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1845-1945: A Century in Motion
University of
Birmingham, 27th June 2013
Keynote speaker – Dr Matthew Rubery, Queen Mary University of London
Interdisciplinary postgraduate conference – call for papers
How did the rapid period
of industrialisation in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries help to shape
societies and lifestyles in the West? What types of social changes, movements
and developments characterise this time period? This interdisciplinary postgraduate
conference, in affiliation with the Centre for the Study of Cultural Modernity
and hosted by the College of Arts and Law, seeks to explore the various ways in
which this century was one of ‘motion’, in every sense of the word. The
conference title seeks to encapsulate both the uncertainty and upheaval of this
period as well as the physical and cultural movements that occurred at this
time. We invite papers addressing these themes from postgraduate researchers
and early-career academics working on this period from a variety of
backgrounds.
Topics could include,
but are not limited to:
Cultural or social movements
- political movements
- the Women’s Movement
- arts movements (musical, artistic, literary)
- religious and philosophical
- popular cultural trends (food, fashion, advertising)
Physical movements
- mass movement of people (mobilisation of soldiers, migration from towns to cities)
- transatlantic and inter-continental travel (including emigration and immigration)
- leisure and tourism
- transport
- changing landscapes
Development and progress
- media (cinema, audio technology and radio, print media)
- scientific and medical advances
- technology
- economic growth and/or recession
- development of nationhood
These headings are
suggestions only; we welcome proposals exploring crossovers between these
topics, or addressing them from interdisciplinary perspectives. Abstracts of
250-300 words for 20 minute papers along with a short biographical note of no
more than 50 words should be sent to pgculturalmodernity@contacts.bham.ac.uk by the 17th May 2013. We welcome any
questions that you may have; please do not hesitate to contact us at the above
address.
For more information
about the Centre for the Study of Cultural Modernity please visit their
website: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/culturalmodernity/index.aspx
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