International Conference “Places of (Non-)Belonging: Post-colonialism, Nomadism and Alterity” 28-29 October 2017 – London, UK

organised by

London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research

and

Interdisciplinary Research Foundation

Call For Papers

The conference seeks to explore the narratives of displacement and to demonstrate the validity of a cross-disciplinary approach which brings together the historical, cultural, social and literary expertise in the handling of text. The conference will particularly focus on time and space representations and on treatment of the theme of cultural ambivalence and identity conflict. The subject of displacement will be regarded as both a migration, voluntary or forced, and a sense of being socially or culturally “out of place”.

Papers are invited on topics related, but not limited, to:

• Migrations and deportations (expatriation, expulsion, exile, etc.)
• Journeys, pilgrimages, missions
• Mobility and place
• Rootlessness and taking root
• Foreignness and indigeneity
• (Re)settlement and (non)residence
• Nomadism and place attachment
• Hotels, guesthouses, shelters
• Multiculturalism, Interculturalism, Transculturalism

We also welcome poster proposals that address the conference theme.

The conference aims to bring together scholars from different fields. We invite proposals from various disciplines including history, philosophy, sociology, anthropology and literature.

Proposals up to 250 words and a brief biographical note should be sent by 15 July 2017 to: displacement@irf-network.org.

Download paper proposal form.

Selected papers will be published in the post-conference collected volume.

Standard registration fee – 160 GBP Student registration fee – 140 GBP

Provisional Venue: Birkbeck, University of London, Bloomsbury, London

 For more Details Please Do visit:

http://narrativesofdisplacement.irf-network.org/

 International Conference on Gender Studies-2017

“Identity, Alterity and Gender Normativity”

1-2 December 2017 – Cambridge, UK

organised by

Interdisciplinary Research Foundation

and

London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research

Call For Papers

The conference seeks to explore the past and current status of men and women around the world, to examine the ways in which society is shaped by gender and to situate gender in relation to the full scope of human affairs.

Papers are invited on topics related, but not limited, to:

•  gender equality
•  women’s rights and women’s history
•  gender and education
•  women and leadership
•  women’s and men’s health
•  gender and sexuality
•  gender and religion
•  gender and literature.

The conference is addressed to academics, researchers and professionals with a particular interest related to the conference topic. We invite proposals from various disciplines including history, sociology, political studies, anthropology, culture studies and literature. The language of the conference is English.

Proposals up to 250 words and a brief biographical note should be sent by 31 August, 2017 to:

Dr Olena Lytovka olena.lytovka@lcir.co.uk. Download Paper proposal form.

Standard registration fee – 160 GBP               Student registration fee – 140 GBP











Conference venue:
The University Centre

Granta Place

Cambridge CB2 1RU, UK

Website:http://genderstudies.irf-network.org/cambridge-symposium/