HUGUES LEBAILLY:
Hugues Lebailly is Senior Lecturer in English Cultural Studies at the
Sorbonne in Paris. He has lectured on the subject of Lewis Carroll in
America and Europe. His work on the Victorian child-cult and his in-depth
studies of Carroll's neglected artistic and cultural interests helped to launch
the 'new paradigm' of Carroll studies upon which this association is based.
Hugues is married with two children and presently lives in
Reims. He has written extensively on the subject of Carroll.
He can be contacted c/o the Sorbonne.
PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE:
'C. L. Dodgson and the Victorian Cult of the Child',
The Carrollian,
'Dr Dodgson et Mr Carroll: de la caricature au portrait.'
[Dr. Dodgson and Mr. Carroll : from caricature to portrait.] Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens n° 43, April 1996, Presses Universitaires de Montpellier
'The Powerful and the Sweet: dialectique du masculin et du féminin dans la critique d'art victorienne'.
[The Dialectics of Masculinity and Femininity in Victorian Art Criticism.] Masculin/Féminin, Littératures et cultures anglo-saxonnes, proceedings of the 38th Congress of the S.A.E.S. Presses Universitaires de Rennes, May 1999 (pp. 151-163)
'Ordering disorder: la fonction normative de la critique d'art victorienne.'
[Ordering Disorder : the normative function of Victorian art criticism.] Littérature et Ordre Social, proceedings of the second International Congress of the University of Le Havre, headed by Jean-Paul Barbiche: Paris, l'Harmattan, 1999 (pp. 73-83)
"Through a Distorting Looking-Glass":
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson's artistic interests as mirrored in his nieces' edited version of his diaries
"Your Affectionate Friend...":
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson's relationship with the weaker and more aesthetic sex re-examined
KAROLINE LEACH:
Karoline Leach began researching the life of Lewis Carroll/Charles Dodgson in 1995 for a projected screenplay. In the course of her work, she happened upon the now quite famous 'cut pages in diary' document that shed new light on one of the most famous mysteries of Dodgson's life. Her book, In the Shadow of the Dreamchild created a considerable controversy and has led to her being dubbed the 'Queen of the Revisionists'. Her play TRYST had its Off-Broadway debut in April 2006. can be contacted through her agent
PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE:
'In the Shadow of the Dreamchild; a new understanding of Lewis Carroll
(Peter Owen, 1999)
"Lewis Carroll as Romantic Hero",
The Carrollian, 2004
"Ina In Wonderland"
Times Literary Supplement, 3 May 1996
"Lewis Carroll's Friendships With Adult Women"
Times Literary Supplement, 8 February 2002
PASCALE RENAUD-GROSBRAS
Pascale Renaud-Grosbras lives in Rennes (Brittany, France) with her family and two cats. After a B.A. in Human and Social Sciences from Webster University in Geneva and studies in cognitive neuropsychology, she studied under the direction of Jean-Jacques Lecercle (Nanterre University, Paris) and Sophie Marret (Rennes 2) and wrote her PhD dissertation on "Sylvie and Bruno, Lewis Carroll's Overlooked Opus", examining the reception of Carroll's last novel and the structure of the carrollian paradigm as well as the structural complexities of the book and its significance in terms of philosophical, theological and political questions within the Victorian culture. Now a literary translator, she has worked on a new publication of Mrs. Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Brontë in French, including a critical apparatus (Editions du Rocher, Paris, 2004).
PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE:
"La méthode structurale dans Sylvie et Bruno "
[The Structural Method in Sylvie and Bruno], Lewis Carroll, jeux et enjeux critiques , edited by Michel Morel, Presses Universitaires de Nancy, 2003
From Chaos to Cosmos: the genesis of Sylvie & Bruno
MIKE LEACH:
Mike was born in Cornwall, and has lived most of his life in the West Country. He took a degree in Modern Languages from Exeter College, Oxford and an MA from Essex University. He now works freelance, principally as an indexer, but also as translator, researcher and (a very Dodgsonian occupation) compiler of cryptic crosswords. In 1996 he discovered three consecutive cut pages from the first surviving volume of Dodgson's diary which had not been noted and do not presently appear in the published edition. Since then his other contributions to Carroll studies have included maintaining the Carroll discussion list and contributing book reviews to the Lewis Carroll Review.
JOHN TUFAIL:
John is an independent consultant in Health and Social Policy and a visiting lecturer in the philosophy of health. He has published widely on the relationship between verbal and non-verbal language and for the last four years has been carrying out research in the field of learning difficulties.
John's interest in Lewis Carroll developed from his doctoral studies on the relationship between language and illustration in the early 1980s. His interest in Carroll then broadened to include a continuing exploration of the philosophical, political and theological influences bearing on Carroll's life and his works. He has been very instrumental in rediscovering Dodgson's 'lost' associations with radicals like F.D. Maurice and in placing Dodgson's political conservatism in its proper historical context.
John is a former Director of the Pracyabani Institute and has edited various journals and magazines.
He worked closely with Kate Lyon on an analysis of The Hunting of the Snark and other Carroll-related projects. He is a former director of the Pracyabani Institute and has edited various journals and magazines.
PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE:
Lewis Carroll's 'conservatism'
(paper presented at the 2nd International Carroll conference, University of Rennes, 2003)
KATE LYON 1953 - 2007
Kate first became interested in Lewis Carroll when completing papers for her Diploma in Children's Literature at Christchurch College of Education some three years ago. Her major focus was Lewis Carroll and his use of mythology, but she was also interested in the theological and political controversies of the time and the way in which they impacted on Carroll's writing. She had several articles published, and presented a paper on Carroll's use of mythology at the 2nd International Carroll Conference at Rennes in October 2003. At her sudden death, in July 2007, she was working on an analysis on the Hunting of the Snark with Dr John Tufail; as well as independent works on Carroll's poetry and Sylvie and Bruno.
Kate had a background as a Research Statistician and had previously taught English literature and history. She also worked in the field of web design and educational resource development. She was a native New Zealander and left behind a loving husband and son.
Visit Kate's Lewis Carroll Society NZ
See a tribute to Kate HERE
PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE:
JENNY WOOLF:
Jenny is a journalist and lives in London. She recently published her
research into Lewis Carroll's private bank account which she discovered in 1999.
Jenny
can be contacted through
Jabberwock.co.uk
PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE:
Lewis Carroll In His Own Account