We are happy to announce that the final programme for the 2015 conference with links to abstracts and biographies is now available!
Hurry up to book registration!
Category Archives: Announcements
Do or DIY – Art Installation
Check out the Art Installation Do or DIY (Expanded Second Edition) by Information As Material, taking place during the conference in the Peltz Gallery: Exhibition space (11-18 April 2015).
Craig Dworkin, Simon Morris and Nick Thurston, Do or DIY (York: Information As Material, 2012).
Information As Material, Do or DIY (2012), Whitechapel Gallery (London). Photo courtesy of Whitechapel Gallery.
Keynotes titles and abstracts
Check out the programme where we added all abstracts of our keynotes:
- Keynote Alexandre Quintanilha, Universidade do Porto (Portugal) – Inclusive knowledge… how?
- Keynote David King, University of Cambridge (UK) – Towards ecocivilisation in the 21st century: re-incorporating humanity into the natural world
- Keynote Aleida Assmann, Universität Konstanz (Germany) – Resonance and Impact: towards a theory of the emotions in cultural memory
- Keynote Lars Elleström, Linnaeus University (Sweden) – A Medium-Centred Model of Communication in the Context of Cultural Literacy
Full programme with abstracts and biographies for all authors will follow soon.
Information on Accommodation
Have a look at a new page we created on accommodation.
The conference takes place at Birkbeck, University of London, in Bloomsbury. There are literally hundreds of hotels in central London, and many dozens within a short walk of Birkbeck (nearest tube stops: Russell Square; Euston; Goodge Street; Warren Street).
All bookings and queries are to be made directly with the hotels.
The page includes a list of budget accommodation, recommendations from delegates at past events and local hotels.
New partner from the Polish Academy of Sciences
The Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences joined our list of partners.
Welcome on board!
If your institution is interested to join please contact the 2015 Steering Committee.
Bursary winners 2015
Congratulations to all our bursary winners!
They are affiliated to 7 different countries in Europe and the US.
Visit our Bursaries page to see the names of those who agreed to be mentioned publicly.
New poster and flyer
New poster and flyer for the conference are now available.
The programme is now updated with keynotes speakers biographies and will soon include accepted contributions.
Many thanks to our designer Giacomo Mannironi.
CFP and Bursaries application period now closed
Thanks to all who submitted many many contributions to the Cultural Literacy in Europe first international conference.
The Call for Papers as well as the application period for bursaries are now closed. The Steering Committee aims to notify applicants about their submissions and applications in November at the latest.