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Sexualities and Science in Eastern Europe
Conference venue: Victoria University, Wellington (New Zealand)
Period: Mar. 26-27, 2011
Application Deadline: Feb. 10, 2011
Description of the Conference/Event
How did authors use (psuedo-) scientific ideas to understand human sexuality, or the role of sexuality in society? How did (psuedo-) scientific ideas in turn affect sexual behavior and experiences? This conference poses these questions with a special emphasis on Eastern Europe (including Russia), the region which produced such "seminal" figures as Sigmund Freud, Károly Mária Kertbeny, Aleksandra Kollontai, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, and Leopold Sacher-Masoch.
Confirmed speakers include Aleksandr Etkind (King's College, Cambridge, UK) and Shannon Woodcock (La Trobe, Melbourne, Australia).
Eligible topics for the conference
Topics of possible interest include, but are not limited to:
- sexologists
- sex advice manuals
- sexual psychology
- sexual violence experts
- eugenics and racial purity
- the social science of prostitution
- experts in trafficking and sex work
Guidelines for submission
The call is open to scholars working in literature, sociology, history, anthropology, psychology, and cultural studies.
Proceedings will be published either as a themed issue of a journal or in an edited volume. The deadline for final papers will fall after the conference, but contributors are invited to submit original work of publishable quality.
Organizer
- Victoria University, Wellington
Information & contacts
Alexander Maxwell
E-mail: alexander.maxwell@vuw.ac.nz
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