Wednesday 17 July 2013

Lancaster University Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and Language Teaching

Monday 15 July 2013, Lancaster University, UK
Keynote speakers: David Barton & Alison Mackey

Web:
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/events/laelpgconference
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Email:
lancspg2013@gmail.com

Literature and Physical Culture Conference - 10-11 April, 2014

International Centre for Sports History and Culture, De Montfort University, Leicester
This interdisciplinary two-day conference re-examines the idea of sport in textual culture and seeks to reappraise the significance of physical culture beyond the traditional historical frameworks. The conference is interested in the inclusion of sport and physical culture within textual culture, and seeks to reassess sport’s place within the wider cultural landscape. It asks how sport and sporting lexis is transformed in subsequent cultural outputs from novels, poetry, theatre, films and television, and how its importance to the wider population is reflected and developed in these outputs. It is also interested in exploring the broader context of the changing nature of sport’s inclusion within literature from the late eighteenth century to the present.
Abstracts focusing on the pre-1800 period are also invited.
The conference committee (Chair: Victoria Dawson, Professor Tony Collins, Dr Claire Westall, Nicola Stead) welcomes abstracts of 250-300 words for 20 minute papers. Please send your abstract, plus a short biography to Victoria Dawson at literatureandsport@hotmail.co.uk by 31 October 2013.

Writing Workshop for Early Career Scholars Working on Africa

Call for Applications: The African Studies Association of the UK (ASAUK) invite applications to attend a writing workshop for early career scholars to be held at the University of Birmingham on 3rd September 2013.
 
 
The Department of African Studies and Anthropology (DASA) and African Studies Association of the UK (ASAUK) are organising a writing workshop for early career scholars to be held at the University of Birmingham on 3rd September 2013. The aim of the writing workshop is to assist early career scholars to prepare material for publication in international journals.
 
 
For more information including journal themes, how to apply and deadlines please go to the website: