ROMANTICISM AND PLACE

Day Conference and Workshop

Wednesday 24th September 2008

Location

The conference will take place in Link Room 2, which is accessible via 9 Woodland Road (postcode BS8 1TB).

A map of the University Precinct is available as well as directions to Senate House (which is situated at the top  of Woodland Road, just a few doors up from the conference venue).

Registration details and a conference schedule are now available below

Registration

The registration form is available to download below. Registration is priced at £10 to cover lunch and refreshments. The deadline for registration is Wednesday 17th September.

Registration form (Word Document)

Conference Schedule

The conference schedule is now available.

Call for Papers and Presentations

Papers and less formal presentations are invited for this interdisciplinary day conference and workshop. These may be on any aspect of the relations between romanticism and place but might focus on the following:

Landscapes – picturesque, sublime, romantic Mapping: the Place and the Imaginary Selves and Locations Location and locution: place and voice Wilderness Home, Place and (Domi)Nation The Romantic Metropolis Art-Objects as (and in) Places The workshop is intended to offer a forum in which work-in-progress as well as finished research can be presented and discussed. Varied modes of presentation are welcomed and opportunity for discussion will be scheduled into the day. Confirmed participants include Sally Bushell, David Cooper, Rachel Hewitt, Robert Mayhew and Tim Saunders.

Please contact Ralph Pite (egrrgp@bris.ac.uk) or John Halliwell (jh2860@bris.ac.uk) for further details.