{"id":429,"date":"2010-04-25T20:08:40","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T01:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/?p=429"},"modified":"2010-04-25T20:08:40","modified_gmt":"2010-04-26T01:08:40","slug":"1st-conference-paper-deadline-extended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2010\/04\/25\/1st-conference-paper-deadline-extended\/","title":{"rendered":"Inaugural conference paper deadline extended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2010\/04\/plowvillebarn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-430\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2010\/04\/plowvillebarn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Program director Jack De Bellis will continue to accept paper proposals until the end of April, so it&#8217;s not too late to email him your proposal and become a part of the historic First Biennial John Updike Society Conference, which will be hosted by Alvernia University in Reading, Pa., October 1-3 2010.<\/p>\n<p>The program is shaping up to be a truly international event, with scholars from six different countries scheduled to present their work. We have papers by professors, graduate students, and independent scholars as well\u2014all of which will make a nice complement to location-specific events. Two different three-hour tours of Updike sites in Reading, Shillington, and Plowville are planned. Pictured is the barn that inspired Updike to write &#8220;Pigeon Feathers&#8221; and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2010\/04\/pagodapinnacle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-431\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2010\/04\/pagodapinnacle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>the\u00a0Pagoda\/Pinnacle described in\u00a0<em>Rabbit, Run.<\/em> The conference celebrates the 50th anniversary of the publication of <em>Rabbit, Run<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The full conference schedule to date will be made public on May 3, so check back.\u00a0Those wishing to propose a paper should email Jack De Bellis directly: bjd1@lehigh.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Program director Jack De Bellis will continue to accept paper proposals until the end of April, so it&#8217;s not too late to email him your proposal and become a part of the historic First Biennial John Updike Society Conference, which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2010\/04\/25\/1st-conference-paper-deadline-extended\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":433,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429\/revisions\/433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}