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Dear all, you are invited to a workshop on speech writing and national identity in the context of the EU Referendum. The workshop is organised by the Network for Oratory and Politics and it will take place at UCL (full programme is below). Date: Monday, 4 July 2016 from 11:00 to 17:00 Location: UCL Institute of Advanced Studies - Gower Street Wilkins Building, Common Ground, South Wing, London, WC1E 6BT The event is free, however please could you register in advance using the link below. Best wishes, Ernest Dr Ernest Schonfield Lecturer in German University of Glasgow School of Modern Languages and Cultures/Sgoil nan Nua-Chànan is nan Cultar Room 212A, Hetherington Building Bute Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RS Tel. (44) (0) 141 330 6934 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/mlc/staff/ernestschonfield/ -------- The Network for Oratory and Politics presents a one-day workshop on: ‘Figuring the Audience, Addressing the Nation: political speech writing on national identity’ This workshop gathers political journalists, speech writers and academics in a discussion of the ways in which political speech writers and political speakers tailor speeches on national identity to the intended audience. In light of the current political debates about national identities in the UK, Britain vis-à-vis the EU and Scotland vis-à-vis the rest of the UK, this workshop presents papers on political speech writing aiming to address the nation and offering narratives of national identity and belonging. Each presentation lasts circa 30 minutes and is followed by circa 15 minutes of questions and discussion. Programme 11.00 Arrival 11.15 Welcome (Gesine Manuwald/Ernest Schonfield) Session 1: chair Ernest Schonfield (Network for Oratory and Politics/University of Glasgow) 11.30 Richard Toye (University of Exeter): ‘Churchill's European Rhetoric Reconsidered: the Zurich speech seventy years on’ 12.15 Andrew Grice (The Independent): ‘The EU referendum campaign – the rhetoric and the reality’ 13.00 Sandwich lunch Session 2: chair Gesine Manuwald (Network for Oratory and Politics/University College London) 13.45 Andrew Crines (University of Liverpool): ‘The Eurosceptic Rhetoric of Margaret Thatcher’ 14.30 Judi Atkins (Coventry University): ‘"Our Island Story": David Cameron’s Narrative of Britain and British Identity’ 15.15 Tea and Coffee Session 3: chair Henriette van der Blom (Network for Oratory and Politics/University of Glasgow) 15.45 Phil Collins (The Times): ‘Success and Failure in the Rhetoric about The European Union’ 16.30 Closing discussion 17.00 Drinks Please register for a free ticket at EventBrite<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/figuring-theaudience-addressing-the-nation-nop-political-speechwriting-workshop-tickets-25283417382>. Bursaries There will be a limited number of bursaries available for post-graduate students coming from outside London who wish to attend. The bursary may be used to cover travel and/or a night's accommodationeither before or after the workshop as necessary. Please contact [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> to apply. For more information please go to: www.gla.ac.uk/networkfororatoryandpolitics<https://mail.student.gla.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?REF=rHy1lEzRFuBKy_ooAH2e4rKgayd0IHktyiFcnu1XxnuciFMHJIbTCAFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmdsYS5hYy51ay9uZXR3b3JrZm9yb3JhdG9yeWFuZHBvbGl0aWNz>