[Discussion] CFP: Birth Marriage Death (grad) (UK) (1/10/05; 3/19/05-3/20/05)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

CALL FOR PAPERS
THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH STUDIES / AHRB POSTGRADUATE CONFERENCE
UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING 19th & 20th MARCH 2005

Birth Marriage Death


We invite postgraduate researchers in all fields of the Arts and
Humanities to submit abstracts for twenty-minute papers on the theme of
'Birth Marriage Death'. We aim to have a diverse mix of researchers and
papers. Accordingly, scholars are invited to treat the theme
imaginatively: either literal or figurative interpretations of 'Birth
Marriage Death' are welcome. Possible topics for consideration might
include the following:

Birth: birth as a symbolic beginning; birth as a medical or natural
event; the political or philosophical notion of the birthright; the
cultural or legal significance of legitimacy / illegitimacy; names and
identity; the religious rituals of birth; the notion of rebirth; the
idea of the 'new'; the birth of the reader; the new nation; the history
of the idea of childhood.

Marriage: the alliance; feminist and / or queer notions of marriage; the
legal / political / religious treatment of marriage; the history of the
idea of marriage; divorce, expedient and arranged marriages; fidelity
and infidelity; polygamy; love; the contract; the idea of the hybrid;
brides and grooms; transnational, transcultural or transgeneric writing.

Death: Ghosts; the supernatural; the afterlife; death of the Author;
gallows humour and speeches; last rites; war; medical interventions; the
treatment of human remains; death as a beginning or end; the end of
eras, artistic movements or cultures; the end of Empire.

Abstracts of 250-300 words should be sent to Elizabeth Andrews, Jennifer
Bann and Andrew Sneddon, by the closing date of 10th January 2005, at:

Department of English Studies
University of Stirling
Stirling
Scotland
FK9 4LA

Abstracts may also be sent by email to a.j.sneddon@stir.ac.uk
<mailto:a.j.sneddon@stir.ac.uk>

We have some limited funding for travel bursaries, which will be
dispersed at the organisers' discretion.

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