Milton in Alaska
December 8, 2008
Herb Berkowitz shares Quatercentenary news from Alaska on Milton-L:
My wife Kathryn, a Milton-L lurker of several years standing,
volunteered to create a Milton 400th birthday display in the
Consortium Library at Alaska Pacific University where she received her
M.A. in English Literature with a focus on Milton in 2004. The
display contains some Milton-related items she has collected over the
years. A small photo gallery of the exhibit:
http://handk.smugmug.com/gallery/6733241_L9AKh/1/430013567_AWQqw
In conjunction with the display there will be be a modest birthday
gathering for Milton at APU on December 9. I wish I could say that
Kathryn and I were traveling there by dog sled, but, in reality, it
will be by Subaru.
Southern Celebrations
December 8, 2008
John Hale shares events from New Zealand on Milton-L:
Greetings from the deepest south.
Inspired by the news from Alaska, here’s news about two events happening at the Milton world’s southernmost bastion, Dunedin, NZ First, a meeting of the city’s poets at which I held forth in varying
idioms to these mainly free-verse-writing bards, back in October. Go to Deep South: The English Department Ezine, Otago University
Then, tomorrow, at 6.30 pm, which approximates (given our longitude)
to the hour of Milton’s birth, we shall read his life through his
poems, cut a birthday cake and drink a toast to him. This is at the
Dunediin Public Library, which is very big on poetic and other
literacy-promoting events.
Milton Quatercentenary
December 7, 2008
Cambridge has a wonderful page with information about exhibitions, lectures, performances, and more celebrating the Milton Quatercentenary. Many events are still ongoing.
Paradise Lost and other events in Cambridge
October 20, 2008
An update on events in Cambridge for the Milton 400th Anniversary
Celebrations from Dr. Gavin Alexander.
This Thursday 23 October, members of the Faculty of English will present
a reading of the whole of Paradise Lost, in collaboration with students,
colleagues, artists, and musicians. The reading will be broadcast live
online, and will begin at 9 am (BST). Further details:
http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/milton400/paradiselost.htm
Sharon Achinstein’s lecture on ‘Milton: Poetry vs. Prose’ is now
available as a podcast, along with lectures by Quentin Skinner and
Christopher Hill. The final two lecturers in the series are Geoffrey
Hill (29 October) and Christopher Ricks (26 November). Details and
links: http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/milton400/lectures.htm
Further information about the year’s events:
http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/milton400
Ninth International Milton Symposium – July 7-8, 2008
February 24, 2008
The Ninth International Milton Symposium will be held July 7-8, 2008 at the Institute of English Studies, University of London, Senate House.
Information about the symposium is now available, including a list of the planning committee, fringe events and a registration form available in Word or PDF formats.
A detailed program will be available in late February or early March 2008.
