By Kat,
August 30th, 2010 at 5:00 am
(Conferences and Calls for Papers, Uncategorized)
The March of Time 75th Anniversary
September 1st – September 10th
Presented by the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York and HBO Archives
Free with MOMA admission; Film screening only, adults $10, student (with ID) $6.
In the spring of 1935 a remarkable short-subject film series called The March Of Time premiered in American movie theaters. Released every four weeks to a monthly audience that by 1938 totaled more than 20 million in the United States and millions more abroad, its 20-minute films addressed issues never before touched upon in the American cinema. A cross between confrontational journalism and docudrama, The March Of Time series was provocative, amusing and sometimes outrageous. It was banned in Germany, Italy, Japan and the Soviet Union, and censored widely even in democratic societies. Miraculously, the series survived in the United States for 16 years—from 1935 through 1951.
A product of Time, Inc., publisher of Time, Life and Fortune magazines, The March Of Time first aired in March 1931 as a CBS radio series, in which the news of the day was dramatized using professional New York actors. Regulars included Art Carney, who portrayed Franklin Roosevelt; Agnes Moorehead, who played Eleanor Roosevelt; Dwight Weist, who played Hitler; and Orson Welles, who performed from time to time in a variety of parts. The creator was Roy Larsen, originally the circulation manager at Time and later the publisher of Life. Larsen decided to adapt the radio series for motion picture production and hired Louis de Rochemont—a veteran newsreel cameraman and producer—to do so.
The most unusual feature of the films in The March Of Time series was the re-creation or staging of events that had taken place, but had not been photographed by newsreel cameras. De Rochemont argued that he had the same right to clarify news events with staged scenes as a re-write man on a newspaper had with words to make sense out of a reporter’s notes. He used both professional and amateur actors to impersonate famous people on the screen, and then blended the staged scenes with newsreel footage. By 1940 the series was so well known that it was parodied by Orson Welles in his production of “Citizen Kane,” including an imitation of Westbrook Van Voorhis, the “Voice Of Time.”
MOMA will screen this unique event at various times from September 1st to September 10th. Film topics include “American Culture,” “A World At War,” and “Beauty and Fashion.”
Program #2, “Beauty and Fashion,” will screen on Thursday September 2nd at 4:00PM and Friday September 10th at 7:00PM in MoMA’s T2 theater.
The 4 titles being shown are:
- 1. American Beauty (1945, 18 minutes) – the beauty routines, spas, exercises and hairstyles that women obsess over as they strive to maintain their looks in preparation for their soldiers returning from World War II.
- 2. The Male Look (1950, 16 minutes) – a lighthearted look at men and the women who dress them throughout their life. This episode features footage of the “Eve Dresses Adam” exhibition from the Met Costume Institute.
- 3. Beauty at Work (1950, 18 minutes) – Print, runway and store modeling in New York City; the beauty regimes and modeling agencies, along with several supermodels of the 50’s (Lisa Fonssagrives, Anita Colby) and other major players in the industry.
- 4. Fashion Means Business (1947, 17 minutes) – Examining the garment industry – the dresses and designers, companies, mass market appeal and influences. Go Inside: Martin’s Department Store, Macy’s, Bergdorf Goodman, the Women’s Wear Daily offices, the design houses of Lelon, Lanvin, Piguet, Fath, Dior, Teller, Carnegie, Valentina and Jean. Also featuring accessories designers, a Vogue photo shoot, the Garment District, the ILGWU, and the New York fashion shows of Claire Potter and Nettie Rosenstein.
Click here for a PDF version of the complete program guide.
*The first person to email Monica will receive two FREE tickets to the “Beauty and Fashion” screening on Friday, September 10th at 7pm.*
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By Kat,
August 30th, 2010 at 5:00 am
(Conferences and Calls for Papers, Uncategorized)
FILM SCREENING
Date: Friday, September 17th
Time: 8pm
Location: Observatory (Brooklyn, NY)
Admission: $10
Presented by Phantasmaphile
Special screening of BEYOND BIBA: A PORTRAIT OF BARBARA HULANICKI (November Films), about the fashion icon and mastermind behind BIBA, once the world’s most decadent and innovative clothing store. BIBA remains one of the most evocative names in British design history; it pioneered a new style, mixing the contemporary with Art Nouveau, Art Deco and the golden age of Hollywood, dressing itself in the richly luxuriant colors of a bygone time.
Barbara Hulanicki will always be remembered for BIBA, the shop that changed the face of UK fashion in the 1960s and 70s. A phenomenon in the truest sense of the word, BIBA would leave an indelible mark on the minds and wardrobes of the customers who ventured through its doors.
Just as Barbara was a key ingredient in the cultural explosion that occurred in London during the 1960s, she also found herself at the birth of the incredible regeneration of Miami Beach in the late 1980s and 90s. This is where she still resides, and continues to work as one of the most respected interior designers in the United States.
The film provides an invaluable glimpse into Barbara Hulanicki today. A rare insight into the woman herself, her memories of her father’s murder, the impossible glamour of Biba, the impact of her husband Fitz on her life, her thoughts on modern America and her refusal to give up and live in the shadow of the past. The film focuses on these elements, and more, to create an all access portrait of an overlooked and elusive artist.
Click here for more details.
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By Lauren Michel,
August 23rd, 2010 at 5:00 am
(Conferences and Calls for Papers)
Conference Registration for the 2010 International Textiles and Apparel Association Conference in Montreal is now open. ITAA suggests that you first go to http://www.itaaonline.org/www/default/index.cfm/annual-conference-2010/ and download the written instructions for completing your ITAA registration. The link to the conference registration site is found on the same page. When you first open the conference registration site, be sure to click on the button that says “REGISTER.”
Don’t forget to make your hotel reservation on or before September 26, 2010 in order to be included in the ITAA room block. Remember, that if active members do not book rooms at the Hyatt Regency (registration will be checked against Hyatt rooming list), the member will be charged the “staying offsite” higher rate. The link to the lodging page is http://www.itaaonline.org/www/default/index.cfm/annual-conference-2010/lodging/
The September/October issue of the ITAA Newsletter is now online. Yes, it is early but ITAA needs to concentrate on the 2010 conference details. The September/October issue of full of information members need and want to know. Read it at http://www.itaaonline.org/www/default/index.cfm/publications/itaa-newsletter/.
ITAA Newsletter Editor
Applications are being accepted for the position of ITAA Newsletter Editor. Responsibilities of the Newsletter Editor include all aspects of preparation of six issues of the ITAANewsletter, including communicating with VP of Publications and the Executive Director, pre-screening submitted articles from ITAA members for appropriateness of publication, working with the Book and Media Review Committee Chair in generating articles, reminding council and board members of upcoming planned article submissions, requesting and preparing member publication citations for annual reporting in the newsletter, and preparing reports for Council. The newsletter is formatted and distributed by ITAA’s Executive Director.
Qualifications include being an active or reserve member of ITAA, having strong organizational skills and the ability to meet deadlines, and skills for effective and supportive communication with members of ITAA.
The term of Newsletter Editor is for three years and begins September 1, 2010. Upon approval by Council, the Newsletter Editor may serve a second consecutive term. To apply, send a letter of application, curriculum vita, a list of three references with contact information, and a letter from the candidate’s unit administrator indicating what, if any, administrative support will be provided by the Newsletter Editor’s institution to Nancy Miller, 205 Stone, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402 by August 31, 2010. For questions contact Nancy at njmiller@uncg.edu.
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By Lauren Michel,
August 9th, 2010 at 5:00 am
(Conferences and Calls for Papers)
The Midwestern Region of The Costume Society of America invites you to their Annual Fall Symposium and Study Tour in Canada’s National Capital Region (Ottawa/Gatineau), October 1-2, 2010.
Symposium Schedule:
Thursday, September 30:
- Registration pick-up in the hotel lobby
- Regional Board meeting
Friday, October 1:
- Juried Papers:
- Keeping it Up: Developments in Textile Mounting Systems – Karla Livingston, Senior Technician and Kristina Lahde, Technician, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON
- Ethel Frankau and the Fashion Press – Aisling J. Joe, Graduate Student, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
- Dressing the Women of St. Clara College - Susan M. Strawn, PhD, Associate Professor, Dominican University, River Forest, IL
- The Calash: Unfolding Some of its Secrets – Ruth K. Mills, Milliner, Ottawa, ON
- Western Split Riding Skirt – Fashion or Function – Megan Huelman, Graduate Student, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Lincoln, NB
- Annual General Meeting
- Behind the scenes tours of the collections at the Canadian Museum of Civilization with Tina Bates, Curator of Home Life, and Costumes and Textiles.
Saturday, October 2:
- Guided tour of Bytown Museum, a small museum which explores the evolution of Ottawa from its earliest days as Bytown
- Docent tours of the Aboriginal and Inuit Art and artifacts on exhibit at the National Gallery of Canada.
- Tours of the National Art Centre and the theatre archives with Gerald Grace, Archivist.
- Closing reception and presentation by Andree Pouliot of Sister Bazaar.
- Andree shares her in-depth knowledge of woodblock printing and costumes of India, with lots of hands-on material for your inspiration. Rare and unique hand-crafted scarves and shawls sourced directly from contemporary artisans in India will be available for purchase. (cash or cheque only, Canadian or US dollars)
- Otto Thieme Memorial Internship Silent Auction. Lee-Ann Blase will be accepting treasures for the auction which will take place simultaneously with the reception.
Full Registration, Travel and Accommodations Information is available at the Symposium web site, along with a registration form. Registration closing date is September 10, 2010.
Image Credit: The Rideau Canal in front of the National Arts Centre by BeyondHue.
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By Kat,
August 2nd, 2010 at 5:00 am
(Conferences and Calls for Papers, Uncategorized)
The 19th Annual 18th- and 19th-Century British Women Writers Conference
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
“Curiosities”
March 31- April 3, 2011
Call for Papers:
The theme for this year’s conference is “Curiosities.” We encourage submissions that consider how the concept of curiosity—in its dual meaning of intellectual pursuit and particular material objects—influenced the lives and work of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century women writers, and continues to drive our scholarship today. We welcome interdisciplinary approaches to this topic, and are especially interested in both the ways in which women of this period expressed curiosity about their world through science, politics, philosophy, travel, religion, and art, and the ways in which these same questing, curious women became the subjects and objects of inquiry themselves.
Proposals for panels and individual papers might consider, but are not limited to, the following issues in women’s writing of the “long” eighteenth and nineteenth centuries:
Curious Explorations
• Travel writings/art; ethnographies
• Colonialism and Empire
• Immigration and emigration
• Adventure stories
• Self-exploration: memoir, autobiography, biography
• Imaginative Exploration: fantasy, dreams
Curious Bodies
• Maternity; Sexuality; Race and ethnicity
• Women and disability
• “Freak” studies
• Bodies on display: actresses, dancers , “public women”
Morbid Curiosity
• The Gothic
• Supernatural investigations; spiritualism; afterlife
• Scandal; roman à clef
• Bluebeard Tales: the “dangers” of female curiosity
Shameful Curiosities & Curious Feelings
• Suspense and Sensation
• Affect; Desire; Disgust
• Forbidden Texts/ Banned Books
• Pornography
Curiosity vs. Privacy
• Voyeurism and eavesdropping
• Gossip
• “Private” Genres: letters, diary, closet drama
• Epistolary novels
• The private sphere
• Private legacies: wills, estates, inheritance
Cabinets of Curiosities
• Collections and collectors
• Women and/as commodities
• Domestic objects
• Consumerism; shopping; possessions
• Exhibitions and museums
Curious Inquiries
• Science and medicine; The Case Study
• Education/ the pursuit of knowledge
• Philosophical and religious investigations
• “The Woman Question”
• Journalism
• Crime and investigation: women’s crime fiction; mystery writing; the female detective
• Experimentation (artistic, scientific, personal)
**Note: The journal Prose Studies will be publishing a special issue based upon papers presented at this conference; therefore, we especially encourage proposals focusing on forms of non-fictional prose in addition to work on poetry, drama, fiction, etc.
Individual proposals should be two pages: a cover sheet including name, presentation title, university affiliation, address, e-mail address, phone number, and brief biographical paragraph; and a 500-word abstract.
Panel proposals should include a coversheet—including panel title, presenters’ names, presentation titles, university affiliations, addresses, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, brief biographical paragraphs, and the name of a moderator—followed by separate abstracts (500-word) that describe the significance of the panel topic and each presentation.
Please do not include any identifying information on the abstracts.Proposals must be submitted electronically as an attachment in .doc or .rtf format by Nov. 1, 2010 to the conference e-mail address at: bwwc2011@gmail.com
Click here for details.
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By Kat,
July 19th, 2010 at 5:00 am
(Conferences and Calls for Papers, Uncategorized)
Accepting entries for the 1st Annual World Maker Faire New York, September 25 and 26, 2010 at New York Hall of Science. This year’s focus is on Young Makers and we are excited to be engaging Makers of all ages around innovation, inspiration and education. We look forward to reviewing your application.
Key Points:
- Maker Faire New York: September 25 and 26, 2010.
- eTextile: Fashion Show deadline: 15 September 2010, contact lynne@lynnebruning.com.
- Entry Form
Organized by the staff of Make magazine, makezine.com and craftzine.com, Maker Faire is a newfangled fair that brings together science, art, craft and engineering plus music in a fun, energized, and exciting public forum. The aim is to inspire people of all ages to roll up their sleeves and become makers. This family-friendly event showcases the amazing work of all kinds of makers – anyone who is embracing the DIY spirit and wants to share their accomplishments with an appreciative audience.
We encourage you to join the fun and enter a project to exhibit.
Entries
The first step to participating in Maker Faire is to submit an entry that tells us about yourself and your project. Entries can be submitted from individuals as well as from groups such as hobbyist clubs and schools. Please provide a short description of what you make and what you will actually bring to Maker Faire. Please link to photographs or videos of what you make. We particularly encourage exhibits that are interactive and that highlight the process of making things.
Here’s some suggested ideas for topics that we’re looking for:
- Student Projects
- Robotics
- Music Performance and Participation
- 3D Printers and CNC Mill
- Textile Arts and Crafts
- Home Energy Monitoring
- Rockets and RC Toys
- Sustainability
- Green Tech
- Radios, Vintage Computers and Game Systems
- Electronics
- Electric Vehicles
- Biology/Biotech and Chemistry Projects
- Food and Beverage Makers
- Robotics
- Puppets
- Kites
- Bicycles
- Shelter (Tents, Domes, etc.)
- Unusual Tools or Machines
- How to Fix Things or Take them Apart (Vacuums, Clocks, Washing Machines, etc.)
Maker Exhibit: Our standard setup for a Maker exhibit is a tabletop, approximately an 8×8 space. Use this space to display your work and/or demonstrate how you make something.
Application Form: Please go to the following URL and fill it out the entry form to tell us about your project.
http://makerfaire.com/newyork/2010/entry/
Review the application process by downloading the list of questions.
NOTE: Makers whose entries are accepted will receive free admission to Maker Faire. However, we cannot pay for transportation and accommodations.
If you have any questions about participating in Maker Faire, please contact us by email: NYinfo@makerfaire.com.
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By Lauren Michel,
July 12th, 2010 at 5:00 am
(Conferences and Calls for Papers)
Image credit: Yusuf Islam (the musician formerly known as Cat Stevens)
This call for contributors appears to cast a wide net, one which includes fashion, adornment and appearance.
Muslims in American Popular Culture: A three-volume reference set titled “Muslims in American Popular Culture” (MIAPC). The first collection of its kind, MIAPC will be marketed mainly to university, public, and secondary school libraries. We are looking for articles of various lengths on a wide variety of topics within the categories of contemporary American Muslim entertainment, communities, social concerns, religious expression, and politics. This is to be published by Praeger, through Greenwood Publishing Group.
The first round of articles is due on October 15, 2009, and we will be reviewing abstracts on a rolling basis. Completed articles will be guaranteed a place in the collection based on dates received and accepted. Please send abstracts or questions to:
Anne Richards, PhD, aricha31@kennesaw.edu, Department of English, Kennesaw State University, GA, or
Iraj Omidvar, PhD, iomidvar@spsu.edu, Department of English and Technical Communication and Media Arts, Southern Polytechnic State University, GA
POTENTIAL TOPICS TO BE ADDRESSED BY “MUSLIMS IN AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE”
Note: This list has been edited to reflect those relevant to dress and appearance. Contributions on many other topics relevant to the scope of the book series are welcomed as well.
- Clothing and adornment
- Veils, headscarves, burkas, hejabs, etc.
- Henna, harquus
- Cliches such as Persian carpets, deserts, harems, geniis, magic lamps, Baghdad, Bedouins, Oriental despots, the Crusades
- Belly dancing
- Typical stores within large metro areas
- Places of Worship and Religious Accommodations
- Stereotypes
- Individuals
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By Kat,
July 5th, 2010 at 5:00 am
(Conferences and Calls for Papers)
Call for Entries
Project IMA: Fashion Unbound
Indianapolis Museum of Art
October 22, 2010 / 7 pm
The Indianapolis Museum of Art is inviting artists and fashion designers to submit original, one-of-a kind-works for inclusion in Project IMA: Fashion Unbound, a runway fashion show organized by the IMA. The theme for Project IMA: Fashion Unbound is uncanny silhouettes and unexpected materials. Utilizing re-purposed or used materials is strongly encouraged.
Eligibility
Project IMA: Fashion Unbound is open to all artists ages 18 or above. Entries must be the exclusive work of the submitter or submitting team, completed within the last three years or created for this show. All works must be wearable objects to be modeled on a runway, and must exhibit unique, innovative, inspirational and creative artistry.
Evaluation will be based upon creative uniqueness, the originality of the work and the quality of the overall submissions.
Submission
Application form must accompany all submissions. Please email ProjectIMA@imamuseum.org for an application form.
The application is limited to two entries; one or both may be used in the final runway show. Submissions must be accompanied by high quality digital images or proposed in illustrations accompanied by written descriptions. All submissions should identify artist, contact information, and primary construction materials.
Please submit all materials to ProjectIMA@imamuseum.org by August 20, 2010.
Requirements
- Models for the runway show must be provided by the artists.
- Mandatory attendance for both artists and models: Run-Through / Wednesday, October 20, 2010 from 3-5 pm, Runway Show / Friday, October 22, 2010, from 4:30 pm to the close of the event
- Artists must be willing to participate in collaboration with any and all IMA staff in regard to video recording, interviews, blog postings, and any other supplemental activities deemed appropriate by the IMA Public Affairs, New Media, or Textile and Fashion Arts departments.
Awards
Best of Show: A juried award of $500 will be presented the night of the fashion show
Audience Choice: One entry will be selected for recognition by the audience (Award TBA)
*Best in Show and Audience Choice may be awarded to the same artist.
Calendar
August 20, 2010 Entries must be received electronically by Indianapolis Museum of Art.
August 27, 2010 Notification of acceptance sent to artists by e-mail
October 20, 2010 / 3-5 pm RUN-THROUGH (mandatory)
October 22, 2010 / 7 pm Project IMA: Fashion Unbound (4:30 pm call for models and artists)
Click here for details.
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By Lauren Michel,
June 28th, 2010 at 5:00 am
(Conferences and Calls for Papers, Exhibitions)
This event looks like it has a very rich program and is much more than an exhibit. Today’s kimono schools educate students in the techniques and traditions of wearing kimono, and this event features students and faculty of Motomi Kimono School in Nishinomiya, Japan.
Beauty of Japan Japanese Kimono Show
August 4, 7:00 pm
National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre
6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby, BC
Tickets: $12, $10 concession and NNMHC members
Tel.: 604.777.7000
Web site: www.nikkeiplace.org
A group of kimono teachers and students lead by Mineko Ukai from Nishinomiya, Japan are travelling specially to the National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre to present Beauty of Japan – Japanese Kimono Show on Wednesday, August 4, 2010, at 7:00 pm. Experience the virtues of wearing a kimono and expect to see myriads of kimono worn for different occasions and seasons.
In the program’s first scene, women’s seasonal kimono for spring, summer, fall, and winter will be introduced. Scene two will show three kinds of obi: Han haba, Nagoya, and Fukuro Obi. In scene three, kimono worn for special occasions will be showcased: Shichigosan, Jusan-mairi, and Coming-of-Age Day. Thirty kimono teachers and models, including one man, a handful of children, and some local models, will come together on stage for the finale.
When wearing kimono manners such as bowing, walking, sitting, and virtues of the heart – harmony, respect, purity, and tranquility – will also be illustrated throughout the show (with English and Japanese commentary). A reception with refreshments will follow, and audiences will have a chance to mingle with the kimono bearers. Please join us for a spectacular and rare opportunity to appreciate Japanese kimono with those who keep the tradition alive.
Kimono and items created from kimono fabric will be on sale in the lobby, which is accessible to everyone with or without tickets.
Mineko Ukai is the founder of the renowned Motomi Kimono School in Nishinomiya, Japan. Twenty members from her three kimono classes will accompany her for this show. As a young girl Ukai loved watching her mother and others wear kimono and began learning how to dress her own children for Shichigosan. Ukai began teaching kimono classes in 1973. By 1976, she established Motomi Kimono School and held kimono classes at Danjo Public Hall and Takagi Public Hall. Her skill in weaving and braiding obijime led to invitations to San Francisco’s Little Tokyo, for the Cherry Blossom Kimono Shows and braiding workshops (in 1977 to 1979).
In 1994, Ukai-sensei and members from the Koto Public Hall kimono class travelled to Canada to present a Japanese Kimono show at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. After nearly 40 years as a kimono teacher, Ukai still teaches three weekly kimono classes with 25 to 30 members in attendance. Ten kimono teachers meet weekly for advanced classes in Ukai-sensei’s home. Together they study the history of kimono, design, and the preservation of kitsuke “the art of wearing kimono” in everyday Japanese life.
For more information about kimono, Mineko Ukai, and members from her Motomi Kimono School please visit Ukai’s site, The Way of Kimono.
The National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre is a multi-use facility at the corner of Kingsway and Sperling in Burnaby, BC. Officially opened on September 22, 2000, the Centre houses the National Nikkei Heritage Centre and the Japanese Canadian National Museum.
The Centre’s mandate is to promote a better understanding and appreciation by all Canadians of Japanese Canadian culture and heritage; and an awareness by all Canadians of the contribution of Japanese Canadians to Canadian society, through public programs, exhibits, services, publications, public use of the facilities and special events.
In addition to offering its own programs, the NNM&HC has a number of rooms available for rent for many purposes including meetings, demonstrations, weddings, receptions, small conferences, and other special events.
National Nikkei Museum and Heritage Centre
6688 Southoaks Crescent
Burnaby, BC
604-777-7000
Email: jcnm@nikkeiplace.org
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By Kat,
June 21st, 2010 at 5:00 am
(Conferences and Calls for Papers)
Fabricating the Body: Textiles and human health in historical perspective
Pasold Research Fund Conference
Centre for Medical History, University of Exeter
6 – 8 April, 2011
This conference aims to bring together historians of textiles and clothing, and of health, with scholars of social, medical, cultural, and economic history to examine the rich connections between textiles, human health and welfare, environmental issues, and self expression (including ‘sunlight seekers’ and ‘body culture’ movements of the past 150 years).
The conference welcomes papers that will address four main themes:
•Early modern and modern textiles manufacturing and the association of benign and malign influences in the growth of industry and the impact on the labour force, land and water use.
•The modern environmental costs of textiles production, from soil utilisation (and erosion) to the chemical manufacture of man-made fibres and the consequences of toxic minerals and chemicals for both workers and the wider community.
•The animal world and the costs of textile and skin production: hunting, farming, and human-animal health concerns. The rise of a new politics of health around animal utilisation.
•The textile sector in relation to future environmental degradation, bio-health and sustainability.
To apply, please forward a 300 word abstract of the proposed paper, together with a one page CV, to:
Professor Jo Melling (j.l.melling @exeter.ac.uk)
Centre for Medical History
University of Exeter
Rennes Drive, EX4 4RJ
Proposal Due Date: 15 July 2010
Click here for more details.
Contact info: Professor Jo Melling
University of Exeter
Centre for Medical History
Rennes DriveExeter
EX4 4RJ
+44(0)1392 263289
Email: j.l.melling@exeter.ac.uk
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