Dr Rob Fisher wrote:
> 4th Global Conference:
> Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness Conference
> 21st to 26th March 2003
> Anglo-American College, Prague, Czech Republic
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS
> (Please cross-post where appropriate)
>
> This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference
> seeks to examine and explore issues surrounding evil
> and human wickedness. Perspectives are sought from
> those engaged in the fields of anthropology, criminology,
> cultural studies, legal studies, literature, philosophy,
> psychology, sociology, and theology. Perspectives are
> sought from those working in the caring professions,
> the media, prison services, politics, psychiatry and other
> work-related and vocational areas.
>
> Papers, reports, work-in-progress and workshops are
> invited on issues related to any of the following themes:
>
> * the concept and language of 'evil' and 'wickedness'
> * the nature and sources of evil and human wickedness
> * moral intuitions about dreadful crimes
> * psychopathic behaviour - mad or bad?
> * choice, responsibility, and diminished responsibility
> * social and cultural reactions to evil and human
> wickedness
> * the portrayal of evil and human wickedness in the media
> and popular culture
> * suffering in literature and film
> * individual acts of evil, group violence, holocaust and
> genocide; obligations of bystanders
> * terrorism, war, ethnic cleansing; the evils of terrorism,
> fear of terrorism, international relations especially with
> regard to the modern nation state, superpower
> interventionist strategies, post-war reorganisation
> following the evils of war
> * the search for meaning and sense in evil and human
> wickedness
> * the nature and tasks of theodicy
> * religious understandings of evil and human wickedness
> * postmodern approaches to evil and human wickedness
> * ecocriticism, evil and suffering
> * evil and the use/abuse of technology; evil in cyberspace
>
> Papers will be considered on any related theme. 300 word
> abstracts should be submitted by Friday 13th December
> 2002. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full
> draft paper should be submitted by Friday 14th February
> 2003.
>
> The conference is part of a larger series of ongoing
> conferences, run under the general banner 'At the
> Interface'. It aims to bring together people from different
> areas and interests to share ideas and explore various
> discussions which are innovative and exciting.
>
> Following the first 'Perspectives on Evil and Human
> Wickedness' conference, an e-mail discussion group was
> created and an ISSN e-journal launched supporting the
> work and research of the conference series.
>
> Five themed volumes have and are in the process of
> being published; selected papers accepted for and
> presented at this conference will also be published in
> themed volumes. In addition, all papers accepted for and
> presented at the conference will appear in an ISBN
> eBook. For further details and information, please contact:
> Dr Rob Fisher -
> theodicist@wickedness.net
>
> or see the conference website at -
> www.wickedness.net/pehw4.htm
>
> Dr Rob Fisher
> Wickedness.Net
> http://www.wickedness.net
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