1st Global Conference

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Venue & Accommodation

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Conference Programme, Abstracts and Papers

Thursday 13th May - Saturday 15th May 2004
Budapest, Hungary

 

Keynote Speaker
Alphonso Lingis
'Two Functions of Erotic Valuation'

Call for Papers

Marking the launch of a new annual conference, research and publication series, this inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary project aims to explore the challenging and paradoxical nature of the 'erotic' and assess the reasons for and complications arising out of its resurgence of status and attention.

In particular the conference will seek to examine how focus on the erotic has become increasingly specialised within disciplinary boundaries with the twin effect of failing to recognise cross-disciplinary connections which centre on this theme and neglecting important historical and cultural perspectives on the development of the 'erotic' as a locus of attention.

The conference and the project aims to instigate inter-disciplinary dialogues which will enable a clearer awareness of the historical and cultural developments of the 'erotic' and simultaneously explore cross-disciplinary perspectives on its current forms and manifestations.

Papers will be considered on any related theme. 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 6th February 2004. If your paper is accepted for presentation at the conference, an 8 page draft paper should be submitted by Friday 16th April 2004.

All papers accepted for and presented at the conference will be published as an ISBN eBook. Selected papers accepted for and presented at this conference will be published in a hard copy themed volume.