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Final call for papers for the conference "In Pursuit of Luxury"

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Posted by: University of Hertfordshire's School of Creative Arts
Deadline: 12/01/09

The University of Hertfordshire’s School of Creative Arts is running a conference examining the concept of luxury. Called "In Pursuit of Luxury: commercial and academic perspectives on luxury," it intends to expand the parameters of the debate around the concepts of luxury to provide a refreshing context to construe the familiar debates surrounding the subject. The conference will be held on Friday, 18 June 2010, at the Royal Institute of British Architects in Central London; registration will be open on December 1, 2009.

Conference organizers invite submissions under a range of broad headings, including:
- Sociology and luxury
- Luxury and emerging economies
- Ethics, politics, and luxury
- Luxury and craft
- Luxury and popular culture
- Luxury, globalization and branding
- Luxury and design
- Luxury and fashion
- Luxury and jewelery
- Luxury and the history of consumption

See www.inpursuitofluxury.com for more information.

Posted on 11/04/09
Expires on 12/01/09

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