Queen Mary, University of London

Nostalgia and the Shapes of History

A Postgraduate Conference at Queen Mary, University of London

Friday 13th - Saturday 14th June 2008

Queen Mary, Mile End, London E1

Keynote speakers
Professor Mary Jacobus
Professor Patrick Wright

In association with
Memory Studies

nostalgiaconference[at]gmail.com

Programme
Speakers
Practicalities
Theme

Nostalgia and the Shapes of History took place on June 13th and 14th. Our warmest thanks to all the speakers, artists, panel chairs, administrators, caterers, technicians, and delegates themselves who combined to create an enormously successful event. We were overwhelmed by the quality of the papers, and we hope that everyone who came had a convivial and thought-provoking time.

There won't be any further updates to this website, but the site will remain here for the next few weeks, complete with full details about the conference including abstracts of all the panel papers. The conference's email address – nostalgiaconference[at]gmail.com – will remain active. Any news about the publication of papers from the conference will appear at the Memory Studies website, mss.sagepub.com.

With thanks and best wishes from the organising committee.

Last updated 16/6/08

Memory Studies

Selected papers from Nostalgia and the Shapes of History will be considered for publication in a special issue of the SAGE journal Memory Studies (mss.sagepub.com). This new international and multidisciplinary journal seeks to shape the emergent field from which it takes its name by exploring the “cultural, cognitive, political and technological shifts affecting how, what and why individuals, groups and societies remember and forget.” The first two issues are available now.

Acknowledgements

The conference will be hosted by the English Department at Queen Mary, University of London, for whose support we are extremely grateful. It has been made possible by the generosity of the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Queen Mary Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate School, and the Department of English. To each, our thanks.

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