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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