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SUMMARY:2nd CBCP Postgraduate Symposium - call for papers
DESCRIPTION:The 2nd CBCP Postgraduate Symposium will be held at the University of Reading. It will mainly be an in-person event with an option for remote presentation and attendance. \nPhD students and Postdoctoral researchers are invited to submit abstracts for 15-minute talks on relevant topics\, such as: \n\nbook production\, distribution\, and readership in global contexts.\nprinting and publishing trade.\nbook history\, typography\, and book design.\nmateriality of text and image (both analogue and digital).\nenvironmental histories of print cultures and book printing and sustainability.\nwider book cultures and publishing with a distinctive global\, multilingual\, and\nmultidisciplinary focus.\nprotagonists and professionals of the book market (such as publishers\, editors\,\ndesigners\, illustrators\, translators\, cultural mediators\, literary agents\, readers).\n\nThe deadline for the submission of the abstracts is Monday 5th May 2023. Abstracts should also include single-line bio or affiliation descriptions and should not exceed 350 words in length (references and bio excluded). \nThe symposium will be an occasion for PhD students and Postdoctoral researchers to showcase their research while engaging with the wider community of researchers within the CBCP. No costs to attend: lunch and refreshments will be provided. \nAbstracts and enquiries should be sent to: Andrea Romanzi and Pritha Mukherjee. \nDelegates may also like to register to attend the Marina Warner talk on ‘Archives\, history and memory in memoir writing’ which is taking place on the same evening\, as an in person/hybrid event. For more information please click here.
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CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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SUMMARY:Archives\, history and memory in memoir writing – a talk by Marina Warner
DESCRIPTION:Writer and academic Dame Professor Marina Warner will discuss drawing on archives and the interweaving of history and memoir-writing. In her memoir ‘Inventory of a Life Mislaid’\, Warner uses memory and imagination as well as writing and objects to recreate the extraordinary world of her childhood. [Cover design by Sophie Herxheimer.] \nShe has recently presented some of her family papers to the University book and publishing collections\, relating to her father’s work in establishing a branch of WH Smith’s in Cairo after the second World War. A selection of artefacts from the WH Smith archives held by the University of Reading will be on display. \nThis event is run in partnership with the Museum of English Rural Life (MERL). \nDame Professor Marina Warner CH\, DBE\, FRSL\, FBA is a writer and academic. Her works include novels\, short stories and studies of art\, myths\, symbols and fairy tales. She is a Professor of English and Creative Writing at Birkbeck\, University of London. \nThis will be an in person/online hybrid event with live streaming via Zoom to remote individuals who have pre-registered to attend. The video files of the talk will be published online after the event. \nA selection of artefacts from the WH Smith archives held by the University of Reading will be on display and attendees will have the chance to view this from 5.30pm with refreshments available. The talk will start at 6.00pm. \nTo book tickets to attend the event in person at the Museum of English Rural Life please click here \nTo book tickets for the online event (which covers the talk only) please click here \nThe event will finish at 7.00pm.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/archives-history-and-memory-in-memoir-writing-a-talk-by-marina-warner/
LOCATION:Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL)\, Redlands Road\, Reading\, RG1 5EX\, United Kingdom
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