[ecrea] Call for Papers - 'Civilising Bodies'

*CALL FOR PAPERS – Civilising Bodies: Literature, Rhetoric, and Image, 
1700 to the Present Day*

*25^th -26^th  April 2012 Exeter University*

The Centre for Medical History at the University of Exeter is holding an 
interdisciplinary conference open to postgraduates and academics at any 
level, taking place on the *25^th  and 26^th  April 2013*.

The narratives, discourses, and imagery of bodies and their relationship 
with civilisation have affected a diverse range of media, from novels, 
poetry, and political tracts to art and film, and we are eager for 
submissions examining a wide a range of sources from 1700 to the present 
day.

We welcome abstracts that examine issues surrounding the themes of 
bodies and civilisation and their relationship to literature and the 
arts from researchers of any discipline, including History, Art History, 
Film Studies, Cultural Studies and Literature.

Topics and themes may include:


· Discourses of progress

· Concepts of savagery and barbarism

· The science of race

· Ailments of civilisation

· Medicine and modernity

· Mental health

· Sexuality and the body

· Issues of class and gender

· The politics of medical language

· Theoretical or speculative pieces

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*Guest Speakers*

Dr Lesley Hall (Wellcome Library)

Professor Mark Jackson (University of Exeter)

We invite applicants to submit abstracts of up to 300 words for 20 
minute papers (previously unpublished), sent to 
*(civilisingbodies /at/ gmail.com)* by *14^th  January 2012 *with the “subject” 
of the email as ‘Civilising Bodies abstract’.