Appel à contribution – Bodies of Knowledge, Knowledge of Bodies

Appel à contribution – Bodies of Knowledge, Knowledge of Bodies

Southern Humanities Council Conference

The Seelbach Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky February 2-5, 2012

The 2012 Southern Humanities Council Conference invites proposals for papers/presentations/panels on the theme « Bodies of Knowledge, Knowledge of Bodies. » The play on the term « body » is intentional and reflects not only body as collection, gathering, canon, community in terms of both animate and inanimate reference but also the physical body in terms of gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, dis/ability, and so on. The topic is interdisciplinary and invites proposals from all disciplines and areas of study.

Send proposals to Mark Ledbetter at shcouncil@gmail.com or if sending by U.S. Postal Service, Mark Ledbetter, Executive Director, SHC, P.O. Box 2546, The College of St. Rose, 432 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12203. If possible, send all proposals by email.

Topics are not limited to but may address any of the following areas:

Language and Body
Literature and Body
Bodies of Literature
Body Art
Poetry and Body
Poetry of Body
Body and Art
Philosophies and/of Bodies
Religion and the Body
Religious Bodies
Physicality
Emotion and Body
Mind and Body
What Bodies Know
Bodies and Borders
Known Bodies
Body and Discipline(s)
Body and Virtue
Body and Race
Body and Gender
Body and Sex
Body and Sexuality
The Challenged Body
The Whole Body
Transgender Body
Geographical Body
Body as Metaphor
Body and/of Knowledge
The Psychology of Body
The Education of Body
Transitional Bodies
Linguistic Bodies
The Socialization of Body
Body Image/Type
Heavenly Bodies
The Athletic Body
Body History
The History of Body
Body and Violence
Sociology and Body
Embody/Embodiment

If possible, please submit proposals by email. Proposals are due by January 1, 2012. Earlier submissions are appreciated, as are proposals for complete panels. For further information, write Mark Ledbetter at shcouncil@gmail.com.

Mark Ledbetter, Executive Director, SHC, P.O. Box 2546, The College of St.
Rose, 432 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12203
Phone: 478 960 0140
Email: shcouncil@gmail.com

Visit the website at http://southernhumanities.ning.com

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