The International Vladimir Nabokov Society (IVNS) is happy to announce two panels on Nabokov at the MLA convention in Washington, DC, next year (6-9 January 2022). 

Special Session: Speaking in Images: Nabokov’s Visual Languages (Chair: Zoran Kuzmanovich)

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Reading Workshop, on Monday June 21, 2021, from 2.00pm to 4.00pm (Paris time) /  8.00am to 10.00am (ET) on Zoom

“IT HEAVES, MANIFESTS, AND LASTS”: THE CASE OF VLADIMIR NABOKOV’S LOLITA

Maurice Couturier, distinguished Nabokov scholar and writer of fiction, has completed his autobiography Down the Line with a Smile, Shadowing Nabokov. Chapter 16, "Ploughing Nabokovland," is a detailed account of Professor Couturier's career as a student, teacher, and scholar of Nabokov. 

 

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Dear all, 

Dear colleagues,

We invite you to participate in the second meeting of the Nabokov seminar organized by the Institute of Russian Literature of Russian Academy of science which will be held on May 22 at 12:00 Moscow time. Topic: "The Lolita Effect: Nabokov's Novel in Today's Art and Public Discussion".