SWIG Wins International Conference for Dundee
The Scottish Word and Image Group (SWIG), fronted by the English programme, has successfully bid to host a prestigious international conference, which will bring around 300 delegates from the across the world to Dundee in 2014.
The Triennial Conference of the International Association for Word and Image Studies (IAWIS) has previously been held in venues such as Montreal, Philadelphia, Paris, Amsterdam, Hamburg and Zürich.
The major bi-lingual conference, which takes place in English and French, provides the University with the opportunity to showcase the cutting edge inter-disciplinary work being done at Dundee. It will also bring a significant economic boost to the city.
This year’s conference theme 'Riddles of Form: Exploration and Discovery in Word and Image', will examine the representation of science and technology in text, poetry, art, film, print and digital media.
Dr Keith Williams, who delivered SWIG’s pitch during the most recent triennial in Montreal last month, said the conference also afforded the opportunity to make more concrete the links between Life Sciences and Humanities at the University.
“I was genuinely overwhelmed by the unanimous warmth and enthusiasm with which the proposal was greeted by the committee,” he said. “They were particularly impressed by the activeness of SWIG, by the attractions of Dundee as a venue, and by the reputation of Dundee as a centre of excellence for science given the theme we pitched to them. They were also struck by the creativity and inclusive nature of the theme. I am sure this conference will bring huge intellectual rewards and international kudos to the School, University and City.”
For more information about the project, please contact either Keith Williams or Chris Murray.
Posted: 10 November 2011
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