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Less than a year from now, a referendum will reveal whether the majority of Scots believe that Scotland would be better off as an independent state or as a part of the UK. What is happening in Scotland at the moment possesses relevance beyond Scotland's borders. The referendum and its implications will be discussed at an interdisciplinary conference on "Scotland 2014: Coming of Age and Loss of Innocence?" at the Germersheim-based Faculty of Translation Studies, Linguistics, and Cultural Studies of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) from October 17–20, 2013. Key issues are: future scenarios for Scotland as well as ideas from the past that should be taken into account again; the contributions of politics, the law, the economy, the media, literature and art plus history and philosophy to the discourses on Scotland’s possible independence; the narratives of independence and devolution that have been presented so far and the mentalities connected with them; the Scottish case in Europe and the democratic world; and the question of who will control the new Scotland.
The conference "Scotland 2014: Coming of Age and Loss of Innocence?" with speakers from Scotland, Germany, and the United States of America will take place from October 17-20, 2013 at the Faculty of Translation Studies, Linguistics, and Cultural Studies of Mainz University in Germersheim. The interested public and in particular students are welcome to attend the conference free of cost.
Conference programme and further information:
http://www.fb06.uni-mainz.de/anglistik/conference_2013.php.
The conference is sponsored by Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, the Center for Intercultural Studies of Mainz University, the British Council, the Freundeskreis FTSK Germersheim e.V., as well as the town and council of Germersheim.
Contact and further Information:
Professor Dr. Klaus Peter Müller
English Department & Scottish Studies Centre
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
phone +49 7274 508-35240
fax +49 7274 508-35540
e-mail: kmueller@uni-mainz.de
http://www.fb06.uni-mainz.de/englisch/183.php
Information on participating / attending:
Date:
10/17/2013 - 10/20/2013
Event venue:
Faculty 06 of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Campus Germersheim
An der Hochschule 2
76726 Germersheim
Rheinland-Pfalz
Germany
Target group:
Journalists, all interested persons
Email address:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Cultural sciences, History / archaeology, Language / literature, Politics, Social studies
Types of events:
Conference / symposium / (annual) conference, Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
10/08/2013
Sender/author:
Petra Giegerich
Department:
Kommunikation und Presse
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event45044
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