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Geography, Art & Dance: Conference of Irish Geographers sessions (Galway, 16-18 May 2013)

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

As part of the Conference of Irish Geographers, and as a collaboration between the Space and Place Research Collaborative and Galway Dance Days, we are hosting a series of performances, workshops, and discussions across the fields of geography, art and … Continue reading →

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Emotional Objects: Touching Emotions in Europe 1600-1900 (CFP, Conference, London, 11-12 October 2013)

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

Emotional Objects 11th-12th October 2013, Institute of Historical Research, London. Proposals are invited for 20 minute papers for: Emotional Objects: Touching Emotions in Europe 1600-1900, funded by the European Research Council project ‘Spinning in the Era of the Spinning Wheel … Continue reading →

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Playing cards: A bridge between worlds

Posted on March 3, 2013 by

Ben Kasstan writes: Having been my family’s Uno champion for the last six years running, I fulfilled my 2013 resolution to play Bridge – tutored by Holocaust survivors and refugees of the Nazi regime. I smugly turned up to my … Continue reading →

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Memory & Time Research Symposium & Postgraduate Workshop (Symposium, Durham, 9-10 November 2012)

Posted on October 29, 2012 by

Memory and Time research symposium and postgraduate workshop Research symposium 10th November 2012 Senate Room, Durham Castle This interdisciplinary symposium will showcase new research focusing on questions of memory and time, in line with Durham University’s IAS theme. The event … Continue reading →

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Affect, memory, and the transmission of trauma (CFP, Conference, London, 15 March 2013)

Posted on October 19, 2012 by

Call For Papers: Affect, memory, and the transmission of trauma 15 March 2013 Goldsmiths College, London Keynote speakers: Professor Valerie Walkerdine, Cardiff University and Dr. Lisa Blackman, Goldsmiths College This interdisciplinary conference explores the connections between affect, memory, and trauma, and examines … Continue reading →

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The Memory Marathon (Festival of Ideas, London, 12-14 October 2012)

Posted on October 11, 2012 by

Over three days during Frieze Art Fair Week, the Serpentine Gallery in London stages the Memory Marathon, the seventh annual festival of ideas inspired by the annual Pavilion commission. This multi-disciplinary event will feature a wide range of participants, including leading artists, … Continue reading →

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The Proust Phenomenon: Volunteers Required

Posted on October 11, 2012 by

The Proust Phenomenon: Volunteers Required First Memory Network Event Thursday 15 November, 7pm Institut Français 17 Queensberry Place London SW7 2DT With: Kirsten Shepherd-Barr (Modern Drama, Oxford); John Downes (Neuropsychology, Liverpool John Moores); Sarah McCartney (Perfumer); Barry Smith (Philosophy, School … Continue reading →

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Trauma: Theory and Practice (3rd Global Conference) (CfP, Conference, Lisbon, 19-22 March 2013)

Posted on July 21, 2012 by

This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference seeks to examine and explore issues surrounding individual and collective trauma  in terms of practice, theory and lived reality. Trauma studies has emerged from its foundation in psychoanalysis to be a dominant methodology for understanding … Continue reading →

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Memories of Conflict, Conflicts of Memory (CFP, International Conference, London, 13-13 February 2013)

Posted on June 15, 2012 by

Memories of Conflict, Conflicts of Memory International Conference 13- 14 February, 2013 Senate House, London Organised by: Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies, Faculty Institute of Graduate Studies, University College London Centre for the Study of Cultural Memory There are … Continue reading →

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Empathy and Memory Studies (CFP, Conference, Birkbeck, June 2012)

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

Conference on Empathy and Memory Studies 23 June 2012, Birkbeck, University of London Birkbeck, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX (room B04) The concept of empathy has become central to the transdisciplinary field of memory studies with the rise of interest … Continue reading →

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