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This conference on Canadian photographic practices should be of interest to more than just Canadian Studies people. Please pass on details to anybody you think might be interested. Contact me for further details. Richard Dennis Geography, UCL [log in to unmask] Mapping Visual Diversity in Canada: Historical and Contemporary Photographic Perspectives A one-day conference organised by the London Conference for Canadian Studies in association with the Eccles Centre for American Studies Monday 23rd February, 2009 British Library Conference Centre, Euston Road, London NW1 Focusing on photographic representations of Canadian landscape and peoples from the 19th century to the present, this one-day conference brings together leading Canadian authorities on the history of photography and photographic archives with UK-based researchers working on historical and contemporary Canadian photography. PROGRAMME 9.30 Registration 10.00 Welcome and Introduction: Dr Richard Dennis (UCL) 10.10-11.10 Joan Schwartz (Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario): "The Eye is a Daguerreotype": Photographic Nation-Building in Nineteenth-Century Canada 11.10 Coffee 11.30-12.00 Philip Hatfield (Royal Holloway, University of London and the British Library): Modernity in the Frame: Envisioning the Canadian City, 1895-1924 12.00-12.30 James Opp (Carleton University): Finding the View: Landscape, Place, and Colour Slide Photography in Southern Alberta 12.30-1.00 Cliff Lauson (UCL and Tate Modern): Roy Arden’s Ugly City 1.00 Lunch (included in registration fee) 2.00-3.00 Colleen Skidmore (University of Alberta): Women, Wilderness, and Photography in the Rocky Mountains of Canada 3.00 Tea 3.15-3.45 Alex Vasudevan (University of Nottingham): “A Photographer of Modern Life”: Jeff Wall’s Photographic Materialism 3.45-4.15 Will Smith (University of Nottingham): “PUBLICity” or “real life”? Toronto Photoblogging Considered 4.15-5.00 Discussion, introduced by Elizabeth Edwards (University of the Arts) LCCS acknowledges with thanks the support of the Government of Canada, the Eccles Centre and the British Library in the organization of this meeting. To register, please complete the registration form and return (by 16 Feb) to Dr Richard Dennis, Department of Geography, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] . LCCS (The London Conference for Canadian Studies) is an informal interdisciplinary group of researchers and teachers with interests in Canada. If you would like to be kept informed of future activities, please tick the box on the registration form. LCCS also publishes an annual, refereed journal, The London Journal of Canadian Studies, which is available free, online, at <http://www.canadian-studies.info/lccs/LJCS/current/index.html>http://www.canadian-studies.info/lccs/LJCS/current/index.html Mapping Visual Diversity in Canada: Historical and Contemporary Photographic Perspectives A one-day conference organised by the London Conference for Canadian Studies in association with the Eccles Centre for American Studies Monday 23rd February, 2009 British Library Conference Centre, Euston Road, London NW1 REGISTRATION FORM The cost of attending the conference (to include lunch and refreshments) is £35.00 full fee/ £20.00 students, unwaged. Cheques should be made payable to ‘LCCS’. We regret we do not have facilities for payments by credit/debit card. Name: Address: Phone: Email: I enclose a cheque for £35.00 / £20.00 (please delete as appropriate) made payable to ‘LCCS’ Please tick the box if you would like to be kept informed of future LCCS activities: [] Please send your completed form, to arrive no later than Monday 16 February, to: Dr Richard Dennis, Chair LCCS, Department of Geography, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]