Annual Virtual Conference | April 23 and 24, 2027 Here and There, Then and Now: Disability Studies at the End of the World Call for Papers Note: A text-only version of the information below is available as a Google Doc at this link. Amidst escalating political repression, imperialist violence, climate crisis, and warfare, how do…
Session I: Inexplicable, Indescribable, Inconceivable MonstersSponsors: MEARCSTAPA Organizers: Mary Leech and Thea Tomaini This session seeks to explore the implied monstrosity of characters through their deeds and/or words with physical features left out or minimally described. Through this approach, this session will analyze how monstrosity is not just a physical attribute, but also related to…
The digital workshop on 12. November 2026 invites researchers to exchange information on neurodivergence, disregard and neurodiversity studies. Short contribution proposals can be up to 30. September 2026 will be submitted. Neurodiversity Studies in the humanities and cultural sciences already have a permanent place in the English-speaking countries and in Scandinavia. Since the 2000s, the…
The focus of this one-day workshop/symposium on 14 January 2027 at the National Maritime Museum is the disciplinary crossroads between medical, social, and maritime history. We aim to bring researchers interested in these fields together to present research and create connections across an area of emergent research. Much traditional scholarship on maritime healthcare has focused…
