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Call for Papers Theme: The Human, Human Rights, and the Humanities Type: 5th Annual Mid-America Humanities Conference for Undergraduate and Graduate Student Research Institution: Humanities and Western Civilization Program, University of Kansas Location: Lawrence, KS (USA) Date: 3.–4.4.2014 Deadline: 6.12.2013 __________________________________________________ This conference offers a venue to critically examine the interrelationship of "the human," human rights, and the purview of the humanities – interpreting human expression. We welcome papers from undergraduate and graduate students in the humanities and social sciences that explore topics including, but not limited to, the following: - What are the benefits and limits to a notion of universal human rights? - Are there notions of being human that are not encapsulated by a human rights framework? - How do artists and writers engage or critique notions of human rights? - What can we learn about the human experience, and, potentially human rights, from a speculative vantage point, such as that of science fiction? - How do disciplines that challenge normative parameters of human experience such as Queer Studies, Disability Studies, or Animal Studies enrich and/ or complicate notions of human rights? Please submit 250 word paper abstracts to Dr. Marike Janzen, mjan...@ku.edu, by December 6, 2013. Contact: Dr. Marike Janzen University of Kansas Humanities and Western Civilization Program Bailey Hall 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 308 Lawrence, KS 66045 USA Email: mjan...@ku.edu __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
