Upcoming conference: 5th Annual Mid-America Humanities Conference for Undergraduate and Graduate Student Research The Human, Human Rights, and the Humanities University of Kansas April 3-4, 2014 Open to undergraduate and graduate student researchers. This conference offers a venue to critically examine the interrelationship of the human, human rights, and the purview of the humanities--interpreting human expression. Paper topics could include, but not limited to, the following: •What are the benefits and limits to a notion of universal human rights? •Are there notions of being human that are not encapsulated by a human rights framework? •How do artists and writers engage or critique notions of human rights? •What can we learn about the human experience, and, potentially human rights, from a speculative vantage point, such as that of science fiction? •How do disciplines that challenge normative parameters of human experience such as Queer Studies, Disability Studies, or Animal Studies enrich and/ or complicate notions of human rights? Please submit 250 word paper abstracts to Dr. Marike Janzen, [email protected], by December 6, 2013.
Posted on: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 17:05:26 +0000