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MAY
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Africa: Cultural Translationsfrom 21/05/2010 to 22/05/2010 Conference
in Lancaster,United Kingdom
(Lancaster)
Scholars working on Africa-related topics are often faced with social, cultural or linguistic gaps that open up in the translation from one form of cultural representation to another. This conference seeks to explore translation, not only on a linguistic level, but in relation to the spaces and tensions between one cultural form or practice and another, one medium and another,...
Similar events cultural England: events social media, events cultural studies
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OCT
22
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Public History in North America and the UK: Comparative Perspectives on Theory and Practicefrom 22/10/2010 to 24/10/2010 Conference
in London city
(London)
This event follows a series of Public History conferences (co)-hosted by the IHR since 2006, most recently the international public history conference at Liverpool in 2008.Since the term ?public history? was coined in the United States in the 1970s, it has been without clear, consistent, or formal definition in North America. Likewise, in the United Kingdom the multiplicity of voices and...
Similar events cultural England: events cultural identity, events cultural management
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JUL
08
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Museums and Restitutionfrom 08/07/2010 to 09/07/2010 Conference
in Renaissance Hotel
(Manchester)
Museums and Restitution is a two-day international conference organised by the Centre for Museology and The Manchester Museum at the University of Manchester. The conference examines the issue of restitution in relation to the changing role and authority of the museum, focussing on new ways in which these institutions are addressing the subject.
Restitution is one of the most emotive and complex...
Similar events cultural England: events popular culture, events Cultural Management
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MAY
28
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Magus: Transdisciplinary Approaches to the Work of Alan Moorefrom 28/05/2010 to 29/05/2010 Conference
in Northampton,United Kingdom
(Northampton)
The University of Northampton is pleased to announce the first international academic conference dedicated to appraising the work of perhaps the most influential figure to emerge from the comics medium, Northampton's own Alan Moore.
Moore has consistently been at the forefront of the graphic novel medium for almost thirty years, being the iconic figure behind such pioneering works as Marvelman...
Similar events cultural England: events graphic design, events graphic art
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DEC
02
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Negociaciones transnacionales: Cuba y Galiciafrom 02/12/2010 to 03/12/2010 Conference
in University of Birmingham,
(Birmingam)
Since the 1860s, both social and political cultures of Cuba and Galicia have been intertwined in many ways. The history of political and cultural subordination of both nations and their struggle for self-definition against Spain firmly establish the nature adjoining Cuban and Galician nationalisms. Similarly, the complex patterns of migration and return have meant that prominent literary...
Similar events cultural England: events philosophy, events literature
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JUN
24
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Empowerment and the Sacred: An Interdisciplinary Conferencethe 24/06/2011 Conference
in Leeds, UK
At a moment when to the 'resurgence of religion' is calling Into question the secular orientation of global futures, we ask: is not it time for cross-cultural, cross-disciplinary debate about the role the sacred That plays In Our ideas and Our personal and collective histories of agency, power and change? This conference will bring together scholars, practitioners and...
Similar events cultural England: events art history, events music
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FEB
25
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Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951 Conferencefrom 25/02/2011 to 26/02/2011 Conference
in Sackler Centre, Victoria and Albert Museum,
(London)
The Mapping Sculpture project is the first comprehensive study of sculptors, related businesses and trades investigated in the context of creative collaborations, art infrastructures, professional networks and cultural geographies. This international conference aims to disseminate some of the project’s initial findings and initiate a dialogue with scholars, curators and students engaged in...
Similar events cultural England: events visual basic, events artistic
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MAY
20
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GENDER & DIFFERENCEfrom 20/05/2010 to 23/05/2010 Conference
in Hilton Hotel
(Cardiff)
This conference will bring together scholars working in the broad area of gender and difference, across a wide range of social and cultural texts and practices. Organized by: Centre for Critical and cultural Theory, Cardiff University and the Englisches Seminar at the University of Cologne. Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 31 January 2010Check the event website for latest details....
Similar events cultural England: events cultural theory
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JUL
23
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Mysticism, Myth, Nationalismfrom 23/07/2010 to 24/07/2010 Conference
in University of Exeter
(Exeter)
Myths of haunted localities figure prominently in canonical literature and popular culture. Our project will explore how, through stories of such places, notions of the past influence current debates about nationhood, locality and ethnicity in modern Britain.
The project will adopt a broad interpretation of what it means for a place to be 'haunted' - one that allows for many kinds of feelings and...
Similar events cultural England: events history
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