Fate, Luck and Fortune: narratives of environmental risk – workshop 2

Political Narratives

Flooding of the River Anker, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, 27 May 1932

Summary

Workshop 2 of the Fate, Luck and Fortune series, looking at political narratives.

Date and time

Friday 7 July 2017
10am-5.30pm

Venue

Room B6/7, The Hemsley Club, University Park Campus, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD

Cost

There is no charge to attend the conference, however registration is required. Numbers are limited.

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Project team

Primary Investigator:
Dr Esther Eidinow (Nottingham)
Co-Investigator:
Georgina Endfield (Liverpool)

Confirmed speakers

Adam Burgess (University of Kent)

Simon Gosling (University of Nottingham)

Cho Khong (Shell International)

Lara Pucci (University of Nottingham)

John Pullinger (the National Statistician)

Rafael Ramirez (Saïd Business School, Oxford)

Antje Witting (University of Konstanz)

Workshop overview

This workshop will focus on the deployment of the concepts of Fate, Luck and Fortune in political rhetoric concerned with situations of environmental risk, for example, climate change and extreme weather events.

Schedule for
Workshop 2

Workshop essentials

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The conference is sponsored by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).

Conferences

The University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD

telephone: +44 (0) 115 951 5151