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Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 12:51:31 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: 'THE IDEA OF HERITAGE' - CALL FOR PAPERS
From: Dr SR Ditchfield <[log in to unmask]>
To: history-heritage list <[log in to unmask]>
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CALL FOR PAPERS -- " THE IDEA OF HERITAGE: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE "
A three-day interdisciplinary conference to be held at London Guildhall
University 7-9 September 1999
Co-organised by University of York, Department of History and London
Guildhall University, Department of Politics and Modern History in
association with Fund for the Development of Teaching and Learning (FDTL)
Plenary Speakers: * Celia Applegate * John Arnold * Neal Ascherson *
Sultan Barakat * * Peter Burke * Chris Miele * Patrick Wright * Maria Wyke
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Outline: 'All at once heritage is everywhere.' It mobilizes individuals
and communities, localitites and nations. Whether structured by the media
or museums, monuments or monographs, memory or landscape, it shapes our
very identities. As an activity, 'pastifying' has become at the same time
a hobby and an industry. It generates 'unofficial knowledge' at the hands
of metal dectorists and amateur family historians, but also hegemonic
accounts of the past when authored by the English National Trust or
UNESCO.
But just what status should such heritage narratives enjoy? Are they a
recent product of late capitalism and industrial decline or are they the
latest chapter in a ceaseless dialogue with the past whose origins lie
beyond both Europe and the Christian era and whose future development can
only be guessed at? Put another way, if the history of heritage and the
heritage of history were examined side-by-side, who, with confidence,
could always distinguish 'official' accounts of the past from 'unofficial'
ones, elite from popular historical consciousness?
The plenary speakers listed above range over a variety of interest areas
and historical contexts - from archaeology to architecture, classical
studies to deveopment studies, cultural history to contemporary practice.
This reflects our intention to provide analysis of the central concept of
heritage, which is fully contextualised and historically specific, yet
chronologically and culturally wide-ranging.
Proposals for papers of 30-minutes duration are invited from those
interested in examining the various ways in which the past has been evoked
by individuals, groups and nations to create a sense of common belonging
in present and previous societies. Contributions from heritage and museum
workers will be particularly welcome.
Abstracts (of not more than 500 words) should be sent by 30 January to:
Simon Ditchfield Heritage as Applied History project University of York
King's Manor YORK YO1 7EP phone/fax: ++44 (0)1904-433966 email:
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The full conference programme will be published in March 1999.
Kirsten Holmes Researcher Leeds University Business School Telephone:
(0113) 233 6855 E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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