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Dear Dr. Morris,
Please find enclosed a paper proposal for the forthcoming conference
"Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness". Should you have any
difficulties in opening the attachment, kindly let me know.
With kind regards,
Sini Kangas
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Sini Kangas, Ph.D.
Research Fellow
Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies
P.O.Box 4
Fabianinkatu 24
00014 University of Helsinki
Finland
+358-9-191 23489
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Lainaus "Stephen Morris" <[log in to unmask]>:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Dear All:
>
> This is a FANTASTIC inter-disciplinary conference, going into its
> 11th year. I cannot recommend it highly enough!
>
> Stephen
>
> ***********
>
> 11th Global Conference
> Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness
>
> Monday 15th March - Thursday 18th March 2010
> Salzburg, Austria
>
> Call for Papers
> This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference seeks to
> examine and explore issues surrounding evil and human wickedness.
> Papers, presentations, reports and workshops are invited on issues
> on or broadly related to any of the following themes:
>
> 1. Wrestling with ‘Evil’
> - does the language of ‘evil’ make sense in the 21st Century?
> - what is ‘evil’? What is the concept of ‘evil’?
> - when we use the term ‘evil’ what do we seek to convey?
> - understanding the language of evil
> - ‘evil’ and other possibilities: morally objectionable; morally
> wrong; bad; immoral; iniquitous; reprobate; sinful; wrong; depraved;
> diabolical; heinous; malevolent; wicked
>
> 2. The Nature of Evil
> - the contexts of evil; the ‘meaning’ of evil as context dependent
> - the roots of evil
> - what counts as evil? Evil, Evils. Is there such a thing?
> - the boundaries of evil; the forms of evil; types of evil;
> instances of evil. Universal evil?
> - the practices of evil
> - taking evil seriously; enjoying evil; satisfying evil
>
> 3. Explanatory Frameworks
> - what are we looking for? The possibility of explanations
> - what is an explanation?
> - what does or should an explanation seek to achieve?
> - is evil capable of explanation?
> - explanation as evil
>
> 4. Understanding Evil
> - from the perspectives of the disciplines
> indicative examples: anthropology, art, art history, criminology,
> cultural studies, history, legal studies, literature, philosophy,
> psychology, sociology, and theology
>
> - from the perspectives of professions
> indicative examples: accountants, architects, diplomats, doctors,
> engineers, lawyers, pharmacists, planners, teachers, vets; people
> working in economics, forensics, medicine, nursing, politics, prison
> services, psychiatry
>
> - from the perspectives of vocations
> indicative examples: people working in altruistic vocations,
> professional vocations, voluntary vocations, religious vocations,
> humanitarian campaigning and activities
>
> - from the perspectives of ngos
> indicative examples: United Nations, international ngo’s, business
> oriented ngo’s, governmental ngo’s, quango’s, civil society ngo’s;
> people working with interest groups, lobbying activities; charity
> organisations; relief organisations; occupational organisations;
> not-for-profit networks
>
> 5. Representations of Evil
> - art, art history, visual culture
> - cinema, tv, theatre, radio
> - music; metal
> - media
> - technological and multi-media representations
> - video games and on-line communities
> - subcultural formations and identities
> - fashion and evil
> - gothic subjectivities and Othering
>
> 6. Confronting Evil
> - how is it possible to confront evil?
> - can evil be resolved? Should evil be resolved?
> - the work of Truth and Reconciliation commissions; the
> International Criminal Court; the role of law and local criminal
> justice procedures
> - the work of international organisations
> - the role of charities
>
> The Steering Group particularly welcomes the submission of
> pre-formed panel proposals. 300 word abstracts should be submitted
> by Friday 2nd October 2009. All submissions are minimally double
> blind peer reviewed where appropriate. If an abstract is accepted
> for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday
> 5th February 2010. Abstracts should be submitted simultaneously to
> the Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF
> formats with the following information and in this order:
>
> a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d) title of
> abstract, e) body of abstract
>
> Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using
> footnotes and any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such
> as bold, italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to
> all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us
> in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it
> might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an
> alternative electronic route or resend.
>
> Organising Chairs
>
> Stephen Morris
> Hub Leader (Evil)
> Independent Scholar
> New York, USA
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
> Sorcha Ni Fhlainn
> Hub Leader (Evil)
> School of English, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
> Rob Fisher
> Network Founder and Network Leader
> Inter-Disciplinary.Net,
> Freeland, Oxfordshire, UK
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
> The conference is part of the ‘At the Interface’ programme of
> research projects. It aims to bring together people from different
> areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions
> which are innovative and exciting.
>
> All papers accepted for and presented at this conference will be
> eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers maybe
> invited for development for publication in a themed hard copy
> volume(s) or for inclusion in the Perspectives on Evil journal
> (relaunching 2010).
>
> For further details about the project please visit:
> http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/at-the-interface/evil/perspectives-on-evil/
>
> For further details about the conference pleaser visit:
> http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/at-the-interface/evil/perspectives-on-evil/call-for-papers/
>
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