The Graduate centre of Sussex Uni is hosting a one-day interdisciplinary conference at Pelham House, Lewes. This will happen on June 11th, 2009 and is organised entirely by postgraduate students, and I am one of them. It is also intended only for Sussex postgraduates and early career academics. The blog of the even is here and contact email sussexhumsconference@yahoo.co.uk.

The deadline is May 1st, so get your abstracts ready! See call for papers below:

UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX

HUMANITIES GRADUATE CENTRE

ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2009

“Transitions: An Interdisciplinary Conference”

Pelham House, Lewes, 11 June 2009

The School of Humanities Graduate Centre at the University of Sussex is hosting the last

one-day annual postgraduate Conference on 11 June 2009.

This interdisciplinary conference is organized by postgraduate students

and aims to bring together researchers/students/recently graduated from

widely divergent fields to share perspectives of their work. In

addition to providing an opportunity to receive feedback on works-in-

progress, this conference aims at enriching the way we think and speak

about research today. It will enable participants to investigate,

evaluate and connect with current trends and new developments in

scholarship and research.

 
The conference will feature panel presentations (of approx. 20 min. in 
length) with three speakers on each panel and time for discussion at 
the end of each session.
 
Sessions will be built around themes, with presentations grouped as far 
as possible in ways that bring together a variety of historical and 
generic areas of study. The following list of themes and topics is 
indicative only.
 
Papers might consider (but are not limited to) the following themes and 
issues: 
 
• Gender and Sexuality
• Narrative
• Space, Place and Location 
• Intertextuality 
• Religion 
• Interpretation and Critique 
• Media, Film and fusion 
• Performance and the Body 
• Language, meaning and discourse 
• Representations of Culture 
• Political Theory 
Submissions are strongly encouraged from individuals and groups working 
in all fields in the School of Humanities:
• American Studies
• Art History 
• English 
• Drama 
• History 
• Sussex Language Institute 
• Linguistics and English Language 
• Media and Film Studies 
• Music 
• Philosophy
 
We particularly welcome proposals from early career’s researchers.
 
Please send your proposal (300 words) for a 20 minute presentation and 
a biography (including name, degree, year and research interests). 
Abstracts must be received by 01 May 2009 to be considered. 
Please direct all submissions and inquiries to the Sussex Hums 
Conference Team at: 
 
sussexhumsconference@yahoo.co.uk