Sexual Knowledge: uses of the past
27th-29th July 2009
University of Exeter
Call for papers
* Why and how have people throughout history turned to the past in
order to make sense of sexual experience?
* What kinds of authority has the past exercised in popular and
scholarly debates about sexual practices, identities, civilization and
morality?
* How do changing interpretations of past sexualities reflect
historical shifts in the way sex is understood?
This interdisciplinary conference invites abstracts for papers examining
any aspect of the way that discussions about sex and human nature over
the centuries have both been informed by and helped to shape ideas about
past cultures and the interpretation of their material and textual
legacies.
We particularly welcome abstracts from postgraduates and early career
scholars, for whom some limited funding may be available.
Title and abstract to be received by 31 October 2008
Contact details for further information:
Dr Rebecca Langlands, Classics Department, Amory Building, Rennes Drive,
Exeter, EX4 4RJ Email: r.langlands AT exeter.ac.uk
Further conference information is available from the following website:
http://www.centres.ex.ac.uk/medhist/conferences/index.shtml
27th-29th July 2009
University of Exeter
Call for papers
* Why and how have people throughout history turned to the past in
order to make sense of sexual experience?
* What kinds of authority has the past exercised in popular and
scholarly debates about sexual practices, identities, civilization and
morality?
* How do changing interpretations of past sexualities reflect
historical shifts in the way sex is understood?
This interdisciplinary conference invites abstracts for papers examining
any aspect of the way that discussions about sex and human nature over
the centuries have both been informed by and helped to shape ideas about
past cultures and the interpretation of their material and textual
legacies.
We particularly welcome abstracts from postgraduates and early career
scholars, for whom some limited funding may be available.
Title and abstract to be received by 31 October 2008
Contact details for further information:
Dr Rebecca Langlands, Classics Department, Amory Building, Rennes Drive,
Exeter, EX4 4RJ Email: r.langlands AT exeter.ac.uk
Further conference information is available from the following website:
http://www.centres.ex.ac.uk/medhist/conferences/index.shtml