Departmental news
Indo-Caribbean Literature and Culture 2010
Conference at the Centre for Caribbean Studies, University of Warwick, 1-2 July 2010
To mark the foundation of the Indo-Caribbean Studies Association, the Centre for Caribbean Studies at the University of Warwick is hosting its second interdisciplinary conference. This event welcomes papers across the theoretical spectrum of Indo-Caribbean studies, and aims to investigate new avenues of research in the field. For more please click here
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Submissions: Proposals are invited from established and new scholars, including postgraduate researchers. 300-word abstracts should be sent to L.Gramaglia@warwick.ac.uk and should arrive by 21 December 2009. Acceptance will be notified by 1 February 2010.
Registration: please contact M.R.Tumbridge@warwick.ac.uk or Joseph.Jackson@warwick.ac.uk.
Digging the Seam: Cultural Reflections and Consequences of the 1984/5 Miners' Strike
A conference at the University of Leeds, 25-27 March 2010
Papers and panels are invited. Possible strands and contributions could include:
Culture and Industrial identity/Political theatre/ Folk traditions/ Music and the cultural impact of the strike/New documentary traditions in film and photography/Cultural re-orientation and the strike/ Arts therapy and reconciliation/Storytelling and testimony/ The cultural industries as new employers? /Digital resources and the strike/Archives and the re-constructions of cultural memory/ The impact of the strike on media cultures/The political novel/ Poetry and protest/ Culture as memory. We are also seeking proposals for screenings, performance, and art works for exhibition. For more please click here.
Proposal deadline: abstracts (250 words max) should be sent, by 1st December 2009, to the organising committee at: ics-conferences@leeds.ac.uk, or by post to: Dr Eleri Pound, Digging The Seam Conference, Institute of Communications Studies, 16 Clarendon Place, The University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
Early Modern Studies Conference
University of Reading, 9-11 July 2010
This three-day conference at the University of Reading aims to draw together scholars from a variety of disciplines working on areas related to the themes of controversy, protest, ridicule, and laughter in the early modern period.
We invite papers that consider any or all of this year's themes. Proposals (max. 300 words) for 30 minute papers and a brief CV should be sent via email attachment by 4 December 2009 to: Dr. Chloë Houston, School of English and American Literature, University of Reading, c.houston@reading.ac.uk
Campaigning in Contemporary Society: Histories and Policies
A one-day workshop for postgraduate and early career researchers, University of Birmingham, 13 November 2009.
The event will feature papers from researchers working on the contemporary history of campaigning and its impact on social change and policy. Those papers will focus on problems and issues encountered in the course of research, rather than simply presenting findings.
Envisioning Communities: Final Call for Papers
Space, Place and Translating the Past in Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century England, University of Warwick, 27 February 2010
A one-day conference exploring how multidisciplinary approaches to the study of community can better inform our understanding of the historical past. Featuring renowned keynote speakers in the fields of historical and human geography, as well as in the field of visual media and its interpretation.
Identifying the Person: Past, Present, and Future
An interdisciplinary conference at the University of Oxford, St Anthony's College, 26-27 September 2009
New ways of identifying people on the move, buying goods and services, and preventing crimes have been developed in the UK as well as globally. Do these protect our rights, threaten our privacy, or make us safe?
Tate Liverpool Postgraduate Research Forum
Thursday 22nd October 2009, 2-5pm
To coincide with the display of Mark Rothko's Seagram Murals, Tate Liverpool is inviting posgraduate students to share research on the themes of series, space and style in modern and contemporary painting.
The 2nd Arthur Conan Doyle: Edinburgh and Medicine Conference
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s birth on 22nd May 1859, the 2nd Arthur Conan Doyle: Edinburgh and Medicine Conference will be held at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Scotland on the 22nd and 23rd May 2009. Invited speakers include Owen Dudley Edwards and Andrew Lycett, with other key speakers to be announced shortly.