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SHAW AND THE ISS The
ISS, not to be confused with the International Space Station, was founded in the
U.S.A. in 2004 to give Shaw Studies more of an international reach and
perspective. The acronym “ISS”
emphasizes Bernard Shaw’s continuing presence, if only as a talkative spirit
with very relevant things to say, rare in their relative sanity, humanity,
and civilizing good humor. If you like humor of the hyperbolic, satiric,
paradoxical, and ironic sort, Shaw is your man. If you need a translator, the ISS
specializes in that. ISS conferences and
symposia, accompanied by at least one Shaw play, have occurred in the U.S.A.,
Canada, Ireland, and the UK, so far, with the next conference (May 27-29,
2020) planned for Cáceres,
Spain, with “Shaw and Europe" as its theme, and the next
Symposium (July 23-25, 2020) at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ontario, open to all topics related to Shaw.
Come one, come all. If Shaw had a
creed, it was in this combination of quotations: “This is the true joy in life, the being used
for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly
worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature
instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances
complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. . . . I
rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no ‘brief candle’ to me. It is a
sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to
make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.” |
ISS
Copyright© 2004
R.F. Dietrich,
Founding President
dietrich@shawsociety.org