Dear all (with apologies for any cross posting);
   Fancy a couple of days away next weekend at an interdisciplinary 
conference in a beautifully landscaped location? Ideograms is a new 
enterprise within the University of Leicester incorporating two different 
universitiesand eight different departments and seeks to advance 
interdisciplinary approaches to the arts, media and society (Ideograms 
stands for Inter-departmental Group for Research into the Arts, Media and
Society). Our first conference, linked into the launch of our new
journal, takes place on September 14th and 15th at the University of
Leicester's Oadby student village and conference halls with
registration from 9am (welcome and first plenary 10.30 for 11) on the
14th and ends at tea time on the 15th. A bargain conference at £150 all
in (with day delegate and non-resident options) including a formal
banquet and accommodation please see http://www.le.ac.uk/conference/
and click on Media and Communication Conference to make your booking by 
card NOW! Deadline Wednesday 12th for bookings. See the list of speakers 
below (in order of happening although some tweaking may still take place). 
I look forward to seeing you there. If you know anyone who might be 
interested incoming along, please forward this email on.

Best wishes,
Anna Claydon

SPEAKERS AT IDEOGRAMS
Charlotte De Backer, University of Leicester
Eugenia Siapera, University of Leicester
Barrie Gunter, University of Leicester
Sharon Lockyer, Brunel University
Dimitri Schuurman, Ghent University Keynote
Ann Gray, University of Lincoln KEYNOTE
Scott Wright, De Montfort University
Pieter Ugille and Steve Paulussen, Ghent University
Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe, African Renaissance Associates
Anna Claydon, University of Leicester
Stuart Price, De Montfort University
Sofie Van Bauwel, Ghent University
Japhet Ezra July Mchakulu, University of Leicester
Vincent Campbell, University of Leicester
Laura León, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Burce Celik, McGill University, Montreal
I.Q. Hunter, De Montfort University
Laurence Hauttekeete and Katrien Berte, Ghent University '
Manish Verma, Amity University
Lauren N. Summers, University of Washington
Ian Hays, Independent Researcher, Nuneaton,
Frank T. McAndrew, Knox College, USA KEYNOTE