The International Literature-and-Psychology Conference will be at the University of Cyprus in the Republic of Cyprus (the Greek part) from May 15-20.
You can also view this announcment and register at:
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/ipsa/2001.htm
As some of you already know, and the rest have probably surmised, we have had to cancel our Jerusalem destination for the 2001 conference because of the turmoil there.
Fortunately, our long-time attendee Joanna Montgomery Byles has stepped into the breach. Joanna organized our very fine 1991 conference at Regents College, London, with its memorable party at the Freud House. She has invited us to the University of Cyprus, an exciting destination.
As ever, we invite papers that use psychoanalysis or other psychologies to address literature, film, or other arts such as photography, dance, or music. We welcome the participation of both scholars and mental health clinicians. Papers can be of any length, but limit your abstract to 150 words absolute maximum and limit your presentation time to 20 minutes. If you wish, we will consider your paper for the PSYART journal.
Our dates will be May 15-May 20. This is very early for us, and we recognize that it presents problems for some of our European attendees and for analysts with patient schedules in May. These are the only dates we can manage, however. We hope that the chance to visit Cyprus and Greece will lure you all anyway.
Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean, with Neolithic archaeological sites dating from 6000 BCE. The island has been divided since 1974 into a northern, Turkish part and a southern, Greek part, the latter a major tourist destination. We will be in the Republic of Cyprus, the Greek part, in Nicosia (Lefkosia), which boasts Venetian fortifications and an outstanding collection of archaeological materials in the Cyprus Museum. Our feminist conferees might appreciate that in ancient times the island was sacred to Aphrodite. Today, continuing that tradition, it is celebrated for "fun in the sun" at the coastal resorts. Also, outside of Nicosia/Lefkosia, there are unique Byzantine church frescoes in tiny monasteries in the Troodos Mountains.
We will be going at one of the best times of year to visit, and we will be staying at the 5-star Hilton. (You can get a look at it at http://www.hotelbook.com/static/welcome_01300.html.) The hotel is a 5-minute walk from the campus of the University of Cyprus where we will be holding our meetings. We anticipate temperatures of 60-85 degrees F or 15-30 C, and the hotel is air-conditioned.
Please register and send us your registration fee and abstract quickly.
Because of the May dates, our schedule is very tight. Registrations will have to be final (note that we cannot refund if you cancel) by March 15, and the conference will begin on May 15. You will also have to be CAREFUL about canceling with the hotel. They will charge you 30% of the TOTAL BILL that you reserved for if you cancel after March 30.
For a complete registration, we require three items:
1) registration form (see below)
2) brief abstract of paper (150 words maximum)
3) check for $125 made out to GAP-INTERNATIONAL
Transportation:
You can fly from Athens to Cyprus (Larnaca) via Olympic or Cyprus Air. There are also daily flights from Paris to Larnaca via Air France, and flights from other European capitals such as Rome. We are trying to arrange transport from the airport to the hotel.
Tentative schedule:
May 15: Arrival. Reception 7:30 pm.
May 16: plenary address, morning meetings, afternoon tour
May 17: morning and afternoon meetings
May 18: morning and afternoon meetings
May 19: morning meetings, wrapup, afternoon tour, evening banquet
May 20: morning departure
Housing:
The conference will take place at the University of Cyprus campus. We will be housed in the Hilton Cyprus, five minutes walk from the University. We have reserved 20 singles and 20 doubles. Cost is 55 CYP for a single and 65 CYP for a double room. At present exchange rates (Cyprus pound = about $1.62 US) thats $90 or $105. Updated confversion rates can be obtained from http://www.xe.net/ucc. The price includes buffet breakfast, service charge, tax, VAT, and access to the pool, tennis and squash courts.
Contact :
Yiannakis Georgiou
Director of Sales
Hilton Cyprus
Archbishop Makarios III Avenue
PO Box 22023
1516 Nicosia, Cyprus
FAX: 011 (from U.S.) 357-2-376101
You will need to fax a photocopy of a credit card to hold your reservation.
Registration form is below:
Registration Form: International Conference on Literature and Psychology
May 15-20, 2001, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Deadline for registration is March 15, 2001, and there can be no refunds of your registration fee after that date. You should cancel hotel reservations before April 15 - otherwise a substantial charge.
For a complete registration, we require three items:
1) registration form
2) abstract of paper (150 words maximum; words after 150 will be
deleted)
3) check for $125 made out to GAP-International.
Send all registration materials to Ms. Sonja Moreno, smoreno@ufl.edu.
Mailing address:
Sonja Moreno
IPSA
Department of English
PO Box 117310
University of Florida
Gainesville FL 32611-7310
Reply to Mrs. Moreno directly. Therefore start a new message and copy the form into it. Then fill out the form and send it to Mrs. Moreno, smoreno@ufl.edu .
REGISTRATION FORM
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Title First Name M.I. Last Name
AFFILIATION
Department:_____________________________________________________
University or other:_______________________________________________
Address:________________________________________________________
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City State Postcode Country
Address to mail to if different from above:
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City State Postcode Country
Business Phone:__________________________________________________
Home Phone:____________________________________________________
Fax Phone:______________________________________________________
e-mail address:___________________________________________________
Language your paper will be in (English, French, German):_______________
Title of your paper:________________________________________________
Equipment needed (VCR, tape recorder, slides, etc.)_____________________
PRELIMINARY HOUSING INFORMATION
Date of arrival: _______________
Date of departure: _____________
Add flight numbers, arrival and departure times when you know them: ______
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(Conference dates are May 15-20;we assume most conferees will arrive May 15 and leave the morning of May 20)
Housing needs (one person, two, or three?):_____________________________
Name(s) of accompanying persons(s)__________________________________
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Do you have any special dietary needs (e.g., vegetarian)? __________________