There were symposia held in Tulsa in 2019, 2021 (online only), 2023, and now 2025 to be on the 60th anniversary of Dylan's appearance at the Newport Folk Festival. I didn't go in 2023 because I thought the presentations would be too scholarly for me. I consider myself a fan and not a Dylan scholar. Two of my Dylan friends told me the attendance for the 2019 meeting was higher than the 2023 symposium. There is a Call for Papers and Proposals with a deadline of February 28. Everyone will have seen the biopic A Complete Unknown starring Timothee Chalamot by then. I am certain there will be a symposium about that film I wonder if a young lady with the X handle @Ithrewtheglass will present a paper on Hearts of Fire. I just saw that movie on Amazon Prime and it was just as bad today as it was in 1987.
I am certain that many of my Bob Dylan friends will be there, but like I did in 2023, I will take a pass on this. I am sure it will be excellent, but again it will be too scholarly for me. Perhaps in a few years I will make a return trip to Tulsa to see the Bob Dylan Center.
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