Tudor Symposium Conference on Adaptation and Appropriation: CFP still open
The deadline for proposals for the 8th International Conference of the Tudor Symposium on the topic of Adaptation and Appropriation is 22 March 2013.
Confirmed Speakers: Adam Hansen (Northumbria University), Mike Pincombe (Newcastle University), Cathy Shrank (University of Sheffield), Lisa Hopkins (Sheffield Hallam University)
“How do adaptations fit texts to new cultural circumstances? What gains or losses are involved in transformations from page to stage or screen? What are the politics of appropriating the past? Do adaptations encourage creativity or suppress it? What is the role of publishers, readers, and the state in promoting or restricting appropriations of the classics? These questions are as relevant today as they were 500 years ago. Adaptations of Shakespeare and his contemporaries and appropriations of the Tudor past are a major feature of our culture, but Tudor literature was equally characterised by a vigorous appropriation of its classical and medieval pasts. Yet, questions of…
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“We all have memories but do we share some of those, socially or collectively? If so, why? Most countries have things in the past which they’d rather forget but how successful or otherwise are elites at coercing our “collective” memories or manipulating national narratives?”
Listen here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p014knyn
Link: Cultures of Memory in Early Modern England
Ahead of the symposium at Newcastle, readers interested in cultural memory in early modern England might look at History Spot‘s round-up, and recorded podcasts, of last year’s ‘Cultures of Memory’ round table discussion. Topics discussed include methods of creating historical narratives for under-represented groups who have left few traces in the archives, and the ways in which the Reformation effected cultural memory by erasing physical monuments. Visit the History Spot here.
‘Early Modern Memory Practices and the Making of Community’ is a two-day symposium taking place at Newcastle University on Friday 7th – Saturday 8th of June, 2013.
Here we will explore the ways in which early modern memory is embedded in different cultural practices (oral records, memorials to the dead, clothing, histories of the nation and lineage) and how these shape ideas of community. Additional events will include a film screening, and an opportunity for postgraduate and early career researchers to discuss the future of memory studies.
This symposium is part of a series of events investigating memory and community in early modern Britain and is funded by the AHRC. For more information on other events in this series, see the network home page:
http://memory-earlymodern.org/
If you would like more information about this event, or you would like to take part, please contact earlymodernmemory@gmail.com
Early Modern Memory Practices 