The weak heads of the dead

The weak heads of the dead: mind, style and technics in Huxley and O’Nolan
Announcing the online follow-up to Brave New Worlds!

The discussion in Zurich in February continues! We’re pleased to announce an online event where we will hear more papers and continue the discussion about Aldous Huxley and Brian O’Nolan. We’ll be looking at newspapers, technology, theories of mind and the work of art in these two writers!

Joseph LaBine will give a keynote and the programme also features Patrick Armstrong, Harun Šiljak, Eoin McGloin, Bryan Counter and Cristian Horgos.

Location online: Microsoft Teams
Host: Birkbeck College (Tobias W. Harris)

14:30 – 15:20 h – Opening Keynote
Joseph LaBine – Newspaperist, Novelist: Aldous Huxley, Flann O’Brien and The Generative ‘column’

15:20 – 16:10 h – Panel A – Science and technology (60 mins)
Patrick Armstrong – Scientific Instruments and Observations in Brian O’Nolan and Aldous Huxley
Harun Šiljak – Not so strange new worlds: difference and repetition in Huxley and O’Nolan

[15 minute break]

16:30 – 18:00 h – Panel B – Mind and literary characterisation (120 mins)
Eoin McGloin – ‘neither work nor monotony.’: Lethargy as Transcendence in Myles na nGopaleen’s An Beál Bocht
Bryan Counter – Untaming the World: Dialogue and the Work of Art in Point Counter Point
Cristian Horgos – Af Klint opens the doors for Huxley and O’Nolan perceptions of afterlife

18:00 – 18:30 h – Closing Remarks – (20 mins)

Attendance is free via MS Teams.

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