deadline for submissions: November 11, 2024 University of California, Irvine contact email: chelsml3@uci.edu UCI Premodern Graduate Humanities Conference 2025: February 14, 2025 “By my troth, Nerissa, my little body is aweary of this great world.” - Portia, Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice The concept of embodiment was central to the way in which early cultures…
Call for Papers: Disability Performance Histories A Special Section of Theatre History Studies, Volume 46 (2026) Co-Editors: Patrick McKelvey and Samuel Yates
The Heidi Marx Prize for outstanding contribution in the field of medicine, health, and healing in the ancient Mediterranean Dr. Heidi Marx has carved new paths in the study of ancient Mediterranean philosophy, medicine, botany, and religion. Dr. Marx’s work is recognizable in its clarity, intellectual insight, and generous engagement with other scholars’ work, combining…
In anticipation of a special issue of the Journal of Jesuit Studies (expected publication in fall 2027), we are seeking proposals for articles that treat the subject of Jesuits and disability. We welcome a range of disciplinary approaches (including history, art history, linguistics, theater, theology, philosophy, literature, pedagogy, psychology, sociology, musicology, astronomy, gender studies, etc.),…
