THE FIRST U2 CONFERENCE IS IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. SEE OUR RECAP.
ACHTUNG U2 FANS! Spend a weekend in Durham, North Carolina, talking, listening and learning about what U2 has done. Scholars, teachers, students, journalists, clergy, musicians and intellectually curious U2 fans are meeting for a rich program of exploring this one-of-a-kind band for a one-of-a-kind conference. We hope you'll be in the room.
Is this band of ambitions, paradoxes, ironies and sincerity the real thing? If you think U2 has played a role in changing the worlds of music, entertainment, popular culture, humanitarian relief, peace and social justice efforts - or has changed the world in you - then come join the conversation. Meet us in the sound! (And take in a U2 concert the same weekend too, just down the road in Raleigh.)
10.27.09
View a PDF of the program of presentations here.
10.25.09
Read "Where Could We Go From Here," a new article posted in full for a limited time on the state of U2 studies by Conference Director Scott Calhoun.
10.23.09
You can still complete our feedback form and visit the recap page
10.10.09
The Recap page is up and running now. Take a look.
10.07.09
Did you miss your chance to purchase a U2 conference t-shirt last weekend? We are taking online orders from October 7-16. We will ship your shirt by October 26.
10.04.09
Thank you U2.com for your magnificently kind mention of our U2 Academic Conference.
10.02.09
The final conference schedule for daily events on Friday night, Saturday and Sunday is available as a PDF download here.
10.02.09
Register at the door: Friday night at Bull McCabes (6:00 - 8:00) or The Carolina Theatre(9:00 - 10:30). Saturday and Sunday at NCCU's School of Education Building.
10.02.09
Welcome to U2: The Hype and Feedback. It's time to start. We hope you like it! :).
09.24.09
T-shirt, food, maps and shuttle information here.
09.23.09
The Heart of America Tour will screen Friday night! You don't want to miss this. Read on..
09.22.09
Meet us at Bull McCabes for our Friday night kickoff reception. Read all about it..
09.21.09
Tickets are on sale now for U23D and a shuttle bus to @U2's Sunday night at the movies.
09.19.09
Win a free trip to the conference and U2's concert. Details here.
09.16.09
We posted lots of shuttle bus information today over on our TRANSPORT page.
09.15.09
Ultimate-Guitar.com writes about the conference today: " .... but for some of the band’s brainer fans, the real intellectual action starts next month ...."
09.13.09
The East Liverpool (PA) Review writes about conference speaker and author, Stephen Catanzarite: "Lincoln Park Director To Speak at U2 Conference."
09.12.09
David Yonke at the Toledo Blade writes about conference speaker Bruce Edwards (professor of English and Africana Studies at Bowling Green State University): "Bono Taps Into Buying Power - U2 singer's projects for Africa studied in Academia."
09.10.09
Scott Fitzgerald helped spread this morning on North Carolina's WPTF News Talk 680 this morning with an interview with our Conference Director.
09.05.09
Program addtion: Join us for a double-feature film night on Friday: Meet Us in the Sound and It Might Get Loud. More here.
09.04.09
@U2 has announced its plans to host a post-conference party in Raleigh: Sunday Night at the (3D) Movies with Neil McCormick
09.01.09
Our conference poster for promoting registration is here. Download free copies in two sizes.
08.28.09
We're hitting the airwaves this week to spread the word. Read more about it here.
08.28.09
A new piece from Digital City's Carly Milne helps spread the word, and thanks to U2 France for passing along the material from the Irish Times and Hot Press.
08.27.09
The news today: from Hot Press, the BBC and more in the Irish Times again.
08.26.09
U2 Conference Still Expanding : Our Media Sponsor @U2 posted a update on our conference schedule, with a little more information about the pre- and post- conference events.
08.26.09
From Canada to Ireland, the word is spreading. Thanks to Alison Healy at The Irish Times in Dublin for this brief annoucement.
08.25.09
Brad Frennette at The Ampersand is helping us spread the word in Canada. Thanks Brad!
08.18.09
Our complete program schedule is available for viewing in full-screen mode and as a PDF. Check it out.
08.13.09
Got a question for Jim Henke? Let us know here. He might answer it in his video.
08.11.09
Our full program schedule (to-date) is available as a PDF download here and on our Schedule page.
08.06.09
Welcome to Zoo Panels, Y'All! We posted our presentation panels on our blog. See anything you like?
08.02.09
Keynote speaker (Dr.) Anthony DeCurtis writes on the end of the 1960s in today's New York Times in "Peace, Love and Charlie Manson."
08.02.09
Terra Sigillata's Abel Pharmboy is helping us reach the worlds of science and medicine with this interivew with our Conference Director. Thanks Pharmboy!
08.01.09
Registration is open and working! Welcome U2 Fans! Start the registration process here.
07.31.09
Interference.com's editor Tracey Hackett is helping us spread the word with an article and interview with our Conference Director posted today. Thanks!
07.31.09
@U2, our media sponsor, launced its revamped website today. Take a look for all your U2 information needs (and wants).
07.31.09
We're getting ready to leave the ground! Registration opens tomorrow. Ticket prices and policies are here.
07.23.09
Matt McGee's Sunday, Oct. 4, plenary session talk will be "When New Media Was The Big Idea: U2 Fandom In The Online Age." See our entire schedule here.
07.20.09
Our first official press release goes out today and is on our Press page at on our blog. Help us spread the word!
07.17.09
We've posted a news round-up over on the blog. Check out the latest about hotels, maps and more.
07.06.09
From "Bono Versus Nick Cave on Jesus" and "U2 and Igor Stravinsky" to "Irish Identity and Utopianism in the Music of U2" and "The Meme of Surrender," we've got a topic to interest you. Our final list of accepted papers is posted (PDF file) and linked from our schedule page.
06.13.09
Thanks David Menconi at Raleigh's The News & Observer for "U2 and the academia waltz." Here's your chance to make a full weekend of it ... .
06.10.09
"Durham, N.C., has evolved into a world-class center of all things advanced" said U.S. News & World Report this week when they called it a "Best Places To Live."
06.05.09
The Hype and The Feedback is coming to Durham, NC, Oct 2 -4, 2009. Our host is the H. M. Michaux School of Education at North Carolina Central University in Durham. Read more about it.
06.05.09
Thank you to our friends in Oxford, MS! We're sorry to send our regrets.
06.01.09
We apologize for getting you all excited about having a decision on June 1, but we are working through some matters with both potential locations and need just a little more time. We should know soon. Thanks for your continued patience.
05.29.09
Look for an announcement on June 1 about where the U2 Conference will be. Whether at Duke or Oxford, we plan to have the conference October 2 - 4, 2009.
05.26.09
Now you can follow the U2 Conference on Twitter. Just click here to start following.
05.20.09
We are pleased to confirm Agnes Nyamayarwo as a general session speaker. Read about her amazing life-journey here.
05.14.09
Should the U2 Conference come to Duke? Read more about it and talk about it here.
05.12.09
The U2 Conference was mentioned in Ireland's The Indepent's article on Bono's lyrics, starting in the 11th graph.
05.06.09
Should the U2 Conference come to Oxford, Mississippi? Read more about it and talk about it here.
04.22.09
Just a quick update: We're in talks that might result in the conference happening this fall. But nothing solid yet. Read more about it here.
03.30.09
The U2 Conference will have an exhibitor's table at Calvin College's Festival of Faith and Music this weekend (April 2-4, 2009). Stop by to say hi and don't miss U2 Conference speakers Cathleen Falsani and Steve Stockman on the FFM program.
03.20.09
We are looking for a new time, a new place and a new home for the U2 conference. Want to help make it happen? Read our blog for more details.
03.19.09
We made a few modifications to our tentative program schedule in anticipation of our re-scheduled conference.
02.20.09
We have postponed the conference and are working on rescheduling it. Please read our blog for more information.
02.16.09
This just in from featured speaker Neil McCormick. Neil has posted his full review of U2's new album, No Line On The Horizon, at the Telegraph's blogsite. He had a little help from Bono with writing the review. : ) Go check it out.
02.15.09
Featured speaker Neil McCormick has told us the title for his plenary session talk is "Boy To Man: How U2's Experiences of Growing Up in 1960s and 1970s Dublin Shaped the Band." His talk is scheduled for Day Three.
02.13.09
Keynote speaker Anthony DeCurtis has told us the title for his keynote address is "U2: Contents and Discontents." His talk is scheduled for Day Two.
02.11.09
Featured speaker Cathleen Falsani has told us the title for her plenary session talk is "Get Up Off Your Knees: U2's Influence on Faith-Based Social Justice Movements." Her talk is scheduled for Day Three
02.10.09
A big thank you to U2 Exit for helping us spread the word over at their great site!
02.02.09
Featured speaker Jim Henke has told us the title for his plenary session talk is "We are meant to be one of the great groups": How U2 Saved Rock and Roll." His talk is scheduled for Day Two.
01.28.09
We have updated our conference schedule here and have posted a list of the 49 presenters' names and paper titles here.
01.15.09
We are pleased to announce Agnes Nyamayarwo will speak at the conference. More details to come.
12.20.08
We accepted 49 presentations and are in the process of notifying all who sent in a submission. Thanks to everyone who answered our call for papers.
12.10.08
We received nearly 100 presentation submissions and are almost done reviewing them all.
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