Cultural Histories, Creative Futures 2019 Event

A Joint British – Sino International Conference

Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK and Culture Industry Research Centre, Nanjing University, China

Hosted by Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Sponsored by Confucius Institute at University of Southampton

July 15 to 16 2019

There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

The Cultural Histories, Creative Futures conference will bring together scholars from the UK and China to engage with the past, present and future of scholarship in culture, history, and creativity.

The conference will play an important role in the further promotion of a UK-China discussion of culture, history, and creativity. It is a major international conference where scholars from two continents will gather to exchange research, views, and insights. Organized and hosted by Winchester School of Art, the Cultural Histories, Creative Futures conference builds on former conferences held every other year in the UK and China. Previous conferences have taken place in Nanjing, China, and Winchester, UK.

• Submit your proposal before 24:00, 28 February 2019 (UK time). The call for paper proposals is now open. Please submit an 250-1000-word abstract to Dr Yuanyuan Yin at the following email address: y.yin@soton.ac.uk
• The language of the conference is English.
• Information on registration and accommodation will follow soon, along with confirmed speakers.
• Letters of invitation will be forwarded to authors of accepted abstracts by 1 April 2019.
• Conference registration starts from 1 April until 15 June 2019.
• Please share this Call for Papers with your colleagues and friends. We look forward to seeing you in Winchester in July 2019.

Suggested Topics for Cultural Histories, Creative Futures:

The conference is open to all topics relevant to the study of culture, history, and creativity. Here are some suggested topics as food for thought, drawing on the general themes in cultural, historical, and creative research. However, all contemporary cultural, historical, and creative research is welcome at this conference:

• Cultural history and heritage, including material culture, art, design, media, music, and fashion.
• Alternative cultural ideas and practices
• Urban culture
• Youth and creativity
• Histories of knowledge, immaterial labour, and intellectual property
• Creative production, creative producers, and creative consumers
• Culture and the university
• Historical communities
• Creative technologies
• Cultures of class and inequality
• Histories of gender
• Creative times, spaces, and places
• Culture and identity
• Creative labour history
• Creative citizenship
• New media cultures
• Digital culture and creativity
• Historical traditions and the contemporary transformation of everyday-life
• Challenges and transformation in the curation of cultural heritage

Conference History

The first joint conference was initiated and organised by Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, and the National Culture Industry Research Centre, Nanjing University, in 2015. A second joint conference was held at Nanjing University, China, in 2017.

Conference Venue

Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, SO23 8DL, UK

Conference Registration Fee

The conference registration fee is £280. Registration will start from 1 April 2019.

Organizing Committee

Professor John Armitage, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK

Professor Gu Jiang, Nanjing University, China

Professor Joanne Roberts, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK

Dr Yin Yuanyuan, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK

Contact

If you have any questions about the conference, please contact Dr Yuanyuan Yin via y.yin@soton.ac.uk.