Orientations: Narrative and Place

We are excited to release the programme for Orientations: A Conference of Narrative and Place! May 30th - 31st at University of Nottingham. Registration open soon. orientations2018.wordpress.com/2017/10/23/fir…

Some great papers at today’s #Orientations2018. Personal favourites: @Tim_Hannigan’s work on Cornish travel narratives, @pollyrowena’s paper on ableism, and Ericka Hughes’ study of gift shops and the commercialisation of English heritage. Cracking - thanks all! @Orientation2018

In A02, @richardbromhall is chairing 'The Urban Condition' featuring Peter Baldwin and Henry Mole #Orientations2018

The final panel sessions of #Orientations2018. In A01 its Erika Hughes, @FayeShortland and @GemmaEEdwards discussing 'Creating a Nation: Landscape, Heritage and Englishness'. Chaired by @ChloeAshbridge

In A02 its 'The Cultural Memory of Place', chaired by @Completelybatty and featuring @JamesAitcheson, James Smith and Sophie Campbell. Chaired by @Completelybatty #Orientations2018

The penultimate panel sessions of #Orientations2018! In A01 you can catch 'Borders and Boundaries' with Polly Atkins, Peter Haysom and Sam Wiseman. Chaired by @SofiaAatkar

In A02 its Matt Myers, @jen_l_c and Joanna Wilson-Scott as part of ' Reconfiguring Space', chaired by @Completelybatty #Orientations2018

Our second panel sessions of the day! In A01 its @lizzie_rose_oc, Sam La Verdine and @danpowfiction talking 'Hydrospaces'. Chaired by @SofiaAatkar #Orientations2018

In Highfield House A02 its 'Talking Travel', chaired by @SofiaAatkar and featuring @Tim_Hannigan, Katherine Peters, @Southldntabby and Heather Green #Orientations2018

On to the first panel sessions of the day. In Highfield House A01, it's 'Economies of Place: The Spatialization of Class' with @richardbromhall, @ChloeAshbridge and Deborah Giggle. Chaired by @Completelybatty #Orientations2018

Andrew Thacker talking "of bliss and blushing: affect and the modernist city in Katherine Mansfield and Jean Rhys" #orientation2018 twitter.com/Orientation201…

Day Two of #Orientations2018. Opening proceedings is our second keynote @AndrewThacker1, who is talking the literary geographies of the early twentieth century!

Conference dinner time. Delegates are continuing conversations at Oscar and Rosie's in Nottingham. Wine is flowing #Orientations2018

Today with @Wickyma at #Orientations2018 Nottingham. Speaking about “citiness”: elements specific to the city and an awareness of what this “citiness” brings to the source material and what it implies in terms of methodological avenues of inquiry blogs.helsinki.fi/urbannarrative…

The last panel session of Day One! Cities and Citiness featuring Jason Finch, Eva Normann and @lievenameel. Chaired by @ChloeAshbridge #Orientations2018

Our third panel session! 'Literary London' featuring @SofiaAatkar, Ed Charlton and Emilija Lipovsek. Chaired by @Southldntabby #Orientations2018

Our second panel session is ' Spaces of Becoming: Adolescence' with @nutmegs_seven and Sarah Tytler. Chaired by @Completelybatty #Orientations2018

Lovely to bump into so many M3C students who are attending the #Orientations2018 conference today. They always turn out to support each other’s CDF events with such enthusiasm!

@KitdeWaal at #orientations2018 , "to live life in black and white is bullshit." #conference #writing

Negotiating the North (East) in the East Midlands. twitter.com/Orientation201…