[ecrea] Legacy: Mythology and Authenticity in the Humanities

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.


--
Johnny Walker
Lecturer in Film Studies

Room 0.16
Clephan Building
De Montfort University, Leicester

T: 0116 207 8257


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