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English: The Condition of the Subject
17 to 19 July 2003, London, United Kingdom
ENGLISH SUBJECT CENTRE
Conference Announcement
An International three-day Conference at Senate House,
University of London, Malet Street, London WC1
http://www.english.ltsn.ac.uk/intconf
Plenary Speakers: Jonathan Bate, Catherine Belsey,
Ronald Carter, Ato Quayson, Elaine Showalter
'English: The Condition of the Subject' will present a
major opportunity to review current practice in English.
Its prime aim is to reflect upon how English has been
constituted in the classroom through the changes of the
last ten years, how its manifestation in teaching lives
alongside its manifestation in research, and what the
future of English might be. The conference will be
organised through themes, and the prime theme will be
the curriculum.
Questions asked at the conference will also include:
* What is the condition of English now, and how are its
subjects (the curriculum, the students, lecturers and
scholarship) constituted?
* How have the mechanisms governing our professional
lives in the modern university, and the culture of
professionalism itself, affected the subject?
* What is the English 'class' and how are we changing it
or reinforcing it?
* Is English a subject without centre or margins? Where
is the 'literary' to be located or reinvented?
And the following broad topics will be under review:
* Interdisciplinary work, subject boundaries, context
* Global English
* Future of academic publishing
* Language and literature
* Theory: for and against
* Teaching creative writing
* The value and point of English
The deadline for call for papers for this conference has
been extended until the required number has been
received. The target figure has nearly been reached but
all proposals are welcome until w/e 14th March 2003.
Enquiries: English Subject Centre Tel: +44 (0) 1784
443221 or email:
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