Hello,

We would like to draw your attention to Angles 2, another
interdisciplinary postgraduate conference on cultural history.

Angles 2 is a free conference taking place on Saturday 19 June 2010 at
Birkbeck, University of London.

The aim of the conference is to bring together a range of postgraduate
perspectives on cultural history from across the disciplinary
spectrum. The focus is on unusual topics and unconventional approaches
to otherwise familiar topics. Papers deal with cultural practices that
have been neglected by traditional history, and engage with fields,
trends, and themes that have been overlooked by existing scholarship.

The conference will feature opening remarks from Professor Steven
Connor (Birkbeck) and Professor Markman Ellis (QMUL) about their own
perspectives on cultural history. The rest of the programme is
outlined below.

Registration is free. To register, please visit
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/angles/registration


Travel bursaries: Thanks to funding from the Arts and Humanities
Research Council (AHRC), we are able to offer six travel bursaries of
up to £50 each to enable research students from outside London to
attend the conference. To apply, please state your name, university
affiliation, address, email address, estimated cost of travel and
whether you will need accommodation, and include a short statement (no
longer than 300 words) outlining your reasons for attending the
conference. Please send bursary applications by email to
[log in to unmask] by Tuesday 1 June 2010. You will be informed
of the outcome by Friday 4 June 2010.


Thank you,
Rachel Richardson, Thomas Turner, James Emmott
Co-organisers, Angles conference


ANGLES 2
Another interdisciplinary postgraduate conference on cultural history

Birkbeck, University of London
B04, 43 Gordon Square
Saturday 19 June 2010, 10:00-17:30

10:00 - Opening remarks from Professor Steven Connor (Birkbeck) and
Professor Markman Ellis (QMUL)

Papers
Observations on the changes to the Tibetan black yak hair tent. Sihao
Shen, University of Auckland
'What's happening at home?': Burglary insurance and fear of crime,
1889-1939. Eloise Moss, University of Oxford
Looking for cultural identity where it's supposed to be absent: The
modern dwelling as a signifier of identity in Cyprus. Ceren Kurum,
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

'The old order changeth': The shift to codification in late Victorian
mountaineering. Alan McNee, Birkbeck
Head up and heels down: Critical (re)enactment and questioning the
centaur. Monica Mattfeld, University of Kent
Spinning with spiders' silk: Methods, histories, and seductions.
Eleanor Morgan, UCL

The problem with newspaper history: Literary geography and the Soviet
press, 1953-1968. Simon Huxtable, Birkbeck
The memory of everyday life: A study of Edgar Reitz's Heimat. Pehr
Englen, Birkbeck
Urban humour in late-nineteenth-century Vienna. Heidi Hakkarainen,
University of Turku



This is a free conference. Register at http://www.bbk.ac.uk/angles/registration


Co-organisers: Rachel Richardson, Thomas Turner, James Emmott (Birkbeck)

School of Arts, Birkbeck, University of London / www.bbk.ac.uk/arts
Department of History, Classics and Archaeology / www.bbk.ac.uk/hca
London Consortium / www.londonconsortium.com

http://www.bbk.ac.uk/angles


Angles is supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

Each year the AHRC provides funding from the Government to support
research and postgraduate study in the arts and humanities, from
archaeology and English literature to design and dance. Only
applications of the highest quality and excellence are funded and the
range of research supported by this investment of public funds not
only provides social and cultural benefits but also contributes to the
economic success of the UK. For further information on the AHRC,
please see www.ahrc.ac.uk