Affective Landscapes Conference
25 May 2012
More information
- Venue: University of Derby, Kedleston Road
- Date: Friday 25 and Saturday 26 May, 2011
- Full conference fee £90 with postgraduate places available at £45
Friday 25 and Saturday 26 May 2012
Keynote Speakers
Kathleen Stewart, University of Texas Austin, author of Ordinary Affects (2007) and A Space on the Side of the Road (1996)
Lecture title ' Tactile Compositions'
Ben Highmore, University of Sussex, author of Ordinary Lives, Studies in the Everyday (2011) and Everyday Life and Cultural Theory (2002)
Lecture title 'Playgrounds and Bombsites: New Brutalism's Affective Landscape'
About the conference
This conference seeks exciting disciplinary and transdisciplinary proposals from scholars working in fields such as cultural studies, literary studies, cultural politics/history, creative writing, film and media studies, area studies, photography, and fine art, interested in examining the different ways in which human beings respond and relate to, as well as debate and interact with landscape.
In 2009, the one-day symposium 'Land and Identity', held at the University of Derby, brought together a diverse body of academics to discuss themes and intersections across multiple areas of research interest. This follow-up event, hosted by the Identity, Conflict and Representation Research Centre at the University of Derby in collaboration with the Centre for Studies in Literature at the University of Portsmouth, aims to develop inter-disciplinary debates around the idea of 'Affective Landscapes'.
For full details on the conference and to book a place / submit an abstract please go to the website
