CALL FOR PAPERS

St Mary’s University College, Twickenham is holding a conference on 
Culture, Religion and Identity on 24th November 2007.

Speakers already confirmed include Prof. Michael Chanan of Roehampton 
University, Dr John McLeod of the University of Leeds and Kenan Malik of 
the University of Surrey. 

Michael Chanan is a professor of Film & Video at Roehampton University, 
London. He is a documentary film-maker, author, editor and translator of 
books and articles on film and media and the social history of music. In 
2006 he collaborated with George Steinmetz (University of Michigan) to 
produce  Detroit: Ruin of a City, a unique documentary about Detroit and 
its ruination. 

John McLeod works primarily in the field of postcolonial studies, and has 
a particular interest in postcolonial representations of London, England 
and Britain. His book Postcolonial London: Rewriting the Metropolis 
(Routledge 2004) explores how London has been rewritten by a variety of 
post-war writers, and his co-edited collection The Revision of Englishness 
(Manchester University Press 2004) considers the ways in which Englishness 
has been imaginatively reconsidered by different kinds of writers and film-
makers.

Kenan Malik is a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Department of Political, 
International and Policy Studies at the University of Surrrey. He is a 
presenter of Analysis on BBC Radio 4 and has written and presented a 
number of radio and TV documentaries. His books include The Meaning of 
Race (1996) and Man, Beast and Zombie (2000).

Panels will be based on the Irish migrant community; Irish identity; the 
Catholic Church; identity and popular culture; diaspora; new hybridities 
and Israel and Palestine. Papers related to these themes are particularly 
welcome.

Abstracts of 250-300 words should be sent to Dr Richard Mills, Programme 
Director, Cultural Studies at [log in to unmask], telephone 020 8240 4090 
by October 1st 2007.