Call for Papers

Thursday 8th, Friday 9th & Saturday 10th March 2012

CALL FOR PAPERS IS NOW CLOSED

Please note that only one paper or one poster per person can be submitted.

• Deadline for Submission of Abstract/Posters proposals: Friday September 16th 2011
• Answer from Academic Committee: Friday October 14th 2011
• Acceptance Confirmation from Participant: Wednesday October 19th 2011
• Programme Publication: Friday November 11th 2011
• Submission of PowerPoint presentations: Friday February 17th 2012 (PwPt 2007 only)

The aim of this inter-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary conference is to provide an academic platform on which to initiate an open dialogue between academics, professionals and practitioners in the field of human sexuality. We seek to explore the issues that arise when the concepts of “self”, “selves” and “sexualities” interplay with each other.
This conference is organized by colleagues from both the School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies (SALIS) and the School of Nursing (SON) in Dublin City University, Ireland.

We invite abstracts and posters related to the above topic from academic fields such as education, comparative studies, business studies, media and communications, law, geography, art, literature, comparative literature, visual studies, psychology, sociology, anthropology, intercultural studies, women studies, gender studies and history. Practitioners from varied professional backgrounds including nurses, teachers, clergy, social workers, counsellors and doctors are also welcome.

The conference committee welcomes abstracts for oral and/or poster presentations for the following themes:

1. Self, Selves, Sexuality and Space

• Urban or rural experience of sexuality
• The city as a theatre of sexuality
• Architectural representations of sexuality
• Private versus public space

2. Self, Selves, Sexuality and the Personal

• The languages of sexuality
• Sexuality and citizenship
• Intimacy, imagination and the self
• The politics of sexuality

3. Self, Selves, Sexuality and Culture

• Cultural representations of sexuality
• Sexualising the body
• Lifecycle and sexuality
• Expressing sexuality through the arts

4. Self, Selves, Sexuality and Society

• Institutionalising sexuality
• Sexual health
• Consuming sexuality
• The business of sexuality

All abstracts proposals (oral and/or poster presentations) are to be submitted using the online form. The language of the conference is English.

• Title
• Abstract - 200 words
• Biography - 100 words maximum
• Keywords – 5 maximum

Deadlines:

Abstracts to be submitted - Friday September 16th 2011
Acceptance confirmation - Friday October 14th 2011

Contacts:
Dr Mel Duffy (SNHS), mel.duffy@dcu.ie
Jean-Philippe Imbert (SALIS), jean-philippe.imbert@dcu.ie

Access our online abstract submission form