medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Proposals of papers are warmly invited and you will be most welcome at Leicester.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Social History Society
28th Annual Conference, 3 - 5 January 2003, Leicester
'PLAY'
This conference aims to provide a challenge to explore various possible interpretations of this theme, which has therefore been left unqualified, and to provide potential for wide-ranging discussions linking concepts cultural and practical related to play in all its aspects. It is hoped to attract proposals from a wide range of scholars, including those with backgrounds in cultural studies, history of art and the visual arts, literary studies, anthropology and sociology. It is hoped the conference will, as has become usual for Social History Society conferences, provide an opportunity to draw together historians and other scholars to examine methodological issues as well as particular case studies and narratives examining different comprehensions of 'Play'. The conference will take place at Leicester University, and sponsored in particular by the Marc Fitch Historical Institute. Proposals are thus invited debating aspects of definitions, issues of links between different concepts, and interpretations ranging across societies, cultures, geographical locations and periods. Themes might include, but are not limited to:
Play - game-playing and role-playing;
Sport - fair and foul play
Play as drama - theatre, performance and display
Child's Play;
Deep Play - gambling and the rules of play
Cultures of Playing - Play and its purposes
Gender and playfulness;
Play and its regulation and management
Play and the rule-makers;
Play - place and locations
Play and censorship - including the role of the law
Play accessories - Play and technology
The Economics of Play, Plays and Playing
Play and Players - from actors to children
Play - Media and Publicity;
Play and Time, including seasonality
Proposals are invited for papers in any historical context, period or culture, consisting of title and abstract (around 350 words and no more than a side of A4). Proposals from postgraduate students are particularly welcomed. Submission of sessions or panels of three related papers (plus chair, if liked) are encouraged, and especially those for panels which would signal engagement between historians working on discrete historical periods, or for panels exploring links between history and other disciplines. Abstracts to: Administrative Secretary, SHS, Furness College, Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4YG (tel: 01524-592605; Fax: 01524-846102; Email: [log in to unmask]) to arrive by 6 June 2002. For further information please visit the Social History Society's website: http://www.ntu.ac.uk/sochist.
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