Events
Conferences organised by the Theory, Culture & Society Centre.
1996 - 2005
The Virtual Institute for Global Culture: First Travelling Seminar, São Paulo, August 1996 - organised by M. Featherstone, A. Z. Bassit, A. de Siqueira and S. Lash.
Body Modification, Nottingham Trent University, June 1997 - organised by M. Featherstone.
The Implications of Information Technology and the New Media for the University, International Conference sponsored by the ALFA Information Technology in the University Project, (EC funded), Nottingham Trent University, June 1998 - organised by M. Featherstone, C. Dantas et al.
The Future of Political Culture, Goldsmiths College, London University, sponsored by the Anglo-German Foundation - co-organised by M. Featherstone, Scott Lash, Goldsmiths and H. Schwengel, University of Freiburg, May 1999.
Inhabiting Technological Culture, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, March 2000 - organised by M. Featherstone with S. Lash and P. Dodd. A major venue with many leading figures in cultural theory, architecture and information technology supported by the Arts Council, the British Council and other bodies.
Cosmopolis: Democratizing Global Economy and Culture, University of Helsinki, June 2000 - organised by Mike Featherstone, with John Tomlinson, Heikki Patomäki and Couze Venn. A major international conference attracting more than 300 people.
The Idea of an Encyclopaedia: Technologies of classification and the ordering of knowledge, TCS/CRASSH Colloquium, Lucy Cavendish College Cambridge, July 2001. A conference on the New Encyclopaedia Project in collaboration with the Cambridge Research Centre for Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences - organised by M. Featherstone, Ian Donaldson, et al.
Problematizing Global Knowledge; the New Encyclopaedia Project, Theory Culture & Society Centre, Nottingham Trent University, August 2002. An international colloquium with members of the Japanese New Encyclopaedia Project group and other overseas participants - organised by M. Featherstone, C. Venn and T. Tamari.
Global Knowledge and the Problem of Translation, Bass Management Centre, Nottingham Trent University, 29 August 2003. An international colloquium with members of the Japanese New Encyclopaedia Project Group - organised by M. Featherstone, C. Venn and T. Tamari.
Problematizing Global Knowledge; the New Encyclopaedia Project, - organised by M. Featherstone, C. Venn and T. Tamari, with R Bishop, B H Chua, J Phillips and C Venn, National University Singapore, April 2004.
Ways of Knowing, Tokyo University - organised by M. Featherstone and S. Yoshimi, September 2004.
The New Encyclopaedia Project and Global Knowledge, National University of Singapore - organised by M. Featherstone, C. Venn and T. Tamari with S Yoshimi, R Bishop, J Phillips, December 2004.
International Symposium on ‘Encyclopaedic Disorganization' - The Framework for Democracy in Ubiquitous Information Society - An Encyclopaedia for Democracy, Tokyo University, July 2005 - organised by M. Featherstone, T. Tamari, S Yoshimi et al. Funded by 21st Century Centre of Excellence Program, Center for the Study of Ubiquitous Computing Infrastructure.
2006 - 2008
Chinese Thought and The New Encyclopaedia Project, Colloquium Henan University, Kaifeng, September 2006 - organised by M. Featherstone, C. Venn and T. Tamari, with Huimin Jin.
Megacities, Colloquium, Beijing Language and Culture University, September 2006 - organised by M. Featherstone, H Jin, R Bishop, J Phillips and C Venn.
Global Knowledge and the Global Public Sphere, Special Plenary Session, Crossroads in Cultural Studies International Conference, Istanbul, July 2006.
The New Encyclopaedia Project and French Thought, workshop, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, November 2006 - with M. Featherstone, C. Venn, Antonio Casilli and the Groupe pour les Etudes Transdisciplinaires of EHESS.
The New Encyclopaedia Project and Megacities, NEP Megacities Colloquium, Kings College, London University, January 2007 - organised by M. Featherstone, C. Venn and R Bishop.
Conference on Creating Culture Contents in the Age of Ubiquitous Media, Seoul National University, November 2007 - organised by M. Featherstone, T. Tamari with Myungkoo Kang.
Ubiquitous Media: Asia Transformations, University of Tokyo, July 2007 - organised by M. Featherstone, T. Tamari, S. Yoshimi, S. Lash and C. Venn.
Johannesburg and Megacity Phenomena, Colloquium, University of Johannesburg, April 2008 - organised by M. Featherstone, C. Venn and T. Tamari with R Bishop and Leora Faber.
Forthcoming conferences
Global History: East and West, Colloquium, Institute for Oriental Studies, the University of Tokyo, September 2008 - M. Featherstone with Masashi Haneda organizers.
Older People, Ability and the Gift of Life: the challenge of new body and communicative technologies, Workshop with Japanese Disability Association, University of Tokyo, September, 2008 - M. Featherstone, T. Tamari, Satako Hotta and Yuki Arie organizers.
The Cluster of Excellence Asia and Europe in a Global Context - Shifting Asymmetries in Cultural Flows, Colloquium, University of Heidelberg, October 2008 - Cultures of Knowledge and the New Encyclopaedia Project session organised by TCS Centre NEP with Madeleine Herren.
The New Encyclopaedia Project: West Asian Perspectives, Colloquium, Bilgi University, Istanbul, October 2008 - organised by M. Featherstone, C. Venn and Tamari with Erkan Saka.
Istanbul as a Megacity: European City of Culture, Workshop, Bilgi University Istanbul, October 2008 - organised by M. Featherstone, C. Venn with Erkan Saka and Asu Aksoy.
The New Encyclopaedia Project, University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, April 2009 - organised by M. Featherstone, C. Venn and T. Tamari, with Maria Esther Maciel.
Reading groups/research workshops and seminars
The Centre has run a regular series of seminars and workshops which have attracted staff and postgraduates from Nottingham Trent University and other universities. From 2002 onwards the focus has been on rethinking cultural theory. Key areas of focus have been:
- Ricoeur on narrative and identity
- Heidegger on technology and art
- the project of Hannah Arendt
- the aesthetic of Lyotard.
A whole year was devoted to the examination of theoretical issues arising from the place of religion in contemporary life. A number of workshops and seminars have also been organised around the TCS New Encyclopaedia Project.
