Thursday, March 13, 2008

It's keywords & icons time again

The latest instalment of what is developing into a series of online conferences on keywords and icons of anglophone cultures has been taking shape on this blog over the past few days (see also the announcements of the first and second instalments in the series). Topics this time round included
  • for the United Kingdom and Ireland: Rolls Royce, The Women's Institute, Jeremy Paxman, and Baileys;
  • for the United States of America and Canada: John D Rockefeller Sr, Sunset Boulevard, Chevrolet Corvette, and poutine;
  • for Australia and New Zealand: Clive James, The Flying Doctors, Ned Kelly, and Edmund Hillary.

Offline student conference

As a companion to the online conference, BA3 students will be presenting the results of their research in short presentations on Monday 17 March between 3 and 5 pm. Click on the poster to see a bigger image.

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