Guidelines and Proposal Forms
Venue and Structure of CRESC Annual Conference 2008
The Annual Conference 2008 of the ESRC Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC) will be held at St Hugh’s College in Oxford. Oxford is easily accessible from London and Birmingham airports and has a train station linking it to most major cities in the UK.
The conference will most probably start on Wednesday morning 3 September, and finish on Friday afternoon 5 September 2008. Each day will start with a plenary session, followed by several, simultaneously running 90-minute ‘open’ panels. After the lunch break the conference programme will continue with more simultaneously running 90-minute ‘open’ panels. In some cases the afternoon programme may incorporate another plenary session or a discussion panel. The evenings are reserved for film screenings, discussion panels, receptions and any other social events.
Participation
Anyone is welcome to submit an individual paper or full panel proposal on the CRESC Annual Conference theme Culture and Citizenship. It is the aim of CRESC to form a balance of speakers, with both young and established scholars from all disciplines, and with a fully international representation. To avoid scheduling problems we only accept one paper per participant. As well as offering a paper you may act as a moderator for panels, and be involved in workshops or other kind of discussion panels.
Proposals for Individual Papers
Proposals for individual papers, between 15/20-minutes long, are invited for open panels in response to the CRESC Annual Conference 2008 theme Culture and Citizenship. The convening committee will assess all individual proposals using the abstract provided, and place the selected papers into groups of three or four, forming various open panels.
Scholars interested in submitting an individual paper should read the Call for Papers and then complete the Individual Paper Proposal Form, providing an abstract of not more than 300 words.
The deadline for submission of individual proposals is 29 February 2008.
Proposals for Panels
Completed panels, including three 15/20-minute papers are encouraged and enthusiastically received. Scholars interested in submitting a full panel should read the Call for Papers and then complete the Panel Proposal Form, and ensure that all details for each of the panel participants are included.
The deadline for submissions of panels is 29 February 2008.
What is involved in organising a completed panel?
- Invite three individuals to present a 15/20-minute paper on a related topic for your panel. Ensure that you assemble all the details of each speakers and an abstract of each paper.
- Invite, if you are not chairing the panel yourself, a moderator who introduces the speakers, keeps the time and invites questions from the audience during the discussion time.
- Ensure that the speakers and moderator invited are informed that they are required to pay a conference fee.
- Invite at least one substitute speaker in case of an unexpected withdrawal by any of your speakers at a later stage.
- Ensure that the speakers invited have not already submitted an individual paper or a paper in another panel.
- Panel organisers are welcome to propose any number of completed panels.
Equipment Requirements
All rooms will be equipped with a data projector and a laptop/PC. Any other equipment will only be provided for presentations if specially requested in advance. Please note any non-standard equipment requirements on your Proposal Form, and specify clearly if more than one of a particular item is required. Please note that all requests for non-standard equipment need to reach the Conference Administration before 1 August 2008. After this date we cannot guarantee that any equipment requested will be available.
Conference Fees
The CRESC Annual Conference 2008 is completely funded through self-finance. CRESC therefore needs to charge a conference fee applicable to all participating in this conference, including speakers. However, all panel organisers, speakers and moderators will receive a £25 discount on the conference fee. The conference fee covers the administration and production of the conference, hire of venue and a/v equipment, and the catering costs. The estimated conference fees for this coming year are: Full fee between £205-£255; Concessions between £135-£185; Day fee between £110-160 (all fees to include lunch). The Conference Administration has also booked student accommodation at St Hugh’s Hall and the estimated prices for B&B are: standard room - £45, and en-suite room - £70.
Receptions
Publishers, Societies, Institutes, and Research Centres may be interested in hosting or sponsoring a reception or a book launch during one of the evenings of the conference. Rooms, free of charge, are available for booking each evening from 18.00. Catering can be arranged on request. Anyone interested in organising/sponsoring a reception or a launch should contact the Conference Administration. If you book you reception before the 1 August 2008, it will be announced in the CRESC Conference Programme Book.
More Information
If you want keep updated about CRESC Annual Conference 2008 you may visit our regularly updated web-site http://www.cresc.ac.uk/ or contact the Conference Administration at CRESC, 178 Waterloo Place, Oxford Road, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL. Tel: +44 (0)161-275-8985. Fax +44 (0)161-275-8986.
E-mail: cresc@manchester.ac.uk