Location: School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies, University of Leeds Date: 21st – 23rd April 2017 Deadline for abstracts: 30th January 2017 Keynote Speakers (tbc): Martha Rosler, Marina Vishmidt Speak, body: Art, the Reproduction of Capital and the Reproduction of Life, will address the juncture of the “body” in art in relation to feminism(s) and capitalism,… Continue reading
CFP: Crip Genealogies Co-edited by Mel Chen, Alison Kafer, Eunjung Kim, and Julie Avril Minich Abstracts: March 15, 2017 Full Papers: September 15, 2017 What is the color of disability? What are the possibilities for narrating an anti-racist, feminist story of disability studies? What relationships, orientations, and practices do different histories of the field foster—or… Continue reading
The Institute of Medical Ethics is calling for papers for our 4th annual summer conference. This year we are seeking both abstract and panel proposals and will be having a specific stream for medical humanities research. The deadline for proposals is 31st January 2017. Building on the success of three previous conferences held in Edinburgh, Newcastle and… Continue reading
‘Autism is not limited to a single region or a country; it is a worldwide challenge that requires global action’ – Ban Ki Moon, UN Secretary General, 2012 The autism diagnosis has become an important category of global health; capable of attracting large amounts of funding, shaping disability rights legislation, and impacting education, health and welfare… Continue reading
The PJMH: The Postgraduate Journal of Medical Humanities, based at the University of Exeter’s Centre for Medical History, is now accepting submissions for articles and book reviews for its fourth edition. The journal, an online interdisciplinary publication authored and edited by postgraduate students, will be publishing professional peer-reviewed research and book reviews on all topics… Continue reading
Deadline: 15th January 2017 We are seeking essay proposals for a peer-reviewed edited volume, Literatures of Madness: Disability Studies and Mental Health, which will be submitted to the Literary Disability Studies book series at Palgrave Macmillan (http://www.palgrave.com/us/series/14821). The volume will collect disability studies essays that focus on mental health, madness, and addiction in literary texts.… Continue reading
Disability and Disciplines: The International Conference on Educational, Cultural, and Disability Studies Date: 5th-6th July 2017 Location: Centre for Culture and Disability Studies, Liverpool Hope University Keynote Speakers: Prof. Robert McRuer, George Washington University Prof. Katherine Runswick-Cole, Manchester Metropolitan University Interdisciplinarity is pivotal in the development of the academy for many reasons, some of which form the conceptual… Continue reading
Date: 13th April 2017 Location: Highfield House, University of Nottingham, University Park Campus Reading Bodies, Writing Minds is a one-day conference to be held at the University of Nottingham on 13 April 2017. The conference will investigate representations from the arts and social sciences of suffering, seeing, and treating mental illness. This interdisciplinary event is intended… Continue reading
CFP: Special Issue of Feminist Formations, ‘Queer/Crip Contagions’ Edited by Kelly Fritsch and Anne McGuire Full Papers due 1st February 2017 This special issue charts the limits and possibilities of queer/crip biosocial politics by examining the ways these intersect and co-mingle with the narratives, practices, and temporalities of contagion. Feminist scholars have long theorized “queer” and… Continue reading
Competition guidelines Fifth Hektoen Grand Prix Essay Competition We invite you to participate in the Fifth Hektoen Essay Competition and submit your contribution by 1st February 2017. There will be two prizes. The Hektoen Grand Prix will be for an article of no more than 1600 words and the winner will receive $1,600. A second prize of… Continue reading
