Conference Announcement and Call for Papers
MAKING USE OF CULTURE
INAUGURAL CONFERENCE OF THE CULTURAL THEORY INSTITUTE
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
21-23 January 2005=20
The University of Manchester is launching its new Cultural Theory =
Institute (CTI) with an international conference on 'Making Use of =
Culture'. The Cultural Theory Institute (CTI) is the result of a =
cross-disciplinary networking initiative within the University and has =
by now brought together over fifty researchers from a growing number of =
disciplines working on issues of, or related to, Cultural Theory.
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CTI's inaugural conference will address the manifold and frequently =
conflicting meanings of 'culture', its various deployments in academic =
theory and political practice, as well as its ever-changing role and =
image in an increasingly transcultural world. Making Use of Culture is =
envisaged to instigate a radical rethinking of our customary ways of =
imagining, interpreting, facilitating, allocating and implementing =
'culture'. Of particular interest will be questions of cultural politics =
and the politics of culture, culturedness and cultural crisis, culture =
and democracy, cultural territorialism, as well as culture as 'capital', =
resource or identity. Contributors to the conference will also be =
encouraged to consider their own personal - as well as their =
discipline's or profession's - past/present/future uses of 'culture' as =
a term, tool and territory of both intellectual enquiry and political =
agency.
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Confirmed keynote speakers include:
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Meaghan Morris (Lingan University Hong Kong)
Peter Osborne (Middlesex University)
George Yudice (New York University)
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The closing date for the submission of panel proposals or individual =
papers from any disciplinary or professional background is 30 June 2004. =
Proposals (300 words) plus a brief CV should be sent to Cultural Theory =
Institute, University of Manchester, 178 Waterloo Place, Manchester, M13 =
9PG, or to useofculture@man.ac.uk.
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Further updated information on the conference will shortly be available =
from our website www.cti.man.ac.uk
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