{"id":40,"date":"2017-05-03T12:36:09","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T12:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/lifewritingprojects\/?p=40"},"modified":"2017-05-03T12:49:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T12:49:18","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/lifewritingprojects\/2017\/05\/03\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Life History and Life Writing Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Life History and Life Writing Research: Critical and Creative Approaches<\/h3>\n<p>UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX,\u00a016TH JUNE 10.00-4.00,\u00a0<span class=\"Normal__Char\">Jubilee Building, Room 144<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\"><span class=\"Normal__Char\">(Registration: 9.30-10.00 Jubilee Room 155.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"heading_00202__Char\">You can find us at:<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"Normal__Char\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/about\/campus\/map-and-facilities\">http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/about\/campus\/map-and-facilities<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\"><span class=\"Normal__Char\">All welcome to attend this free event, with refreshments and lunch provided by CRMNH and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/exchange.sussex.ac.uk\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=EA6MM8idSqOtz_vGUSdAL_oh-7u8TZG0_TySqZbKwhBPe3zCsIzUCA..&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.sussex.ac.uk%2fclhlwr%2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"Hyperlink__Char\">CLHLWR<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\"><span class=\"Normal__Char\">Life history and life writing have opened the door to creativity in universities across disciplines \u2013 politically, poetically, philosophically, playfully.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\"><span class=\"Normal__Char\">Questioning impersonal and dislocated theory by radical scholars of gender, sexuality, race and class has created a space for academics in the Humanities to bring their own histories into their work, or even become life writers. Simultaneously creative life writers are increasingly speaking to academic concerns with representation and the self. This conference aims to reflect and respond to this convergence. Selected contributions will be published in a new CLHLWR \/ REFRAME collaboration:\u00a0 \u2018Life Writing Projects\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Plain_0020Text\"><span class=\"Plain_0020Text__Char\">Keynotes:<br \/>\nDr Deborah Madden \u2018Victorian Cultures of Life Writing: Perspectives on Gender, Temporality and Empire\u2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Plain_0020Text\"><span class=\"Plain_0020Text__Char\">Clare Best and Prof Lyn Thomas \u2018Life-writing, photography and the resilient body: Clare Best\u2019s Self-portrait without Breasts and Annie Ernaux&#8217;s L&#8217;Usage de la Photo<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Plain_0020Text\">\u00a0<span class=\"Normal__Char\">Please register your interest in attending with Dr Sam Carroll at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/exchange.sussex.ac.uk\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=po6kygwlwQHtMnTbM__cfOzm0yzbPry9eJLmor6QOcRPe3zCsIzUCA..&amp;URL=mailto%3aMemorynarrativehistories%40brighton.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"Normal__Char\">Memorynarrativehistories@brighton.ac.uk<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\"><em><span class=\"Normal__Char\">The 9th annual Brighton-Sussex postgraduate conference is co-organised by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/exchange.sussex.ac.uk\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=EA6MM8idSqOtz_vGUSdAL_oh-7u8TZG0_TySqZbKwhBPe3zCsIzUCA..&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.sussex.ac.uk%2fclhlwr%2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"Hyperlink__Char\">Centre for Life History and Life Writing Research<\/span><\/a><span class=\"Normal__Char\"> (CLHLWR, University of Sussex) and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/exchange.sussex.ac.uk\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=c048W8qZLhYTfmsYhajFOaE____XLss4f8ipVuoHEzRPe3zCsIzUCA..&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2farts.brighton.ac.uk%2fresearch%2fcentre-for-research-in-memory-narrative-and-histories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"Hyperlink__Char\">Centre for Research in Memory, Narrative and Histories<\/span><\/a><span class=\"Normal__Char\"> (CRMNH, University of Brighton).<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"41\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/lifewritingprojects\/2017\/05\/03\/about\/birds\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/lifewritingprojects\/files\/2017\/05\/birds.jpg?fit=3283%2C2432&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3283,2432\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS REBEL T3i&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1493806440&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"birds\" data-image-description=\"\" 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