CALL FOR PAPERS:
NIGHTS TO REMEMBER:
MEMORY, MODERNITY AND THE MYTH OF THE TITANIC
An international multidisciplinary conference
20-23 July 2000
University of Southampton
The Titanic is a monumental icon of the twentieth century that has
inspired, and continues to inspire, a wealth of representations across
national boundaries, and across the arts. Southampton itself is a key
location in the great ship's journey, and offers a rich source of local
history.
The conference aims to link the local experience with the global myth,
bringing together scholarship in Film and Media, Music, Art History,
Cultural Studies, Literary Studies, Theatre Studies and History on the
subject of the cultural meanings of the Titanic. We welcome papers
on any aspect of the myth, but these are some of the areas we would like
to explore:
*Shared memory: the Titanic as transnational phenomenon
*History, memorabilia and mourning
*Apocalypse and survival: class, gender, ethnicity
*Technologies, history and modernity
*Music, sound and memory
*Cultural meanings of disaster
*Special effects, spectacle and narrative
Proposals (no more than 300 words please) should be sent by September 1,
1999 to:
Millenial Titanic Conference
School of Modern Languages
University of Southampton
Southampton SO17 1BJ
UK
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Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite
http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite
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