[ecrea] Austere Cultures conference - registration open

*Austere Cultures, Cultures of Austerity - Conference 2011*

Registration now open. Click on the link below to register:

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For further information please email (d.llinares /at/ leedsmet.ac.uk)

*Description *

The aim of this conference is to provide an interdisciplinary forum for 
interrogating and challenging the zeitgeist of austerity.

Delegates will be able to debate one of the most prevalent cultural 
issues with eminent writers and thinkers from across a range of 
disciplines. The conference aims to facilitate dialogues between 
academics, political activists, artistic practitioners and media experts 
concerning the future effects of the new age of austerity in the context 
of higher education. The conference will also reach beyond the academy, 
theorising the effects of austerity on wider social and cultural 
discourses and spaces.

Registration Fees: Full (2 day) £95; Full (1day) £75

PhD/MA Student (2 day) £50; PhD/MA Student (1day) £30

The two day conference is comprised of three keynote speeches, 8 themed 
sessions delivering papers and a round table discussion.

*_Keynotes_*

*Opening keynote Dr. Rebecca Bramall:
*/Lessons from History: Evaluating the new austerity/

*Keynote 2: Professor Les Back:
*/Intellectual Life and the 'University of Commerce'/

*Closing Keynote: Professor Griselda Pollock: */When, or even how to say 
NO!
Metaphors versus Models in our Critical Responses to the Current Crisis/

Also featuring a screening of */Chronicle of Dissent/*//

Introduced by filmmaker Michael Chanan

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Dr. Dario Llinares

School of Cultural Studies. BPA 120
Broadcasting Place.
Leeds Metropolitan University
Leeds
LS2 9EN

Mobile: 07903028894

Email: (d.llinares /at/ leedsmet.ac.uk) <mailto:(d.llinares /at/ leedsmet.ac.uk)>

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