CALL FOR PAPERS
The Body at War: somatic cartographies of western
warfare in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
University of Westminster Group for War and Culture
Studies
8th Annual Conference
in association with
Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the
School for Journalism and Communications, Carleton
University, Ottawa, Canada
Date of Conference: Friday 25 and Saturday 26 June 2004
309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW
Throughout history, war has been conducted on, in and through
the terrain of human bodies—individual, social, and culturally
constructed. The human body, in turn, has served as a potent
metaphor that continues to inform the ways we conceptualize,
practise, and experience war. Yet, despite a renewal of academic
interest in ‘the body’ over the last few decades, relatively little
attention has been devoted to these research concerns.
This interdisciplinary conference seeks to contribute to a
‘mapping’ of the dynamic correspondence between war and the
human body in the context of Western warfare from the 19th
century onwards. How have particular practices and technologies
of warfare inscribed themselves upon various bodies? How, in
turn, have changing understandings and cultural constructions of
the body informed the practice of warfare over the last two
centuries? In what ways can this perspective enrich our
understanding of both ‘war’ and ‘embodiment’?
The terms ‘mapping’ and ‘the body’ should be interpreted in
their widest senses and papers may focus on all forms of cultural
construction and production. Contributions are invited from
postgraduate students as well as established researchers across
the humanities, the social sciences and medical sciences,
including the fields of historical, literary and cultural studies, art
history, media studies, sociology, political studies, war studies,
and medical history. Please note that in the interests of
comparative analysis during this two-day conference, the Group
for War and Culture Studies is extending its focus to include war
in the nineteenth century as well as in the twentieth, and the
North American experience of war in addition to that of Europe.
Abstracts of between 250 and 500 words (max) in English or
French should be submitted by Friday 27th February 2004 to:
Professor Debra Kelly, GWACS Coordinator, Department of
Modern Languages
School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Languages
University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London W1B
2UW, U.K.
Email: kellydjk1@aol.com
Please make this Call for Papers available to anyone else who
may be interested!
Helena Scott
EHCS Research Support
Room 213
University of Westminster
309 Regent Street
London W1B 2UW, U.K.
Tel.(+44)(0)20-7911-5000 ext. 2068
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