[Kaupunkitutkimus] CFP, invitation to 3rd ALUS symposium, Helsinki, 19.5.2017

[Lieven Ameel]

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Call for presentations and invitation to the third Association for Literary Urban Studies symposium, University of Helsinki, Friday 19.5.2017



3rd ALUS symposium – “Urban Space in Postmodern Literature”, Helsinki, Friday 19.5.2017


Dear all,


Welcome to the third symposium of the Association for Literary Urban Studies (former HLCN), with as theme “Urban Space in Postmodern Literature”



The one-day symposium will be held at the University of Helsinki, Friday 19 May 2017. Time and place: 10h-15h; place tba.



For more information on the association see http://blogs.helsinki.fi/hlc-n/

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The symposium will offer a meeting where researchers can present ongoing work related to city literature, as well as a theory reading. Anyone interested in urban literary studies is most welcome to participate. Please do sign up if you intend to participate, and/or send a short abstract outlining current research if you would like to present research (by mail to lieven.ameel at uta.fi) as soon as possible, but at the latest by 4.5.2017.


Feel free to disseminate this information to anyone interested in literary urban studies.

Provisional program outline:

10-11.30: welcome, presentations
11.30-12.30 lunch break

12.30-14.00 Discussion and theory reading – concepts in literary urban studies

14.00-15.00 closed Association for Literary Urban Studies meeting – editorial meeting & conference 2017


Please note that the subsequent, fourth ALUS symposium will be organized in Tallinn, Estonia, in cooperation with ao. the Under & Tuglas Literature Centre Museum, on Friday 22 September 2017. More information and separate abstract will follow in the beginning of the summer.


With best wishes,

On behalf of the Association for Literary Urban Studies



Lieven

PS registration for the ALUS conference (Im)Possible Cities (August 2017, Tampere) will be opened in the following weeks. An update concerning abstract acceptance will be sent shortly to everyone who submitted an abstract.

http://www.uta.fi/ltl/en/impossiblecities2017/index.html




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Dr., docent Lieven Ameel
University Lecturer
School of Language, Translation and Literary Studies (LTL)
University of Tampere
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