy Chevalier, Morris Eaves, Andrew Lincoln, Saree Makdisi, Jon Mee, Michael Phillips
A three day conference, ‘Blake at 250’, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of one of Britain’s most important and most challenging poets, artists and printmakers, William Blake (1757-1827), will be held at the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, The King’s Manor, York. The conference is tied to no one theme; instead it will serve as an opportunity to celebrate and explore a variety of aspects of Blake’s life and work. It is hoped that the size and scope of this conference will provide a rare opportunity to raise and explore in some depth an array of topics and issues related to Blake’s life and oeuvre. The conference will offer a forum in which to explore and discuss the current state of Blake studies during first decade of the 21st century and possible/desirable future directions.
Blake Programme blake-prog (PDF 
, 151kb)
Blake Plenary Speakers biographies blake-plenary-speakers-biogs (MS Word 
, 12kb)
Blake Concert at Bootham programme blake-concert-programme (MS Word , 91kb)
