Contact Person : Dr Charlotte Baker; Last Date for the submission of abstract : 31/01/2010; Description : Scholars working on Africa-related topics are often faced with social, cultural or linguistic gaps that open up in the translation from one form of cultural representation to another…

Contact Person : Sharon McCulloch; Last Date for the submission of abstract : 21/03/2010; Description : This 1 day conference is designed to give linguistics postgraduates from all research areas an opportunity to present and discuss their research in an informal and intellectually stimulati…

Contact Person : Kate McNicholas Smith; Last Date for the submission of abstract : 25/01/2010; Description : An opportunity to join with other PhD students in a post-disciplinary environment; to share your research, to collaborate, and to join in with sociological challenges involving Andre…

Contact Person : Sarah Blacford; Last Date for the submission of abstract : Not Available ; Description : An interdisciplinary meeting addressing the factors restricting food production and the opportunities for increasing food security. We will focus on the contributions that can be ma…

Contact Person : Freyja Peters; Last Date for the submission of abstract : 15/02/2010; Description : An interdisciplinary conference for researchers to present work & share & discuss ideas stemming from the examination of texts employing varied representational modes, adaptations and int…

Contact Person : Lia Kinane; Last Date for the submission of abstract : 30/03/2010; Description : This seminar, sponsored by the Centre for Gender and Women's Studies, provides a forum for discussion of issues around adult friendship, particularly in the context of gender and sexuality.

Contact Person : Ruth Alcock; Last Date for the submission of abstract : Not Available ; Description : Our first CCN Conference is designed to take forward the debate around catchment management in an uncertain future and identify challenges and opportunities for research to fill curren…

Contact Person : Kate Mitchell; Last Date for the submission of abstract : 30/03/2010; Description : During this seminar we seek to bring together researchers who examine contemporary, empirical material on adult friendship, who view friendship as a social, temporal and cultural rela…

Contact Person : Kate Mitchell; Last Date for the submission of abstract : Not Available ; Description : This workshop will bring together scholars, care practitioners, and the public to explore the changing nature of care work which is of major importance for policy and practice. Topics w…

Contact Person : Charlotte Baker and Greg Kerr; Last Date for the submission of abstract : 28/02/2011; Description : Coinciding with the recent debate around French national identity is the salience of certain ethnic or religious minorities, such as Roma or Muslim, in public discourse. Y…

Contact Person : Kate Mitchell; Last Date for the submission of abstract : Not Available ; Description : Please join us for a discussion series on the opportunities, challenges and practices of taking leadership for sustainability. The event on 18th May will be on 'Promoting Sustainability…

Contact Person : Rebecca Braun; Last Date for the submission of abstract : 40553; Description : With the impetus of cultural understanding and public engagement afforded by the London 2012 Olympics, this conference seeks to explore issues relating to cultural impact and to a writer?s…

Contact Person : Charlotte Baker; Last Date for the submission of abstract : 40555; Description : Capturing Witches: Histories, Stories, Images will focus particular attention on how witchcraft is theorised and represented in and through history and across cultures. Please see websit…

Contact Person : Hazel Morbey; Last Date for the submission of abstract : Not Available ; Description : Interdisciplinarity of ageing research: contributing insights from across disciplines; moving beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries through exploring common strategies and soluti…