Recent years have witnessed major critical reappraisals of British Cultural Studies and its key figures. This one-day conference, organised by the Greater Manchester-based Radical Studies Network, continues that process through assessment of Raymond Williams’ work and legacy.
The event will feature a keynote lecture from Professor Tony Crowley. Artist Ruth Beale will present a film of her 30-minute performance, ‘Performing Keywords’, first performed at the Turner Contemporary, 2013. The day will conclude with a round-table discussion on Raymond Williams and the contemporary Left.
We also invite proposals for 20-minute presentations or panels of 3–4 presentations from academics, activists, and creative practitioners. Topics might include, but aren’t restricted to:
contemporary ‘structures of feeling’; adult education past and present; ecology; cultural materialism now; feminism; media, technology, and cultural form; politics and letters; Williams and Wales; the May Day Manifesto; post-colonial and global Williams; science fiction; the public intellectual; Williams and the politics of criticism; Williams as novelist and playwright; creative practices; cultural institutions; ‘old’ and ‘new’ lefts.
Abstracts of 250 words (1000 words for panels) should be submitted toben.harker@manchester.ac.uk by 1 March 2015.
The conference will be held at the Friends’ Meeting House in central Manchester on Saturday 30 May 2015. Registration costs will be kept to a minimum thanks to the generous sponsorship of the Raymond Williams Society and the Raymond Williams Foundation.
School of Arts& Media,
University of Salford,
Salford,
M3 6EQ
e.m.taylor@salford.ac.uk