The Hype and The Feedback is coming to Durham, NC
We are pleased to announce The Hype and The Feedback: A Conference Exploring the Music, Work and Influence of U2 will be hosted by the H. M. Michaux School of Education at North Carolina Central University in Durham, from October 2 - 4, 2009.
North Carolina Central is the nation’s first public liberal arts college founded for African-Americans.
Our U2 conference staff wishes to thank Chancellor Charles Nelms for his vision and leadership, as well as the NCCU community and the city of Durham for extending this invitation to have the first ever academic conference about U2.
Our thanks also go to the great people with the DurhamCares organization for their work in facilitating The Hype and The Feedback coming to Durham.
Conference events will start Friday evening, Oct. 2, and will conclude on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 4.
Please watch our conference website for many more updates during the rest of this month: more about the conference program; more about NCCU; more about Durham; and more about the Raleigh-Durham area. If you have not signed up for email alerts, you can do so here.
Some notices:
• Registration: We plan to open registration in July. Registration will be handled through our registration page and we anticipate offering conference tickets at levels from $90 - $200. Registration will close when we have reached capacity.
• Lodging: We are securing a range of hotel options at a U2 Conference discount rate for the nights of Oct. 1 - 4. Rates will range from $70 - $110 a night. Registrants should make lodging arrangements on their own. Information on the conference hotels will be here later this month.
• Transportation: Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) serves the area and is about 15 miles from Durham. Information on transportation suggestions from the airport to Durham and for getting around in the area will be here later this month.
• Program: A tentative schedule for the program is here, with a list of the accepted paper presentations here. We are working on arranging the papers into panel sessions. Please keep an eye on the program schedule as it will have regular updates to it.
• U2’s concert in Raleigh: U2’s 360° Tour plays at the Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, Saturday evening, Oct. 3, starting at 7:00 p.m. Their concert date falls right in the middle of our conference weekend. We will conclude Saturday’s program by 4:00 p.m. to allow time to get to the show. (Raleigh is about 25 miles from Durham. You can view a map here.) Then, when we re-convene Sunday morning we should have even more to talk about! Conference registration DOES NOT include a ticket to U2’s concert. Tickets are still available here.
Thank you to everyone who has been with us for many months now. We appreciate your patience, your encouragement and your enthusiasm for the conference. Thanks again to the H. M. Michaux School of Education at North Carolina Central University.
We look forward to seeing you in Durham!
Questions? Please use our contact form.
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I know it’s still Durham, but what happened to Duke. Ole Miss seemed to really want the conference…and then all of a sudden, NCCU. Weird.
Comment by Dave Waltman — June 6, 2009 @ 2:50 am
Sorry to disagree with you, Dave, but I am thrilled that the U2 Conference will take place in the Raleigh-Durham area and even MORE EXCITED that it will be held at NCCU.
I don’t know if NCCU is listed as an historically African-American college but the fact that it serves a population of students that have had their own struggle with social disenfranchisement & knowing U2’s lifelong appreciation of African-American culture, I think that this is a BRILLIANT choice!
Living Positively, debbie
Comment by Debbie K — June 6, 2009 @ 12:26 pm
Good stuff! And what affordable prices compared to NYC!
Comment by Jordan Berard — June 6, 2009 @ 2:07 pm
Debbie-
I don’t really have an opinion about which school is the host. I was more surprised about NCCU b/c our opinions about Duke and Ole Miss were solicited then neither one ends up with the conference. I was just confused about the process.
Comment by Dave Waltman — June 6, 2009 @ 8:01 pm
I am pleased to see that a final date/location for the conference has been posted- I know this has entailed a lot of hard work!
Comment by Rachel Seiler — June 7, 2009 @ 5:39 pm
Hooray! Looking forward to seeing you in my backyard!
Comment by Katie — June 9, 2009 @ 12:04 am
Well, I’m glad to the conference will be held 25 miles from my home. It will be a busy weekend with the concerts in Charlottesville and Raleigh. Carter-Finley is an easy drive from NCCU down the Durham Fwy (147) to I-40E.
Comment by David — June 9, 2009 @ 4:08 am
Awesome that the conference will be at NCCU. Just read an article that they’ll be celebrating their Centennial this fall too, cool timing.
Comment by Lisbeth — June 10, 2009 @ 9:41 pm
[...] Gli U2 raramente partecipano a convention di fan, ma forse faranno un’eccezione per quella che è stata definita “la prima conferenza accademica” su di loro. Si tratta di una serie di discorsi e dibattiti, intitolata “The hype & the feedback”, che, alla luce del recente slittamento di data, è ora programmata dal 2 al 4 ottobre di quest’anno a Durham, North Carolina. Cosa fa supporre una possibile presenza di Bono e soci? Essenzialmente il fatto che la “conferenza accademica”, inizialmente programmata a New York City, è stata spostata in tali date a Durham: proprio in quei giorni a Raleigh, non lontano da Durham, gli U2 terranno un concerto. Le iscrizioni alla (questo il titolo completo della manifestazione) “The hype and the feedback: a conference exploring the music, work and influence of U2” inizieranno il mese prossimo. Altri dettagli:u2conference.com/blog/?p=236. [...]
Pingback by Buzz and Music » Post Topic » U2 ACCADEMICI — June 11, 2009 @ 4:43 pm
So glad that NCCU will be on the map for this event…For those that are not knowledgeable please check out http://www.nccu.edu. Enjoy your time in the Raleigh-Durham area!!! Great things are happening in Durham, NC!!
With Eagle Pride,
Dennis Scott
Class of 2008!!!!!
Comment by DJ — July 21, 2009 @ 3:42 am