Arts & Crafts

Event Profile: THE BRITISH CRAFT TRADE FAIR (BCTF 2008) represents the best of British talent, an exhibition where buyers are inspired by the variety, quality and originality of products. Visitor's Profile: Trade Visitors - The manufacture or sale of products for craft, needlework, or art activities such as: decoupage, quilting, teddy bear and doll making, tapestry, papercraft, sewing, cross stitch, stencilling, stamping, weaving, embroidery, spinning, painting, or knitting & General Public. Exhibitor's Profile: The manufacture or sale of products for craft, needlework, or art activities such as: decoupage, quilting, teddy bear and doll making, tapestry, papercraft, sewing, cross stitch, stencilling, stamping, weaving, embroidery, spinning, painting, or knitting, Training and courses involving craft, art or needlework, Craft kits, Magazines or books, you must have a presence at The Needlework, Craft & Quilt Fair - THE exhibition for companies targeting CRAFT enthusiasts. Organizer: Primary Sport Management Hammonds Barn, London Road, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, London, United Kingdom. Tel: +(44)-(144)-246446 Fax: +(44)-(144)-246456

The Idea of the New: Discovery, Expression and Reception 7 March 2008 London, United Kingdom Website: http://www.sas.ac.uk/events/list/ies_conferences Contact name: Lesley Moss This interdisciplinary conference will explore how we recognise and define ‘newness’. It will examine the developments and tensions which cause writers to break away from tradition and the moments of breakthrough which ensue. Organized by: University College London Department of English Language and Literature

The purpose of this conference is to explore different critical, cultural and historical encounters with Blake and to relate these to his own beliefs, ideas and values. Organized by: University of Manchester

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The aim of the festival is to make the contribution to the upbringing of tolerance in the society by the acquaintance with the diversity of world traditions. The main task of the festival is to demonstrate various theatre methods, to exchange experience in professional theatre education, methods of rehearsal process, performance making and production. Participants: actors, directors, dancers, choreographers, teachers, playwrights, stage designers, script writers, theatre critics, journalists, cultural managers. You are welcome to take part in TM08 as a presenter, a participant, an observer The working language is English

A Writer's Weekend offers writers an excellent opportunity to make connections with people in the industry, get published, develop their craft and move their work to the next level. Seating is limited to 100 writers.

Kids from all over Africa are expected to come and paint their favourite pictures and win exciting prices. These pictures will be used by UNICEF to make greeting cards. the age limit of the kids who will participate are 3 years to 14 years.

ICACD seeks to re-examine African cultural institutions and practices and explore avenues where the institutions and practices can be used as a tool for the development of the African continent. ICACD is aimed at creating a platform for Africans to make an input on how their culture and social institutions can compliment government efforts in achieving growth and development on the continent. Over the years, there have been several attempts from local and international circles to draw and implement workable programs and policies that will spark-off development in Africa. However, it is interesting to note, that most programs intended to ignite Africa’s development fails to yield the intended result due to the fact that, culture and the way of life of Africans seems to be partially or totally ignored. It is therefore imperative that, further research and exchange of ideas are conducted to identify how the social and cultural institutions of Africa can support African political institutions to bring about the desired change in Africa. The ICACD 2008 will examine how global actions, Policies and Programs for Africa are affected by the various cultures in Africa. More importantly, the conference will look at how the culture and the social set up of African societies will compliment programs and policies directed at achieving desired goals in the MDGs. The conference is a wonderful opportunity for all stakeholders to discuss what is happening in Africa and why we are not achieving targets in Africa.

This interdisciplinary conference will explore the diverse musical responses to war, ranging from the various types of traditional war protest music to the music of soldiers and comrades-in-arms to patriotic and nationalistic music from a global perspective. The conference will cap a year-long study of war at The Martin Institute—its politics, history, social and cultural effects—and will seek to analyze the complex relationship between war and music. As an example of The Martin Institute’s commitment to the power of crossing disciplinary borders, we welcome papers from a range of experts in fields such as music theory and history, musical theater, sociology, history, anthropology, political science, cultural studies, and literature. The conference is particularly interested in the music of war from the mid-nineteenth century through the early twenty-first. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following: · Music as an expression of either the justice or injustice of war · The music of soldiers and comrades-in-arms · The history and future of response music · Popular music during wartime · Studies of individual artists, composers, groups or musical genres · Musical censorship during wartime PLENARY EVENTS “Symphonies of War: Music in the United States during the Second World War,” a lecture given by Annegret Fauser, Professor of Music and Adjunct Professor of Women’s Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill “Music in Time of War: From Bunker Hill to Baghdad,” a performance by the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, Mark Harvey conductor “'Machine Gun Blues: Black Popular Music and War,” a lecture given by Kimberley Phillips, Frances L. and Edwin L. Cummings Associate Professor of History, College of William & Mary PROPOSAL GUIDELINES & DEADLINE Proposals for full panels are preferred, but individual paper proposals are also welcome. Panel proposals should include a panel title, 200-word abstracts of 3-4 papers and a brief CV for each person delivering a paper. Individual proposals should include an abstract and brief CV. Postgraduate students, as well as more senior scholars, are warmly encouraged to submit proposals by November 15, 2007. Panels of and poster presentations by undergraduate students are also welcome.

IFIAD 2008 is intended to be the first forum of an International Forum series on Islamic Architecture and Design. IFIAD aims to shed light on the potential of Islamic architecture & Design to function once again as an innovative ground out of which can be produced adequate physical environments with genuine esoteric and exoteric values in order to enhance the life of its people. IFIAD 2008 is titled: Ideals, Innovation, and Sustainability The topics of IFIAD 2008 are the following: Topic 1: History, Theory, and Criticism of Islamic Architecture & Design. Topic 2: Islamic Ideals and Principles in Architecture & Design. Topic 3: Contemporary Design and Innovation in Islamic Architecture. Topic 4: Islamic Architecture & Design in Sustainable Built Environment. Topic 5: Examples and case studies of successful Contemporary Islamic Architecture and Urban Design projects. Topic 6: Education of Islamic Architecture and Design in Schools of Architecture, Engineering, and Urban Planning Website: http://www.sharjah.ac.ae/IFIAD2008