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University of Westminster Group for War and Culture Studies
Annual Conference
in association with
Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the School for Journalism and
Communications, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
The Body at War:
Somatic Cartographies of Western Warfare in the 19 and 20 Centuries
Friday 25 and Saturday 26 June 2004
309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW
Throughout history, war has been conducted on, in and through the terrain
of human bodies--individual, social, and culturally constructed. The human
body, in turn, has served as a potent metaphor that continues to inform
the ways we conceptualize, practice, and experience war. Yet, despite a
renewal of academic interest in 'the body' over the last few decades,
relatively little attention has been devoted to these research concerns.
This interdisciplinary conference seeks to contribute to a 'mapping' of
the dynamic correspondence between war and the human body in the context
of Western warfare from the 19th century onwards. How have particular
practices and technologies of warfare inscribed themselves upon various
bodies? How, in turn, have changing understandings and cultural
constructions of the body informed the practice of warfare over the last
two centuries? In what ways can this perspective enrich our understanding
of both 'war' and 'embodiment'?
The terms 'mapping' and 'the body' should be interpreted in their widest
senses and papers may focus on all forms of cultural construction and
production. Contributions are invited from postgraduate students as well
as established researchers across the humanities, the social sciences and
medical sciences, including the fields of historical, literary and
cultural studies, art history, media studies, sociology, political
studies, war studies, and medical history. Please note that in the
interests of comparative analysis during this two-day conference, the
Group for War and Culture Studies is extending its focus to include war in
the nineteenth century as well as in the twentieth, and the North American
experience of war in addition to that of Europe.
Abstracts of between 250 and 500 words (max) in English or French should
be submitted by
Friday 27 February 2004
to:
Professor Debra Kelly, GWACS Coordinator, Department of Modern Languages
School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Languages
University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW, U.K.
Email:
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Please make this Call for Papers available to anyone else who may be
interested!
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