True Crime Programme

Click for Call for Papers True Crime: Fact, Fiction, Ideology Saturday 7 June 2014 Manchester Conference Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom Programme 9.00-9.30 Registration 9.30-11.00 Panel 1: Crime, Taboo, Representation Chair: Hannah Priest Abby Bentham (University of Salford): Cold Blood, Warm Heart: Truman Capote and the Transformation of the Psychopath Jacquelyn Bent (University of Huddersfield): What […]

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Cannibals Conference Programme

Cannibals: Cannibalism, Consumption and Culture Kanaris Lecture Theatre and Conference Room Manchester Museum, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom (Venue Information) Thursday 25th April – Friday 26th April 2013 Registration Now Closed Deadline for registration is 10th April 2013, both registration options include lunch and refreshments on both days. Please note as we are not […]

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Afterlife of Dorothy Conference Programme

Returning to Oz: The Afterlife of Dorothy Thursday 7 February 2013 International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester, United Kingdom 9.30-10.00 Registration 10.00-11.00 Keynote Paper: Geoff Ryman (University of Manchester) Harrowing the Land of the Dead: Oz, Was and Joseph Campbell 11.00-11.30 Coffee 11.30-1.00 If I Only Had a Heart: Storytelling and Oz Chair: Carys Crossen Matthew […]

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Manchester Monster Convention Programme

Saturday 14th – Sunday 15th April 2012 Sachas Hotel Manchester, United Kingdom 10-5pm Saturday 14th April, 6pm til late Monster Movie Triple-Bill Island of Lost Souls Lovecraft’s Whisperer in the Darkness … and Reel Zombies! Places at the screenings are reserved for people with advance purchase tickets only. The Monster Movie Triple-Bill is sponsored by […]

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Monsters Conference Programme

Thursday 12 – Friday 13 April 2012 Manchester Museum, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK Thursday 12th April 9.00-9.30am: Registration 9.30-11.00am: Opening Remarks (Dr. Hannah Priest, University of Manchester) and Session 1: Monsters in Popular Culture (Kanaris Lecture Theatre) Chair: Hannah Priest (i) Matthew Freeman (University of Nottingham): Who’s Monster?: Monsters, Subjectivity, and the Figure of the […]

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Afterlife of Alice Conference Programme

Further Adventures in Wonderland: The Afterlife of Alice Thursday 1st December 2011 International Anthony Burgess Foundation Cambridge Street Manchester United Kingdom 9.30-10.00 Registration 10.00-11.00 Plenary Paper Dr. Will Brooker (Kingston University): The Further Adventures of Alice Will Brooker is Reader and Director of Research in Film and Television at Kingston University, London. He is the […]

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