Thursday 17 November 2011

Violence Studies








Next year, the University of Newcastle is hosting its inaugural Violence Studies conference. According to the website, they are calling for papers (due 1 May 2012) from a wide range of academics including anthropology, art, history, international relations, law, literature, psychology, philosophy, political science and sociology.


Specific themes may include, but are not limited to:
  • Concepts of violence
  • Representations of violence (in art, literature, and film)
  • Ritual group violence
  • Political violence and terrorism
  • Violence and liberation
  • Violence and sexuality and sexual politics
  • Violence and gender roles
  • Domestic service and violence
  • The history of interpersonal violence
  • Atrocities of war (including the collection of body parts and war trophies)
  • The language of violence
  • Race, class, civil rights and violence
  • Collective violence
  • Vengeance
  • Religion and violence
  • Violence against civilians (war/colonization)
  • Traumatism

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