Call for papers: Resorting to the coast

This looks like an excellent conference in Blackpool in June. Download the flyer here.

From the CFP:

“Key themes of interest to the conference include:

· Histories of coastal tourism developments and resorts;

· Regeneration of coastal economies;

· Social and environmental impacts of coastal developments;

· Representations of seaside holidays in popular culture;

· Worker migrations to coastal sites;

· Beach behaviours and traditions;

· Myths of the sea and coastal communities;

· Coastal resort art and architecture;

· Tourist coastal colonies.

Please submit a 300 word abstract including title and full contact details as an electronic file to the conference manager Daniela Carl (ctcc@leedsmet.ac.uk). You may submit your abstract as soon as possible but no later than 2nd February 2009.

Conference Organisers: Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change in partnership with the Institute of Northern Studies, Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom.”