Call for Papers - Beyond exoticism: opening up remote cultures British Academy Early Career Networking Event, Liverpool, Monday 8th September 2014 This one-day forum is one of a series of events being sponsored by the British Academy with the objective of encouraging networks of younger scholars in the fields of the Humanities and the Social Sciences. The event will draw together a mix of contributors: both early-career and more experienced researchers (in disciplines including Classics, Archaeology, Social Anthropology, Modern Languages; print journalists and others working in the broadcast media; museum professionals, publishers, and others. The purpose of the event is to focus on the challenges that confront all academics who study cultures and regions that are remote either in time or space, and which may seem to have little ‘relevance’ to the concerns of contemporary society: how can such studies be made comprehensible, attractive, or of value to the world outside academia? how do we widen the range of material that receives broader coverage? how do we avoid repeating the same narratives or approaches? how do we ensure that our disciplines survive in a harsh climate for Higher Education? The event will take the form of a series of debates examining (amongst other topics): the narratives by which we ‘sell’ our subjects; the audiences for our research activity and how to reach them; the obstacles to broader impact for our research (including research policy, instititutional structures, attitudes). The event will also showcase a range of projects or activities where (potentially abstruse) subject matter has translated well for a broad audience. We will be inviting ECRs to present their research via poster presentations which will be on display throughout the day and by participating in active debates. We will also ask all ECRs to provide a biography with an outline of their career to date and wider research interests which will be included in the programme. We expect to publish the outcomes of the event in a number of ways, including a short film of the day’s proceedings, a feature (by Matthew Reisz) in the Times Higher, and a publication through the British Academy’s Annual Review. Confirmed speakers include: Professor Charles Forsdick (Liverpool, AHRC Theme Leadership Fellow, Translating Cultures), Dr Alice Stevenson (Curator Petrie Museum), Dean Paton (founder of Big Heritage, bigheritage.co.uk), Professor Roger Luckhurst (Birkbeck, author of The Mummy’s Curse), David Wilson (documentary-maker of ‘Who were the Greeks?’, Guilty Pleasures and other programmes), Matthew Reisz (Times Higher), Anthony Cond (Chief Executive, Liverpool University Press). Call for participants The event is open to early career researchers (in fixed term appointments and early in permanent appointments), advanced postgraduates (years 3 and 4), and postdoctoral fellows (especially those funded by the British Academy). If you would like to contribute/attend please send us a brief summary (no more than 200 / 300 words) of your main research areas and current research topics, including a list of planned and published outputs. Please also indicate if you would like to present a poster presentation at the event. Where and when? The venue will be the University’s Foresight Centre, close to Liverpool city centre and a short walk from Lime Street Station. For details of the venue and how to reach it, go to foresightcentre.co.uk/ It will run from 10.30 am till 5 pm on Monday 8th September. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. We may have some limited funds to assist with travel costs, where participants are unable to obtain funding from their own institutions please indicate in your application if you would like to be considered. To apply or for further information please contact either Sally Hoare [email protected] or Anne Landborg [email protected] A reminder of this event in Liverpool on Sept 8th focussed on early career researchers studying antiquity – please contact myself or Annie Landborg ([email protected]) if you are interested in coming. I am happy to say that we should be able to support travel costs for postgraduate students, though please contact us quickly if you’d like to take advantage of this. Best wishes, Tom Harrison
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