{"id":2038,"date":"2019-03-13T09:19:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/?p=2038"},"modified":"2019-03-13T09:19:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:19:46","slug":"1869-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/1869-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"1869 Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the University of Otago\u2019s commemoration activities, the Centre for Research on Colonial Culture (CRoCC)\u00a0and\u00a0the Australasian Victorian Studies Association (AVSA) are co-hosting a\u00a0conference and heritage festival on &#8216;1869&#8217; from\u00a0<strong>25-29 September 2019. <\/strong>A\u00a0call for papers is below. The closing date for abstracts is\u00a0<strong>1 April 2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>1869 was a year in which many scientific, political, commercial, cultural and medical milestones were also recorded, including the first issue of\u00a0<em>Nature<\/em>, the opening of the Suez Canal, the publication of the Periodic Table, Paul\u00a0Langerhans&#8217; discovery of\u00a0pancreatic\u00a0islets and the appearance of\u00a0<em>The Subjection of Women<\/em>\u00a0by John Stuart Mill.<\/p>\n<p>The organisers welcome abstracts, panel proposals and posters from all disciplines and perspectives, and particularly encourage postgraduate participation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The academic programme will feature keynote addresses from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/te-tumu\/staff\/otago083468.html\">Megan P\u014dtiki<\/a> (Te Tumu, University of Otago),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/helenpearson.info\/\">Dr. Helen Pearson<\/a>\u00a0(Chief Magazine Editor,\u00a0<em>Nature<\/em>) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marionthain.org\/\">Professor Marion Thain<\/a>\u00a0(King\u2019s College, London), and will be complemented by a public programme of events featuring invited speakers including:\u200b<\/li>\n<li>novelist, essayist and literary scholar\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tinamakereti.com\/\">Dr Tina Makereti<\/a> (Massey University), whose most recent novel,\u00a0<em>The Imaginary Lives of James P\u014dneke<\/em>, was long-listed\u00a0for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzonscreen.com\/person\/lisa-chatfield\/biography\">Lisa Chatfield<\/a>, producer of the BBC mini-series\u00a0<em>The Luminaries\u00a0<\/em>and its\u00a0set decorator,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/daniel-birt-63031541\/\">Daniel Birt<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The conference will combine a traditional academic programme with a range of public heritage festival events, special forums and social engagements.<\/p>\n<p>Please circulate the CFP widely and to your research networks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/files\/2019\/02\/CFP-1869-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2009\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/files\/2019\/02\/CFP-1869-1-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/files\/2019\/02\/CFP-1869-1-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/files\/2019\/02\/CFP-1869-1-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/files\/2019\/02\/CFP-1869-1-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/files\/2019\/02\/CFP-1869-1.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/files\/2019\/02\/CFP-1869-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2010\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/files\/2019\/02\/CFP-1869-2-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/files\/2019\/02\/CFP-1869-2-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/files\/2019\/02\/CFP-1869-2-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/files\/2019\/02\/CFP-1869-2-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/crocc\/files\/2019\/02\/CFP-1869-2.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the University of Otago\u2019s commemoration activities, the Centre for Research on Colonial Culture (CRoCC)\u00a0and\u00a0the Australasian Victorian Studies Association (AVSA) are co-hosting a\u00a0conference and heritage festival on &#8216;1869&#8217; from\u00a025-29 September 2019. 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