[ecrea] Heritage in the 21st Century. Symposium 7 Feb 2015

Centre for Research in Memory, Narrative and Histories, University of 
Brighton.

HERITAGE IN THE 21ST CENTURY


CRMNH Annual Symposium – Saturday 7 February 2015 (9.00-4.30)

M2 Boardroom, Grand Parade Building, University of Brighton.


Keynote Speakers:

Professor Robert Hewison (University of Lancaster) “The Heritage 
Industry revisited” and Professor David Arnold (University of Brighton) 
“Cultural Informatics”.


Panel Speakers:

Professor Deborah Philips (University of Brighton) “Mapping the 
Guidebooks: the Literary Heritage of Tourism”.


Dr Louise Fitzgerald (University of Brighton) “Call The Midwife: The 
Politics of Nostalgia, Heritage and Social Amnesia”.


Abigail Wincott (University of Brighton) “Heritage in danger or mission 
accomplished? Diverging accounts of endangerment, conservation and 
‘heritage’ vegetables”.


Dr Douglas McNaughton (University of Brighton) “Television's Heritage 
Topographies: Space and Place in Lark Rise to Candleford (BBC 2008-2011)”.


Dr Ailsa Grant Ferguson (University of Brighton) “Constructing and 
Reconstructing a site of remembrance: The Shakespeare Hut, 1916 – 2016”.


Dr Liam Connell (University of Brighton) “Literature, Bards, Bridges and 
Castles: Heritage and the finance of the Scottish Banking Sector”.


Jean Martin (University of Brighton) “Echoes of the Past. Using the 
evocative power of sound in heritage sites”.


It is now over thirty years since English Heritage was established in 
1983 with the National Heritage Act, and over twenty since John Major 
established the Department of National Heritage in 1992, since converted 
by New Labour into the Department of Media, Sport and Culture. It was 
also over 30 years ago that Robert Hewison published his significant 
study The Heritage Industry: Britain in a climate of decline (London: 
Methuen,1987).


How have ideas of ‘heritage’ changed since then? The impact of new media 
and digitalization have had a profound effect on the culture of museums, 
tourist sites and national collection. In an age of austerity, popular 
culture has responded with a renewed interest in heritage and nostalgia. 
What are the current critical debates around heritage, for both curators 
and scholars with a concern for how ‘heritage’ works in in the 21st Century?


This symposium brings together academics who are critiquing and 
challenging ideas of ‘heritage’ and those who are directly involved in 
supporting and maintaining the national heritage. Together they will 
debate what ‘heritage’ means in the current climate of a Britain of 
austerity in which nostalgia has become a potent political force. The 
day will address questions of how ‘heritage’ has been used as a concept, 
and how it might be used in the future.


Registration and delegate rates:

This event is open to all but delegates must register in advance. The 
registration fee is £50 (waged), with concessions for 
retired/unemployed/unaffiliated delegates (£15) and students (£15). 
University of Brighton staff (with fee payment cover from their budget 
manager) should email (see below) with cost codes to cover the £50 fee. 
The registration fee includes tea/coffee and lunch.


To register: 
http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/research/crmnh/conferences/heritage21


For further information email: (Memorynarrativehistories /at/ brighton.ac.uk)

Dr Sam Carroll
Research Centre Administrator
Centre for Research in Memory, Narrative and Histories
CRD, Faculty of Arts
Grand Parade
University of Brighton
Brighton
BN2 0JY
United Kingdom



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