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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:
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