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Listening to Literature, 1900-1950 (12-14 March 2014 – Leuven, Belgium)

CALL FOR PAPERS [DEADLINE: 1ST OF JULY]

Listening to Literature, 1900-1950

12-14 March 2014 – University of Leuven, Belgium

Keynote
Julian Murphet (University of New South Wales, Sydney)

This three-day conference seeks to survey the impact of aural media (phonograph, gramophone, telephone, radio) and other major sound events of the first half of the twentieth century on the literature of the period. Through in-depth analysis of the different ways in which modernist and avant-garde authors reflected on and incorporated sound and aural technologies in their writings, we aim to explore the literary soundscape between 1900 and 1950.
The first half of the twentieth century – “the age of noise” in the words of its contemporaries – is littered with events crucial to the history of modern aurality. The phonograph and its successor, the gramophone, enabled man to record and replay sound. Telephone and radio enabled long distance verbal communication. The combustion engine filled the big city with its incessant mechanical drone. And of course there were the two World Wars, whose aural impact – deafening bombings, nerve-shattering sirens, the rhythmic stamping of marching feet and the continuous drone of planes overhead – can hardly be overestimated.
This conference aims to explore the impact of these and other related events on the literary landscape of the period, looking for the answers to such questions as:

* How is sound represented? What techniques are used to represent sound?
* What kinds of sounds are represented and how do they compare? What function do the represented sounds fulfill within the literary work?
* Was the representation of sound altered by the introduction of new aural media such as the phonograph or telephone?
* How were the various aural media themselves represented? What is their function within the literary work? How are they used as a literary motif or device in the work of particular authors?
* How can we study sound within the literary work? How does fictional sound relate to actual sound?
* Are there substantial differences in the treatment of sound within the period, for instance between modernism and the avant-garde, but also between authors, genres, generations? And if so, how can they be explained?
* How does the literary representation of sound relate to that of the other senses? Do they fulfill different functions within the literary work?

We welcome both theoretical and case-based studies on these and other questions central to the mapping of the literary soundscape between 1900 and 1950. Proposals (in English) should be sent to ltlconference@arts.kuleuven.be by 1 July 2013. These should contain a 300-word abstract as well as a short bio listing contact and affiliation details.

The first day of the conference will cater specifically to postgraduate students, enabling young and promising scholars to present their research and collaborate with their peers.

This conference is organized by the Leuven-based research team MDRN. For more information, visit http://www.mdrn.be. If you have any further questions, please contact tom.vandevelde@arts.kuleuven.be or tom.willaert@arts.kuleuven.be.

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The Art of English, Queen Mary (Friday 21 June)

We are pleased to announce the line-up for Art of English, a one-day conference to be held at Queen Mary, University of London, on Friday 21 June. This conference aims to trace and to interrogate historical and contemporary debates pertaining to the study and teaching of English. The programme, featuring guest speakers, Ben Knights, Derek Attridge, and Catherine Belsey, can be found here: http://www.qmul.ac.uk/artofenglish/programme/index.html

Booking is open, advisable, and available via our website: http://www.qmul.ac.uk/artofenglish/.

You can also follow us on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/artofenglish13. Or feel free to email us at:artofenglishconference@gmail.com.

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Modernist Intimacies, University of Sussex: May 17th 2013

Registration now open for the Modernist Intimacies conference at the University of Sussex on May 17th 2013.

Modernist intimacies poster (3)

Modernist Intimacies programme final

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BAMS Postgraduate Training Day: Research Skills (Thursday 9th May)

The fourth annual BAMS postgraduate training day will be held at King’s College London on Thursday 9th May. Please find below the event poster and programme.

The event is open to 70 postgraduate researchers. The day will include both practical advice and conceptual research training, covering interdisciplinary and archival research, as well as highlighting some of the socio-historical and theoretical contexts of modernism and contemporary modernist studies. Students from all relevant disciplines are welcome.

As places are limited, early registration is strongly advised. Registration deadline: Friday 26th April

To register, and for further information, please contact Chris Mourant: christopher.mourant@kcl.ac.uk

The event is free to members of BAMS and costs £10 for non-members. A limited number of travel bursaries are available. Please see the poster for details.

 

BAMS Postgraduate Training Day 2013

Programme – BAMS Postgraduate Training Day 2013

 

 

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This Saturday at the London Modernism Research Seminar

Institute of English Studies

Modernism Research Seminar Series

09 March 2013, 11:00 – 13:00

Room G35, Senate House South Block, Malet Street, London

‘Modernism and Cinema’

Scott Klein (Wake Forest University), ‘Spread Spectra: Hedy Lamarr, George Antheil, and Modernist Perception’

Michael Valdez Moses (Duke University), ‘Seeing Like a State:  Riefenstahl, Eisenstein, and Modernist Propaganda’

Download a map of the central precinct with directions for getting to the University of London Senate House.

NB: ROOM CHANGE

 

For more information on the Modernism Research Seminar Series, go to:

http://events.sas.ac.uk/ies/seminars/53/Modernism+Seminar

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Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature and Cultural Studies, Birkbeck College, University of London, deadline 22 March

Birkbeck College, University of London

Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature and Cultural Studies

Birkbeck College, University of London -Department of English and Humanities

Job Description

Applications are invited for a Lectureship in Modern and Contemporary Literature and Culture in the Department of English and Humanities.

 You will be involved in our lively research community and will make a full contribution to the Department’s international research profile.

You will contribute to the delivery of the BA English and the interdisciplinary BA Arts and Humanities, and to the taught MA programmes in Modern and Contemporary Literature, in ontemporary Literature and Culture and in Critical and Cultural Studies, and undertake the supervision of research students. You will participate appropriately in departmental administration, including, in the first instance, directing the MA in Contemporary Literature and Culture.

 Candidate Requirements

You should have a good first degree and have ideally completed, or be near to completion of, a PhD in a relevant subject area, and show evidence of published research or exceptional potential. Teaching experience at postgraduate degree level is desirable, as is administrative experience.

Applicants with a strong interest in contemporary culture who are able to contribute to interdisciplinary teaching and research are particularly welcome. Expertise in the area of Medical Humanities is desirable.

About the Department

For more information, please visit the School web page: www.bbk.ac.uk/english

Further Information

Informal enquiries can be made to Professor Alison Finlay, Head of Department, English and Humanities, Birkbeck, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX. (tel: 020 3073 8417, e-mail: a.finlay@bbk.ac.uk)

 Salary: £34,307 per annum inclusive of London Allowance.

This job is a full-time, open-ended position, with an expected start date of 1 September 2013. The initial salary award will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful applicant. The appointment may be subject to a probationary period of up to three years. Annual leave is 25 days per year, plus an additional six days when the College is closed during the spring and winter breaks. This is in addition to the eight bank holidays.

The post is superannuable under the USS scheme (Universities Superannuation Scheme). This is a defined benefit scheme, and is often substantially more beneficial to the employee than a “money-purchase” scheme.

The closing date for completed applications is 23:59 on Friday 22 March 2013.

Interviews are due to be held in the week commencing 29 April 2013.
Birkbeck is committed to providing the highest quality academic and working environment where all staff, students, visitors and contractors are employed, welcomed, respected and treated in a consistent and non-discriminatory manner. This approach will be applied irrespective of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or faith, political belief and social status.
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SL/Reader in English and/or American Literature since 1945, University of Glasgow, deadline 19 March

University of Glasgow

SL/Reader in English and/or American Literature since 1945

School of Critical Studies

University of Glasgow -College of Arts

Job Purpose

To lead the University’s research and teaching in English and/or American Literature since 1945. The Senior Lecturer will undertake and promote international research within the College of Arts. You will play a vital role in leading the agenda of the School of Critical Studies and the College of Arts, in line with the University, College and School strategic objectives.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

1. To lead and sustain high–quality research activity through a portfolio of individual, joint and/or network research projects, and to secure external funding for the same through successful grant applications to Research Councils and other funding bodies.

2. To provide research leadership in the relevant Unit of Assessment and to contribute effectively to enhancing that UoA’s research profile in future national research assessment exercises, including maintaining a track record of high quality publications and attending and participating in appropriate research seminars/conferences.

3. To take a leading role in the School and the College of Arts in developing interdisciplinary research and teaching.

4. To develop links with relevant national and international bodies outside academia with a view to enhancing research, teaching and impact.

5. To provide research direction for more junior staff and, where possible, engage in collaborative research, thereby promoting the development of the University’s research base.

6. To attract and be responsible for supervision and training of postgraduate students, supporting these students to produce high quality scholarship and to successfully complete studies in line with University (and where relevant) funder guidelines.

7. To take a leading role in the design, review, organisation, delivery and assessment of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and courses. Including leading the delivery and development of cross teaching and employability initiatives. 8. To take a leading role in the School’s ongoing development and review of the curriculum, in a manner that supports a research-led approach to student learning and employability.

9. To take a leading role within the School and/or College in administrative and other activities as directed by the Head of School or VP Head of College, including mentoring of junior staff, in accordance with the School/College strategy.

10. To foster collaboration in research and teaching with other units of the University.

11. To work effectively in co-operation with colleagues in the School, College and University as a whole.

12. To develop and lead research and where appropriate teaching initiatives, which support the School and College Knowledge Exchange agendas.

13. To engage in professional development as appropriate.
14. To contribute to the enhancement of the University’s international profile in line with the University’s Strategic Plan, Glasgow 2020 – A Global Vision
http://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_180610_en.pdf

Standard Terms & Conditions

The salary will be on the Research and Teaching Grade, level 9, £47,314 – £53,233 per annum.

The successful applicant will be eligible to join the Universities’ Superannuation Scheme. Further information regarding the scheme is available from the Superannuation Officer, who is also prepared to advise on questions relating to the transfer of Superannuation benefits.

All research and related activities, including grants, donations, clinical trials, contract research, consultancy and commercialisation are required to be managed through the University’s relevant processes (e.g. contractual and financial), in accordance with the University Court’s policies.

Relocation assistance will be provided where appropriate.

Vacancy reference: 003077, Closing date: 19 March 2013.

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 23 April 2013.

 

JOB LISTED POSTED VIA http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AGA032/sl-reader-in-english-and-or-american-literature-since-1945/

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Northern Modernism Seminar, Birmingham, Friday, 15 March

Northern Modernism Seminar
15 March 2013

University of Birmingham

10.45 Welcome from Andrzej Gasiorek

11.00 Kirsten Shepherd-Barr (University of Oxford), ‘Biology and the Female Body on Stage: Reproductive Issues in Early Modernist Theatre’

12.00 Clare Warden (Lincoln University), ‘Saluting the Red Army: Basil Dean’s Russian Adventures’

1.00 Lunch

2.00 Daniel Moore (University of Birmingham), ‘”A Revolution of Incalculable Effect”: Marian Richardson and Modern Art at School’

3.00 Tea and Coffee

3.15 Scott Klein (Wake Forest University), ‘”You Must Speak”: Silence, Scale and Politics in Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator

4.15 Michael Valdez Moses (Duke University), ‘”Saved from the Blessings of Civilization”: John Ford, the West, and American Vernacular Modernism’

5.15 Close.

All are welcome and attendance is free.

Attached is a poster to advertise the day. Enquires and registration to Rebecca Lockyer.

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MSA15 – Panels, Roundtables, Exhibitions deadline: 15 March 2013

There is still time to assemble panel, roundtable discussion, and exhibition proposals for the MSA15 2013 Annual Conference, hosted this year by the University of Sussex and Queen Mary, University of London, 29 August – 1 September 2013. The deadline for each of these is 15 March 2013. The conference theme this year is “Everydayness and the Event.”
For instructions on submitting proposals, the new MSA15 website information page is here:

Don’t miss out!

For all conference enquiries, please contact msabrighton@gmail.com

 

 

 

MSA15poster

 

PDF of Conference Poster: MSA15poster

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Northern Modernism Seminar, 15 March, University of Birmingham

Northern Modernism Seminar Website

University of Birmingham
Lecture Theatre 3 in the Law School

10.45 Welcome from Andrzej Gasiorek

11.00 Kirsten Shepherd-Barr (University of Oxford), ‘Biology and the Female Body on Stage: Reproductive Issues in Early Modernist Theatre’

12.00 Claire Warden (Lincoln University), ‘Saluting the Red Army: Basil Dean’s Russian Adventures’

1.00 Lunch

2.00 Daniel Moore (University of Birmingham), ‘”A Revolution of Incalculable Effect”: Marian Richardson and Modern Art at School’

3.00 Tea and Coffee

3.15 Scott Klein (Wake Forest University), ‘”You Must Speak”: Silence, Scale and Politics in Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator

4.15 Michael Valdez Moses (Duke University), ‘”Saved from the Blessings of Civilization”: John Ford, the West, and American Vernacular Modernism’

5.15 Close.

All are welcome and attendance is free.

Enquires and registration to Bex Lockyer.

Directions: When you enter the Law School (doors on the left hand side) please ascend the staircase to your right, following the signs to Lecture Theatre 3.  Please contact Bex Lockyer if you require specific access arrangements, or have any other questions about your journey to the Seminar. Full Directions here.