Call for Papers Archive
in:flux1845-1945: 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 Womens 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.
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Conference Location: Birmingham, UK
Conference Starts: June 27, 2013
Conference Ends: June 27, 2013
CFP Submission Deadline: May 17, 2013
For more information, contact: Helen Williams