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[ecrea] Legacy: Mythology and Authenticity in the Humanities

Sat May 11 07:00:45 GMT 2013




LEGACY: MYTHOLOGY AND AUTHENTICITY IN THE HUMANITIES


De Montfort University, Leicester


Friday 28 June 2012


Fee: £15

Register at: http://store.dmu.ac.uk


This interdisciplinary conference examines the various ways in which cultural ‘legacies’ are created, restructured, perpetuated and even rejected within current humanities research. It challenges the social and political significance of ‘legacy’ and its relevance both as a research theme and as a lens by which to view the progression of our respective disciplines and questions whether newer disciplines respond to cultural mythologies by establishing their own ‘legacy’ as a means of achieving academic authentication. Topics covered by the panels will include:



· Folkloric ‘legends’ and the academic ‘legacy’

· The creation of oral and written legends

· National identity and institutional ‘legacies’

· The development of individual, theoretical, and collective ‘legacies’

· ‘Legacy’ and institutional validation

· Obedience and iconoclasm towards ‘legacy’ in contemporary humanities studies

· ‘Legacy’ and the curated archive



The conference will conclude with a roundtable discussion with Professor Dominic Shellard the Vice-Chancellor of De Montfort University, Dr Will Buckingham of the School of Humanities at De Montfort University, and Mr Sam Causer of the Leicester School of Architecture.


Any queries should be directed to: Anna Blackwell and Elizabeth Penner at (dmulegacyconference /at/ gmail.com), or visit dmulegacyconference.wordpress.com.


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Johnny Walker
Lecturer in Film Studies

Room 0.16
Clephan Building
De Montfort University, Leicester

T: 0116 207 8257


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