CAHSS 2013 Conference - Call for Papers
School of Humanities and Graduate Studies Conference
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Lincoln University, PA, USA
“Follow Your Passion: Representations of Passion in the Humanities”
The School of Humanities and Graduate Studies at Lincoln University of Pennsylvania is requesting proposals/abstracts for its annual conference, to be held on April 6, 2013. The main conference theme is “Follow Your Passion: Representations of Passion in the Humanities.” Approaches across a broad range of disciplines are welcomed. The conference organizers are particularly interested in papers that provide specific readings of passion as depicted in world literature, religion, philosophy, music, and visual arts.
To explore the complexity of passion as a human, aesthetic, epistemological, ethical, political, and cultural phenomenon, the conference will feature papers, panel discussions, and posters and exhibits sessions.
Topics include but are not limited to:
- Passion, transgression, and excess
- Passion, love, and sexuality
- Passion and madness
- Passion across time, space, and cultures
- Passion, spirituality, and religion
- Passion as positive transformational force or root of all evil
- Marriage vs. romantic adventure
- Passion: human power or dependence on higher powers (God, Fate, etc.)
- Passion, desire, and social taboos
Proposals/abstracts should be no more than 200 words. They should be submitted on or before November 15, 2012 to Abbes Maazaoui, at maazaoui@lincoln.edu.
A selection of papers (subject to the normal reviewing process and standards) may be published in Lincoln Humanities Journal.