Calls for papers – Conferences taking place in December 2017

Identity, Alterity and Gender Normativity: 2017 International Conference on Gender Studies
Cambridge, UK, 1-2 December 2017
Deadline for proposals: 31 August 2017

A conference organised by Interdisciplinary Research Foundation and London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research
Conference website: http://genderstudies.irf-network.org/cambridge-symposium

The conference seeks to explore the past and current status of men and women around the world, to examine the ways in which society is shaped by gender and to situate gender in relation to the full scope of human affairs.

Papers are invited on topics related, but not limited, to:

  • gender equality
  • women’s rights and women’s history
  • gender and education
  • women and leadership
  • women’s and men’s health
  • gender and sexuality
  • gender and religion
  • gender and literature

The conference is addressed to academics, researchers and professionals with a particular interest related to the conference topic. We invite proposals from various disciplines including history, sociology, political studies, anthropology, culture studies and literature. The language of the conference is English.

(posted 23 August 2017)


Political Masculinities and Populism
University of Landau, Germany, 1-3 December 2017
New extended deadline for proposals: 18 April 2017

Organisers:
Kathleen Starck, University of Koblenz-Landau, Landau, Germany
Russell Luyt, University of Greenwich, London, UK

This conference is the latest in a series dedicated toward the topic of political masculinities having first taken place in 2012. It focusses on the theme of Political Masculinities and Populism”. We anticipate that the series will continue with a conference hosted by the University of Greenwich, London, in 2018.

The conference aims to encourage and develop diverse understanding concerning the relationship between the concepts of political masculinities and populism. In the current political and social climate where media debates are often heated and analysis is in danger of taking second place to (political) opinion, we hope to provide an arena in which to consider the gendered functioning of populist politics and politicians – both past and present – and thereby contribute toward understanding the rise of populism globally in the 21st century.

Populism, which is a modern phenomenon that can be traced back to Russia and the United States of the late 19th century, is a contested political concept, in which some even question its analytic utility (Mudde and Rovira Kaltwasser, 2017: 2). Whilst the term is most often linked with the political right, it has also been associated with left-wing politics.

Moreover, scholars from different backgrounds use the term to describe different phenomena. For example, there is a tradition of “liberal populism” in the United States, whereas in Europe this expression would be “a blatant contradiction” (Müller 2016: 9). An understanding of populism as “genuine egalitarian left-wing politics” (ibid: 8, original emphasis) is an anathema in much of Europe given liberalism’s alternative association with pluralism.

It is possible, though, to identify some of the concept’s key characteristics. Jan- Werner Müller usefully argues that populists are mostly critical of elites, antipluralist and lay exclusive claim to represent an imagined “people” (4). In short, Müller defines populism as “a particular moralistic imagination of politics, a way of perceiving the political world that sets a morally pure and fully united – but […] ultimately fictional – people against elites who are deemed corrupt or in some other way morally inferior” (19-20, original emphasis).

We define the concept of ‘political masculinities’ broadly. This can relate to any potential actor in the political sphere, including for example, individuals such as activists, insurgents, politicians, political journalists and voters; groups such as political parties, lobbyists, think tanks, trade unions, and other non-governmental organisations (NGOs); and the state, its institutions as well as representatives. We also emphasise ‘hidden’ political masculinities, such as those associated with global businessmen, as well as political processes and structures and their relation to masculinities.

The most overt link between the concepts of populism and political masculinities lies in the figure of the populist leader. This leader is associated with the “charismatic strongman”, ruling on the basis of “a cult of a leader” and is usually portrayed as masculine and potentially violent (Mudde and Rovira Kaltmwasser 2017: 63). Thus, there is an emphasis on action and the courage to take difficult decisions, which relies on anti- intellectualism and urgency and is often completed by highlighting the leader’s virility, the use of simple and vulgar language, and, of course, the leader’s charisma (ibid: 64-68). And yet there are also female populist leaders such as Eva Peron (Argentina), Marine LePen (France), Sarah Palin (United States) or Frauke Petri (Germany). Questions therefore arise as to the masculine qualities of populist leaders and populism. How is it possible that women can also embody a populist “strongman”? In addition, there are many studies claiming that particularly the populist right draws its electorate from men (e.g. Harteveld et al. 2015). But, we have just witnessed a large proportion of women voting for the 45th President of the United States, and there are also studies claiming that the gender gap in voting for right-wing populists is often overemphasised (Spierings & Zaslove 2015). How do we begin reconciling such seeming contradictions? This conference aims to explore some of the following questions:

  • To what extent are the concepts of populism and masculinities co-constructed and mutually reinforcing?
  • Does masculine populism also exist outside party and/or national politics?
  • Does populist charisma differ in its masculinity from other forms of charisma?
  • What role do masculine identities play for supporters of populism?
  • Is populism more masculine in some (national/historical) contexts than others?
  • How is populist masculinity/masculine populism performed?
  • Where does populist masculinity originate historically?
  • In what way do different national populisms produce similar or diverging forms of political masculinities?
  • What (political) masculinities are excluded by populism and how is this achieved?
  • In how far is populist governance masculine?

This list is not exhaustive. We aim to stimulate debate within and between disciplines and welcome the submission of empirical and theoretical papers from across the full spectrum of gender studies. This may include, but is not limited to, work in the arts, humanities, social sciences and sciences.

Please send proposals of no more than 250 words, including your name and affiliation to: starck@uni-landau.de or r.luyt@greenwich.ac.uk by 18 April 2017.

For further details concerning the conference including the registration process see the Conference website.

 (posted 3 April 2017)


Fact and Fiction in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France, 8-9 December 2017
Deadline for proposals: 1 June 2017

It seems timely to look afresh at the relationship between fact and fiction, when such terms as “post-truth” and «”storytelling are frequently heard in the media and when genres called “docu-dramas” and “reality-shows” thrive.

Michael McKeon and, more recently, among others, Catherine Gallagher have maintained that fiction in eighteenth-century Britain was not a stable category but, rather, one with a history. Conceptions of fictionality shifted, correlatively altering notions of factuality. Writers of novels were aware that their texts created non-actual possible worlds, and self-consciously attended to the probability or improbability of their narratives. Historians resorted to counter-factuals in the mode of conjectural history. Methods for the study of nature, governed by rules of hypothesis or by new statistical techniques, raised questions about possible reliance on fictions. Similar challenges emerged in, for instance, the consideration of law, of crime, and of punishment.

This conference aims to build on earlier work and to advance discussion of less explored areas/aspects of the theme of fact and fiction, by furthering theoretical discussion (using narratological, cognitive, and other critical approaches) and by considering the fictionality of mainly, or supposedly, non-fictional forms such as periodical essays, works of history, legal documents, history paintings, as well as at novels. Theoretical and practical study of cross-influences will be welcome.

Keynote speakers:

  • John Bender, Stanford University,
  • William B. Warner, University of California Santa Barbara

Historians as well as historians of law, literary scholars and historians of art are invited to submit proposals (150-300 words) for papers which will not exceed 25 minutes, before 1st June, 2017, to Isabelle Bour: Isabelle.Bour@sorbonne-nouvelle.fr, Isabelle.Bour@hotmail.com

(posted 12 April 2017)


I International Conference on Interdisciplinary Approaches for Total Communication: Education, Healthcare and Interpreting within Disability Settings (ICIATC)
Málaga, Spain, 12-14 December 2017
Deadline for proposals: 30 July 2017

http://iciatc.uma.es

Effective communication is a powerful tool both for improving the lives of those people who are under the highest risk of exclusion due to special needs and for those who as professionals are entitled to work in disability settings. Successful communication is a promising horizon to promote fairness. This conference is an event that is organised to share the intellectual outputs of EC+ project with a wider audience. A variety of workshops on the ECplus project intellectual outputs will be offered. Leading academic scientists, researchers and other stakeholders will have the  opportunity  to discuss and share their experiences and research results on related areas of communication in disability settings. The conference will be a great opportunity to establish international collaboration networks in multi-disciplinary domains.

This event is considered of scientific-sanitary interest by the regional government (Junta de Andalucía, Spain).

Authors from different disciplines are kindly encouraged to contribute to the conference by sending submissions of their research in the form of abstracts, papers and e-posters. We would kindly request high quality research work presenting original and unpublished results which have not been submitted to other conferences or published previously. Research and innovation are welcome for presentations in the conference. Participants are requested to send their abstracts, papers and e-posters which address themes and topics of the conference. Topics of interest for submission include, however are not limited to:

  • Augmentative and alternative communication
  • Rare diseases and pathologies that affect language and communication
  • Total communication
  • Healthcare interpreting
  • Communication and dialogue in mental health settings
  • Community interpreting and multimodality
  • Disability and multimodality
  • Communication and equality
  • Sign language
  • Skills and training for professionals in disability settings
  • Interpreting for the disabled
  • Mobile applications for communication
  • Technologies for Communication

Submission guide

Abstracts should include the following: title, name and surname of authors, affiliation and email address, a statement that outlines the background, methodologies and findings of the study. References must not be cited in the text and five key words must be included in alphabetical order. Please proofread your abstract in order that there are not grammatical or spelling mistakes.

For full papers use this template and the APA 6th edition style guide for bibliography.

Several contributions from the same author/s will not be accepted. Posters that will be accepted cannot be converted into articles afterwards.

Upload your abstract (first) and your full paper (later) to the ICIATC submission site.

Proceedings and Journal Publications

Contributions can be presented several languges (English,  Spanish, German, French, Italian and Portuguese). Papers in English on the topics of interpreting and translation will be considered for peer review (and published if accepted) in “Current Trends in Translation Teaching and Learning E” (http://cttl.org). Other high quality publications in Spanish could be selected to be published in “Revista de Investigación en Logopedia” (http://revistalogopedia.uclm.es). Contributions which will not be presented for the journals would be published in a monograph.

Confirmed plenary speakers

  • Claudia V. Angelelli, Heriot-Watt University
  • Janneke Bot, Dutch Institute of Psychologists (NIP), Dutch Society of Psychotherapists (NVP), University of Utrecht
  • Stephen Calculator, University of New Hampshire
  • Antonio I. Cuesta Vargas, University of Malaga
  • Elisabeth Gabau, Parc Taulí Hospital
  • Ruslan Mammadov, Ganja State University
  • Rima Mammadova, Khazar University
  • Elija Roisko, Tikoteekki Centre, FAIDD
  • Francisca Sánchez Fernández, University of Malaga

Registration

The registration is open at this link. After the registration, please pay following this link.The fees are as follows:

Researchers/Professionals:

Early Bird (until 30 September): 150 €

Late Registration (1 Oct-30 Nov): 200 €

Listeners:

Early Bird (until 30 September): 120 €

Late Registration (1 Oct-30 Nov): 150 €

Students:

Early Bird (until 30 September): 90 €

Late Registration (1 Oct-30 Nov): 120 €

Author Conference Registration includes: paper presentation, proceedings, attendance to all sessions, conference programme, name tag, coffee breaks, certificate of attendance and presentation.

Listener/Students Conference Registration includes attendance to all sessions, proceedings, conference programme, name tag,  coffee breaks, certificate of attendance.

Deadlines and submissions
Abstract submission: July 30th, 2017
Notification of acceptance/rejection: September 10th, 2017
Final paper (camera ready) submision: October 30th, 2017 (Publications targeted to “Revista de Investigación en Logopedia” must submit the camera-ready version no later than September 30th, 2017)
Early bird registration: September 30th, 2017
Conference date: December 12th-14th, 2017

Venue

Facultad de Psicología, Campus de Teatinos, University of Malaga
Bulevar Louis Pasteur, s/n, 29071 Málaga
https://goo.gl/maps/NRg3KVmCs2H2

Contact
For any queries contact us by e-mail at iciatc2017@uma.es

(posted 7 June 2017)


Poetics Before Modernity Conference 2017
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities (CRASSH), University of Cambridge, UK, 14-15 December 2017
Deadline for proposals: 15 June 2017

http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/27241

Papers are invited for a two-day conference on the history of poetics and literary theory in the West from antiquity to 1700, discussing any aspect of the subject, in any national tradition, by researchers of any disciplinary background. Topics transcending the traditional disciplinary and period boundaries (classical, medieval, Renaissance/early modern) are particularly encouraged, but single-period papers will also be considered. Discussions of non-Western and/or post-1700 materials which illuminate the pre-1700 Western corpus are also invited.

Poetics before Modernity aims to encourage and consolidate new work on developments in Western poetics and literary theory from antiquity to 1700. The project provides a variety of outlets—seminar series, conferences, publications—for the most exciting and compelling research in the field, and hopes to foster a community of scholars working on the subject across traditional disciplinary, national, and period boundaries. The conference follows the eponymous seminar series taking place at the University of Cambridge over 2016-17. For further indication of the range of possible topics and approaches, please see the abstracts of the talks in this series, available at www.english.cam.ac.uk/seminars/poetics/index.html.

This will be a closed conference with pre-circulated papers of around 10-15 pages. Presenters will not read out their papers but will deliver a brief (5-10 minute) summary of the thrust and broader consequences of their argument, followed by a response by a designated respondent and general discussion. Familiarity with all papers will be required from the delegates. All papers (around 150 pages in total) will be circulated shortly after the submission deadline of 25 November 2017. The conference proceedings will be published as an edited volume or special issue.

Papers by early- and mid-career scholars, including advanced doctoral candidates, are particularly encouraged. Limited support for scholars traveling from overseas will be available, with details to be confirmed at a later date. If you would like to request support, please include, along with your abstract and CV, a brief description of your circumstances and need for funding.

There will be a flat conference fee of £30 for all delegates, covering accommodation, conference materials, meals, and refreshments.

Organizers: Dr Vladimir Brljak (Trinity Hall, Cambridge) and Dr Micha Lazarus (Trinity College, Cambridge).

Please send abstracts of up to 500 words with full-length CVs, as well as any inquiries, to poeticsbeforemodernity@gmail.com by 15 June 2017.

(posted 15 May 2017)


“Little Wilson and Big God”: Anthony Burgess, Religion and the Sacred
Université d’Angers, France, 14-15 December 2017
Deadline for proposals: 15 September 2017

Anthony Burgess always described himself as a “renegade Catholic” and it is not easy to define the exact metaphysical or theological content of the religious beliefs which he actually managed to preserve. What is certain, however, is that he never rejected the cultural dimension of his Catholic education. Neither did he stop giving it an important role in the constitution of his social identity, particularly in the Protestant context of the Manchester of his childhood. Besides, even though his autobiography has a strong parodic dimension, he immediately put it under the aegis of St Augustine’s Confessions, the Catholicism of Enderby’s hero being also one of the main features of this narrative. He also questioned a possible preservation — or replacement – of religious beliefs in a more and more dechristianized world, and expressed some concern about the secularization of ethics in a post-theological context and about the recycling of originally mythical or religious heuristic schemes in his literary practices. To what extent can Anthony Burgess be considered as a Catholic writer? Should he be perceived as an apostate, as is often suggested in his writings, or should his conceptions of secularization be considered as having anticipated some of the interrogations that we still have to face in our post-secular world? Here are some dimensions of Burgess’s writings that could be explored in this conference.

Abstracts of up to 250 words, accompanied by a short biographical note, including research interests and university affiliation, are to be submitted via email to: Jean-Michel Yvard jean-michel.yvard@univ-angers.fr (University of Angers, France), by September 15, 2017.

(posted 19 May 2017)


2017 4TH ICIIP – International Conference on Image Information Processing
Jaypee University of Information Technology (JUIT), Shimla, India, 21-23 December 2017
Deadline for full paper submissions: 31 August 2017

http://www.juit.ac.in/iciip_2017/cfp.php

The ICIIP (International Conference on Image Information Processing) conference has been a biennial Conference since 2011. ICIIP is the one of the premier, renowned, and biggest technical conference focused on all aspect of Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Information security. Like previous conferences, ICIIP 2017 will feature world class speakers, tutorial sessions. The theme of ICIIP 2017 is “Image Processing for Digital Life”.

ICIIP 2017 will feature both invited and contributed papers. The presented papers will be submitted to IEEE Xplore, which is indexed by major databases like SCOPUS, Web of Science, ACM etc… Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers with four to six pages, in double column IEEE Conference format.

CONFERENCE TRACKS:

  • Image Processing – Imaging Informatics for Healthcare, Document Image Processing, Image and Video Processing Architecture, Bio-Medical Imaging, etc…
  • Computer Vision – Computational and Statistical Methods, Motion and Video Analysis, Sensors, Imaging model and Simulation, Stereo Vision, Robotics, Robot Vision, etc…
  • Computer Graphics – Modeling, Rendering, Clipping, Imaging, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Games, Scientific Visualization etc…
  • Image security and forensics – Cryptanalysis, Information Technology Audit, Steganalysis, Data Remanence, Information Privacy, Usable Security, etc…

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

  1. Dr. Subhasis Chaudhari, Deputy Director (Academic & Infrastructure Affaris), IIT Bombay, India.
  2. Dr. Joaquim Jorge, Editor-in-Chief, Computers & Graphics Journal, Univ, Lisboa, Portugal.
  3. Dr. Lipo Wang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

NEW INITIATIVES at ICIIP 2017:

  • Best innovation award
  • Best Thematic Award for work presented for Blind or Visually Impaired children’s society.
  • Best Algorithmika award(s) related to conference tracks.
  • Best paper award(s) related to conference tracks.
  • Senior Professor(s)/Researcher(s)/Scientist(s) may apply for chairing a session during ICIIP 2017.

PROPOSAL FOR Tutorials/Special Sessions/Track Chairs/Reviewers:

Organizers are inviting Tutorial & Special Session proposals within the scope of ICIIP 2017. Organizers also invite VOLUNTEERS to serve as reviewers or as track chairs. If you are willing to assist as a special session organizer or track chair or reviewer, please inform us by sending an email to:

pkgupta@ieee.org, dr.vipin.tyagi@gmail.com, iciip2017@gmail.com,

  • For Tutorials : Professor and above with significant experience in the field OR IEEE Fellow. If required, conference grant might be provided for travelling.
  • For Reviewers: 2+ years of research or industrial experience,
  • For Special Session & Track Chair: Postdocs with good experience and above, etc.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Full paper Submission Deadline: August 31, 2017
Acceptance Notification Deadline: October 15, 2017
Conference registration Deadline: November 15, 2017

PAPER SUBMISSION:

Prospective authors are required to submit full-length papers of 6 pages using EDASconference management system formatted with IEEE standard template, at the following link:

https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=23238

Authors are required to go through with the various instructions available under conference policy and manuscript preparation and submission link at:

http://www.juit.ac.in/iciip_2017/manuscript_prep_guidelines.php

For more information, please contact:
ICIIP 2017 Secretariat
Dr. P.K. Gupta
Executive General Chair
Prof. Dr. Vipin Tyagi
Conference Co-Chair
Phone +91-1792-239341
Email: iciip2017@gmail.com

(posted 8 March 2017)