[LCC] CONF: Sexual Knowledge: uses of the past

[Terrence Lockyer]

The conference announcement below was posted to the
Classics-L and seemed of possible interest here:

Sexual Knowledge: uses of the past
27th-29th July 2009
University of Exeter
Call for papers

* Why and how have people throughout history turned to
the past in order to make sense of sexual experience?
* What kinds of authority has the past exercised in
popular and scholarly debates about sexual practices,
identities, civilization and morality?
* How do changing interpretations of past sexualities
reflect historical shifts in the way sex is understood?

This interdisciplinary conference invites abstracts for
papers examining any aspect of the way that discussions
about sex and human nature over the centuries have both
been informed by and helped to shape ideas about past
cultures and the interpretation of their material and
textual legacies.

We particularly welcome abstracts from postgraduates
and early career scholars, for whom some limited
funding may be available.

Title and abstract to be received by 31 October 2008

Contact details for further information:

Dr Rebecca Langlands, Classics Department, Amory
Building, Rennes Drive, Exeter, EX4 4RJ Email:
r.langlands at exeter.ac.uk

Further conference information is available from the
following website:

http://www.centres.ex.ac.uk/medhist/conferences/index.shtml

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The text above the line was cross-posted to H-Histsex
and LambdaCC by
Terrence Lockyer
Johannesburg, South Africa
e-mail:  lockyert [at] mweb.co.za

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