Symposium 2012
See a report on the 2012 Symposium in the 2012 issue of The Call.
Program
JACK LONDON SOCIETY 11TH BIENNIAL SYMPOSIUM
October 3-6, 2012
Utah State University
Merrill-Cazier Library
Riverwoods Conference Center
635 South Riverwoods Parkway
Logan, UT 84321
435-750-5180
Co-Sponsored by:
Merrill-Cazier Library
Dr. Bradford Cole
Department of English
Dr. Paul Crumbley
Utah State University
Conference Director:
Jeanne Campbell Reesman
University of Texas at San Antonio
THE JACK LONDON SOCIETY
The Jack London Society, Inc., an international non-profit organization that promotes study of the life and work of Jack London, was founded in 1990 as an author society affiliated with the American Literature Association (ALA). Membership is open to anyone interested in London’s life and works. Dues are calendar year: $15 for new, student, or retiree; $25 regular; and $50 sustaining. The Society sponsors biennial symposia and also sponsors panels at the ALA.
The Society publishes a biannual magazine, The Call, which features short critical or biographical articles, announcements, news about member activities, book collecting information, photographs, notices of recent publications, reviews, and research notes. It is indexed by the Library of Congress and mailed out in late winter and late summer each year. Contact the editor: (kbrandt@scad.edu). Society web site: http://london.sonoma.edu/Organizations/jl_society.html.
Officers
President: Noël Mauberret, Lycée Paul Cezánne, Aix-en-Provence, France
Vice President: Christian Pagnard, Lycée Alain Colas, Nevers, France
Advisory Board
Jeanne Campbell Reesman, University of Texas at San Antonio
Executive Coordinator
Kenneth K. Brandt, Savannah College of Art and Design
Editor, The Call
Sam S. Baskett, Michigan State University
Lawrence I. Berkove, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Kenneth Brandt, Savannah College of Art and Design
Donna Campbell, Washington State University
Daniel Dyer, Western Reserve University
Sara S. Hodson, Huntington Library
Joseph N. Johnson II, Barrington, Illinois
Holger Kersten, University of Magdeburg
Earle Labor, Centenary College of Louisiana
Susan Nuernberg, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Jeanne Campbell Reesman, University of Texas at San Antonio
Gary Riedl, Wayzata High School
Gina Rossetti, Saint Xavier University
Jacqueline Tavernier-Courbin, University of Ottawa
Dan Wichlan, Pleasant Hill, California
Earl Wilcox, Winthrop University
James Williams, Critical Inquiry
Honorary Board Members
Vil Bykov, Moscow University
Carol Dodge, California State Parks
Greg Hayes, California State Parks
Lou Leal, Valley of the Moon Natural History Association
Jack London Society 11th Biennial Symposium Program
Hotel Check-In
Symposium Registration
Calvin Hoovestol, Andrew Hoag, University of Texas at San Antonio
4:00-6:30 p.m.
Poplar Room
Opening Reception, 5:00-7:00 p.m., Poplar Room
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Coffee and Registration, 8:00 a.m., Elm Room
SESSION I, 8:45-9:00 a.m., Elm Room
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS: THE PAST IN PICTURES
Jeanne Campbell Reesman, University of Texas at San Antonio
In Memoriam: Milo Shepard
In Memoriam: King Hendricks
Earle Labor, read by Jeanne Reesman
SESSION II, 9:15-10:15 a.m.
KEYNOTE SPEECH
“About Some Frenchies in Jack London’s World”
Noël Mauberret, President (2012-14), Jack London Society, Lycée Cezanne and Institute for American Universities in Aix-en-Provence
Introduced by Sue Hodson, the Huntington Library
SESSION III, 10:30-11:45 a.m., Elm Room
IDENTITY INQUIRIES: HONORING ANDREW J. FURER
Chair: Christine Cooper-Rompato, Utah State University
In Memoriam–Andrew Furer: Earle Labor, read by Jeanne Reesman
- “London’s Literary Naturalism as an Exercise in Survival,” Carla Erdheim, Sacred Heart University
- “London’s Gendering of Nature and the Formulation of Masculine Identity,” Paul Crumbley, Utah State University
- “Jorge Luis Borges’s Translation and Reconstruction of Jack London,” Andrew Hoag, University of Texas at San Antonio
SESSION IV, 12:00-1:15 p.m.. Elm Room
MY FAVORITE JACK LONDON ESSAY: PANEL DISCUSSION
Moderator: Kenneth K. Brandt, Savannah College of Art and Design
“The Golden Poppy,” James Williams, Chicago, Ill.
“The Golden Poppy,” Chris Million, A Million Productions
“The House Beautiful,” Donna Campbell, Washington State University
“The Other Animals,” Jeanne Reesman, University of Texas at San Antonio
“Review of The Long Day” Sara S. Hodson, Huntington Library
SYMPOSIUM LUNCHEON, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Poplar Room
Pre-registration for luncheon required.
SESSION V, 2:45-4:00 p.m., Elm Room
BIOGRAPHY
Chair: Calvin Hoovestol, University of Texas at San Antonio
- “Jack London’s Three Unknown Half-Siblings: Strengthening the Case of a Virile William Chaney’s Paternity,” Allan R. Whitmore, University of Southern Maine
- “How Closely Did Jack London’s Portrayal of Korean Life and Society in his 1904 Russo-Japanese War Coverage Reflect the Reality?” Daniel Métraux, Mary Baldwin College
- “What’s Playing On the London Channel?” George R. Adams, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
TROUT-FISHING AND PICNIC DINNER, 5:00-8:00 p.m.
Meet at entrance to Springhill Marriott at 4:45 p.m. for 5:00 p.m. departure to Paradise Trout Camp. Fishing by preregistration only and limited to 12. Trout dinner and bus transportation for up to 30.
Friday, October 5, 2012
Coffee and Registration, 8:00 a.m., Elm Room
SESSION VI, 9:00-10:15 a.m., Elm Room
LONDON’S IMAGINED WORLDS
Chair: Sara S. Hodson, Huntington Library
1. “Jack London and the Snark: Sailing Into Trouble,” Keith Newlin, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
2. “Fantastic Tales and Future Yarns: Representations of Violence in the Political Fantasies of Jack London,” Ryan Michael Kehoe, Rice University
3. “Undaunted by Dante,” Joseph N. Johnson II, Barrington, Ill.
SESSION VII, 10:30-11:45 a.m., Elm Room
TURNING POINTS, DEBATES, AND PROMISING NEW DIRECTIONS IN LONDON STUDIES
Chair: Paul Crumbley, Utah State University
- Kenneth K. Brandt, Savannah College of Art and Design
- Donna Campbell, Washington State University
- Sarah S. Hodson, Huntington Library
- Jeanne Campbell Reesman, University of Texas at San Antonio
- Gina Rossetti, St. Xavier University
- James Williams, Critical Inquiry
LUNCH (on your own), 12:00-1:30
SESSION VIII: TOUR OF MERRILL-CAZIER LIBRARY JACK AND CHARMIAN LONDON COLLECTION, 2:00 p.m.
Busses to Library and Country Club from Marriott main lobby at 1:45 p.m., returning 7:00 p.m.
RECEPTION, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Logan Golf & Country Club
Co-Hosted by Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library & Marty’s Distributing Co.
Saturday, October 6
Coffee, 8:00 a.m., Elm Room
SESSION IX, 9:00-10:15 a.m., Elm Room
IDENTITY, CLASS, AND RACE
Chair: Susan Nuernberg, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
- “The Call from the Abyss,” James Williams, Critical Inquiry
- “The Tramp: The Dawn of the Modern Nature Writer—Seeing London as the Catalyst for Barry Lopez, Gretel Ehrlich, and David Quammen,” Kristin Ladd, Utah State University
- “Jack London’s ‘Not Human’ Borderlands Mexican,” Calvin Hoovestol, University of Texas at San Antonio
SESSION X
10:30-11:45 a.m.
Elm Room
CANNIBALS & SAILORS, PEGUINS & SHARKS
Chair: Donna Campbell, Washington State University
- “Immersed in Cannibals & Sailors: Herman Melville’s Typee & Jack London’s The Cruise of the Snark,” Mary K. Bercaw-Edwards, University of Connecticut
- “Penguins and Sharks: Editing Jack London,” R. D. Madison, University of Arkansas-Fayetteville
- “Jack London’s Female Sailors: Desire, Risk, and Savagery,” Anita Duneer, Rhode Island College
LUNCH (on your own) 12:00-1:30 p.m.
LUNCH MEETING OF OFFICERS AND BOARD
12:00-1:30 p.m., Executive Board Room
SESSION XI, 1:40-3:00 p.m., Elm Room
PUBLISHING JACK LONDON
Chair: Sara S. Hodson, Huntington Library
- “Historiographic Issues in the Biographical Accounts of Jack London and the Overland Monthly Magazine,” Thomas Harakal, Harvard University
- “Jack, George, and Perry: Courting the Rising Star, 1901-1904,” Joe McAleer, Stamford, Conn.
- “’The Photos Are Worth Something’: Jack London’s Photographs in Cruise of the Snark,” Holger Kersten, University of Magdeburg
- “Arrested Development: Mary Austin’s A Woman of Genius and London’s The Little Lady of the Big House,” Donna Campbell, Washington State University
SESSION XII, 3:10-4:30 p.m., Elm Room
SONOMA VALLEY
Chair: Gina Rossetti, St. Xavier University
- “Teaching Valley of the Moon in the Valley of the Moon,” Alison Manchester, Sonoma High School
- “Reality in Sense and Place: Teaching Jack London’s The Valley of the Moon to Community College Students,” Iris Jamahl Dunkle, Napa Valley College; Susan Nuernberg, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
- “Jack London State Historical Park: A Visual Update,” Greg Hayes, Valley of the Moon Historical Association
SESSION XIII, 5:00-7:00 p.m., Elm Room
TIME TO REWIND: JACK LONDON WINETASTING AND FILM
Moderator: Jeanne Campbell Reesman, University of Texas at San Antonio
Jack London Symposium Announcements
Jack London: Call of the Wildman?
- Jack London: A 20th-Century Man, A Million Productions (Documentary Preview)
- Burning Daylight (1928), dir. Richard A. Rowland, with Milton Sills