PERFORMING / REFORMING
Culture and Politics in Contemporary Europe
International Conference
Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, UK)
Friday 7th and Saturday 8th December December 2001
The primary aim of this conference is to explore the fast changing,
protean relationship between culture and politics in contemporary
Europe, and it is expected to bring together scholars from a variety of
academic disciplines and/or research areas, such as Language/European
Studies, Cultural Studies, Cultural and/or Political History, Media
Studies and Politics.
Suggested areas of investigation:
Representations of political ideologies in various media and/or forms of
cultural expression (e.g. literature, cinema, music, visual arts) ;
Cultural policies of governments or political parties and their effects
on the production, consumption and regulation of culture ;
Theoretical and/or critical approaches to the interface between politics
and culture.
Keynote speakers include Martyn Cornick (Birmingham), David Looseley
(Leeds), Moray McGowan (Trinity College Dublin), and Hugh O'Donnell
(Glasgow Caledonian)
Contributions are invited from scholars and research students working in
any of the above areas. It is expected that papers will be of a duration
of 30 minutes (max.), to be followed by 10 minutes discussion.
Proposals in the form of a 400-word abstract should be sent to Cyrille
Guiat or Chris Tinker before 15 July 2001.
The conference is organised by the European Area Studies sub-group of
the CTISS (Centre for Translating and Interpreting Studies in Scotland)
which co-ordinates research activities within the School of Languages at
Heriot-Watt University. The full conference fee will be £120, inclusive
of two nights B&B on Riccarton Campus, or £40 (non-residential).
Contact information:
Dr Cyrille Guiat [log in to unmask]
Dr Chris Tinker [log in to unmask]
School of Languages, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh EH 14
4AS, UK.
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