Thursday 22 May 2014, Papers in the Byron House

10:15 Welcome addresses

Session One | 10:30-12:00
Chair: Professor Jonathan Gross, DePaul University, USA

1. Naji Queijan, Notre Dame University, Lebanon
“Eroticism in Byron’s Oriental Tales: ‘An alter-ego to the Occident’ ”

2. Bassem Kamel, Notre Dame University, Lebanon
“Goethe’s and Byron’s Oriental Affiliation: The Poet as a Bridge between East and West”

3. Dana Harb, Notre Dame University, Lebanon
“Byron and Greek Women”

12.00‒12.30 Coffee break

Session Two | 12:30-14:00
Chair: Professor Naji Queijan, Notre Dame University, Lebanon

4. Grace Nakhoul, Notre Dame University, Lebanon
“Emotionally Adjusted Elements: Time and Space in The Corsair”

5. Kirsty Harris, Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge
“Pirate Identity and Destructive Space in Byron’s The Corsair”

6. Lee Mathias, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
“Coastal Connections: An Analysis of Lord Byron’s Coastal References in Don Juan and The Giaour.”

19:00 The Official Ceremony starts at Theoxenia Hotel
Chair: Professor Peter W. Graham, Director of International Relations of the Messolonghi Byron Center

The two keynote lectures will be delivered by:

Professor Jonathan Gross, DePaul University, USA
“Escaping the Doll’s House: Byron’s Imaginary East”

Dr. Stephen Minta, University of York, UK
“Byron’s The Giaour: The Early Reception”

Friday 23 May 2014, Papers in the Byron House

Session Three | 10:00-11:30
Chair: Dr Stephen Minta, University of York, UK

7. Peter W. Graham, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
“Parisina, Mazeppa, and the Romantic Telling of Tales”

8. Sam Crain, San Jose State University, USA
“Self-Loathing Legitimized: The Byronic Heroes of Abydos, Corinth, and Parisina”

9. Argyros Ioannis Protopapas, University of Athens, Greece
“Creative Impasses of Genre Rebellion and Revolutionary Ethos: Byron’s Feared Heroes in Lara versus Shelley’s Fierce Spirits in Ode to the West Wind”

11.30‒12.00 Coffee break

Session Four | 12:00-13:00
Chair: Dr Argyros Ioannis Protopapas, University of Athens, Greece

10. Elli Karampela, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
“Lord Byron and Wuthering Heights: Representations of the (Anti)-Heroine”

11. Konstantinos Pozoukidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
“Darkness or How Everything Falls Apart: The Byronic Dystopia and the Romantic Utopian Imaginary”

Singed
Professor Peter W Graham
Director of International Relations of the Messolonghi Byron Center

Professor Naji Oueijan
Joint President of the International Association of Byron Societes and
Member of the International Advisory Board of the Messolonghi Byron Center

Emeritus Professor M. Byron Raizis
Director of Studies for the Messolonghi Byron Research Center

Dr. Maria Schoina
Deputy Director of Studies for the Messolonghi Byron Research Center

Mrs. Rodanthi-Rosa Florou
Chair of the Organizing Committee