MYTH-MAKING: FROM MEDUSA TO MADONNA
One-day Interdisciplinary Conference
Tuesday 18 June 2013
University of Warwick

‘With myth everything becomes possible.’ – Claude Levi-Strauss (1963)

'It's this myth, this perfect story, and it wasn't true.' – Lance
Armstrong, Oprah Winfrey Show (2013)

CALL FOR PAPERS

This one-day interdisciplinary conference aims to bring together
researchers from a variety of disciplines to explore the definition,
function and transmission of ‘myth’ from ancient times to the digital
age. Organised by the Postgraduate Scholars of the Humanities Research
Centre (HRC), Warwick, this conference seeks to elaborate on the
established scholarship of myth-making through the exploration of new
theoretical approaches and case studies from ancient and modern
contexts.

This conference forms part of a wider interdisciplinary investigation
into myth at the HRC and will include interactive activities in
addition to papers. The day will also incorporate presentations from
the prize-winning entries from the ‘Myth-Making’ competition run in
Warwickshire and West Midlands through the HRC. It aims to bring 16-18
year olds into closer contact with academic researchers.

Research questions for twenty-minute papers include but are not
limited to:
- How does myth function in particular contexts and locations?
- How have researchers interpreted myths? Are there interdisciplinary
approaches to myth?
- How do myths change over time? How is myth performed?
- Is myth predicated on an idea of inclusion/exclusion? What is its
relationship to community (both national and local)? What myths
operate in particular public institutions (e.g. schools)?
- What is the relationship between myth and ‘truth’?
- How are myths deployed in literature and art? Do literature and art
become myths?
- How are myths created and transmitted in the ‘digital age’?

PROPOSAL DEADLINE: Please submit all proposals (max. 300 words) to
mythmakingwarwickgmail.com
by 29 March 2013. We encourage applications from academic
researchers, postgraduate students and institutions. We also welcome
proposals for panel sessions.

It is intended to produce a publication as a result of this
conference.

This conference is organised by the HRC Postgraduate Scholars
(2012-13): Nicholas Collins (English), Alice Eden (History of Art),
Grace Huxford (History), Alexandra Marchel (Theatre and Performance
Studies) and Rebecca Taylor (Classics). For further information please
email mythmakingwarwickgmail.com
or Sue Dibben at hrcwarwick.ac.uk.

For more information on the Warwick HRC Postgraduate Scholars see
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/hrc/events/pgs/.