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from Monday, July 4th to Saturday, July 9th, 2011- 11th International F. Scott Fitzgerald Conference in Lyon
Author : F. Scott Fitzgerald Society, University of Lyon 3


Lyon 3 University and its downtown campus will host the conference, with a full-day (academic sessions, a visit to the museum, film showings) planned at the “Institut Lumière”, home of Auguste and Louis Lumière, who shot the first film there.
Scott Fitzgerald's visit to Lyon was a brief one, as remembered long after the events by Hemingway. Yet the Rhône-Alpes region left its mark on the Fitzgeralds' lives, and it will certainly as well on members of the Fitzgerald Society who attend the Eleventh International F. Scott Fitzgerald Conference to be held in Lyon, France, from 4 July to 9 July 2011. Lyon 3 University and its downtown campus will host the conference, with a full-day (academic sessions, a visit to the museum, film showings) planned at the “Institut Lumière”, home of Auguste and Louis Lumière, who shot the first film there.

Together with its suburbs and satellite towns, Lyon forms the second-largest metropolitan area in France after Paris. A UNESCO WorldHeritage Site since 1998, with its Roman, Renaissance and Silk districts, Lyon, “the capital of Gaul” and “silk capital of the world,” will appeal to those who delight in historical sights. For those with more earthly concerns, we should remember that Lyon is known as the French capital of gastronomy, due, in part, to the presence of many of France's most famous chefs but also to the fact that two of France's best-known wine-growing areas are located nearby: the Beaujolais and the Côtes du Rhône. Conference attendees will be offered the possibility of an afternoon visit to the Beaujolais vineyards and will also surely enjoy the “bouchons,” those very traditional, typical Lyon restaurants.

A full-day bus excursion will also take attendees to Annecy and Aix-Les-Bains, charming Alpine towns less than two hours away, by expressway, from Lyon.

For more information and to register, please click here: http://www.fscottfitzgeraldsociety.org

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