Auto/Biography Study Group

Background

The aim of the group is to bring together persons interested in analytical examination of the various kinds of biography and autobiography, the relationship between the differing genres of representing lives, and the interrelations between biography, autobiography text and lives. The membership currently stands at 101.

Auto/Biography Publishing Developments

From 2008, the Auto/Biography Study Group will be publishing (through Clio Press) an annual Auto/Biography Yearbook.  This will be a high quality hardback of 75K words containing some of the best articles in the area of auto/biography produced the previous year.  The Auto/Biography Yearbook will be edited by Andrew Sparkes.  All submissions will be peer reviewed.  Articles for consideration for the Yearbook should be sent to Professor Andrew Sparkes, School of Sport Sciences, University of Exeter, Heavitree Road, Exeter EX1 2LU, UK.  A publicity leaflet for the Yearbook will be distributed in December of this year and copies of the Yearbook will be on sale at the annual BSA conference in March.

Activities

10-12 July 2008
BSA Auto/Biography Study Group – Annual Residential Conference:  secrets, gaps and absences in auto/biography
University of Leicester, UK

18 December 2008
BSA Auto/Biography Study Group – Day Conference:  Dress and Auto/Biography
Institute of Education, London, UK

Contact the convenor for further details.

Contact the Convenor

Gill Clarke
Centre for Biography and Education
School of Education
The University of Southampton
SO17 1BJ
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