[eccr] CFP: The Smiths

>Call for Papers
>
>Why Pamper Life's Complexities?
>
>A Symposium on The Smiths
>
>Manchester Institute of Popular Culture
>
>Manchester Metropolitan University
>
>April 8th and 9th 2005
>
>The Smiths have had a singular impact on popular culture. They looked like 
>nobody else and sounded like nobody else. The music of The Smiths 
>contained an emotional depth and a technical virtuosity that moved people 
>in a way that almost no other band has managed before or since. In spite 
>of their enormous cultural significance and personal resonance, The Smiths 
>have yet to receive sustained academic attention. To date, there have been 
>remarkably few serious examinations of the band. The purpose of this 
>symposium is to put that right. The event seeks to draw together academics 
>and others who wish to critically examine what The Smiths meant and 
>continue to mean almost two decades after their untimely demise. Among the 
>themes that we hope to address are: gender and sexuality, race and 
>nationality, a sense of place, the imagination of class, the significance 
>of Manchester in popular music, the aesthetics of the band, fan cultures 
>and musical innovation.
>
>Abstracts for proposed conference papers should be no longer than 200 
>words and should be sent (via email) no later than January 10th 2005 to Dr 
>Fergus Campbell, School of Historical Studies, University of Newcastle 
>Upon Tyne, 
><mailto:(F.J.M.Campbell /at/ newcastle.ac.uk)>(F.J.M.Campbell /at/ newcastle.ac.uk); Dr 
>Sean Campbell, Department of Communication and Media Studies, APU, 
>Cambridge, <mailto:(s.campbell /at/ apu.ac.uk)>(s.campbell /at/ apu.ac.uk), and Dr Colin 
>Coulter, Department of Sociology, National University of Ireland, 
>Maynooth, Ireland, <mailto:(colin.coulter /at/ may.ie)>(colin.coulter /at/ may.ie).

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Carpentier Nico (Phd)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Katholieke Universiteit Brussel - Catholic University of Brussels
Vrijheidslaan 17 - B-1081 Brussel - Belgium
T: ++ 32 (0)2-412.42.78
F: ++ 32 (0)2/412.42.00
Office: 4/0/18
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University of Brussels
Centre for Media Sociology (CeMeSO)
Pleinlaan 2 - B-1050 Brussels - Belgium
T: ++ 32 (0)2-629.18.30
F: ++ 32 (0)2-629.28.61
Office: 5B.454
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
European Consortium for Communication Research
Web: http://www.eccr.info
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-mail: (Nico.Carpentier /at/ kubrussel.ac.be)
Web: http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~ncarpent/
-----------------------------------------------------------------------  


----------------
ECCR-Mailing list
---
To unsubscribe, send an email message to (majordomo /at/ listserv.vub.ac.be)
with in the body of the message (NOT in the subject): unsubscribe eccr
---
ECCR - European Consortium for Communications Research
Secretariat: P.O. Box 106, B-1210 Brussels 21, Belgium
Tel.: +32-2-412 42 78/47
Fax.: +32-2-412 42 00
Email: (freenet002 /at/ pi.be) or (Rico.Lie /at/ pi.be)
URL: http://www.eccr.info
----------------