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>Submissions are invited for a conference on ëElites, Print Media
>and Social Control in Britain and Europe, 1500-1800í, which
>will be  held at the University of Manchester on 24 and 25 April
>2003.
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>Most research on publishing history and the role of print culture
>has focussed on its role in challenging the status quo. By
>considering how that culture was used to support and reinforce
>the existing political structure, the conference will be an
>important and distinctive corrective to much recent work in this
>area.
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>                     The purpose of the conference is therefore to study
>the ways in which print culture reinforced and supported the
>existing political and religious structures in Britain and continental
>Europe during the hand-press period (1500-1800). We hope
>thereby to arrive at a better understanding of the complex
>relationship between religious and secular power and the print
>media during this period.
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>Papers should be in English, of  20 minutes duration (i.e. about
>2,000-2,500 words)  and it is intended that there should be a
>short discussion after each paper. Outline proposals (consisting
>of the title of the paper plus an abstract of not more than 250
>words) should  be submitted by email before 1 December
>2002 to either of the following:
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>Dr Adrian Armstrong (for papers covering 1500-1650)
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>Dr David Adams (for papers covering 1651-1800)
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>It is intended that the papers given should be published in an
>appropriate printed or electronic journal. The publication
>resulting from the conference will have a coherent thematic
>structure, and the editors reserve the right to request the revision
>of any outline proposals or papers which in their view do not fit
>in with the overall theme.
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>Dr David Adams
>French Department
>Manchester University
>Oxford Road
>Manchester M13 9PL
>GB
>Tel: (0)161-275-3234
>Fax: (0)161-275-3031
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