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The Semiotics of Shipwreck An Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Representation and Resonance of Maritime Disaster 19-20 Novemer 2010 National Maritime Museum, London, UK Ever since human beings first began seafaring, they have been fascinated, and haunted, by shipwrecks. For maritime societies especially, shipwreck has been the stuff of nightmares, representing a constant threat not only to individual sailors but also to the community as a whole. Unsurprisingly, therefore, shipwreck is one of the oldest motifs in art and literature, from the second millennium BCE to the modern era. Yet accounts, images and metaphors of shipwreck have taken diverse forms and served various purposes, varying significantly across time and between cultures. The aim of this symposium, a collaboration between the Centre for Travel Writing Studies, Nottingham Trent University and the National Maritime Museum, is to explore the shifting and multiple semiotics of shipwreck; to trace the evolution of the shipwreck motif over time and across cultures; and to trace the circulation of accounts and representations of specific shipwrecks through culture. Speakers include: Josiah Blackmore (University of Toronto, Canada); Emma Cocker (Nottingham Trent University); Stephen Donovan (Uppsala University, Sweden); Jenny Gaschke (National Maritime Museum); Steve Mentz (St John's University, USA); Robin Miskolcze (Loyola Marymount University, USA); Bill Niven (Nottingham Trent University); Kirsty Reid (University of Bristol); Sarah Shaw (University of Oxford); Carl Thompson (Nottingham Trent University); Michael Titlestad (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa). The provisional programme, with paper abstracts, is available at: http://www.nmm.ac.uk/researchers/conferences-and-seminars/shipwreck-symposium<BLOCKED::http://www.nmm.ac.uk/researchers/conferences-and-seminars/shipwreck-symposium> Conference fee: £25, including wine reception. To book a place, contact Janet Norton on 020 8312 6716 or [log in to unmask]<BLOCKED::mailto:[log in to unmask]> For other enquiries, contact Dr Carl THompson at [log in to unmask]<BLOCKED::mailto:[log in to unmask]> ********************************************************* British Association for Romantic Studies http://www.bars.ac.uk To advertise Romantic literature conferences, publications, jobs, or other events that the BARS members would be interested in, please contact Neil Ramsey <[log in to unmask]> Also use this address to register any change in your e-mail address, or to be removed from the list. Messages are held in archives, along with other information about the Mailbase at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/bars.html *********************************************************