[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: Human Rights, Literature, the Arts, & Social Sciences international conference, Central Michigan University, Nov. 21-23, 2013

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From: Eke, Maureen Ngozi [eke1mn at cmich.edu]


Deadline Approaching! (March 31, 2013)

Call For Papers: Human Rights, Literature, the Arts, and Social Sciences
International Conference, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant
November 21-23, 2013


The persistence of repressive and discriminatory national policies, 
cultural practices, wars, genocide, religious conflict, ethnic 
cleansing, terrorism, rape, child-soldiering, sex-trafficking, and other 
forms of violence threaten the maintenance of human rights.  These 
conditions remind us of the ever pressing need to safeguard our humanity 
through the preservation of human rights.

For this year, the conference will focus on the following topics:
a) Women's rights/violations of women's rights;
b) children's rights/violations of children's rights;
c) and Indigenous Rights & Sovereignty.

The envisioned international conference will focus on the role of 
literature (the Humanities), the arts, Social Sciences and the Law in 
the discussion, representation, and promotion of human rights, paying 
special attention to the areas delineated. We wish to bring writers, 
artists, theorists, scholars, lawyers, and NGOs into a series of 
conversations that engage the issue of human rights, including the 
ethical, political, social, economic, and cultural implications of 
either violations or the constructions of human rights.

We invite presentations that address human rights as they relate to the 
areas identified above or specific topics by themselves or through 
comparative lenses. Topics/themes include, but are not limited to:

   *   The novel, poetry, drama/theatre/performance
   *   Ethics and international law
   *   Films/cinema and human rights
   *   Women's rights in film/literature
   *   The role of NGOs in the human rights debate
   *   The role of NGOs in Women's rights
   *   Holocaust/Genocide/War crimes/Crimes against humanity
   *   Sex trafficking, slavery, child soldiering
   *   Rape as a weapon of war
   *   Migration and refugee rights
   *   Disability and human rights
   *   Environmental rights
   *   Human rights in the age of globalization
   *   TRC or Truth Commissions (Here we want to move beyond South Africa)
   *   Women's rights in cultural, regional, national contexts;
   *   Human rights compliance

Presentation formats: Papers, panels, poster sessions, debates, 
discussions, seminars, lectures, forums, and/or performances, and 
workshops.

Send abstracts (250-300 words) to: HUMANRIGHTSCONF at cmich.edu

Contact:

Maureen N. Eke, Department of English
Email: eke1mn at cmich.edu<mailto:eke1mn at cmich.edu>; 
Maureen.eke at cmich.edu<mailto:Maureen.eke at cmich.edu>
Or

Sterling Johnson, Department of Political Science
Email: johns1s at cmich.edu<mailto:johns1s at cmich.edu>

or

Benjamin Ramirez-Shwegnaabi Department of History
Email: ramir1b at cmich.edu<mailto:ramir1b at cmich.edu>

Abstract Deadline: March 31, 2013


Maureen N. Eke, PhD
Central Michigan University
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859
USA

Direct: 989-774-1087
Main: 989-774-3171
Fax: 989-773-1271
Email: eke1mn at cmich.edu<mailto:eke1mn at cmich.edu> or 
Maureen.eke at cmich.edu<mailto:Maureen.eke at cmich.edu>