tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25228912994542123512024-03-06T02:12:08.173+00:00Spaces in Theorya monthly reading group at Northumbria University for staff and postgraduatesSpaces in Theoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490035352007827897noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522891299454212351.post-22021031349802091502012-05-21T22:25:00.000+01:002012-05-21T22:25:42.666+01:00Shandy Hall trip and ThanksOn Friday we held the final Spaces in Theory meeting at Shandy Hall. We began with a tour of the house kindly led by the engaging and knowledgeable Patrick Wildgust, taking in the house's recently discovered sixteenth century wall paintings, the famous bust of Sterne produced by Joseph Nollekens, and Sterne's souvenir china cow (!) Patrick then led us into a discussion of the relationship between Sterne and Elizabeth Draper, the subject of Shandy Hall's <a href="http://www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk/wp/precious-cargo/the-exhibition/" target="_blank">current exhibition</a>.<br />
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The exhibition puts Sterne and Draper's relationship into context, featuring Sterne's letters and Eliza's forged replies, reproductions of the gifts that passed between the two and artistic responses to their relationship and separation. In addition it introduces the art of eighteenth-century letter writing.<br />
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After enjoying the exhibition we then had the privilege of visiting the bedroom created for, but never used by, Eliza. An eerie and emotional space, the room features an installation by Carolyn Thompson which explores the truths and fictions surrounding Sterne and Draper's relationship<a href="http://www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk/wp/precious-cargo/the-exhibition/elizas-room/" target="_blank">."Folie a Deux"</a> is an elaborate coverlet created using eighteenth-century techniques and embroidered with copies of Sterne's letters. <br />
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There is still time to catch this wonderful exhibition which runs until June 29th.<br />
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Finally, we would like to say a big thank you to everyone who helped with and participated in the reading group over the last year; we've had a fantastic time.<br />
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- Laurie and Helen.Spaces in Theoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490035352007827897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522891299454212351.post-84764633329454548402012-05-14T20:16:00.000+01:002012-05-15T10:46:49.812+01:00Readings for Shandy Hall trip (18th May)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We've chosen some short readings to accompany the final Spaces in Theory meeting at Shandy Hall this Friday:</div>
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<li>Paul Munden, "Obsession", "Grass", and "DIY" in <em>Asterisk*, </em>illus. by Marion Frith (Sheffield: Smith/Doorstop, 2011), pp.14-17; 42-43.</li>
<li>Laurence Sterne, <em>Journal to Eliza, </em>ed. by Wilbur Cross (New York: Taylor, 1904).</li>
<li>Laurajane Smith, <em>Uses of Heritage </em>(London, Routledge, 2006). Subsection from Chapter 2 ("Heritage as a Cultural Process") entitled "Place", pp.74-80.</li>
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For those joining us, here's a brief itinerary:<br />
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We'll depart from outside Londis at 1pm, to arrive around 2.30 pm. We'll look around the exhibition in the gallery space then view the installation in Eliza's room in Shandy Hall. After that, we'll have a discussion in the gardens if it's sunny, or perhaps the Old Kitchen, followed by a walk around into the village to see the church, village pub and/or tea rooms. We'll leave around 4.30 pm and return to campus at around 6pm. And a gentle reminder: transport is free but entry to Shandy Hall costs £4.50.</div>
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If anybody is not on the mailing list and would like copies of the texts just email us, as usual, at <a href="mailto:spacestheory@hotmail.co.uk">spacestheory@hotmail.co.uk</a>.<br />
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See you on Friday!Spaces in Theoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490035352007827897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522891299454212351.post-2561243879839207422012-05-05T00:34:00.000+01:002012-05-05T00:35:40.335+01:00Summary of May's MeetingOn Wednesday Anna Hope guided us through the strange world of 'Bizarro' fiction and Foucault's essay 'Of Other Spaces'. The texts provoked plenty of questions, including: how 'bizarre' really is Bizarro? What kinds of conservative assumptions and messages might actually lurk within the genre? How does the genre- and Carlton Mellick in particular - treat the female body? Do these authors encourage particular reading practices? Can any kind of dialogue be opened up between these authors and theorists or academics?<br />
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Foucault's text allowed us to think about the female body in Mellick's <em>The Haunted Vagina </em>as a type of 'heterotopia', which in turn made us ask whether the text positions the female body as a 'deviant' space. It also led us to discuss Foucault's notions of 'real' and 'unreal' spaces, and to ask to what extent the virtual worlds evident in texts such as Mellick's challenge or complement Foucault's thesis.<br />
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Thanks to all who attended our penultimate session. On the 18th we will bring 'Spaces in Theory' to a close with <a href="http://spacestheory.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/spaces-in-theory-trip-literary-houses.html">our trip</a> to Shandy Hall.Spaces in Theoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490035352007827897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522891299454212351.post-33809031248920988482012-04-26T16:13:00.001+01:002012-04-26T16:13:42.083+01:00Readings for Wednesday 2nd May<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Please note, due to file size we will be sending the Mellick out on request - email us at <a href="mailto:spacestheory@hotmail.co.uk">spacestheory@hotmail.co.uk</a> if you would like to receive the attachment.</div>
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For more information on the excellent 'Locating the Hidden Diaspora Project', visit the project's website <a href="http://www.englishdiaspora.co.uk/project.html">here.</a>Spaces in Theoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490035352007827897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522891299454212351.post-43334431105365459832012-04-08T19:50:00.000+01:002012-04-08T19:50:44.475+01:00Northern City Renaissance<div style="text-align: justify;">
While we're gearing up for Anna's session on the 2nd May, just a quick note to say that there's still time to catch the <a href="http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/laing/thingstoseeanddo/exhibition/2012/01/21/northern-city-renaissance/" target="_blank">'Northern City Renaissance'</a> exhibition at the Laing gallery, Newcastle. Place and space enthusiasts will enjoy depictions of the city's changing cityscape from local and national artists, including the Ashington group - who are coincidentally the subject of Lee Hall's hugely successful play, running at the Live theatre<a href="http://www.live.org.uk/whatson/categorydetails.php?id=20" target="_blank"> this month</a>.</div>
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Finally, thanks to all those who have signed up for the Shandy Hall session/trip next month- it's looking to be a great day.</div>Spaces in Theoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490035352007827897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522891299454212351.post-75036452363781917362012-04-03T14:19:00.000+01:002012-04-03T14:30:02.187+01:00Politics of Place: A Journal for Postgraduates<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Members of the reading group might be interested in<em> </em><a href="http://www.exeter.ac.uk/politicsofplace"><em>Politics of Place</em></a>, a new peer-reviewed journal for postgraduates, based at the University of Exeter. It focuses on the relationship between culture and spatiality in works of literature, engaging particularly with issues of nationhood, community, class, marginality, and the self, and places specific emphasis on the complex interactions between physical environments and human activity.<br />
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The journal is encouraging submissions which consider ideas of space, place, mapping, journeying, and discovery for its first issue, the theme of which is 'Maps and Margins'. It aims to explore notions of mapping from the physical to metaphysical and metaphorical, and to cast light upon margins of the self and society – within the page, beyond the page, or beyond the map. The deadline for the ‘Maps and Margins’ issue is 30 June 2012.<br />
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Readings will soon be circulated for our next session, led by Anna Hope, on Carlton Mellick III's <em>The Haunted Vagina</em> and Foucault's concept of heterotopia (Wednesday 2nd May, 4:30pm). We hope to see you after a restful Easter break!Spaces in Theoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490035352007827897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522891299454212351.post-76026766286156879292012-03-24T11:27:00.003+00:002012-03-24T11:30:37.833+00:00Upcoming Events<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Here are some events and a new book that might be of interest to readers.<br /><br /><br /><em>Transnational Solidarities</em></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Venice and the Cultural Imagination</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><em>Spaces of (Dis)location</em><br /> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><em>Stanza Stones</em><br /><br /><em>Stanza Stones</em>, a Poetry Trail from Marsden to Ilkley, is a new collaboration between imove, Ilkley Literature Festival, Simon Armitage and Pennine Prospects, funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. Simon Armitage and some of Yorkshire’s most talented young writers, dancers and film makers celebrate the Pennine landscape in a series of performances combining dance, poetry, bicycles and film. The project also includes a series of walks as well as a stone carving workshop.<br />The events are free but must be booked in advance, </span><a href="http://www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And don't forget the most important date of all - the </span><a href="http://spacestheory.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/spaces-in-theory-trip-literary-houses.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Spaces in Theory Trip</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> to Shandy Hall, Friday 18th May. Email us to register your place before Friday 30th March. It's proving popular so make sure you've got a seat on the bus!<br /> </span>Spaces in Theoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490035352007827897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522891299454212351.post-58958308740113558072012-03-08T21:35:00.002+00:002012-03-10T08:45:02.243+00:00Spaces in Theory trip - Literary Houses: Theory and Practice<br />
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We're excited to announce that on Friday the 18th of May we will be holding the reading group at Shandy Hall, the literary house where Laurence Sterne lived and wrote his most famous works. Attendees will also be able to view the <em>Precious Cargo</em> exhibition, which explores Sterne’s epistolary relationship with Mrs Eliza Draper as she sailed back to India on an East India vessel. <br />
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We hope the location, the readings (to be confirmed) and the exhibition will inspire discussion and debate on such themes as literary pilgrimage and tourism, Empire, site-specific writing, artists/writers in residence, and the interpretation of historic spaces and places through art installations and curatorial practice. <br />
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Places are limited, so we ask that all postgraduates and staff book their places before Friday 30th of March by emailing <a href="mailto:spacestheory@hotmail.co.uk">spacestheory@hotmail.co.uk</a>. There will be a small fee of £4.50, payable on the day. We will set off from Northumbria at 1pm and full travel information will be circulated before the trip.<br />
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For more on Shandy Hall and the Laurence Sterne Trust visit <a href="http://laurencesternetrust.org.uk/">http://laurencesternetrust.org.uk/</a>. Information about the <em>Precious Cargo</em> exhibition can also be found here: <a href="http://laurencesternetrust.org.uk/">http://laurencesternetrust.org.uk/</a>.Spaces in Theoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490035352007827897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522891299454212351.post-13223750746408010432012-03-03T18:32:00.001+00:002012-03-10T08:30:34.524+00:00Summary of February's Meeting<div style="text-align: justify;">
On Tuesday we achieved the seemingly impossible feat of connecting Derridean theory and medieval Robin Hood ballads. To summarize:</div>
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Laurie began by discussing the notion of hospitality and the ways in which it has been theorized. This led us to ask: should hospitality be understood, and practiced, as an economic pact, or as a gesture of (potentially disastrous) openness? And what do we mean when we talk about 'hospitality' - what kind of personal, social and geographic boundaries are involved? Can we talk about all these things at once - does Derrida? And how successfully?</div>
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This led us on to the Robin Hood ballad and Robin's own 'hospitable' practices. We discussed the ways in which Robin positions himself as a greenwood host, and what this says about his social, economic and spatial position. We talked a little more generally about the ballad itself and its contexts of production. We also idly wondered why the otherwise sparse ballad describes the many birds Robin eats for dinner in such minute detail ! "There fayled none so litell a birde / <nobr>That ever was bred on bryre."</nobr></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As mentioned below our next meeting will take place on this coming Tuesday, led by Laurie Mckee. We'll be talking about Robin Hood and theories of hospitality (especially Derridean), and our texts are:</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As usual, all are warmly and hospitably welcomed to join and discounted wine will flow. If you're not on the mailing list and would like to join in, just email us at </span><a href="mailto:spacestheory@hotmail.co.uk"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">spacestheory</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">@hotmail.co.uk.</span>Spaces in Theoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490035352007827897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522891299454212351.post-68213068574466590452012-02-14T15:09:00.003+00:002012-02-14T15:17:15.631+00:00Change of Date and Upcoming Events<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The session planned for Friday 17th February has been postponed until Tuesday 28th February, at 4.30pm in Lipman 121. Laurie McKee will be leading the session on Robin Hood, Jacques Derrida and hospitality. We'll send the readings around shortly. </span><br />
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A couple of events at the Lit & Phil this month will appeal to those of us interested in places and spaces. On the 22nd Natasha Vall of Teeside University will examine how, after 1945, the North East struggled to create cultural policies which would support its vernacular culture. Then on the 29th a number of creative writing staff from Northumbria University will read from their work, including Ian Davidson and Michael Cawood Green whose rich works explore issues of space and location (see: <a href="http://www.litandphil.org.uk/events.shtml">http://www.litandphil.org.uk/events.shtml</a> for more information).</div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Alain Robbe-Grillet (1957), <em>Jealousy,</em> trans. by Richard Howard (London: Calder, 1959), pp. 64-82 [extract to be circulated by email]</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Claire helpfully opened last month’s reading group with a lowdown on the basics of Transatlantic Literary Studies. She described its status as a sub-discipline arising in 1997 from the strength of American Studies and an increasing interest in manifest destiny and the frontier spirit, topics which have long been concerned with international dialogue. The sub-discipline rethinks classic American Literature through a transnational and transcultural approach, emphasising hybridity, migration, and aboriginality rather than old world / new world binaries. We briefly looked at the work of Susan Manning, a pioneer in this field, and considered how the concept of global connectivity threatens notions of fixed national space through a collective imagination.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">With reference to the example texts (see schedule tab), we discussed the political symbolism of trees such as the oak; Irish-English relations; English-French relations from the eighteenth-century to the present day; and bestial imagery in Emerson, especially his comparison of the slave to the dodo. However, events such as <span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859 came up as possible evidence of Emerson’s nuanced beliefs on race, as in his journal we can see the process by which he eventually supports Brown.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Abstract:</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">“In this paper I present a defence of parochialism against the claims of cosmopolitanism and in the context of debates about the relational accounts of place. Against normative claims that local attachments and territorial sense of belonging lead to exclusion and cultural atrophy the paper suggests that the local, its cultures and solidarities, are a moral starting and a locus of ecological concern in all human societies and at all moments of history. I explore this idea by reference to art and literature, especially poetry. This analysis suggests the local identities should be understood contextually; there is no necessary relation between local forms of identity and practices of exclusion. The paper shows how the virtue of parochialism is expressed in art with a universal appeal. I conclude therefore that we need more detailed studies of real local identities, which avoid a presumption of disdain.” Professor John Tomaney.<br /><br />This event is part of a programme of activities celebrating the 35th Anniversary of CURDS in 2012.<br /><br />For more information visit the Newcastle University </span><a href="http://www.ncl.ac.uk/curds/news/item/parochialism-a-defence" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">website</span></a><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span>Spaces in Theoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490035352007827897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522891299454212351.post-72415702614706464092011-12-08T15:07:00.001+00:002012-02-14T15:18:29.063+00:00'Pictures from Hopper' launchNeil Campbell will introduce his new collection of short stories <em>Pictures from Hopper</em> at 6pm in Gallery North, Northumbria University on Tuesday, December 13th. Neil's stories are inspired by the works of Edward Hopper and engage with issues of place and location. For more on this collection visit: <a href="http://www.saltpublishing.com/books/smf/9781844718306.htm" target="_blank">http://www.saltpublishing.com/books/smf/9781844718306.htm</a>Spaces in Theoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490035352007827897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522891299454212351.post-91241667440521879412011-12-05T11:51:00.001+00:002011-12-05T14:56:16.643+00:00Readings for 9th December 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ralph Waldo Emerson, </span><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/74767830/Race-from-English-Traits" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">'Race'</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, from <em>English Traits</em> (1856). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Paul Giles, </span><a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/823200" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">'Transnationalism and Classic American Literature'</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, <em>PMLA</em>, 118 (2003), pp. 62-67.</span><br />
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Place-based highlights include talks by Alistair Moffatt, 'Who do we think we are? The Scots: A Genetic Journey', and Ann Cleeves, who will talk about her story collection, <em>Shetland Quartet</em>. In addition, Ann will jointly run 'Crime in a Foreign Country' with Shirley McKay and Northumbria's own Jacky Collins.<br />
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Northumbria University Library will be hosting performance and installations from students and staff at the university, in <a href="http://newcastlewinterbookfestival.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=68&Itemid=55" target="_blank">An Encounter with Antigone</a> (dir. by Jane Arnfield and Matt Cummins) and <a href="http://newcastlewinterbookfestival.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=68&Itemid=55" target="_blank">Chattering Monkey</a> (by Alex Elliott). It would be great to see many of you there.Spaces in Theoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490035352007827897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522891299454212351.post-26062546272290073902011-11-16T09:19:00.001+00:002011-11-16T09:21:47.628+00:00November Meeting PostponedApologies for the short notice but we've decided to postpone this month's session until the new year so that Laurie can focus on submitting her thesis - she aims to have it in by the end of the month so let's wish her the best of luck!<br />
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Keep checking for updates about Clare's session, which will be going ahead on Friday 9th December.Spaces in Theoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490035352007827897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522891299454212351.post-70899385701610038912011-11-10T10:44:00.001+00:002012-02-14T15:19:08.387+00:00Interdisciplinary Conference at Northumbria<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span lang="en">Professor Joel P. Eigen (Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology, Franklin and Marshall College, Pennsylvania)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span lang="en">Professor Melinda A. Rabb (Professor of English, Brown University, Rhode Island)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span lang="en">Dr. Judith A. Tucker (Lecturer in the School of Design, Leeds University)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span lang="en">This cross-period and interdisciplinary conference seeks to situate and interpret states of mind from the eighteenth century to the twenty-first questioning how the space, place and historical context in which mental states are experienced shaped the narratives produced by individuals. Interweaving perspectives from across such disciplines as literature, history, philosophy, art history, creative writing, psychology and sociology, the conference will explore accounts of states of mind including mental illness, dreams, sleep-walking, imaginative states and self-awareness. The conference seeks to assess how these varying states of consciousness are expressed and how such narratives are influenced by historical change, continuity or the reconfiguration of these forms of expression. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span lang="en">We would like to invite abstracts for papers from across disciplines on the theme of the conference, particularly related, but not limited, to the following key strands:</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Experience and Representation of Mental Illness</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">-<strong> </strong>the gap between individual experience and interpretations by medical and legal practitioners</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">- the relationship between mental distress, agency, literature and cognition</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">- representations of mental derangement and criminal responsibility</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Liminal States of Mind</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">- representations of liminal states of consciousness </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">- the relationship between experiences and representations of dreams and sleepwalking</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">- categorisation of imaginative states in cognitive science and philosophy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">- concepts of interiority, selfhood and imaginative processing of real or fictional worlds</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Self-awareness and Place</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">- relationship between self and place, particularly regarding the past, decay and dilapidation</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">- artistic expressions of situating self-awareness</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">- creative representations of landscape as a geographic metaphor</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Abstracts of 300 words for 20-minute papers should be submitted no later than 31 January 2012 to the conference organisers: </span><a href="https://db3prd0402.outlook.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=JMRiIqggPEyF_HE7cS96l33HWGErc84II8EYsGw_gDSrlXTsrjz6TzjScdYNs13gbshpkDB8XQ0.&URL=mailto%3aanita.oconnell%40northumbria.ac.uk" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">anita.oconnell@northumbria.ac.uk</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> or </span><a href="https://db3prd0402.outlook.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=JMRiIqggPEyF_HE7cS96l33HWGErc84II8EYsGw_gDSrlXTsrjz6TzjScdYNs13gbshpkDB8XQ0.&URL=mailto%3aleigh.wetherall-dickson%40northumbria.ac.uk" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">leigh.wetherall-dickson@northumbria.ac.uk</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">. Please see </span><a href="https://db3prd0402.outlook.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=JMRiIqggPEyF_HE7cS96l33HWGErc84II8EYsGw_gDSrlXTsrjz6TzjScdYNs13gbshpkDB8XQ0.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.northumbria.ac.uk%2fstatesofmind" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">www.northumbria.ac.uk/statesofmind</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> for details.</span></div>
Spaces in Theoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490035352007827897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522891299454212351.post-48916893141163719412011-11-01T12:32:00.002+00:002011-11-04T14:40:09.049+00:00Remember, Remember: Eventful November<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Apologies for the terrible rhyme. In addition to Laurie's Robin Hood and Derrida session on Friday 18 November (readings to follow shortly), there are loads of space-related events going on this month that you might be interested in. Our very own English Literature department is hosting some great talks in the </span><a href="http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/sass/about/humanities/englishhome/englevents/EngLitSeminars"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Seminar Series</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> this month: </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> Over the road at Newcastle University, NCLA are hosting the following: </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And further afield, the Tate Modern </span><a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/eventseducation/talksdiscussions/topology.htm"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">'Topology'</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> project runs from 5th November 2011-May 2012, bringing together artists, writers and intellectuals to discuss topological theory. The following events are taking place this month:</span></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/eventseducation/talksdiscussions/24580.htm"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Secrets of Space seminars</span></span></a>,<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> Saturday 12 November </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Keep checking back for updates on the next meeting, and thanks to readers for recommending events, we're always grateful. We look forward to seeing you on 18th.</span></span></div>Spaces in Theoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490035352007827897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522891299454212351.post-76461654831031238132011-10-19T14:07:00.000+01:002011-10-19T14:07:34.199+01:00Dickens and Google Maps<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTKWa-8aGalzInr86oJfXPwot2c04thGPiqXy6xjVgSAO2w4vEYgwj6Lg2Bl6AfibNBXDn2k9lyp69GJYlvetoeXD8U6cZ5zxSru3ms3aYhaQ-brsm9ZYLN5eT52V_xl-_9Ng8MkCILOQ/s1600/bleak_house.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="288" rda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTKWa-8aGalzInr86oJfXPwot2c04thGPiqXy6xjVgSAO2w4vEYgwj6Lg2Bl6AfibNBXDn2k9lyp69GJYlvetoeXD8U6cZ5zxSru3ms3aYhaQ-brsm9ZYLN5eT52V_xl-_9Ng8MkCILOQ/s320/bleak_house.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Charlotte's Google Map of <em>Bleak House</em></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I'd like to draw your attention to a blog post recommended to me last week, <a href="http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/cemathieson/entry/dickens_and_google/">'Dickens and Google Maps'</a>, in which Charlotte Mathieson displays the locations of some Victorian novels using <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl">Google Maps</a>. Her research </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><a href="http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/cemathieson/">blog</a></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> on the Warwick University webpages includes some example images, showing how useful a tool this can be. Charlotte has also blogged about recent conferences that might be of interest to readers, such as <a href="http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/cemathieson/entry/rural_geographies_of_1/">'Rural Geographies of Gender and Space, Britain 1840-1920'</a> and <a href="http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/cemathieson/entry/travel_in_the_1/">'Travel in the 19th Century'</a>. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Image courtesey of Charlotte Mathieson.</span></div>Spaces in Theoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12490035352007827897noreply@blogger.com0