CRASSH Conference Programme 2012-13
Filming Transnational Interiors
Thursday, 27 Sep 2012 to Saturday, 29 Sep 2012
This conference seeks to explore the representation and conceptualization of interior space in cinema, in the context of the transnational relations and identities that inform both spaces and the films that project them. The conference will examine the idea that the intimate architectures of homes and dwelling places, whether of a transitory or more rooted nature, both shape and are shaped by the identities of those that inhabit them.
This conference seeks to explore the representation and conceptualization of interior space in cinema, in the context of the transnational relations and identities that inform both spaces and the films that project them. The conference will examine the idea that the intimate architectures of homes and dwelling places, whether of a transitory or more rooted nature, both shape and are shaped by the identities of those that inhabit them.
Work Ethics: Rethinking Literary Labour in the Long Nineteenth Century
Saturday, 6 Oct 2012
This symposium brings together researchers from across the humanities to address the enduringly troubled relationship between writing and ‘work’.
This symposium brings together researchers from across the humanities to address the enduringly troubled relationship between writing and ‘work’.
Philosophy and the Sciences – Old Visions, New Directions
Friday, 30 Nov 2012 to Saturday, 1 Dec 2012
The conference will explore changing conceptions of the relation between philosophy and the special sciences over the past century. We are interested in how, as philosophers of science in a European context, we got to where we are now; and in how we should be thinking about where we go next, in the evolving relationship between science and philosophy.
The conference will explore changing conceptions of the relation between philosophy and the special sciences over the past century. We are interested in how, as philosophers of science in a European context, we got to where we are now; and in how we should be thinking about where we go next, in the evolving relationship between science and philosophy.
St Malo’s impetus for European Security and Defence: Much Ado about Nothing?!
Friday, 7 Dec 2012 to Saturday, 8 Dec 2012
Comparing Ancient Worlds: Greece and China
Thursday, 24 Jan 2013 to Saturday, 26 Jan 2013
Right across the spectrum of Greek and Chinese studies there is an increasing realisation of the benefits to be gained by adopting a comparative approach. Only by using such an approach can the distinctive features and commonalities between these two civilisations be identified.
Right across the spectrum of Greek and Chinese studies there is an increasing realisation of the benefits to be gained by adopting a comparative approach. Only by using such an approach can the distinctive features and commonalities between these two civilisations be identified.
Chains of Gold: rhetoric and performance in the verse anthem
Friday, 1 Mar 2013 to Saturday, 2 Mar 2013
The conference will establish a four-way conversation between musicologists, historically-informed performers (including the professional viol consort Fretwork and singers from the many excellent College choirs that perform this repertoire regularly), literary scholars, and historians of the church, bringing together an entirely new group of people currently working on the same slice of English culture in the late 16th and early 17th centuries but from different perspectives. It will aim to explain why, as the Elizabethan composer Thomas Morley put it, the verse anthem was able "to draw the hearer, as it were, in chains of gold by the ears to the consideration of holy things".
The conference will establish a four-way conversation between musicologists, historically-informed performers (including the professional viol consort Fretwork and singers from the many excellent College choirs that perform this repertoire regularly), literary scholars, and historians of the church, bringing together an entirely new group of people currently working on the same slice of English culture in the late 16th and early 17th centuries but from different perspectives. It will aim to explain why, as the Elizabethan composer Thomas Morley put it, the verse anthem was able "to draw the hearer, as it were, in chains of gold by the ears to the consideration of holy things".
Exploring modern South Asian history with visual research methods: theories and practices
Friday, 15 Mar 2013 to Saturday, 16 Mar 2013
This conference aims to investigate the ways in which visual research methods support the development of new perspectives on modern South Asian history.
This conference aims to investigate the ways in which visual research methods support the development of new perspectives on modern South Asian history.
Christianity in the second century: themes and developments
Wednesday, 20 Mar 2013 to Friday, 22 Mar 2013
Our inter-disciplinary conference brings together Classicists, historians of ancient Judaism and of early Christianity in an attempt to take stock of this changing scholarly landscape, and with ancient Christianity as its principal focus, explore ways in which that movement both reflected, differed from and changed the cultural, social, religious and political background of the time.
Our inter-disciplinary conference brings together Classicists, historians of ancient Judaism and of early Christianity in an attempt to take stock of this changing scholarly landscape, and with ancient Christianity as its principal focus, explore ways in which that movement both reflected, differed from and changed the cultural, social, religious and political background of the time.
Connecting the Dots: movement, space and the digital image
Friday, 12 Apr 2013
The conference aims to investigate how we might understand and theorise space in relation to the digital image.
The conference aims to investigate how we might understand and theorise space in relation to the digital image.
Post-democracies: interdisciplinary engagements after the democratic ideal
Monday, 15 Apr 2013 to Thursday, 18 Apr 2013
In recent years, the promise of emancipatory democratic statehood has inspired uprisings, revolutions, and unilateral interventions into other nations' affairs. 'Democracy' appears to be a cherished value for the actors in such situations. Yet ethnographic research is making some intriguing discoveries in this regard. Growing numbers of former pro-democracy activists in emerging democracies such as Indonesia or Kenya have come to view the democratic ideal with suspicion or disdain, perceiving it to be inherently ineffective or morally flawed. In the established democracies of Europe and North America, apparent advocates of democratic principles now seem to be tacitly renouncing them in favour of technocratic managerialism, and ‘apathetic’ forms of citizenship. Why? Our conference aims to solve this puzzle.
In recent years, the promise of emancipatory democratic statehood has inspired uprisings, revolutions, and unilateral interventions into other nations' affairs. 'Democracy' appears to be a cherished value for the actors in such situations. Yet ethnographic research is making some intriguing discoveries in this regard. Growing numbers of former pro-democracy activists in emerging democracies such as Indonesia or Kenya have come to view the democratic ideal with suspicion or disdain, perceiving it to be inherently ineffective or morally flawed. In the established democracies of Europe and North America, apparent advocates of democratic principles now seem to be tacitly renouncing them in favour of technocratic managerialism, and ‘apathetic’ forms of citizenship. Why? Our conference aims to solve this puzzle.
Beyond the authority of the ‘text’: performance as paradigm, past and present
Tuesday, 16 Apr 2013
Performance as a paradigm repositions the intelligibility of works of art as a function of their mixed and multiple audiences: simultaneously implied and actual; individual and collective; past and present - audiences which precede, as well as follow, acts of creation. Performance as an angle of approach asks who an artwork is for, assuming a multiple and complex answer. It views all artworks as implicitly public forms of messaging, or rather, suggests a view of the work as time-specific gesture rather than object, however individually created or consumed. As Simon English said of his land art project ‘England’ on BBC Radio 4, ‘The artwork is us discussing it now.’
Performance as a paradigm repositions the intelligibility of works of art as a function of their mixed and multiple audiences: simultaneously implied and actual; individual and collective; past and present - audiences which precede, as well as follow, acts of creation. Performance as an angle of approach asks who an artwork is for, assuming a multiple and complex answer. It views all artworks as implicitly public forms of messaging, or rather, suggests a view of the work as time-specific gesture rather than object, however individually created or consumed. As Simon English said of his land art project ‘England’ on BBC Radio 4, ‘The artwork is us discussing it now.’
Latin American Utopian Visions: A Critical Look for the 21st Century
Friday, 19 Apr 2013 to Saturday, 20 Apr 2013
Latin America currently stands at a crossroads. The demise of neoliberalism as the hegemonic ideological force across much of the continent has led many inhabitants and observers of Latin America to publicly reopen fundamental questions as to the future and direction of the region and its nations. Democracy, citizen participation, participatory budgeting, human rights, resource nationalization, and pan-indigenous projects have all, at varying moments and in different ways, been invoked as fundamental principles for forging a new ideal future. At this critical juncture, a re-examination of the role of idealist visions in Latin America’s political programs and cultural production can reveal the multiple entanglements and implicit assumptions underlying these visions.
Latin America currently stands at a crossroads. The demise of neoliberalism as the hegemonic ideological force across much of the continent has led many inhabitants and observers of Latin America to publicly reopen fundamental questions as to the future and direction of the region and its nations. Democracy, citizen participation, participatory budgeting, human rights, resource nationalization, and pan-indigenous projects have all, at varying moments and in different ways, been invoked as fundamental principles for forging a new ideal future. At this critical juncture, a re-examination of the role of idealist visions in Latin America’s political programs and cultural production can reveal the multiple entanglements and implicit assumptions underlying these visions.
Remembering JB Trend: the quiet internationalist
Monday, 22 Apr 2013 to Tuesday, 23 Apr 2013
This symposium celebrates the life and work of J B Trend, the first Professor of Spanish in Cambridge, and a central figure in the history of Hispanism.
This symposium celebrates the life and work of J B Trend, the first Professor of Spanish in Cambridge, and a central figure in the history of Hispanism.
Epidemic Crisis: The Dialectics of Event and Process
Friday, 21 Jun 2013 to Saturday, 22 Jun 2013
The conference seeks to bring anthropological, historical and public health perspectives on ‘event’ and ‘process’ as two aspects of infectious disease outbreaks in an interdisciplinary dialogue.
The conference seeks to bring anthropological, historical and public health perspectives on ‘event’ and ‘process’ as two aspects of infectious disease outbreaks in an interdisciplinary dialogue.
Applied Urban Modelling (AUM2013): Productive, liveable and sustainable city regions
Wednesday, 26 Jun 2013 to Friday, 28 Jun 2013
The aim of AUM2013 is to report and review new model applications in assessing policy options in an economically and financially uncertain world. We would like to focus on flexible and adaptable urban development that demands system-level thinking. The symposium welcomes all model types and styles, from conceptual experiments to practical policy appraisal. The scale of models may range from megalopolitan, metropolitan, city, urban district to neighbourhood. Because of its direct policy relevance, we welcome a broad academic, professional, policy-making and local community audience. We also aim to devote a third of the session slots to papers by young researchers and graduating PhD students – their papers will be placed in themed sessions along with those by leading scholars and practitioners.
The aim of AUM2013 is to report and review new model applications in assessing policy options in an economically and financially uncertain world. We would like to focus on flexible and adaptable urban development that demands system-level thinking. The symposium welcomes all model types and styles, from conceptual experiments to practical policy appraisal. The scale of models may range from megalopolitan, metropolitan, city, urban district to neighbourhood. Because of its direct policy relevance, we welcome a broad academic, professional, policy-making and local community audience. We also aim to devote a third of the session slots to papers by young researchers and graduating PhD students – their papers will be placed in themed sessions along with those by leading scholars and practitioners.
Classifying Sex: Debating DSM-5
Thursday, 4 Jul 2013 to Friday, 5 Jul 2013
This conference brings together social scientists, gender scholars, sexologists, psychiatrists, historians of science, as well as mental health practitioners and sexual rights activists to critically explore the sexual classifications produced by the 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental Disorders (DSM), published in May 2013.
This conference brings together social scientists, gender scholars, sexologists, psychiatrists, historians of science, as well as mental health practitioners and sexual rights activists to critically explore the sexual classifications produced by the 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental Disorders (DSM), published in May 2013.
Knowledge, Exchange, Encounter: Europe and the Ottoman Empire, 1453-1718
Monday, 8 Jul 2013 to Tuesday, 9 Jul 2013
The aim of this conference is to further our understanding of the ways in which knowledge was exchanged between Europe and the Ottoman Empire during the period from the conquest of Constantinople to the Treaty of Passarowitz.
The aim of this conference is to further our understanding of the ways in which knowledge was exchanged between Europe and the Ottoman Empire during the period from the conquest of Constantinople to the Treaty of Passarowitz.
Infertility and Sacred Space: From Antiquity to the Early Modern
Monday, 15 Jul 2013 to Tuesday, 16 Jul 2013
Relations between human reproduction, divinity and sacred space are at the centre of this interdisciplinary conference.
Relations between human reproduction, divinity and sacred space are at the centre of this interdisciplinary conference.
The Futures of Atlantic Intellectual History: Themes, Methods, Disciplines
Friday, 19 Jul 2013 to Saturday, 20 Jul 2013
The purpose of this conference is to explore the changing contours and future trajectory of intellectual history on both sides of the Atlantic.
The purpose of this conference is to explore the changing contours and future trajectory of intellectual history on both sides of the Atlantic.
Language Endangerment: Language Policy and Planning
Friday, 26 Jul 2013
Third Cambridge Conference on Language Endangerment
Third Cambridge Conference on Language Endangerment
Making love, making gender, making babies in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s
Friday, 6 Sep 2013 to Saturday, 7 Sep 2013
Religion and Violence in Early Modern Naples
Friday, 13 Sep 2013
This one-day workshop will explore the particular relationships between Naples, violence and religion in the early modern period and later historiography.
This one-day workshop will explore the particular relationships between Naples, violence and religion in the early modern period and later historiography.
Ethics and Aesthetics of Epidemiological Photography
Saturday, 14 Sep 2013
This one day conference seeks to bring photographers with experience in covering infectious disease outbreaks together with medical historians, anthropologists and public health experts in order to engage in a dialogue regarding the past, present and future of epidemiological photography.
This one day conference seeks to bring photographers with experience in covering infectious disease outbreaks together with medical historians, anthropologists and public health experts in order to engage in a dialogue regarding the past, present and future of epidemiological photography.
Extension and Embodiment in Cultural Evolution
Thursday, 19 Sep 2013 to Friday, 20 Sep 2013
In this conference, our contributors look at the question of whether cognition itself occurs solely ‘in human brains’, or whether cognition should instead be properly thought of as occurring partly in embodied action, or partly in extra-bodily artefacts (Clark and Chalmers 1998).
In this conference, our contributors look at the question of whether cognition itself occurs solely ‘in human brains’, or whether cognition should instead be properly thought of as occurring partly in embodied action, or partly in extra-bodily artefacts (Clark and Chalmers 1998).
Reimagining Modernism, Mapping the Contemporary: Critical Perspectives on Transnationality in Art
Monday, 23 Sep 2013 to Tuesday, 24 Sep 2013
A major, two-day international conference reconceptualising modernist artistic practices from a transnational, interdisciplinary perspective.
A major, two-day international conference reconceptualising modernist artistic practices from a transnational, interdisciplinary perspective.
