The Centre for Modern British Studies at the University of Birmingham will convene a conference on 3-5 July 2019. This conference is the third in a series of bi-annual gatherings assessing the state of our field and pushing forward conversations about the methodological stakes and the political engagement of our work.Registration open: https://shop.bham.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/college-of-arts-law/school-of-history-cultures/modern-british-studies-conference-2019
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Boundaries and borders are vexed subjects. There could be no more timely moment for questioning the boundaries that have shaped the field of Modern British Studies, and to embark on a project of imagining a scholarly practice that might remake or even transcend them. Modern British Studies Beyond Boundaries seeks to showcase work and provoke dialogue about the boundaries – whether geographical, epistemological, pedagogical, or something else entirely – that have defined the project of British Studies. We want to ask: how can a critical British Studies question, reshape, or perhaps demolish those boundaries, and with what results?
Keynotes:
Living Together: Remapping the Boundaries of Multi-Ethnic Britain by Dr Caroline Bressey, Reader in Cultural and Historical Geography, UCL
The Last Conquest of Ireland (Perhaps)? Modern British Studies and Irish History by Professor Enda Delaney, Professor of Modern History, University of Edinburgh
The Drama of Celebrity by Professor Sharon Marcus, Orlando Harriman Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
Plenary roundtable on inclusive pedagogy in modern British studies.
Location: University of Birmingham, Arts Building, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT