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Convention Keynote Address Steve Ahlquist on HP Lovecraft's Literary Reputation

HPL'S PROVIDENCE AND ARKHAM We look at the influence of Providence on Lovecraft's work as well as the imaginary locales he created.

By the Cask or Smaller Quantity In this illustrated talk we will explore the late Colonial and New Republic Providence that shaped Lovecraft's world and fueled his imagination. The maps and painting we will examine will be a historical guide to understanding and seeing Providence in a new, yet old, way.

HPL'S PHOBIAS—RACE, CLASS AND THE "OUTSIDER" Possibly the most controversial aspect of Lovecraft was his views on racial heritage and identity. This panel examines this question with the purpose of analyzing Lovecraft as an individual and in the context of his social time period.

Dagon and Derrida -- Lovecraft's Texts and Postmodernity It's Only Dark Because You Can't See: A Posthuman Look at Lovecraft's Cosmology

I and Cthulhu: Using the Dialogic Ontology of Martin Buber Using the Dialogic Ontology of Martin Buber to Evaluate HP Lovecraft's Materialist Cosmic Dread

The Language of Lovecraft Lovecraft's Monsters: Rationalism, Anti-Rationalism and Lovecraftian Modernity

THE CTHULHU MYTHOS Arguably one of Lovecraft's most powerful and enduring creations but just what is the Cthulhu Mythos? What beings belong to it? What stories are Mythos and which are not? And why, 70 years after Lovecraft's death, do writers still feel compelled to add to it?

Lovecraftian Religions - Yesterday, Today, & When the Stars are Right Monstrous Modernism: Lovecraft's Theory of the Aesthetic in Modernity A Look at Embodiment and Nature in H.P. Lovecraft The Shadow of His Smile: Humour in H.P. Lovecraft

One life - Ephraim, Asenath, and Edward Attempting to Untangle the Mind, Body, and Phallus in Lovecraft's "The Thing on the Doorstep"

CTHULHU PRAYER BREAKFAST A proper summoning, accompanied by a good old-fashioned breakfast buffet

RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY AND COSMIC HORROR IN HPL These are three of the biggest themes in Lovecraft's life and work. What were Lovecraft's views on these subjects and how did he incorporate them into his work? Can we understand Lovecraft through these concepts?

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