A conference on the contribution of history to cultural studies
We invite papers from historians, sociologists, media and cultural scholars on the following topic headings:

1. The Invention of Traditions:
History and material culture-comparison between British/Turkish, American/Turkish, British/American contexts;
The function of celebrations, ceremonials, etc.
The impact of historical changes on social and cultural values (e.g. urbanisation, mobility);
Cultural studies as an invented tradition.

2. Hegemony, Individuals and Groups:
The construction and deconstruction of stereotypes;
The management of time and space:architecture, city planning, factories, discipline and its internalisation;
Cultural products--the popular and the populist (music, comics, pulp/science fiction, radio, television, film, advertising).

3. Differences and Oppositions:
Traditions and counter-traditions;
Oral vs. written histories;
The creation of ethnic identities;
Cultural implications/ramifications of womens' his/herstories.