THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND AND AMATAS PRESENT A ONE-DAY
CONFERENCE
TEACHING CLOSE ENCOUNTERS? ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERARY AND CULTURAL
INTERACTIONS
FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2004 10-4
Keynote Participants:
Susan Manning University of Edinburgh "Transatlantic Literary
Relations"
Madge Dresser University of West of England, Bristol "Civil
Rights in
Bristol"
Alasdair Pettinger Independent Scholar "Jim Crow in Britain"
Introductions/Workshop sessions from the AMATAS team including:
George McKay University of Central Lancashire Introduction to the
Project
Neil Campbell University of Derby "Landscapes of
Americanisation"
Jude Davies King Alfred's College, Winchester "City Sites"
Heidi Macpherson University of Central Lancashire, Preston
"Transatlantic Literatures"
AMATAS (Americanisation and the Teaching of American Studies) is a
highly successful HEFCE-funded project now in its second phase. In
conjunction with the University of the West of England at Bristol and
with the active support of the English Subject Centre, it is organizing
a one-day conference whose focus is on the teaching of American
Literature and American Studies in English Departments. The aim of the
day is to explore ways in which a range of teaching material can be
devised and adapted to meet the needs of a range of students including
some who may be studying only a small number of modules in this area.
Themes will include the situation of American Literature in the
contemporary world of "Transatlantic," "Circum-Atlantic," or
"Post-national" studies, and the exploitation of the local and familiar
(in Bristol, slavery and civil rights) to stimulate students actively to
participate in extending knowledge and bridging gaps. Delegates will be
encouraged to bring along exemplar material for a session entitled
"Texts and Contexts" where teaching ideas around the Transatlantic will
be work-shopped.
A limited number of travel bursaries are available - please email
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The conference will be held at the St Matthias Campus of the University
of the West of England. For further information and registration details
(attendance is free - refreshments included), please contact:
Dr Peter Rawlings
Associate Head of the School of English & Drama
UWE Bristol
Oldbury Court Road
Fishponds
Bristol BS16 2JP
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Dr. Alan J. Rice
Senior Lecturer in American Studies and Cultural Theory
Dept. of Humanities
Fylde 319
University of Central Lancashire
Preston
PR1 2HE
[log in to unmask]
01772 893020
fax 01772 892924
AMATAS website www.amatas.org
New book now out:
Radical Narratives of the Black Atlantic (Continuum, 2003)
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