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ANNOUNCEMENTS THE ATHENAEUM INDEX PROJECT: The Library and the Department of Information Science of the City University, London, will create a computerized index to the marked file of The Athenaeum (1828-1921). The printed index is expected to be published in 1990 under the general editorship of Professor Wellens (University of Brussels), with Marysa Demoor (University of Ghent), and Diana Dixon (Loughbury University) as co-editors. They will be assisted by a panel of experts. Enquiries may be directed to Micheline Hancock-Beaulieu (Director), The City University, Northampton Square, London, England EClV OHB. Call for Articles: A reference volume entitled The Eighteen Nineties: An Encyclopedia is being planned by Garland Publishing of New York. G. A. Cevasco, the editor, would like to hear from authorities interested in contributing signed articles of 250 to 2,000 words. Entries will include wellknown authors (such as Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley), lesser known figures (such as Mary Duclaux and Richard Whiteing), and general topics (such as Dandyism and Feminism). Enquiries may be directed to G. A. Cevasco, Department of English, St. John's University, Jamaica, NY 11439. Fin-de-siècle/ Fin du globe: A inter-disciplinary conference under the auspices of the European Humanities Research Centre is planned for the summer of 1990. The conference will consider eschatological ideas of the 1890s as they appear a century later: ideas of decadence, apocalypse, catastrophe and the millenium. Enquiries may be directed to John Stokes, European Humanities Research Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, England CV5 7AL. Formerly Arnoldian: The Arnoldian has changed its name to Nineteenth-Century Prose and is moving from the U.S. Naval Academy to Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO 81502. The journal publishes articles and notes on non-fiction writers of the nineteenth century. Though the focus in the past has been on British authors, the editors welcome manuscripts on American and Continental figures as well. Joseph Conrad Society (U.K.): An international conference on "Contexts for Conrad" will be held in Canterbury, England, 5-8 July 1990. Enquiries and abstracts may be directed to Keith Carabine, Department of English, University of Kent, Canterbury, England. Northeast Victorian Studies Association: The 16th annual conference will be held at Princeton University on 20-22 April 1990. The topic is "Disguises, Dreams, and Deceptions." Ten copies of the 2-3 page abstract of the proposed paper should be sent by 11 October 1989 to Dr. L. M. Shires, Department of English, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13210. 276 ...

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