__________________________________________________
Call for Papers
Theme: Bodies and Embodiment
Type: 5th Annual Conference
Institution: Centre for the Study of Global Ethics, University of
Birmingham
Location: Birmingham (United Kingdom)
Date: 30.–31.5.2019
Deadline: 1.2.2019
__________________________________________________
The Fifth Annual Conference of the Centre for the Study of Global
Ethics focuses specifically on the theme of Bodies and Embodiment
across disciplines, including politics, philosophy, law and ethics.
We welcome abstract submissions addressing this theme, including, but
not limited to, the following sub-themes:
- The relevance of embodiment to theories of justice
- The ethics, regulation and governance of the body, including,
torture, punishment, body part sale and access to abortion
- The commodification, objectification and sexualisation of the body
- Marginalised and vulnerable bodies, including issues related to
race, trans-identity, class, disability, illness, age and pregnancy
- The relationship between the body and the self
- Violation of the body, sexual harassment and cultures of
entitlement, including the rise of #metoo
- The limits of consent in regulating access to bodies
- Practices of body modification, transformation, enhancement and
adornment
- The embodied experience of humans being dependent on and living in
the natural environment
- The challenge of embodiment to abstract theory
In addition to papers addressing the conference’s central theme and
subthemes, we welcome abstract submissions on a wide range of topics
within global ethics from faculty and graduate students in global and
practical ethics, and legal, social and political philosophy. Areas
of research may include:
- Gender justice
- Global distributive justice
- Justice and race
- Just war theory
- Humanitarian ethics
- Climate change and environmental sustainability
- Global bioethics
Submission Guidelines
To propose a paper (suitable for presentation in 15 minutes), please
send the following two documents (doc or pdf) to:
globalethicseve...@contacts.bham.ac.uk
- A document containing title, abstract (500 words max.), 3-5
keywords, as well as author information (name, position,
affiliation, contact details, and short biography)
- A document, anonymised for blind review, containing only title,
abstract (500 words max.), and 3-5 keywords
Submission deadline: 1 February 2019.
We aim to let you know the outcome of the blind review by 1 March
2019.
Keynote Speakers
Clare Chambers
University of Cambridge
Tom Shakespeare
University of East Anglia
Amrita Pande
University of Cape Town
Venue
The conference and public lecture will take place on the Edgbaston
Campus of the University of Birmingham.
For any queries regarding the conference and the public lecture,
please contact: globalethicseve...@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Conference website:
http://globalethics2019.weebly.com
__________________________________________________
InterPhil List Administration:
https://interphil.polylog.org
InterPhil List Archive:
https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/
__________________________________________________
