31 March 2015, University of Surrey This symposium has two overlapping points of focus. First, the way in which political organisations and subcultures interact. This, in a contemporary setting, has…Read More >
Events
PSN Postgraduate Conference
University of Leicester, 30 October 2014 – Matt Grimes: ‘”Where There’s a Will There’s a Way”: Methodology, Investigating Memory and the Life-Courses of 1980s British Anarcho-Punks.’ – Sophie Sparham: ‘How…Read More >
Doing subcultures: research methodologies and practice around subcultural histories
University of Sussex, 15 October 2014 Style-based subcultures, scenes and tribes – along with their music genres – have pulsated through the history of social, economic and political change. Distinctive…Read More >
In/between Spaces
5 September 2014, Liverpool John Moores University This symposium will explore the role of ‘space’ in youth cultures, both urban and domestic, with a particular focus on under-examined private and…Read More >
Here by the Sea and Sand: A Symposium on Quadrophenia
10-11 July 2014, University of Sussex Conference welcome by Pam Thurschwell followed by Paolo Hewitt reading from The Sharper Word: A Mod Anthology Mods and Quads: International perspectives Christine Feldman-Barrett (Griffith University,…Read More >
Entertainment! Post Punk, New Wave and Authenticity
8-9 May 2014, London College of Communications Design Panel Round Table Russ Bestley (Chair) / Rob O’Connor (Stylorouge design) / Bill Smith (Polydor: the Jam, the Cure designer) / Marco…Read More >
Sound Affects Workshop
15 April 2014, University of East Anglia, Norwich social change, we should research and analyse the particular contribution made by music. Does it, as some seem to suggest, provide a…Read More >
“Re-telling the Riots! Music, Community and Civic Unrest”
18 October 2013 This symposium will explore the histories and experiences of living in British cities to examine the role of music and music scenes in the urban unrest of…Read More >
No Sir, I Won’t: Reconsidering the Legacy of Crass and Anarcho-punk
28 June 2013, Oxford Brookes University Anarcho-punk Graphics Exhibition Russ Bestley ‘”You’ll Never Beat the System by Bombing Number 10″: Perceptions of the Utility of Political Violence in Anarcho-punk, 1977-1987’…Read More >
Punk In Other Places: Transmission and Transmutation
19 April 2013, University of Reading Session 1: All Around the World ‘Sounds of a ‘rotting city’: Punk in Russia’s Arctic Hinterland’ Hilary Pilkington ‘Punk (and anarchism) in Indonesia: transition,…Read More >
