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Dear All, This is a reminder of the call for papers for the King's College London CMCI PhD Conference 2017, "Cultural Resilience/ Resilient Cultures: the art of resistance in changing worlds". Please find the details of the conference theme below. The deadline for submissions is Friday 24th March 2017. Submissions from post-graduate, independent and early-career researchers and established scholars are welcomed. Please send a 300-word abstract, along with your name, e-mail address, academic affiliation (and department) and short bio to: [log in to unmask] The conference will be held at King’s College London, Waterloo Campus, 13th-14th June 2017. Keynote speakers include Dr Oli Mould, Lecturer in Human Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London. For more information please visit our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CMCIKCLPhDConference CMCI Conference 2017: Cultural Resilience/ Resilient Cultures: the art of resistance in changing worlds In recent times the world has experienced fundamental and ongoing changes of society on a global scale, such as political isolationism, regional conflicts, and the displacement of refugees and/or immigrants. In this atmosphere of uncertainty, culture has a role to play in reflection, diversification, debate, and even reconciliation in transformation processes and the public sphere of communities. Culture and cultural industries can, and should, act as a platform for discussion, analysis and critique of societal shifts. Through this interdisciplinary conference we seek to address questions of resistance and resilience through the lens of culture, media and creative industries. What does the current economic, social and political climate mean for creative industries? How does cultural policy negotiate changes and unpredictability? What is the role of culture in societal shifts? We invite speakers to consider examples of cultural resilience, the instrumentality of culture for resistance or mediation, and the diversity of perspectives that can be used to frame debate. Cultural Resilience / Resilient Cultures is the fourth annual CMCI PhD conference, following last year’s successful event (In)Visible Cultures. We welcome researchers to engage with questions of resilience and resistance in our society, culture, media and the creative industries, and to share their ideas with the colleagues from around the world in a friendly and stimulating environment. Papers are welcomed in line with the following topics, but are not limited to these: • Cultural and creative resilience – past, present and future • Media intertextuality – globalized resistance • Mediatisation of protest • The art of protesting: cultural and creative modes of activism • Cultural perspectives on power • Cultural diplomacy and international cultural relations in periods of change • Cultural politics in identities: gender, ethnicity, diaspora, migration and transnationalism • Creative industries in periods of change • Instrumental uses of culture • Inequality and marginalised communities • Remembering and forgetting: resistance through memory and commemoration Please note that while letters of acceptance are available for accepted speakers, we are unfortunately unable to provide any additional support for visa applications. We look forward to receiving your submissions. Kind regards, Lauren England and the CMCI Conference Team 2017 -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. This mailing list is a free service and is not restricted to members. It is an unmoderated list and content reflect the views of those who post to the list and not of MeCCSA as an organisation. MeCCSA recommends that the list be used only for posting of information (for example about events, publications, conferences, lectures) of interest to members or to promote discussion of current issues of wide general interest in the field. Posts to the MeCCSA mailing list are public, indexed by Google, and can be accessed from the JISCMail website (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa.html). Any messages posted to the list are subject to the JISCMail acceptable use policy, which states that users should avoid engaging in unreasonable behaviour, or disrupting the general flow of discussion on a list. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------