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The American New Wave: A Retrospective (Bangor University)

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The American New Wave: A Retrospective (Bangor University)

July 4, 2017 - July 6, 2017

Registration still open until June 27!

The American New Wave: A Retrospective
Bangor University
4-6 July 2017

Sponsored by the British Association for American Studies and US Embassy

Keynote speakers
Professor Robert Kolker (University of Maryland)
Professor I.Q. Hunter (De Montfort University)
Professor Linda Ruth Williams (University of Southampton)
Peter Krämer (University of East Anglia)

Please register by visiting http://americannewwave.bangor.ac.uk/register/php.en, complete the form and visit the online shop to make your choices.

A draft programme for the conference is available here: http://americannewwave.bangor.ac.uk/programme.php.en.

You can reserve accommodation in the university’s halls of residence here: http://americannewwave.bangor.ac.uk/accommodation.php.en

Other options are available, such as the university’s Management Centre (https://www.bangor.ac.uk/management_centre/), or hotels and guesthouses in the local area (www.visitwales.com).

There are still places available at the conference buffet meal on July 4, so book this as soon as you can through the online shop.

Registration is £150.00 for full-time faculty, and £75.00 for postgraduates and colleagues on part-time contracts.

If you are a postgraduate, we have a further 6 bursaries available to assist with registration costs thanks to sponsorship from the British Association for American Studies. Please email g.frame@bangor.ac.uk as soon as you can with the following information: your name and place of study, the (provisional) title of your PhD, or of your Masters course, and a short, one paragraph, summary of how attending the conference would help your studies.

A series of films will be shown in Pontio, Bangor’s Arts Centre, during the conference – Bonnie and Clyde (4 July, 5:30pm), 2001: A Space Odyssey (5 July, 5:30pm) and Apocalypse Now (6 July, 8:30pm). Tickets for these will be available to conference delegates at a discounted rate. Please see www.pontio.co.uk for details.

We look forward to seeing you at Bangor next month!

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July 4, 2017
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July 6, 2017
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