Latest updates from the Global Blake Network
Our Spring/Summer
'In Conversation' Series,
Podcasts and Reviews
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In February our 'In Conversation' speaker Jacob Smith examines new ways of considering arguments around authorship, sound and visionary art in their talk 'Gregory Bateson, William Blake, and Audiovisual Approaches to Blake Scholarship'.
Jacob Smith will present a selection from his forthcoming book, Bateson’s Alphabet: The ABCs of Gregory Bateson’s Ecology of Mind (University of Michigan Press), which is an online, hyperlinked, multimodal project that provides a new interface with Gregory Bateson’s work and harmonizes it with recent critical frameworks in the environmental humanities. Bateson began his academic career as an anthropologist in the 1930s, collaborated with Margaret Mead on groundbreaking anthropological research utilizing photography and motion pictures, and participated in the founding conferences on cybernetics. After parting ways with Mead, Bateson embarked upon a series of research inquiries that moved across academic disciplines, culminating in Steps to an Ecology of Mind (1972), a book that brought him a new level of public recognition and influence. Bateson was deeply influenced by the work of William Blake, and the talk will present his thoughts on Blake’s adaptation of the Book of Job, the drawing, “The Ghost of a Flea,” and Blake’s comments on perception.
Jacob Smith will present this talk on 3 February, 2025 at 19.00-20.00.
In January, Ramazan Saral explored the shared sentiments and mysticism of Blake and Rumi. The recording of this talk will soon be available.
All Global Blake Events are free via Zoom. To register, please go to globalblake.com/events/
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Recording of William Rubel's talk
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William Rubel's talk on the various readings and musical settings of Blake's 'The Fly' is now available.
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Review
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Our Spring/Summer 'In Conversation' Series
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Jacob Smith - 'Gregory Bateson, William Blake, and Audiovisual Approaches to Blake Scholarship'
3 February, 2025 at 19.00-20.00
Camille Adnot - 'Mirror Writing and Mirror Designing in William Blake's Illuminated Books'
3 March, 2025 at 19.00-20.00
Annalise Volpone - 'Imagination and the pregnant mind in Blake's cosmogony'
28 April, 2025 at 19.00-20.00
Angus Whitehead - 'Rehabilitating the 'Bad' Ancient?: The Life and Times of Frederick Tatham'
12 May, 2025 at 19.00-20.00
Matthew Leporati - 'Blake's Beast: Reading "The Everlasting Gospel" with Nietzsche's The Antichrist'
2 June, 2025 at 19.00-20.00
(All talks are at UK Time.)
For more information and to register please go to:
www.globalblake.com/events
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Podcast:
W.B Yeats, Blake and Mysticism
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In our latest podcast Jodie Marley and Jason Whittaker discuss how W.B. Yeats shaped our view of Blake's mysticism. You can watch it here on our YouTube channel Zoavision.
The audio version is now also available via Apple, Spotify, Amazon and more (simply search for Zoavision).
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Romanticism Across Borders
A free, monthly, online seminar series hosted by Camille Adnot, Félix Dupperier and Pauline Hortolland.
If you would like to attend any of the series please email: romanticismacrossborders@gmail.com
On 29 January, 2025, Global Blake's Review Editor, Sharon Choe, will give a talk entitled 'The Smiles of Death: Legendary Norsemen and the British Romantic Response'
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Other News from the Global Blake Network
On the Global Blake website, you'll find details of latest publications and events including:
- New publications by scholars.
- Talks and events as part of The Blake Society.
- Regular updates of events around the globe.
- Camila Querino's talk 'Translating William Blake: Unfettered forms and Intertextual relations' on 5 March for Romanticism Across Borders.
To keep abreast of news and information on William Blake, go to globalblake.com/news/
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