UPEI’s LMMI Conference: “L.M. Montgomery and War”
UPEI's Lucy Maud Montgomery Institute (LMMI)'s 11th biennial conference-'L.M. Montgomery and War'-will take place June 25-29 in Charlottetown. The conference will include open discussions on war, conflict, the Canadian Home Front, gender roles, and more.
Keynote speakers include distinguished historian Jonathan Vance; Montgomery scholar, LMMI founder, and former UPEI President, Elizabeth 'Betsy' Epperly; and Canada Research Chair Irene Gammel. In addition to the full conference program, there will also be a public exhibition at the Confederation Centre of the Arts Public Library entitled 'The Canadian Home Front: L.M. Montgomery's Reflections on The First World War,' curated by Dr. Laura Robinson of the Royal Military College. 'Maud of Leaskdale,' a fantastic one-woman play will also take place at the Carrefour Theatre in Charlottetown during the conference, and much more!
This year marks the 50th season for 'Anne of Green Gables - The Musical' for which keynote speaker Epperly is curating an exhibition for the Confederation Centre of the Arts, entitled 'This Anne Place: Anne of Green Gables as Idea, Book and Musical.' The LMMI is also inviting those with stories and/or collectibles related to Montgomery and/or the Canadian Home Front and the First World War to come forward and share them at a special digitization session offered in conjunction with the Public Library exhibition on Saturday, June 28 part of an online digital archive.
For more information on the Conference, please visit http://www.lmmontgomery.ca/ or contact conference coordinator Elizabeth DeBlois at lmmconference@upei.ca
