The Insurgent – Myth and Fiction: An Interdisciplinary Symposium
21 June 2012, Minghella Building, University of Reading
This one-day symposium seeks to bring together scholars and researchers working in a range of disciplines to debate the figure of the insurgent.
The symposium will invite reflection on the following key questions:
• What is the relationship between the realities of contemporary insurgency, and the myths and fictions elaborated by politicians, media commentators, and other groups?
• How is the figure of the insurgent constructed in fictional and documentary contexts – in literature, film, art, television, news reporting?
• What impulses underlie these multiplying and frequently in some way ‘fictionalised’ constructions of insurgency?
We are delighted to welcome the following two keynote speakers to the event:
Professor Martin Barker (author of A ‘Toxic Genre’: The Iraq War Films) ‘Where have all the insurgents gone?’
Dr David Holloway (author of 9/11 and the War on Terror) ‘The Moral Clarity of Perpetual War: Deconstructing the Neocon Insurgency’
Registration is free and we welcome scholars and postgraduate researchers from any discipline who have an interest in the symposium’s subject. Please register for the event by emailing Dr Lisa Purse at [log in to unmask]
Visit the symposium website for more information and for the programme, at http://insurgentmythandfictionsymposium.wordpress.com/
There are a small number of travel bursaries for postgraduate students. Please see the symposium webpages for more details.
This event is supported by the Faculty of Arts & Humanities Minority Identities: Rights and Representation Research Theme and hosted by the Department of Film, Theatre & Television at the University of Reading.
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