Calls for Papers

Nostalgia 2nd Global Interdisciplinary Conference Friday 12th March 2021 - Saturday 13th Martch 2021 Lisbon, Portugal We have all probably had conversations with aged relatives and friends resulting in the oft repeated words “I remember when…”, spoken either as an illumination of the progress of...

Spirituality and Culture 3rd Global Interdisciplinary Conference Friday 12th March 2021 - Saturday 13th March 2021 Lisbon, Portugal Spirituality recognises that there is more to reality than just the material world. The intuition that our lives have meaning and are part of something bigger is a...

The End of Life Experience 3rd Global Interdisciplinary Conference Friday 12th March 2021 - Saturday 13th March 2021 Lisbon, Portugal This global inclusive interdisciplinary conference explores dying and death and the ways culture impacts care for the dying, the overall experience of dying and ways...

Storytelling and the Body 2nd Global Inclusive Conference Friday 12th March 2021 - Saturday 13th March 2021 Lisbon, Portugal Bodies of all kinds surround us. Glamorous bodies, modified bodies, healthy or unhealthy bodies, engineered bodies, trafficked bodies, in/visible bodies, dismembered bodies,...

Spaces and Places 2nd Global Interdisciplinary Conference Sunday 14th March 2021 - Monday 15th March 2021 Lisbon, Portugal Every day we move through spaces that have been constructed or delineated somehow to be significant. We recognise and - consciously or unconsciously - react to this...

Activism, Protest and Dissent 2nd Global Inclusive Interdisciplinary Conference Sunday 14th March 2021 - Monday 15th March 2021 Lisbon, Portugal Protest has been part of human societies for millennia. Movements such as Black Lives Matter and Me Too offer a powerful reminder of the continued...

Political Evils: The Iron Curtain and its Legacies An Inclusive Interdisciplinary Conference Sunday 14th March 2021 - Monday 15th March 2021 Lisbon, Portugal “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.” – Winston Churchill, 5 March...

Whistleblowing An Inclusive Interdisciplinary Conference Sunday 14th March 2021 - Monday 15th March 2021 Lisbon, Portugal Whistleblowers can play a vital role in exposing illegal, unjust or unethical behaviour on the part of businesses, governments and individuals in positions of power. However,...

It has been 150 years since Matthew Arnold published his groundbreaking work, Culture and Anarchy. His essays in book form are not only a powerful critique of Victorian society and values but also of modern ones. Contemporary political, economic and cultural issues provide an opportunity to revisit...