Departmental news

25-27 March, University of Leeds

Registration is now open for this conference, which is aimed at both HE scholars and the public, with keynote speakers representing different approaches to the ‘re-telling’ of the strike. The conference looks at mainstream and alternative representations of the strike at the time, and subsequently, across the broad range of cultural expression such as the press, TV, film, performance, photography and music and song.  Plus, 25 years on, how both archive study and new creative work lead us into new insights and perspectives.

For more information, and to register: Online registration

Or contact Dr. Eleri Pound at ics-conferences@leeds.ac.uk or on 0113 343 5805.

Space, Place and Translating the Past in Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Britain, University of Warwick, Saturday 27 February. TRAVEL BURSARIES STILL AVAILABLE.

Speakers include Prof. Nigel Thrift, Dr Lynne Walker, Prof. Elizabeth Edwards and Prof. Gillian Rose.

Envisioning Community is a one-day conference exploring how multidisciplinary approaches to the study of community can better inform our understanding of the historical past. Featuring renowned scholars from the fields of history, historical geography and anthropology, the day offers an opportunity to interrogate research wrought by the spatial turn and the new challenges of representation and the visual in telling and writing history.  A range of papers will engage with spatially located communities as well as those established thorough material or political practices, testing the ways in which community has been conceptualised.  They also offer new ways of considering how community has been, and continues to be, made and imagined through walks, photography, film and town planning.

23-25 March 2010, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford

The Annual Conference of the History Subject Centre has now reached its twelfth successful year. The conference brings together a diverse range of speakers and covers all aspects of teaching and learning. The common objective is to drive forward teaching and learning practices in History at Higher Education level.

Please submit a 300 word abstract by 31 January 2010, to Antony Bounds antonybounds@googlemail.com. Travel and accommodation bursaries are available for speakers. For more information on the conference please email the History Subject Centre HEAHistorysubjectcentre@warwick.ac.uk or visit our website www.historysubjectcentre.ac.uk.

19th Annual Conference of the Women's History Network, University of Warwick 10-11 September 2010

The idea that selfhood is performed has a very long tradition. This interdisciplinary conference will explore the diverse representations of women's identities in the past and consider how these were articulated.

Please send abstracts of no more than 300 words by 5th March 2010 to whnconference2010@googlemail.com. For more information please contact Dr Sarah Richardson, sarah.richardson@warwick.ac.uk, Department of History, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL.

24-25 June 2010, Scottish Centre for War Studies, University of Glasgow

Conflicts continue to play a significant role in international affairs and the study of their history offers unique insight into the problems facing the contemporary world. This conference provides an opportunity for postgraduates/early-career academics undertaking research into the history of conflict, to present their work to a wider audience, thus highlighting the range of innovative studies currently in progress across the UK.

Proposals (c.300 words) for papers of 20 minutes should be submitted to Ms Ulrike Thieme at u.thieme.1@research.gla.ac.uk by Thursday 15 April 2010. There are no registration costs, and accommodation can be arranged by the organisers. There may be limited funds available to refund travel costs, but delegates are encouraged to apply to their host institutions for assistance. We welcome contact from anyone who wishes to attend the conference.

25-27 March 2010, University of Leeds

March 2010 marks the 25th anniversary of the end of one of the bitterest industrial disputes in living memory, the 1984/5 miners' strike. The social and political consequences of this dispute, which have resonated for the past quarter century, have been subject to detailed analysis and reflection. The consequences for the arts and popular culture are less clearly mapped. This conference intends to explore the broad cultural legacy of the strike.  

We are also seeking proposals for screenings, performance, and art works for exhibition. Abstracts (250 words max) should be sent, as soon as possible to the organising committee at: icsconferences@leeds.ac.uk or mail to: Dr Eleri Pound, Digging the Seam Conference, Institute of Communications Studies, 16 Clarendon Place, The University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.

22-24 March 2010, an Interdisciplinary Conference at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York

The mass suicide and murder of the men, women and children of the Jewish community in York is one of the most scarring events in the history of Anglo-Judaism. It was also but one of a series of attacks on local communities of Jews across England in 1189-90. This conference brings together researchers from the US, Europe and Israel to reinterpret the events, context and memory of 1190.

Full programme and further information at: http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/cms/york-1190/index.html. Graduate bursaries are available (application deadline February 1).

Student-run conference on Russia and CEE States, 17-18 March 2010, St Anthony's College, Oxford

The collapse of communism was a shock; post-communist developments continue to surprise. With many scholars taking stock of the profound changes in Russia and Central/East European states since the fall of communism 20 years ago, it seems appropriate to gather students and academics from the CEELBAS network to engage with, and contribute to, the inter-disciplinary dialogue on post-communist processes of change.

An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Roles of Global Politics & Civil Society in International Economics. 4-7 February 2010, Berlin.

The BIEC will take place in Berlin from 4-7 February 2010 and will provide a forum for leading figures from across the world in economics, politics, civil society, the private sector and academia to discuss different perspectives on the recent financial crisis and the international economy. The event will seek to produce policy recommendations that take into account the diverse range of actors and stakeholders in the field. Further information can be found at BEIC.

13 March 2010, University of Warwick

Warwick Sociology Department would like to announce a call for abstracts from postgraduate students wishing to present at the Warwick Postgraduate Conference 2010 ‘Whose Rights? How Right?’.  This is a conference run by and for postgraduate students in the social sciences and humanities and provides and exciting opportunity to present your work in a friendly and supportive environment.

Abstracts should be up to 300 words and presentation of the papers should not exceed 20 minutes. Please send abstracts to Melissa Menent: M.Menent@warwick.ac.uk. Ensure that you state your name, department and institution in the same document as the abstract. The deadline for abstract submission is 15 December 2009.