"Work in Process: Reading David Foster Wallace's The Pale King"
The first academic conference considering The Pale King took place at the University of Antwerp in Belgium from September 22 to 23, 2011. Organised by Toon Staes, the conference consisted of two days of papers and discussions about the novel by numerous scholars. Notable speakers included prominent published Wallace scholars Marshall Boswell, Adam Kelly, and Stephen J. Burn.
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