Major international conference:

Jane Barford and Chris Hart are opening a call for papers for:

APPROACHES TO ENGLISHNESS: Past, Present and Future

8, 9 & 10th July,  2003  University of Central England, Birmingham UK

CALL FOR PAPERS  Proposals 200 words should be submitted to the organizers
by 17th January (Friday), 2003

The major theme for the conference is:

Englishness in all its diversity

From this the following sub-themes have been identified for the conference;
we will, however, be pleased to consider ideas for papers which are outside
of these themes.

Englishness and heroism             Being and doing Englishness
Representations of Englishness            Englishness and heritage
Literature and Englishness                Humour and Englishness
Social hierarchies and Englishness  Imagined Englishness
Stereotypes, eccentrics and Englishness
Arts and technology of Englishness

More details from:  http://www.cie.uce.ac.uk/englishness/