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CFP: Mood – Aesthetic, Psychological and Philosophical Perspectives

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Call for Papers: Mood – Aesthetic, Psychological and Philosophical Perspectives An Interdisciplinary Two-day Conference at the University of Warwick 6th and 7th May 2016 Keynote speakers: Prof Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht (Comparative Literature, Stanford University) Author of Atmosphere, Mood, Stimmung: On a Hidden Potential of Literature (2012), Production of Presence: What Meaning Cannot Convey (2004) and After 1945… Continue reading →

CFP: Studies in Gothic Fiction Special Issue – Disabled Gothic Bodies

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Call for Papers: Studies in Gothic Fiction Special Issue – Disabled Gothic Bodies Guest Editor: Dr. Alan Gregory The Gothic is a mode that displays a sustained cultural fascination with the disabled body. As David Punter notes, ‘the history of … dealings with the disabled body runs throughout the history of the Gothic, a history… Continue reading →

CFP reminder: Disability and Shakespearean Theatre, Glasgow

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Date: Wednesday 20th April 2016 This symposium draws together growing research interest in disability studies and Shakespearean theatre. In discussing the depiction, treatment, and uses of disability in Shakespeare’s work (and that of his contemporaries) alongside analysis of the role of disability in staging of his plays, we hope to encourage interaction between creative practitioners, historians,… Continue reading →

CFP: International Conference on Medical Humanities, Warsaw

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2016 International Conference on Medical Humanities Interdisciplinary Research Foundation Date: 11th – 12th March 2016 Location: As-Bud Conference Centre, Al. Jerozolimskie 81, Warsaw, Poland Keynote speaker: Prof. Andrzej Kapusta, Maria-Curie Skłodowska University The conference will explore the social, historical and cultural dimensions of medicine. It will promote an interdisciplinary perspective on health, illness, health care and the body.… Continue reading →

CFP: ‘Health’s Borders’, Health Tomorrow, Volume 4 (2016)

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Health Tomorrow: Interdisciplinarity and Internationality York University, Toronto, Canada http://ht.journals.yorku.ca Submission Deadline: 15th May 2016 Borders are constructed to regulate the movement of people, resources, and information, as well as to structure and appraise different forms of knowledge. They can also be used to isolate the causes of adverse health effects, protect equitable standards, recognize different health… Continue reading →

CFP: ‘Different Adulthoods’, special issue of Feminism and Psychology

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‘Different Adulthoods: Normative Development and Transgressive Trajectories’, special issue of Feminism and Psychology ‘Development’ as a unitary, universal and consistent process has been subject to significant critique by critical developmental psychologists such as Erica Burman. The contribution of Burman’s work to interrogating ‘development’ in childhood has been acknowledged recently in the special issue of Feminism… Continue reading →

Fourth Hektoen Grand Prix Essay Competition (Medical Humanities)

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We invite you to submit an essay of no more than 1,600 words in length by 31st March 2016, for the Fourth Hektoen Grand Prix Essay Competition. The winners will receive prizes of $1,500 and selected participants will have their articles published in Hektoen International. Two prizes will be awarded: Military Prize—on a medical topic related… Continue reading →

Call For Papers: edited collection, ‘Manifestos for the Future of Critical Disability Studies’, ed. by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson et al.

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Call For Papers: Manifestos for the Future of Critical Disability Studies Edited by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Katie Ellis, Mike Kent and Rachel Robertson The collection is a new contribution to global interdisciplinary disability studies. The book will consist of contributions from established and new voices in international disability studies outlining their own manifestos for the future of the field.  Interdisciplinary fields covered will… Continue reading →

CFP: edited collection, ‘Healthcare in Motion: Mobility Forms in Health Service Delivery and Access’

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Healthcare in Motion: Mobility Forms in Health Service Delivery and Access Editors: Cecilia Vindrola-Padros (UCL), Anne E. Pfister (UNF), and Ginger A. Johnson (Anthrologica) Healthcare in Motion will explore the diversity of mobility forms associated with healthcare. It will consider both mobility and healthcare as complex cultural and political processes, which are influenced by global… Continue reading →

CFP: ‘Stages and Pages’, 7th International Comics & Medicine Conference, Dundee

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Call for Papers: 7th International Comics & Medicine Conference: Stages & Pages Thursday 7th – Saturday 9th July 2016 Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee, Scotland Keynote Speakers: Lynda Barry, Al Davison, and Elisabeth El Refaie, and a special workshop with Lynda Barry and Dan Chaon   Theme: The theme of this year’s conference, Stages & Pages, invites us to… Continue reading →