Dear Yangsoon,

I'm still stunned by so much kindness and the warm welcome of the Eliot Society of Korea. Yesterday was one of the loveliest days of my life as an English professor.  I will treasure the memory of my conversations with fellow Eliot scholars at this meeting, and our shared enjoyment of poetry and fellowship. Please convey my sincere appreciation to all your members.

While I have it on my mind, I wanted to provide this information, as promised:

• The summer school will be held in London, July 6-14, 2019, and is described here https://www.ies.sas.ac.uk/study-training/study-weeks/ts-eliot-international-summer-school
  

T.S. Eliot International Summer School | Institute of English Studies www.ies.sas.ac.uk The T.S. Eliot International Summer School welcomes to London all with an interest in the life and work of this poet, dramatist, and man of letters.

• The new director, Tony Cuda, is setting aside a full scholarship for one person from the Eliot Society of Korea.  As well, all members who wish to attend can receive a 25% discount on the cost of tuition, and are eligible for  lower cost accommodations at International Hall, University of London.

• The Summer School is held annually at the Institute for English Studies, University of London, in the heart of Bloomsbury. Participants from all walks of life—students, teachers, and lovers of Eliot—study and talk one-on-one with internationally renowned Eliot scholars. There are two lectures each morning, followed by coffee and lunch, and small-group seminars in the afternoon. In the evenings, there are social gatherings at the pub and outings to the Globe and the National Portrait Gallery, even walking tours of London sites from The Waste Land: St. Magnus Martyr, St. Mary Woolnoth, the old Lloyds bank building, and others. The School is a star-studded event: the late Seamus Heaney spoke at its inauguration, and writers like Paul Muldoon, Sir Tom Stoppard, and Colm Tóibín have joined us since then. The week is bookended by on-site lectures at Little Gidding and Burnt Norton, and a festive private gala on Friday evening at the London Library—where Eliot was a member and later a patron. 

•  Feel free to contact Tony Cuda directly if you have any questions or to let him know if you have a student who is interested in applying.  Just email him at  ajcuda@uncg.edu.