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Joe Orton: 50 Years On, A Symposium University of Leicester, 9 August, 2017 To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of playwright Joe Orton (1933-1967), the University of Leicester is hosting a one day interdisciplinary symposium on his life and work. Deadline for 250-word abstracts for 20 minute papers: 31 April, 2017 Possible topics include: * Orton and satire/black comedy/farce * Orton's TV plays * Orton as diarist * Orton and race * Orton and crime * Orton and art * Orton on screen * Orton and the 1960s * Gay/Queer Orton * Orton and Halliwell * Orton and Leicester * The Orton industry * Orton's influences * Orton's influence * Orton's legacy Confirmed speakers: Professor Francesca Coppa (Muhlenberg College); Professor Graham Saunders (University of Birmingham); Dr Kate Dorney (University of Manchester); Dr Michael Petry (Museum of Contemporary Art, London) Special guest: Leonie Orton Registration: £45 (£25 students) Organisers: Dr Emma Parker (School of Arts), [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Dr Gavin Brown (Department of Geography), [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.le.ac.uk/orton-symposium<http://www.le.ac.uk/orton-symposium> Dr Gavin Brown Associate Professor in Human Geography Department of Geography, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK t: +44 (0)116 252 3858 e: [log in to unmask] w: www.le.ac.uk<http://www.le.ac.uk/> [cid:image001.gif@01D2883D.C28ED990] Follow us on Twitter<https://twitter.com/uniofleicester> or visit our Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/uniofleicester> page Departmental Twitter<https://twitter.com/LeicesterGeog> and Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/UoLGeography> page New publication: Gavin Brown and Kath Browne (eds)(2016), The Routledge Research Companion to Geographies of Sex and Sexualities, London: Routledge. Sample pages available here<https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Research-Companion-to-Geographies-of-Sex-and-Sexualities/Brown-Browne/p/book/9781472455482>.